Thirty-Nine Degrees Part 2

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After watching their backs as they walked away, she noticed that the elevator door not far away had opened at some point.

A person stood in the light of the elevator.

He was dressed in all black as always, with silver jewelry on his wrists and neck, and a sleeve on his left hand. He held his phone in his right hand, his eyes fixed on her.

He looked down at Shi Yun who was squatting there, and looked at her without saying a word.

It was Shi Yun who looked away first.

Wei Congying put his cell phone into his pocket. He had been standing in the elevator for a while and heard Shi Yun ask the couple to leave.

He saw the man’s face, and to be honest, he looked a little bit like him.

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Wei Congying: “I’m here, I’ll be there soon. You’re asking me where I am? I took the elevator up, and this seems to be the back door of the private room… Got it… Um… I’m hanging up.”

It was quiet all around, and his voice was clear enough to hear.

By the time he hung up the phone, Shi Yun had already walked some distance away, supporting herself against the wall.

Wei Congying followed behind her, watching her steps gradually return to normal.

She didn’t go back to the private room immediately, but made a trip to the bathroom.

Wei Congying stopped where he was and turned to look at the sign for the women’s restroom. When he was considering whether to wait or leave, Xiang Shaoyuan had already noticed him and jogged over to him: “Are you and Lin Fang taking revenge on Jiang Xuyang? Why are you all late? I saw your dad is here too.”

Wei Congying thought of the scene he saw when he went upstairs: “Humph, he can come if he wants, I’m not f**king sitting at the same table with him.”

“Of course, you’re not sitting at the same table. Jiang Xuyang isn’t stupid. If you sit at the same table with your dad, the table will end up being overturned.” Xiang Shaoyuan wrapped his arm around his shoulder, “Come, come, there’s a big surprise.”

A big surprise?

Wei Congying was pulled forward with him: “Shi Yun, right?”

Xiang Shaoyuan didn’t expect that he already knew: “You already knew? Damn, what luck, she is actually Jiang Xuyang’s wife’s childhood friend.”

“It’s possible for humans and ghosts to have unfinished business, and it’s normal for humans to be friends.” Wei Congying responded with “Dogs are even man’s best friend. Even I’m childhood friends with you..”

They were perfectly fine words. There was nothing wrong with it at first glance, but it seemed wrong when you thought about it carefully.

Xiang Shaoyuan couldn’t help but tighten the arm that was originally on his shoulders, trying to strangle his neck: “You can’t expect a scoundrel to speak properly.”

Wei Congying reacted quickly and pulled down the arm that was about to tighten: “Then how about you show me one.”¹[1] “You can’t expect a scoundrel to speak properly,” is an idiom. The literal translation of the idiom would be, “no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog.” So when Wei Congying comes back with, “Then how about you show me one,” he’s taking it literally on purpose.

No one was savvier than he was with words. After he flung Xiang Shao Yuan’s arm off himself, he shamelessly put it back over his shoulders and said, “Tell me, how does it feel to meet your ex-girlfriend again?”

Wei Congying: “It feels like you talk too much nonsense.”

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When Shi Yun finished putting on her makeup and came out of the bathroom, Wei Congying was no longer at the door.

Shi Yun walked into the box with her head down. She was slightly relieved when she didn’t see the person in the wheelchair after taking a look around.

But who she did see, was Wei Congying. There weren’t many people at his table; he and Xiang Shaoyuan were smoking and talking.

Xiang Shaoyuan saw Shi Yun walking into the private room, and raised his chin to let Wei Congying, who had his back to the entrance, look back.

He didn’t mind him, and when he turned around and saw that it was Shi Yun, a flower girl in a small suit ran over. Her small body bumped into Wei Congying’s legs, diverting Wei Congying’s attention.

After seeing the child, he took a puff of his cigarette and put out the half-smoked cigarette in the ashtray.

He raised his hand and pinched the little flower girl’s cheek with two fingers. She didn’t know what he was saying to the little girl, but picked up the little flower girl and sat her on his lap. They looked to be familiar with each other.

Shi Yun walked to the table of the bride’s friends.

Although they were different groups of friends, respectively, the bride’s and groom’s, their tables were very close.

Everyone at Shi Yun’s table had lunch together at noon. When they saw that He Sui was gone, they asked Shi Yun where he went.

Shi Yun was still in a bad mood, looking listless, with red eyes: “His girlfriend’s relatives were also holding a wedding here, so he went over to have dinner with them.”

The wedding was supposed to start at 6:30. Shi Yun leaned back in his chair and looked ahead boredly. Her seat was not very good. She had to turn sideways to see the bride, and when she looked up, she would see Wei Congying.

The little flower girl had already left his legs. When he saw the child walking away, he took out another cigarette from the cigarette box.

After Xiang Shaoyuan, the best man, was called away, he sat there alone, smoking and not talking much to the people at his table.

He received a phone call and Lin Fang arrived a short while later.

When Lin Fang saw her, his expression was similar to the one Xiang Shao Yuanhad when he saw her in the morning. Suddenly, the lights in private room were turned down and the emcee was standing on the stage with a microphone.

On the other side was Jiang Xuyang holding flowers.

Lin Fang took out his phone to take pictures. He always felt that this was the time when the normally inoffensive brothers were the most pretentious. When taking pictures, he saw on the phone screen that their parents were sitting at the table closest to the stage.

Everyone was about the same age, with the only exception being the girl sitting next to Wei Congying’s father.

Lin Fang put his hand on his shoulder: “My dad secretly made a call the other day and I heard him say that your stepsister didn’t get along well with her colleagues, and she felt that her colleagues were targeting her too much. Two days ago, Old Dai happened to catch the same flight as your sister, and he wrote a letter of complaint as soon as he got off the plane…”

“You have no manners. Stop picking a fight.” Wei Congying flicked the ash off his cigarette in response.

“Heh.” Lin Fang snorted. He just liked to play the good guy. “I heard from her colleagues that your stepsister recently bought a house and a car. You haven’t been back to see your grandparents for half a year. Be careful that your family fortune will be swindled away. I’m standing up for you, but you’re still playing the good guy.”

Wei Congying acted as if it had nothing to do with him: “At worst, I can just go begging.”

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Notes:

[1] “You can’t expect a scoundrel to speak properly,” is an idiom. The literal translation of the idiom would be, “no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog.” So when Wei Congying comes back with, “Then how about you show me one,” he’s taking it literally on purpose.