Forty-Three Degrees Part 2

Cao Pi’s wife enters the vegetable garden—Zhen Ji picks vegetables.¹[1] This is a homophonic pun. In this case, Cao Pi’s wife’s name is Lady Zhen and the purpose of entering a vegetable garden is to pick vegetables. Therefore, the beginning and ending characters, make Zhen**cai, the meaning of which is, “You’re not good at this.”

As soon as he put down the phone, Wei Congying felt something light hit his back. When he turned around, he saw that the object had fallen to the ground.

It was Shiyun’s hat.

He bent down, and with his long arms, he picked it up. After shaking off the dust, he walked over to Shi Yun, straightened her hair that had been messed up when she took off the hat, and helped her put it back on.

Although he knew why she was angry, Wei Congying deliberately smiled and asked her, “Why are you angry?”

Shi Yun glared at him: “What do you think?”

Seeing that she was angry, Wei Congying smiled even more happily.

He pinched the brim of her baseball cap with his hand, suddenly turned the hat around, leaned over, and kissed her on the mouth, a kiss as light as a dragonfly touching the water.

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Although he had been away from school for several years, his youthfulness was still very obvious in this moment.

His cell phone rang while he was in the middle of batting and asked Shi Yun to check who was calling.

Shi Yun picked up his phone: “There’s no caller ID.”

He said: “It’s probably the takeout.”

Shi Yun stood up and put the baseball bat on the chair: “Then I’ll get it.”

The takeout he ordered was drinks and fruit.

When Shi Yun came back with the takeaway, he had finished another set.

There was also a woman standing next to him, her beautiful figure clearly visible under her baseball uniform. She waited until Wei Congying finished a set of batting before walking over to talk to him, making batting movements, probably wanting him to teach her.

After watching her hit two balls, Wei Congying glanced over and saw Shi Yun who came back with the takeaway. He didn’t say anything to the woman and walked out from behind the protective net.

After seeing Shi Yun, the woman did not continue to pester him.

The two sat on chairs behind the protective net, with the baseball bat left beside them. Shi Yun was a bit of a germaphobe, and she insisted on taking him to wash his hands before allowing him to eat.

One of the drinks was milk tea and the other was coffee.

In addition to the drinks, there was also a fruit platter.

Shi Yun was unpacking her takeout while looking at the woman walking away, and poked the straw into her milk tea cup seal: “She tried to flirt with you?”

“She wanted me to teach her.” Wei Congying took the coffee away, took a sip and looked at the label on the cup. The taste was better than he had imagined. “You can tell at a glance that she knows how to play. I can’t be bothered to teach her.”

“You can’t be bothered even though she already knows how to play? How easy it would have been had you taught her.” The tone sounded sarcastic. Shi Yun took a sip of the milk tea and felt it was too sweet, so she put it aside.

Wei Congying’s cup was iced coffee. He put the coffee back on the table. His hand, which had been holding the coffee, was a little cold. He pinched Shi Yun’s neck and smiled, “It’s a sense of accomplishment to teach someone with zero basic knowledge.”

His words were full of affection, but it also sounded a bit hurtful.

She had her hair tied in a ponytail, and Wei Congying reached out and wrapped her hair around his own hand. He didn’t know how she took care of her hair, but it didn’t have any split ends and didn’t look dry.

She could kind of feel him pulling on her ponytail. Shi Yun turned her head slightly and glanced at him out of the corner of her eye: “Give me a sip of your coffee.”

Shi Yun also used to like drinking milk tea, but when she grew up to a certain point, she found that coffee tasted better than milk tea. Of course, it was also because of the many homework reports she had to stay up late to finish.

Shi Yun drank his cup of coffee. Wei Congying took the cup of milk tea that she had abandoned and took a sip, frowning. He was not a person who liked sweet drinks, but he thought that girls would like them. He didn’t expect that Shi Yun didn’t like them either.

Except for the milk tea, everything else was well-received.

When Wei Congying took the coffee back, only half of it was left: “Aren’t you a germaphobe? You didn’t mind this.”

They had done more intimate things before, so there is no need to complain about it now.

Shi Yun picked up a piece of honeydew melon with a fork: “I’ll start to dislike you once you smoke a few more cigarettes.”

“Ultraman would also hide behind the camera and secretly smoke a cigarette before saving the earth.” Wei Congying said, beginning to crave cigarettes. He took a sip of coffee and saw her expression of disbelief and a little disgust. He raised his hand and pinched her cheek, “Don’t believe it?”

“Did Ultraman tell you, himself, that he smokes?” Shi Yun would never believe it.

Wei Congying swore solemnly and lied without batting an eye: “We are from the same hometown. I am also from the Nebula M78.”

Shi Yun stretched out his hand: “Then help me get a signature of Ultraseven so I can keep it as a protective charm.”

Wei Congying raised his hand and slapped her palm without holding back his strength at all. It felt like he was hitting her palm and it hurt.

When Shi Yun was about to pull her hand back in pain, Wei Congying inserted his fingers into hers: “We communicated telepathically, but Brother Ultraseven said he would not give it to me.”

Shi Yun had played out the childish scenes with him long enough. When she pulled her hand back, he clasped their fingers even tighter: “Why do you want Brother Seven’s protective charm? As long as it’s not against the law, I can protect you no matter what you do. Is that enough?”

He spoke very seriously.

Shi Yun tried to pull his hand away, but failed, so she asked, “What if I did something that violated the law?”

After she finished speaking, Wei Congying thought for a moment, his expression remained the same: “Then I’ll ask Brother Ultraseven to take you back to the Nebula M78, and I’ll stay here.”

This play of eternal parting immediately filled the surrounding atmosphere with a blue-tinged sad atmosphere.

Shi Yun: “You’ll stay here to clean up the mess? And go to jail for me?”

Wei Congying held her hand tightly, and the expression on his face suddenly disappeared. He raised the corners of his lips and smiled, revealing his white teeth: “I’ll stay and find another when the time comes.”

Romance bloomed easily, but died even more easily.

Wei Congying was very good at irritating Shi Yun.

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Notes:

[1] This is a homophonic pun. In this case, Cao Pi’s wife’s name is Lady Zhen and the purpose of entering a vegetable garden is to pick vegetables. Therefore, the beginning and ending characters, make Zhen**cai, the meaning of which is, “You’re not good at this.”

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