Forty-Five Degrees

Content Summary: Going On a Trip

It was fairly late when Shi Yun arrived home, so she reminded him to drive carefully on the way back.

When she got home, her grandmother was still awake and sitting in the living room, as if waiting for her return. After all, Shi Yun was already grown up, and her grandmother did not set a specific time for her to be back home before she left.

But she had to make sure Shi Yun had returned before she could go back to her room and sleep with peace of mind.

That night, Shi Yun not only received a report from Wei Congying that he had arrived home safely but also received a “honeymoon guide” forwarded by Chu Yue.

It was obvious from a glance that Wei Congying must have called Jiang Xuyang to ask for it.

It wasn’t clear what he and Jiang Xuyang talked about, but after Chu Yue sent her the guide, she followed up with a covering a mouth and laughing emoji.

Finally, she sent Wei Congying a row of exclamation marks to express her shock, shame, and anger over his asking Jiang Xuyang and his wife for their honeymoon guide.

He called back and asked breezily, “How is it going? Did you receive the honeymoon guide?”

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She also thought of some commonly used medicines to take with her.

Their travel routes overlapped in the first half, so they were traveling together with Jiang Xuyang and Chu Yue. Xiang Shaoyuan wanted to join in the fun, but he felt embarrassed so he dragged Liang Mengyi along.

However, Lin Fang, who would usually come, did not come this time. He did not like traveling, and he would rather suffocate in a passionate kiss with his girlfriend than suffer from altitude sickness and lack of oxygen in Tibet.

They were going on a road trip, but halfway through, Shi Yun and the others took different routes. They continued to go to Tibet, while Shi Yun wanted to go to Chongzhou for some fun.

The idea of ​​a road trip was proposed when they were having dinner together the day before their departure.

As soon as the proposal was made, no one except Shi Yun objected. Liang Mengyi asked how many cars they would drive.

There were only six of us in total, and they needed to take turns behind the wheel on the road trip. After thinking it over, they decided that it would be best to drive two cars.

Liang Mengyi turned her head and looked at Wei Congying: “I’ll ride in your car. I can drive long distances.”

Wei Congying glanced at her and refused directly: “No.”

Shi Yun turned her head to look at Wei Congying next to him. Before she could speak, Wei Congying had just finished talking to Liang Mengyi. As soon as he turned his head and met Shi Yun’s gaze, he knew what Shi Yun was going to say.

He placed his hand on her leg and patted it gently to reassure her: “It’s okay.”

The people on the other side were discussing heatedly, so she leaned over and said, “Why don’t you let her join us? I can’t drive; I can’t share the burden; I really can’t help.”

Wei Congying didn’t take his hand away and put it on the back of her hand: “Don’t worry, there is a way.”

Everyone had almost finished eating. Jiang Xuyang signed the bill, and Shi Yun used the bathroom before leaving.

When she came out of the bathroom, Wei Congying was standing behind a pot of green plants, carrying her bag on his back, with a cigarette in his mouth. The chain bag hanging on him looked very incongruous.

Shi Yun took another step forward and saw someone standing in front of him.

Liang Mengyi hadn’t left yet, so she asked, “Why didn’t you let me ride in your car?”

Wei Congying clicked his tongue, and his tone sounded a little impatient: “I want to have sex in the car, but it’s inconvenient with you around.”

Critical hit.

Liang Mengyi gave up.

Shi Yun stood propped against the wall for a bit before she came out of the bathroom after Liang Mengyi’s departure. Liang Mengyi was no longer in the corridor, and she looked towards the stairs: “She’s still so persistent?”

Wei Congying subconsciously turned his head to look at the stairs, with a hint of impatience on his face. He raised his arm and motioned for Shi Yun to hold his arm: “It’s probably because Xiang Shaoyuan is pursuing her again.”

Shi Yun took his arm, and the two of them walked downstairs together: “So you even have the function of a shield?”

He put his hands in his trouser pockets and had a feminine chain strap bag hanging around his neck, but his appearance did not look worse, but instead gave him an added touch of nonchalance.

His expression was a bit cocky: “I can’t help it, I’m just that handsome. Seeing me sets off warning signs and drives opponents of the same sex to give in.”

The two of them came out of the restaurant together, and as usual, he wanted to send Shi Yun home first. After Shi Yun got in the car, she was still concerned about the solution he spoke of to solve the problem of driving.

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The next day she learned what his solution was. He contributed a car, but he didn’t drive it. Lin Fang was the driver.

She didn’t know why the person who originally said he couldn’t come, came with them this time.

When they were almost there, they sent a message to Shi Yun. And when she arrived at the alley with her suitcase, Wei Congying said they had just arrived. Wei Congying got out of the car to help her with the luggage. The driver’s window was lowered. Lin Fang wore sunglasses and revealed a mouthful of white teeth: “At your service.”

Wei Congying and Shi Yun sat together in the back seat. There was not much space in the back of the coupe, which was a pity for Wei Congying, who had long arms and legs.

Jiang Xuyang and his friends had already entered the highway. Lin Fang was a chatterbox to begin with, and he did not forget to chat with the two people behind him while driving.

“You two are quite capable.” Lin Fang observed the two people in the back seat through the rearview mirror. “You haven’t even gotten married yet, but you’ve already arranged your honeymoon.”

Shi Yun was surprised, but soon realized that it was all caused by the “honeymoon guide”. There really were no secrets between these people, and everyone knew about it.

Shi Yun nudged the man who was leaning back with his eyes closed. Wei Congying raised his eyelids lazily and glanced at the driver in front: “Why don’t you give us the wedding gift money first?”

The more he spoke, the worse it got.

When it comes to giving money, even the most talkative person doesn’t want to talk anymore.

Seeing that Lin Fang had shut up, Wei Congying closed his eyes again, as if taking a nap.

Shi Yun noticed he wasn’t looking too well and asked: “Didn’t you get enough rest last night?”

Wei Congying shook his head: “His driving skills are too bad, it’s an eyesore.”

Shi Yun spoke up for the other party: “His driving skills are better than yours, and he is more stable.”

When Lin Fang heard that someone was backing him up, he boasted, “Did you hear that? My driving skills are better than yours.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Shi Yun felt the back of a hand brushing against her arm. Although his eyes were closed, his hand found and pinched her waist. It was summer and her clothes were thin, so it hurt a little when he pinched her.

As if it was a warning, he didn’t open his eyes and spoke lazily: “When the trip is over, I will call the traffic police to report you. I will report that during the one-year probationary period when you had just received your driver’s license, your father’s secretary took the points for running red lights and speeding.”

Lin Fang cursed: “Fuck, you are such a bastard. Your girlfriend doesn’t dare to drive, and you begged me to take turns driving with you. Why didn’t you think of reporting me immediately when you treated me as free labor?”

Wei Congying leaned against the back seat, his legs bent and touching the fabric of Shiyun’s skirt, the temperature of their skin exchanging through the fabric. He wrapped his hand around Shiyun’s hand that had come over to stop him from messing around on her waist.

But with Lin Fang’s words, the hand that was trying to stop him stopped moving, and was naturally held by Wei Congying, and their fingers were intertwined.

His eyes were still closed, and his eyelashes were particularly long.

“When did I ask you for help?” He was not ashamed. “I used the carrot and stick method.”

Without opening his eyes, Wei Congying smiled and continued, “Is it my fault you couldn’t answer how many times they said “SpongeBob SquarePants” in the SpongeBob SquarePants opening theme song?”

But that was where their bickering ended. Shi Yun felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. Wei Congying also heard the vibration and loosened the grip of the hand holding hers.

It was a money transfer notification.

It had come from her dad, he’d probably heard from her grandparents that she was leaving on a trip today.

He didn’t ask her where she was going as he’d probably heard about it from her grandparents. He only transferred money to her.

He could be considered a good parent.

Jiang Xuyang and the others were waiting for them at the first rest area. Lin Fang drove the car over. Since they’d be leaving soon, he only met up with them briefly and said hello. He didn’t park in the parking space either but parked nearby.

Chu Yue was holding two paper bags containing KFC breakfast. After handing the breakfast over, she also stuffed a shopping bag into her hand, which was full of various snacks.

Jiang Xuyang put a box of bottled water in their trunk, but before putting it in, he took out three bottles and placed them in their car.

Lin Fang finished one of the hamburgers in just a few bites, rolled the packaging paper into a ball, wiped his mouth, and set off.

The breakfast hamburger was not big, but Shi Yun was not a fast eater, and she liked to chew slowly. When she had eaten half of the hamburger, Wei Congying still hadn’t touched his breakfast and still looked like he was in a bad mood.

Shi Yun raised his hand and touched his forehead. It was not very hot and he did not have a fever.

Before her hand left his forehead, he opened one eye and looked at Shi Yun: “What’s wrong?”

Shi Yun removed her hand from his forehead: “What’s wrong with you? Where did you steal off to last night?”

Wei Congying closed his eyes again, leaned on Shi Yun’s frail shoulders, and spoke softly, with the hot air he exhaled falling on Shi Yun’s neck: “I stole off to do it with you in my dreams.”

So Wei Congying received a verdict from a person with a physician’s license: “Wei Congying, you are beyond help.”

Wei Congying replied that he was not feeling unwell, he just did not sleep well last night. It felt like the first spring outing in elementary school, he was excited and thrilled.

He couldn’t tell you why if you asked, but no matter how he turned, he was uncomfortable lying down, and he couldn’t fall asleep. It wasn’t as if this was the first time he had gone traveling with Shi Yun.

He originally thought that he would not be able to get up this morning, but when the alarm went off, he woke up immediately as if he was having a nervous breakdown.

He leaned on Shi Yun’s shoulder, and soon he heard Lin Fang’s voice.

He wanted to drink water.

The person driving was the boss. Shi Yun moved to the passenger seat, unscrewed the bottle of mineral water, and handed it to Lin Fang. He held the steering wheel with one hand, drank half of the bottle, and then passed it back to Shi Yun.

Shi Yun screwed the bottle cap on and placed it in the cup holder of the central console, looking at the bag of snacks, which contained quite a few lozenges and candies, all very suitable for eating while driving.

She rummaged through the bag and read out the contents: “Lin Fang, do you want to eat?”

Lin Fang called out what he wanted to eat, and Shi Yun acted as the person feeding him. She scooched closer to the space between the two front seats, completely unaware that the person next to her had opened his eyes and was staring at them with a grim face.

Lin Fang had his eyes on the road: “Shi Yun, get me a tissue.”

Shi Yun handed him the tissue, then held open the garbage bag with her hands to make it easier for Lin Fang to throw the garbage in.

“You have a lot of f**king requirements for driving a car.” Wei Congying was slightly annoyed, “And you are quite good at ordering people around.”

Shi Yun had just poured a plum-flavored lozenge into Lin Fang’s hand. When she turned around and saw that he had not closed his eyes to rest, she handed the lozenge to him and asked, “Do you want to eat it?”

Wei Congying took the snacks from Shi Yun’s hand, pulled her back to sit next to him, and said in a harsh tone: “Sit still, it’s very dangerous for you to sit like this.”

Shi Yun sat down next to him and handed him the breakfast bag beside him: “Would you like to eat something?”

Lin Fang teased him: “Then you come and serve me, come on, feed me a piece of candy.”

Wei Congying took out a bag of candy from the bag, poured a good half of the candy into his hand, and pretended to stuff them all into Lin Fang’s mouth. Lin Fang wanted to hide, but he was still holding the steering wheel with his hands. The car shook slightly twice, but Shi Yun was still frightened.

For the safety of everyone on the bus, Shi Yun grabbed Wei Congying. Wei Congying turned around and saw her expression of fear and nervousness, so he stopped making trouble with Lin Fang.

Lin Fang had survived the ordeal: “Damn it, if it wasn’t for your watch, I wouldn’t go traveling with you guys.”

Shi Yun took the candy ball from Wei Congying’s hand and asked, “What watch?”

It sounded like this was the bait he’d used to bribe Lin Fang to be his driver today.

The candy ball had melted a little due to the summer heat, leaving a sticky feeling on his palm. He wiped each finger clean with a wet napkin: “Nothing.”

The author has something to say:

Hehehe, the watch is the key point, it’ll be on the test

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Translator Corner:

Who’s celebrating Lunar New Year? Does it feel stressful or exciting?