Prop room.
The surface of the mottled wall was still covered in white paint. On the spots where the surface of the self-leveling floor was slightly uneven, putty[1] had been applied on some of those pits. That was probably the aftermath of the previous renovation. Regardless, there were messy things piled up all over most of the room.
Meng Xue the superstar sat in the middle of the room with her head craned up as she stared with her two glassy eyes at the ceiling surface and the paint that was peeling off.
How should she describe her feelings at that moment?
She was overwhelmed with extreme pleasure, naturally.
At the same time, she must also forcefully resist her urge to scream out of her pleasure.
She was Meng Xue the superstar. How could she simply scream out loud?
Meng Xue forced herself to sit up straight and straighten her lower back.
Translation Notes:
1. Putty: a soft, malleable greyish-yellow paste, made from ground chalk and raw linseed oil, that hardens after a few hours and is used for sealing glass in window frames and filling holes in wood.
2. Self-media: refers to the general term for new media that the general public's communicators pass normative and non-normative information to the unspecified majority or specific individuals by means of the Internet without borders.
3. Suboptimal health status: the third state between good health and disease. SHS is the clinical or pre-disease status of psychosomatic disease and a major global public health challenge. Although its underlying causes remain unclear, lifestyle is one of the most important factors affecting health status.
4. Rectus capitis anterior: (rectus capitis anticus minor) is a short, flat muscle, situated immediately behind the upper part of the longus capitis.
5. Rectus capitis lateralis: a short, flat muscle, arises from the upper surface of the transverse process of the atlas, and is inserted into the under surface of the jugular process of the occipital bone.
6. Longus colli muscle: (Latin for long muscle of the neck) is a muscle of the human body. The longus colli is situated on the anterior surface of the vertebral column, between the atlas and the third thoracic vertebra.
7. Superior oblique muscle: or obliquus oculi superior, is a fusiform muscle originating in the upper, medial side of the orbit (i.e. from beside the nose) which abducts, depresses and internally rotates the eye. It is the only extraocular muscle innervated by the trochlear nerve (the fourth cranial nerve).
8. Inferior oblique muscle: is an extraocular muscle, and is attached to the maxillary bone (origin) and the posterior, inferior, lateral surface of the eye (insertion).
9. Trapezius: (or trapezoid) is a large paired surface muscle that extends longitudinally from the occipital bone to the lower thoracic vertebrae of the spine and laterally to the spine of the scapula. It moves the scapula and supports the arm.
10. The odontoid process: (also known as the dens), is an upward projectile of bone that arises from the front part of the center of the axis vertebra.
11. Spinous process: is a bony projection off the posterior (back) of each vertebra. The spinous process protrudes where the laminae of the vertebral arch join and provides the point of attachment for muscles and ligaments of the spine.