Now, it is indeed very dirty. After all, I am not the kind of decent person who is armed to the soles of his shoes. It has walked in the snow several times. The uppers have been repaired over and over again, and the heels have been replaced several times. The soles and The sides were also covered in mud.
Normally you wouldn't see anything when you step on the ground, but when you look at Liang Medong's upright and neat hands, which are clean to the tips of his nails, the contrast is particularly sharp.
But what I realized was something else.
I didn’t wear it on purpose, it’s just this pair. Besides, it’s been so many years since it was a basic model that everyone has a pair of, so I’ve long forgotten about it.
And not only did I forget it, Liang Medong also didn’t recognize it after so many days, didn’t he?
But Liang Medong held my feet and said, "Why are you dirty? It's not like I've never taken off your clothes before."
I said nothing.
His hand was too strong, and I didn't dare to force my foot. It seemed so guilty. Then he opened the zipper and took off the shoe.
Then he didn't put on new ones for me, but held my feet in his hands, not knowing what he was thinking.
Like a pervert.
I peeked around and saw that the shopping guide seemed to have understood that our relationship was not serious and had already stayed away.
At this time, Liang Medong spoke up: "I really care about using things."
Sure enough, I found it.
I stopped pretending and said, "There's no way I can get back the money for such an expensive thing if I don't wear it for twenty years or so."
Liang Medong raised his eyes.
Ah... now it feels more like yesterday.
I retracted my legs: "You'd better not..."
Before he finished speaking, he lowered his head again and put the new shoes on my feet: "I should ask you for some money then."
I asked: "Why?"
"Liuzi said you can't give away shoes randomly," he said, tying his shoelaces, "and then ran away. You have to pay for them to break them."
I said, "That has to be me, not you."
There is indeed this saying, I heard Lin Lili mention it.
But strictly speaking, that's for couples.
Liang Medong and I have never been lovers.
Besides, Liang Modong didn’t specifically give me this pair of shoes at that time.
It was the school’s New Year’s Day party that year that asked me to be the host. The school bought clothes, and I needed to match my outfit with a pair of pointed-toe shoes.
I didn't have that kind of shoes, and it was impossible to buy something that I would only wear once when I was a student, so I went to Lin Lili's house and borrowed a pair.
Lin Lili didn't wear any clothes, so she spent a long time thinking about it, and finally her mother found a pair of artificial leather slip-ons for me. I could clean them and wear them with black leggings so I could look through them.
During the rehearsal the day before the performance, when I came off the stage, Liang Modong said that my shoes were too cold and asked me if I wanted new ones.
I said it wasn't cold at the time. Originally, the performance was only for that one time, and the coldness was only for that moment.
But when I was walking after school, I suddenly found that the heels of the pair of slip-on shoes had fallen off for some reason.
Just when I was worrying about how to repair it, Liang Medong came right in, threw it into the trash can, and happily said to me: "Let's go, I will take you to buy a new one."
The shopping malls were basically closed at that time, so his driver searched several streets before finding a low-end store.
Liang Medong helped me pick out these shoes and put them on for me like this.
As soon as he touched my feet, he said, "I said it must be cold. Look, it's freezing cold."
He was only eighteen years old at that time.
If it were a large shopping mall with people coming and going, I would probably run away, right?
But after all, it was just a deserted shop. The only clerk was flipping computers on the counter. He probably thought we were poor students who came in to keep warm, so he didn't even look here.
So I just sat there, motionless as if in a daze. Looking at him, looking at him with his head lowered, as if he has forgotten the time, using warm palms, rubbing, covering, gently, slowly, carefully, treating it like a treasure...
Holding my cold feet.
Of course Liang Medong didn't ask me for money. He paid the bill while I was putting on my shoes. He thought I didn't see it and quietly tore off the price tag.
But with my keen eyesight, there is no way I could miss the price tag.
Not to mention that this pair of shoes was not good for me at that time, even now, it is not cheap.
So later, I worked a small job with Lin Lili during the winter vacation, bought Lin Lili’s mother tens of dollars worth of fruit to apologize, and bought Liang Modong a pair of Nikes as a gift during the Lantern Festival.
Of course, I didn't ask him for money.
Moreover, because he insisted on giving me money at that time, I lied to him and said that it would cost two hundred.
Two hundred was the largest number that could appear in my pocket besides tuition fees, so Liang Medong accepted it without any doubt.
So it's quite accurate, but he also ran away.
Liang Medong paid for the shoes and when he came out, he said to me, "Just transfer me 520."
I can play with him, take out my mobile phone and say: "I will send you a big red envelope of 888 yuan. I wish Mr. Liang a prosperous business and good luck next year."
These shoes are worth it.
He also swiped away his phone and said, "It's Valentine's Day."
It was the day I gave him the shoes.
I knew he would say this, but I had already responded: "I remember wrong, that day is the Lantern Festival."
"The Lantern Festival and Valentine's Day were on the same day that year," he said. "Besides, in the Tang Dynasty, the Lantern Festival was a day for falling in love."
"You're holding the pole a little too far, aren't you?" It's the Tang Dynasty, but in the Song Dynasty he still had to marry me after touching my feet.
"The nearest one is also Valentine's Day." He circled back again, "If you don't believe me, check the perpetual calendar."
"Such a trivial matter is not worth wasting time checking." I said, "You must have remembered it wrong."
He turned his face sideways and glanced over.
I said, "What are you looking at me for?"
"You just have a guilty conscience." He looked at me scornfully, "You just picked a specially chosen day to dare to check."
I said, "You are playing too much."
"Just transfer it if you don't feel guilty." He urged, obviously a little annoyed, "Why don't you go back after transferring the special numbers? You are so greedy for money, don't regret it in two days and beg me for nothing."
"Am I going to get five hundred yuan back?"
Who do you look down on?
Didn’t I just ask him for overnight fees several times? Why are you just begging for nothing!
Madhu turns around!
Collect in seconds.
Immediately afterwards, the transfer reminder came in, thirteen thousand one hundred and four.
I turned to look at him.
He said calmly: "It was really Valentine's Day."
Corny.
childish.
boring.
madness.
I'll collect it in seconds too, don't even think about taking back the special numbers!
Wait—that’s not right.
I said, "Then why did I transfer?"
He didn’t buy me shoes for Valentine’s Day! ! !
"I don't know." Liang Medong put his phone away expressionlessly, "Who knows what you think?"
"Routine," I said, "it confused me."
"Well, I'll set you up." He held my hand and looked down upon me, "I'll give you ten thousand to set you up for five hundred. My tricks are so deep that I'm not far from bankruptcy."
