But after all, I don’t have a time machine, and I can’t go back in time. I can’t hold that nineteen-year-old child and tell that girl, who is at a loss when a boy calls her “Mrs. Liang” without any malicious intent, to enlighten her and tell her, Remind her that there is a person standing next to her who can solve the whole problem perfectly... Tell her that she must catch him.
So do you regret it?
I said, "I don't regret it."
Life is a one-way street that can only go forward. If you don't regret it later and can't look back, why bother talking about it?
Everyone on the street, including the beggar on the roadside, who hasn’t had a moment full of infinite possibilities in their life?
I just... missed the best one.
Liang Medong said nothing.
As if he didn't hear these three words, he still looked at me with the same way he looked at me before...gently, peaceful, as silent as moonlight, and would not burn my eyes.
So I also smiled at him: "I think that at every moment, all everyone can do is the best solution in their heart at the moment, and there is no need to regret it. As for how this decision actually works, life naturally I will give her the answer...this is what I mean."
Seeing that he was still silent, I held his hand on the table again and said, "My leave is only for today. I have to go back to work early tomorrow morning."
Without waiting for him to say anything, I added, "Do you have any other plans for the afternoon? If not, it's going to snow again, so why don't we go home first, Mr. Liang?"
After the meal was finished, we left the decent restaurant.
I thought Liang Medong was going to take me back, but unexpectedly he said he wanted to visit the botanical garden first.
The snow only fell for a short while. It became warm at noon and the ground became damp.
The botanical garden was bare, without flowers, and desolate.
I walked with him towards the flower market for a while, and Liang Medong started to ask: "How have you been in the past few years?"
I said, "Very good, how about you?"
"It's not good." After he said these two words, he paused and then said, "The weather over there is not good. It's always like this, gloomy and windy... You also know that I don't like it. Plant the sky."
"Oh. The United States must be better, right? I remember that you seemed to want to go to the United States at first."
"Maybe."
I know that he has liked the transition between spring and summer since he was a child, which is about April to June.
I liked it too, it was neither cold nor hot at that time and very comfortable. After all, winter is too gloomy, and for me, who always wears long sleeves and long pants, summer is also painful.
At this time, Liang Medong stopped and said, "Sit down for a while."
He pointed to the bench next to him.
I said, "No, let's go."
"You're limping again," he said. "Sit down."
"Do you have to tell me the truth?" I said, "One hundred thousand dollars is not for sitting outside."
That's right, it's this down jacket.
Liang Medong smiled, took my hand, and asked me to sit on his lap.
No one would go to the botanical garden in this damn weather. There was no one here.
I sat on Liang Medong's lap and listened as he held me and asked, "Why did my legs become like this?"
I knew he would ask this: "One winter, I accidentally fell. It was okay at the time. Then I started to feel pain and went to the hospital. I was told that my pelvis was crooked. After my pelvis was finally straightened, I said my knees were crooked...anyway. You just need to rest, straighten your bones, exercise, etc.”
Seeing that he didn't speak, I stretched out my leg again and said, "My legs are too thin, that's why I have this problem."
He still had the same expression, touched my leg and said, "Go and have a look, tell me how close it is."
Without waiting for me to say anything, he added, "Tell Liu Zi and let him convey it."
When I opened my mouth, he changed his mind again: "Forget it, there's no need to look for him."
He moved his arm, took out his wallet, and pulled out a card.
No need for me to say anything, I just opened the bag on my arm and put it in.
Of course I'm not going to ask why.
Why would a man give money at this time?
The power of money is so powerful, so I looked at him and asked: "Are you happy? I mean these days."
He looked at me and said, "I'm very happy."
"That's good." Between the two of us, it was enough to click, and I said, "But I'm sorry, I can't accompany you to the flower market."
Liang Medong said: "It's okay, I didn't plan to go."
how come? What’s so good about the virtue of the Botanical Garden? I knew he just wanted to visit the flower market.
I know the reason even if he doesn't tell me, because I bought a snow squirrel there before.
Snow squirrels are expensive, but that one only cost me a hundred because it was almost dead.
The boss said that if I didn't buy it, he would throw it away. He also said that it was actually frozen and he could just keep it alive.
My family didn't have the conditions to keep these, so I gave them to Liang Medong.
Liang Medong built a huge villa for it with his own hands and took good care of it like a daughter every day.
Facts have proved that cheap products are definitely not good products. His illnesses came one after another. Liang Medong was exhausted both mentally and physically taking care of him. During that time, he almost stopped playing football.
I didn’t know at the time whether he spent any money, but now that I think about it, he probably threw a lot of money into it.
The squirrel was alive at first. It was a female, white, with beautiful golden hair on its back. Liang Medong called it Xiaomei.
He said that plum blossoms bloom in winter and are stronger. He hoped that they would be as strong as ever.
However, the little plum rat lived up to its name and died suddenly in less than a year.
This matter has always been a pain in Liang Medong's heart, but he has always refused to buy a new one by himself, always hoping that I would buy it for him.
The normal price of a snow squirrel baby starts at 2,000. How could I have the money at that time? So I promised him that I would buy him a new pair when I got to work, and then let them keep having children and have endless children and grandchildren.
In a blink of an eye, I have been working for so many years.
Remembering that he still kept the cage, I changed my mind again: "Let's go for a walk."
Liang Medong said: "Go back."
"Then you wait outside, and I'll go shopping." I said, "I've come all this way, and now I have money. I'll buy you a pair of sturdy ones. It's a farewell gift in return."
Liang Medong then said: "It's not the breeding season now. The older ones are usually those that have been poorly raised by others. They have wild personalities, poor rules, and are not affectionate... I'm very busy and don't have the energy to take care of them."
After saying that, he added: "I really don't want to go, I just want to find a place nearby to relieve the drunkenness before sending you back."
After the smell of alcohol dissipated, I got in the car and the ride was quiet.
The weather is getting darker and darker, and the temperature is slightly higher in the afternoon. In this bad weather, it starts to rain again. The glass is wet, and it is impossible to see the scenery outside.
So I could only pick up the phone and turn it on.
It has been closed for the past few days. After all, it cannot be allowed to disturb Liang Medong's shopping mood.
