The portion of wontons wasn't large. Liu Fengming was almost finished eating the rice and soup when he suddenly remembered what Lu Ying had mentioned.
He met Lu Ying while traveling with his friends.
They were on a mountain when it started raining that afternoon. When the rain finally stopped, he and his friend, who was also soaked, started walking down the mountain.
Near the wishing tree halfway up the mountain, he spotted Lu Ying, dressed in a white dress with her black hair flowing freely, standing gracefully.
At that time, Lu Ying had been in society for less than a year. She was still naive and inexperienced. Just standing there, she was a vibrant and beautiful sight of youth.
Without thinking, he went up and struck up a conversation.
At that time, Lu Ying was waiting for Lu Yongkang and Lu Jun. The rain came suddenly, and they got separated. She had lent her umbrella to someone, who had not yet returned it to her.
She was feeling a bit sad at the time, and she really liked that pale yellow umbrella with its tiny daisy print. But as soon as the rain stopped and people started moving around, that person disappeared.
So when she saw Liu Fengming approaching her, her slightly greasy face made her feel uncomfortable at first glance, and she directly said that her boyfriend was helping her get a blessing ribbon.
Her clumsy lie was immediately seen through by the experienced Liu Fengming, who shamelessly insisted on getting her contact information.
At that time, Lu Ying was holding her phone in her hand so that she could receive Lu Yongkang and the others' calls in time and meet up with them as soon as possible.
As a result, Liu Fengming saw her phone, snatched it away when she wasn't paying attention, forcibly left his phone number, and also wrote down the woman's phone number.
Lu Ying was just a young girl at the time, and this was the first time she had encountered such a situation. She tried to snatch her phone back but couldn't, and she was both frightened and scared.
Liu Fengming was an experienced man and wouldn't really anger Lu Ying. He left his phone number and returned the phone to her, saying a lot of greasy things.
After the man left, Lu Ying immediately deleted the number.
She was angry, but thinking that she wouldn't run into them again after going down the mountain, she didn't tell Lu Yongkang and the others.
Who knew that she would meet Liu Fengming again later.
Men have a knack for pursuing girls, but Lu Ying tried everything and still couldn't win her over.
Even when facing her older brother, Liu Fengming would smile and call him "brother," buying him good cigarettes and wine, and inviting him to eat together.
Lu Ying was both angry and helpless because of him. As time went on, the man did do a few things that were still considered manly, so she was no longer as resistant to Liu Fengming as she had been at the beginning.
But to say I like it, that's far from the truth.
It was a rainy day. When she got off work, Liu Fengming was waiting for her at the door, pushing a worn-out bicycle and holding an old umbrella.
She had brought her own umbrella and could take the bus home, so she ignored the man and walked towards the bus stop, which was a little further away.
As a result, Liu Fengming caught up with him pushing his bicycle, saying that the rain was too heavy and some sections of the road were severely flooded, so the buses could not pass.
Lu Ying was quite surprised by this, and her face momentarily went blank.
The place I live is not close to my workplace; it takes several bus stops. I could walk back, but Liu Fengming is always with me.
Knowing that Lu Ying couldn't escape this time, the man confidently offered to take her home on his bicycle.
Lu Ying hesitated for only a moment before quickly agreeing, "Okay, then I'll trouble you."
What she was thinking at the time was that she wanted to see how he could take her home if even the bus couldn't get here.
With such heavy rain, you can't use an umbrella while riding a bike, or you'll definitely get soaked.
She wanted to see just how sincere Liu Fengming was, to see if he could justify offering to take her home in this weather.
However, she forgot that bicycles can go up the steps.
Liu Fengming carefully chose his route and actually escorted her to her place.
Looking at the man who was soaking wet, Lu Ying felt a mix of emotions.
When the man told her to go back and change into clean clothes so she wouldn't catch a cold, she blurted out, "There's a wonton shop in the west of the city. I want to eat their wontons. Can you buy some for me?"
Liu Fengming was soaked to the bone, feeling frustrated, yet he still had to say nice things to the woman.
When he heard the woman tell him to go to the west side of the city to buy wontons, his first thought was, "Damn it, it's raining heavily, and she lives in the east of the city but wants to eat wontons from the west side. Isn't she just deliberately making things difficult for her?"
However, he was experienced and quickly realized that this was a sign that the woman was softening towards him. He immediately smiled and agreed, then got on his bicycle and headed west.
Lu Ying only saw the man's unrestrained smile and his back as he walked westward in the rain.
When she later saw the still-warm wontons placed at the door, she was finally moved by Liu Fengming's actions.
However, when Liu Fengming recalls that incident now, he can't help but feel guilty.
He hadn't gone far on his bicycle when his friend called, saying he'd met a girl at an internet cafe and wanted him to come over and liven things up.
The internet cafe wasn't far away, and it was raining heavily at the time. He figured the west side of the city was far anyway, so he'd go to the internet cafe to avoid the rain for a while before heading to the other side.
When they got to the internet cafe and met up with their friends, they started bragging and completely forgot about buying wontons.
By the time I remembered, almost an hour had passed.
He looked outside and saw that it was still raining heavily. His friends were having a great time, and he really didn't want to go that far.
His eyes darted around and he saw the internet cafe manager, who looked to be a young man in his early twenties, wearing glasses, quiet and seemingly easy to bully.
He called the man over directly and offered to pay him fifty yuan for running errands, asking him to buy a bowl of wontons in the west of the city and deliver it to a certain place in the east of the city, simply leaving it at the door.
The network administrator was initially reluctant, but upon hearing about the errand fee, he agreed without much hesitation.
He happened to be free at the moment, so he borrowed the boss's electric scooter, put on his raincoat, and left.
Upon finding the wonton shop, the network administrator recalled how the man's friend had teased him before he left, saying that he really cared about his girlfriend, even thoughtfully delivering wontons on a rainy day.
Without much thought, he took off his coat and wrapped the takeout box in it.
The distance is too far, so I can't send it over; it'll get cold and won't be edible.
He didn't think much of it, only that since the man had paid fifty yuan for the errand, he should at least provide better service.
After all, he only earns thirty yuan a day at an internet cafe.
So after delivering the wontons, he immediately called the man back to say that he had delivered them, and without wasting any time, he rode his bike back directly.
While Liu Fengming was chatting and bragging with his friends at the internet cafe, he received a call from the internet cafe manager and deliberately sent a pitiful message to Lu Ying.
He said he knew she didn't like him, and that the wontons were already placed at her door. He was so soaked and disheveled from the rain that he didn't see her.
Because of that bowl of hot wontons, Lu Ying developed a positive impression of Liu Fengming.
Even during their frequent arguments after marriage, she never doubted whether Liu Fengming had actually bought the wontons.
Even now, she doesn't know that the wontons were bought by someone Liu Fengming asked to do.
After recalling that incident, Liu Fengming felt guilty for a moment, but quickly felt at ease again.
After all, he also paid fifty yuan for the errand!
Although he deliberately gave more to show off in front of his friends, he still contributed money, didn't he?
So he acted as if nothing had happened, and didn't mention the truth of what happened back then.
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