Chapter 5 — The Soul of Shoes

At this point, I used lightning speed to finish repairing the last pair of shoes. At that moment, Tong Kieu Duong led the beaming second grader down to the stage. As soon as she saw me, she excitedly ran towards me. "Tri Y! I love you to death! Just now that big person even praised me, praising me for having great spirit. I danced to the point of forgetting myself. It's all thanks to your dancing shoes, giving me more strength." Hearing that, I couldn't help but laugh, gently pushed her away, saying: "This is thanks to your own efforts. My dancing shoes only make you more comfortable. But the spirit Your movements, your dance, are all thanks to your own efforts." Tong Kieu Duong's eyes turned red, she rubbed her face against mine: "I don't care, your shoes have given me more courage and confidence!" The others also laughed and chimed in: "Let's go celebrate later! I have a feeling this time the ranking won't be low." This sentence was very meaningful, after all, they were already second-rate before. The teacher also smiled at them, raised his hand to call Tong Kieu Duong over. To Li clenched her fists, staring at Tong Kieu Duong, the jealousy in her eyes almost overflowing. She glared at us: "What are you proud of? You couldn't beat us before, you can't beat us now! Just wait and see!" The teacher noticed the situation here and advised: "To Li, keep a calm mind. Dancing is something that makes people feel light, happy and elegant from the inside out." To Li stiffly nodded, turned around and led the team onto the stage. To Li led the first class to do a perfect opening dance, then gracefully danced. At first it still looked pretty good, but later To Li started to lose her rhythm. She rotated faster and faster, doing high-intensity movements in a haphazard manner. In my mind it's all about winning. The others, in order to keep up with To Li's pace, could only desperately speed up. The teacher frowned, shook his head slightly, disappointment appeared in his eyes. Sure enough, the next second, everyone collided with each other in a chaotic rhythm. Everyone fell to the ground, creating a serious performance accident. 7 To Li did not know how he got off the stage. She saw the teacher's disappointed eyes and suddenly trembled inside. The remaining time was filled with torment. When the rankings were announced, their group undoubtedly became the last place, while the names of Tong Kieu Duong and everyone else clearly hung in the first place! Tong Kieu Duong suddenly stood up, the other second grade students' eyes were red. They looked at me, then walked arm in arm to the podium. This is the first time they have won first place. And downstage, To Li tightened his grip, the others remained silent without saying a word. The image of Tong Kieu Duong and everyone standing on stage lifting the trophy, red eyes expressing their feelings to receive the award, pierced their hearts deeply. They had won first place many times before, but this time they intentionally failed. This time, someone from a higher level intentionally came. Until they saw Tong Kieu Duong chosen by that big man to take him to Beijing, they completely collapsed. After the award ceremony ended, To Li couldn't hold it in anymore. She slapped herself fiercely, then looked at the others and blamed: "Why can't you keep up?! We've all practiced those movements! You give the championship to someone else!" Others also completely exploded: "You have no right to say that! What are you crazy? Who told you to spin so fast?" If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't be in last place!” A group of people became more and more agitated as they spoke, cursing and reproaching them.

each other, and in the end even moved their hands and feet. Tong Kieu Duong hugged my shoulders, pulled me directly, and said cheerfully: "Go! Let's go eat a meal!" I smiled and said: "Not losing weight anymore?" Tong Kieu Duong hesitated for a moment: "It's okay, at most I won't eat tonight, to make up for it." The classmate next to me said: "You keep bragging, you definitely won't be able to make up for it." I looked at their bustling laughter and laughed, then bowed my head and transferred the hospital bill to my father. Just now, I transferred a total of nine thousand eight hundred yuan, and I kept one hundred yuan for living expenses. Looking at the "it's been hard" sticker my dad sent me, my thoughts returned to the afternoon the incident happened. Mom had to go to a competition. Dad happily took me, who was still practicing dancing at school, to watch her competition. Our whole family is proud that my mother is an excellent ballet dancer. My dad and I happily clapped under the stage. When Mom finished dancing, every judge and audience stood up and applauded. After the performance ended, my parents took me home. At that time, it was raining heavily and the road was blocked. But just as Dad was about to slow down and stop the car, he discovered the brakes were broken. A second before the accident happened, my mother risked her life to shield me. My father was knocked unconscious in the driver's seat, my mother was seriously injured all over her body, and only I was protected by them below, unharmed, and was hit until I fainted.