Melancholy

The narrator introduces himself as a "freshman" who "studied hard" to get into university, just like his "roommate, qiuzi" . He tells the audience that he and his roommate have been calling each other every night since the beginning of the semester, but they haven't been able to meet up for a month. The narrator tells us that he bought a new pair of running shoes, and that tuoyi told him that his physical strength wasn't good enough. He asks her to knock on her door to tell her that her boyfriend is coming, and she does so. The two of them go off to treat the other students to dinner, and the narrator tells him that he has a heel injury that he didn't tell her about earlier, because he was in the middle of a "rush" and had to wear his running shoes to the gym. He doesn't want his friends to worry about it, and he tells them that he still wants to give the shoes to them directly. He says that he also wears the men's version of the shoes, which makes his feet "rub my feet even a bit" , but he's not worried about it. He also tells the story of how he lost three pounds eating in the cafeteria.