Dress up as Dior sister and awaken your substitute at the beginning

It was a second-hand clothing store.

There was a half-worn dress hanging inside.

Pink, silk chiffon, embellished with two rows of pearl buttons on the waist, simple yet sophisticated.

Mia tightened her grip on Johnny's arm, her breathing quickening.

Johnny noticed something strange about Mia, looked around, and when he saw no one was paying attention, he lowered his voice and asked, "What happened to that store?"

Mia answered softly with her eyes gleaming.

"That skirt is my mother's relic."

Johnny pursed his lips and touched Mia's head: "Let's buy it back."

After that, Johnny ran into the store with Mia in his arms, as if the earth would explode if he was slow for one second.

The store is not big, filled with all kinds of coats, shirts, pants, skirts... piled randomly in boxes.

Only the pink dress was carefully hung on the hanger nailed to the wall.

The person looking after the store is an old man, sitting on a chair reading a newspaper. He was wearing a colorful striped coat, and his fashionable and fancy appearance was very different from other residents.

The old man saw Johnny running in quickly and stood up from his chair: "Kid, what's wrong with you?"

Johnny pointed at the dress: "Hello, I want to buy that pink skirt."

The old man smiled faintly: "You have really good taste. This skirt is a bit old, and the material and tailoring are very particular. It is definitely a treasure from the hands of the nobles. It has been here for a long time, and people don't like this kind of snagging. The flimsy fabric... give it a pound."

One pound, about a thousand dollars in modern dollars.

This is not a lot of money for Johnny. Even if he lost his memory and stayed at Brando's house, Dio gave him a lot of money.

Although Dior’s original intention was to let Johnny use the money to go out and have fun, so as not to bother Mia at home...

But now Johnny only has eight shillings given by the Taylor family, which is still four shillings short, which is obviously not enough.

Johnny took out the eight shillings from his trouser pocket, counted it twice, and found that it was indeed only eight shillings.

He handed the eight shillings to the old man stiffly: "Can it be cheaper? I only have so much."

"This skirt is made of silk, and one pound is already very cheap. But..."

The old man looked at Johnny's tall and straight figure, his delicate skin and the muscles outlined by his clothes, with a curious look on his face.

"Young man, you don't look like an ordinary person. Why are you like this?"

The old man’s words were more euphemistic, but Johnny could tell that he was referring to why he was so depressed.

Johnny's eyes flashed slightly: "I lost my way and was separated from my friends. Fortunately, a kind person took me in... Can you give me an IOU? I can pay you back ten times!"

"This skirt must be the casual clothes of a certain eldest lady. I don't know why it was sold. Every time I see it, I can think of some sad stories..."

The old man looked at the dresses on the wall and touched his beard.

"Why do you want this dress so much?"

Johnny lowered his head slightly and looked at Mia quietly.

Mia blinked at an angle that the old man couldn't see.

Johnny's voice was tight: "It is a relic of my friend's mother."

"The relic..." The old man turned around, "Can you tell me its story?"

Johnny froze for a moment, not knowing what to say.

He didn't know why the dress was sold, but thinking about his friend's gloomy childhood, it must not be a good thing.

The old man sighed: "Looking at you, you must have a sad past..."

After saying that, the old man took the skirt off the wall and put it on the counter: "The small business I run cannot be discounted or credited. But now it is not for sale, and I will keep it until you bring the money back."

Johnny's eyes lit up and he put the coins in his hand on the counter: "Thank you! You are so kind. I will definitely bring the money back!"

Great, I saved my mom’s dress…

Looking at the dresses on the counter, Mia's tight body relaxed and a tear fell from her eyes.

Not noticing anything unusual about the stuffed bear, the old man pushed Johnny's coins away: "It's not easy for you to be alone outside. Keep this money..."

squeak-

The door was pushed open and a man walked in.