Back Then, I Adored You

Gu Yusheng didn’t say anything. He walked down the stairs in front of Chen’s restaurant.

Qin Zhi’ai followed right after him. She had picked a pair of stilettos when she went out today, and there was uneven pavement on the pedestrian street. When she walked, her body swayed left and right because of it, so Gu Yusheng held her. After they had walked past that passage of the street, he still didn’t let her arm go. Instead, he moved his hand down to her wrist. He paused for a second before he held her hand.

Qin Zhi’ai’s fingertips froze for a second, but she didn’t move her hand away from his. Instead, she let him hold her hand in his. After they had walked about two hundred yards, she gathered up her courage and held his hand in hers.

He felt her slight hand movement. He didn’t look at her, but held her hand tighter.

There was a famous bubble tea shop halfway down the pedestrian street. It was already eleven thirty, but it was still open with a long line.

Gu Yusheng saw several couples leaving the bubble tea shop when he walked by the shop. Girls all cradled cups of tea with their mouths on the straws. They gave smiles to their boyfriends as they took sips.

The satisfaction on the girls’ faces made Gu Yusheng slow down.

He had never dated anyone before. This was his first time. He didn’t know what to do on dates, but he believed that he could do well if other men could do it.

Gu Yusheng was afraid that Qin Zhi’ai would be recognized in the crowd. He pulled Qin Zhi’ai to a big tree on the sidewalk. “Can you wait for me for a minute?”

Qin Zhi’ai didn’t understand what Gu Yusheng wanted before Gu Yusheng had walked to the end of the line outside the bubble tea shop.

He had gone to get her bubble tea.

Qin Zhi’ai quietly leaned on the big tree, watching the back of Gu Yusheng’s head, which was few inches higher than everyone else. As he approached the door of the bubble shop, a touching and warm feeling filled Qin Zhi’ai.

Gu Yusheng rushed back to Qin Zhi’ai with a cup of bubble tea.

When he passed it to her, she said “thank you” with a smile. She took it with both of her hands and cradled it in front of her. She lowered her head to take a sip through the straw.

After she tasted the bubble tea, she suddenly bent down and spit it back up.

Gu Yusheng frowned. “What’s wrong?”

Qin Zhi’ai felt awkward and wiped the corners of her mouth with her hand. She looked at Gu Yusheng first and apologized in a low pitch. “I can’t eat mangos.”

She was allergic to mangos. If she had even a bit, she would have red bumps all over her body.

“You can’t have mangoes?” Gu Yusheng frowned harder. “Aren’t mangoes your favorite fruit?”

“Huh?” Qin Zhi’ai was shocked to hear that.

Gu Yusheng stared at Qin Zhi’ai with an apologetic look. After a while, he mumbled, “It said so on your profile.”

He turned his head to look at a streetlight that wasn’t far from him.

Qin Zhi’ai looked up at Gu Yusheng’s face for a few seconds before she realized the profile he was referring to was one on the internet.

She wasn’t sure if mangoes were Liang Doukou’s favorite or not, but she had to find a reasonable explanation for it.

“Most of the info on my profile on the internet is fake—” Qin Zhi’ai said.

Gu Yusheng turned around and before Qin Zhi’ai could finish her sentence, asked, “How about original flavor?”