Back Then, I Adored You

Xiaokou lives in his house. Now that I’ve mentioned his house, it could be said that I’m reminding him of her, even if indirectly. If he’s still mad at her, that means I’m asking for trouble.

Thinking this, Lu Bancheng coughed slightly and decided to skip that topic. Gu Yusheng suddenly responded emotionlessly, “Okay, then go to my place.”

Lu Bancheng was stunned and stared at Gu Yusheng dumbfoundedly.

After a while, Gu Yusheng finally turned his head and gave him a look.

Lu Bancheng sobered in a instant and nodded very hard, saying, “Okay!”

Then he took out his phone to send a short message to Wu Hao. Brother Sheng is so unpredictable. He just drove Xiaokou away, why does he want to go home now?

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It was ten o’clock at night when Qin Zhi’ai arrived at home.

The housekeeper’s shift had ended, so Qin Zhi’ai was the only person the grand villa.

In the living room, she sat alone on the sofa and disinfected the wounds on her soles. Then she put several band-aids on the cuts and limped up the stairs.

Qin Zhi’ai knew that Gu Yusheng wouldn’t come back until midnight, so she removed her makeup in the bathroom, turned off the light, and went to sleep.

She didn’t sleep well that night, bothered by scattered dreams. When she finally fell asleep at dawn, the telephone suddenly rang.

It was the housekeeper. Her grandson had gotten sick, but the kid’s parents were on a business trip, so she wanted to take a day off to take care of her grandson.

Gu Yusheng wasn’t home, so she agreed without a second thought.

After hanging up, Qin Zhi’ai fell asleep again. When she woke up, it was nearly eleven o’clock in the morning.

Although she knew that Gu Yusheng was very unlikely to come home, she still sat in front of the dresser and put on makeup delicately.

She had to cook lunch for herself since the housekeeper was gone. When she had just put the ingredients into the pot, she heard the doorbell ringing.

Qin Zhi’ai reduced the heat of the stove, wiped her hands, then ran toward the door.

When she opened the door, she saw two people standing on the porch. One of them was Lu Bancheng, and the other one was Wu Hao. Although she hadn’t seen Wu Hao for years, she recognized him at first sight as the boyfriend of Xu Wennuan, her best friend.

Qin Zhi’ai wasn’t sure if Liang Doukou knew Wu Hao, so she first said hello to Lu Bancheng.

Because of Jiang Qianqian, Wu Hao had learned a little about Liang Doukou, but he wasn’t very unfamiliar with her. Besides, after graduating from high school, he had gone to Hangzhou with Xu Wennuan and hadn’t returned to Beijing for many years, so after Lu Bancheng introduced them to each other, he finally remembered who she was. He reached his hand out to Qin Zhi’ai, saying, “Miss Liang, nice to meet you!”

Qin Zhi’ai greeted him with a gentle smile and reached out to shake hands with Wu Hao as another car entered the driveway.