Back Then, I Adored You

“Hm?” Gu Yusheng asked so suddenly that Qin Zhi’ai was stunned for a while before she understood his meaning. She didn’t reply to him. He seemed to feel that he hadn’t asked clearly enough, so he asked again, “What flavor do you like?”

Looking at the people still waiting in line at the milk tea shop, Qin Zhi’ai shook her head, just saying, “Forget it.” Gu Yusheng once again opened his mouth. “Or should I get a cup of each flavor for you to try?”

After saying that, Gu Yusheng suddenly felt that his idea was quite good. He turned around and walked to the end of the line in front of the tea shop.

In fear that he would actually buy a cup of each flavor, Qin Zhi’ai hurriedly caught up, pulled on his clothes, and whispered, “Red bean.”

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When Gu Yusheng lined up for the tea, there was a little girl, about three years old, running in front of Qin Zhi’ai with a pinwheel. However, without paying attention to her feet, she accidentally tripped on the ground, then cried loudly.

The little girl’s parents were still far behind, and they didn’t come over immediately. Without any hesitation, Qin Zhi’ai stooped down and lifted the little girl up, then kneeled in front of her and brushed the dirt off of her body.

The little girl was probably hurt. Qin Zhi’ai soothed her, but it still had no effect. It suddenly occurred to her that she had a lollipop in her bag, so she hurriedly took it out, ripped the packaging off, and handed it to the little girl.

When the little girl saw the sugar, she immediately stopped crying. After a moment, she reached out with a chubby hand and took it with the mouth. She sucked it in her mouth, and then, with a tear dripping off her face, she giggled at Qin Zhi’ai, innocent and lovely.

After seeing the little girl’s smile, Qin Zhi’ai smiled with a curved eyebrows, too. Then she took a napkin from her bag, wiped the tears off of the little girl’s face, and brushed her messy hair, then got up and pulled her to the roadside.

The little girl’s mother soon rushed over, and the little girl shouted “Mom” in a tiny voice, immediately rushing over.

After the little girl’s mother picked her up, she thanked Qin Zhi’ai for her help.

Qin Zhi’ai was afraid of being recognized, so she bowed her head down and replied politely, “It was no big deal.” After the little girl’s mother took the little girl away, she looked up for Gu Yusheng.

The man was holding a cup of milk tea and standing under a street lamp not far from her. She didn’t know what he was thinking. Maybe because of the dim light, his eyebrows looked warm, and there was a vague smile on his lips.

Qin Zhi’ai rarely saw Gu Yusheng with that look. She suddenly froze in place. She didn’t come back to reality until Gu Yusheng walked up to her with the milk tea. Then she said, “Thank you.” After taking the milk tea, she took a sip first, then followed Gu Yusheng to continue walking forward in the same direction like they had been before.

It was midnight. Most of the people on the pedestrian street had left, while they were still there, walking slowly.

After Qin Zhi’ai finished drinking her tea, Gu Yusheng helped her throw the cup into the nearest trash can, and he met the little girl who had fallen in front of Qin Zhi’ai again.

The little girl was holding the lollipop that Qin Zhi’ai had just given her, already asleep on her mother’s shoulder.

The scene of Qin Zhi’ai kneeling in front of the little girl that Gu Yusheng had seen when he had been buying the milk tea and turned around suddenly emerged in his mind.

The picture was so beautiful that he let himself indulge in it.

“Gu Yusheng?” Qin Zhi’ai, who stood next to him, saw Gu Yusheng freeze beside the trash can without responding for a long time, so she couldn’t help shouting his name.

Gu Yusheng pulled himself back to reality, then pulled Qin Zhi’ai’s hand and continued moving forward. They hadn’t walked far away when suddenly, he said in a soft tone, “Little troublemaker, let’s have a baby.”