Back Then, I Adored You

Due to his fast speaking and unclear pronunciation, Qin Zhi’ai only heard that he had said something, but she wasn’t sure what the exact words were. Thus, she asked Gu Yusheng directly, “What?”

She didn’t hear me?

Gu Yusheng lowered his head and took a glance at his watch. There were about twenty five seconds left, but he still didn’t dare to look her in the eyes. Then he swallowed her saliva and repeated what he had just said. “Happy birthday.”

Because of his nervousness and awkwardness, he still spoke a little fast, but less fast than before. The pronunciation was clearer, so Qin Zhi’ai could finally surmise what he meant.

Happy birthday.

Today is Liang Doukou’s birthday, so he came from a great distance to Paris to celebrate it with her?

Thinking this, Qin Zhi’ai dropped her head and looked at the gift box that Gu Yusheng had put into her hands. Without opening it, she wasn’t sure what was in it, but she recognized the logo on the box as an international brand that specialized in jewelry. Qin Zhi’ai couldn’t afford any jewelry from the brand even with a whole year’s salary.

Nevertheless, sometimes things happened by coincidence.

Qin Zhi’ai’s birthday was one day after Liang Doukou’s.

After five o’clock in Paris, it would be her birthday.

The gift isn’t for me, nor are the birthday wishes… Then could I pretend that I didn’t hear it and ask him again about what he said? Could I trick him into saying that again and take it for myself?

Qin Zhi’ai took a look at the watch on her wrist secretly. It was already eighteen minutes after five o’clock, and her birthday had come. After a moment of hesitation, she raised her eyes slowly and looked at Gu Yusheng. “What did you say? I didn’t hear that clearly…”

I tried very hard to make the second time as clear as possible, but she still didn’t hear me clearly?

Gu Yusheng raised his wrist and looked at his watch. Her birthday had already passed, so he became a bit upset all of sudden, saying with annoyance, “If you didn’t hear it, just forget about that part.”

The expectation in Qin Zhi’ai’s eyes turned to gloom in an instant. Her head dropped rapidly, as she murmured gently, “Hmm.”

It turned out that those words didn’t belong to her and never would, even if she strove for them through lies.

It was she who had expected too much… Qin Zhi’ai tried very hard to lift up the corners of her mouth, then opened her mouth and changed the topic. “I’ll go get a bottle of water for you.”

After saying that, Qin Zhi’ai turned around and walked to the bedside. She put the gift carelessly onto the bed and took a bottle of water from the bedside table.

With her back to Gu Yusheng, she intended to take her time unscrewing the cap to ease the sadness in the bottom of her heart, but after she had tried very hard for a long while, the bottle remained unopened.

When she had dropped her head, Gu Yusheng had already caught the disappointment in her eyes.

Did my not so nice tone hurt her?

Although she had quietly smiled to him warmly after, he still thought that she had been forcing herself, since she was unwilling to have her sadness noticed by him…

Gu Yusheng stared at her unscrewing the cap for a moment. Suddenly, he strode towards her, grasped her wrist, and pulled her to himself, her face to his. He originally intended to apologize to her. He also wanted to give her an explanation, but at last, he moved his lips, lowered his head, and covered her lips with his.

At the very start, he had intended only to kiss her. Nevertheless, he lost control in the end.