Back Then, I Adored You

After he finished talking, Gu Yusheng forcefully dragged her further into the amusement park.

Gu Yusheng stopped at every ride and pointed at it, asking Qin Zhi’ai, “Do you want to ride that?”

He didn’t force Qin Zhi’ai to go on the ride when he saw her shaking her head. He only held her by the waist and walked to the next ride.

The amusement park he had picked was a lot bigger than the one around S University. Even though they hadn’t gone on any rides and simply walked a lap around the park, it still took them almost an hour.

When they came close to the outdoor café, Gu Yusheng suddenly stopped. He walked towards the merry-go-around without asking for Qin Zhi’ai’s opinion. “We’ve walked around the whole park. You didn’t like any of the rides. That’s okay. I know you must like this one. Let’s go and take a look.”

They walked past the merry-go-around. There was a vendor with two rows of electronic guns. It was set up exactly the same as the one Qin Zhi’ai had played at S amusement park. There were many colorful balloons hung in front of them.

Gu Yusheng walked forward. He held Qin Zhi’ai by her waist with one hand and pointed at the stuffed animals on the counter with the other. He asked, “Which one do you like? Monkey? Cat? Dolphin? Or that duck?”

As he touched the rabbit, he suddenly remembered that the guy had shot a rabbit for her. The corners of his mouth tensed up. He immediately skipped from rabbit to the next stuffed animal. “Or a puppy?”

Qin Zhi’ai seemed to understand something, as she didn’t answer Gu Yusheng.

Gu Yusheng wasn’t upset over her silence. He reached his hand out and pulled on the fur of the stuffed animal. He pulled more fur from it and said casually, “Since you couldn’t pick one out, we’ll take all of them home.”

As he talked, he took out a few red-colored bills and handed them to the vendor. He took a gun from the vendor and started to shoot at the colorful balloons without even taking the time to target them. He lifted his arms up and shot first.

Gu Yusheng shot again after the first balloon exploded.

Different stuffed animals required different skills.

When Gu Yusheng had held Qin Zhi’ai’s waist and pointed at the stuffed animals, he had glanced at the instructions and gotten an idea of how many credits were needed for each stuffed animal.

There were about twenty shooting areas at the vendor, with two rows of toy guns. After Gu Yusheng shot twice, he began to shoot nonstop. Qin Zhi’ai heard a series of balloons popping, the popping sounds one after another. Before the popping sounds stopped, he had tossed his gun on the counter in front of him. He said casually to the vendor, “The money.”

He walked to the next shooting area and picked up the gun. There was another series of gunshots and balloon popping.

When the vendor heard him say “the money,” he didn’t immediately realize what Gu Yusheng meant. He ran to the first shooting area and counted the balloons that had exploded. The number he counted was exactly the credits needed to win the money.

He took a monkey from the wall and passed it to Qin Zhi’ai. Gu Yusheng had put down his gun at the second shooting area and said, “dolphin,” before he walked to the third shooting area.

Gu Yusheng had shot the same amount of balloons at the second shooting area. It was exactly the number of points needed to win the dolphin.

Before the vendor had a chance to get the dolphin for Qin Zhi’ai, Gu Yusheng had put down his third gun and picked up the fourth gun. He only said, “Dog.”