Back Then, I Adored You

He intentionally kept his voice down, making it sound deep and raspy with a distinct charm.

Xu Wennuan felt as if her entire body was in shock as a current coursed quickly through her blood from the depths of her body. When she had been with Wu Hao, he had often said many touching words to her, but right now her heart felt a sense of flutter that she had never experienced before. She held her breath and did not dare to move.

While her eyes were closed, she could feel the change in his expression from one of passion to sadness. Even when he spoke, his voice was thick with depression. “But Nuannuan, I don’t have that chance anymore…”

As Lu Bancheng said this, his fingers grazed against her face gently as if he was caressing the greatest treasure in the world. He lightly stroked her cheek and, after a long time, he finally said in a forlorn voice, “Nuannuan, over the past year since I left you, every page of my life has been about you.”

Although he was obviously the sad one, after he spoke, Xu Wennuan felt an unexplainable piercing pain in her heart, and she couldn’t bear to be harsh to him.

“Nuannuan, do you know how much I like you and how hard it was for me not to bother you?”

It was a simple question, but it brought about winds and waves in Xu Wennuan’s world. Her heart shook violently, and she suddenly felt as if something was stuck in her throat. She felt his fingers gently moving along her cheeks with a hint of longing. Although it was obviously a warm gesture, she could read his intent to bid her farewell. Her throat choked up even more, and a stinging sensation attacked her eyes.

Xu Wennuan was afraid that she would lose herself, and she briefly tried hard to suppress the emotions in her heart. After some time, his fingers stopped on her skin. Eventually, she heard him sigh softly before his hands pulled away and he rose to leave.

Xu Wennuan opened her eyes subconsciously and watched Lu Bancheng’s silhouette walk farther away. She finally blinked her eyes gently after he walked out from the bedroom and closed the door shut once more. Lifting her fingers, she placed them on her cheeks that he had been stroking with his fingers earlier. His warmth lingered there, and her entire body shivered uncontrollably before his words echoed in her mind once more.

Xu Wennuan laid in bed and spaced out for a long time. Eventually, when she could no longer resist, she climbed out of bed and went into the bathroom. After she came out, Xu Wennuan walked out from the bedroom instead of heading back to bed. The living room was empty, and Lu Bancheng was nowhere to be found.

Xu Wennuan gaped slightly. She didn’t know why she was feeling so anxious. She dashed into the kitchen, the guest bedroom, and the bathroom to search for him. She even went to the entrance area and opened her shoe cabinet to take a look, but when she caught sight of the food placed on the dining table she ran over quickly. That was when she saw the note on the table. She held it up and read it. “Remember to eat something before you go to work.” That was when she was certain that he had in fact left.

Xu Wennuan didn’t know why she felt depressed or why her heart felt as empty as her apartment. After a long time, she placed the note down and looked at the food on the dining table: a bowl of lean-meat porridge, two vegetable dishes, and a bowl of black chicken soup.

For a period of time when they had been married, he had cooked for her every day. Even though she had never eaten his food, she had often looked at it, so she knew that he had prepared everything himself.