Back Then, I Adored You

The two saw him walking over. They greeted him and passed him a club. Lu Bancheng asked, “Do you want to play a round?”

Gu Yusheng hadn’t played golf for a long time, so he wanted to. He didn’t turn down their offer. He took the club from Lu Bancheng, aimed for the hole in front of him, and swung.

The golf ball flew through the air and rolled around the hole three times before it went in.

Wuhao cheered for him with a straw between his teeth. Lu Bancheng held the club and set up the shot for a long time before he swung the club. His ball went into the hole, too.

Gu Yusheng played for about half an hour and then passed the club to the caddy and took a towel and ice water from him. He walked under the umbrella and casually laid on a chaise, watching Wu Hao and Lu Bancheng show off their golf skills on the green.

It might have been because he had just had sex with Qin Zhi’ai for the first time in a long time the night before, but he felt a little sleepy after playing even a little bit. Gu Yusheng raised his hand up to block the sunlight and closed his eyes to rest.

When he opened his eyes, Wu Hao and Lu Bancheng had stopped playing. They were sitting next to his chair and discussing where they should go for lunch.

Gu Yusheng didn’t offer a suggestion about lunch. He took out his cell phone to check the time. It was past eleven o’clock, lunch time. He wondered if the little troublemaker had finished her work yet.

Gu Yusheng held the cell phone for a while before he realized what he was doing. He searched for her number, wrote a text, and sent it to her. “Are you done?”

Gu Yusheng received a text from Liang Doukou quickly. “I just finished and was about to have lunch.”

Gu Yusheng moved his fingers fast on the keyboard. “With Zhou Jing?”

“Yes,” Liang Doukou texted her back.

Gu Yusheng was ready to put away his cell phone, but he texted her again after thinking. “The weather is nice today. You should go shopping after lunch.”

Liang Doukou texted back, “I told Zhou Jing about it. We’ll go shopping this afternoon.”

Gu Yusheng felt at ease after seeing what Liang Doukou texted back. Before he put away his cell phone, he changed her contact name to little troublemaker.

Lu Bancheng decided for everybody where they should have lunch.

It was a Russian restaurant in the fourth ring of the city where all the waitresses were Russian girls. It wasn’t far from the golf court, only a ten minute drive away. After they parked their car, Gu Yusheng went directly to the restroom before going to the dining area.

Gu Yusheng pulled a paper towel out after washing his hands. As he wiped his hands, he looked up at the mirror in front of him and saw a familiar face in the mirror.

Gu Yusheng slowed the wiping of his hands and stared at that face for a while. He saw it was Liang Doukou’s agent, Zhou Jing.

Little troublemaker had said she was having lunch with Zhou Jing. He wondered if they were having lunch there.

As Gu Yusheng was thinking about it, Zhou Jing saw him too. As Liang Doukou’s agent, Zhou Jing had seen Gu Yusheng many times. When she saw Gu Yusheng staring at her, she curled the corners of her mouth and smiled at him. “Master Gu.”

Gu Yusheng nodded. “Are you having lunch here too?”

This was the first time Gu Yusheng had talked to Zhou Jing in years. She was extremely surprised and answered him with a smile. “Yes, today is my father’s birthday. We’re here celebrating his birthday.”

After he asked the question, Gu Yusheng wanted to ask where their table was. He wanted Zhou Jing to help him find the little troublemaker and invite them to his table. Zhou Jing had spoken before he could even ask those questions.