Back Then, I Adored You

Gu Yusheng paused in his writing. He had planned to sign as “Mr. S.”

A is a girl. She should know more about girls, Gu Yusheng thought to himself.

After thinking about it, Gu Yusheng quickly wrote in the letter, “A, do you know why a woman wouldn’t want to spend a guy’s money?”

After signing it “Mr. S,” Gu Yusheng slowly folded the letter. He took an envelope out from the drawer and put the letter in it. He wrote down A’s address and put a stamp on it before he put it in his file folder. He planned on asking Xiaowang to send it tomorrow after he made it to the company.

The master bedroom was very quiet. Qin Zhi’ai was sleeping soundly on her side, taking up less than half of the bed.

Gu Yusheng carefully flipped the blanket over and laid down next to her. He wasn’t sure why he wasn’t sleepy yet, but it might have been because he was thinking of the reason Qin Zhi’ai didn’t want to spend his money after writing a letter to A.

He recalled what happened that afternoon. He thought about all the details as he watched her back.

Little troublemaker, do you know I don’t have bad tempers anymore because of you? In fact, I improved my temper because of you, Gu Yusheng thought to himself.

Qin Zhi’ai received all kinds of gifts from Gu Yusheng in the next five days.

She received purses, clothes, shoes, and much more.

She was confused, but she never bothered to ask him why. She didn’t open these gifts, treating them the same way she had treated Liang Doukou’s birthday gift she received in Paris. She put them all in in the closet. They kept well there.

On the third day of those five, Qin Zhi’ai stopped by A high school when she went out. She was surprised to receive a letter from Mr. S.

She read his letter in the car.

Mr. S has a crush on a girl. Qin Zhi’ai, as his friend, was happy for him. In her letter back to him, she gave him her blessing. She felt bad for a while before she wrote him back about the last question in his letter, “Do you know why a woman wouldn’t want to spend a guy’s money?” She was sad for a while, because she thought about herself and how she was not in any position to spend Gu Yusheng’s money.

Time flew by. Another month had passed, and it was only nine days before Liang Doukou would return.

Qin Zhi’ai wasn’t sure why she hadn’t been in a good mood since that morning. She thought it might have been because she was on her period or had seen the reminder on her cell phone calendar that she only had a few days left with Gu Yusheng. Her mood became worse when she saw the gloomy weather outside.

Gu Yusheng was in the same gloomy mood as Qin Zhi’ai. He sat in his executive office at the Gu company.

He had sent her gift every day for the past few days. She had said she liked them with a smile no matter what gifts he gave her. However, she had never used any of them, not even trying any of them on before she put them in the closet.

The more he thought about it, the more distracted he was. He couldn’t focus on his work. He sat in his office chair and dazed off while staring at the computer screen.

Gu Yusheng didn’t notice Xiaowang until he had knocked on the door and walked in with files in his arms.

Xiaowang walked to the desk. He didn’t notice Gu Yusheng in a daze until he was about to pass the files to him. When Xiaowang saw the sad look on Gu Yusheng’s face, the words “Master Gu” were stuck on his tongue.