Back Then, I Adored You

Back then, he hadn’t thought too much. He had climbed in the car after the driver had opened the door and reminded him to get in the car.

After he had made it back to the company, he had gone to meetings all day.

When he had finished his work, it had already been 9 o’clock in the evening.

He had wanted to go home, but he had remembered that a woman had already moved into his house when he had been poised to dial the number of his driver for a ride.

He hadn’t made the call. Instead, he had hung up the phone, leaned back in his office chair, and smoked. As he had smoked, the same image of Liang Doukou in the sunlight that he had seen at the mansion suddenly popped into his head.

He had suddenly paused in the middle of passing the cigarette into his mouth. He had looked like someone was pressing on his pressure point, making him freeze. He had been lost in a daydream.

He hadn’t recovered from his daze until the cigarette had burned to the filter and hurt his finger. He had secretly judged Liang Doukou for her eyes being so big.

He had thought it was just a one time thing that he had zoned out for a second. Two days later, he had gone to play golf with Lu Bancheng and a few of their other friends. Lu Bancheng had casually mentioned Liang Doukou to his friends.

When he had heard Liang Doukou’s name, he had been holding the golf club, ready to hit the ball. His hands had shaken, and as a result, he had missed the shot.

Lu Bancheng had looked like he saw something unbelievable happen. He had jumped out of his chair and bitten the straw in his beer bottle before grinning. “Damn, Brother Sheng, you didn’t hit the ball? You weren’t thinking of a woman, were you?”

Gu Yusheng had been shocked before Lu Bancheng had even finished talking. Lu Bancheng had been right. When he had heard Liang Doukou mentioned, the image of Liang Doukou looking at him at the Gu mansion had flashed in his mind.

He had known Liang Doukou for over twenty years, yet he had never thought of Liang Doukou as beautiful and gorgeous, like the media said.

However, he had thought Liang Doukou was good-looking when he saw the way she had looked at him at the Gu mansion. This had been especially true about her eyes. When she had looked at him, her eyes had looked so clear, beautiful, and attractive. Her eyes had seemed to be able to talk and completely captivated him.

“Hey, I read your mind, didn’t I? You were thinking of a woman. Am I right?” Lu Bancheng had patted his shoulder after he didn’t get a response from Gu Yusheng.

He had suddenly woken up from the shock. He had realized the image of Liang Doukou had come unbidden to his mind twice, which had frustrated him. He had tossed the golf club on the floor and grabbed his coat, walking away without saying anything.

When he had gotten back into the car, he had received a call from his grandpa. Grandpa had started to scolded him for not coming home and had blamed him for giving too many excuses. He had also told Gu Yusheng that he had turned down a case in Huainan for him.

He had been annoyed by the woman at his home. At that moment, he had felt like she had ruined the case he had followed for the past three months.

He had been enraged. After he had driven back to the company, he had taken a shower and smoked a couple of cigarettes. After he had calmed down a bit, his grandpa had called back again and asked him why he was not home yet when it was so late.