Chapter 31  : The Old Times of Him and Her (1)

At that time, Qin Zhi’ai had already finished her first semester in high school and was on winter break. After the Spring Festival, she received a phone call from Xu Wennuan inviting her to skate.

When she arrived at the skating rink, she finally learned that apart from Xu Wennuan, there were a few of Wu Hao’s friends coming.

Gu Yusheng was one of them.magic

At the beginning, Qin Zhi’ai didn’t know he was there. After being introduced by Wu Hao, she said hello to the boys. When she went to rent skates with Xu Wennuan, she finally saw Gu Yusheng leaning against the wall, an unlit cigarette in his mouth.Qin Zhi’ai changed her shoes mechanically, for she was still shocked by how Gu Yusheng had looked at her. When she had almost finished changing into the skates, she suddenly interrupted Xu Wennuan, asking, “Does Wu Hao know Gu Yusheng?”

“Ah?” Xu Wennuan might have been shocked by the sudden change of topic, but she said, “Yeah, they’re roommates, and they’ve known each other since they were little, because they grew up in the same neighborhood.”

Xu Wennnuan was going to say something else, but Wu Hao came over, so she waved at Qin Zhi’ai and went into the skating rink hand in hand with him.

When Qin Zhi’ai had put the skates on, she stood up and glanced at where Gu Yusheng was.

He hadn’t changed into skates, but instead stayed leaning against the wall, smoking.

Qin Zhi’ai skated for a while and eventually came back to where she started. She saw him still standing there, a new cigarette the only change in his appearance.

When she met back up with Xu Wennuan in the rink after three hours of skating, she pointed to Gu Yusheng and whispered, “Why didn’t he hang out with us?”

“Whenever he acts like that, he must be in a bad mood. You didn’t see? How none of the other boys dared to talk to him?”

Upon hearing Xu Wennuan’s answer, Qin Zhi’ai finally realized that none of his friends had said a word to him, even though they had passed by him many times that afternoon.