Forgotten Love - Chapter 28
So, people really should trust their sixth sense.
Who could have thought that one moment, I was still eating and laughing with Gu Huaian.
The next second, a strong tremor came from the ground.
“Ruanruan, watch out!!”
Gu Huaian’s pupils trembled as he suddenly lunged toward me.
In an instant, the entire roof collapsed with a thunderous crash.
A sharp pain shot through my head.
My vision went black, and I completely lost consciousness.
……
It felt like I had a very, very long dream.
In the dream, after Uncle Gu died in a car accident.
For a long time, I didn’t see Gu Huaian.
Until one night, a few thugs started harassing me.
Normally, I could have easily handled them myself.
But as luck would have it, I was a bit drunk that day.
One of them snuck up behind me and pinned me to the ground.
Just as those filthy hands were about to reach under my skirt-
Gu Huaian suddenly appeared and kicked the man away with force.
He landed punch after punch, teaching those thugs a harsh lesson one by one.
Finally, he walked over to me, squatted down, and looked me in the eye.
“Shen Qingruan, who would’ve thought you’d have such a sorry day?”
As usual, he immediately started mocking me.
But after he finished, he fell silent.
After a while, he tugged at the corner of his mouth, turned around, and faced away from me.
“Come on, get on. I’ll carry you home.”
“Drank so much, aren’t you afraid your parents will nag you?”
My mind was still a bit foggy.
I lay on Gu Huaian’s broad back.
Watching his mouth open and close.
I couldn’t help but blurt out:
“Gu Huaian, when did you get so good at fighting?”
“That day I hit you, why didn’t you fight back…”
The day I beat up Gu Huaian, I hadn’t held back at all.
Gu Huaian was chased and beaten by me, yelling and screaming.
He said that one day, he’d pay me back with interest.
Back then, I just thought he was all bark and no bite.
But just now, seeing the way he fought-
I realized he wasn’t unable to beat me, he was letting me win.
“That day… it was my fault anyway, I was too mean with my words.”
“If letting you beat me could help you vent, then I just took it.”
“But you, you’re really petty! Beating me wasn’t enough, you had to double the scolding in front of my dad.”
Gu Huaian turned his head, looking like he wanted to smile at me.
But the recent upheavals had cast a faint sadness over him.
I thought of how I used to mock Gu Huaian in front of Uncle Gu.
And now, Uncle Gu was forever gone from our world…
My nose stung for no reason, and I rested my head on Gu Huaian’s shoulder,
Afraid he’d notice something was wrong.
“Fallen asleep?”
Seeing I hadn’t spoken for a while, Gu Huaian shrugged.
“Hey, sleep at home. It’s windy, don’t catch a cold.”
“I’m not asleep,” I mumbled, picking up my phone to check the time.
Thankfully, it wasn’t midnight yet.
“Gu Huaian.”
Hearing the sudden seriousness in my tone,
Gu Huaian stopped and looked at me in confusion.
The moment our eyes met, I smiled at him:
“Happy birthday.”
