525 Waiting for a Person Whose Return Date Was Unknown (15)

Gu Yusheng lit a cigarette and raised his eyes without answering.

Seated next to him, his old bunkmate spoke up. "Single without a doubt. Our Captain Gu is a bachelor by choice!"

Perhaps it was the encounter with her in the afternoon that triggered his memory of little troublemaker. Or it might have been the influence of alcohol that made him slightly melancholy. Gu Yusheng, who'd been reticent for most of the night, abruptly said, "Not anymore."

His outburst startled the group, and all eyes turned toward him.

Gu Yusheng acted oblivious. He took a drag from his cigarette and completed his announcement. "I'm not against the idea of marriage anymore."

Veiled by the cloud of smoke he had exhaled, everyone in the room became a blur. The scenes and feelings of that night began to unfold faintly before his eyes.

We'd been strolling along the streets when I kissed her deeply after she had finished singing a song.