Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 105

Chapter 105 We Are Also Destined
Secretary Zhou was upset to be scolded by her boss in the early morning. It might seem unimportant to others, but she felt that it was very embarrassing. Over the past two years, she had become more proficient and capable in work. Whether it was work or personal life, she was able to handle everything perfectly, which made Gu Nianbin think highly of her. It had been a long time since she was scolded.

She sighed faintly. It never occurred to her that for a thoughtful person like her, she fell head first into Du Xiaoxian’s hands. The good reputation and personal image she had developed with great efforts were all ruined in an instant. She blamed herself for meddling in other people’s affairs, especially her boss’s relationship for no good reason at all. Zhou Ting sighed again and silently scolded Du Xiaoxian in her heart.

But when Du Xiaoxian came back from school, Zhou Ting did not dare to blame her at all. However, Du Xiaoxian was so simple and candid, in order to avoid her causing such similar trouble to her next time, Zhou Ting told her about the scolding matter in a roundabout way. To her surprise, Du Xiaoxian understood her right away this time. She knitted her delicate eyebrows and said, “He promised not to scold you. How could he not keep his word? I’ll go talk to him.”

Zhou Ting hurried to stop her, but was stuck in her chair for a moment and could only watch helplessly as Du Xiaoxian went inside in a blink of an eye. Zhou Ting stomped anxiously. Little princess, did you really have to ruin me?

Du Xiaoxian was a little angry, so she shouted at Gu Nianbin right after she entered the room, “You didn’t keep your word!”

Gu Nianbin was puzzled looking at the angry little girl. “How’s that?”

“You promised me not to blame Sister Zhou, but you scolded her this morning! She was helping me!”

Peeping through the door crack, Zhou Ting’s scalp went numb hearing this. “Oh no, I’m finished, I’m finished…” In her mind kept repeating this sentence. Suddenly, someone patted her shoulder. Already frightened out of her mind, she was again scared witless and ended up screaming ghastly…

Shao Boqing was startled by her as well. “Do you really need to overreact so much? Secretary Zhou, you want to scare me to death or what?”

Zhou Ting looked at him angrily. “Boss Shao, obviously you are the one who has almost scared me to death, okay?”

“What are you looking at this time?” Shao Boqing asked curiously, “Are the two of them kissing again?”

Zhou Ting glared at him and asked, “Boss Shao, are you looking for the President?”

“Nice question. Do you think I’m looking for you?” As soon as Shao Boqing recovered from the shock, he started to joke with her.

“Then you can go in.” Zhou Ting was worried that she would not have a chance to enter, now she could use Shao Boqing’s help and go inside after him. Right now she wasn’t in the mood for arguing with him, so she opened the door and made a gesture to ask him to enter first.

Shao Boqing was not used to it seeing that she had suddenly become polite. He took a glance at her before walking inside. Zhou Ting followed closely behind him and tried her best not to let Gu Nianbin see her. Then she made eye signals to Du Xiaoxian to leave.

Without looking at Zhou Ting, Gu Nianbin said to her, “You have learned to complain?”

“No, boss, I…” Zhou Ting stepped out from behind Shao Boqing and lowered her head. She really had nothing to say to excuse herself. How could she know that the little girl was so impulsive? Du Xiaoxian rushed in before she could even finish her sentences.

“Sister Zhou, don’t be afraid. Young Master won’t scold you.” Du Xiaoxian smiled and comforted her.

Shao Boqing looked at Zhou Ting in confusion and laughed. “Did I miss a good show?”

In front of Gu Nianbin, Zhou Ting did not dare to retort him and lowered her head. But in her heart, she cursed Shao Boqing for stirring up the chaos.

“Alright, for Xiaoxian’s sake, I will not pursue this matter any further,” Gu Nianbin said coldly with a stern face.

Zhou Ting felt that she should perform a full greeting to Gu Nianbin and said, “Thank you, Your Majesty, for your imperial kindness.” Because Gu Nianbin sounded extremely like a mighty emperor.

Du Xiaoxian was unhappy and said to Gu Nianbin, “Smile. You look very fierce!”

In front of Shao Boqing and Zhou Ting, Gu Nianbin actually didn’t want to smile right now. Where was the boss’s pride if he smiled whenever he was asked to? But last night, he just swore that he would fulfill all of Du Xiaoxian’s requirements. Moreover, she had already accused him of not keeping his promise. So Gu Nianbin could only ease up his expression and curl the corners of his mouth, saying to Zhou Ting, “Take Xiaoxian out to play for a while.”

Zhou Ting hurriedly took Du Xiaoxian outside as if she had been granted an amnesty. Du Xiaoxian still comforted her while they were walking, “Next time Young Master scolds you, just tell me.”

Zhou Ting did not dare to cover Du Xiaoxian’s mouth, nor did she dare to speak anything. She just kept pulling her out of the office.

Hearing Shao Boqing’s low laughter come from behind, Zhou Ting bet that her boss’s face turned stern again.

The moment they were out of the room, Zhou Ting cupped her hands and begged Du Xiaoxian, “Little princess, please spare me. Please don’t tell boss what we have talked with each other again.”

“It’s fine. Young Master promised me that he wouldn’t scold you in the future.” Du Xiaoxian smiled innocently.

Was that possible? No, right? Zhou Ting didn’t need to think to know that Gu Nianbin was lying to Du Xiaoxian.

Zhou Ting said, “I can’t do this. If I did something wrong, I should be criticized. Only with a spur can progress be made, right? Besides, boss won’t scold me for no reason. It was my fault this time. I shouldn’t have given you bad advice and encouraged you to memorize the movie lines…” Zhou Ting admitted her fault seriously.

“But it worked very well!” Du Xiaoxian smiled and said, “Sister Zhou, I want to thank you. Young Master was very happy after hearing those words, and he agreed to all my requests.”

What was wrong with him! Since he was happy, why would he scold her early in the morning! Zhou Ting blamed her boss in her heart.

At this time, Shao Boqing came out and winked with a smile at Du Xiaoxian. “Your brother wants you inside!”

Du Xiaoxian could not understand his meaningful smile and went in happily.

Shao Boqing waited for the door to close before laughing loudly again. He sat in front of Zhou Ting, crossed his legs and gave her a thumb-up. “You’re amazing! How did you come up with this move?”

Zhou Ting pretended to be confused. “What move?”

“Memorize the lines!” Shao Boqing rubbed his chin and said with a smile, “Why didn’t I think of this before? Pity, what a pity.”

Zhou Ting laughed at him. “You can use this on Manager Fang!”

Shao Boqing smiled bitterly. “She…” Then he stopped talking.

Zhou Ting asked, “Boss Shao, what do you mean by that bitter smile?” Seeing that Shao Boqing did not answer, she leaned closer and whispered, “Do you regret abandoning the entire forest for a tree?”

Shao Boqing, however, changed the topic, “Did Nina call you? The stupid girl even changed her number after leaving. Does she want to cut off her ties with us completely?”

Zhou Ting said, “When she arrives at a new place, she will definitely change her number. Otherwise, how expensive would it be to pay for the roaming service every day! But she didn’t give me a call either. I guess she’s been too busy to contact us.”

“I think she’s trying to forget us all.” Shao Boqing tapped his fingers on the table.

“Wow,” Zhou Ting teased him, “why do you sound so sad? Don’t tell me that you are missing her.”

Shao Boqing changed the topic again, “Come with me to play cards tonight. I’ll give you commission. What do you say? If we’re lucky, you can earn more than half a month’s salary of yours!”

When he mentioned this, Zhou Ting remembered what Shen Li had told her this morning. She said, “I heard that you were killing it on the betting table! Tell me honestly, how much did you win last night?”

“Not much,” Shao Boqing said, “more than a hundred thousand yuan perhaps. Who will count that?!”

Zhou Ting spread her hands and said, “Boss, share your luck with me!”

Shao Boqing patted her hand and said, “Come with me tonight. I’ll give my luck to you.”

Zhou Ting was doubtful. “Why didn’t you ask Manager Fang to accompany you?”

“She doesn’t like gambling and hates to smell secondhand smoke. How can a man not smoke when playing cards? I myself can do that, but how would the others be able not to smoke?”

Zhou Ting hesitated when she saw how serious he was.

Shao Boqing said, “You have to go anyway. Because if Xiaoxian goes, your boss will ask you to accompany her.”

“Has my boss agreed to go?”

Shao Boqing said, “Of course. Although he doesn’t love karaoke, he likes playing cards.”

If this was the case, Zhou Ting felt that it was highly possible that she would be asked to accompany them, so she agreed right away, “No problem, just remember to give me commission.”

Gu Nianbin had asked Du Xiaoxian to come inside because he wanted her to watch the Lioness’s Roar. He had already watched the beginning, but he stopped because he felt it was vulgar and boring. But he thought Du Xiaoxian would probably like such a popular and funny film.

Pulling the little girl into his embrace, President Gu clicked on the film and watched it with her.

It was a Hong Kong-style romance comedy, so the simplest person could also understand it. Du Xiaoxian watched the film while laughing heartily. The more hilarious and vulgar a film was, the more tears-inducing it was to stir up emotions. Seeing that Zhang Baizhi drank the Love Forgetting Water because she was sad, and Gu Tianle turned back from the wrong path and tried his best to climb onto the arena but got beaten up again and again, Du Xiaoxian burst out in tears.

Gu Nianbin took a napkin to wipe her tears and teased her gently, “It’s just a movie, look at all the tears you are shedding. You really are made of water.”

“They’re so pitiful.” Du Xiaoxian sniffled.

“Not necessarily,” Gu Nianbin said, “even if she had drunk the Love Forgetting Water, fateful ones would still be together in the end. Because, they were destined to be together.”

Du Xiaoxian raised her red eyes and looked at him. “Then how about us…”

President Gu smiled and kissed his little girl. “We are also destined to be together, forever.”

Little girl loved to hear him say such sweet words the most. She buried her face in his warm neck and called him, “Brother.”

Gu Nianbin responded gently, “Hmm?”

Du Xiaoxian did not say anything. After a while, she said very slowly, “From now on, I will love you only. I’ll pamper you, won’t lie to you, and I’ll do what I promised you. Every word I say to you is going to be sincere. I will not bully you or scold you. I believe you, and if others bully you, I will come out to help you immediately. When you are happy, I will be happy with you; when you are not happy, I will coax you to be happy. You are always the most handsome man and the only one in my dreams. You are also the only one in my heart!”

When Gu Nianbin heard the first sentence, he already had an irritating sensation in the nose. The more he listened, the more he couldn’t control his emotions. He hugged his little girl tightly and pressed his chin against her forehead. He didn’t dare to sniffle. He could only squeeze his eyes hard and suppress the strong feeling forcefully.

It was neither joy nor sadness. It was an indescribable strange feeling, as if something was about to overflow from his heart. However, Gu Nianbin knew that it was—happiness!