Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 106
Chapter 106 Commission Is More Important
The evening gambling game was set at the Imperial Palace Hotel. Shao Boqing and Shen Li both had long-term private rooms here. However, they did not play cards in the hotel room. Instead, they asked for a large suite on the third floor, which had a mahjong room, a cyber room, a massage room and a Karaoke room. Shao Boqing and the others were playing mahjong in the mahjong room while Du Xiaoxian and Zhou Ting were singing in the Karaoke room outside.
As Gu Nianbin played mahjong, he listened to his little girl singing Little White Rabbit Be Obedient with a rich expression.
Ling Yun asked, “Why are they just listening to children’s songs instead of singing themselves?”
Shao Boqing chuckled and said, “You’ve mistaken Du Xiaoxian’s voice as the original singer’s. Old Ling, are you praising her?”
Shen Li said, “Of course it’s a compliment. How good she sings! I thought it was the original singer too!” Then he said to Gu Nianbin, “Do you want me to introduce her to sing a song or do some dubbing for a children’s drama? I can’t guarantee anything else, but I do have some friends for such kind of things.”
“Don’t worry about it.” Gu Nianbin’s voice was deep, but you could tell from the corners of his eyes that he was happy. No wonder they say so. He also thought it was the original singer’s voice when he heard the first line of lyrics, but then he immediately recognized it was actually Du Xiaoxian’s voice.
Beside Ling Yun and Shen Li sat two beautiful women, and from time to time they would do intimate behaviors toward their men. Ling Yun said, “You guys can go out and have fun too. Don’t sit here all the time.”
The long-haired beauty gave him a flirty glance and said, “We’re not going out. We’re waiting for the commission.”
Ling Yun laughed. “One round has been ended. You two haven’t got any commission yet. Looks like tonight Boss Shao is going to win in a row again!”
“Yes,” said the short-haired beauty, “that young woman has come in a few times to get her money, but we didn’t even get a penny.”
Shao Boqing laughed. “If you two had known this, you should have chosen to be on my side tonight!”
The short-haired beauty leaned over hurriedly and said, “Is it too late to stand on your side now?”
Shao Boqing glanced at Ling Yun and said, “No problem with me. Ask Old Ling, will he agree?”
The short-haired beauty also glanced at Ling Yun and smiled. “I’m joking with Boss Shao. Of course I will stay by Brother Ling’s side!”
Ling Yun said, “Young Master Shao, they all say that you have turned over a new leaf. Why can’t I feel it? Being engaged for only a few days by now and you’ve revealed your true colors!”
“Boss Shao is engaged?” The short-haired beauty pretended to feel sorry and said, “Boss Shao is so funny, and I wanted to introduce you to a younger sister. Well, forget it.”
“Wait… Who says that an engaged man can’t make friends with young ladies?” Shao Boqing raised his eyebrows. “Ask Old Ling for my number and introduce her to me quickly. However, let me speak frankly, if she isn’t as beautiful as you, forget it.”
“I am nothing compared with her,” said the short-haired beauty. “My sister is so beautiful that everyone who meets her will fall in love with her.”
Shao Boqing said, “Good! Bring her over and let me take a look!” He slapped the mahjong title in his hand on the table and said with a smile, “Self-drawn! Making two pairs! Pay up, pay up!”
Shen Li shook his head and spread out his mahjong titles, saying, “If you continue winning like this, I won’t play anymore.”
Shao Boqing raised his voice and shouted proudly, “Zhou Ting, Tingting, come and collect money!”
Hearing this, Zhou Ting jumped up happily and pulled Du Xiaoxian to go with her. “Let’s go inside and get the money.”
Seeing Zhou Ting bring Du Xiaoxian in, Shao Boqing grabbed several banknotes of one hundred yuan and gave them to both Zhou Ting and Du Xiaoxian. Zhou Ting took them quickly, but Du Xiaoxian did not take them. She said, “You have just given me a lot. Keep them for yourself. What if you will lose later?”
Everyone burst into laughter at once. Because they knew that Du Xiaoxian didn’t mean to say it, which made it even funnier. Shao Boqing glanced at her angrily and said, “Okay, Cassandra. If I really lose money later, I won’t pay, let your brother pay for me.”
“Why?” Du Xiaoxian reasoned with him seriously, “I’m just saying it, it’s not necessarily true.”
Shao Boqing said, “You’ll drive away the good sign. My luck is amazing right now. Don’t bring me bad luck.”
“Ignore him.” Gu Nianbin pulled his little girl over to sit beside him and asked her warmly, “How about watching me play one round?”
“Alright.” Du Xiaoxian raised her head and smiled at him. “If you win, I won’t take your money.”
Everyone laughed again. Shen Li said, “Xiaoxian, it’s a waste not to take the money. As long as you can, take the money from a betting table freely. You need to learn from Secretary Zhou. You can earn much more than your salary.”
Zhou Ting laughed. “That’s right, I’m very satisfied if I can get a little bit of money slipped through the fingers of you young masters!” She said this with a Hong Kong accent deliberately, making everyone laugh again.
Gu Nianbin won this round. He said to Du Xiaoxian happily, “Collect the money for me. Don’t leave anyone out!”
Du Xiaoxian took the thick stack of money from the other three and said, “Okay, let me do the counting.”
“No need. Unreliable they may seem, they will still abide by the betting rules.” Gu Nianbin smiled and touched her head. “Keep them yourself.”
“All of these?” Du Xiaoxian looked at the money in her hand and opened her mouth wide.
Gu Nianbin said, “Yes. Put them in your bag and go out to play with Zhou Ting. The smell of smoke in this room is too heavy.” He knew that Du Xiaoxian was not interested in playing mahjong, and he was already very satisfied that she could accompany him to play one round.
Du Xiaoxian agreed obediently. She took out a few sheets of the banknotes and handed them to Zhou Ting. “These are for you.”
Zhou Ting was stunned for a moment, then looked at her boss with a smile. Gu Nianbin said, “She wants you to have them, then take them.”
Only then did Zhou Ting dare to take the money and put her arm around Xiaoxian, then walked outside with her. “Let’s go, I’ll treat you to barbecue.”
Gu Nianbin’s voice followed them, “Don’t let her eat too much. Those are all hot food.”
At this time, the long-haired beauty was probably tired of sitting. She said to the short-haired beauty, “Let’s go out and play as well.”
The short-haired beauty agreed as she stood up, “Okay.”
Gu Nianbin said indifferently without looking at them, “You guys stay inside, aren’t you still waiting to get the commission?”
The short-haired beauty smiled and said, “Yes, but it’s a pity that we haven’t gotten a single penny!”
Gu Nianbin raised his eyelids and looked at her, still remaining silent. The short-haired beauty suddenly felt a chill coming at her in the face. She was sensitive to things happened in amorous social occasions, so she quickly smiled and sat down. “Forget it, the commission is more important.”
Of course, the long-haired beauty was also good at reading people’s expressions, so she lay on Shen Li’s shoulder coquettish. “Young Master Shen, you have to do your best!”
Shen Li shook his head with a muffled laugh. Gu Nianbin really treated Du Xiaoxian as a child. He knew that she was timid and would get uneasy staying with strangers, so he didn’t allow the two beauties to go out. Luckily, these two beauties were merely their nodding acquaintances. If they were really their beloved friends, it would probably make them feel unpleasant.
Zhou Ting asked the waiter to buy two large bags of barbecue to-go. Du Xiaoxian once tasted barbecue, but she had never tried this kind of meat skewers sold by street stalls. The smell of cumin and meat almost made her drool. She picked up a lamb skewer and stuffed the meat into her mouth. It was really delicious.
As she ate, she said to Zhou Ting, “It tastes so good, so delicious.”
Zhou Ting said proudly, “Of course, this is the best barbecue in G City’s night market. I used to go with Nina and enjoyed it a lot.” With the mention of Nina, she became a little melancholy. “That stupid girl has even changed her number. I wonder if she’s doing well now.”
The barbecue was spicy, hot and tasty. Du Xiaoxian enjoyed them so much, then she suddenly remembered something and picked up a bag of barbecue and said, “I’ll take these to them.”
Zhou Ting said, “Go ahead.” She held two skewers of beef in her hands and slowly followed behind.
The people inside smelled the meat fragrance and stopped playing. Each of them picked up a skewer and began to eat. Gu Nianbin had always said no to roadside stall foods. If Du Xiaoxian hadn’t brought a skewer to his mouth, he wouldn’t have eaten it. While the others ate happily.
Seeing that they had eaten the barbecue quickly, and there were no much left, Shao Boqing said to Zhou Ting, “With so much money I gave you, why didn’t you buy more?”
Before Zhou Ting could say anything, Du Xiaoxian said, “There’s still one bag left outside. I’ll go take it over.” As she said this, she ran out. Zhou Ting shook her head helplessly. She knew about these people so well. Shao Boqing was just saying it, they would not even finish a single bag!
By the time Du Xiaoxian brought in the other bag of meat skewers, the noble young masters had already wiped their hands clean and started playing mahjong again. Du Xiaoxian said, “There’s many left, have some more.”
“You guys eat.” Shao Boqing took out a mahjong title from the table and put it into his own titles, “We’ve eaten much.”
Du Xiaoxian looked at him with the bag in her hand. Who said that they had bought too little just now?
Zhou Ting took the bag over and pulled Du Xiaoxian outside. “Let’s go out and sing. Don’t disturb them here.”
Du Xiaoxian took out a meat skewer from the bag, gave it to Gu Nianbin and whispered, “Here’s another one for you. Did you have enough?”
The pungent fragrance went straight into Gu Nianbin’s nose, so he dodged a bit and said, “I’ve cleaned my hands. I don’t want to eat.”
“Isn’t it delicious?” Du Xiaoxian was puzzled. Why didn’t Gu Nianbin like such delicious food?
“Yes.”
“Then why won’t you eat it?”
Gu Nianbin looked at the meaningful smiles on the other guys’ faces and took the meat skewer helplessly. He really didn’t like and wasn’t used to being treated like a joke.
Du Xiaoxian returned to the outside and told Zhou Ting that she wanted to go out to use the restroom. Zhou Ting said that there was a restroom in the room, why would she go outside? Turned out the restroom in the room was beside the mahjong room, Du Xiaoxian felt that it was a little inconvenient, so she would rather go outside. Failed to persuade her, Zhou Ting could only let her go.
After walking out of the restroom, Du Xiaoxian met Xia Xiaowan in the corridor. She wanted to hide instinctively, but Xia Xiaowan had seen her and smiled at her gently. “Xiaoxian, why are you here?”
“Well, Young Master… he is… playing mahjong.” Every time Du Xiaoxian saw her, she felt a little uncomfortable. She looked away, not daring to look at her directly.
Xia Xiaowan said, “Really? Nianbin is also here? Then I’ll go and see him.”
Du Xiaoxian was very worried, but she had no choice but to take her there. Xia Xiaowan had always been very affectionate to her. She held her arm and said in a somewhat reproachful tone, “It’s really Nianbin’s fault to have you serve him when playing mahjong. You have to get up early tomorrow morning to go to school.”
Hearing this, Du Xiaoxian felt strange in her heart. She held back the feeling for a long time before saying softly, “It’s okay.”
“You’re the only one who is so obedient,” Xia Xiaowan said, “those other girls at home aren’t as good as you.”
The more she praised Du Xiaoxian, the more uncomfortable Du Xiaoxian felt. This was actually not the first time she had felt the strange feeling. Last time when she heard Xia Xiaowan’s voice on the phone at the amusement park, she felt the same feeling in her heart. It was as if her good mood was suddenly ruined and she could not recover from it.
