Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 119

Chapter 119 Her First Dance
After saying that, Shao Boqing walked to Du Xiaoxian’s side and held her hand in front of everyone. The host of the ceremony followed the procedure and invited Du Xiaoxian to pour wine. Du Xiaoxian’s legs trembled and she was dragged to the center of the stage by Gu Nianbin and Shao Boqing. Gu Nianbin whispered to her, “Xiaoxian, be brave. You can do it.”

Du Xiaoxian nodded her head lightly. She picked up the opened bottle with the help of Gu Nianbin and Shao Boqing and slowly filled the translucent and colorless tower of glasses with amber wine.

Another round of applause sounded from below. The host picked up a glass of wine. Du Xiaoxian, Gu Nianbin, and Shao Boqing also picked up glasses of wine. While the waiter pushed the wine down and distributed them to everyone, Shao Boqing whispered in Du Xiaoxian’s ear, “If you want to do it good for your Young Master, don’t dance with Gu Nianbin for the first dance.”

Du Xiaoxian glanced at him and nodded her head in confusion. The host over there had everyone present raise their glasses and toast together to celebrate Du Xiaoxian’s eighteenth birthday!

After the toast, Du Xiaoxian then needed to choose one of the men at present to dance with for her tonight’s first dance. Gu Nianbin was annoyed that the first time Du Xiaoxian danced was with Shen Li. He had been teaching Du Xiaoxian dancing since Yang Liying’s dancing party last time. The little girl had also learned dancing very seriously and knew that she would do the first dance at the party. Although she was nervous, she was also looking forward to dancing with Gu Nianbin. But now that Shao Boqing had said that, she was confused and worried again. Who else could she dance with besides Gu Nianbin?

After the host said the next procedure, everyone’s gazes fell on Du Xiaoxian. At this moment, the little girl was standing alone at the front. Without Gu Nianbin and Shao Boqing accompanying her, she was so nervous that she didn’t even know where to put her hands properly. Her timid gaze swept across the crowd, and the crowd beneath were all unfamiliar and frightening faces.

Jiang Kaiwei stood in the crowd. Looking at Du Xiaoxian’s somewhat panicked face, he couldn’t bear it anymore. He wanted to help her, so he raised his hand at her. His action was very obvious. Almost everyone saw him. Of course, Du Xiaoxian also saw him. The little girl really wanted to find a man to dance with and end this awkward situation, but instinctively, she shook her head.

Although their interactions were conducted in silence, the others were after all not blind and they all witnessed what had just happened!

Everyone knew Jiang Kaiwei. Everyone was shocked by his voluntary. He was a very arrogant person who had always disdained women. It was already a philanthropic act that he came to attend the dancing party hosted by Gu Group. Yet, he was now actually raising his hand and wanted to dance the first dance with Du Xiaoxian. Everyone couldn’t help but guess whether he was interested in Du Xiaoxian.

However, no one expected that Du Xiaoxian would not choose him. In front of so many people, she directly shook her head. It must be known that he was the richest president of the Jiang Group in G City…

Jiang Kaiwei had never been humiliated in front of so many people like this. His face darkened immediately and the veins on his forehead popped out. He wished he could jump onto the stage and strangle Du Xiaoxian to death.

Before everyone could recover from their shock, another person raised his hand. Everyone was dumbfounded once again. This time, it was Shen Li, the general manager of the Jiang Group.

Clearly their boss had just been refused, why was the general manager still trying? Was Jiang Group so fond of being treated with cold faces? Someone had already guessed why Du Xiaoxian had refused Jiang Kaiwei. Because Jiang Group and Gu Group had never liked each other. Du Xiaoxian was close to Gu Group, so she naturally had to keep a distance from Jiang Group.

Just when everyone thought that Du Xiaoxian would shake her head again, the little girl stretched out her hand in surprise. Shen Li stepped forward very gentlemanly and led Du Xiaoxian down the stairs to the dance floor.

Gu Nianbin and Shao Boqing were still standing on the stage, both of them expressionless. One of them was wondering why she didn’t choose him? The other one was also wondering why not him?

The reason why Du Xiaoxian was willing to dance with Shen Li was very simple, because she danced with Shen Li at the dancing party last time, and they danced happily.

Shen Li led her into the dance floor and was pleasantly surprised to discover that Du Xiaoxian had made great progress in dancing. He smiled and said, “Xiaoxian, we haven’t seen each other for three days, I’m impressed! Look how well you’re dancing now!”

Du Xiaoxian began to recall and said seriously, “It’s more than three days. The last time we saw each other was at Yang Liying’s birthday party.”

“It’s just my way of speaking. You don’t have to be so serious.” Shen Li looked up at Gu Nianbin, who was walking down the stairs. “Why didn’t you choose Gu Nianbin?”

Du Xiaoxian did not hide anything from him and whispered, “Mr. Shao said that would be bad for Young Master.”

Of course, Shen Li knew why it would be bad for Gu Nianbin, so he asked again, “Then why didn’t you choose to dance with Shao Boqing?”

Du Xiaoxian blinked her eyes. That’s right, why didn’t she think of dancing with Mr. Shao? Other than Gu Nianbin, Shao Boqing was the one she was most familiar with!

“I didn’t think of him,” the little girl answered honestly, looking at him and laughing, “but it’s good to dance with you!”

“You like to dance with me?”

“Yes,” Du Xiaoxian nodded, “it’s like flying. It makes me feel very happy.”

Shen Li remembered Du Xiaoxian’s joyful appearance when they danced last time, which was much better than her current timidity and stiffness. He had an idea for a moment and said smilingly, “Then I’ll take you fly again, okay?”

As soon as Du Xiaoxian said okay, Shen Li lifted her up into the air in a spin, the let her step on his feet. Dancing in a cheerful melody, Du Xiaoxian’s long white dress floated, spinning in a beautiful arc, like an egret flying across the horizon in the early morning, leaving behind only a glance of a figure.

Seeing this scene, Gu Nianbin was so furious that he wanted to rush over and capture Du Xiaoxian. He was quickly stopped by Shao Boqing who whispered, “If you want to mess up tonight’s dance, you can do it.”

At this time, Gu Nianbin was already feeling a little regretful. His original intention was to give Du Xiaoxian an unforgettable birthday party. With a grand and magnificent ceremony, he wanted to give the best thing to her. After all, everyone could only have one eighteenth birthday in their life. However, the little girl had always been nervous and uneasy besides that she was smiling a little happily in Shen Li’s arms now. Gu Nianbin knew that she was not suitable for such an environment. However, this ball was hosted by Gu Group. He could not just cancel it in the middle of preparation!

Everyone was shocked when they saw Shen Li and Du Xiaoxian suddenly acting so intimately. They began to gossip in their hearts again. If Du Xiaoxian had rejected Jiang Kaiwei because of Gu Group, why was she so intimate with Jiang Group’s general manager? Actually, everyone felt that it was already a miracle to see the president and general manager of the Jiang Group appear at the Gu Group’s private dance. Then Jiang Kaiwei volunteered to dance with the girl but was refused, and now Shen Li and Du Xiaoxian were acting so intimately, and Gu Nianbin and Shao Boqing were standing there expressionlessly… Everyone felt really confused…

No matter what, one of the four people definitely had something to do with Du Xiaoxian. The person was even willing to spend a large sum of money to hold such a grand dance for an unknown girl, and the guests invited were all high-ranking officials and nobles from G City. He must have a deep relationship with the girl.

Apart from being shocked by Jiang Kaiwei and Shen Li’s arrival, everyone was also surprised at the showing up of the Shao family’s Shao Bokang. He was even more low-key than Gu Nianbin. Normally, he wouldn’t show up on such occasions. Everyone guessed that the reason why he was willing to show up was because of Shao Boqing. Then probably Du Xiaoxian had something to do with Shao Boqing. Or perhaps both the Gu and Jiang Group were fighting over this little girl.

The four noble young masters of G City were all very fond of Du Xiaoxian, causing the fragile hearts of the girls at present broken. They were all very envious of Du Xiaoxian. Besides that, there was also more jealousy and hatred. How could she be doted on to such an extent and possess four men by herself!

After Du Xiaoxian and Shen Li finished dancing, Gu Nianbin immediately rushed up and grabbed Du Xiaoxian in his arms. The music changed and they danced to the next song. When Du Xiaoxian saw Gu Nianbin’s gloomy expression, she asked softly, “Am I acting too badly today?”

Gu Nianbin remained silent with a cold face. Du Xiaoxian kept her head down and did not dare to speak. The two of them danced silently. At this moment, the spectators were thinking that, Du Xiaoxian and Shen Li were laughing happily together, but she had a bitter face with Gu Nianbin, so she probably had nothing to do with President Gu.

It wasn’t until the song was almost over that Gu Nianbin asked her, “Why didn’t you do the first dance with me?”

Hearing Gu Nianbin’s words, Du Xiaoxian raised her head and whispered, “Mr. Shao said that dancing the first dance with you would not be good.”

“Why did you listen to him?” Gu Nianbin frowned slightly.

However, Du Xiaoxian nodded and said, “I won’t do anything that is bad to you.”

Hearing this, Gu Nianbin felt a slight pain in his heart. It should be that he arranged everything for her, but now he had made Du Xiaoxian cover it up for him. He didn’t know what to say for a moment and could only remain silent.

The song stopped. Gu Nianbin was about to continue dancing with his girl when Shao Boqing appeared out of thin air and was already stand between him and Du Xiaoxian. Shao Boqing blinked at Du Xiaoxian and said, “Little birthday star, it’s time to dance with me now, isn’t it?”

Du Xiaoxian looked at Gu Nianbin and hesitated. Shao Boqing directly said to Gu Nianbin, “Normally, I don’t have a chance to dance with her. You can at least allow me to dance with her today, right? Being a man should be more generous, I won’t kidnap her away!”

Since Shao Boqing said this, Du Xiaoxian felt a little embarrassed. She mumbled to Gu Nianbin, “I, I’ll dance with him for one song, okay?”

Gu Nianbin waved his hand with annoyance. “Okay, okay, go ahead.”

Shao Boqing hurriedly pulled Du Xiaoxian to the middle of the dance floor, far away from Gu Nianbin. In that case, he could have a chance to say something to her.

“Xiaoxian, I told you before that if everyone knew about your relationship with Gu Nianbin, it wouldn’t be good. If it gets to his parents’ ears, the two of you will definitely be broken up. So, for his good, and for your own good, you can’t be too close to him in front of everyone, understand?”

Du Xiaoxian nodded. She wouldn’t do anything that was bad to Gu Nianbin. At first, she did not agree to hold this dancing party. Because Gu Nianbin bragged about it so much to her, she was moved for a moment and agreed. It was still her fault.

Shao Boqing said, “If anyone asks to dance with you, you can just dance with them. Don’t be afraid. We are all here and watching. No one will bully you. You are already eighteen years old. You are an adult now. We’re at your dancing party now. You should show yourself as the host and show to everyone. You should also show it to Gu Nianbin that you’ve grown up. He will be very happy to see you become mature and brave.”

It was rare for Shao Boqing to speak these serious words to Du Xiaoxian. She listened to him seriously. She knew that Shao Boqing was really saying these for her and Gu Nianbin’s good.