Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 120

Chapter 120 One Can’t Be Too Greedy
Du Xiaoxian kept Shao Boqing’s words in mind, so when Jiang Kaiwei came to invite her to dance again, she only hesitated for a second before following him to the dance floor. Jiang Kaiwei came to Du Xiaoxian purely for the sake of saving his face. He never thought that if he was rejected again, he would really be extremely embarrassed. (President Jiang, you’re indeed a moron in all other things except for doing business. Sure enough.)

Jiang Kaiwei was also surprised that Du Xiaoxian was willing to dance with him. When dealing with a single-minded little girl, he felt extremely insecure because he was basically asking for trouble!

Gu Nianbin stood in the distance and watched silently. He was also a little surprised that Du Xiaoxian would dance with Jiang Kaiwei. His gaze turned cold and he looked at Shao Boqing, “What did you say to her?”

Shao Boqing didn’t hide anything from him. After repeating what he had said to Du Xiaoxian, he held his wine glass and clinked it against Gu Nianbin’s. He continued, “You’ve protected her too well. She can be herself in front of you, but in front of outsiders, she is still the same as before. She’s already eighteen years old. She has to experience some things before she can understand them by herself. Only in this way would she mature and become brave. Nianbin, it’s impossible for you to stay close to her 24 hours a day. She needs to learn how to be independent, how to protect herself, and how to clearly distinguish between right and wrong. Today is a good opportunity. Just leave her be and let her slowly adapt to everything. We’ll just watch from afar.”

Shao Boqing’s words were very sincere. Gu Nianbin knew that Shao Boqing was saying those for his good. Shao Boqing had been staying by his side for fear that he might act too intimately to Du Xiaoxian. If they were photographed and appeared in tomorrow’s newspaper, Gu Nianbin’s father might read the news and get stimulated to worsen his illness, then Gu Nianbin would become a sinful and ungrateful son.

Gu Nianbin had also considered this, so he agreed to Shao Boqing’s arrangement. However, he didn’t expect that it wouldn’t be easy to do so. Seeing Du Xiaoxian’s panicked appearance, he couldn’t help but want to appease her and take her away from this noisy environment. However, he couldn’t. Not only he couldn’t do that, he also could only watch her helplessness and panic from afar. If he was just a little regretful just now, then he was very regretful now.

At this time, a few big shots from the business world came over to greet them. Gu Nianbin could only withdraw his gaze and exchange with them the conventional greetings.

On the dance floor, Jiang Kaiwei was dancing with Du Xiaoxian in a twirling, but he was silent. He wanted to speak, but Du Xiaoxian didn’t look at him at all. This made him a little depressed. As the dance was coming to an end, he finally couldn’t help but ask, “Why didn’t you do the first dance with me?”

“I don’t like you,” the little girl answered straightforwardly.

Although Jiang Kaiwei was mentally prepared, and this wasn’t the first time he had heard this, he was still unhappy and asked, “Then why are you dancing with me now?”

“Because you are a guest and I am the host,” Du Xiaoxian said very seriously, “Mr. Shao said that as a host, I should treat my guests kindly.”

It turned out that Du Xiaoxian was willing to dance with him because of Shao Boqing.

Jiang Kaiwei looked at her and said, “Keep dancing with me for the next song.”

“No,” the little girl flatly refused.

Jiang Kaiwei asked, “Why? What about treating your guests kindly?”

Du Xiaoxian looked at him and frowned. “One can’t be too greedy!”

Jiang Kaiwei was dumbfounded. Wanting to dance with her for one more song was greedy? He was completely speechless…

When the music stopped, Du Xiaoxian immediately abandoned him and left. Jiang Kaiwei looked at her back as she shuttled through the crowd, then he turned around to walk in the opposite direction.

Seeing that Du Xiaoxian was alone, those young ladies who had wanted to show their goodwill immediately surrounded her and greeted her one after another, “Hello, Miss Du. I’m Huang Lingya. My father is the chairman of Feida Enterprise.”

“Hi, Miss Du. Nice to meet you. I’m Song Feifei. Our Song Group also has business dealing with the Gu Group.”

“Miss Du, let’s have a picture together. Come, look here.”

“Miss Du, your crown is really beautiful. It’s custom-made abroad, isn’t it?”

“Miss Du, which school are you studying in?”

“Miss Du…”

Du Xiaoxian felt like a hundred butterflies were flying in flowers before her eyes. Their smiling faces, charming voices, and the strong or faint smell of perfume seemed to drown her. Those dazzling jewelries shone brightly in her eyes. They were all rich young ladies, and they looked at her and smiled at her. Du Xiaoxian was scared. She wished she could immediately turn into sand and leak through the cracks in the floor.

Another person asked, “Where do you come from, Miss Du? I don’t think I’ve seen you before…”

“Miss Du, are you familiar with Gu Group’s Boss Shao?”

“Du Xiaoxian seems to be very familiar with Boss Shen of the Jiang Group!”

Du Xiaoxian opened her mouth, but she couldn’t say a word. She didn’t dare to look at anyone, and her gaze dodged. However, she really wanted to be brave. She had a fierce fight in her heart. Should she run away? Or stay here?

Just as she was feeling extremely conflicted and panicked, someone reached out a hand to her and said, “Xiaoxian.”

Du Xiaoxian raised her eyes and saw that it was actually Cheng Mingchi. She had invited him, but she did not expect him to arrive late at this time. She held his hand both surprisingly and joyfully. “Cheng Mingchi, you’re here.”

Cheng Mingchi gracefully smiled at those young ladies. “Sorry, ladies, I’m going to take Miss Du away for a while.”

Before everyone knew it, he had already left with Du Xiaoxian.

When Du Xiaoxian realized that Cheng Mingchi was taking her out of the side door, she stopped and asked, “Where are you taking me?”

“Nowhere,” Cheng Mingchi smiled and continued, “you looked very nervous, so I want to take you outside to get some air.”

Du Xiaoxian smiled with embarrassment. “Yes, I was very nervous. I’ve been extremely nervous all night. You know, I really wanted to escape just now. Being surrounded by them makes me can’t even breathe.”

Cheng Mingchi held a glass of wine in his hand and handed it to her. “Come, take a sip of wine and calm down.”

Du Xiaoxian smiled gratefully at him and took the wine over. It was a delicious cocktail, tasting sour, sweet, and somewhat cold. She happened to be very thirsty at the moment, so she drank up all the wine in one breath.

Cheng Mingchi smiled and said, “If you drink like this, you will definitely get drunk.”

Du Xiaoxian said, “It’s alright. Last time at Yang Liying’s dancing party, I had three glasses and I wasn’t drunk.”

Cheng Mingchi didn’t say anything. He just looked at her and smiled. Du Xiaoxian stroked her forehead and frowned slightly. “Did I drink too quickly? I’m really feeling a little dizzy now.”

“I’ll take you to have a rest,” Cheng Mingchi said as he helped her walk forward.

Du Xiaoxian said, “Where are you taking me to rest? I’m afraid they’ll be looking for me… later…” Before she could finish the last word, her body softened and her entire body collapsed onto Cheng Mingchi. Cheng Mingchi looked left and right, then wrapped her arms around his neck and helped her into the elevator.

The hall was still filled with singing and dancing in celebration. The orchestra was playing hard; the waiters in snow-white shirts were carrying a wine plate through the crowd; the handsome men and beauties on the dance floor were dancing happily, and the elegant people gathered together and were chatting politely…

Gu Nianbin was chatting with several bosses who had business dealings with Gu Group. He was absentmindedly dealing with them, but his gaze was searching the crowd for Du Xiaoxian’s figure. He had searched the entire hall, but there was no Du Xiaoxian. He thought that the little girl had gone to the bathroom or was talking to her friend outside the door. He waited for a while, but then he still didn’t see her. Suddenly, he had an ominous premonition and apologized to the bosses. Then he hurriedly left and walked to the door to see Zhou Ting was there. He asked anxiously, “Have you seen Xiaoxian?”

Zhou Ting shook her head. “I didn’t see her come out.”

Gu Nianbin walked into the hall again. Seeing that Wang Qian was talking to a girl, he walked over and asked, “Have you seen Du Xiaoxian?”

Wang Qian shook her head in surprise. Gu Nianbin said, “Go find her.”

“Okay.” Wang Qian agreed and really went to look for Du Xiaoxian. She didn’t think too much about why Gu Nianbin wanted to find Du Xiaoxian. And she didn’t think about how he could speak to her in such a tone of command either.

Wang Qian walked around half of the hall and saw Yang Liying and Liu Tiantian, who were going out of the side door, looking a little sneaky. Wang Qian was puzzled, so she quietly followed them. Seeing them standing at the elevator entrance and waiting for the elevator, she was even more confused. She was about to call them when she saw Yu Yuanpo coming over from the other side and joining them. Wang Qian knew that Yu Yuanpo had been pursuing Yang Liying, but Yang Liying never thought high of him. But now, they were talking and laughing together.

The elevator arrived. They walked in. Wang Qian hid in the dark and saw the elevator go up to the 18th floor. At this time, another elevator also arrived. She hurriedly went in and also went up to the 18th floor. After getting out of the elevator, there were two quiet corridors on the left and right. Not a single person could be seen. Wang Qian did not think too much about it and chose to walk to the left.

Not long after, she turned a corner and saw Yang Liying and the others were standing in front of a room, ringing the doorbell. They kept looking around. Wang Qian subconsciously felt that they must be doing something bad.

The door opened, and Yang Liying and the other two walked in. Then the door was closed silently again.

Wang Qian quietly walked over and saw that the room number was 1813. She leaned her ears against the door to hear what was going on inside, but the people inside seemed to be speaking in a deliberately low voice, completely inaudible. At this moment, someone suddenly patted her shoulder. Wang Qian was so scared that she almost jumped up. Looking back, she saw an elegant woman smiling at her and saying “You’re here for Liying, right? Why don’t you go in?”

Wang Qian recognized this woman as Yang Liying’s cousin. Last time she saw her at Yang Liying’s dancing party.

Wang Qian was a little embarrassed since she got caught in the act of overhearing. She smiled with embarrassment and said, “Yes, I’m here for Liying.”

Xia Xiaowan rang the doorbell. It was Yang Liying who came to open the door. Seeing Wang Qian standing outside, she couldn’t help but be shocked. She then immediately looked at Xia Xiaowan.

Xia Xiaowan was calm as ever and said smilingly, “Your classmate came to you.” She then gently pushed Wang Qian and continued, “Go in and have a seat.”

Wang Qian walked in confusedly. Then she saw Cheng Mingchi was also here. She opened her mouth wide in surprise, wondering why these people got together?

Xia Xiaowan sat down and smiled gently at her. Then she turned to Yu Yuanpo and said, “Lock her in the bathroom.”

Wang Qian was totally dumbfounded. When Yu Yuanpo grabbed her wrist, she finally realized that Xia Xiaowan was going to lock her up in the bathroom.

Wang Qian’s heart sank. Her intuition told her that something bad was happening and she struggled. “What do you want to do?”

Xia Xiaowan said, “Seal her mouth so that no one can hear her scream.”

Yang Liying went to the bathroom and found a square cloth to stuff into her mouth.

Wang Qian panicked and struggled hard. Xia Xiaowan sat on the sofa and kept smiling at her. Suddenly, she stood up and fiercely slapped her in the face.

Wang Qian was stunned. Her face was burning with pain. Xia Xiaowan stopped smiling and said indifferently, “If you continue struggling, I’ll tie you up with Du Xiaoxian. You two can keep each other company as good friends. Guess what your parents will do when they see your slutty side like that.”