Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 127
Chapter 127 Here Comes the Trouble
Gu Nianbin had planned to bring his own bodyguards, but on second thought, burly men in black suits would stand out in the crowd and expose him and Du Xiaoxian on the contrary. So he asked for some men from Ling Yun.
When the henchmen showed up, the effects were very obvious. They had colorful dyed hair and ferocious tattoos on their necks and arms, making people keep away from them as soon as they saw them from afar. Therefore, people didn’t even notice Du Xiaoxian and Gu Nianbin walking among the crowd.
Du Xiaoxian said she wanted to go shopping, but she was actually just walking on the street instead of going into the shops on the roadside. She did not like spending money, nor did she want to buy anything. On such a sunny day, stroking on the streets with Gu Nianbin was already a kind of enjoyment for her.
However, the seemingly calm streets surged with bad intentions. One of the henchmen quietly told Gu Nianbin that some people were taking pictures across the street and asked him if they should send a few people over. Gu Nianbin shook his head. Although he was talking and laughing with Du Xiaoxian along the way, he was also observing the surroundings. He had noticed the people who were secretly taking pictures across the street a long time ago.
He let this happen on purpose. When Du Xiaoxian proposed to go shopping, he decided to take this opportunity to make their relationship go public. He had thought too much before, which allowed others to take advantage of that. Now, he wanted everyone to know that Du Xiaoxian was Gu Nianbin’s girl.
The spy photographers across the street were the so-called paparazzi freelancers who didn’t work for any organizations. With their sharp intuition and superb sneak-shooting skills, they could often take photos that catered to public interests and sold the pictures to the media or websites at a high price. Gu Nianbin estimated that they had read the news last night, so they came and crouched to wait at the entrance of the hotel, then followed them while secretly photographing all the way.
These people were highly efficient, who would release the photos right after they got a good price. Therefore, before Gu Nianbin could return to the company, Shao Boqing had already seen pictures of them on the Internet. He got so angry immediately and jumped up. The Public Relations Department had been working all night and finally figured out a way to deal with yesterday’s situation, stating openly that it had nothing to do with Gu Group. But thanks to this guy, he pulled the company back to the center of the attention again. President Gu, what exactly did he want to do?
When Gu Nianbin brought Du Xiaoxian back to the company, Shao Boqing stood in Zhou Ting’s office and waited for them angrily. Gu Nianbin said to Du Xiaoxian, “You can play around here for a while. I need to talk with Mr. Shao.”
Du Xiaoxian was sensitive. Seeing that Shao Boqing’s expression was not right, she nodded obediently and sat down in her spot to read.
The moment they entered the door, Shao Boqing shouted, “What the heck is wrong with you? The entire Public Relations Department worked all night because of what happened last night. It took a lot of effort to eliminate the negative impact on Gu Group. And now you’ve made such a scene again? Isn’t it embarrassing enough?”
Gu Nianbin’s eyes widened, “Watch your mouth.”
Shao Boqing also knew that he had said something he shouldn’t say, but unwilling to admit it, he continued to say aggressively, “Tell me, what exactly do you want to do?”
“Didn’t you see?” Gu said, “I want to make my relationship with Xiaoxian go public.”
“Are you nuts?” Shao Boqing shouted, “Have you ever considered it for your parents?”
“I will explain it to them clearly.”
“What about the board of directors?” Shao Boqing said, “Aren’t you afraid those old fellows will eat you alive?”
“Is it of their concern that who I choose to be with?”
“What about the Gu Group? Aren’t you afraid that our stock will plunge? The president of Gu Group falls in love with a maid. To put it nicely, it’s a romantic story. Otherwise it means that you’re insanely obsessed. How can those shareholders have confidence in you when you’re manipulated by a little girl? ”
“Their confidence comes from the company’s performance. It has nothing to do with my private life.”
Shao Boqing glared at him, “You really are unreasonable!”
Gu Nianbin said slowly, “It was you who made things too complicated. I shouldn’t have agreed to your arrangements in the first place.”
“Alright, so be it.” Shao Boqing looked at him disappointedly, “You’ll be crying soon enough.”
Rarely, Gu Nianbin raised his eyebrows with a smile and joked with him, “When have you ever seen me cry?”
Shao Boqing was even angrier. He was already so anxious, but Gu Nianbin was still in the mood to joke. He pointed at him and said, “Alright, you will never cry, I will. Satisfied?!” Just as he was about to leave angrily, Gu Nianbin’s mobile phone rang. A phone call at this time was highly likely from someone who was going to scold him. Shao Boqing decided to stay and sat down with a gloating expression.
The call was from the beautiful TV host, Gu Shanshan, who shouted at Gu Nianbin over the phone, “Brother, are you out of your mind? Why did you decide to be with Du Xiaoxian? Do dad and mom know? How can you do this? You go shopping with her when you are in the center of attention? Are you obsessed? Who is she? And who are you? Don’t you know that clearly?”
Gu Shanshan was trained professionally as a host, so her words were vigorously continuous. She scolded Gu Nianbin quickly and harshly. Normally, she didn’t dare to be so presumptuous. But now everyone in the whole world knew about this incident, she was nearly a joke in the eyes of her colleagues. So she vented her anger on Gu Nianbin regardless of manners.
Gu Nianbin took the phone a little far away from his ear and waited till Gu Shanshan stopped to breathe, and he said, “If you continue to be this disrespectful, I’ll hang up.”
“Hey, wait.” Gu Shanshan shouted and changed into a persuasive tone, “Brother, I know you’ve been feeling very bitter all these years. Xiaowan was gone for a few years without a single phone call. If it were me, I wouldn’t wait either. But you can’t find someone so casually, right? Even if you do, you can’t ruin our family’s reputation by falling in love with a maid, right? As long as you like, you can easily have a lot of beautiful girls from good families! Brother, you can’t be foolish. Before dad and mom find this out, you should ask the Public Relations Department to make a statement or something right now. Try to make up for it. ”
“I’ll explain to dad and mom myself.” Gu Nianbin said, “As for the rest, you don’t have to worry.”
“Brother, I’m doing this for your own good.” Gu Shanshan still tried her best to convince him, “You don’t even know what horrible things people are talking about this. If you really like her, you can be with her secretly. There’s no need to let the whole world know. What good is it for you? And for Gu Group? Don’t be too selfish!”
Gu Nianbin hung up the phone without saying a word. What should come would come eventually, but he didn’t expect Gu Shanshan to be the first to call him.
Shao Boqing crossed his legs and snorted heavily, “See? Here comes the trouble.”
“I need to go back to my ancestral mansion tomorrow morning. Preside over the morning meeting for me,” Gu Nianbin said indifferently. Then he sat on his big chair and began to deal with work.
Shao Boqing knew that it was useless to say anything more, so he shook his head helplessly and walked out. After walking a few steps, he stopped and turned back, “That Xia Xiaowan’s real name is Xia Manyin. She didn’t look like Xia Xiaowan originally. She took plastic surgery to look like her.”
Gu Nianbin raised his head and looked at him, signaling him to continue.
Then Shao Boqing told him everything he had heard from Shen Li. Finally, he said, “Nianbin, that woman is a psycho. You must be careful. You really shouldn’t be as high-profile as you were in the afternoon.”
“I see,” Gu Nianbin said indifferently and then lowered his eyes to look at the documents.
Shao Boqing went out and saw Du Xiaoxian sitting there reading a book. A sudden thought came to him and he called her, “Xiaoxian.”
Du Xiaoxian raised her head and blinked her sparkling eyes, “Mr. Shao, are you calling me?”
“Don’t stay here. Let’s go. I’ll treat you a cup of coffee.”
Du Xiaoxian shook her head, “I don’t like coffee.”
“Then,” Shao Boqing thought for a moment and said, “I’ll take you to have some ice cream.” This was what Du Xiaoxian liked. The little girl would definitely go with him happily.
To his surprise, Du Xiaoxian still shook her head, “It’s getting cold. Icy things are not good for health.”
“Come to my office to play. I have a lot of delicious snacks.”
“I’ve had something outside. I’m not hungry now,” Du Xiaoxian said and was about to lower her eyes to read the book again.
“Then can we talk at least?” Conversations with Du Xiaoxian always made Shao Boqing frustrated. Couldn’t she tell that he wanted to talk to her in private?
Du Xiaoxian raised her eyes and looked at him, “What shall we talk about?”
Shao Boqing glanced at Zhou Ting, who was listening to them with her ears pricked up, then said, “Let’s go to my office.”
Du Xiaoxian looked confused. “Why? Why can’t we talk here? Actually, Mr. Shao,” she said embarrassedly, “I’m not good at chatting.”
He knew she was not good at chatting. Actually, she was terrible at it. Every time he talked to her, he would feel like he’d rather go die. It was really a tough job for Gu Nianbin to put up with her.
Zhou Ting simply rested her cheeks on her hands and stared at Shao Boqing, trying to find out what he was up to. Probably it was because he couldn’t persuade the boss, he took the little girl as his new target…
Shao Boqing scratched his nose, still trying to coax the little girl to go with him when Gu Nianbin appeared at the door and said, “Xian’er, come in.”
Du Xiaoxian replied briskly and walked towards Gu Nianbin like a little happy bird.
Shao Boqing, who was dumbfounded, and Secretary Zhou, who showed a calm expression yet hid a boiling heart within, were both left out.
After a while, Shao Boqing called Zhou Ting with a weird smile, “Ting’er!”
Zhou Ting’s entire body shuddered and she pinched a paper clip to throw it at him, “God, Boss Shao, I’m getting goosebumps!”
Shao Boqing laughed heartily and then shook his head, “I really admire them that they could call and answer each other by such a nickname. Did they think they were shooting a costume film? Xian’er? What was that? Why didn’t they directly change their nicknames to the lovers Guo’er and Rong’er like in films? As a friend of your boss’s for more than ten years, I really didn’t know that he could be so intimate with someone. It’s simply an eye-opener!”
Zhou Ting also refreshed her perceptions of her boss once again. Gu Nianbin had shocked her time and time again since he fell in love with the little girl. She should be able to be mentally prepared, but she was still shocked by President Gu’s inconceivable behavior every time!
Only deep true love could make a cold mature man act like this!
Although Zhou Ting did not agree with Gu Nianbin’s decision to make the relationship between him and the little girl go public now… She sighed deeply in her heart. For the sake of this passionate love, she decided to stand on their side without hesitation!
Gu Nianbin took Du Xiaoxian to the sofa and said, “Xian’er, if anyone wants to tell you anything, don’t listen to them. You can only listen to me. You can only trust me. Do you understand?”
Gu Nianbin’s words seemed to come out of nowhere, making Du Xiaoxian feel a little confused. Then she recalled Shao Boqing’s hesitant appearance out there, she suddenly realized, “So Mr. Shao was trying to tell me something. What did he want to say?”
“No matter what he says, don’t listen to him, nor anyone else. Just do as I say.”
“Alright.” Du Xiaoxian nodded. Of course, she would listen to Gu Nianbin and trust him only.
“Also,” Gu Nianbin hesitated for a moment and said, “skip school for a few days. You can go to school later.”
“Why?” the little girl asked with her innocent eyes wide open.
“Because when you are in school, I will miss you.” Gu Nianbin chose to saying something nice, “I want you to stay by my side all the time.”
Du Xiaoxian smiled shyly and nodded lightly. Of course, this was a very important reason. In fact, she also wanted to stay by Gu Nianbin’s side at all time.
“There’s one more thing, I need to go back to the ancestral mansion tomorrow. Be a good girl, stay at home and don’t go out. Don’t answer anyone’s phone call except mine. Understand?”
“Alright, I know.” The little girl nodded obediently.
Gu Nianbin smiled and stroked the little girl’s hair, sounded as if he were talking to a little pet, “Good girl, I’m going to work. You stay here and read books. If you want to have something, ask Zhou Ting to have someone buy for you.”
Du Xiaoxian pushed him, “Alright, stop nagging. Hurry up and go back to work. Don’t worry about me.”
She actually dared to accuse him of nagging. Gu Nianbin rubbed her head hard and smiled, then walked towards his desk.
