Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 131
Chapter 131 You Idiot
Without saying a word, Du Xiaoxian hurriedly took out the bank card that Xiao Bonian had given her. Then she took out all the change in her pocket and stuffed them into Gu Nianbin’s hand.
Gu Nianbin looked at the money in his hand and asked, “Is all your money here?”
Du Xiaoxian nodded, “I just bought a ticket. The rest is all here.”
Gu Nianbin looked at the little girl and sighed. She gave all her money to him, didn’t she think of leaving a little for herself? Didn’t she plan to leave him? How was she going to live in this strange city without relatives and friends?
“Are you really not coming with me?” Gu Nianbin asked again.
Du Xiaoxian lowered her eyes and shook her head.
“Then I am really leaving.”
“Alright,” Du Xiaoxian still didn’t raise her head and whispered, “Goodbye, brother.”
Goodbye your as*le! Gu Nianbin’s heart burned with anger, but he couldn’t do anything to the little girl who was one track-minded.
“I don’t know the password,” Gu Nianbin said in a rough voice.
“The password is…” Before she could say it, Gu Nianbin covered her mouth and said, “Don’t tell me. This is your card. You’ll still need it in the future.”
In Du Xiaoxian’s memory, Gu Nianbin’s hands had always been warm, but at this moment, the hand that covered her lips was ice-cold. She realized that she could not delay any longer and said, “Quickly find a place to change your wet clothes, otherwise you would really be sick.”
Gu Nianbin still stood here, “Are you going with me?”
“Okay, okay,” the little girl said repeatedly. She ran to the store next door to buy an umbrella and opened it for Gu Nianbin.
Gu Nianbin took the umbrella and pulled Du Xiaoxian into his arms. The two of them struggled to make their way through the storm. There were many large and small hotels beside the station. The environment was not very good. Du Xiaoxian was afraid that Gu Nianbin might feel uncomfortable with the conditions here, so she deliberately chose one of the hotels that looked the most impressive and asked for a double standard room.
After entering the room, Du Xiaoxian hurriedly urged Gu Nianbin to take a bath.
Gu Nianbin squinted at her, “You wouldn’t run away while I am bathing, would you?”
“No, no,” Du Xiaoxian raised her hand and said seriously, “I promise I won’t.”
Gu Nianbin sneered disapprovingly, “You have made so many promises to me. Did you keep any of them?”
Du Xiaoxian blushed and mumbled, “I will really keep my word this time.”
Gu Nianbin looked at her and said word by word, “If you really run away, I won’t let you off even if I chase to the end of the earth. Did you hear me?”
“Got it.” Du Xiaoxian nodded honestly. In her eyes, Young Master had the ability to do so. Otherwise, how could he find her so quickly?
Gu Nianbin glared at her fiercely before going to the bathroom.
Hearing the sound of water, Du Xiaoxian sneaked out and looked around in a few stores nearby as fast as she could. Finally, she gathered a full set of clothes for Gu Nianbin. However, she didn’t have much money left. After returning to the hotel, she asked the proprietress for a piece of ginger and hurriedly ran to her room.
When she was shopping for clothes, Gu Nianbin came out from the bath. The moment the bathroom door opened, his heart sank. Du Xiaoxian was not there!
She lied to him again, she actually lied to him! Gu Nianbin was so furious that he grabbed the ashtray on the table and threw it onto the ground. He was still angry after that and picked up an item on hand and was about to throw it again. However, he discovered that it was Du Xiaoxian’s handbag. He was stunned for a moment and put down her handbag. Just as he was about to open the bag, Du Xiaoxian came in with a large bag of things. She raised her face and smiled at him, “Are you done washing? Try on the clothes and see if they are fit.”
Gu Nianbin hurriedly said, “All right…” He jumped over and pulled her. “Be careful, there’s glass on the ground.”
Only then did Du Xiaoxian see the broken glass on the ground and said, “What’s wrong?”
“I accidentally dropped the ashtray on the ground.” Gu Nianbin said casually.
Du Xiaoxian frowned slightly and muttered, “I need to compensate for it. After that, I don’t have much money left, and I still need to buy food.”
Gu Nianbin immediately said, “I’ll compensate for it.”
“But you don’t have money, do you?” Du Xiaoxian raised her face and asked.
Gu Nianbin said without changing his expression, “I don’t have any money now. But can’t I compensate in the future?”
“Of course not,” Du Xiaoxian said, “Who would believe you? Forget it, I’ll talk nice to the proprietress and ask for a cheaper price.” As she said, she stuffed the large bag of clothes she had bought into Gu Nianbin’s arms. “Try on the clothes. I’ll change new ones for you if they didn’t fit. I’ll tidy up the floor first.”
“I’ll sweep the floor. Be careful not to get hurt.” Gu Nianbin saw she was going to get the broom and he hurriedly followed her.
Du Xiaoxian turned around and pushed him, “No, hurry up and try on the clothes. I’m afraid that it will be too late to change the clothes.”
Gu Nianbin could only take the clothes to the bathroom to change his clothes. Du Xiaoxian bought these clothes from small shops on the street. Such clothes were all low-grade goods from fabric to style. Not to mention wearing them, Gu Nianbin usually wouldn’t even look at such low-grade stuff. However, they were bought for him by Du Xiaoxian, and it was the first time she bought clothes for him after they had been together for so long. Gu Nianbin took them out one by one, and he was deeply touched in his heart.
There were a total of six items, including underwear, socks and shoes. Gu Nianbin guessed that she must have spent a lot of money, otherwise Du Xiaoxian wouldn’t have said that she didn’t have much money left. Actually, when Du Xiaoxian pushed open the door and entered, he knew that he was mistaken. His mood immediately rose from the bottom of the valley and ascended high into the sky. Hearing her slightly complaining tone, his mood became even brighter. Therefore, Gu Nianbin happily put them on. These clothes weren’t exactly his size, but he managed to wear them anyway. Gu Nianbin looked at himself in the mirror and couldn’t help but laugh. The trousers were a little short and could barely cover his ankles, and the sweater was very long, revealing the lower part of itself from the hem of the coat. The khaki jacket on his body made him look like a peddler.
Gu Nianbin wiped his hair, adjusted his clothes, and walked out.
Du Xiaoxian had already cleaned up the room and was doing something else with her back against the direction of the bathroom.
“Xiaoxian,” Gu Nianbin called her.
Du Xiaoxian turned around and looked at him in surprise, “Not bad! Very good, you look nice in anything.”
Gu Nianbin echoed her against his will, “Yes, I think so too.” Heaven knew that if Shao Boqing saw him, he would probably laugh out his teeth.
Du Xiaoxian handed him a cup of water and said, “Drink it while it’s hot. I made the ginger tea to help you drive away the cold.”
Gu Nianbin held the cup and took a small sip, which was a little spicy. He asked, “You bought ginger?”
“No, I asked the proprietress for it.” Du Xiaoxian stared at Gu Nianbin’s coat and clicked her tongue twice. “It looks nice. It’s just a little too expensive.”
“How much?”
“The asking price was 400 yuan.” Du Xiaoxian said. “I offered 200 yuan, but the shop owner refused. He asked for 50 yuan more, and said he wouldn’t sell it for any lower price. If it weren’t for the urgency, I wouldn’t buy it.”
“So,” Gu Nianbin blinked his eyes, “you bought this coat for 250?”
“That’s right,” said the little girl with some unwillingness. “This is the most expensive one.”
Gu Nianbin wasn’t interested in this kind of cheap clothes, but he had been in the business world for several years. On rough estimates, the selling price of this coat was at most 150 to 180 yuan. The little girl had overpaid. He flicked his fingers on Du Xiaoxian’s forehead and laughed, “You are really 250.”
The little girl did not understand, “What did you mean by 250?”
She was probably the only one in the world who didn’t understand what it meant when a person did something silly and was called 250. Gu Nianbin sighed and rubbed her hair. The world was dangerous and there were traps everywhere. How could such a simple and naive girl survive without him?
“I meant you were very shrewd.” Gu Nianbin said nonchalantly, not wanting Du Xiaoxian to know that she had been tricked.
The little girl raised her eyebrows proudly and smiled at him.
“How much money do you still have?”
“There is still 700 yuan in the card.” Du Xiaoxian took out the change in her pocket and counted it roughly. “And there is 76 yuan and 50 cents in cash.”
Gu Nianbin looked at the heavy rain outside the window with some distress. “I’m afraid it’s going to rain for another two days. I can’t leave, so I have to stay here. Your money isn’t enough!”
Du Xiaoxian asked him, “Can’t you call back and ask them to pick you up?”
“I told you that I was in a hurry and didn’t bring my phone with me. Did you forget it?” When Gu Nianbin was standing in the ticket hall of the bus station and said those words, his hand quietly reached into his pocket and switched off his mobile phone.
“In that case,” Du Xiaoxian thought for a moment and said, “there’s a phone downstairs in the lobby. You can make a call there.”
“I don’t remember the number,” Gu Nianbin lied without changing his expression. “The numbers are all on my mobile phone. I’ve never tried to remember phone numbers.”
Du Xiaoxian felt that this was true, because she did not remember any of the numbers in her phone either. They were all saved on her mobile phone by Gu Nianbin. When she needed to place a call, she just flipped through the contact list.
“Don’t think too much. Take one step at a time.” Gu Nianbin slowly stirred up the ginger tea and felt his stomach warming up.
Du Xiaoxian looked at the dark sky outside the window and said, “Are you hungry? I’ll go buy some food.”
At this moment, Gu Nianbin remembered that Du Xiaoxian’s trousers were also wet. He stretched out his hand and said, “Give me the money. I’ll go buy some food. You can borrow a hairdryer from the proprietress and dry your trousers. You’ll catch a cold if you continue wearing the wet trousers.”
Du Xiaoxian gave him the money and the two of them walked out of the room together. Du Xiaoxian borrowed a hairdryer and went back to the room. She blew her hair before blowing her trousers. Because her trousers were thick and wet all over, and they didn’t dry much after being blown for a long time. Du Xiaoxian felt her hand that was holding the hairdryer was a little uncomfortable. She simply hung her trousers on the chair and leaned against the wall to have a rest, wrapping herself in blankets. She had experienced too many things on this day, and before she could think about them in detail, she fell asleep. Her body slipped down, her head tilted to one side, and her hair scattered on the pillow.
When Gu Nianbin returned, that was what he saw. He gently closed the door and placed the food on the table. Then, he quietly walked over and sat on a chair beside the bed. Looking at Du Xiaoxian who was sleeping, he was lost in thoughts.
This afternoon, he was also exhausted. His mood had risen and fallen abruptly, changing between various feelings, from sorrow when finding she had left to overjoy when he found her, from disappointment when she did not want to leave with him to gratification when she compromised, from anger when he thought that she had escaped again to feeling deeply touched when she bought clothes for him. He felt like he had been on a thrilling roller coaster, rushing from the valley up into the sky, falling down from the sky to the valley, and then rebounding again.
There was a small cluster of hair covering Du Xiaoxian’s face. Gu Nianbin gently brushed it away for her. His fingers touched the little girl’s warm and gentle face. Du Xiaoxian’s eyelids moved. Gu Nianbin quickly retracted his hand and did not dare to move again.
