Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 138

Chapter 138 Shall We Live Somewhere Else?
The next morning, when Gu Nianbin woke up, Du Xiaoxian was already gone. He thought that she had gone out to buy breakfast or gone downstairs to borrow something and would come back soon. After all, he still had to go to the hospital for another infusion today. This matter should be very important to Du Xiaoxian.

Gu Nianbin wasn’t worried too much. He got up and put on his clothes, then went into the bathroom to wash up. But after he finished, Du Xiaoxian still didn’t come back. He found it strange and went downstairs to ask the inn-keeper’s wife.

The proprietress was an outspoken and kind middle-aged woman speaking her mind. Before he could ask anything, she said, “You’re up. When Xiaoxian left, she asked me to tell you to wait. She will bring breakfast back. After breakfast, she will go to the hospital for an infusion with you.”

“Where did she go?” Gu Nianbin asked.

“She,” said the proprietress, “went to work. She went out before dawn. She is a virtuous girl who can endure hardship, and you are so lucky to have her!”

Gu Nianbin was confused. They were staying together after they came back last night. When did Du Xiaoxian find a job again? And she even went to work early in the morning?

“Where did she go to work?” Gu Nianbin asked again.

“There,” the proprietress pointed outside, “see, there’s a breakfast store. Last night when she came to pay for you two’s room, she asked me if there were any work opportunities nearby. The breakfast store’s business is good and they are always very short of people in the morning. They also have always wanted me to introduce employees for them. So I introduced Xiaoxian over. However, Xiaoxian will only work for a short time. So I called them and asked. They said that short-term work would be accepted as well. Then the work got settled like that. Xiaoxian went to work at 5:30 this morning. Fortunately, it’s not far. You can walk there in a few minutes. ”

Gu Nianbin patiently listened to her. Then he thanked her and was about to leave. It was drizzling outside again. The proprietress let out a sigh and rushed out of the counter to pull him stop. “Xiaoxian said that it was cold outside. You’re still sick, so you shouldn’t go out. She only works for three hours and will be back soon.” The proprietress then looked up at the clock on the wall and continued, “Look, it’s almost nine o’clock. She should be coming back now. Just stay.”

At this time, Gu Nianbin had already seen a thin figure walking this way in the drizzling rain. Of course it was Du Xiaoxian, who else could it be? He was very uncomfortable in his heart. Why did she go out to work and hide it from him? Was she afraid that he wouldn’t agree? They chatted so much last night, but the little girl didn’t reveal a single word, nor did she discuss it with him. She made her own decision. So did she really care about him or not?

The proprietress also saw Du Xiaoxian and smiled, “Look, isn’t she coming back now?”

Seeing them from afar, Du Xiaoxian happily waved her hand at them. It wasn’t raining heavily. So she didn’t open the umbrella but held it in her hand and held a plastic bag in her other hand. It was probably the breakfast she had bought back.

Gu Nianbin strode forward to her and looked at her with a sullen gaze. Du Xiaoxian had been smiling, but when she saw the man’s gloomy expression, her smile gradually subsided. She didn’t know why he was unhappy again this early morning.

Gu Nianbin took the things from her hand without saying a word. He wiped her wet hair with his hand, then wrapped her under his coat and walked towards the inn with her.

Du Xiaoxian carefully looked at his face, but the man did not look at her. He looked straight ahead, his chin tense, showing that he was in a bad mood. Du Xiaoxian rolled her dark eyes. Suddenly, she reached out and gently tickled the man on his waist. Gu Nianbin instinctively dodged, and he couldn’t hold it and almost laughed out loud. Then his expression relaxed. Du Xiaoxian giggled and was about to tickle him again.

Gu Nianbin tightened his grip on her and shouted in a low voice, “Do you think I’m laughing and playing with you?”

Du Xiaoxian asked like a spoiled child, “What’s wrong with you?”

“We’ll talk about it when we get back,” Gu Nianbin replied roughly and then didn’t say anything. His legs were long and he walked fast. Du Xiaoxian was almost out of breath when trying to catch up with him. Gu Nianbin then directly picked her up with one hand and strode into the inn.

When the proprietress saw that Gu Nianbin was almost carrying Du Xiaoxian in his arm and came in, she smiled and teased, “You love your wife so much that you don’t even let her walk by herself.”

Gu Nianbin was angry in his heart, so he didn’t bother to pay attention to other idle people. He went upstairs expressionlessly. Du Xiaoxian was embarrassed. She stuck out her tongue at the proprietress and said in a low voice, “He’s angry.”

The proprietress said, “He must be angry that you didn’t tell him, right? You should have told him about this so that he wouldn’t worry.”

“If I had told him, he wouldn’t have allowed me to go,” Du Xiaoxian continued to explain to the proprietress in a hushed voice.

The proprietress said, “That’s because he loves you, and you love him too. Even I am jealous of the affection between you two.”

Du Xiaoxian smiled with embarrassment. Before she could speak again, Gu Nianbin stood at the corner of the stairs, waiting for her, and said impatiently, “Are you going to go to the hospital with me or not?”

“Yes, of course.” Du Xiaoxian hurriedly followed up, and halfway through her walk, she turned around and said to the proprietress, “I will pay today’s rent after I come back tonight.”

“It’s fine,” the proprietress waved at her. “Don’t worry, I’m not afraid that you’ll not pay the rent.”

Du Xiaoxian smiled and then trotted upstairs.

As soon as Gu Nianbin entered the room, he sat down by the bed with a serious face. “Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I was afraid you wouldn’t let me go,” Du Xiaoxian explained honestly.

“You knew that I wouldn’t let you go, why did you still go?” Gu Nianbin glared fiercely at her.

“But we have to earn money,” Du Xiaoxian murmured. “We are short of money now!”

“I have money!” said President Gu aggressively. “You already know that I lied to you last night. In that case, you only need to think with your brain and will know that I was lying too when I said I didn’t have money. How could you be so stupid? Do you think I’m really a prodigal? Do you think I would come out alone without money?”

Du Xiaoxian was dumbfounded. This was the first time she had felt that Gu Nianbin was so thick-skinned. How could he argue so irrationally and plausibly? He was clearly the one who lied to her and said that he didn’t have any money. So she went out to find work. She worked as the nursing assistant and also went to work for the breakfast store. She had been busy for a long time, but now this man told her that he had money!

Du Xiaoxian’s eyes turned red from grievance. It was clearly his fault, but he was angry with her!

In fact, the matter that he had money was troubling Gu Nianbin all this time. After Du Xiaoxian agreed to go back with him, he had wanted to admit his mistake, but he just couldn’t open his mouth. Now taking the opportunity to lecture Du Xiaoxian, he just admitted it all at a time. In any case, both of them were at fault. So neither of them should take the blame alone!

However, seeing that the little girl’s eyes turning red, President Gu quickly surrendered and pulled Du Xiaoxian into his embrace. He said softly to reflect on himself, “Baby, it’s my fault. I’m the bad guy. I shouldn’t have lied to you, causing you to be frightened and tired. But if I told you that I had money, I was afraid you’d drive me away! I had wanted to tell you last night, but I was afraid that you would get angry, so I didn’t dare to say anything. I was afraid that you wouldn’t come back with me in a fit of anger. Xian’er, forgive me for this time, okay? And I won’t blame you for leaving without telling me this morning, either. Will you forgive me too? ”

Du Xiaoxian snorted, “You are bullying me again!” Her temperament was gentle and her mind was simple. She had wanted to lecture Gu Nianbin, but when she opened her mouth, she only said the same old sentence.

When Gu Nianbin heard this, he knew that she was fine now. He laughed in a muffled voice and took her hand to hit his face, “I’ll let you beat me up and vent your anger on me, okay?”

Du Xiaoxian shrank her hand and pushed him away, saying, “Come and have breakfast, otherwise it will be cold. After breakfast, you’ll still have to go get an infusion.”

“I think I’m well now,” Gu Nianbin said. “I don’t need an infusion again.”

“No, the medicine has already been prescribed. How can you not go? After the infusion, I still need to ask the doctor to give you an examination before I can be at ease.”

Gu Nianbin saw her open the plastic bag and that there was only a round lunch box inside, so he asked, “Won’t you have breakfast?”

“I’ve already had breakfast.” When Du Xiaoxian talked about this, she was happy again. She excitedly took out fifty yuan from her pocket and showed it to him, “I earned it this morning. The breakfast store’s owner is nice. He let me have a bowl of rice noodle before put me to work, saying that I shouldn’t work with an empty stomach. When I finished the work and came back, I ordered a takeaway, and he didn’t charge me. He said I could have it for free. Brother, I think I’m quite lucky. I can meet nice people everywhere. The owner of the breakfast store was nice, the inn-keeper and his wife were also nice, and the grandma whom I attended to yesterday was nice as well. She even said that she would make soup for you today. ”

Gu Nianbin looked at the little girl’s smiling expression and suddenly understood why Du Xiaoxian was so pure and simple. That’s because she always sees the beauty of life, and blocks the ugliness and darkness outside her heart. Even if she grew up in tribulation, she had a pure heart which was almost transparent.

Gu Nianbin felt that he had picked up the most precious treasure in the world. He gently hugged her from behind and said, “Xian’er, don’t leave me.”

Du Xiaoxian turned her head to look at him. “Didn’t we talk about this last night?”

“I’m afraid that you won’t admit what you’ve said once you get up. I want to confirm it again.”

Du Xiaoxian said smilingly, “Alright, I won’t leave you.”

“Never, never leave me.”

Du Xiaoxian felt a sudden pain in her heart, which seemed to be a pain from happiness, but was also like something from that she was unable to control her future. She opened the cover of the food box, pulled out the disposable chopsticks from the plastic paper, ground the burrs, and then handed them to Gu Nianbin. She said seriously and cautiously, “Alright!”

Gu Nianbin was happy. He kissed the little girl on the face and then sat down to enjoy breakfast happily.

Perhaps because he was in a good mood, or perhaps because he had been recovered from sickness, President Gu enjoyed his breakfast very much. He had never been interested in breakfast from a small roadside restaurant. He didn’t expect it to taste good. The noodles tasted good. He hadn’t had breakfast properly for two days. Now he finished the bowl of noodles and even drank up the remaining soup. Then he put down the food box with satisfaction.

Du Xiaoxian rarely saw him have something with such relish and happiness and was also very happy. She touched his head and said, “Do you like it? I’ll buy it for you again tomorrow.”

“Okay,” Gu Nianbin wiped his mouth with a napkin, “but shall we live somewhere else?”

“Isn’t this place good?” Du Xiaoxian had a good impression of this kind of affordable inn. It was not expensive, and the proprietress was nice. She could buy everything when she went out, so it was very convenient around here.

“I want you to live in a better place and eat better.”

Du Xiaoxian did not think that this was bad. But Gu Nianbin was from a noble family. He must have been enduring such an environment. So she nodded and said, “Alright, let’s go to the hospital first. When we return, we’ll take our luggage.” Thinking for a moment, she asked again, “Are we still going to stay here? Why don’t we just go back? Don’t you need to go to work?”

“I have something to do here. We can stay for another two days.” As Gu Nianbin said this, he adjusted the little girl’s clothes and raised her collar. He complained, “Why didn’t you wear a silk scarf when you went out? Isn’t your neck cold?”

Du Xiaoxian only giggled. She held the man’s arm and said, “Let’s go!”