Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 141

Chapter 141 What About We Take a Picture Like That Too?
Tong mountain had a long history and many places of interest. It had always been a good place to visit mountains and rivers.

Gu Nianbin and Du Xiaoxian stood on a viewing platform, and the former pointed at the distant maple forest with red leaves that looked like fire, saying, “Look, that’s the famous maple slope. At this time, all the maple leaves elsewhere have fallen. The maple leaves of Tong mountain turn red late. Now it seems that it’s right the time.”

In front of the beautiful scenery, Du Xiaoxian was always dumbfounded. It was as if all the mountains and fields were red, sparkling like fire and dazzling like clouds. The golden sunlight shone on the deep and shallow red maples, like a dense, ink-colored watercolor painting!

She was so shocked that her breathing almost stopped. Then, she let out a big breath and exclaimed, “It’s too beautiful!”

“Does it look good?” Gu Nianbin lowered his head and asked her.

“Yes!” Du Xiaoxian said happily. She turned around and hugged his waist. She raised her pointed small face and smiled, “So beautiful!”

The wind blew up the little girl’s hair and gently brushed it against Gu Nianbin’s face. It was itchy. He smiled and reached out to put the lock of hair behind her head. He intimately touched the tip of her nose and whispered, “Do you feel cold?”

Du Xiaoxian shook her head. Behind her was a beautiful scenery that was as red as the rosy clouds, and in front of her was the handsome face of the man she loved. The little girl felt something surging in her heart. She couldn’t help but pout and kiss the man’s face. It was a quick and light kiss. It was like the moment when a dragonfly flashed across the water in the early morning of summer. Gu Nianbin felt that the touch was incredibly soft. He didn’t even have the time to think before realizing that he had turned her face and kissed her deeply…

Du Xiaoxian struggled slightly. After all, there were quite a few people standing beside them. However, she provoked him first. Although she was embarrassed and shy, she was helpless! Gu Nianbin kissed her as if no one else was around. His gentleness was also a little tyrannical, and he kissed the little girl until she felt dizzy before letting go. Du Xiaoxian shyly buried her head in the man’s embrace as a little quail, but her eyes glanced at the red maple trees opposite her. She felt somewhat sweet and flustered.

Gu Nianbin pulled her shawl up. He wrapped his hand around her waist, then put her cold little hand into the pocket of his coat. Du Xiaoxian wore quite a few clothes. The short velvet coat she bought yesterday wrapped around her thin body tightly. There was a shawl on her shoulders and the man’s warm embrace was right behind her. Only her hands were exposed to the cold wind and that felt a little cold.

The two of them snuggled up and stood together for a while. Gu Nianbin said, “Let’s go. I’ll show you somewhere else.”

Du Xiaoxian reluctantly glanced at the red maple trees before being taken away by Gu Nianbin in his arms.

Not far from here there was the famous Triple Moon Reflection Waterfall. The successive generations of literati had praised this place. The famous line of those poems was: it’s suspected that the Milky Way has fallen down to the land.

Before they reached the waterfall, they had already heard the water noise. The sound of water rumbled. Hearing this, Du Xiaoxian was even more excited. She pulled Gu Nianbin and urged him, “Hurry up, hurry up, it’s right in front.”

Gu Nianbin simply let go of her hand and let her enjoy the moment. When they were at Yuefeng Mountain, he had discovered that the little girl was especially relaxed on the mountain. Her unrestrained way of behavior fascinated him. She was obviously such a shy person, but when he kissed her in public just now, she wasn’t as embarrassed as usual.

In the morning, when he stood by the window and saw that the sky was clear, he wanted to bring her here. It was indeed the right thing to do. Although it was cold in the mountain, Du Xiaoxian was brightly lit up. Her usual timid appearance was completely gone.

Du Xiaoxian jumped up and down in front of him, occasionally turning her head to call him, “Hurry up!”

However, Gu Nianbin walked slowly and reminded her, “Slow down. The ground is still wet. Be careful of slipping.”

Du Xiaoxian smiled smugly, “Don’t forget where I came from. I can run barefoot on the mountain. This wet ground is nothing for me.”

Gu Nianbin stopped talking and smiled. His gaze was fixed on the thin figure.

Finally, they saw the spectacular waterfall. The spectacle scene of three thousand feet of water flying down was truly shocking. Du Xiaoxian raised her head and stared blankly at the waterfall, dumbfounded once again.

The water splashed a thousand layers of white waves on the stone wall. The sparkling water splashed everywhere. Under the sunlight, it was like rainbow light. Du Xiaoxian could not help but stretch out her hand to touch the water. However, Gu Nianbin pulled her back a step. “Don’t get too close. Be careful of the water splashing on you.”

Du Xiaoxian looked down again, but she couldn’t see where the bottom of the waterfall was. Looking at it like this, it seemed to be somewhat frighteningly deep.

Gu Nianbin held her hand and asked, “Do you want to go down?”

Du Xiaoxian nodded and said while stepping down, “Is it deep below?”

“Very deep,” Gu Nianbin said. “If we go down like this, we’ll have to walk three to four thousand stone steps. Then we still need to come up. Can you do it?”

“Yes!” Du Xiaoxian replied loudly and then began to walk down. The stone steps were very narrow. There were places where only one person could pass at a time. There were also other people who came and went beside them, so they were unable to walk side by side. Gu Nianbin had no choice but to walk behind the little girl.

Du Xiaoxian supported the stone handrail beside her and walked down lightly. After a few days of rain, the stone steps were still a little wet. In addition, it was damp and dark here. The moss grew everywhere no one reached. Gu Nianbin was worried and would ask the little girl to slow down from time to time. Du Xiaoxian always replied straightforwardly that she was fine, but her footsteps did not slow down.

The stone steps were actually spinning downwards. Turning a corner, Du Xiaoxian raised her head to look at the waterfall. She couldn’t help but let out a loud cry. It turned out that they had already reached the second part of the Triple Reflection Moon Waterfall, where the height difference was even greater and the water sounded even louder. Because it was deep down, the sun didn’t shine much, and the splashes of water scattered into a white mist in the air all around, making it like a fairyland. Du Xiaoxian slowed down at this moment. As she walked, she raised her head to look at the waterfall that was extremely close to her. The most spectacular and beautiful scene in the Triple Reflection Moon Waterfall was its second part. As she walked further, she suddenly stopped. Looking at the many people who were taking photos with the waterfall as the background, she turned around and asked Gu Nianbin, “Shall we take pictures here?”

Gu Nianbin didn’t like to take photos, and he seldom did. However, he liked to take photos for his little girl. In fact, there were very few photos of them together. Gu Nianbin felt that it was rare for him to have such an opportunity. It was also good to take a few photos as a souvenir. So when those tourists before them finished filming, they hurriedly walked over. Gu Nianbin took some single photos of Du Xiaoxian first. The little girl in the camera smiled happily. Her big eyes curved like the moon, her pointed chin raised slightly, and her big shawl floated in the wind like a flying elf. She was really like a mountain elf.

After taking only two photos, Du Xiaoxian beckoned Gu Nianbin to take photos together with her. The two of them leaned their heads against each other and looked at each other on the screen, smiling sweetly.

Gu Nianbin coughed, his expression slightly unnatural, then said to Du Xiaoxian, “What about we take a picture like that too?”

“Like what?” Du Xiaoxian asked in confusion.

“Just like what they did just now.”

The previous tourists before them were also a young couple. They stood in front of the waterfall and took a set of extremely loving photographs, two of which were that they were kissing each other’s cheeks. Gu Nianbin usually scoffed at this kind of show of affection, but for some reason, he really wanted to take a picture like that now.

Du Xiaoxian understood what he meant. She glanced at the other people who were waiting to take pictures and shook her head shyly. She had already used up all her courage to kiss him in front of everyone on the red maple hill. Now, she was really…

Gu Nianbin usually didn’t like to force her, but now he didn’t want to give up. He coaxed her in whisper, “I’ll kiss you and take a picture, okay? Just take one as a souvenir!”

Du Xiaoxian had always been obedient to Gu Nianbin. Seeing him begging her again, she nodded her head in panic, but her face turned red, like a big red persimmon in the north in winter.

Gu Nianbin then gave the phone to Du Xiaoxian. He hugged her tightly with both hands and pouted to kiss on the little girl’s face. Du Xiaoxian’s hand trembled slightly. She pressed the photo button then took it back for a closer look. Because her hand was trembling, the picture was blurry. Gu Nianbin was not satisfied. He asked her to take another picture. Du Xiaoxian was so embarrassed, but she had no other choice but to take another one. She had always been non-proficient in taking pictures, and the people beside them were watching them all the time. She was even more nervous. She took two consecutive pictures but still failed. Gu Nianbin didn’t give up, forcing her to continue and encouraging her. He said they wouldn’t leave if she couldn’t take a good shot. In the end, the people on the side couldn’t bear to watch that any longer and volunteered to take a few photos for them, then it was done.

Gu Nianbin thanked the one who helped them and dragged the little girl with blushing face to walk down.

After walking for another while, the light brightened, and they reached the last part. There’s plenty of sunlight here. If you looked down, you could see the bottom. Below was a clear stream of water. Although it was not very orderly, it could be seen as a round shape. On the other side of the mountain wall, there was a gap and the water flew out through it. Someone took off his shoes in spite of the cold and got into the water, bending down to catch the silver fish. The water was only half the depth of his calves. Some people on the bank asked the person in the water whether the water was cold or not, the man smiled and said that the water was warm.

After Du Xiaoxian finished the last stone staircase, she also walked to the side of the stream. She squatted down and put her hands in the water. She turned around and smiled at Gu Nianbin in surprise, “It’s really warm!”

Logically, the water should be as cold as ice down to such a deep place. However, since there were hot springs nearby and there was a unique geographical structure here, it wasn’t surprising that the water was warm.

Du Xiaoxian squatted there, her dark hair glowing slightly in the sunshine. Gu Nianbin remembered that the white mist they passed by earlier must have touched her hair and turned into tiny droplets of water. Under the sunshine, those droplets refracted the light. He walked over and lifted the corner of her shawl to wipe the little girl’s hair.

Du Xiaoxian raised her face and smiled at him. Suddenly, she glanced at the small blue sky. It was shallow and thin, as if it would shatter with a gentle knock. Then, the shatters would fall into the abyss and became the stream. Du Xiaoxian suddenly stood up and shouted happily, “I know. In the evening, the moon’s shadow will be reflected in this water. That’s why it’s called the Triple Reflection Moon Waterfall!”

Gu Nianbin smiled and touched her head, teasing, “You said it right. Little girl, you’re quite smart!”

Some people were looking at them on the side. Du Xiaoxian smiled embarrassedly. She shook off the water on her hand and held onto Gu Nianbin’s arm. “Where are we going now?” she asked.

Gu Nianbin said, “We’ll return the same way!”

Du Xiaoxian stuck out her tongue. Walking down all the way like this didn’t make her tired because of the novelty and excitement. Only when she reached the bottom did she feel that her foot was in pain.

There was no problem for her to walk up. She was afraid that Gu Nianbin would not be able to stand it. After all, he was a noble young master from a noble family. It was already difficult for him to accompany her down the stairs like this. Now he needed to walk up. Du Xiaoxian looked at those stone steps that could not be seen the end. She was very worried.

Of course, Gu Nianbin also worried about his little girl. He didn’t even intend to make her walk up again. He hired four strong porters to lift them up in a jampan. Du Xiaoxian had always been an exploited class and had ever exploited others like this. Sitting on the jampan, her heart was extremely uneasy. She hesitated and said to Gu Nianbin, “Let’s go down. They will be tired.”

When a porter heard this, he laughed, “If you two go down, we’ll be tired!”

Du Xiaoxian asked curiously, “Why is that?”

Another porter said, “If you don’t hire us, we won’t be able to earn money. If we don’t have the money to support our family, then we’re really bitter!”

Du Xiaoxian understood, so she could only sit quietly. The four porters carried them to walk up slowly. After a while, they actually began to shout a song. Du Xiaoxian listened carefully and heard them singing, “I want your money, you want my life…”

Hearing the humorous chant, Du Xiaoxian laughed, but then she instantly felt sad. She whispered to Gu Nianbin, “Let’s pay more money to them later. It’s too toilsome.”

Gu Nianbin smiled and held her hand. He didn’t say anything and only nodded.