Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 142
Chapter 142 I Can Afford to Feed You
Shen Li hung up the phone and walked towards Jiang Kaiwei’s office. He was really puzzled. Using such a large sum of money to destroy the Xia family was not worth the loss. However, apart from Jiang Kaiwei, he could not think of another one who had that decisive style.
Jiang Kaiwei was assigning work to the secretary when he saw Shen Li enter. He nodded to greet him and then waved his hand to let the secretary leave.
After the door closed, Shen Li asked, “You did those things to the Xia family, didn’t you?”
Jiang Kaiwei leaned back in his chair and turned it with half a circle, then slowly asked, “Which Xia family?”
“The Xia family of S City.”
Jiang Kaiwei said, “I have no grievances or enmity against the Xia family. Why would I do those to them?”
“To help Gu Nianbin…” Shen Li glanced at him and said, “Or perhaps you want to help Du Xiaoxian to vent her anger.”
Jiang Kaiwei laughed loudly, “Why would I do that? What does Du Xiaoxian have to do with me? Gu Nianbin and I have been enemies for many years. I help them? Is there something wrong with me?”
Shen Li didn’t say anything. He just looked at him with inquiry. It was clearly him, but he still didn’t admit it! He had always felt that Jiang Kaiwei was a simple-minded person. Apart from his talent in business, he could only be considered a moron in other fields. Most of the time, he could almost see through him with a single glance. Others only knew that Jiang Kaiwei had a strange temper and was extremely difficult to get along with. Only he knew that Jiang Kaiwei was actually a paper tiger. Because he was too lonely, he always appeared arrogant and aggressive. He kept everyone away from him and didn’t want others to peek into his heart. This was quite similar to Gu Nianbin. However, they gave people different impressions. Gu Nianbin was a modest gentleman who was good at using indifference and alienation to arm himself, but Jiang Kaiwei was a direct person, whose mood would directly show on his face. He was arrogant and domineering, causing others to feel fear!
Seeing that Shen Li was just looking at him without saying anything, Jiang Kaiwei stood up and went to pour two glasses of red wine at the counter. He handed one to Shen Li and said with a smile, “Shen Li, your habit of suspecting people needs to be changed. Why don’t you quit business and enter politics? That’s suitable for you.”
Shen Li took a sip of the wine and snorted, “Don’t try to change the subject. Let me ask you again, did you do it or not?”
“See,” Jiang Kaiwei shouted, “you’re still doubting me. If I did it, why wouldn’t I admit it?”
“Because you like Gu Nianbin. You want to help him secretly and don’t want others to know.” Jiang Kaiwei’s attitude towards Gu Nianbin had made Shen Li suspicious for a few times, and he finally took this opportunity to say it out loud.
“Bullshit!” Jiang Kaiwei was so angry that he gulped down all the wine in his glass and pointed at Shen Li, “Can you make up some more logical stories?”
Shen Li ignored his anger and slowly asked, “Then why are you so angry? Why are you so anxious if I don’t say it right?”
Jiang Kaiwei angrily rolled his eyes. He was too lazy to argue with him because he was never match for Shen Li in arguing.
Shen Li walked to the windowsill and sat down. He looked at the light blue sky outside the window. The golden sun shone on his body with only a bit of warmth. It was already late autumn and winter was not far away. Shen Li took another sip of wine and looked at Jiang Kaiwei. “Then do you take a fancy to Du Xiaoxian?”
Jiang Kaiwei’s anger did not dissipate. He snorted, “That little girl is skinny. Why would I take a fancy to her?”
“So you like plump ones,” Shen Li said smilingly. “However, Gu Nianbin and Du Xiaoxian have been disappeared for three days. Don’t you have any other thoughts?”
“What do you mean?” Jiang Kaiwei spun the empty glass and asked.
“Take advantage of the fact that their head is gone and take the company!”
“Do you think Shao Boqing is weak?” Jiang Kaiwei looked sideways at Shen Li and said, “Shao Boqing is your friend. The fact that you would say such a thing is truly impressive!”
“We’re friends but we also work for our own bosses,” Shen Li smiled. “Besides, the Gu Group is not his family’s property. At worst, he will return to the Shao Group. Shao Bokang will give him the position as a general manager, won’t he?”
Jiang Kaiwei smiled too. “Shen Li, you know me well. But I would choose not to compete with him if I couldn’t make sure that the competition was open and fair. I won’t do anything unscrupulous.”
“Alright,” Shen Li gave him a thumb-up, “you are kind and righteous! If Gu Nianbin knew this, he would be grateful to you! How about you guys let bygones be bygones and make peace!”
Hearing this, Jiang Kaiwei’s expression turned gloomy again. He placed the wine glass heavily on the table and said, “Are you very idle? Did I hire you to chat with me?”
Shen Li finished his wine and jumped down from the windowsill. He casually put the glass on the table and said, “Alright, I’ll go find something to do.”
There weren’t many things that could make Young Master Shen curious. The relationship between Jiang Kaiwei and Gu Nianbin was one of these things. Shen Li was a persistent person, so he went straight to the Finance Department after leaving Jiang Kaiwei’s office.
Since Jiang Kaiwei didn’t want anyone to know, he naturally wouldn’t let him find out anything, but he still underestimated Shen Li’s ability. Although the finance manager had firmly denied it, and even though the information in the computer had been deleted completely, the bank account transactions weren’t something he could delete easily. In the end, Shen Li found evidence of the flow of funds and got it directly from the bank through his connections.
When the finance manager saw the information coming out of the fax machine, his expression changed. The president told him that no one else was allowed to know about this matter. He was the one who personally transferred the money, but now, General Manager Shen found the evidence right before his eyes. The finance manager’s heart skipped a beat. Would the president kill him to silence him? Thinking about it again, he changed his mind. Since there was already the evidence, the president might not kill him to silence him, right? He would directly reprimand him for his incompetence and fire him! Regardless of which outcome it would be, it was a heavy blow to him!
The finance manager pleaded with Shen Li, “Boss Shen, you can’t do this. The president he… I…” The finance manager had always been quick-witted, but now his words were already incoherent.
“It’s okay,” Shen Li patted the financial manager’s shoulder, “I’ll take the blame. You don’t need to worry.”
Shen Li rushed to Jiang Kaiwei’s office confidently with the details of the funds sent over from the bank. After entering the room, he patted the fax paper on his desk and asked, “How do you explain this?”
Jiang Kaiwei picked up the statement of funds and looked at it. His expression was calm. After a while, he put down the piece of paper and said to Shen Li, “Why didn’t I find you so annoying before?”
The annoying Young Master Shen laughed out loud, “I could not be annoying. It was you who did it but refused to admit it. Sometimes, I really don’t know what you’re thinking.”
“It’s none of your business as to what I’m thinking,” Jiang Kaiwei said indifferently. “Can’t I even have a little bit of privacy? You, as a general manager, don’t you think you’ve interfered too much?”
Shen Li sat down opposite him and said earnestly, “Kaiwei, we are friends. I hope that you can tell me if you are in any difficult situation. I can help you.”
“I have everything I want. In terms of wealth, no one in G City can compete with me. What difficulties could I have?”
“But every time it involves Gu Nianbin, you can’t stay indifferent. Please tell me why?”
“I hate him, that’s all!”
“Since you hate him, why did you help him?”
Jiang Kaiwei was silent for a while before he said, “I want to make him feel annoyed. I took revenge for his girlfriend. In the future, he will feel uncomfortable in his heart when he thinks of this matter. He is unhappy, then I’ll feel happy!”
Shen Li stared into his eyes, “Is that all?”
“Of course,” Jiang Kaiwei leaned back in his chair and spun lazily. “What else do you think it would be?”
“The price of that is a bit too high,” Shen Li said. “It’s not a small number of money!”
“As long as I’m happy, it’s worth it.” Jiang Kaiwei’s tone was indifferent and it seemed he didn’t take it seriously.
Shen Li sighed. If Jiang Kaiwei really thought that way, then he was still the childish Jiang Kaiwei from before. However, Shen Li always felt that this was not the case. In his heart, he was still inclined to believe that Jiang Kaiwei’s feelings for Gu Nianbin were not ordinary. Every time Gu Nianbin was involved, Jiang Kaiwei’s mood would be a little strange. Everyone knew that the president of the Jiang Group was against the president of the Gu Group. However, only he could see how lonely Jiang Kaiwei was when he was standing alone in front of the window. Other than hatred, it seemed Jiang Kaiwei was infinitely lonely!
Gu Nianbin and Du Xiaoxian ate the famous stone ears, stone frogs, silverfish and other dishes in the restaurant halfway up the mountain. These were all precious and rare ingredients. It was said that the stone ears grew on the steep cliff, and picking it was not easy. The picker would accidentally fall into the abyss and lose his life. However, due to the high price, there were still quite a few people in the mountains who lived on picking and selling stone ears.
Although catching stone frogs wasn’t as dangerous as picking stone ears, these frogs weren’t often to be seen. Sometimes, even people wandered in the mountains for a day, they wouldn’t be able to catch a few of them. Only silver fish were easy to catch. They could be found in the deep valley’s streams. However, because there were many tourists who came to Tong mountain, and they caught fish in small bottles for fun when they saw them in the water. In addition, the silver fish itself grew slowly, so it was also rare.
These delicious food gave Du Xiaoxian a pair of shiny and oily lips. Not long later, a large pile of stone frog bones piled up in front of her. Looking at Gu Nianbin’s side, she found that there was only a few bone, so she felt a little embarrassed and said to Gu Nianbin, “It seems I’m getting better and better at eating.”
Gu Nianbin smiled, “That’s good. You’re too thin. How can you get weight if you don’t eat too much?”
“But…” Du Xiaoxian said slowly, “that will be very difficult to feed.”
“Don’t worry,” Gu Nianbin stuffed a chopsticks of dishes into her mouth, “I can afford to feed you.”
Du Xiaoxian had grown accustomed to relying on herself for everything and did not like to accept other people’s things for no reason. Only when Gu Nianbin gave something to her, she would accept it with peace of mind. Hearing these words, her heart was filled with warmth and was somewhat throbbing. It was a very happy thing to be supported by the man she loved. She leaned against the man’s shoulder and said, “That’ll last for many, many years!”
Gu Nianbin stuffed another chopsticks of vegetables into her mouth, and his gaze was so gentle, “Yes, for many, many years, for the rest of our lives!”
A lifetime was so far away. Du Xiaoxian didn’t even dare to think about it in the past. Because of her own reasons, she never expected she would be able to stay with Gu Nianbin for a long time. However, after this incident, Gu Nianbin had no intention of disliking her at all. Instead, he came all the way here to find her, got sick from the rain, and suffered for her. The man’s love was so deep that she could not repay him. She only knew that Gu Nianbin liked her, so she wanted to follow him for the rest of her life. Sister Zhou was right. Happiness was something she had to strive for by herself. Even if there would be a second Xia Manyin in the future, she was not afraid anymore. She wanted to guard Gu Nianbin and guard her man!
