Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 153

Chapter 153 I Can Give You a Chance
Shao Boqing sat in the office and was still in a daze. Mary knocked on the door three times and brought in a stack of documents on his desk. “Boss Shao, these are Chenguang’s market data for the first half of the month. Please take a look.”

Shao Boqing asked, “Which Chenguang?”

Mary was slightly surprised. Chenguang had always been Boss Shao’s personal project. Why did he…

Before she could reply, Shao Boqing came back to his senses and returned the stack of documents to her. “In the future, Manager Gu will be in full charge of the affairs of Chenguang. There is no need to ask me again.”

“Alright, Boss Shao.” Mary took those documents and was about to leave.

Shao Boqing called her again and smiled. He got a pad paper and began to write something on it, saying, “I want you to order a bunch of roses and deliver to this address.” As soon as he finished his sentence, he stopped writing and said, “Forget it, I’ll go by myself. Go and get busy.”

Mary responded with an “okay” and then quickly walked out of the door. A little excitement arose in her heart. She had been working in the Gu Group for three years, so of course she had heard of those gossips about Shao Boqing. However, since she was transferred to Shao Boqing’s side, she hadn’t found any sign of Boss Shao’s playboy nature. The rumors also said that he had suffered a blow since he broke up with Manager Fang of Chenguang. And he had been depressed emotionally since then. But now, it seemed that Boss Shao was going to surrender to his loneliness and began to revive his reputation as a playboy. Who would this new favored lady be? Mary was quite curious.

Shao Boqing lit a cigarette, smoked hard, and then slowly spat out the smoke. Seeing the light pale smoke rising in midair, he was still in a trance, as if he couldn’t believe what had happened. However, when he woke up in the morning, Nina was indeed nestling in his arms.

She slept sweetly, face without makeup. Her skin was smooth and tender. Her two straight eyebrows were neither thick nor light, as if they were drawn casually. There were two freckles on the tip of her nose. Nina hated these freckles the most in her life. Every time she put on makeup, she would use concealer to cover them. However, he didn’t think it was a problem. On the contrary, he felt they were a little cute. Her lips were very plump, like beautiful petals. Without lipstick, her lips were glowing with natural redness.

He gently brushed her hair apart. Her silky black hair was so smooth between his fingers. Nina liked to dye her hair red, brown, chestnut, or grape-purple… He almost forgot what her black hair looked like. However, her black hair was also very beautiful, looking natural and lustrous. It was like a streak of light against her bright white face.

His gaze finally fell on Nina’s eyes. Her eyes weren’t big, but they were slender and charming. Especially when the corners of her eyes were slightly raised and she smiled from a bit of annoyed embarrassment, there was a kind of charm that people couldn’t resist. As long as he was with her, he would be happy. Every morning, he came to the office and teased with her, and looked at her smiling face, then he would be in a good mood for a day. At that time, he was so stupid that he didn’t know that he liked her.

After seeking around so long, he even almost lost her. Fortunately, he lowered his head to look at the woman in his arms and smiled, fortunately, she was here.

Perhaps the affection in his eyes was too strong, Nina suddenly opened her eyes from her sleep. She bounced out of his arms like she had seen a ghost, almost falling off the bed. He quickly pulled her back and said, “What’s wrong? Did you have a nightmare?”

Nina glared at him angrily, propping herself up to keep a distance away from him. “You’re the nightmare! Why are you sleeping in my bed?”

He wasn’t angry at all. He smiled at her and said, “Whether it’s a good dream or a bad dream, the most important thing is that you dreamed of me!”

Nina calmed down from the initial panic and said to him, “I can give you a chance, for three months. If you can convince me within three months, I will agree to be your girlfriend. Otherwise, stay away from me and never interfere with my life!”

He agreed. The thing he’s best at in his life was to pursue girls. Three months might be too long for him. As long as he was given a chance, he would have Nina fall in love with him in less than three days!

“Also,” Nina said, “don’t call me Nina again. My name is Li Diandian. If you call me wrong, I’ll deduct one point at a time. If you make me angry, I’ll deduct two points at a time. If you get ten points deducted, you can just get out of my life!”

He smiled. Nina’s words were still so unpleasant to hear. Alright, the conditions were a bit harsh, but he didn’t need to bargain. With his sincere heart, he believed that Nina would definitely fall in love with him!

While he was deep in his beautiful fantasies, the inner line phone rang. Mary said, “Boss Shao, the President wants you to come over.”

“Okay.” Shao Boqing stood up, stretched out his arms, and walked out of the door with a refreshing spirit.

When he arrived at the President’s Office, Zhou Ting saw him and teased, “Boss Shao, you look so radiant with happiness in the morning. Is there a happy event?”

Shao Boqing rubbed his chin and raised his eyebrows slightly. “Is it so obvious?”

“There really is?” Zhou Ting smiled and said, “Come on, share with me. Let me be happy, too.”

Shao Boqing waved his hand to beckon her, so Zhou Ting approached him suspiciously. Shao Boqing then whispered in her ear with laughter, “It’s a secret. Just be jealous!”

“Aren’t you annoying, Boss Shao?” Zhou Ting pretended to be angry and stomped her foot, pushing him towards Gu Nianbin’s office. “The boss has been waiting for you for a long time, yet you’re talking nonsense with me here.”

Gu Nianbin laughed and pushed the door open. Zhou Ting couldn’t help but laugh as well. Ever since he broke up with Fang Xueqing, Shao Boqing had always been somewhat dispirited. Zhou Ting was very happy for him that he could joke with her like this today. This meant that the General Manager Shao, who was funny and humorous, had returned.

Gu Nianbin was reading over documents. He did not raise his head when he heard the door open. Shao Boqing walked over and sat down on the chair opposite him. “You’re looking for me?”

Gu Nianbin grunted, then looked up at him, “Is there any extra money on the books?”

Shao Boqing asked, “How much do you want?”

“About fifty million,” Gu Nianbin said. “If that won’t do, thirty million will also be okay.”

“So much?” Shao Boqing pondered for a moment. “We’ve just paid for the Eco-Park Phase One, and the money for Phase Two has also been prepared. There’s the remaining balance payment for the petty cash. If you want to use it, take it then. It just so happens to be the amount you need.”

Gu Nianbin asked, “Is it alright if I use the money?”

“No problem,” Shao Boqing said. “At present, the biggest expenditure of the company is the Eco-Park project. The money for the rest is enough for turnover.”

“Okay, you can ask the finance department to transfer the money to my father’s account later.”

Shao Boqing was a little surprised, “Why does your father need such a large sum of money?”

Gu Nianbin shook his head helplessly. “Gu Niannan tried to cheat me for money last time but failed, so he turned to my father. You know, my father has always been thinking about buying back the Gu Group’s century building. Somehow Gu Niannan managed to film a video inside the building this time and showed it to my father. He even arranged for him to meet the client. My father trusted him very much. No matter what I said, he wouldn’t listen to me. He asked me to prepare a sum of money for him to be the deposit. When the details get settled, he will pay the deposit. ”

“What if Gu Niannan lied to him?” Shao Boqing said, “Your father trusts people easily. I’m afraid he’ll be fooled.”

“He promised me that I must be present when he pays. The main reason is that the other party wants to verify the capital. The money is still in our hands. There won’t be any problem. When I have time to properly investigate the matter and explain the situation to him, I will take the money back.”

Shao Boqing nodded and said, “You’re feeling guilty for your father because of what happened last time, right? Therefore, you don’t want to go against him this time. As long as you can guarantee the safety of the funds, it doesn’t matter if you want to make the old master happy.”

Gu Nianbin smiled and said, “You know me well.”

“Of course. We’ve been friends for more than ten years. How can I not know you?” Shao Boqing raised his hand and checked the time. “Is there anything else? If there’s nothing else, I’ll leave.”

“Where are you going?” Gu Nianbin asked, “Do you have an appointment with anyone to talk about business?”

“It’s private business.” Shao Boqing stood up with a smile on his face, turned around, and strode away.

“During office hours, are you going out for private business?” Gu Nianbin’s voice came from behind, “Do you still remember that you’re the General Manager?”

Shao Boqing walked to the door and waved his hand at him proudly, “Bye!” He opened the door and dodged outside.

***

As soon as Nina opened the door, a delicate and beautiful bouquet of red roses came up into her embrace, emitting a faint fragrance of flowers. Nina did not look very surprised. She calmly looked at the handsome face that slowly emerged from behind the bouquet.

“You don’t like it?” Shao Boqing said with a disappointed expression. “I remember you used to like red roses.”

Nina pushed aside the flowers, turned around, and entered the room. “People change,” she said indifferently.

Shao Boqing hurriedly followed in and put the large plastic bag in his other hand on the table. “But you still like this, right?”

Nina glanced at it. It was a bag of snacks that were all her favorite. Nina did not want to act too pretentiously. She nodded and said in a flat tone, “This is not bad.”

Shao Boqing was even more disappointed, “This is not bad, but I still don’t see a smile on your face. I specially bought these for you. Can’t you give me some encouragement?!”

Nina snorted, “You want a smile? No way. You left from here this morning. How long has it been? Why are you here again? Don’t you need to go to work?”

Shao Boqing was silenced by Nina’s words and had a guilty conscience, “Yes, I went to work. It’s just I missed you, so I spared some time to come…”

“Since you went to work, you should stick to your post. As a general manager, you don’t have a sense of organization and discipline. So how can you set an example? As a man, you don’t work hard and have no responsibility at all. So what if even you’ve got plenty of money in your family? If you don’t have the ability, how can you support your wife and children in the future?”

Shao Boqing still tried to joke with her, “Don’t you know if I have the ability or not?”

Nina’s eyes widened, “You weren’t listening and you haven’t made any progress. Do you want to make me angry?”

“No, no, how do I dare to make you angry?” Shao Boqing quickly surrendered, “It’s my fault. Diandian, don’t be angry. I was wrong, okay? I’ll go to work right now and come back to see you at noon.” He didn’t dare to make Nina angry now. If she was angry, he would be deducted points. There were only a total of ten points, and it was just the first day, if he had to get two points deducted, wouldn’t that be killing him?

Nina’s expression finally eased. She said, “Don’t come over at noon. It’s troublesome to come and go for hours at a time. We’ll talk tonight.”

Shao Boqing carefully looked at her expression and was reluctant in his heart, but he could only agree and say, “Alright then, I’ll book a table for dinner tonight.”

Nina was unhappy again, “Don’t use your trick of chasing other women to deal with me, and stop putting on airs like a rascal young master!”

“Alright, I won’t. Let’s just have whatever you want, alright?” Shao Boqing secretly complained of suffering in his own heart. He was confident and unrestrained in front of other women, but in front of Nina, he was just suppressed everywhere. He had a bad start on the first day, and he was afraid in the following days…