Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 157

Chapter 157 Do You Still Like Her Now?
When Gu Nianbin was bathing, Du Xiaoxian looked around the room. She was actually quite familiar with the room. In the past, when she was a maid of the Gu Family, Gu Nianbin’s room was always left to her to clean. She was very clear about the furnishings in the room and knew what items were placed where. But after looking around, she felt that something was missing.

What was it? She put her hands in her pajamas pockets and looked around again. She finally remembered. Xia Xiaowan’s photo was missing. She used to wipe it every day. The girl in the photo looked a little like Xia Manyin, but not exactly like her. She had a deeper contour of eyebrows than Xia Manyin. She had bright eyes and bright teeth. She was very beautiful.

She had heard other servants talk about Xia Xiaowan. They said that she was Gu Nianbin’s first love, and that Gu Nianbin had been waiting for her all this time. But now that Gu Nianbin had her, he wouldn’t have to wait for Xia Xiaowan, right?

Du Xiaoxian returned to her bed and sat down. She casually opened the drawer and found that Xia Xiaowan’s photo was in there. She took out the photo and wiped it with a napkin. In fact, there wasn’t much dust since it had been kept in the drawer. However, Du Xiaoxian was used to wiping the photo cleaner.

In the photo, Xia Xiaowan had an elegant temperament, looking at her with a faint smile. Du Xiaoxian looked carefully and thought that she was really beautiful. However, Gu Nianbin had liked her before. This made Du Xiaoxian feel a little frustrated in her heart. Because no matter in which aspect, Xia Xiaowan was much more excellent than her.

Gu Nianbin dried his wet hair and walked out of the bathroom. He saw Du Xiaoxian sitting by the bed in a daze. He took a closer look. The little girl was holding a picture of Xia Xiaowan in her hands. He chuckled and walked over to ask, “What are you staring at so absently?”

Du Xiaoxian was really very absent-minded, so she didn’t notice him coming over. She was startled and blushed like a child who had done something bad. She hurriedly hid the photo frame behind her.

Gu Nianbin put the towel on the chair and extended his hand in front of Du Xiaoxian, “Give it to me.”

Du Xiaoxian pursed her lips and slowly took out the photo frame. She explained in a mumbling voice, “I saw it by accident.”

Gu Nianbin put the photo frame on the bedside table and said, “If you want to see, just see it openly. I didn’t stop you from seeing it.”

Du Xiaoxian sighed softly and sat into the quilt, saying, “I’m going to sleep.” As she spoke, she slid down and closed her eyes with her back towards Gu Nianbin.

President Gu felt that the little girl must be jealous. He was extremely happy. He pulled away the quilt and sat in as well. He held Du Xiaoxian in his arms and patted her face gently. “Don’t sleep. Talk with me for a while. My hair is still wet.”

Du Xiaoxian opened her eyes and said, “I’ll get the dryer and blow your hair for you.”

“I don’t need that,” Gu Nianbin said as he glanced at Xia Xiaowan’s photo. “I’ll tell you about her story, okay?”

Du Xiaoxian actually didn’t want to hear it, but she was used to being obedient, so she said, “Alright.”

Gu Nianbin was silent for a moment. It was as if he was recalling the past, and it was as if he didn’t know where to start. Du Xiaoxian was just about to look up at him. Then, Gu Nianbin began to speak. His voice was very calm. He slowly said, “I am three and a half years older than Xiaowan. I have known her since I was young. Our two families are close friends. At that time, Shanshan was not born yet, so I liked it when Xiaowan and Nanze came to play. She was very cute when she was a child, chubby like a doll. Everyone likes her, and I am no exception.”

At that time, I thought that I liked her just because I didn’t have a sister. Then after Shanshan was born, I felt like I still liked her. Slowly, I realized that I liked her differently from the way I liked Shanshan. At that time, I was confused and slowly realized that the way I liked her was how a man liked a woman. At that time, I was very shy and didn’t dare to confess my love. I also thought that when I grew up, I would start a career and then marry her in full glory. I worked hard and was full of confidence in our future. However, things didn’t go according to my wishes. Xiaowan only treated me as her brother.” As he said this, Gu Nianbin sighed, seemingly feeling a little sentimental.

Du Xiaoxian gently stroked his arm, “You must be very sad at that time.”

“I was very sad. She told me that she liked someone else. She talked about how good the boy was. She was infatuated with everything about him, but she didn’t dare to confess her love. She said that she would stay by his side silently until he discovered her existence. She put herself in such an unimportant and humble position. I was very sad and desperate, because the boy was really outstanding. I couldn’t compare with him.”

“I don’t believe it. How could there be anyone better than you?” Du Xiaoxian was unhappy when she heard this. In her heart, Gu Nianbin was the best in the world.

Gu Nianbin chuckled. He lowered his head and kissed her on the head, saying, “Little fool, there are many men in the world who are better than me! Besides, he was indeed better than me at that time. You also know him, it was Jiang Kaiwei!”

Du Xiaoxian widened her eyes. “It’s him. How is he outstanding? Xia Xiaowan really has no good taste!”

Gu Nianbin laughed even louder. He rubbed her hair and continued, “Later on, we all graduated and started our career in the society. I set up a small company with Boqing. I wanted to rely on my own abilities to make the company bigger and stronger. I wanted to prove to her and let her know that I’m no worse than Jiang Kaiwei. But love is not something that can be measured by money or ability. The most unfathomable thing in the world is people’s feelings. She was obsessed with Jiang Kaiwei, and I was obsessed with her. At that time, everyone knew that I liked her, but she didn’t like me. Everyone also knew that she liked Jiang Kaiwei, but Jiang Kaiwei didn’t like her. So both of us were in great pain. In the end, she had no choice but to go abroad without saying a word. I received a phone call and was told that she and I were already hundreds of miles away. But I still liked her. I told her that five years would be enough to heal all the hurtful feelings. If she was willing to come back in five years, I would wait for her!”

The story wasn’t long, but Du Xiaoxian heard it with a sigh. She said, “You used to like her very much.”

“Yes, very much.”

“Then,” Du Xiaoxian bit her lips and bravely asked, “do you still like her now?”

Gu Nianbin did not say anything. After a while, he said, “I like you now. I like you very much.”

Du Xiaoxian’s heartbeat accelerated in an instant, as if something was about to jump out of her throat. She forcefully swallowed it back and buried her head in the man’s embrace. After a long time, she said dully, “But it’s still within five years now.”

Gu Nianbin smiled. “I said that the most unfathomable thing in the world is people’s feelings. I thought that there was no hope in my life. Who would have thought that I would meet you? That’s why they all say that god is fair. He closes one window and then opens another for me. The scenery outside the latter one is the best.”

Du Xiaoxian said, “My mother said the same thing. God is fair. If he closes a window, he will open another for you. You are in my window, so I am happy.”

Gu Nianbin touched his hair and it was dry. So he also slid down into the quilt and began to get physical. “Then let me be happy, too.”

Du Xiaoxian shouted and pulled away his hands, “What are you doing?”

“You’ve listened to the story for so long. Don’t you need to repay me?”

“Repay you with what?”

President Gu raised his eyebrows and laughed maliciously, “You know it!”

Du Xiaoxian wrapped herself up in the quilt and rolled over to the bedside. But she was pulled back by Gu Nianbin’s long arm. Gu Nianbin cried out while making threatening gestures, “Where are you going?”

Du Xiaoxian giggled and the two of them began to laugh and play.

Night hours for lovers were always so short. It seemed like it was dawn as soon as they closed their eyes.

Du Xiaoxian opened her eyes and looked at the man beside her. She couldn’t help but smile. Although Zhou Ting had brainwashed her a few times and said that love was selfish, that she had to protect her man by herself, etc. She still felt that she shouldn’t be the one who deserved to lie beside a perfect man like Gu Nianbin. It should be a girl like Xia Xiaowan.

Gu Nianbin was like the most resplendent star in the night sky. Standing in the shadows and looking up at him was already a great happiness. She did not wish that he would shine on her.

Just as she was still in a daze, Gu Nianbin suddenly stretched out his hands from the quilt and covered her eyes. He said sleepily, “Have you seen enough?”

His hands were always warm and dry. It was very comfortable that he covered them on her eyes. Du Xiaoxian lay motionless and said, “Aren’t you going to work today?”

“Yes. Are you coming with me?”

“No, I’ll stay at home.” Du Xiaoxian removed his hands and put her head in his shoulder socket. After a while, she said, “Let’s forget Miss Xia’s matter. She’s already miserable enough.”

Hearing the first sentence, Gu Nianbin thought that she was talking about Xia Xiaowan. Only after hearing the whole sentence did he know that she was talking about Xia Manyin. He turned over and gently stroked her back, “Why are you mentioning her again? I said that I knew what to do. I will stop when it should be, but you have to promise me, you must forget about yesterday’s matter.”

“Enh,” Du Xiaoxian answered softly. No matter how malicious and ferocious one was, the most miserable end would for him just be family breaking up and life being lost. Although Xia Manyin was not truly in that kind of a miserable end, in Du Xiaoxian’s opinion, it was more or less the same. Du Xiaoxian was a kind-hearted person. She could suffer, but she couldn’t watch others suffer, even if that person had hurt her before.

The two of them lay quietly for a while. Gu Nianbin got up. He didn’t expect that Du Xiaoxian moved faster. She quickly rushed into the bathroom in slippers. After coming out, she quickly changed her clothes and prepared to go out. Gu Nianbin was a little puzzled. He asked her, “Where are you going?”

Du Xiaoxian stood by the door and said, “I’m going downstairs to prepare breakfast for you.”

“Lanzhi will prepare it.”

“I can help.”

“All you have to do is serve me,” Gu Nianbin dragged her back. “Go and get me the clothes I want to wear.”

Du Xiaoxian could only go to the cloakroom to get his clothes. Even though she had never served Gu Nianbin before, she roughly knew what he usually wore. Standing in front of the wardrobe, she looked at the row of white shirts hanging there neatly. Without thinking, she took one down. Suddenly, she saw a pink one—light pink—a very beautiful shirt hanging on the side. She put back the white one and turned to get the pink shirt. Then she picked a dark blue sweater and a light gray short coat, held them in hands together and then walked out.

Gu Nianbin came out of the bathroom and smiled when he saw the pink shirt. “Why did you bring this one for me?”

“This one looks good,” Du Xiaoxian said. “You always wear white shirts. It’s fine to try something different occasionally. I think Mr. Shao’s wearing looks very nice.”

“You want me to dress like him?”

“You don’t need to wear so gaudy like him. Just wear some colored clothes to look young. Mr. Shao just…”

Gu Nianbin’s expression sank. “I dare you mention him again?”

Du Xiaoxian made a grimace at him. He pretended to be a paper tiger early in the morning and tried to threaten her. She wasn’t afraid of him!

“You think I’m old?” Gu Nianbin jumped over with his palms open. Du Xiaoxian screamed and ran out of the door. She didn’t stop until she reached the bottom of the stairs. Just as she took a deep breath, she saw Lanzhi standing beside the wall.