Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 186

Chapter 186 It Was Cold to the Extreme in Her Heart!
The text message was from Gu Nianbin: Xiaowan, where are you? I’m so worried.

Du Xiaoxian stared at the message with eyes wide open. They went together, and Xia Xiaowan left halfway, so there was nothing wrong that Gu Nianbin was worried about her. She shouldn’t be suspicious. Although his tone was a little intimate, Xia Xiaowan also said that they grew up together and had a close relationship. Even if Gu Nianbin was extremely worried, there was nothing wrong with it.

She had been trying to persuade herself in her heart, but her fingers did not listen to her orders and she clicked on the screen. Finally, she could not hold back her curiosity. She clicked on the text menu and saw the previous message which was sent from Gu Nianbin yesterday morning: Xiaowan, are you angry? Why don’t you reply to me? You should know me well. Call me. I’ll be waiting.

Xia Xiaowan’s reply was: Brother Nianbin, how would I be angry with you? I just had something to do, so I left a little ahead of time. You don’t have to be so nervous.

Gu Nianbin: Xiaowan, we didn’t make it to have a meal together this time. Let’s make another appointment, okay?

And the previous one: Xiaowan, why did you leave? Aren’t we agreed to have dinner together?

Xia Xiaowan didn’t reply to these two messages.

And the further previous message was from Xia Xiaowan on the eighth night of the New Year: Brother Nianbin, please don’t act like this. All I can say is that I’ve come back a step late. Although you said you still love me, you are not a heartless people and can’t leave Xiaoxian. This will be very tiring. I’m already very satisfied to be able to stay by your side like this. Don’t worry about me anymore.

Looking at this somewhat long message, Du Xiaoxian’s heart suddenly shrank, causing great pain. It turned out that he still loved Xia Xiaowan. He still loved Xia Xiaowan!

She hurriedly flipped through more messages. Gu Nianbin sent one like this: Xiaowan, Boqing’s wedding made me very touched. I wanted to give you such a grand wedding once upon a time. Unfortunately, fate had made things difficult for us, and we could not go back.

Du Xiaoxian read the two lines over and over again. She closed her eyes and could almost imagine how helpless and painful Gu Nianbin was when he sent this message!

Gu Nianbin felt so much pain in his heart, but he still treated her as usual. Xia Xiaowan was right. Gu Nianbin was not a heartless man. He could not leave her, so he could only bury the pain in his heart and wouldn’t let her notice it at all.

So the truth was like this. Du Xiaoxian slowly put the phone back on the tea table. She felt as if she had knocked over a pot of boiling oil which spilled over and burnt her heart, and the pain was unbearable. She pressed her chest hard, trying to alleviate the pain, but which did not work. The pain was even getting stronger as if thousands of bloody holes had been burned out in her heart.

If only Xia Manyin had splashed the sulfuric acid on her face that day, Du Xiaoxian thought so. If that was the case, there would really be an end to everything. She wouldn’t be so painful like this! It really hurt!

Xia Xiaowan saw through the crack of the door that Du Xiaoxian was so heartbroken and sighed sadly in her heart: Sorry, Xiaoxian, I was as naive and foolish as you before, but then I ended up with a pitiful and pathetic situation. So don’t blame me. I just want to find back what I lost bit by bit.

Both inside and outside the door, the two girls were feeling sad to themselves. The phone on the tea table suddenly rang. Xia Xiaowan quickly opened the door and walked out. Du Xiaoxian did not pick up the phone. She just looked at it with a dazed expression. After a few seconds, she raised her head and said, “Young Master is calling you.”

Xia Xiaowan picked up her phone and answered it, “Brother Nianbin, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you when I left. I had stomach trouble again. I’m fine. I’ve already seen the doctor… I’m at your house right now. I had a terrible stomachache on the way and just happened to pass by your house, so I came to ask for some water to take medicine and take a rest… No, I’m leaving now, okay… I’ll call you when I get home.”

After hanging up the phone, she looked at Du Xiaoxian and her eyes suddenly widened in surprise. “Xiaoxian, what’s wrong? You don’t look very well. Is there something wrong? Are you feeling unwell? I’ll call Brother Nianbin and ask him to come back quickly.”

“Don’t,” Du Xiaoxian hurriedly stopped her. “I’m fine. I just suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. But I’m fine now.” She squeezed out a smile and said, “Maybe I ate too much at night and got stuffed.”

Xia Xiaowan looked a little worried, “I’d better call Brother Nianbin back. I’m not at ease if you stay alone.”

“I really don’t need it,” Du Xiaoxian drank some water from the cup. The water was already cold and the coldness flowed down her throat into her heart. “Don’t bother him. I’m fine. I just need to take a rest for a while.”

“Well, okay,” said Xia Xiaowan. “I’ll be leaving then. Brother Nianbin will be back soon. Call him if you need anything.”

Du Xiaoxian nodded and stood up to walk her to the door. “Take care of yourself. It’s so late.”

“You don’t need to walk me out since you’re feeling unwell.” Xia Xiaowan pushed her in and closed the door. She was truly feeling a little guilty to scheme against such a simple little girl.

Du Xiaoxian sat on the sofa blankly for a while longer. She thought she would cry, but she didn’t. She just felt tired, weak, and deeply tired, and her mind went blank. She was always a simple person, and when she suddenly suffered such a blow, her brain couldn’t function well which automatically stopped working. She simply didn’t want to think about anything.

After a while, she went to take a shower before climbing onto the bed and lying down, slowly recalling the night of the eighth day of the New Year. When Gu Nianbin returned that day, she had already fallen asleep. She dimly heard the sound of him opening the door, followed by the sound of him taking a bath. Then, he entered the room and lay very gently beside her. The man who had just finished bathing had a pleasant smell of bath gel, but that could not conceal the strong smell of alcohol on him. He quickly turned around and slept with his back to her. Normally, he would hold her in his arms, and his breathing would pounce on her head or neck. She was in a daze at that time and did not feel anything wrong.

The next morning, she woke up very late, and he was no longer beside her. At noon, he also said that he had a business lunch and would not come back home. Until she was brought to the company by Zhou Ting, the pleasant surprise in her expectation turned into disappointment. She made an awkward scene. She thought that she was being petty, but it turned out that there was a reason for everything, and she didn’t know.

She had never liked to ponder things over, but now she thought about it carefully, her memories were so clear. It was as if the scenes had been enlarged. Even the fatigue on Gu Nianbin’s face was exceptionally clear. She panicked.

But she didn’t hate Gu Nianbin at all, even though he still loved Xia Xiaowan.

Because Xia Xiaowan came first, and she came later. Just as Gu Nianbin said, fate was a teaser, which had accidentally made her occupy the position that should belong to Xia Xiaowan. It was her existence that made them suffer.

Gu Nianbin was a good man. He hid the truth from her and suffered the pain of not being able to love the one he loved. Xia Xiaowan was also a good person who only said that she came back late and did not complain. They were all afraid of hurting her!

When she did not know, it was the pain between the two of them. Now that she knew, it became the pain among the three of them. She thought that if she could fulfill their happiness by leaving, then it would be worth it for her to bear all the pain alone.

However, she wondered if Gu Nianbin would be sad when she left. Would he go all the way after her like last time? Would he miss her after she left?

What should she do? What should she do? Her heart was in a mess, her brain couldn’t function well again, and all her thoughts were scattered into a mess…

There was a noise from the door. Gu Nianbin came back. She heard him come in, heard him take a shower and come into the room, and he even whispered, “Already asleep?”

Then he lay gently beside her. When he lay down, it seemed he lightly touched her hair. But just like that night, he slept with his back to her. She opened her eyes slightly and looked at his wide back. She bit her lips tightly and told herself again and again in her heart, “You can’t cry. You must not cry. Since he kept it from you, you would treat it as if you didn’t know. Otherwise, he would feel upset. The last thing you want is to make him upset.”

It seemed he had fallen asleep very quickly. She heard him breathing evenly and steadily. She looked at him silently until the sockets of her eyes gradually got wet and heated up. She took a light breath and slowly turned around to close her eyes.

Such a chilly night was actually the best condition to fall asleep, but she was not sleepy at all. After a while, she opened her eyes again and looked at the pitch-black room. Slowly, her eyes adapted to the darkness, and she could see the outline of everything.

The house was finely decorated. They only brought with their clothes when they moved in. Gu Nianbin said she could add or change anything in the house as she wanted. She was the hostess, so she was responsible for such matters. But she felt that everything was perfect, new and beautiful, so she didn’t change anything. She only added a bright sapphire blue glass vase with a pattern of a bright red flower on the surface. Accompanied by the dark green leaves, the flower was very eye-catching and beautiful. Gu Nianbin laughed at her vulgarity, saying that only she would buy such a vase. But she liked it. She liked bright colors. The paintings she painted were all like this. All the colors were put together. Teacher He Sen said that great vulgarity was great elegance. This was also a style. The vase was placed on the small cabinet by the window, and when the sun shone on it, it glowed brightly and illuminated the entire room, as if it was a luminous treasure vase. At night, the vase shone with a faint glow in the darkness, like ice and warm jade. The curtains were tightly drawn, but the edges were still shining with illusory light. She guessed that the moonlight outside should be pretty good.

Thinking about these trivial matters like this, she gradually felt her eyelids became heavy before they finally closed.

However, in the middle of the night, she woke up again. She did not open her eyes, but she felt that she was in his arms. Because of the warmth, she was unwilling to part with his embrace and took a deep breath. But then, she gently turned around and wanted to get out of his arms. Yet the man tightened his hug on her more firmly. She was a little resistant. She directly removed his hand and wanted to distance herself from him. The man woke up and half-opened his eyes and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Feeling a little hot,” she said softly.

Gu Nianbin was sleepy, but he still reached out and touched her. “You’re cold. How are you feeling hot? Just back to sleep.” He hugged her and fell asleep again without giving her any chance to speak.

She was silent. So what if she was cold all over? It was cold to the extreme in her heart!

The man’s breathing gradually turned deep. She thought he was asleep, but after a while, he whispered, “Why are you still up?”

It turned out that he knew. But she could not answer him, afraid that she would not be able to hold back her tears the moment she opened her mouth.

Her silence made the man suspicious. He opened his eyes and looked at her, “What happened to you?”

She couldn’t even open her eyes, because her eyes were full of tears.

Gu Nianbin finally felt that something was wrong. He reached out and turned on the light at the bedside. He narrowed his eyes and stared at her. “Xian’er, tell me, what happened?”

No, she couldn’t say it. She couldn’t say it even if she were to die. He was already tired, and she couldn’t aggravate his pain.