Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 187

Chapter 187 I Love You
Seeing that Du Xiaoxian said nothing and only closed her eyes so tightly that her eyebrows were even furrowed, Gu Nianbin was a little anxious. “Xian’er, open your eyes. Open your eyes and look at me.”

Du Xiaoxian felt as if she couldn’t hold back her emotion any longer. She struggled to turn around but was pulled back by Gu Nianbin. He did not force her and only patiently kissed her. His gentle kisses fell on her cheeks, nose, lips, and forehead. When he kissed her eyes, he felt her hot tears which burned his lips like a fire. He raised his head in shock and looked at her carefully. “Xian’er, open your eyes. What’s the matter with you? You’re making me so anxious.”

Du Xiaoxian’s eyelids twitched, but she didn’t open her eyes. Tears gushed out of her eyes and instantly overflowed all over her face. Gu Nianbin completely panicked. He half-sat up and hugged Du Xiaoxian, calling out her name again and again. He had never seen Du Xiaoxian act like this before. He was worried and at a loss about what to do. He wiped away her tears hurry-scurry, but more tears gushed out as he did that. So he kissed her again and wanted to kiss all those tears away with his lips. He felt anxious and flustered as if something serious was about to happen.

Du Xiaoxian only hated herself for being useless. She wanted to hold back her tears, but she cried even more fiercely. She didn’t need to check to know that Gu Nianbin panicked. He was always so soft-hearted and didn’t want her to be sad. However…

She sobbed loudly before finally opening her eyes. As expected, she saw through her blurry tears that Gu Nianbin was looking at her anxiously.

His voice was very soft as if he was afraid of scaring her, “Xian’er, did you have a nightmare?”

She was struggling to find an excuse, so she nodded.

He asked again, “What did you dream about?”

She shook her head and reached out to get a napkin from the bedside table to wipe her face. She was still trying to hold back her tears. She tried it so hard that there was a pain in her chest, but her tears finally stopped.

He looked at her worriedly and asked softly, “Can you tell me?”

Du Xiaoxian let out another loud sob and snuggled into his arms. She habitually grabbed the pajamas on his chest. Gu Nianbin stopped asking. He gently stroked her back again and again, and then finally calmed Du Xiaoxian down. After a while, she said, “I dreamed that you abandoned me.”

“How could it be?” Gu Nianbin’s heart skipped a beat. He lowered his head and kissed her eyes. “You are my treasure, how would I abandon you? Why would you dream of that?”

After hesitating for a while, Du Xiaoxian finally said, “Miss Xia came tonight.”

Gu Nianbin seemed relieved and laughed softly, “Little fool, so you’re being jealous!”

Was she jealous? Maybe.

When she just started the relation with Gu Nianbin, she was still ignorant of her feelings. At that time, there was still Xia Manyin. She did not dare to expect the future. She thought that as long as Gu Nianbin did not abandon her, she could coexist with Xia Manyin. She would not be jealous or disturb his normal life. She would only stay in the dark and wait for his call. But later, she still cared. Seeing Xia Manyin and Gu Nianbin together made her uncomfortable. She knew that she was jealous. Zhou Ting told her that love was selfish and unique, so she had to defend her rights. But how could she defend herself now? Gu Nianbin obviously liked Xia Xiaowan as well!

The last thing she should do was being jealous of Xia Xiaowan. But she couldn’t control herself. She knew that she shouldn’t, but she still did it!

Sensing her silence, Gu Nianbin pinched her nose and asked amusedly, “Did she say anything?”

Du Xiaoxian shook her head. Xia Xiaowan didn’t say anything. She was the one who peeked at their text messages. All those words turned into sharp arrows and stabbed into her heart.

“She was sick and passed by here, so she came to get some water to take her medicine and take a rest.” Knowing that Gu Nianbin knew all this, she still explained it.

“I know,” said Gu Nianbin. “Xiaowan is not a bad person. Don’t mind if she has said something.” After a pause, he added, “Her brother asked me to take her home. I didn’t find her, so I called. Don’t think too much.”

“I know. I didn’t think too much.” Du Xiaoxian finally loosened her grip on his clothes and turned to look at the window. “What time is it?”

Gu Nianbin glanced at his phone. “It’s three o’clock. Are you hungry?”

Du Xiaoxian shook her head and threw back the blanket. “I want some water.”

“I’ll get some for you. Just lie back.” Gu Nianbin did not let her get up. He wrapped her up in the quilt before getting out of bed and putting on his slippers to fetch water for her. He also went to the bathroom to get a warm towel for her to wipe her face.

Du Xiaoxian wanted to cry again. Gu Nianbin was so kind to her. He was always so thoughtful on everything. She really couldn’t bear to leave him, to leave such a man who was kind to her.

Du Xiaoxian drank two mouthfuls of warm water from the glass and felt a little better. She leaned against the man and closed her eyes. “Let’s sleep. You have to work tomorrow.”

Gu Nianbin stroked her back and said, “Let’s sleep with the light on. Then you won’t have nightmares.”

“Turn it off,” she said. “What a waste of electricity.”

Gu Nianbin laughed and turned off the light. Then he tucked her in and said, “Be good, just sleep.”

She obediently closed her eyes. Gu Nianbin looked at her quietly for a while before closing his eyes to sleep as well. But after a long time, neither of them fell asleep. Du Xiaoxian said, “Brother, can you fall asleep? Let me sing a song for you.”

Gu Nianbin was willing to listen.

So Du Xiaoxian chanted softly, “It’s getting dark/birds are back/bugs are whispering/and the baby is going to sleep/The moon is gone/stars are blinking/wind is singing softly/and the baby is going to sleep…”

She sang it again and again. Her voice was low and soft, as if she was talking in her sleep. Gu Nianbin’s breathing gradually deepened, and she herself seemed to have also been hypnotized. She lifted her eyelids slightly and slowly fell asleep.

The next day was a fine day. Du Xiaoxian opened her eyes and saw the golden light shining through the gap between the curtains. She knew that there must be bright sunshine outside.

She had always woken up early before, but now she was getting lazier and lazier, and it was always after eight o’clock when she woke up. Gu Nianbin had gotten up early to go to work by that time. But today, he was still asleep behind her, his hand on her waist and his breathing over her head. Du Xiaoxian had a slight illusion and thought she had woken up earlier than usual.

She quietly reached for his phone and turned on the screen. Then she was shocked. It was nine o’clock!

It was nine o’clock, yet Gu Nianbin was still in his sleep! Du Xiaoxian felt very guilty. It was all her fault. She made a scene in the middle of the night, causing the man not to sleep well, so he still hadn’t woken up yet. She hesitated whether to wake him up or not.

Before her hand could touch his face, she was grabbed by the man. He smiled proudly, “What do you want?”

He did not sound like he had just woken up. Looking at his mischievous smile, Du Xiaoxian knew that he must have woken up long ago. She glanced at him angrily and said, “What can I do? Of course, I want to wake you up! But you were just pretending to be asleep. Are you not going to work today? Why didn’t you get up since you were awake?”

“I’m going to work,” said Gu Nianbin, hugging her tightly and pressing her with one of his legs. “But I’d like to spend more time with you, so you wouldn’t think nonsense. You scared me last night.”

Du Xiaoxian had just woken up and hadn’t remembered what happened last night for a while. She was a little embarrassed when hearing the man mention it. She looked down and rubbed against the man’s embrace. She didn’t admit it and said, “I wasn’t thinking nonsense.”

Gu Nianbin touched her hair and asked, “Are you willing to go to the company and stay with me today?” With what happened last night, he was really worried about leaving her alone.

“I’m not going. I’ll paint at home,” Du Xiaoxian said. “Teacher He Sen said he would check my homework when he came back. I haven’t even finished painting a few.”

“If you don’t want to paint, then don’t,” Gu Nianbin said. “I don’t really expect you to have an art exhibition.”

“Humph!” Du Xiaoxian was unconvinced and punched him gently. “I’ll have an art exhibition.”

“Alright, as long as you like it, no matter how large the art exhibition you want to have, I’ll hold it for you.”

“Teacher He Sen said he would help to contact people for me.” Du Xiaoxian was afraid that Gu Nianbin would give her a huge art exhibition and invite a large group of people. She was actually not confident enough. Sometimes, she felt that her paintings were very childish. If he created a grand occasion for her, she would be afraid. Teacher He Sen was an expert, so he knew what to do.

“Alright,” said Gu Nianbin. “He can do the specific things, and I’ll pay the money. For your first art exhibition, it has to be decent.”

Du Xiaoxian became more and more embarrassed and said sullenly, “There’s still a long way to go. You said it like the art exhibition was about to be held.”

As she spoke, her breath sprayed onto the man’s chest. It was warm, but Gu Nianbin only felt itchy. Then he began to get physical on her. Du Xiaoxian did not notice it at first. When his hot hand reached into her pajamas, she immediately slapped him on it, “Stop. Get up and go to work. You’re so annoying!”

Gu Nianbin allowed her to do that and he himself didn’t stop what he was doing. Du Xiaoxian tried her best not to let him move, so Gu Nianbin pricked her with his short beard on his jaw, causing her to roll all over the bed and beg for mercy.

“Will you let me do it or not?” He suppressed her and asked with a smile.

Her face was flushed with laughter. It was as if she was covered in a layer of pearl light, sparkling and translucent, making him want to open his mouth and bite her. Since the man became fierce, Du Xiaoxian couldn’t stop him. In terms of physical strength, she would never be able to win. She could only compromise and allow him to do whatever he wanted.

They stayed in bed like this for a longer time. When the two of them were exhausted and collapsed on the bed, the time displayed on the phone screen was eleven o’clock.

“I’m not going to work this morning,” said Gu Nianbin. “I’ll make a delicious lunch to comfort you at noon.”

Du Xiaoxian collapsed on the bed, languid and charming as if she had exhausted the last ounce of her strength. “Why do you want to comfort me?” In this case, any other woman would definitely pretend to be shy, but the simple little girl didn’t even think about it in that way.

Gu Nianbin laughed loudly. He raised her chin and gave her a gentle kiss with a frivolous expression. “What do you say?”

Du Xiaoxian was stunned for a few seconds before finally coming back to her senses. She was embarrassed and angry. She wanted to hit him, but she was really powerless. She could only glare at him hatefully. Gu Nianbin became even more complacent. He said, “I’ll fill the bathtub. Let’s take a bath together.”

“No,” said Du Xiaoxian. “I’ll only need a shower by myself.”

“Don’t mind. It’s my turn to serve you now.” Gu Nianbin blinked at her. Every time Gu Nianbin flirted with her, Du Xiaoxian was helpless and could do nothing about it.

In the end, Gu Nianbin went to fill the bathtub, but they did not bathe together. He carried Du Xiaoxian into the bathtub, carefully bathed her, wrapped her in a towel, and then sent her back to bed. After that, he went in to take a shower by himself.

Du Xiaoxian was afraid that he might want to do it again, so she struggled to put on her clothes while he was in the bathroom. Then, she went to the balcony to look outside.

Sure enough, it was a fine day. The sky was blue, with white clouds floating everywhere. The tall buildings stood afar, and blue curtain walls were shining in the sunlight. The grey road stretched out like long silk, winding and extending into a river of vehicles.

The man hugged her from behind and looked at the beautiful world together with her. After a while, his deep voice rang in her ears, “Xian’er, I love you!”