Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 189

Chapter 189 Stop Making An Unreasonable Scene Here
Xia Xiaowan did not expect to meet Gu Nianbin and Du Xiaoxian at the shop, nor did she expect that Gu Nianbin would take Du Xiaoxian here. She felt somewhat upset. This shop recorded the past of her and Gu Nianbin. There were too many memories of them here. Although she did not love Gu Nianbin at that time, she selfishly thought that Gu Nianbin was hers. She couldn’t get the warmth from Jiang Kaiwei, however, she could get it from Gu Nianbin. Therefore, when seeing Gu Nianbin took Du Xiaoxian here, there occurred a bit of displeasure in her heart as if her beloved toy had been snatched away and she was feeling jealous.

What she didn’t expect more was that Du Xiaoxian, after what happened last night, could actually endure it. She didn’t even have the slightest bit of gloominess. Xia Xiaowan’s original plan was that Du Xiaoxian would quarrel with Gu Nianbin after reading those text messages. Because those messages were fake and there was no such thing between them at all, Gu Nianbin would feel that Du Xiaoxian was making a scene for no reason. Although he liked her, he hated it the most that women made a scene for no reason. He would definitely be annoyed. Perhaps the two of them would quarrel. Even if there wasn’t a quarrel, the thing couldn’t be explained clearly, and it would become a thorn in Du Xiaoxian’s heart. As long as she loved Gu Nianbin, this thorn would occasionally prick her. And when she made a few more unreasonable scenes, Gu Nianbin would hate her more. The sweetness of the past would slowly turn into torture. By then, she would show up and pretend to act obediently. Then Gu Nianbin would definitely realize her merits again.

But it was not as she thought at all, and when Gu Nianbin refused to eat her cake, Du Xiaoxian even persuaded him to eat it. Even if Gu Nianbin was dumbfounded and directly ate the cake from her spoon, Du Xiaoxian wasn’t terribly angry. Xia Xiaowan had been completely mistaken about Du Xiaoxian’s character.

The encounter at the cake shop was completely unexpected. When Xia Xiaowan saw Gu Nianbin, she was even a little pleasantly surprised because he still remembered this place, but then she saw Du Xiaoxian was with him. However, she quickly calmed down. It was better that they came because this was a better place to talk about the old days with Gu Nianbin. However, before she could talk more, Gu Nianbin took Du Xiaoxian away. Perhaps he was not guarding against her. He was just afraid that Du Xiaoxian would feel unhappy. He did not want the little girl to be hurt even in the slightest. Realizing this made her even more annoyed.

Which bastard said if she was in a bad mood, she could come here for desserts? It was useless at all! The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She poked the cake with the spoon until it was in such a mess that the heart-shaped patterns she had just printed on it were destroyed all. She inserted the spoon into the cake and then got up and left.

When she met Jiang Kaiwei last night, her mood was already extremely bad. Today, she met Gu Nianbin and Du Xiaoxian by chance, which made her mood even worse. She stood on the side of the street and hailed a taxi. The driver asked where she wanted to go. She leaned back and said lazily, “Go to the largest shopping mall.”

There are two things a woman can do when she is in a bad mood: either go to eat or go shopping. Since having food didn’t work, she would go shopping!

Standing in the magnificent department store, which was full of dazzling merchandise, Xia Xiaowan was surrounded by bustling crowds. She took a deep breath and tried her best to throw herself into crazy shopping. She had time and money, and this kind of high-end department store was not lacking in service and dignity, which was exactly what she liked. As she walked up to any counter, two or three shop assistants would come up together and serve her orderly. She sat on the comfortable sofa, flipping through the brochure, listening to the introductions, and drinking pure water at the same time. She just casually pointed at some pictures with her fingers, then someone would fetch the accordingly clothes to her. She would raise her eyelids to size up those clothes before waving her hand to give a ‘no’ or standing up to try them. The almond-colored cashmere coat made her skin look more tender. The slim-tailored design brought out her tall and slim figure. She stood in front of the dressing mirror and sized herself up constantly from different angles. Then she nodded in satisfaction and said, “This style is not bad. Show me all other colors of this style.”

The salesgirls in malls like this were very good at reading people’s identities. Hearing her tone, the salesgirl quickly brought over the other four colors for Xia Xiaowan. The latter scanned those coats before saying, “The pink one, the green one, and this one on me, pack them together for me.”

The eyelids of those salesgirls twitched when seeing Xia Xiaowan bought three coats of the same style. When they could sell one or two pieces of this kind of expensive cashmere coat a day, they would laugh in their beards. This young miss bought three coats in one go. Sure enough, she was not an ordinary person. The salesgirls were even more enthusiastic and strongly recommended a few more styles of clothes for her. And Xia Xiaowan took them all.

She swiped her card and looked at these large bags of heavy clothes. Xia Xiaowan could only choose to deposit them in the shop first. She didn’t come with her driver today. It would be strenuous to carry these clothes by herself. Anyway, she could just ask the driver to get them later with receipts.

Then, she went to the bag area and continued shopping. She liked to buy bags. There was a room in her house that was especially for storing her bags. She had many limited-edition, out-of-print-edition, and collectible-edition bags that could not be found on the market. She saw her favorite brands here. They were all new-in of the season. She looked at them one by one, and for each color and each kind of design, she picked three of them. Then she took the receipts and went to the cashier’s desk to pay. She saw two people in uniform rushing over who shouted towards the counter as if they were facing a formidable enemy, “Hurry up and come out. The president is coming for inspection.” And from the walkie-talkie in the man’s hand, a faint voice was repeating, “Attention, all departments. Attention, all departments. The president is on the third floor. The president is on the third floor.”

Xia Xiaowan couldn’t help but laugh. Who was this president? What ostentation and extravagance! He had made his subordinates so busy in a mess just for his inspection!

After paying the bill, she returned by the way she came with the paper bag in her hand. She saw a man walking towards her escorted by a group of people.

With a tremble of her hand, a paper bag fell to the ground. When she squatted down to pick it up, she sneered. In G City, who else would be such a high-profile president? A few years had passed, but he had not changed at all.

Jiang Kaiwei also saw her. There was almost no one else in his way except for her. She was standing there in a red cashmere coat, looking like a blooming canna. She did not look at him, but her face was full of mockery as she walked past him.

However, Jiang Kaiwei stopped and called her, “Miss Xia.”

Xia Xiaowan didn’t want to lose her demeanor under the gazes of everyone. She turned around and looked at him with a faint smile. “Ah, I was just wondering who this majestic-looking president was. So it’s President Jiang.”

Jiang Kaiwei took two steps closer and looked up and down at her. “What a coincidence. It’s really fate that I’ll meet Miss Xia wherever I go!”

Xia Xiaowan sneered, “That’s out of my league, President Jiang. I don’t dare to be related to you. It’s just a coincidence.”

Jiang Kaiwei took another step closer to her and lowered his voice, “You’re playing hard-to-get, aren’t you?”

Xia Xiaowan frowned, “What do you mean?”

“You could say that you didn’t have a way to avoid me last night, but how would you explain why you came to me today?” Jiang Kaiwei curled his lips and swept his gaze over her with contempt.

“This store is a public place. I’m here for shopping. Does it have anything to do with you, President Jiang?” Xia Xiaowan fearlessly met his gaze.

Jiang Kaiwei smiled flirtatiously, “Shopping? Didn’t you come here to see me?”

“How funny. Why should I come to see you?” Because of anger, Xia Xiaowan’s voice was loud.

Jiang Kaiwei suddenly frowned and then gradually smoothened his eyebrows. “Last night, you fell to the ground as if you were going to die. Today, you came out shopping in high spirits. You’re recovering really quickly. Did you just pretend to be sick last night?”

He was still so self-righteous. Xia Xiaowan only felt it ridiculous. “It’s none of your business whether I pretend to be sick or not. But you, why are you following me so persistently?”

“Just make it clear,” Jiang Kaiwei snorted. “This is my mall, and I’m here on a routine inspection tour. You have to ask yourself why you’re here. I’m warning you, don’t pester me like before. Otherwise, I’ll give you a lesson!”

“You!” Xia Xiaowan did not expect that the driver had taken her to Jiang Kaiwei’s shopping mall. So it seemed that she just asked for this by herself. She was instantly enraged and threw the paper bags in her hand onto the ground fiercely, “If I knew this is your mall, I wouldn’t come even if I were to die! I don’t want to buy anything here. I’ll return them!”

“Huh!” Jiang Kaiwei laughed, “You’re a lady from an eminent family anyhow. Why are you acting shamelessly? Since you’ve bought these bags and there’s no quality problem, you can’t return them!”

Xia Xiaowan argued with him fiercely, “According to the mall rules, customers can return the goods in seven days without conditions. Why doesn’t it work in your mall?”

“Alright, so what’s your reason for returning the goods?”

“I don’t like them anymore.”

“You just bought them, and now you don’t like them anymore?”

“Correct. This is my way of liking things. Do you have a problem with that?”

“You’re deliberately making a scene!”

“You are arguing irrationally!”

Seeing the two were going to have a fierce quarrel, the other people only turned a deaf ear to them. Besides, this large group of people even retreated to the side, leaving room for them to quarrel.

Actually, someone had already sensed something was wrong and secretly called Shen Li. So at this time, General Manager Shen walked over in strides from the other end of the mall. He shouted from afar, “What’s wrong? Why are you two quarreling whenever you meet?”

When Xia Xiaowan saw him, she immediately stopped talking to Jiang Kaiwei and pointed at the paper bag on the ground to show to Shen Li, “Shen Li, I’d like to return these!”

Before Shen Li could speak, Jiang Kaiwei swept his cold gaze across his face, “No refund!”

Actually, Shen Li roughly knew what was going on. But seeing that the two of them were both so aggressive and glaring at each other angrily with a tense atmosphere, he was so in a pickle. This matter was not easy to handle!

“What’s going on?” Seeing that no one responded to her request, Xia Xiaowan shouted again, “Hurry up and get these bags returned. Don’t waste my time!”

“Stop making an unreasonable scene here,” Jiang Kaiwei said in a low voice. “Beware that I’ll tell the security guards to kick you out!”

“I dare you!?” Xia Xiaowan refuted him aggressively. She then took out her phone while saying, “I’ll call the Consumers’ Association. I don’t believe that nobody will uphold justice.” She was serious and directly dialed the number. Unexpectedly, Jiang Kaiwei suddenly snatched her phone and pushed her aside conveniently. Shen Li quickly reached out and grasped Xia Xiaowan. He was filled with grievances in his heart. When did Jiang Kaiwei become so childish to bully a woman in public? It’s really annoying!

Xia Xiaowan, on the other hand, did not back down. She even rushed forward and fought Jiang Kaiwei. Fighting would have a bad impact on the reputation of the mall. Worse, if the public were to know that the one who fought in Jinxiu Department Store was Jiang Kaiwei, the boss of the very mall and that the one he was fighting against was a weak woman who didn’t even have the strength to defend herself, he truly felt that Jiang Kaiwei could directly give up on his life under the pressure from public opinion.

Shen Li hurriedly asked everyone around to stop him. He glared at Jiang Kaiwei fiercely. Didn’t he feel embarrassed when fighting against a woman in front of his subordinates without any manners?

However, when Jiang Kaiwei met Shen Li’s fierce gaze, he became even more irritable. And Xia Xiaowan did not show the white feather either. So many people came up to stop them, but they were still shouting at each other with veins on their foreheads burst out. It seemed they wouldn’t stop until they defeated each other today. The scene immediately became chaotic.