Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 192

Chapter 192 Am I a Rumour Monger?
Xia Xiaowan returned home in a rage. The maid Caifeng came up to take the things in her hand, but Xia Xiaowan stuffed the three bags into Caifeng’s hand and said, “These are all yours.”

Caifeng was stunned. Although Xia Xiaowan was usually generous, she hadn’t been generous to this extent. Without looking at the labels, she knew that these bags were worth thousands of dollars. She just gave them to her? These things were all brand new. But the young lady’s expression was obviously gloomy. She might have lost her temper and said so. Caifeng held the bags with a smile and said, “These bags are too expensive. I dare not accept them. Let me keep them for you, Miss.”

Hearing her say so, Xia Xiaowan, who was about to go upstairs, turned around and tried to take the bags back, “Forget it. I’ll throw them all away.”

“Don’t,” Caifeng hurriedly clutched those bags, “I want them. If you are going to throw them away, Miss, you might as well give them to me.”

Xia Xiaowan then let it go and went upstairs with great strides. The wooden stairs were creaking loudly when she stepped on them. Looking at her back, Caifeng shook her head. She had been working in the Xia family for seven to eight years. The young lady used to have a very good personality and was kind to others, but now she was prone to tantrums.

Xia Xiaowan returned to her room angrily, slammed the door, picked up the pillow on the bed and threw it on the ground. Then she fell on the bed hard and punched it twice. He actually wanted to hit her! That vicious and sinister man dared to hit her! Who did he think he was? On what grounds did he think he could do that?

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Of course he dared to hit her. It was not like he hadn’t done it before.

She would like to forget that terrible memory forever, but she couldn’t forget it. He hit her so hard, with a clear sound. She fell to the ground, covered her face and shivered, only sobbing in a low voice. For fear of irritating him, she didn’t dare to make too much noise.

He looked at her from a high position with a ferocious face. He said in a cold voice, “Xia Xiaowan, how can you be so shameless? I’ve clearly said that I don’t like you. Why do you still pester me like this? I hate you when I see you. Do you know? You make me sick!”

Then he strode away, while she was lying on the ground, teary-eyed, watching him walk away. Like a million arrows piercing through the heart, she felt pain and almost went numb from it. She prostrated herself at his feet like this, begging humbly, but in return for humiliation!

She really regretted how weak she was in the past. Fortunately, that Xia Xiaowan had died. She was reborn. She came back to take revenge. Xia Nanze said that she was not allowed to have anything to do with Jiang Kaiwei. The only force that could fight the Jiang Group was the Gu Group. It could only be Gu Nianbin. But now, even Gu Nianbin was not hers anymore.

She knew it was Shen Li who called Gu Nianbin here, but he brought Du Xiaoxian with him because he was afraid she would misunderstand. She underestimated Du Xiaoxian and Gu Nianbin. They were not so easy to be separated as she thought. But she would not give up. In order to achieve her goal, she would try her best.

Lei Yajing didn’t expect that the Jiang Group really wouldn’t cooperate with Bohua. For so many years, the Bohua company founded by her brother had been relying on the Jiang Group to survive. Suddenly, the cooperation was broken off. Lei Luo was going crazy. He didn’t know what went wrong. After hearing Lei Yajing talk about the ball that night, he knew that Lei Yajing had offended Shen Li. But he just couldn’t figure it out. Although Jiang Kaiwei treated Shen Li better than he treated him, he had been following Jiang Kaiwei’s lead for so many years. When he was asked to go east, he didn’t dare to go west. How could Jiang Kaiwei get rid of him all of sudden? He didn’t even call him in advance for such a big thing, and he just faxed him the termination contract as a notice. What the hell did he think he was? Did he really ignore their brotherhood?

Perhaps… He held a cigarette between his fingers that were quivering. Perhaps Jiang Kaiwei had never treated him as a brother. He had always been arrogant and superior. Perhaps he thought Lei Luo was not worthy to be his brother!

They had already signed the contract, but Lei Luo knew that the contract was not rigorous. It was all drafted by the Jiang Group. He never dared to have an opinion. With Shen Li’s clever mind, they could get rid of the contract with him on any excuse without any trouble. He threw away the cigarette in exasperation and glared at Lei Yajing, “Look what you have done! You must solve this by yourself! What good will it do you if my company collapses? Huh? I don’t care what method you use, begging or making a scene, just coax Shen Li until he is happy!”

“He never liked me,” Lei Yajing said aggrievedly. “It’s no use coaxing him.”

“Then go and win Jiang Kaiwei over. When we have him, Shen Li will be nothing!” Lei Luo thundered, “I’ve given you everything you want all these years. I created so many opportunities for you in secret but you couldn’t even conquer a man. Jiang Kaiwei has never taken you seriously. If you could make Jiang Kaiwei fall for you, would Shen Li still be bullying us?”

Lei Yajing bit her lips and silently lowered her head to listen to her brother’s lecturing. She was the only younger sister of Lei Luo, who had been spoiled since childhood. If it had not been for such a big incident, he wouldn’t have yelled at her like this.

“Brother, don’t worry. I’m the one who caused this. I’ll fix it.”

Hearing this, Lei Luo’s anger subsided a lot. His tone also softened, “Little Jing, I have no choice. Jiang Kaiwei refuses to see me. Shen Li is even more difficult to talk with, so only you can help me now.”

“I understand, brother, it’s all my fault.” Lei Yajing blinked her reddish eyes. “I didn’t expect that Brother Kaiwei would really not care about your former friendship. But don’t worry, I have a solution.”

“What’s your solution?” Lei Luo reminded her, “Jiang Kaiwei is not easy to deal with. Don’t screw it up.”

“The woman he hates the most is back,” Lei Yajing said. “She’s the perfect one to make an issue of.”

“You mean Xia Xiaowan?” Lei Luo said, “Isn’t she with Gu Nianbin now?”

“It’s hard to tell whether Gu Nianbin likes her or not.” Lei Yajing snorted coldly, “Who doesn’t know that President Gu is now in love with a little girl? So there’s no place for Xia Xiaowan in his heart.”

Her words reminded Lei Luo of something. “You mean Du Xiaoxian, right?”

“Brother, do you know that little girl?”

Of course he knew her. Lei Luo smiled bitterly. At that time, Gu Nianbin beat him hard for Du Xiaoxian and even had a fight with Jiang Kaiwei. Later, Jiang Kaiwei took him to make an apology to Du Xiaoxian, but the little girl didn’t even lift her eyelids. She just ignored Jiang Kaiwei. He was surprised at that time how Jiang Kaiwei could stand it with his character.

Lei Luo knew that Gu Nianbin had been waiting for Xia Xiaowan, but that day he saw Gu Nianbin cared about Du Xiaoxian. So Lei Yajing might be right.

“Don’t provoke Du Xiaoxian, or Gu Nianbin will come after you. As for Xia Xiaowan, you can do whatever you like. After all, you two were the enemy of each other in the first place. But don’t let Xia Nanze hold anything of you. He’s not easy to deal with when he gets ruthless.” Lei Luo smiled bitterly. They were all powerful people and he couldn’t afford to offend any of them. However, for the sake of interests, as to who could be offended and who couldn’t be offended, he knew it very clearly in his heart!

Lei Yajing’s idea was very simple. She just wanted to screw Xia Xiaowan’s reputation. As long as Xia Xiaowan’s scandal reached Jiang Kaiwei’s ears, Lei Yajing thought, Jiang Kaiwei would reward her for it. When the time came, she would further beg for mercy in a coquettish way. She didn’t believe that the matter couldn’t be solved!

The good news goes on crutches while ill news flies apace. Only after a day or two, the news spread throughout the upper class that Gu Nianbin and Xia Xiaowan were not really a couple. President Gu already had a girlfriend. Xia Xiaowan was back to try every means to break them up and snatch back Gu Nianbin. The three people were making a raging fight.

This news caused a sensation as soon as it was released. The news that Gu Nianbin and Xia Xiaowan got back together two days ago was still under discussion. How could it become that Xia Xiaowan was stealing someone else’s boyfriend in the blink of an eye?

Shen Li questioned Jiang Kaiwei as soon as he got the news. He thought it must have something to do with Jiang Kaiwei.

Jiang Kaiwei was baffled, “Am I a rumor monger?”

“You won’t create rumors about others, but about Xia Xiaowan, it’s hard to say.” Shen Li stared into his eyes, “You like Xia Xiaowan, but she likes Gu Nianbin. I know you can do such things in a fit of anger.”

“I like her? Are you kidding?” Jiang Kaiwei said with a sullen face, “Don’t you know that I hate her the most! Besides, I don’t think this is a rumor. Gu Nianbin has Du Xiaoxian, but she still wants to step between them. If she’s not trying to steal someone else’s boyfriend, then what is it?”

“Whether you hate her or like her, you know it for yourself.” Shen Li also said with a gloomy face, “I just don’t think it’s proper to use this trick against a girl!”

“I really didn’t do it.” Seeing Shen Li’s stern face, Jiang Kaiwei looked relaxed and said carelessly, “But I’m kind of interested in the person who released the news. I want to know who it is.”

“Just pretend.” Shen Li didn’t want to talk to him and left.

Seeing him slamming the door, the corners of Jiang Kaiwei’s mouth curved. Shen Li had always been very well behaved and seldom lost his temper. Now it was because of Xia Xiaowan that he got so angry! Interesting!

Just then the phone on the desk rang. It was Julie, the secretary. She said Miss Lei asked to see the president.

There was only one Miss Lei who would come here. Of course Jiang Kaiwei knew who it was. But he was not in the mood to deal with her, so he refused. Julie answered with an “okay,” but didn’t hang up, as if she was hesitating.

Jiang Kaiwei asked, “Is there anything else?”

Julie said, “Miss Lei said you would like to see her. She has something important to tell you.”

Jiang Kaiwei was a little surprised, pondered for a moment, and then finally said, “Let her in.”

Outside the office, Lei Yajing winked at Julie with pride, “See? I told you he would see me!”

Julie watched her wriggle to the door and curled her lips. She had been in this company for almost two years. She knew that Miss Lei was not welcomed by the big boss, but Miss Lei was just like an annoying fly that couldn’t be driven away. Every time she heard the sound of her high heels stepping on the floor, she felt so much disdain. Such a cheeky woman was really rare.

Lei Yajing opened the door and greeted sweetly, “Hi, Brother Kaiwei.”

Jiang Kaiwei looked straight at his computer and tapped his fingers on the keyboard quickly without even raising his eyelids. Lei Yajing didn’t mind his indifference. She was used to it anyway. She walked over and also looked at the computer curiously, saying, “Oh, you are playing computer games. No wonder you didn’t hear me, Brother Kaiwei.”

Jiang Kaiwei smiled sarcastically. It was not the first time she had used such a brazenly self-deprecating trick. He continued playing the game until one round was over before glancing at her. “What do you want?”

“Brother Kaiwei, have you heard anything lately?” Lei Yajing said mysteriously, “They are all talking about Xia Xiaowan snatching someone else’s boyfriend.”

“Yeah, Shen Li just told me that,” Jiang Kaiwei said lightly. “He also asked if I did it.”

“So, do you think…” Lei Yajing observed his expression carefully. “What do you think?”

“It’s a good thing,” Jiang Kaiwei leaned back against the chair and stretched. “It’s pretty good to reveal her true face. What a great pleasure.”

Lei Yajing felt relieved and said with some pride, “I did it.”

“I know,” Jiang Kaiwei squinted at her, “that’s why I agree to let you in.”

“Ah-huh, Brother Kaiwei, I knew you would see me.” Lei Yajing took the opportunity to act coquettishly, “I was wrong last time. I shouldn’t have disrespected General Manager Shen, but the punishment is too heavy, isn’t it? My brother almost cut all ties with me. Brother Kaiwei, just go easy on my brother. Help him, please. You know it’s not easy for him to achieve what he owns. Moreover, our cooperation with the Jiang Group has been very smooth for so many years. Please, Brother Kaiwei, help my brother!”

“Well…” Jiang Kaiwei frowned and thought about it. “It’s not easy to handle this. Since Shen Li has decided, I won’t intervene anymore.”

“Brother Kaiwei—” Lei Yajing played the coquetry again. “Please, help my brother for once!”

Jiang Kaiwei smiled, “Fine. You did a good job this time. As a reward, I will give your brother a chance. But he can’t cooperate with the Jiang Group anymore. I will introduce another company to cooperate with Bohua, and the profit is also good. Tell Lei Luo to come to me next week.”

“Great! Thank you, Brother Kaiwei!” Lei Yajing almost jumped up happily. She didn’t expect the matter to be solved so easily. It seemed that she did the right thing as to Xia Xiaowan.