Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 199

Chapter 199 What Are You Calling For? Brother Nianbin Is in the Shower
The clock on the wall was already showing eleven o’clock in the evening. Gu Nianbin did not come back. Du Xiaoxian knew that he would not come back. He was so angry that he almost scared her out of wits. And he left angrily. But then he immediately asked Xia Xiaowan out for dinner. Without her, he still got Xia Xiaowan and he would never be lonely.

The bowl of noodles was still on the dining table. She had no appetite at all and didn’t want to eat anything. With her eyes gradually focused on something from somewhere in the void, she suddenly saw the two cookies in the cabinet which were saved by Gu Nianbin when he was making small cookies a long time ago. She drew a picture of a man and a woman on the cookies, with words written on the back. She was reluctant to eat them and kept them on the plate like that.

Later, Gu Nianbin dissolved some hot chocolate to glue the two cookies to the plate. Then, he put the plate on the bracket as a small ornament.

That kind of warm scene seemed to have happened yesterday. Gu Nianbin wore a large apron with check patterns. His hands were covered in white batter and he looked at her with affection. She shook her loose ponytail happily and drew on the cookies. Because Gu Nianbin liked to prick her with his beard, she had especially added a few black dots to the man on the cookies as his beard.

At that time, she was really carefree and happy like a bird. But everything couldn’t go back, and they couldn’t go back anymore. No one would make cookies for her in the future. Du Xiaoxian thought so sadly with tears falling silently. It was true that she tended to cry more often. A little sadness would make her cry. Perhaps Gu Nianbin didn’t like her about this, but he didn’t say anything. In fact, she had many disadvantages, such as she was like a crybaby, she was timid, she was not smart, and she was not capable… Compared to Xia Xiaowan, she really had too many shortcomings, so in Gu Nianbin’s eyes, she was not comparable to Xia Xiaowan.

However, she remembered the way Gu Nianbin was crazily angry in the morning. It was extremely frightening. He was clearly very angry! Because she said she wanted to leave him. He didn’t want her to leave. But why? He also liked Xia Xiaowan in his heart, didn’t he?

Du Xiaoxian’s mind was in a mess. She couldn’t figure it out clearly. The moment she saw Gu Nianbin leave, she was very determined and thought that it would be better to end like that. But now, on this quiet night, she actually started to miss him again. A very long time ago, Gu Nianbin was angry with her and did not come back for one night. That night was like a nightmare to her. She slept for a while and then woke up, again and again. She was dazed with all sorts of emotions intertwined together in her mind and she could not fall asleep at all.

She thought that she was ready this time, the complicated emotions returned to her slowly as time passed bit by bit. She was so uneasy. For so long, she had gotten used to Gu Nianbin’s company, accustomed to having a warm embrace in the middle of the night, and accustomed to his breath surrounding her. Without him, she was at a loss!

She picked up the phone, put it down, picked it up again, and then put it down… Finally, she opened the address list. It would be good if she could listen to his voice and know that he wasn’t that angry anymore. But then she vetoed the idea again categorically. Gu Nianbin had dinner with Xia Xiaowan. Was he still with her since he hadn’t come back this late? Would he return? What would they do together…

Du Xiaoxian just could not bear to imagine that scene. She was going crazy. She swept her fingers across the phone number constantly. She was hesitant, panicked, conflicted, sad, and afraid. She kept asking herself in her heart: Should I listen to Zhou Ting? Should I call him?

There was a fierce debate ongoing in her mind, and her emotions were rising and falling. She lowered her head and saw that she had actually dialed the number because she accidentally clicked on the number with her fingers. Her heartbeat suddenly stopped and she paused for a moment. She hurriedly wanted to hang it up. She could not call him. She shouldn’t call.

However, there was only one ringtone before the phone was picked up. A voice sounded from the other end, “Hello?”

Du Xiaoxian was stunned. Her thumb was shaking all the time, but she didn’t hang it up. She didn’t hear much of that voice, but she remembered it deeply. It was Xia Xiaowan.

Xia Xiaowan said, “Xiaoxian, is that you? What are you calling for? Brother Nianbin is in the shower. I’ll convey your message to him later if you need anything.”

Du Xiaoxian felt the blood freeze all over her vessels. Her lips trembled and she could not say a word. She hung up the phone with a shake of her hand.

They were still together at this time. Gu Nianbin was taking a shower. Then what would he do with her after the shower?

Du Xiaoxian suddenly shouted, tossed her phone onto the sofa, and covered her eyes forcefully. Tears flowed out of her fingers and crisscrossed the back of her hand like a snake crawling into her sleeve.

Xia Xiaowan held the phone and sneered silently. She could imagine Du Xiaoxian’s current mood. It must be very sad, right? She hung up before she could even speak. As expected, she was a pushover. She didn’t dare to quarrel or make a fuss. With her personality, she shouldn’t call again.

Xia Xiaowan did a great job tonight. In front of Gu Nianbin, she acted like she was sorrowful and gained his sympathy. She pretended to be drunk after drinking. She drank a lot, but Gu Nianbin didn’t know how much she could drink. He thought she was still the Xia Xiaowan from before, who would blush after drinking one or two glasses of wine and would get drunk after three or four. He would never imagine that when she couldn’t fall asleep in a foreign country, she drank all night and got drunk day after day. She had trained herself into a drinker like this. Later, Xia Nanze went to see her and scolded her fiercely. He threatened that if she drank like this again, he wouldn’t care about her. He would let her drink to death. She felt that she couldn’t just die. She had to take revenge, so how could she die? Afterward, she followed Xia Nanze’s instructions to quit drinking, but her strong drinking capacity had been maintained until now.

She was even able to keep her head clear when she was half drunk. Gu Nianbin saw that she was drunk and said he would send her back. She refused and cried loudly to make a scene. She said that she didn’t want her family to see her like this. Gu Nianbin had no choice but to bring her back to the hotel first and let her nap for a while to sober up.

As a result, she vomited on Gu Nianbin at the right time and dirtied his clothes. Originally, she had planned to call Du Xiaoxian herself and hang up immediately after it got through. Then Du Xiaoxian would definitely call back, and then she would take the opportunity to act. She didn’t expect that Du Xiaoxian would call first the moment she took his phone. Fine. It just happened to save her trouble.

After hearing what she told her, Du Xiaoxian would give up for sure, right?

Hearing the sound of water stop in the bathroom, Xia Xiaowan hurriedly hid the phone and lay down on the sofa to sleep.

Gu Nianbin took a shower in the bathroom and changed his clothes. He took a bottle of water and took a sip, then went to the sofa and patted Xia Xiaowan, “Xiaowan, how are you feeling? Are you feeling better?”

No matter how hard he patted her, Xia Xiaowan didn’t move. Gu Nianbin had no choice but to sit and wait quietly. But after a long time, Xia Xiaowan did not wake up. He patted her again, “Xiaowan, it’s very late. You should go back.”

Xia Xiaowan seemed to mumble something and shook her head without opening her eyes. She said vaguely, “I won’t go back, no, I can’t go back…”

Gu Nianbin thought for a moment and said, “Then I’ll get another room for you to sleep for the night, okay?”

Xia Xiaowan’s eyelids twitched as she opened her eyes with some difficulty, “Alright, thank you, Brother Nianbin.”

Gu Nianbin added, “I’ll call Nanze first and tell him you’re at the hotel, so that uncle and aunt won’t be worried.”

“No,” Xia Xiaowan sat up with her hair disheveled and her expression haggard. “Don’t call him. I’ll make a call by myself later. I don’t want them to know I’m with you.”

“Okay.” As Gu Nianbin spoke, he called the reception desk and asked for an extra room, telling the attendant to take good care of Xia Xiaowan.

After sending Xia Xiaowan away, Gu Nianbin checked his phone first, but Du Xiaoxian did not call. He angrily fell onto the bed. That little heartless thing clearly knew that he was angry, but she didn’t even call. Xiao Hei knew that he was in a bad mood and would come running over and wagging its tail. But she did something wrong and didn’t even know to apologize.

Although he missed her very much and could not sleep peacefully without her small figure in his arms, he had made up his mind this time to keep her waiting. He wouldn’t surrender like before and forgive her misdeeds as soon as he saw her pitiful little eyes. He wouldn’t let her pass so easily. This time, he had to let her know that he was truly sad.

Gu Nianbin really couldn’t let go of the hurt. Du Xiaoxian said so easily that she would leave him, and she didn’t seem to hesitate at all. He really had some doubts about his importance in Du Xiaoxian’s heart.

On this night, some people were destined to be unable to sleep peacefully. For example, Du Xiaoxian. She almost didn’t sleep for the night. Her mind was in a mess. As soon as it was dawn, she got up, washed her face and brushed teeth, changed clothes, and even had breakfast. Then she sat on the sofa in a daze. For a moment, she was confused. She didn’t know what she was going to do when she got up so early.

She waited until seven o’clock. She called Zhou Ting and told her that Gu Nianbin hadn’t returned all night. She asked if she knew where he was.

Zhou Ting had just gotten up and was still a little confused. She thought that Du Xiaoxian had straightened out her thinking and was going to look for Gu Nianbin. She said happily, “The boss must be very happy to see you in front of him at this time. I’ll send you the address.”

A minute later, Du Xiaoxian received the address from Zhou Ting, and then she knew what she was going to do. She had thought about it all night. Perhaps things weren’t as she thought they were, and she wanted to see for herself. Otherwise, even if she left, she would not be willing to accept it in her heart.

After taking a taxi to the hotel, she got out of the car and immediately saw Gu Nianbin’s car at a glance. It seemed that he did not bring Little Ding last night. He drove here by himself because Xia Xiaowan was in the car, and it was inconvenient for outsiders to be with them. Gu Nianbin had always been so thoughtful. He would often consider whether she was feeling uneasy or whether she was restrained. She felt a twitch in her heart and she hurriedly found a place to hide.

The morning breeze was very cold, blowing on her face like a knife. She wrapped her head in a scarf, only exposing her eyes and nose, and stood there motionlessly. It was already daybreak, and the bright red sun rose. It was a fine day. However, the sunlight couldn’t reach her. Du Xiaoxian felt very cold. She didn’t shrink, though. She stood there upright like a small wooden stake.

Finally, she saw Gu Nianbin and Xia Xiaowan. The two of them walked out together, one followed by the other, and they talked for a while by the car. Then, Gu Nianbin hugged Xia Xiaowan. They waved goodbye to each other. Xia Xiaowan stood there watching Gu Nianbin drive away with a happy smile on her face. It was a happy smile, right? Because Xia Xiaowan smiled so brightly in the sunshine. Then Xia Xiaowan took a taxi and headed in the opposite direction.