Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 200

Chapter 200 Everything Is Over
As Du Xiaoxian slowly walked back, she thought to herself, “Everything is over.”

She had seen the truth. Everything was settled. It was time for her to leave.

She took big breaths and accidentally sucked the cold air into her trachea. She stood on the side of the street and coughed awkwardly until tears fell from her eyes. She felt that she was so useless as to cough out tears. However, it seemed to be relaxing in her heart. The matter that had been in suspense for a long time was finally settled. She no longer had to think nonsense.

Standing on the side of the street, she called Du Huayue. The ringtone rang for a long time before it was answered. On the other end of the phone came Du Huayue’s sleepy voice, “Xiaoxian, why are you calling so early?”

Du Xiaoxian said apologetically, “Brother Ah Yue, were you on duty last night? Then I’ll call you again later.”

“It’s okay. I’m almost about to get up. What’s the matter? Just say it.” Du Huayue rubbed his eyes and sat up from under the blanket. Du Xiaoxian rarely called him on her own initiative, and she was now calling him so early. There must be something she needed.

Du Xiaoxian said, “I just want to ask if you have rented a house? I should get ready early.”

“I was just about to call you talking about it,” said Du Huayue. “I’ve been searching for information every day but found no suitable ones. The houses on rent were either expensive or far away. Why don’t you come and see the apartment with me today? I’ve got two more appointments. You should go and take a look, then make your decision.”

“Well,” said Du Xiaoxian, “okay, I’ll go and look for you now.”

“Okay,” Du Huayue said. Then he hung up the phone and jumped out of bed. He was a soldier whose military discipline required him to be able to finish washing up and get dressed in five minutes. He borrowed a bicycle because he had to go to two places and it was not easy to switch lines.

As soon as he walked out of the gate with the bicycle, he saw a peddler was selling roast sweet potatoes on the street. He remembered that Du Xiaoxian liked to eat this. When she was young, she often kept a straight face with no expression, but when she squatted in front of his family’s stove to roast sweet potatoes, her eyes were bright. She fiddled with and overturned the sweet potatoes in the fire with a stick as she added firewood. She was afraid that the food might get burnt. Usually, she would dirt her own face and make him feel funny. Sometimes, he would deliberately tease her and draw two more black marks on her face. Whenever his mother saw that she would scold him. But Du Xiaoxian didn’t care. She just laughed foolishly. When the tempting smell of the roast sweet potatoes came out later, his mother said “okay, it’s cooked”, and Du Xiaoxian would get very excited. She couldn’t wait to pick up the roast sweet potatoes one by one and throw them on the ground. She then divided them from big to small. Every time, she would leave herself the smallest, but he would always swap with her and give her the big one. Du Xiaoxian couldn’t refuse him, and she always thanked him with a red face before holding the roast sweet potatoes back home with her head lowered.

The little girl had grown up and changed a lot, but he believed that no matter how much Du Xiaoxian changed, she would not forget her past. Therefore, he bought two roast sweet potatoes without hesitation and put them in his canvas satchel. Du Xiaoxian must have not had breakfast yet so early. When they met, he would have breakfast together with her.

Du Huayue guessed correctly. Du Xiaoxian was really happy to see the roast sweet potatoes. As she blew on it, she couldn’t wait to peel off the outer skin of the sweet potato. It was as if she had returned to her childhood. Du Huayue looked at her and smiled happily. They sat on the bench on the side of the street, eating and talking.

“Xiaoxian, have you thought it through? Are you really going to leave him?”

“Yes,” Du Xiaoxian nodded slowly. “Brother Ah Yue, you’re right. He and I are from two different worlds. It’s not appropriate for us to be together.”

Du Huayue looked at her carefully. “Would it grieve you to leave him?”

Du Xiaoxian lowered her eyes and peeled the sweet potato bit by bit, but her eyes gradually turned red. Du Huayue felt a pain in his heart and he turned his face away as if he was angry. “Alright, I won’t ask anymore.”

They were going to see the two apartments today, one of which was on the outskirts of the city, and the other downtown. Du Huayue thought about it for a while and said, “Xiaoxian, why don’t we give up the one on the outskirts? It’s too far and inconvenient.”

Du Xiaoxian was okay with that. “Brother Ah Yue, I’ll listen to you.”

After they arrived at the place, Du Xiaoxian found that it was the neighborhood Nina used to live in. It’s heard that this area was going to be demolished, so the rent was cheap.

It was a clean apartment with two bedrooms, and the furniture and appliances were all available. It looked pretty good. Du Huayue pulled Du Xiaoxian to the side and whispered, “Well, just forget it. When the demolition begins, we will have to move again and it will be troublesome.”

The agent was very sensitive to what he said and immediately picked up the topic, “Not necessarily. It has been several years since the demolition was mentioned, but it hasn’t started yet. It is estimated that it’s a rumor again. Nothing will happen. The rent we charge for such a good apartment is cheap. There will be no property fee, and the water and electricity charges are also cheaper than those for ordinary residential areas. The transportation is convenient. The rent can be paid once a month. This is already pretty good.”

Du Xiaoxian also felt that this place was not bad and said, “Well, let’s just rent this place. Sister Nina used to live here. I think it’s good.”

Since Du Xiaoxian said so, Du Huayue agreed after thinking about it. In any case, she had to move out. It was better to move out earlier than later. So he paid the rent immediately and got the key.

As soon as the agent left, Du Huayue fell onto the sofa and happily said, “I didn’t expect that it would be settled so smoothly. If I knew this earlier, I should have asked you to look at houses together.”

Du Xiaoxian looked around and said, “There is no need to add any furniture. And we’ll just need to bring the luggage over.”

Du Huayue sat up straight and asked her, “When are you moving in? I’ll pick you up.”

Du Xiaoxian sat down and rubbed her fingers. She didn’t say anything for a long time. She would definitely leave. But this time, she didn’t want to leave without saying goodbye. She wanted to tell Gu Nianbin clearly that she didn’t hate him and didn’t blame him. She just wanted him to be happy.

“Tomorrow,” said Du Xiaoxian, “I’ll call you tomorrow.”

“Alright,” Du Huayue comforted her, “Xiaoxian, I know you’re reluctant to part with him, but it’s better to have short sharp pains than long dull pains. Everything will flow.”

“I know,” Du Xiaoxian sighed. “I was wrong before.”

Du Huayue looked at her and asked suspiciously, “Xiaoxian, you suddenly thought it through. Did something happen?”

Du Xiaoxian shook her head and said calmly, “Nothing. I thought it through myself.” Only in this way would the pain of three become the pain of one.

After having lunch with Du Huayue outside, Du Xiaoxian returned home to pack her luggage, which was not much. She only packed some clothes for change and toiletries that stuffed the backpack.

She sat on the bed and looked at the glass vase. She really wanted to take it with her, but it was so expensive and fragile. She knew in her heart that she couldn’t take it away. She had bought it when she first moved in, and it seemed to have become a habit for her to look at it every day. But such a habit was extravagant, and she couldn’t keep such a habit in her future life. The bottles and cans on the dresser were dazzling and fragrant. She seldom used them. When occasionally she used some, she would run to Gu Nianbin and asked if she smelled fragrant. As a result, Gu Nianbin took this as a hint and directly started kissing her without saying anything. She couldn’t help it. But she couldn’t take any of these things with her, because they no longer belonged to her world.

She got up again and went to her painting room. There were some paintings piled up by the wall. She had rushed to finish them a few days ago. She wanted to finish as many as possible before she left, so that Teacher He could have more choices. But she did not expect that she would leave so fast. She squatted down and stroked the paint on the drawing board. There were bright red and glossy dark green. They were so beautiful.

Actually, she was about to leave. There was no point in opening an art exhibition. She just felt that she had let Teacher He down. He went to all the galleries to persuade them with difficulty and finally succeeded. But then she suddenly said she didn’t want to open it. What about Teacher He then? She couldn’t do that.

She sighed and stood up before walking to the window to call Teacher He Sen. She told him that she was going on a long journey and asked him to take all the paintings away. He had full authority to open the exhibition. She also thanked him again.

When He Sen heard her spiritless voice, he was a little worried and asked if something had happened to her.

Du Xiaoxian said she was fine, but it’s just that she might not be able to make it back for the exhibition.

He Sen said it was her painting exhibition, and how could she not be present? She should try her best to rush back.

Du Xiaoxian had actually not decided whether she would go to the exhibition or not, but He Sen was sincere on the phone, and she could not just refuse. So she only talked vaguely.

She had finished all the work she had to do, then she only needed to call Gu Nianbin. Du Xiaoxian looked at the phone in her hand and did not hesitate for long before finally dialing the number.

The phone was answered very quickly. Du Xiaoxian coughed softly. Just as she was about to speak, Xia Xiaowan’s voice came from the phone, “Ah, Xiaoxian. What do you want to call Nianbin about?”

Du Xiaoxian instantly felt her blood freeze all over. Why did Xia Xiaowan always take the call? Could it be that they were really so intimate with each other? Wouldn’t they be separated for even a moment?

Du Xiaoxian seemed to feel a little dizzy. She stroked her forehead and calmed herself down. “Miss Xia, is Young Master there? I want to speak to him.”

“Why are you looking for him? Can I convey the message on your behalf?”

Du Xiaoxian fell silent. Did Xia Xiaowan mean that she didn’t want her to talk to Gu Nianbin?

Xia Xiaowan chuckled on the phone and said, “Don’t get me wrong. It’s not that I don’t want you to talk to him. It’s that Brother Nianbin doesn’t want to answer your phone. Besides, he has something he wants me to tell you. I was still hesitating when I should call you. I didn’t expect you to call first. What about this? Can we meet? It’s better to talk face to face.”

Although she was mentally prepared, Du Xiaoxian did not expect that Gu Nianbin would not even want to speak to her. She must have broken his heart, because she was not brave enough. She was always hesitating. Therefore, he lost his patience, and he simply decided not to meet her.

“Okay,” said Du Xiaoxian, “I’ll wait for you at home.”

“No, we’d better make an appointment outside,” Xia Xiaowan said. “Why don’t we find a quiet cafe for a cup of coffee?”

“Alright,” said Du Xiaoxian. She didn’t mind it, anyway. At this time, she didn’t care about anything anymore. “Send me the address and I’ll take a taxi over. ”

It seemed that it wasn’t she wanted to explain something to Gu Nianbin, but Gu Nianbin wanted to explain something to her. Alright, it’s good. Du Xiaoxian had thought it would be difficult for her to talk. But if Gu Nianbin could start the conversation, it would be much easier. She just needed to accept it.