Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 204

Chapter 204 She Was Going to Be Crowned with Success
His head seemed to be about to crack from the ache. Gu Nianbin stroked his forehead with his hand and opened his eyes with difficulty. The curtains were closed in the room, making it very dark; his arms were exposed to the air, and it was a little cold. Only then did he realize that he was actually naked. He was shocked. Suddenly, a layer of cold sweat rose on his back and he slowly turned around. A woman was lying on the side and sleeping soundly. Although her long hair covered her face, Gu Nianbin recognized who she was. His heart sank instantly, and the cold sweat broke out on his back even more.

Why was it Xia Xiaowan? Why would he lie in the same bed as Xia Xiaowan? Gu Nianbin panicked for an instant, almost wanting to sneak away!

But in the next second, he was calm again. He remembered that he had drunk a lot last night. There was a woman sitting beside him in a daze. The lights were too dim for him to see clearly who she was. So it was Xia Xiaowan, but how did she know he was there?

He quietly sat up and reached for the shirt on the chair to put on. However, there were dirty marks on the shirt and the smell. He put it down again and lifted open the quilt to get out of bed.

“Brother Nianbin,” Xia Xiaowan called from behind him.

Gu Nianbin stiffened for a moment, but he still managed to put the shirt on. Apart from Du Xiaoxian, he was not used to being so naked with any woman. He turned around to look at her and felt a little guilty, “Sorry, Xiaowan, I was drunk last night.”

Xia Xiaowan was very shy. She covered herself tightly with the quilt and shifted her gaze. “Brother Nianbin, you don’t need to explain. I understand. You don’t need to take what happened last night to heart.”

This was the first time that Gu Nianbin had encountered such a thing. He was at a loss, especially because the woman was Xia Xiaowan. He did not know how to face her.

“Xiaowan, I’m really sorry.”

“Such a thing is normal for adults. Besides, you were drunk, and I,” Xia Xiaowan lowered her eyes and whispered, “you know, I was not actually going to refuse you.”

Gu Nianbin was stunned for a moment. He suddenly felt that this matter was very dramatic. When he liked Xia Xiaowan, Xia Xiaowan liked Jiang Kaiwei, and nothing happened between the two of them back then. Now that he fell in love with Du Xiaoxian, Xia Xiaowan in turn liked him! And she slept with him.

President Gu, who had always been calm, was a little uncool. He took over a blanket on the sofa and wrapped it around his waist. He went to the bathroom to shower. He needed some space to calm down and think about how to solve this problem.

The gigantic shower head sprayed out countless translucent and sparkling threads of water. In the sealed bathroom, the white steam surged, covering all the glass and not allowing for any light to pass through. Gu Nianbin raised his head and let the water wash his face. He thought that he must be crazy. How could he sleep with Xia Xiaowan! She was not a woman who could be dealt with by money. More importantly, his family had always hoped that he and Xia Xiaowan would marry. He had clearly expressed his disagreement, but he slept with her instead. He failed to keep his own words. This was simply ridiculous!

If his family knew about this, no, if Du Xiaoxian knew, then… He closed his eyes and didn’t dare to think any further.

Du Xiaoxian’s departure had already left him in anxiety. Now such a thing happened, which made Gu Nianbin only feel a splitting headache. He showered for a long time and also delayed for a long time before he got dressed and came out. He hoped that Xia Xiaowan would leave quietly and leave some room for each other, so as not to be too embarrassed. But when he opened the door, Xia Xiaowan was still lying on the bed, looking at him shyly.

Gu Nianbin cleared his throat. He felt that it was better to explain some things clearly, but before he could speak, Xia Xiaowan spoke first. “Brother Nianbin, you should leave first. I want to sleep a little longer.”

Gu Nianbin was eagerly looking forward to that. “Okay.” He took his phone and car keys and quickly walked out of the door.

Only after walking out of the hotel gate did he let out a long sigh of relief.

When Xia Xiaowan saw Gu Nianbin leave in a sorry state, the smile on her face gradually faded. She looked at the door gloomily. She knew that Gu Nianbin wanted to leave, so she let him go. She would give him time to think about what he should do with her. She knew that Gu Nianbin attached great importance to friendship and righteousness and he was a reliable man. Now that he had slept with her like this, he should give her a reasonable explanation and solution. Otherwise, the Gu and Xia family would have to force him to take an attitude.

Xia Xiaowan had planned it very carefully. Du Xiaoxian’s departure was definitely dealing a great blow to Gu Nianbin. Otherwise, he would not have gone to the bar to get drunk. She took advantage of the opportunity to sleep with him. Gu Nianbin still had some feelings for her, more or less, so it was better to marry her than to marry another woman. Then everything would come to pass.

After planning and enduring for so long, there was finally going to be a result. Xia Xiaowan sneered. Somehow she admired herself a little. She thought that she could not do it, but she did it better than she had imagined. Even a person like Gu Nianbin would be manipulated by her.

The moment she took off her clothes and lay on the bed, she was actually very nervous. It was the first time she had taken off her clothes and climbed onto a man’s bed after playing the role of a noble young lady for so many years. She despised herself for being unscrupulous in order to achieve her goal, but this was a shortcut. Only in this way could she keep Gu Nianbin and completely cut off his feelings for Du Xiaoxian.

Gu Nianbin was a neat freak, especially emotionally. Although Gu Nianbin liked her back then, he never had any improper thoughts about her. He was a person who paid attention to keeping his mind and body aligned. Now that he had done something hurtful to Du Xiaoxian, he would definitely not go to Du Xiaoxian again.

She was going to be crowned with success, so Xia Xiaowan relaxed and slept for a while before she got up at noon. She called Gu Nianbin as soon as she got up, “Brother Nianbin, let’s have lunch together.”

Gu Nianbin’s voice was a little unnatural, “I have to attend a social engagement at noon. Perhaps another day.”

“What about tonight?”

“There’s also a social engagement party tonight. Boqing needs to stay at home with his wife, so he pushed it all onto me. And I…” Gu Nianbin suddenly stopped when talking like this. He didn’t know why he had to explain it like this, as if he was feeling a little guilty.

Xia Xiaowan smiled on the phone. “Brother Nianbin, you don’t have to explain. I’m not an ignorant little woman. If that’s the case, then let’s make it another day.”

Gu Nianbin put down the phone and picked up his tea which was already cold. He called for Zhou Ting to get him a cup of coffee.

Zhou Ting responded at the door and turned to get the coffee. But he picked up the cup of cold tea again and drank it bit by bit. He was still a little distracted. He didn’t know how things got to this point. Du Xiaoxian left, but he slept with Xia Xiaowan. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that it was ridiculous.

If, he thought, if he really couldn’t find Du Xiaoxian, then would he be with Xia Xiaowan? Would that be a happy ending for everyone? The Gu and Xia family were naturally happy to see that happen. It seemed that Xia Xiaowan was also willing to accept that, but what about him? Was he willing to accept that? If, according to his previous thoughts, he couldn’t be with someone he loved, then he would just randomly find someone to marry and comfort his parents, and have children for the Gu family. Then Xia Xiaowan should be the best choice. At least, he didn’t hate her. But he didn’t want to accept that. If he really had to come to that point, he didn’t want that woman to be Xia Xiaowan, because it was unfair to her. He knew very clearly that he didn’t love her anymore.

He only loved Du Xiaoxian, the little girl with eyes as pure as a deer. When he thought of Du Xiaoxian, he felt a sharp pain in his heart. After such a thing happened, would there be any hope for Du Xiaoxian and him to be together?

Jiang Kaiwei sat in the car and played with his phone boringly. He landed his gaze lazily on the street sceneries outside the window. Suddenly, his gaze turned cold and he focused on something. To be exact, it was a woman.

He saw Xia Xiaowan walking out of the hotel gate with a relaxed expression and a flushed face. She looked quite happy. He thought of something and took a picture of her with his phone, then asked the driver to check if Xia Xiaowan had stayed in the hotel last night and if there was anyone else with her.

It wasn’t suspicious that she came out of a hotel at this time, but somehow Jiang Kaiwei just had such an intuition, so he wanted to confirm it.

The driver got out of the car while Jiang Kaiwei drove slowly after Xia Xiaowan. Xia Xiaowan walked for a while and then took a taxi to Chengyu Road. Jiang Kaiwei gently tapped the gas pedal and followed her. He didn’t know why Xia Xiaowan didn’t drive. She had a driver’s license.

He was the one who taught her the first lesson in driving back then. After they came back from Hawaii, Xia Xiaowan had become much more familiar with him and often came to play with him with Xia Nanze. Once, when they two came, the sports car he bought had just been delivered, so Xia Nanze shouted for a test drive.

Xia Xiaowan was only sixteen years old then. She didn’t have a driver’s license, but her eyes were filled with envy as she watched Xia Nanze drive in his car. She also wanted to have a try.

Xia Nanze jumped out of the car and said, “This car is really nice. Unfortunately, my old dad refused to buy one for me. Otherwise, I would have one by myself.”

Xia Xiaowan immediately caught what he said and cut in, “Wow, brother, you call dad “old dad”. I will tell him about it when I get back. Then you’ll never be able to get a sports car, and he’ll take back all the cars you have now.”

“Little girl, don’t be so nosy. Or I won’t bring you out next time. What a nuisance!” Xia Nanze glanced at her with disdain.

Xia Xiaowan glared at him, “You’re a nuisance. I won’t bring you out next time!”

He only felt that it was funny, and Xia Nanze also laughed. Xia Nanze reached out to rub Xia Xiaowan’s hair, and the two brothers and sisters then started playing and laughing.

He didn’t know what he was thinking at that time, but he suddenly said to Xia Xiaowan, “Do you want to drive? I’ll teach you.”

Just as Xia Nanze was about to object, Xia Xiaowan jumped up to cover her brother’s mouth and said happily, “Really? That’s great.”

He opened the car door and let her in. Then he walked around to sit in the passenger seat. Xia Nanze felt a little helpless and said, “Kaiwei, she will push her luck. Don’t spoil her.”

He smiled and replied, “She’s your younger sister, so she’s my younger sister, too. So what if I want to spoil her!”

When Xia Xiaowan heard this, she made a face at Xia Nanze in ecstacies. She was so cute that he couldn’t help patting her head and said with a smile, “Alright, concentrate on driving. Don’t crash my car.”

He taught her how to start the car, press on the brake and clutch, release the hand brake, and then slowly speed up. The sports car had a lot of power, and it could be increased to 100 yards per hour in a few seconds. Xia Xiaowan was timid, and as soon as she sped up, she was so scared that she loosened the accelerator, and the engine was off.

Xia Nanze ran up to Xia Xiaowan and told her to get out, “If you want to learn how to drive, I’ll teach you. Don’t destroy such a nice car.”

Xia Xiaowan blushed and unbuckled her seat belt in panic. However, it was stuck. So he went over to help her. They were so close that he could smell the seemingly indistinct fragrance on her. He was stunned for a moment and then calmed down instantly. He said, “It doesn’t matter. It’s normal for a beginner to make mistakes. But you can learn to drive an automatic car in the future. It won’t be easy to get the engine off, and you can directly fill up the gas and drive away. It’s very simple. I’ll teach you next time.”

Xia Xiaowan rose the corners of her eyes to give him a glance and whispered “okay”. Later, he noticed that until she left, her face was red like a big fresh apple, and he just wanted to have a bite.

Just as he was thinking about the past, his phone rang. It was Shen Li. He asked where he was and how long he would be there.

He suddenly woke up from a dream, wondering what he was doing by following Xia Xiaowan like this? He turned the lane and saw the taxi Xia Xiaowan was in flying past. He could no longer see it when the taxi drove into the river of vehicles, so he turned around to meet up with Shen Li.