Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 214

Chapter 214 How Will You Pay Me Back?
Seeing Du Xiaoxian retreat, Gu Nianbin’s face changed. He stretched out his hand to grab her and put the ring on the middle finger of her left hand.

She knew that she couldn’t accept it, but she didn’t resist. Through her tears, she could see that shining diamond ring. It was dazzling and truly beautiful. But such beautiful stuff would never belong to her. She didn’t deserve it. She was merely a maid. She could never live up to it.

A voice in her heart reminded her, “No way. You can’t accept it. You’ll cause trouble to him! He will be in trouble if you accept it!”

Her heart suddenly plummeted and she kept withdrawing her hand. When her hand was about to get rid of his palm, Gu Nianbin suddenly grabbed her fingertips. And then, he moved his hand inch by inch until he caught her entire hand. He slowly stood up and his gaze had a sense of warning when he said firmly, “I’ll take for granted that you have accepted my proposal if you say nothing!”

“But, I…” Du Xiaoxian bit her lips with tears falling silently.

Gu Nianbin gently kissed her eyes. “Baby, there’s no ‘but’. Trust me. Everything is fine.”

The crowd started to cheer them up again. Du Xiaoxian was too shy to look at anyone. She could only hide her head in Gu Nianbin’s arms. In this way, he took her out of the crowd.

Gu Nianbin took her to the car. Du Xiaoxian’s face was wet with tears, and she felt a prick on her face after being blown by the cold wind. She covered her face with her hands, trying to warm it up. Gu Nianbin turned on the air conditioner in the car and took her hands off. Then, he covered her face with his warm hands and asked softly, “Are you feeling better?”

Du Xiaoxian lowered her head and didn’t dare to look at him, nor did she dare to make a sound.

Gu Nianbin covered Du Xiaoxian’s face with his hands for a while and said, “Let’s go home, shall we?”

Du Xiaoxian shook her head. At this time, she had calmed down and wanted to reject his offer, which would only be in vain.

“Why?” Gu Nianbin asked with a somewhat hoarse voice, “Don’t you want me anymore?”

Hearing such words from such a noble man, Du Xiaoxian felt her heart start aching, and her tears ran down her face again. Gu Nianbin did not feel good either. He kept hugging her and kissing her when he tried to coax her, ” Don’t cry. It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have let you cry. Be good, Xian. Don’t cry, okay? Don’t cry…”

With tears running down, Du Xiaoxian cried even louder, “Woo… you left me first. You became furious and left. You don’t want me anymore. Woo… you are still in love with Xia Xiaowan. I know you are in love with her. I don’t want you to suffer any pain. Woo… I’d like to let both of you live a happy life as long as you’re happy. I’m really very sad, I never expect that things will turn out like this… Why are you coming to find me again? Why? Woo…”

She choked with tears, and her talk was intermittent, but Gu Nianbin could clearly capture every word. Her words seemed to be several tiny needles that pierced into his heart, which brought him sadness and pain. His every breath came along with that pain. He could only tightly hug her and slowly explain to her with a tender voice, “You are indeed stupid. Without you, how could I live in happiness? I became angry and left that day because I found that only Gu Shanshan alone was enough to scare you and you even forgot those promises you had made for me. You told me that you would be brave for me, but you are not brave enough and even retreated. That’s why I was angry. When it comes to Xia Xiaowan, let me tell you that I’ve parted with her. I don’t love her anymore. You are the only one I love for the rest of my lifetime.”

Du Xiaoxian was still crying, but her voice became much smaller. Just now, she had let out her extreme sadness. Now, she was still sobbing with a low voice. Her face full of tears was enough to bring out people’s sympathy. Gu Nianbin took a tissue and carefully wiped away the tears on her face, “Stop crying. You look ugly when you are crying.”

Du Xiaoxian wanted to laugh but she couldn’t. Although Gu Nianbin said he no longer loved Xia Xiaowan, how would he explain what those letters, those phone calls, and that cheque meant? She left because she wanted Gu Nianbin and Xia Xiaowan to live a happy life. But in fact, those affairs seemed like thorns and pierced deeply into her heart. Whenever she remembered their happy time, she felt uncontrollable pain and could not bear it.

Seeing Du Xiaoxian’s worried look, Gu Nianbin knew that her heart wasn’t fully open to him yet. So he decided to ease her worries slowly. At this time, he started the car and drove away from the gallery.

Du Xiaoxian felt both physically and mentally exhausted. She lazily leaned against her seat and dully looked at her front. Too many things had taken place today. Too many complicated emotions intertwined with each other. She couldn’t figure out what was going on, so she’d rather stop thinking and allow Gu Nianbin to take her away. No matter what type of relationship she had with Gu Nianbin at the moment, she still believed in him. As long as he was staying by her side, she would feel secured. No one else in the world could bring her such a sense of security, except Gu Nianbin.

Gu Nianbin still brought her home. The moment the door was opened, Du Xiaoxian felt like several ages had passed. Every time she left, she believed that she would never come back. But Gu Nianbin could always find her back every time.

When the heating was turned on, the room became warm in an instant. Gu Nianbin grabbed a hot towel from the bathroom and helped wipe her face. He asked her, “Do you want to sleep?”

Du Xiaoxian shook her head and stood in the living hall in a daze. Gu Nianbin pulled her to sit down, and then she sat down without saying a word.

Gu Nianbin sighed and held her hand. “Can you say something? Are you trying to bring me extreme anxiety by saying nothing at all?”

Du Xiaoxian lowered her head and looked at her feet without responding.

Gu Nianbin patiently coaxed her, “Don’t you know what to say? How about calling me by my name, okay?”

Du Xiaoxian bit her lips and remained silent.

“Raise your head and look at me.” Gu Nianbin raised her chin.

Du Xiaoxian allowed him to raise her chin, but she kept lowering her eyes. Gu Nianbin said, “I’ll kiss you if you don’t look at me.”

As expected, he successfully got her into his trick once again. Du Xiaoxian slowly raised her eyelids. Gu Nianbin chuckled and moved closer, “Anyway, I’ll still kiss you even if you are looking at me.” As he spoke, he pressed his warm lips onto hers.

Du Xiaoxian was shocked and hurriedly retreated when she said, “You bullied me again!”

Gu Nianbin laughed, “Thank God, you finally said something.”

Du Xiaoxian couldn’t help but laugh finally.

“Alright, since you don’t want to take a rest, let’s discuss all the issues openly. I don’t want you to have any concerns or doubts. I want you to trust me wholeheartedly and unconditionally. Also, I hope you have everything it takes for me to unconditionally trust you in return. Okay?”

Du Xiaoxian hesitated for a moment before nodding.

Gu Nianbin stood up and walked to the kitchen. He came back with two cups of hot tea. He handed one cup to her, “Go ahead. I think you must have a lot of questions to ask me, right?”

Du Xiaoxian took a small sip of hot tea and a flow of sweet warm water traveled through her throat, making her feel quite comfortable. She took another sip and said slowly, “When I left last time, I did want to say goodbye to you. But you were unwilling to meet me and even asked Miss Xia to deliver a cheque to me. You know that I will never take the money. So why did you ask her to send me a cheque?”

Gu Nianbin raised his eyebrows as he finally realized the key point of the matter. Shao Boqing was right. Xia Xiaowan was in fact another Xia Manyin. It was his fault to have neglected the fact.

“I didn’t ask her to send you a check. She did it by herself. I was totally unaware.”

“But every time I called you, she would always answer the call. Both of you have always been staying together.”

Gu Nianbin frowned and felt something wrong. “Did you call me?”

“I called you on the night you left. When I called you, Xia Xiaowan said you were taking a shower.” Du Xiaoxian’s face was a bit red. No one knew whether it was because she was embarrassed, or because she was angry.

“That day,” Gu Nianbin thought carefully, “I was probably taking a shower. Because she was drunk and my clothes were full of her vomit. She was afraid that her family might scold her. So I took her to a hotel. However, don’t think too much. We did nothing that night. I got another room for her to sleep in.”

Du Xiaoxian pouted and said in a small voice, “But why does she get together with you?”

Gu Nianbin found her look was really interesting, and he stretched out his hand to pinch her lips, “Your pouting lips are enough to hold an oil pot! Are you jealous?”

Du Xiaoxian snorted, turned her head, and got rid of his hand.

Gu Nianbin said, “I think I must have fallen into her trap. She deliberately got drunk and insisted to stay with me in order to make you become angry.”

“Haven’t you been staying with her every day over these past few days?”

Gu Nianbin shook his head and his face suddenly became serious, “There’s one thing I want to confess to you.”

Seeing his serious face, Du Xiaoxian could feel her heart skip a beat and she was a bit flustered, “What is it?”

Gu Nianbin carefully said, “Don’t be angry after I tell you.”

Hearing his serious words, Du Xiaoxin was even more frightened. She suddenly shook her head and said, “Forget it. You’d better keep it as a secret.”

“Look, you are frightened again.” Gu Nianbin glanced at her sourly, “You are as timid as a hare.” Even though he told her everything honestly, including how he had been sleeping together with Xia Xiaowan that night without touching Xia Xiaowan at all, he still felt guilty in front of Du Xiaoxian because he had been at least sleeping on the same bed with another woman that night.

After hearing that, Du Xiaoxian thought seriously about it and said, “It’s fine as long as she didn’t do anything to you.”

Gu Nianbin felt awkward upon hearing her words, but he had no other choice but said, “Of course not.”

Du Xiaoxian nodded and added, “Actually, you are also a victim.”

President Gu, who was always serious and cold, found that the word “victim” was extremely unpleasant. But he decided to appear pitiful even though this would make him look down upon himself, “That’s why I had a difficult time over these days. Not only did I keep missing you, but I was also harmed by Xia Xiaowan’s vicious plot. At the same time, I had to deal with company affairs. So I’ve had a hard time and couldn’t sleep well for a single night.”

At this time, Du Xiaoxian had completely let go of her worries and concerns. She regretted having believed in Xia Xiaowan indiscriminately. Why did she fail to recognize Xia Xiaowan’s vicious plot? She thought she was naive and stupid enough so that she would easily fall into Xia Xiaowan’s trap. She humbly moved her body closer to Gu Nianbin. Gu Nianbin became delighted secretly upon finding her movement. But he didn’t appear to be happy as he kept watching Du Xiaoxian voluntarily approaching him.

Du Xiaoxian secretly looked at his face and slowly stretched out her hand to pull his sleeve. “Dear, I’m sorry. It’s all because I’m too stupid. I’m sorry to have believed in Xia Xiaowan, instead of you.”

By this time, Gu Nianbin had gained a decisive advantage over the situation. So he began to settle the rest of affairs, “Have you ever realized your mistake?”

“Yes, I have.”

“If you have realized your mistake, it’s never too late to learn from your mistake and correct it. Tell me, how will you pay me back?”

“I, I will believe in you in the future. I will believe in you only. I’ll never leave you unless you tell me in person that you don’t want me anymore.”

“That’s how you correct your mistake. But I’m asking for your plan to pay me back.”

“Pay you back?” Du Xiaoxian was confused, “I’ll do whatever you want me to.”

“This is what you have promised me.” Gu Nianbin finally showed a complacent smile. He moved closer to Du Xiaoxian and whispered to her ears.

Du Xiaoxian’s face instantly turned red, “Alas, no!”

“You’ve already promised me. Now, it’s too late for you to regret.” Gu Nianbin laughed loudly and directly lifted her up with his arms. Then, he came into the bedroom while carrying her.