Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 275

Chapter 275 My Face Was Beaten Swollen by You

When Xia Xiaowan woke up, she found herself lying on the bed. The room was dark, and only an orange night lamp was on the bedside. The soft light spread out and shone on a small part of the pillow.

The curtains were closed, and the door leading to the terrace was half open. She could see the dark night outside. A man stood there smoking. The cigarette in his fingers flickered in red.

She quietly propped herself up and wanted to get up. Although she made no sound, the man suddenly turned around and walked towards her. He crouched down to look at her and said in a hoarse voice, “Are you feeling better?”

Xia Xiaowan asked, “Where am I?”

“Hotel.” Jiang Kaiwei said, “You must be hungry. Do you want to eat something? You haven’t eaten anything all day.”

Xia Xiaowan leaned against the headboard and looked at him listlessly. “Why am I here?” She only remembered that she was in the botanical garden. It was still a sunny morning then. But now it was night. What happened?

Jiang Kaiwei slowly explained to her, “You fainted when you were in the botanical garden. I sent you to the hospital. The doctor said that you were a little weak and had a heatstroke. You woke up not long after lying in the hospital and said that you did not want to stay in the hospital. I asked you where you wanted to go. You did not say anything and only said that you wanted to leave. When I took you to the car, you fell asleep in the car. Then I brought you to the hotel.”

“Heatstroke?” Xia Xiaowan looked at him in disbelief. “It’s not summer. Why did I get heatstroke?”

“The doctor said that your wedding dress was very tight. You didn’t eat anything and were exposed to the sun, so you got heatstroke.”

Xia Xiaowan was still a little suspicious. When she looked down and saw her clothes, she widened her eyes in surprise. “My clothes…”

Jiang Kaiwei quickly raised his hand. “I didn’t touch you. You looked uncomfortable wearing that dress. So I asked the waiter to change it for you.”

Xia Xiaowan looked at him warily. “Why are you doing this? What is your purpose?”

“Xiaowan,” Jiang Kaiwei tried to hold her hand. “You scared me to death.”

Xia Xiaowan was so scared that her entire body coiled up into a ball. Her brows furrowed and she felt even stranger. “Jiang Kaiwei, you are putting on an act. What are you trying to do?”

Jiang Kaiwei was afraid of scaring her, so he stayed away from her further. “We’ll talk about this later. I’ll get someone to bring food over.” As he spoke, he picked up the phone at the head of the bed and briefly said a few words.

Xia Xiaowan said, “I don’t want to eat your food. I want to go home.”

“If you want to go home, you should eat something first.” Jiang Kaiwei stood by the bed and looked at her. “I’m afraid you will faint again on the way home. Besides, your stomach is not good. If you don’t eat for such a long time, you will get sick.”

Xia Xiaowan sneered, “What does it have to do with you whether I’m sick or not? Stop pretending to be kind and considerate.”

Jiang Kaiwei sighed softly. “I know you don’t want to see me. Don’t get agitated. I’ll just go out.” After that, he really opened the door and went out.

Xia Xiaowan was surprised. She had never seen such a humble Jiang Kaiwei. Even when they were intimate in the past, he was always arrogant and bossy. Why was he so humble now? What happened?

She opened the quilt and got out of bed. Probably because she had been lying down for too long, when she stood up, she felt a little dizzy. She bent over to hold the bed and slowly moved herself to the sofa to sit down. Then she pulled open the curtains with one hand.

It shouldn’t be very late. The street lamps had just been on. The light wasn’t very bright and appeared faint.

Someone politely knocked at the door three times. Xia Xiaowan did not respond. The person outside waited for a while and knocked three more times. However, she still did not respond. The door gently opened and a dining car was slowly pushed in. A waiter in uniform greeted her respectfully and politely, “Miss Xia, your dinner is here. Do you need anything else?”

Xia Xiaowan shook her head. The waiter tilted his body slightly and turned to leave.

Xia Xiaowan opened the big lid of the dining car and saw the creamy white rice porridge, the fragrant chicken soup, and her favorite little wonton. All appetizers were good for the stomach.

It seemed that Jiang Kaiwei had put in a lot of effort. But Xia Xiaowan just sneered. Did he think that she would forget the blood feud for a few sugar-coated bullets? No way!

Since the dinner was already brought to her, why didn’t she eat it? She could only continue to take revenge after she nourished her body!

Not having eaten anything the whole day, she was really hungry. Xia Xiaowan first drank chicken soup, then ate some wonton, and then ate some white rice porridge with the appetizers. She ate very slowly. When she put down the bowl and chopsticks, another hour passed.

After eating and drinking to her heart’s content, she felt a little better. She walked to the terrace to enjoy the wind. Seeing the buildings around, she knew that she was at the Jinxiu Hotel in the center of the city. This was the property of the Jiang Group. A long time ago, she came here and committed the deepest sin of her life.

That night, he raised his hand. She was fearless and watched unfeelingly as the hand slapped her face. With a crisp sound, she was beaten to the ground. She held her face and trembled. She could not believe it. She could not believe it anyway. Her internal organs felt severe pain as they twisted together. But she did not dare to make too much noise because his appearance was so frightening. She could not bear his anger.

His voice was cold to the bone. “Xia Xiaowan, why are you so shameless? I have clearly said that I don’t like you. Why are you pestering me like this? I hate you whenever I see you. Do you know that you make me feel disgusted?”

She had recalled this scene many times. Although it had already made her a little numb, she just could not forget it.

She stepped on the small stone slab protruding from the guardrail with one foot and raised the other foot. Just as she was about to step over the guardrail, a figure suddenly rushed to her like a whirlwind and carried her down. The man roared angrily, “What are you doing?”

Xia Xiaowan was suffocated by his arm. Her stomach, which had just been filled up, was also uncomfortable. She pushed him hard. “Let go, let go of me.”

Jiang Kaiwei refused to let go of her. He swept his feet and closed the door to the terrace as he carried her back into the room.

Xia Xiaowan’s fists hit him like raindrops. Jiang Kaiwei instinctively let go of her. But in an instant, he tightened his arms again. Then he raised his head, closed his eyes, stood there like a wooden stick, allowing Xia Xiaowan to hit him.

After hitting him for an unknown period, Xia Xiaowan was finally exhausted. She raised her hand and weakly slapped Jiang Kaiwei’s face. Then, she put it down and gasped for breath. She looked down tiredly and said softly, “Let go of me. My stomach is uncomfortable.”

Jiang Kaiwei immediately let go of her and helped her to sit on the sofa, pouring her a cup of water.

Xia Xiaowan didn’t take it and stared at him coldly. “Why don’t you let go of me?”

Jiang Kaiwei turned around and said, “If you had said earlier that your stomach was uncomfortable, I would have let go of you.”

“I asked you why you didn’t let go of me.” Xia Xiaowan asked.

Jiang Kaiwei sat down and rubbed his face. “I know you hate me, so I allowed you to hit me.”

“Why did you allow me to hit you?” Xia Xiaowan asked again, “Why are you so strange today? Don’t you hate me? Didn’t you want me to die? Why did you suddenly change your mind?”

“I never thought of letting you die. I used to hate you.” Jiang Kaiwei turned around and his expression was complex. “But now I don’t hate you. Instead, I hate myself. I’m sorry, Xiaowan. I know you won’t forgive me. But I still hope to apologize to you formally.”

Xia Xiaowan looked at him in shock. “Jiang Kaiwei, what do you mean? Speak clearly.”

“I went to America.”

“I know. Gu Nianbin worked with an American company to attack your overseas company. You went there to rescue it.”

“In fact, I,” Jiang Kaiwei paused for a moment before saying, “I went to California.”

Xia Xiaowan widened her eyes in horror. Her face turned pale all of a sudden. But she quickly calmed down. “Wherever you went has nothing to do with me.”

“I know, Xiaowan.” Jiang Kaiwei’s voice was filled with pain. “I’m sorry, I’m a bastard. I didn’t know that something like that happened. That child…”

Xia Xiaowan looked at him coldly and suddenly laughed. The more she laughed, the louder she became, as if she heard the funniest thing in the world. “Jiang Kaiwei, you are wrong. That was not your child but Gu Nianbin’s. A long time ago, you already knew that the child was Gu Nianbin’s.”

“At that time, I was possessed. I didn’t know what was wrong with me. I believed in rumors instead of you. I am a complete bastard.”

“No, your judgment was right. I lied to you at that time,” Xia Xiaowan heaved a sigh of relief. “You should keep on hating me. This is good for both of us.”

“Xiaowan, let’s talk about this later.” Jiang Kaiwei raised his hand to look at the time. “Are you sure you want to go home? Nanze went to my home and company to look for you. He guessed that you were with me, so he must be very angry now. If you go back, I’m afraid…”

Xia Xiaowan also thought of it. When she ran out recklessly and left a mess for them, she had already expected that Xia Nanze would get angry at her. What about Gu Nianbin? Was he also very angry?

Thinking of Gu Nianbin, Xia Xiaowan laughed out loud. Now that something like this had happened, would he continue to pretend to be a modest gentleman?

When she thought of the parents on both sides, she couldn’t laugh anymore. The ones she felt most sorry for were Gu Nianbin’s parents. They had treated her like their daughter since she was young. They treated her so well. But she did such a heartless thing to them.

She walked to the bedside and picked up the phone. After thinking about it, she put it down and said to Jiang Kaiwei, “Lend me your cell phone for a while. I want to tell my family that I’m safe and that I’m with you. If something happens to me tonight, you will be unable to be off the hook!”

Jiang Kaiwei smiled bitterly and handed the cell phone over. “My face was beaten swollen by you. What else can I do to you?”

Xia Xiaowan took a closer look at him. Jiang Kaiwei’s face was indeed slightly swollen. There were still vague finger marks on it. She immediately felt a little satisfied and called Xia Nanze with the cell phone.

As soon as the call was connected, Xia Nanze’s deafening roar came from the phone. “Jiang Kaiwei, where did you hide my sister? Tell me, or I’ll sue you for kidnapping!”

Just listening to his voice, she knew how furious Xia Nanze was. Xia Xiaowan frowned and took the phone away from her ear further. “Brother, it’s me.”

Xia Nanze roared even louder, “Xia Xiaowan, get the hell back home! I’d better slap you to death today!”

Xia Xiaowan said, “I know you want to do that, so I won’t come back tonight. Tomorrow I will personally go to the Gu family to beg for forgiveness. Tell dad and mom, don’t worry about me.” Without waiting for Xia Nanze to speak again, she hung up.

She threw the cell phone back to Jiang Kaiwei. “Alright, you can leave now. I need to rest. I won’t thank you for what you did today. I will pay for the lodging myself. Please leave.”

Jiang Kaiwei smiled bitterly and nodded. He slowly walked out and stopped by the door. “Call me if you need anything. I’ll stay next door.”

Xia Xiaowan angrily picked up the pillow and threw it over. “Are you crazy? Why do you stay in the room next door? Get lost!”