Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 374

Chapter 374 Is It Okay If I Stay at Home with You?

Du Xiaoxian fell into a deep sleep. Like a traveler who had been wandering for a long time and was returning to her mother’s arms, she let go of all her defenses. She felt safe and sound.

When she woke up, she didn’t know what time it was because the curtains were closed and the room was completely dark.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Gu Nianbin with a faint smile on his face. Du Xiaoxian felt a little embarrassed to be in such close quarters to him. Her reflexes were always a little slow. The scenes from last night gradually became clearer to her at that moment. Her face suddenly turned red. She held the blanket tightly and slowly inched under it.

The man didn’t say anything. He still had a faint smile on his face. When she was about to move to the edge of the bed, he stretched out his arm and easily pulled her back. “Where are you going?”

“I… I’m getting out of bed.”

“You can get up.” He propped himself up and looked at her teasingly. “But you have to answer two questions. If I’m satisfied with your answers, I’ll let you go.”

“W-What?!” Du Xiaoxian was so nervous that her heart was pounding. Her intuition told her that it was not a good thing.

“First question, why did you come to my room last night?”

“What happened is in the past. Do you really need to ask?” Du Xiaoxian glanced at him. Despite a few years of not seeing him, his bad sense of humor still had not changed.

“Speak.” Seeing that she was silent, Gu Nianbin gave her some direction. “Why did you come to my room in the middle of the night and take your clothes off?”

Even if he beat Du Xiaoxian to death, she wouldn’t answer him. She bit her lip in shyness and didn’t say anything.

“So, you’re not going to answer?” Gu Nianbin raised his eyebrows. The threat in his voice was obvious.

Du Xiaoxian didn’t say anything. What could he do about it, anyway? Just as this thought came to her mind, a large hand slipped under the blanket. She sighed softly. Her expression became one of even more shy and embarrassed. She trembled as she spoke, “Don’t, please don’t…”

“Speak. What were you up to?”

“I was…” Du Xiaoxian bit her lip. She could not say it.

“Did you want me?”

“…” Du Xiaoxian looked at him in embarrassment. This was really…

“Yes or no?” He started applying more pressure with his hand.

“Ah!” Du Xiaoxian gasped softly and quickly agreed, “Yes, yes.”

The man was still dissatisfied. “What did you want? Tell me everything.”

“Yes, I wanted you.” This was the most daring thing she had ever said in her life. She wished that she could immediately dig a hole and jump into it.

“Well, since you’re being so honest, I’ll satisfy you.” After saying that, he pinned her under his body forcefully.

It was raining again outside. The rain was getting heavier and heavier. It sounded like someone was pelting soybeans on the windowsill. The strong wind whistled past, and the branches rustled. The faint sound of thunder in the sky could be heard. Du Xiaoxian could not hear it clearly. No matter how noisy it was outside, it was not as loud as the noise inside. She shouted at the top of her lungs because she felt that she was about to break because of Gu Nianbin. How could she not break when he was doing this to her?

But when the room quieted down, she was pleasantly surprised to find that her hands and feet were fine. Nothing was broken.

The man even praised her with a smile, “Your body is becoming more and more flexible.”

She lay there weakly and looked at him angrily. She almost spat at him. A few years ago, the man was a beast in bed. Now, he was worse than a beast!

“What’s the second question?” Du Xiaoxian asked cautiously and fearfully.

“You’re trying to talk when you haven’t even caught your breath?” He pulled her up and placed her against his chest. He brought the cup of water from the bedside table over and said thoughtfully, “Drink some water.”

Du Xiaoxian was exhausted. She almost collapsed. Of course, it was good to drink water. She drank half a glass in one go before stopping. She rested in his arms for a while. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly heard Gu Nianbin’s phone ring.

Gu Nianbin glanced at the flashing number on the screen before bringing the phone to his ear and answering the call. “It’s me. I won’t be coming today. Yes, let President Shao host it.”

When she heard what he said, Du Xiaoxian asked, “Why aren’t you going to work today?”

“I can’t go.” The man threw his phone on the bedside table and said with a faint smile, “Someone trapped me.”

“Huh?” Du Xiaoxian did not understand. “You’re so powerful. Who could possibly trap you?”

His lecherous gaze swept over her, and Du Xiaoxian finally understood. “Are you saying that I… I’m not trapping you… Hey! How can you…” Blushing, she broke free from his embrace and wrapped herself tightly under the blankets.

She was always slow to understand things. It would always take her a quick second before she understood certain things.

The man chuckled and got out of bed to smoke a cigarette by the window.

Du Xiaoxian secretly looked at the time on his phone and sat up in shock. The blanket slid down from her shoulders. She hurriedly pulled it up and said anxiously, “It’s already so late, but we haven’t cooked yet. What should we do? What are we going to eat for lunch?”

Gu Nianbin laughed. “Isn’t that simple? Let’s eat each other.”

Du Xiaoxian glanced at him angrily and thought, “Does this mean that we’ve made up now?” The gloomy expression on his face finally disappeared. There was the long-lost doting smile on his face, but his tone was not as gentle as before.

She sat up, wrapped herself in the sheets, and carefully examined herself again. After making sure there was nothing wrong, she got out of bed.

Gu Nianbin tossed the cigarette butt and walked over. “Where are you going?”

“I’m going to wash up and get dressed.”

“Wait.” The man pressed her shoulders. “Don’t forget that I still have a second question.”

Du Xiaoxian trembled and looked at him suspiciously. “What’s the second question?”

“Last night, I said I would teach you how to kiss. Have you got it after all that practice last night?”

“Umm.” Du Xiaoxian thought about it and nodded slowly. “Yes, I got it.” She was afraid that if she said that she still didn’t get it, Gu Nianbin would teach her on the spot. Hence, she fibbed.

“Not bad, you’ve improved.” He looked at her with satisfaction. “Kiss me now.”

Du Xiaoxian’s eyes widened in surprise. Why did he always keep asking for this? It was like it was as simple as drinking water!

“No.” She wrapped herself in the sheets and wanted to slip away.

He did not force her. The corner of his mouth curved upward as he pulled the bedsheet, unwrapping it from Du Xiaoxian.

She knew that the consequences of going against him would not be good. Du Xiaoxian had no choice but to stand on her tiptoes and kiss him.

Fortunately, he was satisfied. He was not as beastly as she imagined. He only carried her by the waist and took her to the bathroom to take a bath.

After drawing the bath, he left. Du Xiaoxian lay in the bathtub and let out a long sigh. She thought that it was finally over. It was very comfortable in the bath. Gu Nianbin suddenly came back and entered the bathtub without a word.

She quickly crawled out. “I’m done. I’ll go out first.”

“Why are you in such a hurry? Let’s bathe together.” He pressed her down with a wicked smile. He was “beast” once again.

Du Xiaoxian thought she was going to drown. After this battle, she really had no strength left. She let him wash her, dry her, get her dressed, and then carry her downstairs to put her on the sofa. He turned on the TV so she could watch it and then went to the kitchen to cook.

Du Xiaoxian slowly turned to look at the clock on the wall. It was already two o’clock in the afternoon. When the meal was ready, would it be lunch or dinner?

It didn’t take as much time as she had imagined. After a few minutes, Gu Nianbin came out with two bowls of noodle and told her to eat.

Du Xiaoxian was starving. When she smelled the fragrance of the beef noodle, she felt hungry again. Although she could cook a bowl of beef noodle for herself, she still looked forward to the noodle Gu Nianbin cooked. After all, she hadn’t eaten it for a long time. She didn’t know if it would taste the same as it did in her memory.

The fragrance was even stronger now that the noodle was right in front of her. Du Xiaoxian could not wait to have a bite. As a result, she burned her mouth. She jumped and screamed.

“What’s the hurry?” Gu Nianbin came out of the kitchen with the side dishes. Seeing her like this, he angrily glared at her. “Serves you right!”

In the end, he was still concerned about her. “Come over here. I want to see if you burned yourself or not,” he said as he raised her chin.

“It’s fine, it doesn’t matter.” Du Xiaoxian stuck out her tongue and mumbled.

“Stick it out so I can see.” Gu Nianbin insisted.

Du Xiaoxian saw that his expression looked dangerous, so she decided to stick out her tongue. Gu Nianbin narrowed his eyes and looked carefully. He then said, “Fortunately, it’s only a little red. It’ll be fine in a few days.”

“I told you it was fine. Why did you insist on looking?”

“Pipe down. Quickly eat the noodle.” Gu Nianbin sat down and ignored her. He immersed himself in eating the noodle.

Du Xiaoxian found it strange. They seemed to have reconciled, but the man’s attitude toward her was still unpredictable. She sighed faintly. She really missed the gentle Gu Nianbin from the past!

It was a very soft sound, but he heard it. He looked up and glanced at her. “Why did you sigh?”

“I’m happy that we can eat and talk like this, just like before,” answered Du Xiaoxian.

Gu Nianbin looked at her as if he was waiting for her to continue.

Du Xiaoxian hesitated for a while and finally called him, “Dear.” Gu Nianbin looked quite calm, but his eyes were inexplicably red.

Gu Nianbin patted the back of her hand. “You can talk after finishing the noodle, or else the noodle will be wasted.”

Du Xiaoxian stopped talking and obediently lowered her head to slurp the noodle. In fact, she could not open her mouth to speak up again. The sadness had surged. If she said anything more, she would cry.

The two of them didn’t say anything and quietly ate their noodle.

The clock on the wall rang, and with a ding, it broke the silence. The two raised their heads at the same time. It rang twice more. It turned out that it was now three in the afternoon.

Du Xiaoxian said, “It’s three o’clock. Are you going to work in the afternoon?”

“I’m not going. I’ll stay at home with you, okay?” Gu Nianbin said with a smile.

His gentle smile was like the warm sun in winter, making her want more. Du Xiaoxian watched him in a trance.

Gu Nianbin’s smile deepened as he pinched her face. “Have you never seen a handsome man?”

Du Xiaoxian laughed foolishly and pulled a tissue to wipe her mouth. “Then, what are we gonna do this afternoon?”

Gu Nianbin laughed. “I can do whatever you want.” He also took a tissue to wipe his mouth and said with a smirk, “How about I ‘serve’ you once again?”

“No.” Du Xiaoxian refused decisively.

“Then can you ‘serve’ me this time?”

“Oh, you’re really…” Du Xiaoxian was really thick-skinned. She couldn’t stand being teased by him, so she had to surrender.