Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 52

Chapter 52 Modern Cinderella
Upon hearing the doorbell, Du Xiaoxian was so scared that she didn’t dare to breathe and wished that she could hide away. She and Gu Nianbin were in an intimate relationship now, so she was more at ease in front of him. But she was still nervous in front of outsiders. Moreover, she thought that the fact she lived with Gu Nianbin couldn’t be made known to others. She wanted to be with Gu Nianbin forever, but she had never expected to go public with the relationship with him, not to mention getting married and having children with him in the long run.

She didn’t know anything, but she did know that she was insignificant and humble. She could only hide behind Gu Nianbin instead of standing abreast with him in public. She was not eligible to do that, and she would never get the qualification. Therefore, she would rather not make their relationship go public and just stay by his side in obscurity.

Gu Nianbin took out the clothes and placed them on the sofa, checking them one by one. Zhou Ting’s taste was not bad. All these styles were suitable for Du Xiaoxian: denim overalls, fluffy crinolines hanging to the knee, and T-shirts with cartoon patterns… All of the clothes were cute and stylish. He looked up to the kitchen. There was no sound. But Du Xiaoxian did not come out.

“Xiaoxian!” he shouted out.

Du Xiaoxian appeared at the door immediately and popped her head to peek into the living room. After making sure that there was only Gu Nianbin in the room, she walked out quickly. Gu Nianbin carried her and placed her on his lap, pinching her face. He found it a little funny. “What were you doing, my little mouse?”

Du Xiaoxian smiled embarrassedly and said in a soft voice, “I’m not a little mouse.”

Gu Nianbin teased her, “But you are even more yellow-bellied than a little mouse.”

“Em, who was it?”

“Secretary Zhou. She brought you some clothes.” Gu Nianbin pointed at those clothes.

Du Xiaoxian could tell that the clothes must be new because the labels were still on. Subject to the deep-rooted saying, “No merit, no reward”, she wasn’t used to accepting gifts from others, even if the giver was Gu Nianbin.

Just as she was about to speak, Gu Nianbin already saw through her mind and put on a cold look. “These clothes are from me. Do not decline them.”

“But…” Du Xiaoxian felt it hard to go against her principles.

“Listen to me, Xiaoxian.” Gu Nianbin held her face and made her look at him. “You are mine and everything you have belongs to me, right?”

Du Xiaoxian blinked her eyes. As long as the Young Master wanted, she would like to offer everything she had, including herself, to him. So she nodded and agreed with what he said.

“Likewise, I am also yours. All my things belong to you as well, right?”

Du Xiaoxian blinked her eyes again. Could the Young Master belong to her? Could all the property of the Young Master belong to her? No, that wasn’t right. There must be something wrong. She hesitated and shook her head.

Gu Nianbin was a little anxious. “Why are you shaking your head? Don’t you love me anymore?”

Du Xiaoxian felt that Gu Nianbin seemed to be somewhat aggrieved, so she said immediately, “Yes, of course I love you!”

“That’s right. You love me, so I can offer you everything I have. I love you too, so you are willing to give me everything you have. We are with each other, and we’re supposed to be one. Don’t decline my gifts. Otherwise, I will be sad. Do you understand?”

Du Xiaoxian nodded in confusion. Gu Nianbin simply put everything on table in case Du Xiaoxian would decline him again in future, then he would be doomed.

“Xiaoxian, I like you. I want you to stay with me forever. You don’t have to do anything. I will earn you butter and bread. I’m a man. I am happy to buy things for you, do you understand? If you don’t use my money, I’ll be sad. I’ll be happy if you spend my money.” He took the opportunity to take out a Black Card from his wallet and gave it to her. “You can use this card to buy things. It has no limit, and you can spend as much money as you want.”

Du Xiaoxian looked down at the card in her hand and murmured, “But I have money!” Just as she finished speaking, she widened her eyes and said, “My luggage is still in the dormitory.”

“It doesn’t matter,” Gu Nianbin said. “Don’t worry about those things. I will buy you a lot of good things.”

Du Xiaoxian never wasted anything. Last night, when she was pulled away by Gu Nianbin, she still remembered that she hadn’t gotten the salary. The Young Master told her to forget about it too. But she insisted and got her salary. There was not much money, but she earned it. Why would she give it up? Although there were not many good stuff in her luggage, they belonged to her. She must take her luggage back.

Thinking so, Du Xiaoxian frowned. Gu Nianbin could tell from her expression that he didn’t convince her, so he compromised, “Alright, we’ll go get your luggage later.”

Only then did Du Xiaoxian’s solemn expression softened. Gu Nianbin said, “Do you remember what I said?”

Du Xiaoxian looked up at him. There was actually a trace of nervousness on his face. She smiled and put her arms around his neck, saying, “Yes, I remember. I will spend your money and let you support me.”

Gu Nianbin smiled and kissed her on the face. “That’s my girl. I’m going to the company this afternoon. Will you come with me?”

Du Xiaoxian actually didn’t want to part with him. After thinking for a moment, she said, “Will I distract you from work if I go with you?”

“No,” Gu Nianbin said and kissed the tip of her nose. “You will distract me from work if you don’t go with me.”

Nonsense! How could that be possible? Du Xiaoxian couldn’t figure it out and looked at him with doubts. “Are you joking, brother?”

Only Gu Nianbin knew that he wasn’t joking. If Du Xiaoxian wouldn’t go with him, he would miss her. He would be restless. Things like this had happened several times before he figured out his feelings towards Du Xiaoxian.

After Du Xiaoxian tried on all those new clothes in front of Gu Nianbin who loved to pamper her, it was almost time for him to go to work. Du Xiaoxian sat in the car and watched the scenery and traffic flow outside the window. Her little brain began to work. If she went to work with the Young Master, their relationship would be made public… That would be bad for the Young Master. After thinking for a while, she said, “Brother, how about I still call you the Young Master in front of others?”

“Why?” Gu Nianbin glanced at her.

“Because…” Du Xiaoxian wanted to say that because she was too humble to match him and others would gossip. Nonetheless, she said instead, “I will be more comfortable with that.”

From last night until now, Gu Nianbin and Du Xiaoxian had been hiding in their own world, cuddling together. He didn’t think too much about other things. Now that Du Xiaoxian mentioned about it, he realized that he overlooked too many things.

If his relationship with Du Xiaoxian was made public in the company, his father would find it out before long. Then, he would be laughed at by those people. He didn’t mind being laughed at, but he was afraid that someone with evil intentions would use Du Xiaoxian to threaten him. Du Xiaoxian was as naive as a piece of blank paper. She might not be able to distinguish the good people from the bad ones. He worried the most that someone might hurt her because of their relationship.

Seeing that he was silent, Du Xiaoxian called him again, “Brother …”

Gu Nianbin was struggling. He wanted to make his relationship with Du Xiaoxian public; otherwise she may think that he wasn’t serious about her. However, things could be a little bit tricky in light of the current situation. Once their relationship was made public, Du Xiaoxian would be overwhelmed by the rumors.

He hadn’t expected that things between them would develop in this direction. He was caught off guard by the strong feelings for Du Xiaoxian and barely had time to create a safe environment for her. After pondering for a few minutes, he nodded, “OK. Just do whatever you like.”

Du Xiaoxian saw his reluctance and said, “I’ll still call you brother in private!”

Gu Nianbin looked at the familiar buildings not far away and smiled. “Call me brother right now.”

Why? Du Xiaoxian blushed and quickly looked at Gu Nianbin, then called him in a soft voice, “Brother.”

“Love you.” Gu Nianbin reached out and touched her head to show intimacy. It made Du Xiaoxian feel like that she was a pet, but she actually liked this feeling because it was very beautiful.

Gu Nianbin parked the car in the underground parking lot and went into the special elevator with Du Xiaoxian. Only Zhou Ting saw them when they entered the office. Zhou Ting stood up and greeted him, “Boss.”

As usual, her boss nodded slightly and walked forward without looking at her. Instead, Du Xiaoxian blushed and greeted her, “Sister Zhou.”

Zhou Ting couldn’t restrain her excitement. She pulled Du Xiaoxian over to chat with her. She guessed it right. The little girl was indeed a modern version of Cinderella. The story must be quite exciting. She wanted to know the whole story…

Overwhelmed by the excitement, Zhou Ting even ignored the cold gaze from her boss. Du Xiaoxian was frightened by her enthusiasm and kept pulling out her hand …

“Don’t you have anything to do?” Gu Nianbin’s cold voice dampened Secretary Zhou’s enthusiasm. In an instant, she regained her senses and smiled sweetly at Du Xiaoxian. “Hang out with me when you have time!”

Du Xiaoxian nodded and quickly followed Gu Nianbin inside. Before the door was closed, Zhou Ting reached out her neck and looked inside. She saw her boss was taking his young lover into his powerful arms.

Secretary Zhou was excited. She found that her cold boss was actually also romantic inside. What would he want to do by holding the young girl…

Secretary Zhou was restless and felt that she would hear what she shouldn’t hear if she continued to stay here. Although there was no sound in the room, she could not control herself but imagine the sexy scene in her mind. Secretary Zhou finally decided to leave them alone.

She took a pile of documents to be distributed and personally sent them to each department. The department secretaries who received the documents were simply flattered and they nodded and bowed in gratitude.

In the end, Zhou Ting arrived at the General Manager’s office. Nina made grand gestures and twisted her slender waist, saying, “Hey, Secretary Zhou. Thank you so much for sending the documents in person. I should have gone to get them!”

Zhou Ting and Nina were good friends. Zhou Ting patted Nina’s waist with the documents and said, “Come on! Stop showing off your tiny waist, OK? I’m tired of seeing it!”

Zhou Ting was in ideal figure but her waist was slightly thick. It was not a big deal. But as long as she met Nina, she would think that her waist was extremely thick.

Nina giggled and took out some snacks from the drawer. She said with a bit of a show-off, “These are the gifts for my boss from the beauties and my boss gave them to me.”

Zhou Ting teased her, “Yoh, I’m so envious of your perks for working for GM Shao.”

Shao Boqing probably heard the laughter outside and walked out to join the fun. When he saw Zhou Ting, he asked, “Has your boss come to work?”

Zhou Ting smiled. “Yes, but you’d better not go to him now.”

“Why?” Shao Boqing asked in confusion.

Zhou Ting shrugged and spread out her hands. Two words were squeezed out from her mouth then, “No comment!”

Shao Boqing pretended to hit her and said, “Hey! Young girl, are you going to hold grudge for so long?” Zhou Ting laughed and dodged. “Has it been so long? General Manager Shao, the thing just happened in the morning, okay?”