Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 57

Chapter 57 President, Image, Mind Your Image
Yang Liying was complacent about her trick when she saw the card Du Xiaoxian took out from her pocket. She was completely dumbfounded. Wang Qian and Liu Tiantian were not as knowledgeable as Yang Liying, seeing that Yang Liying was so shocked, they hurriedly asked her in a low voice, “What’s wrong?”

Yang Liying simply said two words, “Black Card!”

Wang Qian and Liu Tiantian were also stunned. Although they had never seen a Black Card before, they had heard that it was the king of cards with unlimited overdraft. Not to mention it was only a western meal, even if Du Xiaoxian wanted to buy this whole restaurant, she would just need to swipe this card!

Of course, a Black Card holder was the most distinguished guest, so the manager brought the POS to Du Xiaoxian in person and asked her to swipe it. Yang Liying nervously stared at Du Xiaoxian to see whose name she was going to sign.

However, she was disappointed. Du Xiaoxian wrote her own name neatly on the receipt: Du Xiaoxian. Her handwriting was a little childish.

Yang Liying still didn’t give up. She took the card and checked the signature on its back. It was obvious that the flamboyant handwriting was not Du Xiaoxian’s. Taking a closer look, it didn’t look like Du Xiaoxian’s name, but Yang Liying couldn’t recognize the characters!

Yang Liying looked at the card and returned it to Du Xiaoxian speechlessly. With a deep sense of unwillingness in her heart, she asked, “Du Xiaoxian, who gave you this card?”

“My brother,” Du Xiaoxian replied softly.

“Who is your brother?”

Du Xiaoxian remained silent. Subconsciously, she did not want to tell Yang Liying about her and Gu Nianbin.

When Du Xiaoxian was restless in the western restaurant, Gu Nianbin felt the same in his office. She said she was going to call, but why hadn’t she called him?

Without going out to have lunch, he just sat in his office and decided to wait until she called. With his mobile phone placed on the table, he curled up on his large chair and stared at it without blinking.

Such waiting was too painful. Half an hour later, Gu Nianbin’s expression became gloomier. It had been so long since the classes in the morning were over, why didn’t she call him? Did she forget? Didn’t she miss him? He let out a long sigh and punched in the table, causing his phone to jump up. But then, coincidentally, he really got a call. The screen lit up and the ringtone rang. Gu Nianbin was immediately ecstatic and picked the phone up to put it at his ear. He deepened his voice deliberately, pretending to be cool, “Didn’t you miss me?”

The one on the other end of the phone was obviously stunned, and then he burst into wildly laughing with a very familiar voice. Gu Nianbin put his phone away to avoid the sharp and piercing laughter, then asked as if nothing had happened, “What’s the matter?”

Shao Boqing laughed so hard that almost twitched. He answered in an intentionally mocking tone, “I missed you!”

Gu Nianbin hung up the phone decisively and punched in the table again. He picked up the teacup to drink water, only to find it was empty. He wanted to buzz Zhou Ting in, but then remembered that she hadn’t returned from lunch. President Gu brought his cup to the tea room himself for a refill unhappily. A few employees who came back early from lunch saw him, and they were about to greet him when suddenly felt that the atmosphere seemed wrong. So they hurriedly flashed into the nearby office room.

Not long after Gu Nianbin returned to the office with the teacup, Shao Boqing came in. He put the dining box on the coffee table and said with a smile, “Look how much I miss you. I keep you in my mind even when I’m going to have lunch.”

Gu Nianbin held the teacup and ignored him. Shao Boqing sat down, opened the dining box and called, “Come and eat. Why are you acting so emotionally? It’s not your style!”

Gu Nianbin did not say anything, but he put down his teacup and walked to sit down on the sofa to eat. No matter how anxious he was, he still had to eat!

Seeing Gu Nianbin have lunch silently, Shao Boqing sat on his large chair with his feet on the table, and talked to Gu Nianbin as he rotated the chair again and again, “Why didn’t you bring your little girl with you today?”

“She went to school.”

“No wonder.” Shao Boqing raised his eyebrows and smiled teasingly. “No wonder you miss her so much! Just call her if you miss her!” As he spoke, Shao Boqing picked up the phone that Gu Nianbin left on the table. When seeing the message showed on the screen, he asked with confusion, “Has your account been hacked? You’re here at the office, but you spent money at the Changchao Clubhouse. What’s going on?”

Hearing this, Gu Nianbin quickly put down his chopsticks and went over to take a look. Sure enough, the text message reminded that there was a consumption of more than 6,000 yuan two minutes ago in the Changchao Clubhouse restaurant. The bill was paid by the Black Card he gave Du Xiaoxian.

Gu Nianbin gritted his teeth with a little bit of unhappiness. He was anxious waiting for her call, while the little girl was having a good time eating outside. But why would she go to the clubhouse? She was not a VIP member there! So there must be someone else going with her. Now that she had friends, she forgot about him. Gu Nianbin held his phone and gasped angrily.

Shao Boqing opened his eyes wide and asked, “Is it really hacked?”

“No, Xiaoxian spent it.” A moment later, Gu Nianbin calmed down again.

Shao Boqing stood up and patted him on the shoulder. “Alright, it’s only 6,000 yuan. Why are you so angry? You’re not a stingy person!”

Gu Nianbin took his hand off and said coldly, “Go back where you came from!”

“Wow! You are really angry.” Shao Boqing continued to provoke him regardless of the consequences, “I’ll give you the money back for her, okay? It’s not a big deal!”

“Get out!” Gu Nianbin grabbed a folder and threw it at Shao Boqing.

Shao Boqing ran towards the door as he continued to tease him, “President, image, mind your image!”

Gu Nianbin threatened to throw something at him again. Shao Boqing dodged out and laughed loudly. For so many years, it was rare to see the poker face Gu become so angry and embarrassed. Shao Boqing really felt great!

Zhou Ting happened to come back from the outside at the moment. Seeing Shao Boqing laughing wildly, she couldn’t help but frown, “Boss Shao, no matter how happy you are, you should pay attention to your image. I can even see your gums. Isn’t it disgusting?”

Shao Boqing didn’t stop laughing and pointed to the office with his mouth, “Go inside and take a look. It was your boss who doesn’t care about his image!”

Zhou Ting looked at him suspiciously. “What’s wrong with my boss?”

Shao Boqing said, “Forget it, you better not go in. Your boss is in a bad mood now.”

“Why?” Zhou Ting was even more curious. Why was Boss Shao so happy when President Gu was in a bad mood? Did he hold a grudge against President Gu?

Shao Boqing shrugged his shoulders. “No comment!”

“Aren’t you annoying?” Zhou Ting picked up the folder on the table and slapped him with it.

Shao Boqing blocked the attack and shook his head. “You’re exactly like your boss, even the tool you chose to hit people is the same one as he used!”

Zhou Ting was stunned. Did her boss hit Boss Shao with a folder as well? How angry was he that he even used violence?

Shao Boqing walked away quickly when taking advantage of that Zhou Ting was in a daze. Zhou Ting quietly walked to the office door and looked inside through the crack of the door. Her boss was pacing around the room! Sure enough, his face was gloomy, and his eyebrows were tightly knitted. Zhou Ting had intended to go in and prepare a glass of water for Gu Nianbin, but after thinking twice, she decided that she’d better not disturb him right now.

Because of the Black Card, Yang Liying and the other two students became a little more intimate with Du Xiaoxian. After all, Du Xiaoxian had a Black Card while they didn’t. They were raised this way to judge people with money whether they were noble or humble. Even though Du Xiaoxian was like a weirdo with a mysterious background, she had money. Money determined everything!

Wang Qian held Du Xiaoxian’s arm affectionately and said, “Xiaoxian, we will follow you from now on!”

“Right, Xiaoxian,” Yang Liying echoed Wang Qian, “we are good friends now. Let’s go shopping after school.” Since the little girl was so rich, they had no reason not to spend some for her!

Du Xiaoxian would always feel flattered and nervous when being treated well by others. Looking at the three faces smiling at her like flowers, Du Xiaoxian nodded constantly. “Alright, OK!”

She had been lonely for too long and really needed friends. But after school, when she saw Gu Nianbin’s car waiting for her outside, she hesitated. She mumbled to tell them that she didn’t really want to go shopping.

Wang Qian said, “Xiaoxian, we agreed on this. How can you stand us up in the last minute?”

Yang Liying snorted coldly, “What? Du Xiaoxian, you think you can look down upon us just because you have money?”

“No, I …” She looked at the car in the distance and was anxious. Actually, she really wanted to go back and stayed with the young master, but she did have promised them to go shopping. It was really … a dilemma for her …

Liu Tiantian followed Du Xiaoxian’s line of sight and was shocked to find there was a Maybach parking there. Du Xiaoxian was indeed from a fabulously rich family. They were determined to have this little rich patron in grasp.

“Xiaoxian, what are you afraid of? It’s not like we’re going to eat you. Besides, you’ve already grown up. Your family won’t blame you because you play with your classmates. We’re not bad people!”

“Yeah, Xiaoxian, tell your driver that you’ll go with us. We’ll take you to have some really good food.”

Du Xiaoxian had no choice. She had promised them. Besides, she never knew how to refuse people. So she slowly walked over to Little Ding and told him that she wanted to go shopping with her classmates. She asked him to tell Gu Nianbin about it.

Little Ding was dumbfounded again. How could the little girl become so bold after just several days? However, he remained silent and just nodded when he turned the car around. Then he drove back alone to report to the young master.

Yang Liying and the other two girls took Du Xiaoxian to have ice cream. Du Xiaoxian just tasted an ice cream yesterday, and the wonderful taste was still fresh in her memory. She immediately got rid of her uneasiness and joined them happily.

Gu Nianbin had suppressed his feelings for a day. He had wanted to pick up Du Xiaoxian himself, but with the anger he decided not to go. Instead, he sat in his office and waited for Du Xiaoxian to return. It was almost the time when someone knocked on the door. Gu Nianbin suppressed his emotions and said indifferently, “Come in.”

Seeing Little Ding come in alone and shut the door casually, Gu Nianbin’s face darkened. “Where is she?”

Little Ding’s heart trembled with fear and he hurriedly reported, “Xiaoxian said she wanted to go shopping with her classmates and asked me to pick her up later.”

Gu Nianbin closed his eyes and said solemnly, “Get out.”

Little Ding immediately fled. He still couldn’t help but shiver when he had gotten outside. Zhou Ting looked at him and shook her head. “You dare to go in without bringing her back. I really admire your courage!”

Little Ding had thought that Du Xiaoxian was Gu Nianbin’s favorite now, so he could not offend her. She could just do whatever she wanted. Therefore, he said nothing when Du Xiaoxian told him to pick up her later. But now, it seemed that he was wrong. If he made Du Xiaoxian angry, she couldn’t do anything to him. But if he made the young master angry, he would be in big trouble.

“What are you still standing there for? Find her and take her back now!” Zhou Ting had suffered enough from the depressing environment in the office. She was expecting Du Xiaoxian to come back to save them as soon as possible. But she didn’t expect Little Ding to be so unreliable. He actually didn’t see through that their boss had been worrying about that little girl all day. How could he fail to bring her back.

“Where can I find her?” Little Ding asked with a bitter face. “How would I know where she went?”

Zhou Ting sighed and said, “No wonder you could only be a humble driver for your whole life!”

Little Ding lowered his head and didn’t talk back. He had nothing to say. With such a dull brain, what else could he do other than being a driver?