Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 58
Chapter 58 I’m Sorry, I Was Wrong
Sitting in his office, Gu Nianbin’s face went pale with anger. He was worried and restless all day long. Whether his eyes were closed or not, he couldn’t get Du Xiaoxian’s face off his sight. But she actually treated him like this! He just… wanted to catch her back and beat her up.
President Gu was always confident in his own patience, but this time, after gritting his teeth several times to hold back his strong impulse, he still failed and picked up his phone to dial her number, gritting his teeth again.
Du Xiaoxian was enjoying her ice cream wholeheartedly and didn’t react when she heard the ringtone. Actually, Gu Nianbin had wrongly blamed her. She didn’t forget to call, she simply forgot that she had a mobile phone!
It was Wang Qian who reminded her, “Xiaoxian, is that your phone ringing?”
Du Xiaoxian didn’t realize what Wang Qian was talking about at first. But then, she suddenly got a brainwave attack and remembered, it was her phone! No, no, no … Her face turned pale and she hurriedly searched her schoolbag for the beautiful new mobile phone that was ringing with the theme song of the “Boonie Bears”.
Gu Nianbin never expected that Du Xiaoxian would keep the phone ringing for so long and didn’t answer it! Or was it because she was shopping so excitedly that she didn’t hear the phone at all?
Panting heavily, Gu Nianbin was so angry that he almost smashed his phone. Then the phone finally got through and a timid voice came over, “Hello?”
With blue veins jumping about on his forehead, Gu Nianbin wanted to shout at her, but the moment he actually spoke, his voice sounded as calm as the placid water, “Where are you?”
“I… I’m having ice cream with my classmates.” The moment Du Xiaoxian saw her phone, she remembered that she had promised Gu Nianbin last night to call him. So she apologized nervously, “I’m sorry, I… I forgot to call you.”
As he expected, she forgot it… Gu Nianbin took two more heavy breaths and said calmly, “It doesn’t matter. Have fun. Call Xiaoding to pick you up when you want to go home.”
Du Xiaoxian would rather Gu Nianbin scold her than talk to her so indifferently. She became anxious immediately. “No, I … I’m coming back right now.”
Gu Nianbin felt the uptight blue veins on his forehead eased a little immediately. He said, “Alright, give me the address. I’ll have Xiaoding come over to pick you up.”
Du Xiaoxian told him the shop name and then felt relieved all over. But she lost her appetite for the remaining ice cream. Gently stirring it with a small spoon, she didn’t take a bite for a long time.
Wang Qian asked, “Xiaoxian, are you leaving?”
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Liu Tiantian asked tentatively, “Is something wrong? Does your family not allow you to go shopping with us?”
Du Xiaoxian shook her head and remained silent.
Yang Liying said, “Du Xiaoxian, you have to pay the bill before leaving. We don’t have any money with us.”
Du Xiaoxian also felt sorry to leave early, so she took her card and the bill to the cashier’s counter to pay the bill without saying a word.
Looking at Du Xiaoxian’s back, Yang Liying whispered to the other two, “Little country bumpkin is quite easy to trick. After we go back, think about what we want and tell her tomorrow. She will be our ATM from now on!”
Liu Tiantian was not optimistic about this and said, “Look at how anxious she is. I’m afraid her family knew that we have her treat us a lunch and was calling her home to question her!”
“For only a few thousand yuan? I spend at least a hundred thousand yuan a month, and my father won’t even crease his brows.” Yang Liying curled her lips in contempt.
Liu Tiantian flattered Yang Liying, “How generous your father is! But not everyone’s father is as generous as yours.”
Yang Liying smiled proudly. But then she found that Du Xiaoxian was still standing in front of the cashier after a long time.
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Wang Qian and Liu Tiantian turned their heads together to see that Du Xiaoxian was on the verge of crying, so was the cashier girl. The three of them then ran over at once.
“What’s wrong?”
Du Xiaoxian showed them the bill. “Two hundred and ninety-seven yuan for three ice creams. Didn’t they make a mistake?”
“No. That’s the price,” Yang Liying said.
The cashier girl’s bitter face relaxed at once and she said, “This young Miss insists that we’ve made a mistake and refuses to pay the bill…”
Yang Liying felt a little embarrassed and said to Du Xiaoxian, “Just pay the bill. With a Black Card, do you still care about two hundred yuan?”
Wang Qian also said, “Yes, Xiaoxian, swipe your card. It’s only two hundred yuan. It cost over six thousand yuan for lunch, and I didn’t see you blink when you were paying for it.”
More than six thousand yuan… Du Xiaoxian felt that she was going to faint. Gu Nianbin just gave her the card yesterday, and she spent more than six thousand yuan today. If she spent money like water, even if she was given mountains of gold and silver, it wouldn’t be enough. Besides, she had never actually owned six thousand yuan since childhood. How could she spend it in such a foolish way? How would she explain to the young master when returned home?
Yang Liying became impatient. “Du Xiaoxian, if you don’t want to pay, just forget about it. Even though we don’t have much money, we can still afford to a two-hundred-yuan bill!”
Du Xiaoxian made up her mind not to swipe her card. No matter what they were going to say, she wouldn’t spend another penny. She had paid for more than six thousand yuan for the lunch! Although it was a little embarrassing to do so, she didn’t blush and just put her card back into her pocket. She said, “I’ve spent too much today. I can’t spend anymore.”
Yang Liying snorted coldly, took out three hundred cash from her wallet and slapped the money onto the counter, then said to the other two, “Let’s go.”
After watching them leave, Du Xiaoxian turned to the cashier and said, “Please give me the changes of three yuan. I’ll bring it to her tomorrow.”
The cashier said okay and handed over three yuan to Du Xiaoxian respectfully with both her hands. So was this what they called a miser with a Black Card?
Du Xiaoxian stood on the side of the road with her schoolbag on her back and waited for a few minutes before Xiaoding’s car arrived. She pulled the car door and got in silently. Xiaoding looked at her in the rear view mirror and asked, “Xiaoxian, what’s wrong? You were fine a moment ago, but why are you suddenly upset?”
Du Xiaoxian said with a worried expression, “Driver Ding, I made a mistake.”
“Oh, what’s wrong? Tell me about it.” Xiaoding became interested immediately. “I’ll help you sort things out.”
“The young master… Was the young master happy today?” Du Xiaoxian thought for a moment and asked.
“No. He pulled a very long face today,” Xiaoding answered honestly. He glanced at Du Xiaoxian’s miserable face and added, “Well, it’s fine. The young master will get angry at anyone, but he’ll never vent anger on you!”
“Why?”
“Because he likes you!”
That’s right, the young master did like her quite a bit, but… Du Xiaoxian thought, despite that he liked her, she did have spent more than six thousand yuan today! Who would stay cool about wasting money?
“What exactly happened? Hurry up and tell me!” Xiaoding couldn’t wait to get the first-hand news.
But Du Xiaoxian suddenly stopped talking. She recalled the four rules Gu Nianbin set for her. One of them was not to talk so much to other men. She had already done something wrong and couldn’t afford another mistake on top of that.
The car stopped at the building of the Gu’s Group. Du Xiaoxian started to feel nervous. She kept her head down and walked up the stairs silently. She entered the lobby, took the elevator and walked into the president’s office without saying anything. Zhou Ting greeted her but received a dispirited reply. The six thousand yuan was like a big mountain pressuring on Du Xiaoxian, and it was so heavy that she couldn’t breathe.
She knocked on the door lightly and heard a deep voice come from inside, “Come in.”
Du Xiaoxian hesitated for a moment and turned to look at Zhou Ting. She didn’t have enough courage to meet the card owner. Zhou Ting urged her in a low voice, “Go in, the boss is waiting for you!”
Du Xiaoxian braced herself and pushed the door open to walk in.
There was a fire of anxiety burning in Gu Nianbin’s heart, but he pretended to be calm on the surface, and he lowered his eyes to avoid eye contact with her.
Du Xiaoxian walked over slowly and called him timidly, “Brother.”
Gu Nianbin responded to her with a simple “em” when he buried his head in the data analysis, not even raising his eyelids.
Gu Nianbin was doting on Du Xiaoxian too much lately, but now he suddenly became so indifferent to her, it made Du Xiaoxian feel a little sad. Could it be that he already knew about the money she spent? But on second thought, she felt that it was impossible. Maybe the young master ignored her just because he was too busy with his work.
Du Xiaoxian was a sensible little girl. She silently turned around and walked to sit on the sofa, planning that she would admit her mistake after Gu Nianbin finished his work.
Gu Nianbin saw the little girl walk away out of the corner of his eyes. He almost went mad in his heart. Couldn’t she tell that he was unhappy now? Didn’t she even know how to act like a spoiled child? He had never seen such an unsophisticated girl, but… who was to blame that he liked her?
The two of them stayed where they were for nearly half an hour. Zhou Ting peeked inside several times, only to find the boss’s expression was still the same, and the little girl was sitting upright on the sofa without saying a word all the time. Zhou Ting couldn’t understand what they were doing exactly.
Finally, Gu Nianbin raised his head and reached for his teacup. But the cup was empty and he snorted. Du Xiaoxian hurriedly ran over and took the teacup from his hand. “Let me get you some water.”
Seeing the little girl run out quickly, Gu Nianbin heaved a sigh of relief. He finally broke the deadlock. But it was him who was angry in the first place, what was he doing… Where was his pride…
After a while, Du Xiaoxian came back and offered him the tea. She earnestly admitted her mistake, “Brother, I’m sorry, I was wrong.”
She was a good girl to admit her mistake bravely. Gu Nianbin finally raised his eyes to look at her, but still asked her in an emotionless tone, “What did you do wrong?”
Du Xiaoxian lowered her eyes and said, “I… I spent more than six thousand yuan today. I shouldn’t have spent so much money. Don’t be angry. I won’t do this again.”
“Bang!” Gu Nianbin pounded the table and left angrily. After all this, she thought that he was angry for the money! It was like a stab into his heart. Not to mention six thousand yuan, he wouldn’t even care if she spent sixty million… What kind of person did she think he was?
Du Xiaoxian was already nervous, now frightened by Gu Nianbin’s action of pounding the table, she even trembled her body and covered her heart, watching Gu Nianbin storm out. Tears flowed down her cheeks immediately. She knew that the young master would be angry. Six thousand yuan was not a small amount of money for anyone…
Zhou Ting also heard the sound from inside and realized something was wrong. She quickly came over to peek through the crack. However, as soon as she moved her face near the door, the door was opened, and Gu Nianbin was standing in front of her with a livid face. Zhou Ting had a quick reaction to step aside and smiled apologetically, “Bo… boss…”
Gu Nianbin didn’t even look at her and strode away.
Zhou Ting hurriedly looked inside. The little girl was standing there and crying silently! What’s wrong? Zhou Ting hurriedly walked in and closed the door.
Du Xiaoxian did not dare to make a sound. Her shoulders trembled hardly, and her hands were constantly wiping away tears. Zhou Ting just didn’t have the heart to look at this scene. How could the boss frighten her to such an extent? He knew that the little girl was timid. The little girl was really pitiful…
“It’s alright, Xiaoxian, don’t cry. Tell Sister Zhou what happened, okay?” Zhou Ting took a tissue to wipe tears for her.
Du Xiaoxian shook her head and continued crying.
Zhou Ting said, “Don’t blame the boss. It’s just how he is. Everything will be fine in a while. Don’t cry. Be a good girl…”
Du Xiaoxian wiped her tears herself with the tissue and sobbed, “I don’t blame him. It was my fault. I shouldn’t have spent so much money. I really didn’t know it was that expensive. If I had known it, I wouldn’t have eaten those food even if I was forced to.”
Zhou Ting was confused. Did the boss get angry at Du Xiaoxian because she spent too much money? No way, how much could a little girl spend?
“How much did you spend to make the boss so angry?”
“Six… six thousand,” Du Xiaoxian said and showed Zhou Ting six fingers.
Zhou Ting fell silent. Are you sure that the boss was angry for this six thousand yuan?
