Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 70

Chapter 70 Did You Sleep Well, Boss?
The early morning sunlight climbed onto the windowsill, went through the thin veil curtains and lit up the dark room slowly. The room was in an extreme mess as if it had experienced a thunderstorm. A black bra was hung on a lamp, a man’s cotton sock rested on the armrest of the sofa, a wet towel curled up into a pile listlessly and a glass of water stayed straight in the corner instead of being knocked over. Clothes were threw everywhere along the way from the living room to the bedroom.

The bedroom was a mess too. Half of the wrinkled sheets were on the ground, a large pillow leaned against the wall separately, a round embroidered stool was knocked over and an embroidered slipper were on its side. The couple on the bed was sleeping soundly, and you could only hear their heavy and light breathing in the quiet room.

When everything was quiet, the alarm clock suddenly rang. The noisy alarm lasted for a long time, but it did not wake them up at all. Finally the alarm stopped, the room was silent again. About ten minutes later, the alarm clock rang again. The man frowned and reached out for the alarm clock on the bedside table. He skillfully pressed the button to stop the alarm. Then he fell asleep again.

Time ticked away. The sunlight finally moved from the windowsill to the bed bit by bit. The bright sunlight shone on the woman’s face, so she moved her eyelids and covered her face with her hand before slowly opening her eyes. She looked blankly at the big pillow beside the wall. Suddenly, her body stiffened and she slowly turned around. The man’s breathing sprayed on her face, warm and a little itchy.

Nina stared blankly at the sleeping man’s face. She never thought that one day, he would lie side by side with her. Even though he was asleep, Shao Boqing still looked extremely charming. The corners of his eyes were slightly raised, which curved into a beautiful angle. His nose was tall and his lips were moist and thin. His messy hair was hanging on his forehead, looking casual and lazy.

Nina thought to herself resentfully, even if he was asleep, he still looked so frivolously attractive.

Just as she was admiring her boss’s sleeping face earnestly, Shao Boqing suddenly opened his eyes. Seeing that Nina was so close, he was shocked and rubbed his eyes in disbelief. Nina smiled brightly and shook her hand gently, “Hi, boss!”

It was when Shao Boqing heard her voice that he believed that it was real. He stuttered, “Ni… Nina?”

“Did you sleep well, boss?” Nina’s smile grew brighter and brighter.

Shao Boqing anxiously lifted away the blanket and looked inside. In an instant, his uneasy expression turned into panic. Nina looked at him behave like that and said with disdain, “Boss, we’re both adults. There’s no need to be so shocked, right?”

Shao Boqing hadn’t come back to himself yet. He did not know what was wrong with him, but he had actually slept with Nina. Although he was a playboy, he had his own principles. Rabbits wouldn’t eat the grass next to their burrows. He never played around with female employees in the company! This was… what’s wrong with him?

Nina frowned at his silence, “Boss, you don’t want me to be responsible, do you?”

“No, no,” Shao Boqing shook his head immediately.

“Good.” Nina rolled over, wrapped the whole blanket around her body and got out of bed. Shao Boqing hugged his naked body and moved around on the bed, wishing to find a hole to hide in. In a moment of desperation, he grabbed a pillow to cover his body, and Nina was amused by his panicked look.

Seeing Nina left in the blanket, Shao Boqing quickly turned over to get up and tried to pick up his clothes. However, when he was about to get off the bed, Nina suddenly went back, leaving him nowhere to run. He blushed and sat down on the bed with a pillow in his arms. This was the first time Nina had seen her boss being so shy like this. She couldn’t help but laugh out loud and throw his clothes on the bed. “Boss, after all the women you had and you’ve become an experienced playboy, but why do you look like a virgin now?”

Shao Boqing pursed his lips and didn’t say anything, just holding the pillow tightly. He felt both regretful and hateful in his heart. How could he sleep with Nina? Why couldn’t he be calm now? He could always handle it with ease when it came to sleeping with women, but why was he in such a panic state and was even mocked by a little girl?

Only when he heard water running in the bathroom did Shao Boqing dare to let go of the pillow and put on his clothes. But he could only find one sock after searching the room for a long time. He was so anxious that he decided not to wear socks and threw the one in his hand into the garbage can. After taking two steps towards the entrance, Shao Boqing thought for a moment and then went back to knock on the bathroom door. “Well, I’m leaving.”

Nina was washing her face with bubbles covered all over her face, so it was not convenient for her to speak. After only two seconds, she heard that the door was closed. Nina suddenly laughed. Alcohol and sex, she had both of them and actually slept with her boss like this. If Zhou Ting knew about this, she would definitely laugh so hard! Nina put a mask on her face, sat in the bathtub filled with water and slowly closed her eyes.

It was extremely quiet in the conference room of the Gu’s Company, and everyone kept checking their watches again and again. It was already the time to start the meeting, General Manager Shao hadn’t arrived yet, but Gu Nianbin sat silently without any expression. The others looked at each other. Although Shao Boqing was usually casual and sloppy, he was serious about work. Today’s meeting was very important and would be hosted by him. However, even the president had arrived before him. There was no rational explanation for this…

Gu Nian’an had a cold smile on his face, looked around and said slowly, “President, will Boss Shao come or not? We can’t keep waiting like this!”

At this time, Zhou Ting was in the corridor and trying her best to contact Shao Boqing with her cell phone. No one answered the office phone. Shao Boqing’s cell phone was turned off. She then called Nina, and the latter picked up the phone but said she did not know where Boss Shao was. Zhou Ting noticed that Nina’s surroundings on the phone was pretty noisy. Nina said that she was on her way to the company. Zhou Ting asked why she came to the company so late. Nina answered honestly that she got up late this morning because she had drunk too much yesterday. Zhou Ting cursed on the phone and complained that neither Nina nor Shao Boqing was reliable!

After entering the conference room, Zhou Ting bent down and whispered a few words in Gu Nianbin’s ear. Everyone watched carefully but failed to read any information from Gu Nianbin’s face. He only said to Gu Nianjing, “Boss Shao is occupied and can’t make it today. Manager Gu will host today’s meeting.”

Gu Nianjing said yes, cleared his throat and began to preside over the meeting. The most important agenda of today’s meeting was to discuss the bid for the ecological park. Because the amount of money involved was too large and the returns were too slow, some people expressed concerns that the ecological park project would affect other projects’ cash flow of Gu’s Company.

Now that someone started the discussion with worries, the worries then slowly turned into objections. Gu Nianjing seemed to be very calm under these objections. He listed a series of data and examples, using facts to refute all the objections. Gu Nianbin looked at him from afar with a satisfied expression on his face.

The meeting lasted for more than half an hour before Shao Boqing came in and apologized that he was late. Only Gu Nian’an snorted coldly, the others who were present naturally wouldn’t dare to say anything.

The meeting continued. After discussion about the ecological park, Shao Boqing proposed to add the investment for the cooperation with Chenguang. In private, he and Gu Nianbin had already reached an agreement about this. Now it was only a matter of going through the meeting procedures. However, Gu Nian’an immediately opposed, “If Chenguang project can have an additional investment, then the Hexun project I’m responsible for should also have an additional investment.”

Shao Boqing showed him the data. “If your Hexun project can also have such profitable data, I will consider giving you an additional investment.”

Gu Nian’an said, “The investment for Chenguang is nearly double that for Hexun project. If I can have the same amount of investment, I can guarantee that I will obtain the same market share.”

Shao Boqing smiled. “Right now, the benefits of Hexun project are less than one tenth of that of Chenguang’s, but the investment is half of that. Do you think that with the additional investment, the benefits of Hexun will immediately increase by 90%? It’s simply impossible!”

“Give me the money and you will see if it’s impossible!” Gu Nian’an did not back down at all.

When they were arguing, no one said anything. One was the General Manager, and the other was the president’s cousin. It was not wise to offend either side, so everyone could only listen quietly. They looked on at the two’s quarrel with indifference. Gu Nianbin did not say anything either. He looked down at his phone and ignored their argument, just concentrating on texting messages to his little girl.

Shao Boqing was in a bad mood today, so his words weren’t as pleasant as usual, “Manager Gu, what do you want this money for? Haven’t you gotten enough money from the Hexun project?”

Gu Nian’an slapped the table. “Shao Boqing, speak it more clearly, which eye of yours saw me embezzle money from Hexun’s project?”

“Then do you dare to open the balance sheets of Hexun project to everyone?” Shao Boqing was aggressive.

Gu Nian’an sneered. “Don’t think that I don’t know what you’re up to. You’re obsessed with the marketing manager of Chenguang, so you can’t wait to invest more to make the beauty happy, right?”

Gu Nianjing couldn’t bear it any longer. He stood up and said to his eldest brother, “Manager Gu, don’t go too far. Everyone can see the benefits of Chenguang project. Boss Shao’s suggestion for additional investment is correct. But Hexun’s performance is mediocre. I feel that not only shouldn’t we give it an additional investment, but we should reduce its investment instead. Let’s raise our hands and vote on this matter. Raise your hands if you approve the additional investment for Chenguang project.” As he spoke, he took the lead and raised his hand.

Shao Boqing followed him and raised his hand, then almost everyone raised their hands one after another.

Gu Nian’an looked at Gu Nianjing with his eyes burning with anger which almost turned his face pale.

Gu Nianjing did not dodge his eldest brother’s glare and added, “Raise your hands if you agree to reduce the investment on Hexun project.” He still took the lead and raised his hand. Of course, Shao Boqing followed closely to raise his hand as well. Everyone looked at each other for a moment before raising their hands one after another.

Gu Nian’an snorted and was about to leave angrily when he was stopped by Gu Nianbin. “The meeting is not over yet. Where are you going?”

Gu Nianbin was very calm and looked straight at Gu Nian’an. To a greater degree or less, Gu Nian’an revered Gu Nianbin, so he angrily stomped his foot and returned to his seat.

Gu Nianbin lowered his head to finish his text to his little girl, and then cleared his throat to say, “Since the voting has come to a conclusion, the decision is made. Okay, the meeting is over.”

Gu Nian’an was the first to rush out of the meeting room. Gu Nianbin collected his documents and stood up. The screen of his phone lit up. He picked it up and saw that his little girl replied, “Yes, I want that very much!”

Gu Nianbin smiled. He was asking if she wanted to have scrambled eggs with tomatoes tonight. (Did any of you guys think it that way?!)