Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 76

Chapter 76 Are You Going Out with Cheng Mingchi?
Du Xiaoxian went to school with the biscuits on Monday. As soon as she entered the school gate, she saw Cheng Mingchi. Strangely enough, since she met him, it seemed that she could almost see him every day going to and leaving school.

Actually Du Xiaoxian felt a little guilty that because of her, Cheng Mingchi was beaten up last time and fallen out with Yu Yuanpo. She ran over and patted him on the shoulder, “Cheng Mingchi.”

Cheng Mingchi turned around and smiled at her, “Good morning!”

Du Xiaoxian found that there were still light bruises on his forehead, but his mouth was completely healed. She did not ask anything and took out a small bottle of biscuits from her schoolbag, “Try some.”

Cheng Mingchi took a piece from the bottle and put it into his mouth with a smile, then he nodded and said, “It’s good.”

“I made it myself.” Du Xiaoxian said happily, “I drew all the patterns on them.”

“Really?” Cheng Mingchi took another piece and grinned, “No wonder they are so beautiful and tasty. I rarely eat sweets, but I think they’re very delicious.”

“Take a few more if you like.” Du Xiaoxian handed over the glass bottle.

Cheng Mingchi smiled and took a few more, saying, “Enough.”

Suddenly, a taunting voice came from behind, “Wow, how sweet it is for a couple to eat biscuits together!”

Du Xiaoxian knew it was Yu Yuanpo without even turning around. She angrily dragged Cheng Mingchi forward and whispered, “Ignore him.”

But Yu Yuanpo kept saying sarcastic things and followed them like a piece of sticky gum that couldn’t be shaken off. Du Xiaoxian felt that people were starting to give them strange looks.

She was too simply and naive to know what those looks meant, but Cheng Mingchi suddenly strode away.

Yu Yuanpo shouted from behind, “Hey, there’s nothing to be ashamed of if you two are going out!”

Vague laughter came from all around. Du Xiaoxian turned back and glared at Yu Yuanpo fiercely before running into the school building.

Wang Qian and a few other classmates were standing in the corridor upstairs. Seeing Du Xiaoxian coming over, Wang Qian went over and grabbed her arm with a smile as she whispered, “Are you going out with Cheng Mingchi?”

“No!” Du Xiaoxian opened her eyes wide. It was only at this moment that she finally understood what those strange looks and laughters meant.

“Still keeping it a secret from me?” Wang Qian said, “The whole school knew about it. Just now, everyone saw you give Cheng Mingchi biscuits.”

“I’m going to share them with everyone.” Du Xiaoxian took out the glass bottle of biscuits and said, “I brought it here for all of you.”

Walking out of the door, Yang Liying covered her mouth and chuckled, “We won’t dare to eat them. Save them for Cheng Mingchi.”

Du Xiaoxian became anxious and explained, “It’s really not what you think. We are just ordinary friends.”

“I know, I know,” Yang Liying said, “We all know that he is the ordinary boyfriend!”

Liu Tiantian laughed from the side, “Xiaoxian, I never thought that you would go out with the top student of our school secretly. You never even tell us about it, and you call yourself a friend.”

“I told you he isn’t, why don’t you believe me?” Du Xiaoxian entered the classroom angrily.

“Never mind. Stop it. Xiaoxian is very shy, you made her feel embarrassed.” Yang Liying said at a volume neither high or low so that everyone around could hear her.

Wang Qian glanced at her in surprise and followed Du Xiaoxian into the classroom without saying anything.

The simple Du Xiaoxian didn’t take this kind of joke seriously. She was simply too innocent to know that a large net was already being casted, in which she would be the only fish!

Du Xiaoxian spent her day happily at school as usual. By the time she finished painting class and walked out of the school gate, Xiaoding’s car was already waiting outside.

Du Xiaoxian gave the biscuits left to Xiaoding and said, “Try it. I made them with the young master.”

Xiaoding took it silently, but his heart was dripping with blood, “My noble young master, look what you’ve become now…a dessert chef?”

Xiaoding felt it was necessary to give Du Xiaoxian a wake-up call. Chewing on the biscuits, he said, “Xiaoxian, if you want to eat biscuits in the future, just ask me to buy them for you. Don’t bother the young master. He is the man who does great things. Now he has to make you biscuits in the evening after a long day’s work. How tired will he be? Will you be thoughtful?”

Du Xiaoxian lowered her head, looked at the glass bottle in her hand and whispered, “We didn’t make them in the evening. We made them in the daytime on a weekend.”

“That’s even more wrong,” Xiaoding said, “A two-day rest is precious for him, but he spends all the time making biscuits for you. The young master’s work is very exhausting!”

“Oh, I see.” Du Xiaoxian held the bottle in her arms, feeling a little depressed. She agreed with what Xiaoding had said, but she hadn’t been able to think of this.

After a while, Xiaoding calmed down and realized that he had spoken in excitement, venting his worked-up emotions just now. If Gu Nianbin found out that he had taught Du Xiaoxian a lesson, could he…still be alive?

Clearing his throat, he added, “Well, Xiaoxian, I have no other intentions. My words may be a bit too blunt and I hope you don’t take it to heart. Everything we do is for the good of the young master!”

“No, Driver Ding, you’re right. It was my negligence. I won’t let the young master make biscuits for me from now on.”

“Well,” Xiaoding coughed again, “let the young master make the decision. It’s useless for you to stop him if he wants to. I mean, just keep this between us…Don’t tell anyone else.”

Du Xiaoxian became speechless…Did this mean that there was going to be a secret between her and Xiaoding?

Xiaoding felt very uneasy not receiving any response from her, he added, “Huh?”

Du Xiaoxian answered in a low voice to show agreement.

But Xiaoding did not understand her and said, “There are no other intentions behind this, just don’t tell the young master about it. The less trouble, the better. Do you understand?”

“Yes.” Du Xiaoxian finally understood that Xiaoding was afraid that she would tell on him.

Seeing her entering the President’s Office, Zhou Ting gave her a big smile as usual, “Xiaoxian, you’re back from school? What’s in your hands?”

Du Xiaoxian took out the other bottle from her schoolbag and gave it to her, “This is for you.”

Zhou Ting took the well-packed bottle full of biscuits happily, “All of them?”

Du Xiaoxian nodded and took a piece from her own bottle for her to taste, “These are homemade. Is it delicious?”

Most girls liked sweets, Zhou Ting was no exception. The crispy biscuits were exactly what she wanted. She nodded vigorously while relishing the good taste lingering in her mouth, “Yes. It’s really good! You made it yourself?”

Du Xiaoxian wanted to nod, because she recalled what Xiaoding had told her. Still not being able to lie, she said slowly, “Actually, the young master made them. I just did the decorations.”

Zhou Ting stopped chewing suddenly, an image popped up in her brain in which the poker face boss was doing his best to knead the dough with an apron and a kitchen hat. The image was too weird and shocking for her to continue thinking about it.

Zhou Ting asked in disbelief, “Are these really made by the boss?”

Du Xiaoxian nodded silently. She thought that Zhou Ting would teach her a lesson like Xiaoding, but to her surprise, Zhou Ting hugged her and jumped excitedly, “So romantic, so romantic!”

Du Xiaoxian stared blankly at her. Why was Secretary Zhou’s reaction completely different from Xiaoding’s?

Zhou Ting calmed down a little, let go of Du Xiaoxian and stuffed another biscuit into her mouth, saying vaguely and emotionally, “In ancient times, Childe Zhuo Wen washed his hands to cook for his wife personally. Now Boss Gu made desserts for love, is it extremely touching?”

Du Xiaoxian was still dumbfounded and said, “Sister Zhou, I don’t want the young master to make biscuits anymore in the future. He will be very tired after work.”

“Little fool,” Zhou Ting patted her on the head, “Others would have begged for it, and you don’t want it? Can you imagine the cool Mr. Perfect like the boss making desserts? Can you? I can’t anyway. Be content, or you’re going to get hated!”

Du Xiaoxian smiled foolishly, understanding only a little. Secretary Zhou was envious of her!

“Alright, hurry up and go in, little girl. Don’t show off your romance and stir up hatred here!” Zhou Ting pushed her into the inner door, turned around and went to Nina with the bottle of biscuits in her arms. Since Du Xiaoxian was inside, Gu Nianbin wouldn’t need her for the time being, so she could loaf on job.

Entering the room, Zhou Ting ran into Shao Boqing before she could say anything. She opened her eyes wide immediately. Although his face didn’t change at all, Shao Boqing looked different wearing white shirt and black suit trousers. Seeing her, he greeted her seriously, “Secretary Zhou.”

Zhou Ting gaped at him. Was this man still that playboy? Why did he suddenly change his personality? Was he agitated?

“President Shao, your outfit…?” Zhou Ting gestured with her fingers.

Shao Boqing immediately lowered his head and checked, “What? Is there something wrong?”

Zhou Ting’s voice shook a little, “…was too plain.” She got used to Shao Boqing’s flamboyant taste in clothes, so a black and white outfit looked really strange on him.

Shao Boqing said with a serious expression, “We should wear proper clothes for work. What a disgrace would it be if you got dressed up all fancy?” Then he said to Nina, “I’m going out for a while.”

Zhou Ting watched his back as he strode away and thought to herself, “Who else in this building will wear fancy clothes like General Manager Shao?”

“What happened to him?” Zhou Ting asked Nina, “He is completely a different person!”

Nina answered lazily, “Go to the window. The truth is downstairs.”

Zhou Ting looked at her suspiciously and walked to the window. After a while, Shao Boqing came out of the building and walked towards the beauty standing by the roadside.

Dressed like this for a date? Zhou Ting narrowed her eyes and looked carefully, and she understood at once. She knew the beauty downstairs, it was Manager Fang of Chenguang Company!

Zhou Ting immediately remembered that time when she and Nina had the dinner with Shao Boqing. She slapped the windowsill fiercely, “He really steal other’s girlfriend!”

“You don’t say.” Nina said with a sarcastic tone, “How sad will that career man be! Shame on him!”

Zhou Ting didn’t say anything and just stared at her. Nina said angrily, “What are you looking at me for? I didn’t do anything wicked!”

Zhou Ting opened her eyes wide, “Why do I sense a bit of jealousy from your tone? You weren’t like this before!”

“Jealousy? Oh come on.” Nina curled her lips and said, “I just can’t stand this kind of things! He has absolutely no morals, that man.”

“Let me be fair,” Zhou Ting sat down in front of her, “President Shao only have loose morals when it comes to relationships, he is a person with integrity in other things.”

Nina seemed to notice what she was holding right now, “Are these biscuits for me? I’m on a diet lately, no sweets.”

“Don’t regret it.” Zhou Ting said mysteriously, “These are priceless love biscuits. Each one is a limited edition!”

“Love biscuits?”

Although there was clearly no one else in the room, Zhou Ting still looked around and lowered her voice, “Don’t drop your jaw for this, my boss made it himself!”

Nina, who was originally lazy, became excited instantly. She asked in disbelief, “Really?”

“Of course. The little girl told me.” Zhou Ting imitated Du Xiaoxian’s weak voice, “The biscuits were made by the young master, I just did the decorations.”

Nina stuffed two biscuits into her mouth and chewed on them hard, “I’m so…so jealous of Du Xiaoxian!” She said hatefully. She gritted her teeth while saying the word “so” loudly, spatting the crumbs of biscuits in her mouth all over Zhou Ting’s face.

Zhou Ting wiped her face with a tissue and complained, “Your boss is so sick, and so do you. It’s time for you to take some medicine…”