Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 78

Chapter 78 This Is Not A Place I Should Be
Du Xiaoxian listened silently. She didn’t know why Xia Xiaowan was telling her this. This was others’ privacy!

Xia Xiaowan took a sip of the cocktail and said emotionally, “People admire our life because they saw us eat delicious foods, live in big mansions, drive luxury cars and go abroad for holidays. But I envy the lives of ordinary people, because at least they can choose the love of their lives freely. Watching the sunrise and sunset together, holding hands and growing old slowly with your beloved, only such life could be considered perfect! But it is a pity that…” She sighed, “For us, family interest always comes first. Nobody cares whether you’re happy or not. Nevertheless,” she smiled softly, “I’m actually alright.”

Hearing this, Du Xiaoxian raised her head. What did she mean by “alright”? Was she talking about her and the young master? She followed this line of thought, and the more she thought about it, the colder her heart became.

Only at this moment did she finally understand the meaning of all the things Xia Xiaowan had told her. Gu Nianbin was also rich, so…

In fact, she had never forgotten that Xia Xiaowan was Gu Nianbin’s girlfriend. She just did not want to think about it because it would make her sad. However, those things still exist even if she had avoided thinking about them…Just like now, they were so real in front of her that she couldn’t escape. Du Xiaoxian raised her head and looked at the couple embracing each other in the pool. They were so intimate that she could tell that the man liked the woman as much as Gu Nianbin liked her. However, they could never hold hands in front of others. Du Xiaoxian had conflicted on this problem once, but she let it go in the end. The young master was totally out of her league, so she would rather hide in the dark.

She was just afraid that Xia Xiaowan would find out the truth. This woman told her that she was actually alright with a gentle smile. Du Xiaoxian thought, “What she meant was that their relationship was actually alright. Perhaps…” She bit her lips, “Perhaps Gu Nianbin liked herself more, but he might like Xia Xiaowan as well”. She had seen Gu Nianbin speak to Xia Xiaowan, he was as gentle as when he was talking to herself. Although she was sad, it didn’t matter. She could accept it. The woman standing beside Gu Nianbin should be someone like Xia Xiaowan.

She just didn’t want hurt Xia Xiaowan’s feeling. She couldn’t imagine how disappointed Xia Xiaowan would be if she knew the truth. No more gentle smiles and kindness, right? She would hate her, definitely!

“What’s wrong? Don’t like the cocktail?” Xia Xiaowan asked with a smile when she saw Du Xiaoxian remained silent with her head low.

“No, it’s good.” Du Xiaoxian poured the wine into her mouth in panic. She actually drank all of it in one gulp.

Xia Xiaowan smiled and patted her hand, “Don’t drink like that. You’ll get drunk.”

Du Xiaoxian also smiled foolishly. She turned the empty glass over and watched a drop slowly sliding down. At this moment, a black shadow flickered and someone walked up to them, “Du Xiaoxian.”

It was actually Cheng Mingchi.

Xia Xiaowan said to Du Xiaoxian, “Your friend, right? Then I’ll leave you two to chat and take care of other guests. Have a good time.” She stood up and took away the cocktail glass in Du Xiaoxian’s hand.

As soon as Xia Xiaowan left, Du Xiaoxian relaxed, as if she had returned to the plain from the plateau where the air was thin. She smiled and patted on the chair beside her, asking Cheng Mingchi to sit down.

Cheng Mingchi also dressed very formally today. He was wearing a well-tailored dark suit and black-framed glasses, looking clean and gentle.

“I never thought you would come as well.” Du Xiaoxian said.

“Yang Liying invited me. Although I don’t want to come, refusing her will hurt her feeling, so I come anyway.” Cheng Mingchi said with a bitter smile, “Now I regret it because this is not a place I should be.”

“I shouldn’t have come either.” Du Xiaoxian said softly. Like Cheng Mingchi, she did not belong here.

“Let’s go to the hall!” Cheng Mingchi said, “It doesn’t seem appropriate to sit here wearing so many clothes.”

Du Xiaoxian felt the same way. Everyone here was wearing revealing clothes. It was indeed inappropriate for them to be here.

Cheng Mingchi led her through the crowd and met a waiter. He asked for two glasses of cocktails and gave one to Du Xiaoxian, “Can you drink? This is mild.”

Du Xiaoxian saw that it was the same as her last drink, so she took it and had a small sip.

Cheng Mingchi said, “Tasty as it is, this cocktail gets strong after a while. Don’t drink too much.”

“I know.” Du Xiaoxian smiled and asked, “Cheng Mingchi, do you drink?”

“Not much.” Cheng Mingchi also took a sip of the cocktail, “My father said that boys should not only study well, but also have a good body and a good alcohol tolerance, so that they can make a difference when dealing with people in society.”

Du Xiaoxian said enviously, “Your father’s expectations of you are quite high, right?”

“Yes,” Cheng Mingchi nodded, “My Dad gave me the name Mingchi, which means gallop and fly high in the future.”

Du Xiaoxian said, “Mother gave me the name, meaning that I am her little fairy.”

“Your mother must love you very much.” Cheng Mingchi said.

Du Xiaoxian suddenly raised her head to look at the sky. After a long time, she said, “Yes, she loves me very much. She is looking at me in the sky!”

Cheng Mingchi was stunned for a moment. Looking at Du Xiaoxian’s gloomy expression, he came to his senses and hurriedly said, “I’m sorry, I didn’t know…”

“It doesn’t matter.” Du Xiaoxian smiled, “She left me when I was very young.”

Then they walked around the swimming pool towards the hall and heard some noise coming from it. Cheng Mingchi stretched his neck and glanced at that direction from afar, “It seems like some important figures have come. Crowds of people are surrounding them, even reporters have come.”

“How do you know that reporters are here?” Du Xiaoxian asked confusedly.

“I saw the camera flash.” Cheng Mingchi smiled, “I didn’t expect there would be grand characters coming to Yang Liying’s ball, maybe for the sake of her father.”

Du Xiaoxian had always been afraid of big shots, so she hurriedly said, “Let’s not go into the hall anymore, just stay here.”

Du Xiaoxian did not know that the big shots were actually Jiang Kaiwei and Shen Li.

Of course, Jiang Kaiwei would not take the invitation for the sake of Yang Liying. However, hearing that Du Xiaoxian would also be here, Young Master Jiang agreed to come without hesitation. This time, in order to prevent himself from losing face in front of Du Xiaoxian, he dragged Shen Li to come with him. The Yangs was also considered a wealthy family in G City, but there was also ranks among wealthy families. Compared to the Jiang Family which was like an aircraft carrier, the Yang Family was just like a small sailboat, ranking way behind. Yang Yiqing did not expect that his precious daughter would actually be able to invite this big shot over. His face was red with excitement.

Originally, this was only a private party, so most of the people invited were Yang Liying’s friends. Therefore, they threw the party at their own villa. If he knew that Jiang Kaiwei would come, Yang Yiqing would definitely hold her precious daughter’s Debutante Ball at the most luxurious hotel in G City.

But as shrewd businessman, his brain started to work the moment Jiang Kaiwei entered the door. He secretly called the media and told them that as long as they came, he would provide delicious foods, drinks and even red envelopes. He wanted the pictures of Jiang Kaiwei and Yang Liying to be on tomorrow’s newspaper. No matter how Jiang Kaiwei and his daughter were really related, there would be only two kinds of guesses once the photo was published. Some people would think if Jiang Kaiwei and Yang Liying were somehow close. Others would think that the Jiang and the Yang Family have a deep friendship. Either way, it was a good thing for him.

Jiang Kaiwei was not interested in Yang Yiqing. After a few casual words, he pulled Yang Liying aside and asked, “Where’s Du Xiaoxian?”

Yang Liying looked around and only found the continuous flash surrounding her rather than Du Xiaoxian. She whispered to Jiang Kaiwei with a smile, “Mr. Jiang, don’t worry. I’ll take you to her.”

After saying this, she held Jiang Kaiwei’s arm and walked towards the side door. Jiang Kaiwei was about to shake off her hand when Yang Liying said half-jokingly with a coquettish tone, “Mr. Jiang, you can’t do this. It’s my birthday today!”

Jiang Kaiwei was well-educated, so he wouldn’t disgrace a little girl in front of everyone. Besides, there were so many reporters here.

Shen Li couldn’t help but laugh as he watched Jiang Kaiwei struggling to master his emotions. Jiang Kaiwei glared at Shen Li, but didn’t bother to scold him in front of Yang Liying.

Yang Liying took him to the pool and asked with a smile, “Mr. Jiang, do you

want to swim? There are new swimming trunks upstairs.”

Jiang Kaiwei stood in the darkness with a sullen face, “I’m not here to swim. Where’s Du Xiaoxian?”

With Yang Liying’s temperament, she really wanted to stomp her feet, twist her body and shout without caring about anything, “Are you blind? I’m a hundred times better than that little country bumpkin!”

But she couldn’t. The well-mannered young miss would not screw herself over. She would have a hard time inviting such an important figure over again, how could she offend him? No matter how angry she was, she could only endure it. If she offended Jiang Kaiwei, the Yang Family’s future would be ruined in G City.

Looking around, Yang Liying was still not able to find Du Xiaoxian, she said, “She was here just now. Maybe she has gone somewhere else. I’ll keep looking.”

“Forget it, I won’t take any more of your time. I’ll find her myself.”

Yang Liying didn’t want to leave, because she still wanted to be with Jiang Weikai and had a few more pictures taken. However, Jiang Kaiwei was a person who would lose his temper easily. His impatient expression was already warning her.

Yang Liying only hesitated for two seconds before saying, “Then you guys have fun.” then she left hurriedly. Jiang Kaiwei was rich and handsome, but his bad temper was also well-known. Therefore, Gu Nianbin was ranked first, but he was the second among the eligible bachelors in G City.

After Yang Liying left, Shen Li took two glasses of wine and handed one to Jiang Kaiwei, “So what if you find Du Xiaoxian in such a hurry? Didn’t she say clearly that you shouldn’t bother her anymore?”

Jiang Kaiwei took a sip of wine and said, “I just can’t swallow the anger. I’m richer than Gu Nianbin, and no worse looking than him. Why was her love for him so absolutely whole-hearted? Is it because she doesn’t know how to compare without common sense?”

Shen Li said slowly with the glass in hand, “Don’t think everyone was vulgar. There are people who don’t love money in this world. Besides, she knew Gu Nianbin first. The first impression is strongest. It’s normal for her to love him.”

“Normal my ass!” Jiang Kaiwei said angrily, “I can double what Gu Nianbin will give her.”

“What if Gu Nianbin gives her all he has?” Shen Li glanced at him and asked.

“Impossible.” Jiang Kaiwei said disdainfully, “She’s just a little maid. He would spend millions on her at most. Gu Nianbin is not so childish that he really wants to marry her. Even if he wants to, will his parents agree? Will those old men of the board agree? He will be killed by gossips and judgements!”

They talked as they walked forward. Shen Li suddenly stopped and pointed at the person on the bench in front of them, “Isn’t that Du Xiaoxian?”