Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 82

Chapter 82 What’s Wrong with Your Boss?
Shao Boqing heard something else in Zhou Ting’s words and asked, “What’s wrong with your boss?”

Zhou Ting thought for a while and said, “He doesn’t seem good.”

“What do you mean by that?” Shao Boqing shrugged, “I think your boss have never been good! He has a stern face all day long, and doesn’t say anything, just like a piece of silent wood.”

“Alright! How dare you say that about the president? I’m going to tell on you to him!” Zhou Ting shouted.

“Go ahead, even in front of him, that’s what I’m going to say.” Shao Boqing didn’t mind at all and lit a cigarette.

Nina, who had been silent for a while, tutted twice, “Boss Shao, please smoke in your own office. Don’t let the two of us smoke secondhand cigarettes.”

Zhou Ting opened her eyes wide to look at Nina, but Shao Boqing smiled and cupped his hands towards them, “Sorry, sorry, I’m going to my own office to smoke.”

After he entered the office, Zhou Ting exhaled a long breath and said to Nina, “Impressive, young girl, you dare to shout at your boss. I admire you.”

“Learn something,” Nina said proudly, “even though he is the boss, he still has to be reasonable, right?”

“I can’t do that,” Zhou Ting shook her head, “my big boss is not Boss Shao. If I piss him off by accident, maybe he’ll send me to Africa.”

Nina laughed. “I really thought it was cold in your office. It turned out that the big boss was in a bad mood and made the temperature reduced. You couldn’t stand it so you ran out.”

Zhou Ting said, “I wonder if he quarreled with his little girl. His expression was terribly gloomy.” She paused for a moment and then said, “Forget it, I’d better go back. If he can’t find me, then it’ll be another trouble!”

Not long after Zhou Ting returned to her office, Gu Nianjing knocked on the door and came in. Holding a large stack of files, he smiled and asked, “Secretary Zhou, is the president inside?”

“Yes,” Zhou Ting whispered, “but the president said he would not meet anyone. Manager Gu, you’d better come back in the afternoon.”

Gu Nianjing also lowered his voice, “What’s wrong with the president?”

Zhou Ting shook her head. “How do we know about the boss’s business? We just follow his orders.”

Since Zhou Ting said so, Gu Nianjing didn’t ask anymore and went to look for Shao Boqing with the stack of files in his arms.

Only a few minutes later, the Secretary Office’s door was pushed open again. Other than Shao Boqing, there was no one else who dared enter without knocking. Zhou Ting sighed. She really wanted to follow Nina’s tone and say, “Boss Shao, who made the rule saying that you could come in without knocking?” Unfortunately, she was not Nina, nor did she have the courage. She only revealed a standard smile of eight teeth and called out, “Boss Shao.”

Boss Shao glanced at Gu Nianbin’s door and whispered, “What’s wrong with him? Manager Gu said he was shut out. Is your boss really not in a good mood?”

“Of course it’s true. Why would I lie to you?” Zhou Ting pointed at the door. “I’m not joking. Don’t go in and find trouble for yourself. If you don’t believe me, just take a look through the crack of the door.”

Shao Boqing really went to take a look through the crack of the door, then he pushed the door open and went in. Zhou Ting did not even figure out what was happening. She showed her teeth and stamped her feet. This damn Boss Shao. She had told him not to go in, but he still went in. Later, when the boss blamed her for letting people in, it would be another severe criticism!

What a troublemaker! She cursed angrily in her heart and tiptoed to the door.

The room was very quiet. Zhou Ting found it strange that Shao Boqing didn’t say anything after he entered the room. Boss Shao always liked to provoke her boss, but this time he didn’t say anything.

Shao Boqing threw a cigarette on the table. Gu Nianbin glanced at it indifferently. He did not pick it up. Shao Boqing turned the lighter around in his hand, and he did not light the cigarette in his mouth. After a moment of silence, he took the cigarette off and placed it on the armrest of the chair with the silver lighter. He asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

“I’m fine,” Gu Nianbin said indifferently.

“Are you really fine?” Shao Boqing said in an aggravated tone.

However, Gu Nianbin was still indifferent, “I’m really fine.”

Shao Boqing nodded, holding the cigarette and lighter in his hand, and turned around to walk out.

Seeing that he was about to walk out, Zhou Ting hurriedly returned to her seat from the door. As soon as he came out, she asked, “Is my boss feeling better?”

Shao Boqing shook his head solemnly. “He won’t be any better.”

However, Zhou Ting chuckled and whispered, “Boss Shao, the expression of yours matches your sentence, you sound like my boss has some kind of incurable disease. It’s frightening to hear that.”

“What are you talking about?” Shao Boqing glared at her. Was there a secretary who cursed her own boss like this?

Zhou Ting hurriedly nodded and bowed with an apologetic smile, “Take no offence at a child’s babble! Take no offence! Please excuse me.”

Shao Boqing asked, “Why is your boss in a bad mood?”

“I don’t know.”

Shao Boqing lectured her, “As his secretary, you don’t even know this. How did you become his secretary?”

“As his good friend, you don’t even know this. How did you become his good friend?”

Shao Boqing glared his eyes, but Zhou Ting covered her mouth and laughed.

Shao Boqing sat down and frowned. He knew Gu Nianbin too well, so he knew that his expression like that didn’t mean he was fine, but he was not fine very much. Gu Nianbin was an extremely capable person who could control his emotions. It was only when he was unable to control his emotions that his expression became that frightening. Although Shao Boqing usually liked to tease him, he could tell when he should shut up, such as now!

Zhou Ting tried her best to recall and said, “When the boss came this morning, he seemed quite normal, as if after finishing reading the newspaper he became like this.”

“Where’s the newspaper?”

“At the boss’s place.”

When Zhou Ting said this, Shao Boqing remembered that when he had just entered, there seemed to be a newspaper on Gu Nianbin’s desk. Without saying a word, he stood up and left. There was also a morning newspaper in his office.

Shao Boqing turned over the morning newspaper for a while and found no valuable clues. He threw the newspaper away and closed his eyes to rest.

It wouldn’t be a work matter. No matter how tricky the work was, he wouldn’t be like this. Then it was about Du Xiaoxian, right, it should be about Du Xiaoxian! Shao Boqing stroked his forehead. What could happen to the little girl?

In the afternoon, Gu Nianbin still refused to meet anyone. Zhou Ting began to worry, eagerly looking forward to Du Xiaoxian’s arrival.

When Du Xiaoxian came to Gu Group after learning painting, it was already time to get off work.

The little girl looked the same as usual. Seeing Zhou Ting, she smiled and greeted, “Sister Zhou.”

“Xiaoxian is here.” Only then did Zhou Ting recall that the boss had told her he wouldn’t see anyone. Did this “anyone” include Du Xiaoxian? Zhou Ting was also afraid that Gu Nianbin was really in a bad mood because of Du Xiaoxian. What if she let her in, and the boss was pissed off? After a moment of hesitation, Zhou Ting said, “Xiaoxian, the boss doesn’t seem to be feeling well today. He is resting. Why don’t you sit here with me first?”

Hearing that, Du Xiaoxian was a little anxious. She really wanted to go in and see Gu Nianbin, but Zhou Ting told her not to go in, so she didn’t dare to go in. In her mind, Zhou Ting was in charge of that door. Only Zhou Ting let her in, she could enter. But if Zhou Ting didn’t let her in, she couldn’t enter.

Seeing Du Xiaoxian sit down, Zhou Ting dialed the inner line and said in fear and nervousness, “Boss, Xiaoxian is back.”

On the phone, Gu Nianbin was silent for a moment before he said, “Let her in.”

Zhou Ting heaved a sigh of relief, hung up the phone and said to Du Xiaoxian, “The boss wants you to go in.”

Du Xiaoxian rushed into the door with her schoolbag in her arms.

Gu Nianbin was leaning there in his seat, as if he was very tired. The way he looked at her seemed to be in a blank state. Du Xiaoxian hurriedly said, “Are you feeling unwell? Sister Zhou said you’re not feeling well?” As she spoke, she reached out to touch his forehead.

Gu Nianbin really wanted to say that he felt uncomfortable in his heart, very uncomfortable! But he didn’t say anything. He tilted his head and dodged her hand, saying indifferently, “Nothing. I’m just a little tired.”

Du Xiaoxian was stunned for a moment. Her instincts told her that something was wrong. He was clearly very close to her, but he was alienated. She could clearly feel the alienation that made her panic. She felt that something was wrong, but she was clumsy of speech and could not express what she wanted to ask. She kept silent for a long time and only said, “Let’s order takeaways home today and you don’t need to cook, okay?”

Since he was tired, she didn’t want him to go home and cook, and what she cooked was not edible, so they might as well order takeaways.

Gu Nianbin did not say anything. He pointed to the chair in front of her and asked her to sit down. Du Xiaoxian lowered her head and walked over to sit down. Every time she came back, he would hug her, kiss her, and ask her softly about what happened in school. He had never asked her to sit opposite and talk in such a serious way.

Gu Nianbin put away the newspaper on the desk and asked, “Was the dance fun last night?”

“Yes.” Du Xiaoxian was a little strange. As soon as she came back last night, she told him everything. She also told him that Jiang Kaiwei and Shen Li was also there, and she danced with Shen Li.

She remembered that she was talking about dancing very excitedly. Gu Nianbin watched her talking and laughed all the time. He also said, “Silly girl, there’s no need to let someone else teach you in the future. I’ll teach you.”

She asked, “Brother, you can dance, too?”

He touched her head and said, “Of course, what Shen Li can do, so can I.”

Then she looked at him with admiration, and then he kissed her…

As Du Xiaoxian recalled what happened last night, her face turned slightly red. Gu Nianbin felt bitter when he saw this. Was she uneasy? Was she guilty? Otherwise, why was she blushing?

“Did your friends go to the ball?” Gu Nianbin pretended to ask casually.

“Yes, both Wang Qian and Liu Tiantian went there.” Du Xiaoxian opened her mouth and also wanted to mention Cheng Mingchi, but looking at Gu Nianbin’s expression, she didn’t dare to mention him. Moreover, her instinct told her that it was best not to mention other boys at this time.

“Just the two of them?”

Du Xiaoxian hesitated for a moment and then nodded. The only hope in Gu Nianbin’s heart was destroyed. He closed his eyes.

If Du Xiaoxian could confess to him, even if she really liked that boy, it wouldn’t matter. He would let her make her own choice, but… She didn’t say anything, and she chose to lie. When did the little girl learn to lie? Was she still that innocent Du Xiaoxian? Was there anything else she’s hiding from him? Gu Nianbin suddenly didn’t dare to think any further. For so long, he had worked so hard and put in so much effort to weave all the beautiful things for her, but what did he get in the end? All he got was deception and betrayal!

Gu Nianbin opened his eyes and didn’t look at her. He said, “I’ll let Little Ding send you back, and you can order your own takeaways. I’ll go home for dinner.”

Du Xiaoxian nodded and obediently stood up. “I’m going to wait for Driver Little Ding outside. You should have a good rest.”

Gu Nianbin didn’t say anything. He just looked at somewhere in the void. Du Xiaoxian waited for a moment, but she didn’t hear an answer, so she could only turn around and leave.

Gu Nianbin’s hands on his legs unknowingly clenched into fists. He clenched them so hard that the joints of his bones turned pale, and his gaze froze like ice.