Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 86

Chapter 86 I’m Afraid I’ll Hurt You
Gu Nianbin was slightly stunned by such straightforward words. Then he laughed and said to the little girl very seriously, “It’s good for you that we sleep in separate rooms.”

“Why?”

“Because…” Gu Nianbin smiled, “because I’m afraid I will hurt you.”

“Brother, why will you hurt me?”

Gu Nianbin thought for a moment. “Let me put it this way. If you want to leave me and be with someone else in the future, then that man may be bothered by the fact that you slept with me. This will undermine you two’s relationship. Do you understand what I mean?”

“I won’t be with anyone else other than you.” Du Xiaoxian looked at him seriously. Her face became redder, and her voice also grew fainter. “And I… I hope to give you my first… my first night.”

Even though her face was so red as if it would drip blood, she still said it out loud bravely and looked into his eyes, hoping to know his answer.

Gu Nianbin felt like there was a tsunami roiling in his heart. He was touched, but…

He sighed and held her hand with a smile. “Alright, if you still want to be with me when you turn eighteen, I’ll agree.”

Du Xiaoxian smiled and answered “okay” loudly.

But Gu Nianbin frowned and looked at her. “Did you catch a cold?” Du Xiaoxian was speaking in a slight nasal voice all this time. He thought it was because she had just cried, but now it seemed it wasn’t the reason.

Du Xiaoxian nodded hesitantly. It seemed like a cold, but she didn’t take it seriously.

Gu Nianbin’s expression suddenly changed and he glared at her angrily. “What were you thinking? I was away for just one night, and you caught a cold. Why do you always make me worry about you?”

It seemed that the anger he had been suppressing was taking this opportunity to burst out of his chest. The more he spoke, the more furious he became. He was simply roaring, “Have you taken any medicine?”

Du Xiaoxian did not dare to say a word. She just shook her head.

“You are not a child, why don’t you take medicine when you’re sick! When will you finally grow up? Grow up now, okay?” With a heart burning with anger, he went to the closet and fumbled for the medicine box.

He had never been so angry and thundered at her so seriously. However, Du Xiaoxian suddenly was no longer afraid, and her mood was strangely getting better. She rushed over and hugged Gu Nianbin’s waist from behind happily.

With a stiffened body, Gu Nianbin choked on the cursing words he was about to say. After a while, he said angrily, “Don’t think you can get away with it by doing so. Next time, I will spank you if you still won’t cherish your own health!”

Du Xiaoxian rubbed her head against his back and snickered to herself, saying obediently, “OK.”

The unhappy event seemed to be going to end just like this. Jiang Kaiwei, who had been waiting to watch the fun, now was furious in Shen Li’s office and slamming chairs and tables. “Didn’t you say that Gu Nianbin would be pissed off? That he would get a blow to his pride and they would break up? What about now? Have they broken up? Tell me, what on earth is going on?”

Lying in the sofa with his long legs on the tea table, Shen Li said slowly, “Jiang Kaiwei, if you keep having such an attitude to me, we can’t talk about anything. Get out!”

Jiang Kaiwei opened his eyes wide and pointed at him fiercely. “Shen Li, how dare you speak to me like this!”

Shen Li didn’t say anything and just stared at Jiang Kaiwei’s finger that was in midair. Jiang Kaiwei suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart and took his hand back resentfully. Although he looked stronger than Shen Li, he was no match for him at all should they really fight. Shen Li used to be a special forces soldier who could fight way better than a young master like Jiang Kaiwei.

Jiang Group was the richest in G City. Jiang Kaiwei could show off in front of anyone except Shen Li. He always knew where to draw the line when facing Shen Li. Actually, except for money, he was no better than Shen Li with all aspects considered. Shen Li’s talent was too good for Jiang Group, and he was only here because of his friendship with Jiang Kaiwei. Although Jiang Kaiwei wasn’t usually polite when speaking to Shen Li, he didn’t dare to be so presumptuous. This time, he was too enraged to control himself from going too far.

He sat down, shot a glare at Shen Li and muttered unwillingly, “You really think that you are above the masses.”

Shen Li put his feet down and took the tea to drink. “If it were Xia Xiaowan, I wouldn’t be surprised by Gu Nianbin’s attitude. After all, he had loved her for so many years, but as for Du Xiaoxian…” Shen Li shook his head. “I underestimated his feelings for Du Xiaoxian. Since he could even put up with this, you’d better keep your eyes off Du Xiaoxian in the future. It’s not going to work.”

Jiang Kaiwei remained silent for a while and said, “Does this mean that Du Xiaoxian is very important to Gu Nianbin? If so, why should I give up on her? Only she can hurt Gu Nianbin.”

“If you hate Gu Nianbin, just fight with him in business. Why do you have to make use of Du Xiaoxian? Sometimes I really don’t understand you. Don’t you think it’s childish?”

Jiang Kaiwei sneered and said, “I don’t think it’s childish.”

Shen Li rolled his eyes and didn’t want to talk to this spoiled young master anymore.

Du Xiaoxian hadn’t stayed behind after school to learn painting for the past few days. She became a little worried about losing Gu Nianbin now, so she would rush to his company and stay with him as soon as the last class was over. Instead, Gu Nianbin no longer restricted her freedom. After school, it was up to her whether she wanted to go to play, go home or come to the company.

But sometimes Du Xiaoxian felt that it was not proper for her to sit in his office because there were always people who came in to talk about business with him. She felt that she was bothering Gu Nianbin at work. Therefore, she often stayed with Zhou Ting.

There were some fairy tale books in Zhou Ting’s drawer, which were specially prepared for her. Du Xiaoxian would always sit on the small sofa beside the wall, holding the fairy tale book and reading until Gu Nianbin got off work. If Gu Nianbin was alone in the office, she would go in every now and then. If there was someone else with him, she would stay outside. She had been reflecting on herself these past few days, feeling that she must have done something wrong to make Gu Nianbin get mad on that day. Therefore, from now on, she had to become sensible and wouldn’t make Gu Nianbin feel tired.

Zhou Ting saw that Du Xiaoxian had been sitting there and reading all the time and said, “Xiaoxian, take a break. Let me take you to Sister Nina’s office and play for a while.”

Du Xiaoxian and Nina had become familiar. Although Nina wasn’t as gentle as Zhou Ting, she was beautiful, lively and straightforward. Du Xiaoxian liked her very much.

As soon as they arrived at Nina’s office, Zhou Ting went through Nina’s drawer for snacks but only found a jar of preserved plums. She noticed that this jar was new, not the one from two days ago, which was probably a gift from one of Boss Shao’s new lovers. She was just curious. Normally those women would give him chocolate, pistachios, American almonds or so. Why did they always give him preserved plums recently? Shao Boqing would have snacks occasionally, but she never knew that he liked preserved plums.

Well, preserved plums were fine, better than nothing. She put one in her mouth and then stuffed the whole jar into Du Xiaoxian’s hands. “Here you are.”

“Hey!” Nina said to Zhou Ting, “You really are good at offering favors with other people’s stuff.”

Zhou Ting said, “Can’t the future lady boss even take a jar of preserved plums from you? Do you know the way of the world?”

Nina said, “Did she want that? You forced her to take it, okay?”

Du Xiaoxian hurriedly put the jar of preserved plums back on the table and said, “Sister Nina, I won’t take it.”

Nina waved her hand and laughed. “You can have it. I’m just fooling around with Zhou Ting! Your Sister Nina is not that stingy.”

“I really don’t want it,” Du Xiaoxian waved her hand, “I don’t like sour food.”

“Well,” Nina put the preserved plums back in her drawer, “it’s not that I’m stingy. It’s that you don’t want it.”

At this time, Zhou Ting glanced at Shao Boqing’s door and asked, “Isn’t your boss inside?”

“No, probably he has gone shopping with his girlfriend,” Nina said lazily.

Zhou Ting asked, “Still with Manager Fang?”

Nina smiled, sat up straight and said seriously to Zhou Ting, “It’s time to stop calling her Manager Fang. My boss is going to settle down this time.”

“No way?” Zhou Ting didn’t believe it. “They have been together for only less than three months. We can only know if there’s a chance for them to be really together when the time comes. Don’t you remember? Last time you also said that he was going to settle down with that new star from a talent show. In the end, when there was still one day to three months, he broke up with her.”

“It’s different this time,” Nina said, “you know what? My boss asked me to pick a proposal ring with him yesterday!”

Zhou Ting opened her eyes wide and said in disbelief, “Really?”

Nina said, “Real than hell. He was very picky and didn’t like any ring we chose. He would either say that the diamond was too small or the design wasn’t perfect. In the end, he decided to customize one. The design draft has been sent over today. I received it.”

Zhou Ting said, “Oh my, how many women in G City will get their hearts broken once they know that Boss Shao gets married! It’s tragic, really tragic…”

Du Xiaoxian, who had been silent all this time, asked, “Is Mr. Shao getting married?”

“Sister Nina has already said so, it’s highly possible.” Zhou Ting sighed emotionally. “Manager Fang really doesn’t show off her real capabilities. She actually managed to conquer the number one playboy in G City. No wonder Boss Shao seems to have changed into a completely different person lately. When I saw him wearing a white shirt that day, I was stunned and felt unaccustomed to it. In my opinion, with Boss Shao’s appearance and temperament, it’s really a waste for him to wear suits. That’s not his style.”

Du Xiaoxian smiled. “I also think Mr. Shao looks good in fancy clothes.”

Zhou Ting teased Nina, “Your boss has changed his style. Why hasn’t his secretary changed hers? Try to keep up!”

“This is the way I am. Whatever.” Nina curled her lips. “If he doesn’t like it, that’s it, I’m leaving. I won’t change anything about myself.”

“Wow, you do have the backbone,” Zhou Ting smiled and said. “You have been working with him for so many years. Boss Shao already got used to your style. Of course, he won’t say anything about you. But Mrs. Shao… I doubt that she might not be at ease knowing that such a beauty is working with her husband.”

Nina snorted and remained silent with her legs crossed.

Zhou Ting checked the time and said, “Xiaoxian, it’s been a while since we came out. Let’s go back.”

Du Xiaoxian agreed and stood up to say goodbye to Nina. Nina said, “Xiaoxian, you can come and play with me by yourself. Don’t always come with Zhou Ting. I’m very free these days, come and talk with me more.”

Zhou Ting smiled and patted her. “I’m worried if she comes to you alone. If you give her any bad influence, my boss won’t forgive me!”

“Oh stop it, go,” Nina pushed her out of the door, “go and flatter your boss.”

The two of them continued talking and laughing at the door for a while before Zhou Ting left with Du Xiaoxian.

After returning to the office, Du Xiaoxian peeked through the door crack and saw Gu Nianbin smoking in front of the window, so she opened the door and walked in.

Gu Nianbin turned back and took a look at her. “You were not outside. Where have you been?”

“I went to Nina’s office and played for a while,” Du Xiaoxian smiled sweetly and answered.

Gu Nianbin said, “If you feel bored, just go home in the future. You don’t have to wait for me here.”

Du Xiaoxian’s smile paused for a moment before she hurriedly said, “I’m not bored, I will be bored if I go home.” Then she added after glancing at Gu Nianbin, “Sister Nina said Mr. Shao is getting married.”

“Is that so?” Gu Nianbin flicked the ash off the cigarette and looked at her with his bright dark eyes. “What about you? Do you want to get married?”

“Me?” Du Xiaoxian was shocked and hurriedly waved her hand. “No, no, I don’t want to get married.”

How would she think about that? Now that she was with Gu Nianbin, how would she want to marry someone else? Of course she wouldn’t think about that, and she had never thought about it before. In the future, when Gu Nianbin really didn’t like her, she might think about it.

A light flashed through Gu Nianbin’s eyes, which was so fast that no one could notice. The corners of his lips curled downward, as if he was smiling bitterly.