Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 88

Chapter 88 It Meant—She Was Being Jealous
Du Xiaoxian felt a little weird because she ran into Xia Xiaowan in Gu Group. Xia Xiaowan was the real girlfriend of Gu Nianbin. Every time Du Xiaoxian saw her, she would feel a little nervous and frightened. But this time, apart from being afraid, there seemed to be something else…

She was not a person who could hide her feelings. Bad emotions in her heart made her seem a little listless. Zhou Ting saw her like that and asked, “Xiaoxian, are you tired? Sit there and rest for a while. I’ll get you a glass of water.”

“Thank you, Sister Zhou,” Du Xiaoxian said as she walked over to knock on Gu Nianbin’s door. When she heard him answering from inside, she said, “Young Master, I’m back.”

Most of the time, Gu Nianbin would only answer her without even raising his head. But today, he waved to her and said, “Come here.”

Du Xiaoxian entered the room and threw her bag on the sofa casually before walking towards Gu Nianbin.

These days, he had been ignoring her intentionally because he wanted to force her to show her emotions and find out how she would react. However, Du Xiaoxian was very calm all along. Other than pleasing him more than usual, she was the same as before. But the last thing Gu Nianbin wanted was her playing up to him. The more she fawned on him, the more uncomfortable he felt. He knew that Du Xiaoxian treated him this way because she didn’t want to leave and lose her current life. That was all!

He wanted to pry into her heart and know what she really thought. The little girl seemed to be in a bad mood today, so he was curious.

“Why are you so listless? Are you tired?” Gu Nianbin offered her his own cup and said, “Take a sip of water first.”

Du Xiaoxian drank some water and said, “I don’t have to work at school. How can I be tired?”

She was clearly not happy saying this… Gu Nianbin was slightly stunned for a moment. Was she finally dissatisfied with him? Couldn’t she control her emotions anymore?

He smiled faintly and said, “Studying is actually a very hard thing. Your body is not tired, but you feel mentally tired in your heart. Don’t you think so?”

Du Xiaoxian really couldn’t agree. Liberal art classes weren’t that difficult for her. She didn’t need to study science classes at all. Besides, she could learn painting. So she shook her head and didn’t feel that studying was a difficult task.

“Since you don’t feel tired, why do you look listless?” Gu Nianbin asked again, “did anyone bully you?”

“Nobody bullied me,” Du Xiaoxian said softly, “everyone treated me well.”

“Xiaoxian,” Gu Nianbin raised his eyelids to look at her with his smiling eyes, but his smile wasn’t warm at all, “is there anything you can’t tell me?”

Du Xiaoxian panicked immediately. His look and tone made her very uneasy. Was he going to get angry again? Was he leaving her again? Actually, she didn’t want to say anything. She didn’t want to mention Xia Xiaowan in front of him, but she couldn’t lie.

She moved her lips and spat out a sentence with great difficulty, “I saw Miss Xia.”

Her voice was as soft as the buzzing of a mosquito, but Gu Nianbin heard her clearly. His gloomy face instantly brightened. Turned out that she saw Xia Xiaowan. It meant… that she was being jealous?

This discovery made Gu Nianbin very happy. Whether she had another man in her heart or not, at least she was being jealous because of him!

Gu Nianbin pulled the little girl to sit on his lap and said softly, “Did you talk to her?”

“Um.” Du Xiaoxian had an urge to cry at this moment. It had been a long time since she sat in his arms like this. Gu Nianbin treated her as well as ever, but he somehow seemed to hold himself slightly aloof. She hadn’t experienced such intimacy for a while. For many times, she wanted to get close to him and act coyly in his embrace, but his indifferent expression always stopped her from approaching him.

She hugged his waist at first, then put her arms around his neck and put her entire face in his embrace.

“What did you two talk about?”

“Nothing important. She’s my classmate’s cousin. I saw her at the ball last time as well.”

“Really? She is the cousin of that Miss Yang?”

“Yes,” Du Xiaoxian said, “she’s Yang Liying’s cousin.”

Gu Nianbin asked no further questions. Somehow he did not want to explain his relationship with Xia Xiaowan right now.

The room was very quiet, and the two of them hugged each other like this without saying anything. Gu Nianbin hadn’t hugged her for a long time. He noticed that the little girl seemed to have lost weight, because the shoulder blades on her back protruded obviously.

Thanks to Gu Nianbin’s great care, Du Xiaoxian put on a little weight before, and her small face also looked a little rounded. When he pinched her face, it felt soft, smooth, and elastic. But now, he could no longer feel the softness and slipperiness when pinching her face.

He looked at the little girl seriously and found her cheeks were indeed sunken, making her little face look even sharper. He felt like someone had stabbed his heart slightly. He had always thought that he was the one who was suffering all this time, but it turned out she was experiencing the same torment.

Gu Nianbin was shocked by this discovery. During this period of time, he deliberately ignored her, but he did not expect that he had ignored her so completely. When did Du Xiaoxian start to lose weight? He actually did not know. Although she always smiled at him and tried her best to please him, she was getting more and more skinny. His indifference and alienation had hurt her feelings.

Gu Nianbin tightened his arms, held his little girl tightly and put his chin against her forehead. “Xiaoxian, I’m sorry, I’ve neglected you these days.”

Du Xiaoxian’s body trembled slightly. She tried hard to suppress the urge to cry and whispered, “No, brother, it was my fault. I always made you angry.”

“You didn’t,” Gu Nianbin sighed, “you did nothing wrong. It’s me, I…”

“I know you’re busy at work and you’re tired.” Du Xiaoxian covered his mouth with her hand. “You don’t have to worry about me. I can take care of myself.”

Gu Nianbin grabbed her hand and kissed it. He didn’t want to be tangled by the question of whom Du Xiaoxian really liked anymore. He only knew that at this moment, her heart was with his, and he could feel the excitement inside of her. She cared about him, cared about his attitude towards her and Xia Xiaowan’s existence! This was enough. Gu Nianbin would not ask for anything else.

Recently, the anger had blinded him. He actually didn’t notice the sadness in Du Xiaoxian’s eyes at all, which hurt his heart and made him feel guilty. He raised his girl’s sharp chin and kissed on her lips.

Du Xiaoxian trembled and her entire body froze. She seemed not to believe it at first, but quickly, her entire body softened, and she collapsed into Gu Nianbin’s embrace.

Zhou Ting had waited outside for a long time but didn’t see Du Xiaoxian come out. Feeling curious, she walked to the door to take a look and then immediately covered her chest in shock. She had always wanted to see with her own eyes what it would look like when her boss who was in love showed his gentle side. However, it seemed so unacceptable once she really saw it.

Although they were very far from the door and Gu Nianbin’s face was mostly covered by Du Xiaoxian, she could still see the attachment and affection between his eyebrows clearly even if his eyes were closed. The gentle and loving look of the cold-faced boss was simply intoxicating…

She shook her head and sighed. The boss must really, really love Du Xiaoxian very much so as to behave like this, right?

Secretary Zhou was sighing emotionally when she suddenly heard the sound of the door behind her. She was so scared that she turned around hurriedly. It was Shao Boqing. He looked at her with a faint smile. “Secretary Zhou, you are a peeping addict!”

“You are.” Zhou Ting walked to her desk with the same faint smile on her face. “Boss Shao, I heard that you have good news lately. Congratulations!”

“Thank you,” Shao Boqing said frankly, “you must come when it’s time!”

“I will,” Zhou Ting laughed, “but can I be exempt from giving the red envelope? My money is too little for a big boss like you.”

Shao Boqing shook his head. “I have usually treated you and Nina to eating and drinking a lot, haven’t I? Now you are being so stingy when I’m getting engaged. Secretary Zhou, you can’t find a boyfriend if you keep acting like this!”

“Don’t curse me,” Zhou Ting hit him gently, “for a woman like me, I can find a boyfriend any minute. I’m not like your Nina. She would chase after any man as long as he was a little handsome. But in the end, she would break up with him after just several days.”

Shao Boqing glanced up and down at her and said disapprovingly, “You compare yourself with Nina? Nina has everything a woman should have. What about you?”

“I…” Zhou Ting wanted to say that she also had everything a woman should have, but she stopped vigilantly, because if she said so, Shao Boqing would definitely say, “Are you sure? Why can’t I tell?”

So she remained silent. Shao Boqing was very good at joking and talking nonsense. He could lead you to his trap if you relaxed your vigilance for a second. Zhou Ting considered herself to be sharp-toothed, but she had fallen into Shao Boqing’s trap for many times.

“Boss Shao, what can I do for you?” Zhou Ting put on a serious expression.

“Of course I’m here for your boss,” Shao Boqing said, “or else am I supposed to come here for you?”

“Sorry, my boss is not available for anyone right now.” For the first time, Zhou Ting made the decision for her boss. Based on her judgment, Gu Nianbin definitely wouldn’t like anyone to go in and disturb him at this time!

“Not available? What’s he doing?” Shao Boqing asked as he started to walk towards the door.

Zhou Ting quickly stopped him and lowered her voice, “Keep your voice down. Xiaoxian is in there.” She blinked while saying this.

Shao Boqing instantly understood what she meant and raised his eyebrows with a meaningful smile. “No wonder you were so eager to peek through the door crack!”

“I wasn’t,” although Zhou Ting was caught at the scene, she would never admit it, “Boss Shao, tell me about what business you came for. I’ll report to the boss later.”

Shao Boqing nodded and crooked his finger to beckon her. Zhou Ting followed his gesture, and Shao Boqing leaned closer to her ear and said word by word, “It’s-none-of-your-business!”

“You!” Zhou Ting was extremely angry after being tricked. She turned around and took a folder on the desk to hit him, but Shao Boqing laughed loudly and flashed out the door.

Zhou Ting thought, “Oops”. The noise must have disturbed them inside. She walked over in horror and found the two people had indeed stopped acting intimately with each other.

Gu Nianbin stroked Du Xiaoxian’s lips, which was slightly swollen and looked more like blooming flower petals. The little girl flushed and panted gently. Her warm breaths were exhaled on his face like spring breeze. Gu Nianbin’s eyes and eyebrows were smiling with joy.

Being looked at like this, Du Xiaoxian lowered her head and called him shyly, “Brother…”

“Baby.” Gu Nianbin called her with a hoarse voice. Du Xiaoxian fell into his arms and rubbed her face against his neck. Gu Nianbin couldn’t help but kiss her again. First, he kissed the tip of her nose, and then kissed her lips…

Zhou Ting leaned against the door and didn’t dare to move. That “baby” Gu Nianbin had said froze her there immediately.

If Zhou Ting was only being jealous a moment ago, now she was feeling envious and even started to gather hatred in her heart! She leaned against the door for a little longer, then moved step by step, gently and slowly back to her seat. She had been stand in the same posture for too long, so her feet were really numb.