Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 91

Chapter 91 She Took A Fancy on A Playboy
Coming downstairs, Nina didn’t call for a taxi and just strolled on the streets in late autumn. She could not remember when she started to like Shao Boqing. She began to pay attention to his words and actions and it gradually became a habit of hers. If she couldn’t see him for one day, her entire body would feel uncomfortable, as if she were sick. At that time, Nina knew that she would never be able to escape from him.

But she couldn’t tell anyone, nor could she make a love confession. Zhou Ting told her that when Gu Nianbin had a talk with her, the first sentence he said was: don’t be interested in your boss. Nina only smiled when she heard this, but she did not tell Zhou Ting that Shao Boqing had said the same thing to her.

When she first worked here, from the discussions of her colleagues, she slowly got to know her boss, the famous playboy in G City, whose longest romantic relationship would not exceed three months. A colleague jokingly advised her, “Nina, don’t be obsessed by your boss!”

Her eyes widened, as if that colleague had insulted her. How could she be so stupid as to like a playboy, and then wait for him to get tired of her and kick her away? Wasn’t that courting death? Unless she was crazy!

In the end, she was really crazy. She knew that she shouldn’t and couldn’t fall in love with her boss, but she sank into affection bit by bit. She was infatuated with everything about Shao Boqing. His charming smile, the way he smoked and frowned, how he laughed loudly and teased around, and the faint smell of tobacco on him… She was infatuated with everything about him.

Although Shao Boqing was a playboy, he was a fox that preyed farthest from his hole. He never pursued the female employees in the company and had advised Nina not to like him from the beginning.

Nina had once been confused, lost, and in pain. When she watched him flirt with those women, saw the pictures of him and his new lover appeared on the entertainment page, and saw him gently call those women, it was as if her heart had been forcefully torn apart and sprinkled with salt. It was painful and endless feeling. During that period of time, she felt as if she was living in hell and couldn’t endure any longer. She always thought that it would be better to die just like that. As a punishment for her, it would be better to die just like that. She really deserved to die. How could she fall in love with a playboy? She clearly knew that he was poison to her, but she had inadvertently swallowed the addictive poison.

During that time, perhaps she had acted differently than usual. Shao Boqing once looked at her inquiringly and said, “Nina, what’s wrong with you? It seems that you are absent-minded these days.”

“Boss, I’m fine,” she replied with a smile, even though her heart was bitter.

Shao Boqing said with a tone that he was very experienced, “Did you break up with your boyfriend?”

She forced a smile. “How did you know that? Boss, your eyes are so sharp!”

Shao Boqing was pleased with himself and laughed, “How about it? Do you want me to offer you my shoulder to lean on?” As he spoke, he really leaned over.

He was so close to her that the faint smell of tobacco lingered around her. She really wanted to lean on his shoulder, even if it were to last for only a second, but she couldn’t. She just pretended to be angry and pushed him away, and said, “Boss, you’re so annoying!”

Afterwards, she really had a boyfriend, one after another, and constantly. She had been with them for a shorter and shorter time. When she liked them, she stayed with them, and when she was annoyed, she left them. She became very similar to Shao Boqing. Only two people with the same personality could be more intimate. Therefore, they were getting closer and closer, more presumptuous as well. They would tease each other with proper joking words. She would help him knead his shoulder and Shao Boqing would dare to slap her butt. In the eyes of outsiders, the relationship between the beautiful secretary and her boss was already intimate. Several times in the restroom, she heard female colleagues gossip about her, saying that she had improper relationship with her boss, she wore indecent clothes, and she was sluttish. She had heard all sorts of unpleasant words, but she was calm. It didn’t matter that the whole world might have misunderstood her. But the man she liked still did not know her heart.

Shao Boqing was quite satisfied with her because he had never hired a new secretary since she got employed. She heard that he was very picky in the past. He always called her Nina. Sometimes, he even called her Little Baby. However, he had already forgotten her real name. Her real name was Li Diandian. When she first came to the company, her English name was Ellen, which was changed by Shao Boqing to Nina. He said that Nina was catchy, but Zhou Ting said that it was because the name Nina matched Shao Boqing’s image better. A playboy like him should have a secretary called Nina, or Jina.

She didn’t care. Wasn’t a name just a symbol? The name Nina was fine, and she got used to it soon. Shao Boqing often sat in his office and called out, “Nina—!” His voice was low and melodious, carrying magnetism. The more she listened, the better she felt the name was.

However, from now on, everything that had happened before would be drowned in the river of memories. Nina didn’t know how much she could remember as time went on, but she did love him. She loved the man very, very hard for five years.

Nina crossed her arms and raised her head to look at the sky. Today was really a good day. There seemed to be even more stars than usual. In the distant sky of late autumn, the stars were large and dense, hanging there glitteringly. There were so many of them. However, her eyes gradually blurred, with tears flowing down her cheeks to her neck, and then to her heart. She thought that she would not cry, for her tears had dried up in the first two years in her cottage where she cried loudly and heavily for her own disappointment. Every time she would clench her teeth and swore that she would dig him out of her heart and leave him. The resignation letter she placed on Shao Boqing’s desk today was not the first one she had written. She had written countless resignation letters before. Every time she couldn’t hold on and felt that it was too uncomfortable, she would write a resignation letter, put it in her bag, and swear to herself that she must put it on Shao Boqing’s desk that day. However, when she arrived at the company and saw him, she just lost all her thoughts.

He was her fate, her demon, and the shackles that she thought she would never be able to break free from in her entire life. Fortunately, she said to herself, fortunately, it was only five years. It was just a waste of five years. In that kind of purgatory, she had already practiced a hard heart, so there wouldn’t be another five years, never again.

The wind blew her tears dry, and her face was so dry that it hurt. Nina stood by the side of the road and looked around, only to find that she had already walked to her place unknowingly. The distance was twenty minutes by car, but she came back on her feet. It was as if she wanted to flip out her memories and throw them bit by bit on the road, scattering them in the wind. Then, she walked into the house innocently and cleanly. From now on, she didn’t want to, and she wouldn’t think about him…

Zhou Ting sent Du Xiaoxian home and chatted with her for a while. She asked if she was afraid of staying alone. Du Xiaoxian said that she wasn’t afraid, because she had grown up alone. When Zhou Ting heard Du Xiaoxian talk about her childhood, Zhou Ting almost cried with tears several times. She never knew that Du Xiaoxian’s life experience was like this. Du Xiaoxian had suffered inhumane hardships at a young age, but she had grown up in the end. She was very timid but also very tenacious.

She was bullied when she was young and didn’t dare to leave home. Her only entertainment was to squat in the courtyard and draw on the mud with tree branches. Feeling lonely, she could only sneak into the mountains at night and talk to her mother’s grave. Zhou Ting simply could not imagine such a scene. She was not an emotional person, but she could not help but hug Du Xiaoxian and sigh, “What a little poor.”

“Sister Zhou, why did you say that too?” Talking about her childhood, Du Xiaoxian didn’t seem to be sad at all. “I didn’t suffer from hunger or coldness, so I was not pitiful at all. And now, all of you have treated me so well, I feel very happy.”

She was happy now, but what about in the future? Zhou Ting didn’t dare to imagine that. Du Xiaoxian could endure the tribulations in her life, but what about her mental injuries? Could she be so optimistic as well?

“Xiaoxian,” Zhou Ting said thoughtfully, “do you plan on living like this for the rest of your life?”

“Like what?” Du Xiaoxian did not understand.

“Like you’re with President Gu.”

Du Xiaoxian said, “Of course I’d like to live like that, but I know that’s impossible. Young Master will get married, have children, and have his own family in the future. I can’t be with him like this all the time.”

It turned out that she also knew. Zhou Ting had a long sigh in her heart and asked, “Then what will you do when the time comes?”

“I can leave,” Du Xiaoxian said frankly, “Young Master has to live the life of a young master, and I can also live my own life.”

“Aren’t you sad to leave him?”

“Sad,” Du Xiaoxian said sadly, “I will definitely die of sadness.”

Zhou Ting was frightened. She hurriedly held her hand and said, “Even when the time comes, you mustn’t take things too hard. You are still so young, and your good days are still ahead.”

“Sister Zhou, don’t worry, I won’t do anything to hurt myself.” Du Xiaoxian was a very simple person. She would say whatever she thought in her heart. She just wanted to express the extent of her sadness, not that she really couldn’t accept it. Before her mother died, she told Du Xiaoxian that no matter how hard life was, no matter how lonely she was, she must live on. As long as she had her breathing, she must live. Her mother would look at her from the sky and protect her.

Her mother made her swear that if she couldn’t do that, her mother would fall from heaven to hell. Du Xiaoxian had sworn such a serious oath. No matter how hard and tired she was in this life, she would not kill herself.

“Sister Zhou,” Du Xiaoxian added, “Young Master will find a wife like Miss Fang in the future, right?”

Zhou Ting said, “Miss Fang is probably still not eligible. Her family background is too ordinary. No matter what, the wife of the president of the Gu Group must be a daughter from a prominent family.”

Du Xiaoxian bit her lips and whispered, “Like Miss Xia.”

Zhou Ting wasn’t too clear about the relationship between Xia Xiaowan and Gu Nianbin. It seemed that they had broken up, but Xia Xiaowan came a few days ago. It seemed that they didn’t split up, but Gu Nianbin was with Du Xiaoxian every day, how could Xia Xiaowan endure that?

Zhou Ting did not know how to answer, so she just mumbled and made an ambiguous statement.

Du Xiaoxian trusted Zhou Ting very much. Seeing Zhou Ting in this way, she no longer doubted that it should be someone like Miss Xia. She was already mentally prepared, but just felt strange in her heart after hearing Zhou Ting’s confirmation.

Zhou Ting chatted with her for a while longer, and she didn’t leave until it was twelve o’clock.

As soon as Zhou Ting got downstairs, she saw Gu Nianbin get out of his car. When Gu Nianbin saw that she had kept Du Xiaoxian company till this late hour, he sincerely thanked her.

Zhou Ting was extremely flattered. In these years, no matter if it was about official or private matters, they all seemed to be her duty. Gu Nianbin would at most nod his head and say that she had done a good job. It was rare for him to express his gratitude in such a formal manner. Zhou Ting knew that it was for Du Xiaoxian’s sake. He liked Du Xiaoxian so much, then did he ever consider arranging for her for the rest of her life? Zhou Ting really wanted to ask him about this. However, she didn’t ask anything. She only smiled and waved her hand, then turned around and left.