Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 93
Chapter 93 Why Did She Resign?
The two of them sat on the picnic cloth and began to enjoy their sweet and warm lunch.
Some of the food they brought was bought. Some were personally prepared by President Gu early in the morning. For example, the fried chicken drumsticks. President Gu studied hard in order to fatten his little girl. Now, his culinary skills were getting better and better. Hot dishes, cold dishes, and all kinds of snacks were not difficult for him to make. According to Du Xiaoxian, the fried chicken drumsticks he made were even more delicious than that of KFC’s. Since the little girl had said so, coupled with the hygiene considerations, President Gu shouldered on the responsibility naturally and got up early in the morning to fry chicken drumsticks for his little girl.
Seeing that Du Xiaoxian was eating happily with rich oil all over her lips and even sucked her fingers with relish, President Gu narrowed his eyes very contentedly. He was even more satisfied than when he had just signed a contract worth tens of millions of dollars.
Du Xiaoxian stuffed a shrimp ball into his mouth and asked with a smile, “Is it delicious?”
Of course it was delicious. It was personally cooked by him, full of love, and how could it not be delicious? Gu Nianbin chewed the shrimp ball a few times and swallowed it before starting to feed his little girl. She had lost too much weight and needed to eat more to get that weight back.
Du Xiaoxian’s mouth was stuffed and she said vaguely with two bulging cheeks, “Don’t just feed me. You, you should eat as well yourself!”
Gu Nianbin had just stuffed a piece of yellow peach into her mouth, half of which was still exposed. He stretched out his head to bite off the other half and looked at the little girl with a meaningful smile.
Apart from showing a shy expression, Du Xiaoxian also glanced at him and could do nothing about it. Gu Nianbin laughed loudly, and the laughter frightened away the birds resting on the tree. Sometimes, Gu Nianbin felt that it was strange. He was not a person who loved laughing. Shao Boqing’s those bad or good jokes wouldn’t work to him. Only in front of Du Xiaoxian, he could laugh very easily, and he even often laughed heartily. She was the only one who could make him laugh like that.
Sunlight leaked out from the leaves and fell on Du Xiaoxian’s head. The leaves swayed in the wind, and the spots of light moved about like a golden butterfly dancing on her head. Not long after, a bit of sunlight shone on her face, shining brightly, but it was not as brilliant as the little girl’s smile.
Gu Nianbin liked the way she looked unrestrained and happy. He had seen too many intrigues and hypocritical smiles. Such a pure and natural smile was a rare enjoyment for him.
After finishing the food, Gu Nianbin tidied up. He took out the hammock and tied it between two trees, letting Du Xiaoxian lie inside. He pushed the hammock hard, causing Du Xiaoxian to swing in mid-air and scream with fear. But very quickly, her scream turned into laughter, as if she was having fun, and she kept urging Gu Nianbin to push her higher.
Gu Nianbin was a little surprised. Wasn’t she as timid as a mouse? Now she was really bold!
“Aren’t you afraid?” Gu Nianbin asked.
“No,” Du Xiaoxian said loudly, “it’s fun.”
Gu Nianbin said, “So you like to play this kind of game. Next time, I’ll take you to the amusement park. There are more interesting things there. I’m afraid you won’t dare to play.”
“Amusement park?” The little girl’s eyes lit up. She had seen an amusement park on TV, but she never thought that she would be able to play there. “May I go?”
“Of course, I’ll take you wherever you want to go.”
Du Xiaoxian smiled so hard that her eyebrows curved. “Brother, you are so kind to me.”
Gu Nianbin pushed hard and smiled. “If I’m not kind to you, then to whom?”
Du Xiaoxian wanted to say that he could be kind to Miss Xia. But of course, she wouldn’t say such words to ruin the moment.
Gu Nianbin said, “You can play by yourself. I’ll tie one up for me as well.”
“I’ll help.” Du Xiaoxian grabbed his hand and jumped out of the hammock.
Gu Nianbin chose two trees that were close and tied the hammock between them together with Du Xiaoxian. After that, Du Xiaoxian couldn’t wait but to cry out, “Lie down, quickly, I’ll push you.”
“Only children play like this,” Gu Nianbin smiled and said, “you don’t have to worry about me. Go and play yourself. I’ll rest for a while.”
Du Xiaoxian clutched his arm and began to play the woman in a spoiled manner. “I’ll just push once, just for once.”
Once the little girl acted like this, Gu Nianbin had no choice but to obediently lie in the hammock.
He had thought that the little girl wouldn’t be able to push him because he weighed more than fifty kilograms, but he didn’t expect that Du Xiaoxian really had the strength. Gu Nianbin was pushed into the air by her, and it was very comfortable to sway like that.
“Alright, alright. Go play with yourself. I’ll sleep for a while.” Gu Nianbin didn’t want his little girl to be too tired, so he called a halt after a while.
Du Xiaoxian giggled and pushed him hard again. Then she ran back to her hammock and lay down. She slowly swayed herself up. Above her head were dense leaves. The fine sunlight was leaking down to shine in her eyes. The hammock shook, and the sunlight fell on her face from time to time, giving her a feeling of light and darkness at the same time. She raised her head slightly to look at Gu Nianbin, who was lying there very quietly, as if he had fallen asleep. Du Xiaoxian also closed her eyes and felt the shade under the tree and the warmth of the sunshine. It felt really wonderful to mix these two feelings together.
Her eyelids twitched and she finally fell asleep. At this time, Gu Nianbin opened his eyes and got off the hammock. He took a thin blanket from his backpack and gently covered it on her body. Then, he took a book and lay back in the hammock, slowly flipping through it.
The surroundings were silent. There weren’t even people who were passing by. Only a few bird cries could be occasionally heard from somewhere to break the silence. Gu Nianbin glanced at his little girl from time to time. She slept quite soundly, like a pure and innocent child… He smiled silently and looked at the blue sky and white clouds in the distance. His heart was also calm. Actually, it was really not bad that he would be able to occasionally spend a day peacefully like this. Most importantly, he had her by his side!
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When Young Master Shao came to work on Monday, the news of his engagement had already spread throughout the company. Everyone who saw him smiled and congratulated him. Shao Boqing was naturally in high spirits on joyous occasions, and the smile on his face never disappeared.
After entering the office, he didn’t see Nina but he did not think too much either. He never took it seriously that the wild girl would come to work late occasionally. He walked straight into his office and before he could sit down, he saw a snow-white envelope on his big, black ironwood table, with two big words written on it: Resignation Letter.
Shao Boqing was slightly stunned. He didn’t expect to receive a resignation letter on a beautiful Monday morning!
He opened the envelope and took out the white paper. The content was handwritten, and he was very familiar with the handwriting. The content was also very simple. There was only one sentence: I need to resign for personal reasons, please approve!
Signed by: Li Diandian.
Shao Boqing read the name blankly, “Li Diandian?”
In the blink of an eye, this strange and familiar name reminded him of a certain face—Nina!
What did this mean? What the hell? Why did she resign for no reason? Shao Boqing’s first reaction was getting angry. He had just gotten engaged and was preparing to work hard and make some achievements at work to prove to Fang Xueqing. This damn girl actually left without saying a word in advance. She was really heartless!
He took out his phone and called Nina, but her phone was turned off. He then called Zhou Ting. The phone rang twice before getting through, but he was still unhappy and said, “What the hell is Nina doing? Why did she resign?”
Zhou Ting did not expect Shao Boqing to lose his temper early in the morning. She was stunned for a moment and said, “Nina resigned? I don’t know. Why did she …” Before Zhou Ting could finish her sentence, the other end hung up the phone.
Zhou Ting was puzzled when hearing the beep sound on the phone. “Why did Nina resign? She looked fine at the engagement banquet, wild girl! She didn’t even tell me! I thought we were bosom friends, forget it!” Zhou Ting complained angrily in her heart, but she still couldn’t help but run over to take a look.
In the corridor, however, she saw the gloomy Shao Boqing coming towards her with great anger. It had been so long since Zhou Ting had come to Gu Group. This was the first time she had seen General Manager Shao’s such gloomy expression. Her heart trembled, and her intuition told her that it was better to leave. There happened to be an office beside her, so she flashed in without thinking.
The clerk sitting in the cubicle beside the door quickly stood up and greeted her, “Good morning, Miss Zhou.”
“Good morning,” Zhou Ting walked in two steps and leaned on the light blue partition, asking, “have you handed in this month’s report yet?”
The clerk felt a little strange and asked, “Isn’t it due at the beginning of next month? This month isn’t over yet!”
Zhou Ting stuck her head out of the door to take a look and said absent-mindedly, “It’s good that you haven’t handed it over.” Then she left. The clerk stood there and touched the back of his own head, puzzled. Secretary Zhou came in to just say that? Was something wrong with her?
Zhou Ting went into Nina’s office and found that all her personal belongings in the drawer were gone, and the photo on the table was gone as well. She frowned and thought that Nina had acted first and reported afterwards, so it seemed like she had already prepared for this in advance. Wild girl! She actually didn’t leak any information. She was really keeping her mouth shut! But why did she resign? Shao Boqing was so kind to her. She worked as the secretary of the general manager but was paid as much as her, the president’s secretary. Was she not satisfied? Moreover, working for Shao Boqing was so easy. When she was loaf on the job, General Manager Shao even pretended not to see it.
Zhou Ting tilted her eyes and saw a chair knocking against the side wall of the desk. She helped the chair up and found the wooden patterns on the side wall were knocked out. At first glance, Zhou Ting could tell that it was caused by great strength. Associating with Shao Boqing’s gloomy face a moment ago, Zhou Ting was sure that General Manager Shao must have vent his anger here before leaving.
It seemed that Nina’s resignation had dealt a great blow to General Manager Shao… She felt that this matter should be reported to the President. After all, it was the secretary of the General Manager who left. The position was not very high, but it was very important. Most importantly, she wanted to reveal General Manager Shao’s current bad mood to her boss. As his old friend, shouldn’t the boss comfort Shao Boqing?
Thinking of this, she rushed back to her office and tidied up a stack of documents to sign, then carried them into Gu Nianbin’s office.
President Gu looked at his phone and said without raising his head, “Put them here.”
Zhou Ting said yes but didn’t leave. She hesitated for a moment and said, “Boss, General Manager Shao’s secretary has resigned.”
“Mm,” Gu Nianbin put down his phone and opened the folder to read, “then ask the HR department to arrange for recruiting another one.”
Just like that? Zhou Ting suddenly had a sorrowful feeling. If she left without saying goodbye, would Gu Nianbin say indifferently like this too? “Ask the HR department to arrange for recruiting another one.”
What a sanctimonious businessman who had no human feelings at all! Five years, Nina had spent five years of her great youth here, couldn’t he let out a sigh with emotion?
At this moment, Gu Nianbin seemed to have suddenly come to his senses. He looked up at her and said, “Are you saying that Nina has left?”
“Yes, Nina resigned.”
Gu Nianbin said, “Aren’t you on good terms with Nina? Ask her what’s going on. If she has encountered any difficulties, the company will try our best to help her solve them. Boss Shao is quite satisfied with her. If you can persuade her to come back, just persuade her to come back.”
“Alright, I’ll try my best.” Zhou Ting felt a little more comfortable in her heart. She thought that if she had left, Gu Nianbin would have asked her to stay for the sake of their old friendship. Humph! At that time, she would ask for a raise!
