Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 96

Chapter 96 Amusement Park
The next day, Zhou Ting went straight to Nina’s home after work. However, after ringing the doorbell for a long time, no one answered. The neighbor told her that Nina had moved away. Now Zhou Ting felt things were not simple. Nina quitted suddenly and moved away hastily, and she kept her phone turn off all this time. The more Zhou Ting thought about it, the more she became worried, therefore she could only call Shao Boqing. General Manager Shao had been pulling a long face these past few days. She thought it would be best not to bother him, or else she might get herself into trouble. But Nina was her best friend, so Zhou Ting called him anyway in a haste. After all, Shao Boqing had met Nina after she quitted her job.

Shao Boqing remained silent for a while on the other end of the phone after listening to her words. Then he said, “You don’t need to worry about her. She said she wanted to leave G City to have a whole new way of life.”

“But don’t you think it’s strange?” Zhou Ting said, “She quitted so suddenly and moved away hastily. Her mobile phone was also turned off, as if she was missing. Did she run into any trouble?”

Shao Boqing said, “I asked her about this. She said there was no trouble. She has the right to choose her own way of life, let her go.”

“But…” Zhou Ting was about to continue when she heard a woman’s voice from the other end, “Boqing, pass me the pajamas.”

Shao Boqing replied, “OK, I’ll be right there.”

Zhou Ting could tell that it was Manager Fang’s voice. She suddenly felt that it was not worth it for Nina. Nina had worked hard for this man for five whole years and left with nothing. Shao Boqing was still so indifferent. They said that men were heartless, turned out they really were.

Zhou Ting walked on the streets in late autumn and sighed with great emotion, thinking that her boss was the one who would take relationships seriously. He was so gentle to Du Xiaoxian. Zhou Ting felt that she did not need to find an opportunity to remind him to treat Xiaoxian well. Whether he would marry Du Xiaoxian or not in the future, Gu Nianbin would make good arrangements for the rest of Du Xiaoxian’s life properly.

As the old saying goes, men are afraid of choosing the wrong job while women are afraid of marrying the wrong person. Thinking about what happened to Nina, Zhou Ting couldn’t help but sigh. (Secretary Zhou, you’re thinking too much. Nina and Shao Boqing are just colleagues…)

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On a sunny weekend, Gu Nianbin had to send his parents to their ancestral house. Afraid that Du Xiaoxian would be lonely at home by herself, he called Zhou Ting to his house again. Zhou Ting was afraid that Du Xiaoxian would show her good things again, and when she left, she might be thick-skinned, not resist the temptation and take away several things. So she suggested taking Du Xiaoxian out to play.

Du Xiaoxian had gone shopping with Wang Qian and the others before, she was not interested in that. So she asked in a flat tone, “Where are we going? Shopping Mall?”

Zhou Ting was extremely deft at reading people’s thoughts, so she said immediately, “We can go wherever you want. How about it?”

Du Xiaoxian thought for a moment and became excited. “How about the amusement park?”

Zhou Ting did not expect her to propose this. She was stunned for a moment and agreed, “The amusement park it is then.” Only God knew that the last time she went to an amusement park was when she was in primary school. It had been more than ten years since she had been there. She had never been to an amusement park in G City.

However, if the boss’s little wife wanted to go, she would love to go with her. She helped Du Xiaoxian pick out a sweater and suspender jeans, tied a ponytail for her, then took her bag and left home with her.

They stood downstairs to hail a taxi, but because it was weekend, there were many people, and they failed to get a taxi after a long time.

Du Xiaoxian said, “Sister Zhou, why don’t we go by bus?”

Zhou Ting said, “It’s quite troublesome because we have to transfer twice going by bus. Let’s wait a bit longer.” As soon as she finished speaking, a car stopped beside them. The car window rolled down, revealing Shao Boqing’s handsome face. “Where are the two beauties going?”

“Wow, it’s Boss Shao,” Zhou Ting teased him with a smile, “Why weren’t you accompanying our sister-in-law for the weekend? Why are you wandering around outside?”

Shao Boqing laughed and looked at Du Xiaoxian. “Xiaoxian, where is your brother? Why did he leave you to this crazy sister secretary?”

“Wait a minute, Boss Shao, who is crazy?” Zhou Ting retorted, “A few days ago, who had pulled a long face and slammed the desk and chairs in the office? Who kept changing secretaries? Now that things have been arranged well for you, you are starting to get cocky!”

“Alright, I won’t talk nonsense with you. Tell me, where are you going? I can give you a lift.”

“The amusement park,” Du Xiaoxian said quickly.

“That’s a bit far. Get in.”

Of course it was good if someone could drive them there. Zhou Ting hurriedly pulled open the car door and got in with Du Xiaoxian.

Shao Boqing didn’t leave after driving them to the amusement park. Instead, he accompanied them in. Zhou Ting was very surprised and asked, “Boss Shao, you are really free today, huh?”

Shao Boqing said, “I’m just afraid that you won’t be able to take good care of Xiaoxian. By then, if Gu Nianbin were to blame you, you would have to pay a hefty price to get away with it. So I have to keep an eye on her for your sake.”

“Then thank you very much, Boss Shao,” Zhou Ting smiled and then said to Du Xiaoxian, “Don’t you feel safe to have Boss Shao as our bodyguard today?”

Du Xiaoxian sized Shao Boqing up and down and asked, “Does Mr. Shao know how to fight?” To tell the truth, Du Xiaoxian didn’t believed it. Shao Boqing was tall and big like a bodyguard, but he treated everyone with a smiling face all the time, as if he didn’t have a temper at all. Could such a person fight?

Shao Boqing did not understand the relationship between security and fighting, so he asked, “Why should I know how to fight?”

“Young Master is quite good at fighting,” Du Xiaoxian said.

“I’m no worse than your Young Master.” Shao Boqing found it hard to communicate with Du Xiaoxian every time he talked to her. “The sense of security is just a feeling. You can feel secured not only because that someone can fight. You can also get security because you can rely on others or because he is brave. For example, I’m tall, strong, mature and reliable. Do you feel very safe standing by me?”

“It’s true that you are tall and strong,” Zhou Ting laughed, “but I couldn’t see how you’re mature and reliable.”

“My Young Master is mature and reliable, right?” Du Xiaoxian asked Zhou Ting immediately.

“Of course, only men like the boss can be called mature and reliable.”

Shao Boqing was very depressed. Could she not involve her Young Master in everything? He changed the topic by pointing at the nearby facilities. “Which one do you want to play?” he asked Du Xiaoxian.

Not far in front of them were pirate ship and rotating flying chairs, which were filled with people. The brave ones were laughing while the timid ones were screaming, and the scene was extremely lively. There were bumper cars and merry-go-round on their right, this area was relatively quiet. Shao Boqing thought that Du Xiaoxian was so timid that she would definitely choose the merry-go-round. He didn’t expect that the little girl would point at the pirate ship and shout excitedly, “I want to get on that.”

Zhou Ting said immediately, “Boss Shao, you go with Xiaoxian. I’ll be too dizzy to play that.”

Shao Boqing wasn’t afraid of being dizzy, he was just a little afraid of heights. However, the height of the pirate ship was still within his acceptable range, so he nodded without hesitation, “No problem.” He then looked at Du Xiaoxian worriedly and reminded her, “This is actually a bit scary. Aren’t you scared?”

“Isn’t it just swinging up and down?” Du Xiaoxian said without much care, “Last time, I lay in the hammock and swung like this. I wasn’t scared at all.”

Shao Boqing said in his heart, “Could a pirate ship be the same like a hammock? Forget it, let her experience for herself.”

Zhou Ting bought the tickets, then Shao Boqing brought Du Xiaoxian onto the pirate ship. The little girl insisted sitting at the stern of the ship. She said that it would be more fun to swing harder like this. Shao Boqing thought to himself, “Fun? When it really starts, let’s see how you will cry and call for mom and dad!”

After they fastened the seat belts, the pirate ship slowly moved. Shao Boqing observed Du Xiaoxian carefully, but her face didn’t turn pale and her lips didn’t tremble as he expected. Du Xiaoxian’s eyebrows curved like a crescent and she waved at Zhou Ting excitedly.

Well, he had been worried for nothing. Shao Boqing was a little puzzled. Wasn’t she as cowardly as a mouse? Why was she so brave now?

Du Xiaoxian did not need him to take care of her at all. She giggled happily, and her smile was even brighter than the golden sunlight. Shao Boqing was a little stunned when he saw her in high spirits. Standing below, Zhou Ting saw Shao Boqing’s expression and waved her hand at him anxiously. She thought to herself, “Boss Shao, you’ve been engaged! What were you thinking by staring at the little girl like that? Besides, she’s President Gu’s girl. Have you forgotten the old admonition that a friend’s wife was not someone you could woo?”

Zhou Ting was thinking too much. Shao Boqing was just looking at the purest and most innocent smile in the world. However, Du Xiaoxian turned her head and looked at the merry-go-round on her right. “Mr. Shao, isn’t that Sister Nina?” she exclaimed.

Shao Boqing looked in the direction of her fingers. The merry-go-round was full of children, where was Nina? He said, “Xiaoxian, are you dizzy? There’s no Nina.”

“Look, there she is.” Du Xiaoxian pointed there again.

Shao Boqing looked over again. Indeed, there was an adult who was sitting on a wooden horse with a ponytail and a loose sweater, who really looked like Nina. However, the pirate ship was swinging quickly and the merry-go-round was spinning constantly. He thought he might have seen it wrong. Besides, Nina had already left G City. How could she be here? It must be someone who looked similar to her.

“She looks a little like her indeed,” Shao Boqing said, “but Nina has already left G City. It can’t be her.”

“Really?” Du Xiaoxian turned around and looked over suspiciously again, but the merry-go-round had already stopped, and the girl with a ponytail had long gone.

After the pirate ship, Du Xiaoxian wanted to try the rotating flying chairs. Shao Boqing was already feeling a little uncomfortable after the pirate ship, but he decided to continue playing with her. Fortunately, the rotating flying chairs only rotated at an even speed. There were no other tricks. After they got down, Shao Boqing felt more comfortable unexpectedly. However, it was not the end. Du Xiaoxian saw the high-altitude jump. The seat would rush up at the top speed from the bottom and then fell down quickly again and again until the speed finally slowed down. Shao Boqing was already dizzy watching from below. The height of more than ten meters was quite difficult for him.

Zhou Ting looked at Du Xiaoxian’s eager face and said, “Boss Shao, just go with her for once. The seat is designed for two people.”

Shao Boqing didn’t want to lose face in front of the two beauties and admitted his fear of heights, so he just kept saying that the game was too simple and not fun at all.

He didn’t expect that the two beauties would see through him in an instant. Before Zhou Ting could say anything to tease him, Du Xiaoxian said, “Mr. Shao, how about the sense of security? Aren’t you brave? If you don’t dare to try it, just say it!”

Being provoked by a little girl, Shao Boqing could only say stubbornly, “Who doesn’t dare? I’m afraid that you will cry. By then, don’t complain to Gu Nianbin saying that I didn’t take good care of you.”

“No, no,” Du Xiaoxian said, “how would I cry?”

Zhou Ting patted Shao Boqing’s shoulder and said, “Thank you for doing this, Boss Shao. For the sake of my boss, play with her for the last time!” She ran to buy tickets after saying this.

With the tickets, Shao Boqing couldn’t find any other excuses at all. He gritted his teeth and decided to do it!

The first time they rushed toward the sky, Du Xiaoxian felt that her eardrums were about to burst, and that was because of Shao Boqing’s screaming!