Chapter 31 - Thats Not the Point (2/2)
Halfway to the mansion, Xiaoding received a call from Gu Nianbin and was ordered to return to the company. Xiaoding noticed Du Xiaoxian was awake from the rearview mirror and said, “Xiaoxian, the young master told us to return to the company first.”
Du Xiaoxian would certainly obey and said softly, “OK.”
Therefore, the car turned around and drove towards Gu’s Company.
Shao Boqing had just come back and parked his car when he saw Xiaoding walking up the stairs with a little girl. He was stunned. Was Xiaoding bringing his little girlfriend with him to work?
Unlike Gu Nianbin who was cold and reserved, Shao Boqing was outgoing, cheerful and playful most of the time. He was used to make fun with his subordinates. He sneaked up on them and slapped Xiaoding on his shoulder, “Well well, Xiaoding, how dare you secretly meet your girlfriend at work? I’ll tell your boss about it.”
Instead of Xiaoding, the little girl beside was frightened worse, looking panic at him with a big backpack in hands.
Xiaoding pacified her first, “Xiaoxian, don’t be afraid. This is President Shao. He is joking with us.” Then he turned to Shao Boqing, “President Shao, please don’t mistake it. This is the young master’s guest. If you scare her, I’ll report to the young master.”
“Really?” Shao Boqing looked at Du Xiaoxian, “Are you the guest of Nianbin? Shall I take you up?”
Du Xiaoxian hid behind Xiaoding out of instinct. Another stranger that made her uneasy.
Her reaction made Shao Boqing stunned. As a dashing man extremely popular in female, he had never met any woman who could resist his charm. Was this little girl blind?
“Hey, come on.” Shao Boqing, feeling frustrated, tried to pull her out.
But he was stopped by Xiaoding, who was about to appease Du Xiaoxian with a few more words but saw Gu Nianbin was there. Du Xiaoxian had already hid behind Gu Nianbin, revealing only half of her head.
Shao Boqing pointed at her and said, “Nianbin, this young lady…” He stopped suddenly when he met his boss’s fierce eyes. His intense glares were just like icy blades which could tear him into pieces. He put down his hand and managed to squeeze out a smile. Before he could say something for explanation, Gu Nianbin had taken Du Xiaoxian away without a word.
Shao Boqing rubbed his eyes and asked Xiaoding, “What’s wrong with your young master?”
Xiaoding turned to him with a gloating look, “Now there’s no need for me to report. The young master saw it himself.”
“What did he see?” Shao Boqing was puzzled. Did he do anything wrong?
“That you frightened Du Xiaoxian.”
Shao Boqing touched his face and asked Xiaoding in disbelief, “Do I look so frightening?”
Xiaoding eyed him carefully and said, “Kind of.”
“You asked for it!” Shao Boqing kicked Xiaoding’s butt and pulled him back, “Seriously, who is that little girl? It seemed that your young master cared about her very much.”
“She…” Xiaoding thought for a moment and said, “Strictly speaking, she should be considered the savior of our master.”
Shao Boqing was even more puzzled. How could a vulnerable little girl save their master?
Xiaoding then recounted the story of how Du Xiaoxian stood up to stop Gu Niannan that morning with highly colored details.
“Well, she’s just a maid then.” Even though Xiaoding had described Du Xiaoxian as a brave chivalrous woman in his story, Shao Boqing had only come to such a contemptuous conclusion.
Xiaoding said crossly, “President Shao, that’s not the point!”
“Then what is?” Shao Boqing asked.
“The point is that such a timid girl could do something big.”
“That’s not the point, either.” Shao Boqing raised his eyebrows.
“Then tell me what’s the point,” said Xiaoding.
Shao Boqing waited till Gu Nianbin walked across the lobby and turned into the elevator with Du Xiaoxian, and then said slowly, “The point is your young master’s attitude towards Du Xiaoxian.”
“What do you mean?” Xiaoding was confused, “The young master was good to her.”
“Yeah,” Shao Boqing said with a meaningful smile, “very good.”