Chapter 39 - Why Are You Crying? (1/2)

Du Xiaoxian didn’t move at the master’s instruction. She was waiting for Gu Nianbin’s order.

The young master was good to her. How could she hurt his girlfriend? She didn’t mean it. But things did happen.

Butler Xiao gave her the chance to work in the living room and she decided to give her best shot. However, she screwed it all.

She was all fingers and thumbs and got stumble all of a sudden. Was it because she was too nervous? She would get nervous in front of a pretty noble lady. This time, she got even more nervous when serving the young master’s girlfriend.

She wanted to do a good job but things turned out differently.

The young master kept silent, which vexed her the most. He didn’t yell at her like the lady. Actually, if he did so, she would feel better.

“Why are you still here? Go off!”

Fang Yaru raised her voice as irritated by seeing her standing still.

They were getting along very well before Du Xiaoxian ruined the whole thing.

Frightened by Fang Yaru, Du Xiaoxian took two steps back and looked up.

Gu Nianbin was looking at her thoughtfully with a slight frown.

Du Xiaoxian was too scared to stand straight and make a sound.

Ling walked over quietly and took Du Xiaoxian into the kitchen. She asked in a low voice, “Is there anything wrong with you?”

Du Xiaoxian shook her head. It wasn’t her who got scalded.

She then felt a burning pain on the back of her hand. She looked down at her hand and found that some of the hot water had been splashed onto her hand.

Ling took her hand to examine carefully. “Hey, you are severely scalded too. I’ll go and get some ointment for you.”

Du Xiaoxian withdrew her hand immediately and flushed it under the water tap. She whispered, “It’s not a big deal.”

Ling knew that she must be upset now and thus consoled her, “Xiaoxian, never mind. Be cautious next time. Miss Xia is the young master’s girlfriend. She won’t blame you.”

But Du Xiaoxian blamed herself and cannot forgive herself.

The young master was so good to her, but she did such a thing to let him down.

Ling said a few more comforting words and asked her to go back to her room.

The little girl was timid. It might take several days for her to get over with it.

Du Xiaoxian left the kitchen but didn’t go back to her room. She went out from the side door and circled the house to the bush in the yard. She sat on the parapet of the flower bed beside the bush. That was her favorite place. She could behold the “bath maiden” in the front yard.

Bathed in the bright moonlight, the sculpture looked holy and peaceful. The maiden looked down at the water bottle in her hand, from which a thin stream of water flowed out and fell into the basin, splitting into tiny splashes.

A courtyard lamp cast its light over the basin. The water drops were then colored into splendid orange water blooms.

Du Xiaoxian stared at the sculpture blankly.

Suddenly, there were noises from the hall. She immediately lowered her head and hid herself in the shadows.

She heard that Xia Xiaowan was bidding farewell to Fang Yaru. She didn’t hear the voice of Gu Nianbin.

The young master must be angry about her and thus didn’t say anything. Du Xiaoxian was quite uneasy.

He wouldn’t care about her from tomorrow. Would he have her drop out of school, or just drive her out? If she did get kicked out, she would not complain. It was her fault. She deserved it.

However, she loved this place, where all people were good to her, including the master and her ladyship, butler Xiao, sister Ling, Lanzhi, and the driver Xiaoding. Among them, the young master was the best… her young master… At the thought of leaving him, Du Xiaoxian cannot help but cry. Tears rolled down through her face. In fact, she rarely cried. Perhaps she had cried too much as a little baby. After growing up, she never cried no matter how others bullied her. She just kept silent. Sometimes, her aunt would feel pitiful and shed tears for her. But Du Xiaoxian never cried.

Her eyes were dry without a drop of tear.

But now she was weeping silently in darkness.

Time passed by and she felt the car light suddenly. It must be Gu Nianbin who came back after driving Xia Xiaowan home.

He got out of the car and walked quickly to the house.

She listened carefully until his footsteps disappeared and the yard became silent again. Du Xiaoxian thought that he might have gone upstairs. There should be no one in the living room now. Everyone had gone upstairs.

She looked up at the sky to withhold her tears. Her eyes were very sore, and she did not want to cry anymore.

She narrowed her swollen eyes to look at the sparse stars in the sky. Suddenly, a dark shadow rushed into the bush, from which she could only behold a pair of eyes brighter than stars.

Du Xiaoxian stood up abruptly and shed tears again, “Sir…”

Gu Nianbin looked at her for a while and then breathed heavily. Du Xiaoxian huddled up, fearing that he might punish her.

Nevertheless, Gu Nianbin didn’t say anything but pulled her into his arms after a few gasps. “Why are you crying?”

Du Xiaoxian sniffed and sobbed as she apologized to him, “I’m sorry, Sir… I didn’t mean it… I’m… really sorry… Woo… I…” She tried to restrain her cry and thus spoke ambiguously.

Gu Nianbin hugged her tightly and did not say anything. After a couple of minutes, he loosened his hug and gently patted her back. “Alright. Stop crying. Your eyes are swollen.”

Du Xiaoxian shook her head and felt even more guilty. The young master did not scold her. Why?