Chapter 45 - You Are Really Promising (1/2)

In the evening, Du Xiaoxian sat on the bed and counted the money. She had already got her salary. Most of the money was in the bank card, and there was a total of 183.50 yuan left with her. She counted three times to make sure that the amount wasn’t wrong. Then she sorted out the money and put them back under the mattress.

Lanzhi had told her that they were in the homemaking industry. Lanzhi used to work in a homemaking company. But then she resigned from the company and began to work for the Gu family directly on her own, because in this way she did not have to pay any commission to the homemaking company. Du Xiaoxian felt that she could also go look for a job at homemaking companies. After she found a new job, she would leave.

Now that she had made up her mind, her heart was no longer in a mess. She became dull and timid again, just like the way she had been when she first arrived here.

Actually, there were changes in her during she stayed in the Gu family. At the beginning, she was dull and then she became a little lively. Now she became dull again. However, her changes were inconspicuous. Moreover, there weren’t many people who paid attention to her, so no one noticed her changes at all. Only Ah Ling’s eyes were a little bit curious when looking at her, but Ah Ling didn’t ask her anything either.

In fact, it was Gu Nianbin who had the most direct feeling about her changes. In the past, when Du Xiaoxian saw him, she always couldn’t help but be overjoyed. She would stand in front of him like a small pet and smiled flatteringly at him. But now, she avoided him from afar. She even ran away as soon as she saw him. In the end, he simply couldn’t see her anymore. It was like she had returned to what she had been when she first arrived.

But he could always find traces of her from somewhere. His room was always tidied up, the cabinet was always full of bottles of water, and the vase in the study had fresh flowers every day. Gu Nianbin looked at the blooming flowers and felt a little lost in his heart. But he didn’t want to change anything. His reason told him this was the right thing to do.

After dinner, he sat in the hall enjoying the tea as usual. But he glanced at the dining room in his split vision. It had been two days since he saw Du Xiaoxian last time. He…actually missed her.

After the maids had cleaned up the dining room, Gu Nianbin still did not see Du Xiaoxian. He put down his teacup and stood up sullenly, preparing to go upstairs. Suddenly, he heard Fang Yaru talking to Gu Guangxian, “Xiaoxian hasn’t called yet. I’m not sure whether she has settled down or not.”

Gu Nianbin’s mind went into a buzz. He fell to sit into his seat with his whole person. “Mom, what are you talking about? Du Xiaoxian… What’s wrong with her?”

Fang Yaru said slowly, “Oh, I forgot to tell you. Du Xiaoxian has resigned. She said she wanted to go outside and see the world. As a matter of fact, our family is quite a good employer, and we have paid her good salary. I don’t know what that young girl was thinking about. She doesn’t look like a greedy person. However, since she wanted to leave, we didn’t have proper reason to stop her. Probably she has been familiar with the environment and had an ambitious heart. She wanted to see the outside world. It’s understandable. I can’t figure out the thoughts of these young girls. I’m just concerned that she’s alone…”

Gu Nianbin stared blankly at his mother’s mouth that kept moving and talking. His mind was still buzzing. He didn’t hear a single word except for the first sentence she said. After a long while, he asked, “Has she resigned? Doesn’t she go to school?”

Fang Yaru told him, “She said that she was very sorry to disappoint your expectations. She would pay the tuition back to you once she earns money.”

“Where did she go? When did she leave?”

“She left yesterday. She didn’t say where she was going. She just said that she would call to tell us her situation when she settled down.” Fang Yaru was suddenly frightened by Gu Nianbin’s gloomy expression. “Why are you so angry? She left, so be it. It’s not a big deal. We will hire another maid.”

“I hate the most this kind of irresponsible person who gives up halfway!” Gu Nianbin stood up and walked outside.

“Hey! Where are you going?” Fang Yaru shouted at his back.

Gu Nianbin didn’t even look back and disappeared at the gate.

“What’s wrong with him—?” Fang Yaru looked at her husband in confusion. “It’s just a little maid resigned. Is it worth for him getting so angry?”

Gu Guangxian remained silent. His gaze fixed on the gate where Gu Nianbin had disappeared, as if deep in thought.

Gu Nianbin drove out by himself without calling Little Ding. It was eight o’clock at night, right the time for the darkness of the night to grow. The neon lights on the streets flickered, and the crowds flowed endlessly. Gu Nianbin was suddenly dumbfounded. In the vast sea of people, how could he find her? G City had tens of millions of people. Looking for someone was like looking for a needle in the ocean!

He drove around the streets like a fly without head, with his heart burning with anxious fire. An indescribable fear lingered in his heart. Would he really never find her again? Did she really disappear from his world? When he thought of this, his heart ached uncontrollably, and it was like a sorrow unbearable to him. He parked his car by the roadside and gasped for breath. Looking at the gorgeous night, he was at a loss and helpless. He never thought that she would leave.