Chapter 46 - No Comment (2/2)

“I don’t know.”

Ling Yun asked curiously, “You two are together every day. How can you not know? Gu Nianbin is a very magnanimous man, but why did he hold a grudge against a little girl? That is not his style!”

Shao Boqing snorted in a deliberately weird and sarcastic tone. Ling Yun nudged him with his elbow again. “Cut it off. I’m going to hit you if you snort again!”

Gu Nianbin walked into the shed he was heading to. People inside were about to greet him when they realized that there was something wrong. This person pulled a gloomy face and was followed by a few young men with tattoos. It seemed that they had come with bad intentions. Wondering if they were here to collect protection money or not, people in the shop dared to do nothing. They watched helplessly when Gu Nianbin went across the large shed to the back.

There wasn’t much room in the back of the shed. The narrow space could only fit a big basin in which the dirty bowls were piled up like mountains. Beside the basin was a thin figure who squatted on the ground and was trying her best to wash the bowls. Flies were flying and buzzing around in the smelly air. Upon seeing this scene, Gu Nianbin suddenly felt a tremendous and piercing pain in his heart. He covered his heart and stood there quietly for a long while before calling her, “Xiaoxian.”

Hearing this, Du Xiaoxian turned her head and was stunned at once. She stood up slowly and gave Gu Nianbin a timid look. “Young Master.”

Gu Nianbin walked over. He tried to hug her, but she moved her small body and dodged. Her voice was small and soft, “I’m dirty.”

“It doesn’t matter.” Gu Nianbin pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly before heaving a long sigh of relief. It was so good to hug her like this. He buried his head in Du Xiaoxian’s neck and took a deep breath. Although the surrounding air was bad and she was sweating, the familiar faint scent of hers still lingered around his nose. He felt comfortable all over and was peaceful in his heart right away.

Ling Yun stood at the door and became dumbfounded at the sight of Gu Nianbin and Du Xiaoxian hugging each other like this. But Shao Boqing remained calm and even smiled faintly.

After a while, Ling Yun finally said with a cough, “Well, Brother Nianbin, you…”

His voice destroyed the peaceful and beautiful atmosphere. Gu Nianbin raised his head and shot an icy glare at Ling Yun. Then he pulled Du Xiaoxian to walk outside without saying a word.

Ling Yun felt that his eyes must have deceived him. Was Young Master Gu really hugging that little girl? The skinny and weak girl who looked poorly nourished was one hundred percent far from being match for Xia Xiaowan. Did Gu Nianbin pine away from love and change his taste of women completely? Even if he did, he shouldn’t have liked such kind of girls. This was too ridiculous, too incongruous, too uncoordinated and too incompatible…

He looked at Shao Boqing for an explanation, but Young Master Shao spread his hands and said, “No comment!”

By the time Ling Yun and Shao Boqing went out of the shed, Gu Nianbin had already gotten into the car with Du Xiaoxian. Shao Boqing looked at the car from afar and said to Ling Yun, “Looks like you have to drive me back.”

But just as he finished speaking, Gu Nianbin drove the car over to him. Shao Boqing muttered, “I guess he still has a conscience.”

The car stopped in front of the restaurant. Shao Boqing was about to get in the car when Du Xiaoxian got off and went straight into the shed. Gu Nianbin got out of the car and followed her in right away.

Shao Boqing and Ling Yun followed them as well and heard Du Xiaoxian say to the restaurant owner, “I quit. Please settle my wage.”

The restaurant owner thought to himself, how could she even ask for a wage after only two day’s work?

Gu Nianbin’s cold voice came from behind the restaurant owner, “Give her what she earned!”

Gu Nianbin’s voice sounded beyond doubt and made the restaurant owner unable help but put his hand in his pocket to search for the money. But the moment he touched the money, he hesitated. There weren’t enough staff in the restaurant, if Du Xiaoxian quitted and left the work behind, who would wash the dishes later?

“Give the money to her!” Seeing the restaurant owner didn’t move, Ling Yun released a low roar. He truly was a gang leader, whose overbearing tone was so intimidating that the restaurant owner trembled for a moment and stuffed the money into Du Xiaoxian’s hand quickly.

Gu Xiaoxian looked at the paper money in her hand, then turned to look at Gu Nianbin with an awkward expression.

Upon seeing this, Ling Yun shouted at the restaurant owner again, “Hurry up! Give her the rest of the money!”

“No, it’s not like that.” Du Xiaoxian was so scared by the shouting that she shrank her body. She looked at Gu Nianbin again. “It’s…it’s too much.”

Gu Nianbin glared at Ling Yun. He walked over to hold Du Xiaoxian in his arms and asked in a gentle voice, “How much should you take?”

“We agreed on thirty yuan each day. I did my job a whole day yesterday, but today… I did my job for half day. So in total it should be forty-five yuan. I need to give him fifty-five yuan back.”

Ling Yun walked out of the shed silently with a dark face. As a gang leader, he actually came to collect money in person for only forty-five yuan! What a humiliating thing… He didn’t want to see Gu Nianbin again for the rest of his life.

Shao Boqing also walked outside silently. He couldn’t understand why would Gu Nianbin come back for forty-five yuan. Did he even care about such petty amount of money? Wouldn’t it be simpler if he gave Du Xiaoxian the money? But he specially came back for that. Shao Boqing thought about it and found it so funny. He leaned on the car door and laughed hard. Ling Yun walked over and nudged him. “What the heck are you laughing at?”

Shao Boqing was only laughing at Gu Nianbin, but now Ling Yun’s words reminded him of the funny scene that Ling Yun was asking for money, so Shao Boqing laughed even harder.

At this time, Gu Nianbin came out with Du Xiaoxian. He walked up to pull Shao Boqing and Ling Yun off the car with both hands, each hand pulling each person. Then he opened the car door and let Du Xiaoxian get into the car. Shao Boqing was about to follow her in but Gu Nianbin blocked his way with his hand, “Go back yourself.”

“I left my car by the roadside. How can I get back?”

“Ask Old Ling to drive you.” Now Gu Nianbin finally took a serious look at Ling Yun and said, “I owe you a favor this time. Ask Boqing to treat you to a drink sometime.”

Shao Boqing shouted, “It’s you who owe him a favor, why should I treat him to a drink? How can you be like this? I gave up my date with a beauty and came to look for her with you, but you treat me like this? You’re really heartless… What happened to bros before girls? Inhuman…”

Before Shao Boqing could finish cursing, Gu Nianbin started the car and drove away. Ling Yun laughed so hard. He pulled Shao Boqing to his car and said, “Alright, I’ll play the role of a good man to the end. I’ll drive you home.”