Chapter 58 - Im Sorry, I Was Wrong (1/2)
Sitting in his office, Gu Nianbin’s face went pale with anger. He was worried and restless all day long. Whether his eyes were closed or not, he couldn’t get Du Xiaoxian’s face off his sight. But she actually treated him like this! He just… wanted to catch her back and beat her up.
President Gu was always confident in his own patience, but this time, after gritting his teeth several times to hold back his strong impulse, he still failed and picked up his phone to dial her number, gritting his teeth again.
Du Xiaoxian was enjoying her ice cream wholeheartedly and didn’t react when she heard the ringtone. Actually, Gu Nianbin had wrongly blamed her. She didn’t forget to call, she simply forgot that she had a mobile phone!
It was Wang Qian who reminded her, “Xiaoxian, is that your phone ringing?”
Du Xiaoxian didn’t realize what Wang Qian was talking about at first. But then, she suddenly got a brainwave attack and remembered, it was her phone! No, no, no … Her face turned pale and she hurriedly searched her schoolbag for the beautiful new mobile phone that was ringing with the theme song of the “Boonie Bears”.
Gu Nianbin never expected that Du Xiaoxian would keep the phone ringing for so long and didn’t answer it! Or was it because she was shopping so excitedly that she didn’t hear the phone at all?
Panting heavily, Gu Nianbin was so angry that he almost smashed his phone. Then the phone finally got through and a timid voice came over, “Hello?”
With blue veins jumping about on his forehead, Gu Nianbin wanted to shout at her, but the moment he actually spoke, his voice sounded as calm as the placid water, “Where are you?”
“I… I’m having ice cream with my classmates.” The moment Du Xiaoxian saw her phone, she remembered that she had promised Gu Nianbin last night to call him. So she apologized nervously, “I’m sorry, I… I forgot to call you.”
As he expected, she forgot it… Gu Nianbin took two more heavy breaths and said calmly, “It doesn’t matter. Have fun. Call Xiaoding to pick you up when you want to go home.”
Du Xiaoxian would rather Gu Nianbin scold her than talk to her so indifferently. She became anxious immediately. “No, I … I’m coming back right now.”
Gu Nianbin felt the uptight blue veins on his forehead eased a little immediately. He said, “Alright, give me the address. I’ll have Xiaoding come over to pick you up.”
Du Xiaoxian told him the shop name and then felt relieved all over. But she lost her appetite for the remaining ice cream. Gently stirring it with a small spoon, she didn’t take a bite for a long time.
Wang Qian asked, “Xiaoxian, are you leaving?”
Du Xiaoxian nodded. “I’m going home.”Read more chapters at L istnovel.com
Liu Tiantian asked tentatively, “Is something wrong? Does your family not allow you to go shopping with us?”
Du Xiaoxian shook her head and remained silent.
Yang Liying said, “Du Xiaoxian, you have to pay the bill before leaving. We don’t have any money with us.”
Du Xiaoxian also felt sorry to leave early, so she took her card and the bill to the cashier’s counter to pay the bill without saying a word.
Looking at Du Xiaoxian’s back, Yang Liying whispered to the other two, “Little country bumpkin is quite easy to trick. After we go back, think about what we want and tell her tomorrow. She will be our ATM from now on!”
Liu Tiantian was not optimistic about this and said, “Look at how anxious she is. I’m afraid her family knew that we have her treat us a lunch and was calling her home to question her!”
“For only a few thousand yuan? I spend at least a hundred thousand yuan a month, and my father won’t even crease his brows.” Yang Liying curled her lips in contempt.
Liu Tiantian flattered Yang Liying, “How generous your father is! But not everyone’s father is as generous as yours.”
Yang Liying smiled proudly. But then she found that Du Xiaoxian was still standing in front of the cashier after a long time.
“What is she waiting for?”Read more chapters at L istnovel.com
Wang Qian and Liu Tiantian turned their heads together to see that Du Xiaoxian was on the verge of crying, so was the cashier girl. The three of them then ran over at once.
“What’s wrong?”
Du Xiaoxian showed them the bill. “Two hundred and ninety-seven yuan for three ice creams. Didn’t they make a mistake?”
“No. That’s the price,” Yang Liying said.
The cashier girl’s bitter face relaxed at once and she said, “This young Miss insists that we’ve made a mistake and refuses to pay the bill…”
Yang Liying felt a little embarrassed and said to Du Xiaoxian, “Just pay the bill. With a Black Card, do you still care about two hundred yuan?”
Wang Qian also said, “Yes, Xiaoxian, swipe your card. It’s only two hundred yuan. It cost over six thousand yuan for lunch, and I didn’t see you blink when you were paying for it.”
More than six thousand yuan… Du Xiaoxian felt that she was going to faint. Gu Nianbin just gave her the card yesterday, and she spent more than six thousand yuan today. If she spent money like water, even if she was given mountains of gold and silver, it wouldn’t be enough. Besides, she had never actually owned six thousand yuan since childhood. How could she spend it in such a foolish way? How would she explain to the young master when returned home?
Yang Liying became impatient. “Du Xiaoxian, if you don’t want to pay, just forget about it. Even though we don’t have much money, we can still afford to a two-hundred-yuan bill!”
Du Xiaoxian made up her mind not to swipe her card. No matter what they were going to say, she wouldn’t spend another penny. She had paid for more than six thousand yuan for the lunch! Although it was a little embarrassing to do so, she didn’t blush and just put her card back into her pocket. She said, “I’ve spent too much today. I can’t spend anymore.”
Yang Liying snorted coldly, took out three hundred cash from her wallet and slapped the money onto the counter, then said to the other two, “Let’s go.”
After watching them leave, Du Xiaoxian turned to the cashier and said, “Please give me the changes of three yuan. I’ll bring it to her tomorrow.”
The cashier said okay and handed over three yuan to Du Xiaoxian respectfully with both her hands. So was this what they called a miser with a Black Card?
Du Xiaoxian stood on the side of the road with her schoolbag on her back and waited for a few minutes before Xiaoding’s car arrived. She pulled the car door and got in silently. Xiaoding looked at her in the rear view mirror and asked, “Xiaoxian, what’s wrong? You were fine a moment ago, but why are you suddenly upset?”