Chapter 51 - The Secret Mistress

While Du Xiaoxian was washing up in the bathroom, Gu Nianbin was busy in the kitchen. Cutting tomatoes into pieces, onions into shreds, whisking eggs, and slicing pork… There was also a fish being steamed in the pot. He was going to wash a bunch of green vegetables and cut them into pieces make soup.

After Du Xiaoxian finished washing up herself and making the bed, Gu Nianbin already served the dishes on the table. The fragrance was overflowing in the room. Du Xiaoxian followed the fragrance to the table and got stunned when standing beside the table. Before her eyes were tidily displayed the fried tomato with eggs, fried onion with meat, steamed fish, and vegetable soup. All the dishes had bright colors and pleasant flavor. The dishes made Du Xiaoxian’s mouth water just by looking at them. It must be delicious!

She turned to look at Gu Nianbin who was walking out of the kitchen. Her eyes were filled with admiration. “Young Mast… Brother, you are awesome!”

Gu Nianbin handed the bowl to her hand and smiled. “How do you know that they are delicious before you even try them? Maybe they only look good but taste bad!”

Du Xiaoxian picked up a piece of meat with the chopsticks and put it into the mouth. Then she exclaimed, “It’s so delicious!”

Gu Nianbin pointed at the fried tomato with eggs and said, “Try this one.”

Du Xiaoxian followed his suggestion. It was so delicious that she narrowed her eyes. “It tastes terrific!”

After putting down her chopsticks, she scooped with the soup. Gu Nianbin said, “Be careful. The soup is a little hot!”

Du Xiaoxian took a few sips with the spoon and smiled happily like a flower. “The soup tastes good too.”

Seeing that she didn’t intend to try the fish, Gu Nianbin said, “Aren’t you going to try the fish? It’s also delicious!”

Du Xiaoxian looked at the steamed fish. She licked her lips but didn’t reach out to it. In her hometown, fish was expensive. Most families couldn’t afford it. She never had fish since childhood. When she worked for the Gu family, although there were opportunities for her to have fish, she always believed that she did not deserve it. Mom said that one would become greedy if he or she longed for things that did not belong to him or her. In Du Xiaoxian’s mind, fish was something that didn’t belong to her. So she never ate fish.

Gu Nianbin picked up a piece of fish and sent it to her mouth. “Try it. This is a mandarin fish. Its meat is fresh and tender.”

Du Xiaoxian hesitated for a moment and asked, “Can I still have fish in the future?”

“Of course.” Gu Nianbin didn’t know that Du Xiaoxian was struggling over the fish, and he said, “As long as you like it, you can have it every day.”

If she could have fish every day, then Du Xiaoxian did not have to struggle over whether to have it or not now. She smiled, opened her mouth and ate the piece of fish. It was really delicious. She said, “Yummy.”

“Then have more of it.” Gu Nianbin filled her bowl with rice so that she could sit down and enjoy the dishes slowly. Du Xiaoxian looked at the dishes on the table, and then looked at the handsome man sitting opposite her. She suddenly felt extremely happy. This feeling had been somewhat unfamiliar to her. Ever since her mother passed away, she had never tasted happiness again.

But the man sitting opposite her made her happy again, which was quite out of her expectation. She was suddenly moved to tears. As she chewed on the food in her mouth, she looked and smiled at Gu Nianbin, with tears in her eyes. She thought that it would be wonderful if things would go on in this way… For the first time, she began to look forward to the future for her and Gu Nianbin.

Gu Nianbin offered a piece of tissue to her and asked, “Are the dishes I cooked really so good that you are moved to tears?”

Du Xiaoxian took the tissue and wiped away her tears. Suddenly, she stood up and walked around the table to behind Gu Nianbin. She put her arms around his neck and said earnestly, “Brother, thank you. I’m very happy now.”

Gu Nianbin felt a slight pain in his heart. He patted Du Xiaoxian’s hand and said, “You make me happy too.”

Du Xiaoxian rubbed her head against Gu Nianbin’s neck. This was nice. Both she and the Young Master were happy. It felt good to be happy together with him. Du Xiaoxian leaned against Gu Nianbin’s back and cried with tears again because of happiness. She never knew that one would cry for being happy.

Warm tears dripped onto Gu Nianbin’s back. It soaked into the thin cloth and seemed to have penetrated into his body. Gu Nianbin felt a pain in his heart again. He turned back and held her into his arms and lowered his head to kiss her eyes, whispering, “Little fool, why are you crying? We will be happy every day in the future…”

Upon hearing this, Du Xiaoxian cried even harder. She tightly grabbed Gu Nianbin’s clothes and choked like a sobbing kitten…

Gu Nianbin hugged the skinny and small body in his arms tightly. He pressed her head against his chest and slowly closed his eyes. Waves of uncontrollable emotions hit him, and his Adam’s apple slid up and down. He understood Du Xiaoxian’s feelings at this moment just like how he understood himself. Both the two of them had been lonely for too long, and once they encountered anyone who gave them warmth, they would be completely conquered. Du Xiaoxian was like this, and he, was even more like this…

The midday sunshine crawled into the room from the balcony and quietly cast over the man and woman who were embracing each other. The sunshine stopped by the door and didn’t move forward further.

After a long time, Gu Nianbin perceived that Du Xiaoxian slowly calmed down. So he gently stroked her back and said, “Let’s have lunch, okay? The dishes are getting cold.”

Du Xiaoxian hugged him tightly and then prepared to get off him. But Gu Nianbin did not let her go. Instead, he turned her around to sit in his seat, then he stood up and walked to sit on the opposite. Somehow, he did not like the feeling of Du Xiaoxian leaving his arms. He would rather walk away from her himself.

Gu Nianbin tasted the fish and said, “The dishes are cold. I’m going to heat them up.”

Du Xiaoxian stopped him and said, “Cold dishes are also tasty. The weather is hot. It’s okay to have cold dishes.”

Indeed, it didn’t matter to eat something cold now that the temperature was high. So Gu Nianbin let her go her own way. Actually, as long as it was with her, it didn’t matter what he had for meals. He remembered a slang from the south: the loved ones could overcome all hardships together as long as they loved each other. He would be equally content even if he could only stuff water down his stomach or have leftovers.

When Zhou Ting was about to get off work at noon, she received a call from Gu Nianbin. She listened up immediately. It turned out that she was asked to go to a luxury store to pick up clothes. She got the size and was asked to select a few suits and send them to the apartment.

Zhou Ting’s heart beat quickly, but she remained calm and took the order. The moment she put down the phone, she danced madly in the office. The boss did have a secret mistress. She was the only one who knew about such ground-breaking news. It felt terrible that she was the only one who knew such a secret but could not share it with others.

After so many years, her boss finally had a woman with him. She happily swung a few fists in the air and felt excited for the boss. It was awesome! The clerk in the secretary’s office looked in by the door and asked her smilingly, “Miss Zhou, what’s the good news? Share with me!”

Zhou Ting ran over to close the door and proudly said, “This is a secret that cannot be shared!”

The clerk stopped her from closing the door. “Come on, Miss Zhou. I promise I won’t tell anyone.”

Zhou Ting put on a stern face and scolded, “Have you finished the quarterly report? Show it to me.”

“Not yet.” The clerk smiled playfully. “I’ll give it to you this afternoon.”

“No, do it right now. You can’t get off work until the report is done. Even the boss said I’m too indulgent with you guys. All of you, have some consciousness! If you continue act like this in work, we will be looked down upon by other departments! Do you want to be scolded by me or by the boss?”

When Zhou Ting became serious, the subordinates would also be afraid of her, especially when she used Gu Nianbin’s name to suppress them. The clerk stuck out the tongue and went back to work. Zhou Ting closed the door, still unable to suppress the excitement. She danced wildly for a moment longer, then took her handbag and went out to get the suits for the secret lover of the boss.

The size Gu Nianbin gave her was the Extra Small size. Zhou Ting selected a few different styles of suits and asked the shop assistant to get the right size. When the shop assistant got all the clothes ready and brought them to Zhou Ting, Zhou Ting picked up one piece of them and spread it out to check. A blurry shadow suddenly flashed in her mind. She was immediately stunned like she was scared by herself. It could not be…her…

Zhou Ting packed up the clothes hurriedly and rushed to the apartment. She was extremely curious about the secret mistress of his boss. She had an instinct that the result would definitely thrill her.

When she arrived at the apartment, Gu Nianbin and Du Xiaoxian had just finished their meal. Du Xiaoxian was not good at cooking, but she did a good job with washing and cleaning. She didn’t allow Gu Nianbin to enter the kitchen again and was busy happily in the kitchen alone.

Gu Nianbin leaned against the door with a cup of tea in his hand and looked at her with a smile. Upon hearing the doorbell, he placed the cup on the dining table and walked over to open the door.

Outside the door was Zhou Ting with a standard smile. “Boss, I’ve got you these clothes.” She raised the paper bag and intended to walk inside.

Gu Nianbin stood in her way at the door motionlessly. He reached out and took the paper bag. “Good. You can go back now.”

Zhou Ting usually did not say anything about Gu Nianbin’s order. But this time, she took the courage and asked, “Boss, it’s hot outside. Can I come in and have some water?”

Gu Nianbin didn’t respond to her. Instead, he just stared at her. Zhou Ting was immediately defeated by such a sharp gaze. With a shy smile, she said, “Well, I’ll go back first. Will you come to the company this afternoon, boss? There’re documents need you to sign!”

Gu Nianbin nodded and closed the door with no expression.

Zhou Ting stuck out her tongue awkwardly. Then, as she gracefully walked to the elevator, she pulled her mouth expressively. It happened to be seen by a mother and a son. Zhou Ting heard the child ask his mother, “Mom, what’s wrong with Auntie?”

The mother said, “That Auntie is doing facial exercises.”

Zhou Ting covered her mouth and quickly rushed to the elevator and laughed out. After she finished laughing, she sighed again. The boss always put on a cold poker face. Would he scare his secret lover? Was she a big secret lover or small secret lover? Those extra-small sized clothes should only fit small-sized woman… Was she the one Zhou Ting had guessed? If so, they would be opposed by many people. The boss would be drowned by gossips. If not, then the boss must get other secret lovers… How many secret lovers did the boss have? Who could fit in extra-small sized clothes…

After getting back into the car, Zhou Ting opened a bottle of water and drank some water. A vicious idea came into her mind. No wonder Gu Nianbin didn’t like the beautiful and capable white-collar elites like her. He liked young chicks! Zhou Ting began to imagine Gu Nianbin having sex with his secret lover, and she remembered what Shao Boqing said in the morning, “He finally exploded…” Zhou Ting couldn’t help blushing. The boss was tall and mighty, but his secret lover seemed small and weak, could she handle it…

Oops, why was a good woman like her thinking about this? It must be because she had hung out too much with the playboy Shao Boqing and was affected…