The child has a bad stomach, so she doesn't dare to be careless at all.
Her hair was still wet, and she didn't even bother to blow dry it. She picked up the child and went to find the medicine box. "Does it hurt a lot? If it hurts a lot, mom will have to take you to the hospital."
"It's not me, it's Xiaobai..." The little guy pointed to the next room and said in a softer voice, "Xiaobai didn't let me tell you."
Xia Xingchen's heart tightened. "Why does he have a stomachache?"
"Xiao Bai didn't have dinner. But he might have gone out to buy instant noodles now."
Xia Xingchen put the child at ease, opened the door and walked to the next room. The lights next door were still on, but there was no one inside. She stood there, staring at it in a daze, and a trace of disappointment crossed her mind.
She remembered that last time, he asked Rui Gang to pick her up so late and go to the office to cook noodles for him...
Now, he would rather eat bad instant noodles than come to see her. She had obviously saved herself a lot of trouble, but for some reason, she felt heavy and lost in her heart.
"Dabao?" Xia Dabai noticed that she seemed unhappy and tugged at her clothes. "What's wrong? Are you unhappy?"
"No." Xia Xingchen shook his head and turned to walk into the room. "You stay home alone for a while, I'll go out to find your father, okay?"
"OK."
"Then you promise me that you will never go out."
"Don't worry, I won't go out. It's so cold outside!"
That's right. Dabai was very well behaved. Since he had promised her, he would not run around. Xia Xingchen felt relieved. She just wiped her wet hair casually, changed her clothes, and went out. She turned on the TV, let the child watch it, and hurried out.
It's extremely cold outside.
Especially at night, the wind was stronger than during the day. Her hair was wet, and the wind blew over her, and she felt a strong chill, and she felt pain in her temples. She didn't care about that, wrapped herself tightly, and ran to the elevator. The elevator was shaking a little, but she didn't care much.
When she reached the first floor, the wind was raging outside. She gritted her teeth and rushed into the night.
There is a small supermarket outside, which is also the closest small supermarket here, about 400 meters away. Normally, these 400 meters are really nothing, but in the cold winter, every step can be considered torture. The distance of 400 meters seems to have taken an unprecedented long time.
Xia Xingchen walked quickly against the wind, and after a while, he saw a layer of yellow light spreading from the supermarket.
She stood there, watching from a distance that was neither too far nor too close, and could see him in the small supermarket at a glance. At this time of year, in the entire supermarket, except for the young girl at the cashier, he was the only one in the store. He was wearing a coat, but it couldn't hide his figure that was better than a model's. It seemed that he didn't know much about instant noodles, and his eyes kept wandering around the shelves, a little confused.
She knew that he had never eaten instant noodles before, and would never eat what he called "junk food".
Xia Xingchen looked again and saw the young girl at the cashier walking towards him with a charming smile. He was wearing a mask, revealing only his eyes, but he had already mesmerized the girl.
She hesitated for a moment, but finally walked forward, pushed open the door of the supermarket and went in.
The two people didn't even look back at the door when they heard the noise - Bai Yeqing was always so indifferent. The cashier girl, on the other hand, focused all her attention on someone. Her voice was as sweet as honey, "You don't look like you're good at it, I'll make it for you."
"Okay, thank you." He didn't refuse. He really didn't know how to do it.
The girl tore the instant noodles, put the seasoning in place, and looked at him from time to time while collecting water. Xia Xingchen, who was watching from the side, felt frightened, fearing that the girl's hands would be scalded by the boiling water.
"When I look at your eyes, they look so familiar. Are you a celebrity?"
"… no."
Xia Xingchen thought, he is indeed not a star, but he has more exposure, more attention, and more supporters than a star.
"Oh. Do you live here?"
“… Yeah.” He was always frugal with his words.
"Never seen you before."
"..." He simply didn't respond and just looked at the noodles, "Is it done?"
"Ah, right away." The girl smiled awkwardly and asked again: "Why are you still eating noodles so late? Didn't anyone make dinner for you?"
The girl was just short of saying "I'm willing to do it for you". This man is really... full of peach blossoms.
"No." Bai Yeqing replied with two words again.
The girl's smile deepened. After washing the noodles, she handed them to him. After looking at him shyly, she asked, "So... you don't have a girlfriend yet?"
"Thank you." Bai Yeqing's tone was still indifferent. After taking the noodles, he really glanced at the girl opposite him. He didn't reply to her directly, but said: "My son is already 4 years old."
"..." The girl looked shocked, her lips were frozen, and she didn't respond for a long time. Xia Xingchen felt like he heard the sound of lightning and thunder. He rejected people coldly and straightforwardly.
Bai Yeqing was holding the noodles and preparing to go to the table by the window. He turned around and saw her.
He stared at her with a hint of surprise in his eyes. When he looked at her wet hair, his eyebrows knitted together. Does this woman know how many degrees it is outside? How dare she come out with such disheveled hair!
"What are you doing here?" he asked.
"Ah... I... I'm just buying something." Xia Xingchen grabbed something in his hand to show that he was a real customer.
Bai Yeqing glanced at her hand, "Are you sure you're here to buy this?"
"Hmm?" Xia Xingchen looked at him, and then followed his line of sight to her hand. The next moment, her face flushed red with embarrassment. She thought she was holding a box of chocolates, but in the end, she pulled a box of condoms.
She just couldn't understand why merchants nowadays like to put candies and colorful condoms on the same shelf
"... I'm not buying this." Xia Xingchen put the condom back on the shelf. Subconsciously thinking of the first night she was with him, she dared not look him in the eye. She walked to the shelf and pretended to take something casually, but her eyes kept glancing at him from time to time. Finally, she sighed and took his noodles away.
I have a stomachache, why am I still eating instant noodles
Bai Ye paused as he took off the mask and looked at her.
After a moment's hesitation, she told the truth: "... I have some left over. I'll heat it up for you."
"No."
Xia Xingchen seemed to have not heard his refusal at all. She poured the soup directly into the trash can and then threw away the noodles.