My Gorgeous Neighbor Is Cooking Every Day - Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Xia Xingye: “?”

Xia Xingye didn’t quite believe what Xiao Jiang said, but since she had brought Xiao Jiang out, she was also curious what was on the right, so she lifted her foot and walked to the right.

Turning the corner, a bicycle came straight at her.

The child riding the bike was going very fast, and when he saw Xia Xingye, he cried out in surprise, but didn’t slow down, just shouting: “Get out of the way!”

Xia Xingye took a step back, but before she could dodge, the child had already crashed into her.

The bike and rider crashed onto Xia Xingye. A sharp pain shot through her calf, and Xia Xingye grimaced.

Xia Xingye’s vision went black, and she vaguely heard someone anxiously apologizing.

Xia Xingye couldn’t say a word, nor could she say “it’s okay.” She couldn’t say it was okay, because it was definitely not okay!

When Xia Xingye came to her senses, she finally saw clearly what was in front of her.

A middle-aged woman pulled the child and the bicycle off Xia Xingye, saying apologetically: “I’m so sorry, the child is naughty and doesn’t know better.”

Xia Xingye thought she would follow up with “the child doesn’t know better, please don’t mind,” but instead, she said: “Let’s go to the hospital first, we’ll cover all the expenses.”

The woman’s attitude was very good. Although Xia Xingye was in a lot of pain, she couldn’t say much, so she just frowned and nodded.

On the way to the hospital, the woman was very nervous, but the child had absolutely no awareness of having done anything wrong and was even chattering and bargaining with the woman.

“Why can’t I ride my bike? It’s my bike, and I’ll ride it whenever I want.”

“You hit someone, that’s wrong.”

The child snorted and said: “She ran into me, what does that have to do with me?”

As he said this, he even got angry: “I haven’t even gone to settle the score with her, so why are you yelling at me?”

Xia Xingye: “?”

Xia Xingye didn’t know what to complain about for a moment. The woman hadn’t yelled at the child at all, just trying to reason with him. How did that become yelling at him?

And what did he mean by “settle the score with her”? She was the victim, wasn’t she?

The woman gave Xia Xingye an apologetic look. Seeing that Xia Xingye wasn’t angry, she said sternly: “This is not home, you can’t be so willful.”

The child rolled his eyes, unimpressed.

The woman sighed, hesitated to speak, and finally turned her head away, saying nothing more.

Clearly, this was not the first time she had heard the child say this.

Seeing that the woman was ignoring him, the child tugged at the seat belt back and forth.

The woman had no choice but to apologize repeatedly.

“Stop apologizing,” Xia Xingye said weakly, “Any more apologies and my condition will get worse.”

She really couldn’t stand the woman acting so humble while the child was taking advantage of the situation.

If the child apologized, she would be happy to accept it.

Sensing Xia Xingye’s impatience, the woman finally stopped apologizing and quietly started sending messages on the side.

Xia Xingye’s injuries were not severe, but the woman was very concerned and insisted that Xia Xingye get a full body check-up.

Seeing that she was genuinely worried, Xia Xingye agreed to the check-up.

After the whole process, Xia Xingye just wanted to go home. The last time she was this tired was after running the 3,000-meter race.

“Are you going back?” The woman asked hesitantly, “A car accident can be a big or small deal. Why don’t you stay in the hospital for a few days for observation?”

Xia Xingye: “…”

Being hit by a bicycle counts as a car accident?

Although a bicycle is technically a vehicle, a child riding a bike surely couldn’t be called a car accident, right?

If she had been stronger, the child and the bike would have bounced off her.

“Don’t worry about the cost,” the woman thought Xia Xingye was concerned about money, “I’ll cover all the expenses. If you’re worried, I can transfer the money to you now.”

Xia Xingye asked curiously: “Are you very rich?”

The woman hesitated. Xia Xingye took out her phone and said: “Fine, scan the money to me.”

She was joking, trying to make the woman back down, but the woman just said with some difficulty: “Wait a moment, I’ll make a phone call.”

She then proceeded to call someone right in front of Xia Xingye. The person on the other end answered quickly. Xia Xingye couldn’t hear what was said on the phone, but she saw the woman say a couple of things and then awkwardly say there was no need to come over, she could handle it.

After hanging up the phone, she still had a smile on her face and said to Xia Xingye, smiling sweetly: “I’ll transfer it to you now. Is one hundred thousand enough?”

Xia Xingye: “???”

Wait, it seemed like she was serious.

She got the money with just one phone call?

Xia Xingye dared not talk big anymore. The woman was dressed simply, and she had thought she wasn’t from a wealthy family, but she offered one hundred thousand right away, as if this amount was just a small sum to her.

“It’s really nothing serious. Look, I can still jump around.”

Xiao Jiang whispered: “Don’t worry, just take it. If she wants to, she can easily come up with a few million at any time.”

Xia Xingye was startled when Xiao Jiang spoke. Seeing that the woman was acting completely normal and hadn’t heard Xiao Jiang’s voice, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Xia Xingye spoke to the woman, while also talking to Xiao Jiang: “I can’t accept a favor without merit. If you really feel bad, you can just treat me to a McDonald’s meal.”

The woman refused to agree, insisting that Xia Xingye either take the money or be admitted to the hospital immediately.

Xiao Jiang: “Be admitted!”

Xia Xingye: “…”

Xiao Jiang was strange. Xia Xingye was curious why it wanted her to be hospitalized. Since she was fine now, she chose to be admitted for observation.

Hearing that Xia Xingye was willing to stay for a thorough check-up, the woman was relieved. She then took another phone call, reassured Xia Xingye a couple of times, told her to rest assured in the hospital, forcibly left a card with Xia Xingye, and then left.

As she left, she took a phone call, and her steps noticeably lightened as she went out.

Xia Xingye watched in surprise, wondering why she was so happy, when she heard the child’s complaint from the side: “This teammate is so bad!”

Xia Xingye looked over hesitantly. The child was still in the hospital room.

Xia Xingye: “…Why aren’t you leaving?”

The child suddenly realized his mother had left him behind, glanced at Xia Xingye, and then lowered his head to start another game.

Something wasn’t right. Who had enchanted the woman? The little brat she was so concerned about before was now directly abandoned.

Xia Xingye was struggling with what to do. Less than five minutes later, a middle-aged woman knocked on the door and greeted Xia Xingye: “Hello, I’m here to take him home.”

Xia Xingye asked the child: “Do you know her?”

The child looked up, turned his head, and said: “Not going back.”

By his tone, he recognized the person.

“Be a good boy, come home with Auntie.”

The child said reluctantly: “Where’s my mom?”

“She went on a date with your dad.”

“…Not going back.” The child looked resentful, “They never take me to play.”

Xia Xingye finally understood. The child was unreliable, and his mother wasn’t very reliable either.

No wonder they were a family.

“You’re so naughty, that’s why your parents won’t take you to play.”

Xia Xingye was now sure that the person who called the woman earlier was very likely her husband. She left so lightly because she was going on a date.

The child glared at Xia Xingye. Xia Xingye smiled and said: “It’s because you’re naughty.”

“Please don’t say that, he’ll get angry,” the woman, who was likely the nanny, advised Xia Xingye softly.

Xia Xingye shrugged and asked: “Am I not telling the truth?”

She was, of course, telling the truth, but saying it now was clearly not a good idea. The nanny was so worried that her hair was practically standing on end. Dealing with such a brat was annoying enough. If the salary wasn’t good, she would have quit long ago.

Xia Xingye naturally saw the nanny’s difficulty. She disliked the brat, but there was no reason to trouble a struggling worker, so she changed the topic and asked the child: “Do you want your parents to take you with them when they go out?”

The child’s eyes lit up, but he quickly pouted and said: “I don’t need to.”

“Yes, yes, you don’t need to, I just wanted to say it myself,” Xia Xingye pretended to be troubled, “I would burst if I didn’t say it.”

The child secretly glanced at Xia Xingye, clearly very hopeful, but trying to pretend to be mature, just a little brat.

After complaining, Xia Xingye talked to herself: “Everyone likes obedient and honest children. Everyone would want to take such a child out.”

“Am I not obedient?” the child whispered to the nanny.

The nanny’s mouth twitched slightly. If he was obedient, there wouldn’t be any disobedient children in the world.

“You’re not obedient, and you’re not honest,” Xia Xingye didn’t have the nanny’s reservations and said directly, “You don’t say what you like, always beating around the bush. Nobody will like that. If you want to go out with your parents, why don’t you just say so honestly?”

The child stood up awkwardly: “I didn’t!”

Xia Xingye already knew how to deal with this child. She nodded, agreeing with what he said. As for whether the child would listen in the end, that was none of her business. His mother gave her so much money, so she considered it helping her out.

Although the child’s parents also seemed a bit unreliable, a pair of people obsessed with love. Seeing how unfamiliar the woman was with the child, it was likely they didn’t spend much time with him. It was quite rare for a married couple to still have such a good relationship.

“You will also have a partner who loves you very, very much in the future,” Xiao Jiang suddenly cried out excitedly, sensing what Xia Xingye was thinking.

Xia Xingye: “…What nonsense are you talking about?”

The nanny heard Xia Xingye talking but didn’t catch what she said, looking at her with confusion.

“Nothing, I was just thinking about what to eat today.” Xia Xingye explained. Only she could hear Xiao Jiang talking, so to others, her talking to herself seemed quite strange.

“I’ll treat you to something delicious~” Xiao Jiang said happily.

Xia Xingye found it amusing. A small thing that couldn’t even move offered to treat her to food. She ignored Xiao Jiang and played on her phone.

Before long, the child pulled the nanny and left. He probably really intended to follow Xia Xingye’s advice to see if his parents would take him out when they went out.

Seeing that everyone was gone, Xia Xingye was about to sneak away when she heard a knock on the door, followed by Jiang Yingyue pushing the door open and walking in.

Xia Xingye froze. Jiang Yingyue stepped forward, took Xiao Jiang from Xia Xingye’s hand, put it in her pocket, opened a food container, and said to Xia Xingye: “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have let you take it out. It did that on purpose.”

On purpose?

Xia Xingye looked at Jiang Yingyue’s pocket: “It deliberately let me get hit by a bike?”

She thought it was just an accident, and she hadn’t done anything to offend Xiao Jiang.

“Yes,” Jiang Yingyue explained indifferently, “Other people’s misfortune can sometimes be its nourishment.”

Xia Xingye: “…”

So she was fooled by a little thing the size of her palm?

Xiao Jiang defended itself: “It was just a bicycle! Not a train!”

Xia Xingye was so angry she laughed: “Mm.”