Chapter 33 I bought you a bike, why don't you ride it?
Xia Qingxi got off the bike, agreed with Wu Xiaodong to start learning how to ride in a while, and then walked home carrying loquats.
As soon as she entered the yard, she saw Lu Jingxie and He Shanshan standing in front of the bike.
Lu Jingxie looked very unhappy, as if he was suppressing his anger, and his eyes, which were already cold, now looked even colder.
It seemed that he had discovered that He Shanshan had stolen the bike, but Xia Qingxi was a little surprised that he was so angry.
"I made it very clear yesterday that we are two families!" Lu Jingzhen looked at He Shanshan with anger in his eyes:
"Didn't your mother teach you not to touch other people's things?"
One sentence expressed his disgust for the two people.
He Shanshan knew she was in the wrong, and seeing Lu Jingzhen's cold eyes, she was so angry that she didn't dare to speak to defend herself.
"Just this time, you are not allowed to touch this car again in the future!" Lu Jingzhen said coldly, without looking at her again, and walked into the house.
In fact, Lu Jingzhen didn't care that much about He Shanshan stealing the bike. He just saw Xia Qingqi sitting in Wu Xiaodong's car, and he was angry but had no place to vent.
After Lu Jingzhen left, He Shanshan finally breathed a sigh of relief. She turned around and saw Xia Qingxiang walking in with a basket. The jealousy in her heart surged out.
How could she have such a good car when she couldn't even ride a car?
She just rode it secretly and was scolded. The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She caught up with Xia Qingxiang in a few steps, stopped in front of her, glared at her in anger and said:
"Someone bought you a car and supported you. Are you proud of it?"
Xia Qingxiang glanced at her coldly. Just now in front of Lu Jingzhen, she was so scared that she didn't dare to breathe, but now she ran in front of him to show off. Did he really think that she was the original self who was easy to bully?
"Shouldn't I be proud?" Xia Qingliu looked at her without blinking and asked back.
He Shanshan was choked and her face became more sullen:
"What are you showing off? It's great to have a car, huh! You can't even ride it."
Xia Qingliu looked at her and smiled lightly:
"It's great! After all, you don't have one, so you can only ride it secretly."
He Shanshan didn't expect Xia Qingliu to be so arrogant. Not only did he admit it, but he also ridiculed her. Seeing the other party's eyes change from anger to resentment, He Shanshan couldn't find words to fight back. She could only say a harsh word:
"Just wait for me, I want to see how long you can be proud." After that, she went back to her room angrily.
As she walked, she thought: Isn't Xia Qingliu so arrogant now because Lu Jingchen is supporting her? After Lu Jingchen left, she would beat her to a pulp!
The two annoying people didn't get any advantage from her today, and Xia Qingxing felt like she had won the first battle.
She put down the basket, found a big bowl, put a few loquats in it, then went to the kitchen to wash them, and brought them into the room.
Lu Jingchen was sitting at the table in the room, with a bad expression on his face. Xia Qingxing put the loquat in front of him and said to him,
"Try the loquats that my brother brought me."
After that, she took one, turned it up and down with her slender white fingers, and quickly peeled it. She took a bite, and the flesh turned into sweet juice that spread throughout her mouth.
It was indeed a good thing that had not been sprayed with pesticides. It was many times more delicious than the bland loquats she bought in the real world.
"It's delicious. Come and try it." After eating one, Xia Qingli couldn't help but recommend it to Lu Jingzhen.
Lu Jingzhen didn't respond, but looked at the bowl of brightly colored loquats. The water-stained loquats exuded a strong fruity aroma.
After a moment, he raised his hand, picked up one, tore off the thin skin, and put it in his mouth.
Xia Qingliu knew that he was angry about He Shanshan stealing the bike, and wanted to divert his attention, so she asked:
"Sweet, right?"
Lu Jingchen replied: "Sweet." His expression eased a lot, and then he said:
"It still tastes the same as before."
When Lu Jingchen was a child, he lived in the village of his original body. Because his father was sent down, the living and living conditions were not good, and there were no snacks to eat.
There were several large loquat trees in front of his original body's house. Every season, there were endless loquats. At that time, the original body's father was still alive, and he would always send some to their family after picking them.
So in the few years that Lu Jingchen lived in the village, this was a rare sweet taste.
Xia Qingxi was not the original body and could not empathize with him. Naturally, she ignored his words "It still tastes the same as before" and used other people's feedback to affirm it.
She only heard her say with a smile:
"Yes, Xiaodong and the others said it was delicious just now."
After hearing the intimate name "Xiaodong", Lu was surprised and paused. His face, which had just relaxed, became cold again.
Seeing that he was unhappy again, Xia Qingxi had no idea that he was unhappy because Wu Xiaodong sent him back. After all, in everyone's eyes, Wu Xiaodong was just a half-grown child.
She naturally thought that he had not yet gotten over the car incident in his heart, and she also knew that he was venting his anger by saying those words to He Shanshan just now.
In order to calm him down, she said,
"Don't be angry. It's okay for her to ride that car. I don't mind." She
originally wanted to calm him down, but the two of them were not on the same page at all. Xia Qingying didn't know that every word she said now touched Lu Jingchen's sore spot.
"It's okay for her to ride it" and "I don't mind". These two sentences naturally made Lu Jingchen think that Xia Qingying didn't care about the car she bought for her.
Why didn't she care about the car that others envied? Thinking of her sitting in Wu Xiaodong's car and smiling so naturally and comfortably, Lu Jingchen seemed to understand at once:
she didn't care about the car, but she didn't care about him, Lu Jingchen.
As proud as he was, he couldn't ask Xia Qingxi directly why she didn't care about him. He held his breath in his heart, looked at Xia Qingxi and asked coldly:
"I bought a bike for you, why don't you ride it?"
"Ah?" Xia Qingxi didn't know why he suddenly asked this. He was stunned for a moment, but still answered honestly:
"I can't ride a bike."
Can't ride? This is something Lu Jingqi didn't expect, but the next second he thought of:
Since you can't ride, you can just ride Wu Xiaodong's car with a legitimate reason, right?
Thinking of this, he felt even more upset. He looked sideways at Xia Qingying and asked in a colder voice:
"If you can't ride, don't you know how to learn?"
Hearing him ask this, Xia Qingying thought he was blaming her for not being able to ride a bike, so He Shanshan had the opportunity to take advantage of it. She immediately explained:
"I was just going to learn."
She had made an appointment with Wu Xiaodong when she came back just now to go learn how to ride a bike. Now was the perfect time. After saying this, Xia Qingying pushed the loquat on the table in front of Lu Jingchen:
"You eat first, I'll go learn now."
After saying that, she didn't stay any longer and walked straight out of the room.
Lu was shocked. He didn't expect that she would go immediately after he asked her to learn. After hesitating for a moment, he raised his hand and took another loquat.
After he calmed down, he realized that his attitude towards her was too fierce. Seeing her eager to go out, he wondered if his attitude just now scared her.
In fact, he didn't expect that he would speak to her in such a heavy tone, but he didn't know why, as long as he heard her mention Wu Xiaodong, he would feel bad and his attitude would become worse uncontrollably.
At this time, he thought again, she went to learn to drive alone, the car was so high, and if there was no one to hold her, would it be easy for her to fall?
Thinking of this, Lu Jingxie showed an undisguised look of worry on his face. He was about to go out, but the next second, he saw through the window the scene of Wu Xiaodong teaching Xia Qingxi how to ride a bicycle.
Xia Qingxi was riding a bicycle, and Wu Xiaodong was standing beside her, holding the handlebars with one hand and the back seat with the other hand, and then guiding her to pedal.
In just a moment, the loquat taste of Lu Jingxie's childhood was no longer sweet.