Bi Xia isn’t particularly good at cooking, but there’s one dish she’s quite skilled at, and that’s scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
Even 007 doesn’t know the reason behind this because it happened before 007 appeared.
Before Bi Xiaoyuan was born, Bi Xia’s dad, Bi Qingyun, often stayed out all night. Bi Qingyun was a man with ability but unwilling to endure hardship, always moping around and talking about various ideals. He often told Xia Shi that one day he would encounter the right opportunity and then take off like a rocket. Content originally comes from novel※fire.net
Unable to deal with Bi Qingyun, who talked about his ideals all day long at home, Xia Shi had to take the young and just-matured Bi Xia out to work. Since Xia Shi was unfamiliar with Qing City and had no friends or relatives, she had to find work on her own.
Maybe because Xia Shi was good-looking, her first job was quickly secured as a nanny for a well-off family. The requirement was only to prepare lunch and dinner before the family returned home.
Xia Shi’s cooking was genuinely delicious and matched the family’s taste, so they agreed to occasionally let Xia Shi bring little Bi Xia to their home as long as she didn’t touch anything.
At first, that place seemed much better than their own home to little Bi Xia, but it was not her own home after all. She just sat on the sofa all day, not daring to move, afraid of breaking something and causing her mom to lose her job.
Seeing Bi Xia’s restraint after bustling around in the kitchen, Xia Shi felt very uncomfortable. So, she brought Bi Xia into the kitchen to help her, and Bi Xia was very happy to assist, eagerly fetching various ingredients for Xia Shi.
That day, Xia Shi was making a simple dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Because it was easy to make, Xia Shi let Bi Xia handle the cooking. Little Bi Xia stood on a small stool, carefully holding the spatula and nervously turning the scrambled eggs with tomatoes, with Xia Shi closely watching beside her.
After the dish was made, Xia Shi served a bowl to Bi Xia. Bi Xia always remembered that day; she felt a great sense of accomplishment.
"Try it, how is it?" She scooped up a bit with the spatula, blew on it lightly, and held it up to Qin Zhan’s lips, "Be careful, it’s hot."
Qin Zhan stepped closer, bent down, and ate it all in one bite. Bi Xia frowned, "No one’s going to take it from you. Aren’t you afraid of burning your mouth?"
"It’s just right, delicious," Qin Zhan curved his lips, raised his hand to hold the boy’s wrist, and took another bite using the boy’s hand, "It tastes even better this way."
Bi Xia glanced at Qin Zhan, expressionless, "Then you shouldn’t eat it."
Qin Zhan suddenly paused, turned off the stove, flipped around, and pulled the boy close, holding his face with both hands, "What’s wrong?"
Bi Xia slightly lowered his eyes. He didn’t know why, but he suddenly wanted to share the things he had bottled up inside with Qin Zhan.
"Scrambled eggs with tomatoes... was the first meal I ever made for my mom, and also..." the last meal, in my previous life.
"I was still young then, and Bi Xiaoyuan wasn’t born yet. Mom taught me how to make scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and I was smart enough to learn it in one go," Bi Xia tugged at the corners of his mouth, "Later, on mom’s birthday, Bi Qingyun forgot about it and went out drinking. Mom came back very late, so I secretly made this dish for her. I always remember..."
"That day, mom came back crying, and when she saw that dish, she cried even more. She just held me and kept crying, while smiling at me and eating the scrambled eggs with tomatoes I made."
Bi Xia gave a self-deprecating smile, "At that time, I was still wondering, this scrambled eggs with tomatoes was supposed to make mom happy, but why did she cry more the more she ate? Later I found out..."
With his starry eyes slightly lowered and his face gradually becoming cold, "That day, Bi Qingyun’s mistress found my mom."
This was the first time Bi Xia spoke about his family affairs to someone else. Qin Zhan understood that the boy was opening his heart to him. Seeing the boy in such a state, Qin Zhan stretched out his long arm and tightly embraced him.
Nestled in Qin Zhan’s arms, Bi Xia quietly continued, "Bi Qingyun was always looking for his opportunity, and finally, he found it, found out who would give him that opportunity. Just like that, heh, he abandoned his down-and-out wife to pursue his dream life.
"Actually, I have no feelings for Bi Qingyun. I actually felt relieved when he left, but he tied my mom to that chaotic house and exploited her, and that was unacceptable!"
Later on, he even played dead. A flash of coldness appeared in Bi Xia’s eyes. Sooner or later, she would personally pull that person out and make him pay for the suffering her mom went through!
One day, she would take her mom and Bi Xiaoyuan away from that cannibalistic Bi Family!