“Your name is Sophie, right?”
“yes.” The little girl nodded her head seriously.
"Thank you, Sophie, for pushing me over here."
Hayden smiled as she held the wheelchair, then she stood up in front of the little girl’s parent. They were so shocked when they saw her standing up so suddenly. “Because you are kind and willing to help, now I can stand up.”
The little girl's eyes widened in disbelief, "Wow, auntie, your leg."
“So as a thank you gift, I will give you the chocolate, okay?”
As Hayden said this, she handed the box of chocolates that she took to the little girl, and touched the little girl’s head, “Thank you! In the future, when you see others in need of help, you should also be brave like today, okay?”
The little girl took the chocolates and nodded solemnly. She kept staring at Hayden’s legs for quite some time before she reluctantly left with her parents.
After the family left, Hayden sat back in her wheelchair.
“You're good at coaxing kids." The sound of a sarcastic laugh came from overhead.
Hayden rolled her eyes at him, “It’s all because you let me out in a wheelchair. She such a little girl, it’s not good to discourage her from helping others.”
“You’re right.”
Joseph took a box of chocolates, “But this is a supermarket, you just take something and stuff it into someone’s hand and say it’s a gift, is it appropriate?”
Hayden was pulled back to her senses and immediately tried to get up.
That was awkward. The look of the couple didn’t look particularly rich, and this brand of chocolate was not cheap at all. A box with a few pieces of chocolate in it would cost a few hundred yuan.
Before she got up, a strong hand pressed on her shoulder and pressed her back into the wheelchair.
“It’s okay, I’ve informed the manager here. All the snacks that the little girl buys will be free of charge.”
Hayden let out a sigh of relief and couldn’t help but ask again, “When did you inform them?”
“Just when you were getting excited about showing off your magical legs.”
When she heard these, Hayden’s face blushed instantly.
He said it on purpose!
She immediately explained with a red face, “You don’t understand, we should talk to children like this. No wonder you and Noah have a bad relationship. Have you understood now?”
“I don’t understand.” Joseph smiled indifferently, “I only need to know how to cook fried cod tonight and that’s enough.”
The aunties in the supermarket was much more enthusiastic than the neighborhood aunts. They all saw Hayden’s legs and gave her a lot of food to try.
The most embarrassing thing was that Hayden was going to have her period soon, she purposely stayed at a distance away from the shelves selling sanitary pads to see Joseph make a fool of himself. She let him go and buy all alone.
“Don’t buy the wrong one. If you don’t know what to buy, just ask the woman beside the shelves.”
“Okay.”
Joseph walked towards the shelves, pushing his little trolley. He looked calm.
After a while, Hayden saw that Joseph was shopping with a great amount of pads that were visible on the shelf into the trolley, as if he was trying to buy everything.
Now he was relying on being rich, so he could do whatever he want. Hayden was not going to let him get what he wants.
Hayden hurriedly call the woman in the pad area and said, “Look, that’s my boyfriend. I asked him to help me get some sanitary pads, but he is not very good at choosing. Can you help? Tell him to take two packs each for day and night. I have to trouble you because my legs are not that convenient for me to go over.”
The woman agreed instantly, “Alright, I’ll go now. Don’t move, just rest here.”
“Okay, thank you.”
Hayden held the cup she brought out from home and took a sip of water contentedly and prepared to watch the show.
Surely, as soon as the woman arrived there, Joseph stood still like a statue. The expression on his face was very stiff too.
Hayden tried hard enduring the urge to spit out the water, she took out her phone and took a sneak shot.
After the photo was taken, Hayden noticed that the two were talking happily. The woman pointed toward her and then pointed towards the baby products area.
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