She ran away from him and was not to be offended by her sickly brother.

"Tsk!"

Huo Xibai had a headache as soon as he heard those two words. He held her waist with one hand and played with her hair with the other, "Can't we not go?"

"What are you thinking! Of course not! Miss Wen already took special care of me when I came back from leave yesterday. How can I continue to ask for leave when there is an announcement today?"

Speaking of this, Meng Xia was still a little embarrassed. She was the one who asked Wen Yingying not to provide conveniences to her because of Huo Xibai's relationship, but the result was still...

Huo Xibai frowned in disapproval, "Why do you need special care when you ask for leave? You are just her employee, and you are not working for her. Besides, she has many assistants around her, and there is no shortage of you..."

"Then I can't get this salary in vain. Besides, Miss Wen is a very nice person. She not only treated us to a meal yesterday, but also gave us a New Year's Day red envelope. The amount is huge!"

The woman's sudden money-obsessed look made Huo Xibai chuckle. Only then did Meng Xia react and couldn't help but get angry, "Why are you laughing?"

"Nothing, I just feel..."

After a pause, Huo Xibai grabbed the hand that pushed him, put it to his mouth and kissed it, "So you are so cute."

"..."

Heat spread from the ears to the cheeks, and a touch of pink spread on her fair face. The woman covered her ears and glared at him angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

"No nonsense, you don't even know what you look like now... you are so cute."

The Meng Xia he knew was dull and taciturn. He always had a humble look of carefully trying to please everyone. Even if he was bullied, he would not dare to resist and would just endure it silently.

But now he knows that before going to the Huo family, she was also a child who was pampered by her parents and grew up. She could laugh wantonly, hide in the arms of adults and be sad, she could be well-behaved and sensible, or she could be coquettish and angry...

It turns out that she was once... such a lively girl.

"..."

Meng Xia didn't even know how thick-skinned he was to be able to say such words. She simply couldn't bear to hear it——

"Let me go quickly, I'm really going to get up. Miss Wen said the biscuits I made last time were delicious, and I'm going to make some more for her."

"What cookies? Why don't I have any?"

Huo Xibai rubbed her face and asked with an unhappy look, "Whose girlfriend are you?"

Meng Xia looked innocent, "The last time I asked you, you said you didn't want to eat it."

"I didn't know it was you who cooked it. Of course I want to eat it."

Then he corrected as if he noticed something, "No, you can only cook it for me to eat!"

"..."

Meng Xia was speechless for a while, but the man rubbed her shoulder with an aggrieved look, "I've never eaten any biscuits..."

The man's deliberately protracted tone sounded like a child playing rogue.

Meng Xia was helpless and funny, "If you want to eat, I'll just make more later."

"Then why should Wen Yingying eat first?"

"It's not a precious thing. Are you a child? Are you still fighting for this?" Meng Xia simply couldn't understand his thinking.

"Besides, Miss Wen is very kind to me, and I have nothing else to repay her. I can only do this."

Hearing this, Huo Xibai's eyes darkened, "If others treat you a little better, you are like this. Then someone who treats you better will come along, will you not want me?"

The man's voice was low, sounding a little lonely, as if he was really worried about this kind of thing.

Meng Xia sighed softly, then turned around in his arms, facing him, holding his head and kissing his forehead——

"Then try to be the best person to me."

"..."

Huo Xibai's body trembled, but before he could react, Meng Xia had already let go of him and turned over to get out of bed.

He originally wanted to get up and grab her, but his eyes were attracted by a large bouquet of red roses on the table——

The bright red roses are neatly trimmed and placed in transparent glass bottles, which look particularly eye-catching under the refraction of the sun.