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

"Why are you nervous?"

"Of course I'm nervous about meeting your parents."

"..."

Meng Xia was speechless for a moment, and all his gloomy emotions were gone. "They should be very happy if you take them home."

"They'll be happier to see you doing well."

Huo Xibai came over and put his arms around her shoulders, his eyes flashing. Meng Xia pursed her lower lip. After a moment of silence, she took the initiative to extend a hand to him, "Let's go home."

"..."

With his eyebrows twitching, Huo Xibai was stunned for a full two seconds before he reacted. He felt happy and immediately held her hand hard, "Okay, let's go home."

-

"What smells so good?"

"Shan Fen Yuanzi, a special dish from our hometown, do you want to try it?"

Meng Xia was busy in the kitchen when Huo Xibai suddenly came over. She picked up a small piece and handed it over. The man opened his mouth and bit it without thinking. He took a step back and lost control of his expression.

"Are you okay? Vomit it quickly."

Meng Xia gave him cold water while talking, but Huo Xibai shook his head and endured the burning sensation in his throat to speak with difficulty, "It's already gone."

"Are you stupid? You don't know how to blow on something so hot?"

Meng Xia fed him half a glass of water, then held his chin and said, "Open your mouth and let me see."

His eyes dimmed, and Huo Xibai opened his mouth obediently.

"It seems like... it's bubbling."

Meng Xia held his chin and looked at it carefully under the light, but she didn't know how ambiguous this behavior was.

"Would you like some medicine...um!"

Before she finished speaking, Huo Xibai suddenly hugged her waist and kissed her. Meng Xia couldn't avoid it, and only the broken sound of struggle escaped from her lips, "What...are you doing? I still have to cook."

"But I'm already hungry."

In the past few days, he was worried about passing the cold to her, so he never kissed her. Staring at her red lips that opened and closed, Huo Xibai had long been distracted.

The voice of rejection was swallowed into her stomach, and Meng Xia was trapped between Huo Xibai and the cupboard, unable to move. It was not until a burning smell came that she suddenly woke up, pushed Huo Xibai away, and hurriedly turned off the fire.

Unfortunately, it was too late. When I opened the lid, I saw that the contents inside were already burnt.

Meng Xia couldn't help frowning and glaring at him, "Look at the good things you've done!"

"It doesn't matter, I will eat it all without wasting any."

"This is what you said. If you can't finish it..."

There was a sudden pause in her words, and Meng Xia suddenly remembered that her mother seemed to have the same tone when she scolded her father before.

"How about if you can't finish it?"

Huo Xibai took her words and shamelessly came over to hug her, but Meng Xia slapped the back of his hand hard. The man immediately pulled back in pain, but he heard the woman's fierce voice, "I'll make trouble with you again." You are not allowed to enter my room at night!"

"..."

The man was stunned. It was rare to see her with a straight face and an angry look. It was different from being cold and silent when she was angry. She was more like a rabbit that was cornered. He immediately found her interesting and cute.

"Okay, I won't bother you."

Xiao Nian is not as lively as New Year. Some people even work overtime at the company. Meng Xia just made four simple dishes and one soup, and chatted with Huo Xibai while watching TV and eating. There are not as many relatives as the Song family, so Without the rules of the Huo family, it felt like I was back when I was a child for a moment——

"If you don't go home...does it really not matter?"

While they were eating, Huo Xibai's cell phone rang again. When the man glanced at it and hung up, Meng Xia couldn't help but make a sound.

"What will you do when I go home? What will you do with this dish?"

Huo Xibai pointed to the plate of burnt mountain vermicelli dumplings, took a piece and put it into his mouth.

Meng Xia couldn't laugh or cry for a moment. It was just a joke at first, but she didn't expect that he actually ate it. She refused to listen to her advice and said that she deliberately found reasons to not let him enter the room.

"Don't eat..."

Just as Meng Xia was about to speak, she heard him say again——

"Anyway, I haven't been home for five years, and I don't care about this year."