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

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

The man's tone was quite cold, and Meng Xia couldn't help but pause, and then she realized something was wrong——

Logically speaking, even if Huo Xibai did something wrong and brought shame to the Huo family, and Huo's father sent him abroad in anger, there is no reason that he would stay away for five years and not even be able to come back during the holidays.

But she, an illegitimate daughter, was able to leave the Huo family intact, and Huo Xichen even gave her a valuable dowry.

However, the Huo family had many rules, which she could never understand, so she didn't think much about it. She just asked, "Then how do you celebrate the New Year abroad?"

"New Year's Eve is not celebrated abroad, so I either have classes at school or sleep at home. Sometimes..."

After a pause, Huo Xibai suddenly glanced at her and said, "Sometimes I go out to drink, so that I can get so drunk that I don't think about anything else."

"Huh? Why?"

Meng Xia asked subconsciously, but unexpectedly she ran into a pair of dark and deep eyes. Across the table, she could even see her own reflection in his eyes.

Even someone as slow as Meng Xia could understand what he meant, not to mention that she had also seen his circle of friends——

I don’t know what kind of mood he was writing in those Moments just for her, those rather disgusting words. It’s a pity that she couldn’t avoid him at that time and had already switched to WeChat. Those sincerity and enthusiasm of his Along with his words, it disappeared into the sea and never saw the light of day.

Thinking of this, she felt an inexplicable sadness in her heart, and her heartbeat began to speed up involuntarily——

"What about you? How did you live before?"

Just as she was thinking, the man's words interrupted her thoughts, but before she could open her mouth, Huo Xibai seemed to think of something again, and his face suddenly darkened, "Forget it, it goes without saying that you must be busy with Song Zhihuai at that time. Together."

As if he didn't want to hear about her and Song Zhihuai, Huo Xibai angrily ate the plate of mountain starch dumplings that were burnt to the point of bitterness, as if the young Master Huo who had been picky about food since childhood was not him.

Meng Xia twitched her lips. Although she and Song Zhihuai did treat each other as respectful guests at first, the New Year celebrations were not just about the two of them -

Song Zhihuai's family has many relatives. There were five brothers and sisters in his father's generation. In Song Zhihuai's generation, although Mrs. Song only gave birth to him, he has so many cousins ​​that he can't count them on one hand.

But because Song Zhihuai’s grandparents are still there, there is a tradition of celebrating the New Year together as a family. As the saying goes, three women in one play, so many young and old women gather together to talk about life, work, the elderly and children. Meng Xia felt like her ears were going deaf when her family talked about the family dog.

So every Chinese New Year is more like a torture for her.

"Don't tell me, are you thinking about Song Zhihuai in front of me now?"

As if aware of her preoccupation, the man knocked on the table displeasedly and stared at her unkindly——

Meng Xia pursed her lips, not wanting to lie, but forced by the man's gaze, she did not dare to nod. She only explained in a low voice, "I just remembered some past events..."

"Past events related to Song Zhihuai?"

"..."

Tsk, he really didn’t let himself go.

She was always forbidden to mention Song Zhihuai, but he himself always had to mention it sometimes.

Although it may feel cute once or twice, it may become a bit annoying if it happens more often.

Just when Meng Xia was about to talk to him about this matter with a straight face, Huo Xibai's cell phone rang again. This time it was Lu Zeye calling——

"Master Huo, how long do you plan to linger? I'm waiting for you!"