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

When Meng Anan woke up, her throat was very dry. Just as she was about to wake up Meng Xia beside her, she heard Huo Xibai's voice, "Shh, your mommy just fell asleep, don't wake her up."

Huo Xibai deliberately lowered his voice, looked at the little guy again, and subconsciously asked, "What do you want? Do you feel uncomfortable? Or do you need to go to the toilet?"

"..."

The little guy was silent for a few seconds, as if hesitating. Huo Xibai lowered his voice and coaxed, "Just tell me what you want. I know you don't like me, but you don't want your mommy to worry either." ,Is it right?"

Hearing this, Meng Anan raised his head and looked at him. After hesitating for two seconds, he pointed to his mouth and squeezed out one word in a hoarse voice, "Water..."

"Okay, just wait, I'll get you some water."

Huo Xibai responded, turned around and poured him a glass of water. Just as Meng Anan was about to pick it up, Huo Xibai imitated Meng Xia, helped him up, and then fed him to drink.

Meng Anan was stunned for a moment, but he still cooperated and finished the drink, but he didn't know whether it was because of his posture or something else, but he spilled some on Huo Xibai's clothes.

I originally thought he would be disgusted, but unexpectedly the man just looked at him lightly and asked him, "Do you want more water?"

Meng Anan shook his head, "No need."

The moistened throat felt much better, but it was still a little hoarse. Huo Xibai frowned and said, "Wait here for a while, I'll go buy something."

"?"

Before Meng Anan could say anything, Huo Xibai had already gone out. He looked at the empty ward and then at Meng Xia, who was sleeping peacefully next to him, and suddenly felt that this man was not useless.

After a while, Huo Xibai came back and handed over a candy. "Put it in your mouth. Your throat will feel better."

After staring at the pink wrapped candy for a long time, Meng Anan reached out and took it, but did not open it for a while.

"I'll help you unpack it."

Huo Xibai took the candy from his hand, unwrapped it, and put it to his mouth——

Meng An'an did not open her mouth immediately. Instead, she looked at Huo Xibai for two seconds before carefully opening her mouth and biting it. The next second, a sweet taste spread across her taste buds, and her throat felt much better.

"How's it going? Do you feel better?"

Meng An'an nodded, and Huo Xibai handed over the remaining box of candies, "Here you go, you can eat it when your throat feels uncomfortable. You can also eat it when taking medicine if it feels too bitter."

Meng Anan glanced at the thing that was stuffed into his hand, and then looked at Huo Xibai, "Why... give me this?"

"Because when I was forced to take medicine when I was a child, I just wanted to eat a candy."

"Did you often take medicine when you were a child?"

"Eat more than you."

Meng Anan blinked, not sure whether he believed it or not. After a while, he suddenly asked, "Why are you so nice to me all of a sudden?"

Looking at the little guy's nervous expression, Huo Xibai pursed his lips, and then slowly uttered a few words, "Because I want to thank you."

"Thank me?"

"Well, thank you for staying with her and giving her hope and courage during my absence."

Meng Anan pursed his lips, looking like he didn't understand. Huo Xibai couldn't help but touched his little head, "You don't need to understand these now, you just need to know-"

"I like your mommy very much. I'm not here to take her away, but to love her and protect her with you."

"Of course, I will love you and protect you, because you are her most precious treasure."

The man's voice was very soft and slow, with an indescribable tenderness, so even if Meng Anan didn't understand, she roughly understood what he meant -

He will not take away mommy, he will protect mommy with him, and he will... like himself...

His heart felt inexplicably warm, and the little guy couldn't help but curl his lips, but he was afraid that Huo Xibai would see it, so he quickly pulled up the quilt to cover his head. After a while, a few words came out from under the quilt -

"Then...then I won't hate you anymore."