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

After waking up the next morning, Meng Xia felt refreshed. She was no longer confused and weak from the previous day, and even her appetite was much better. She even felt a little more pleasing to the eye when she saw Huo Xibai again.

When Huo Xibai saw this, he didn't press any further. He helped her go through the discharge procedures that afternoon and sent her home.

"...Thank you. Sorry to trouble you. I will repay you the hospital expenses after your salary is paid next month."

As soon as she got home, Meng Xia pursed her lips and whispered the draft she had been working on.

"give me back?"

Huo Xibai, who was squeezing his shoulders, chuckled, "After you return your salary to me, what will you have left?"

"..."

Her face felt hot, but Meng Xia knew that what Huo Xibai said was the truth, so she could only make up for it, "Then I will pay you back in a few months. In short, I will definitely pay it back to you."

This time Huo Xibai didn't refute anything, just hummed, "That's right, anyway, you owe me a lot, so just pay it back slowly."

Hearing this, Meng Xia couldn't help but frown, since when did she owe him?

Huo Xibai didn't seem to notice her expression. He pinched his shoulder with one hand and frowned slightly.

Seeing this, Meng Xia thought of him spending the night on the sofa last night, and instinctively asked, "Is your shoulder uncomfortable?"

Before she finished speaking, she regretted it. As expected, she heard Huo Xibai's voice the next second, "What? Are you feeling distressed?"

"..."

Meng Xia bit the tip of her tongue, secretly regretting that she had asked too much, but Huo Xibai was teasing her in a good mood, "My shoulders are like this because of you, why don't you express your gratitude?"

"I didn't let you sleep on the sofa..."

As soon as Meng Xia retorted in a low voice, the man caught him, "How do you know I sleep on the sofa? I remember that I went to bed later than you yesterday, and I woke up earlier than you today..."

"So you woke up in the middle of the night and peeked at me?"

"How can it be!"

Meng Xia subconsciously raised her voice to retort, but Huo Xibai chuckled, "Why are you so excited? I was just guessing, and I didn't say you really woke up in the middle of the night to spy on me."

The man seemed to have deliberately accentuated the pronunciation of certain words, which made Meng Xia frown. She reasonably suspected that he had done it on purpose. He immediately opened the door to go in, but Huo Xibai grabbed his wrist——

"I didn't sleep well last night..."

As soon as Meng Xia turned around, she heard him suddenly say this sentence without any beginning or end, and couldn't help but have a question mark on her face.

Huo Xibai gently held her hand and spoke slowly, "I didn't sleep well at night, and I was really uncomfortable during the day, so please stop avoiding me by going out early and coming home late."

"...That's not because you have been chasing me. If you don't chase me, how can I hide?"

"If I don't chase you, can I still wait for you to come back to me?"

Huo Xibai's lips curled up with a hint of sarcasm, "The person who said he would wait for me turned out to marry someone else as soon as I left..."

I don't know how many times I heard him mention this matter, but Meng Xia finally couldn't help but frown and retorted, "What else? In that case, do you still expect me to really wait for you?"

After blurting it out subconsciously, both of them were startled.

Meng Xia pursed her lips, lowered her eyes and looked at his hand holding hers, struggling hard but unable to break free——

Huo Xibai grabbed her hard but didn't say a word.

The air suddenly became very quiet, and the two of them were deadlocked, neither of them willing to speak.

It wasn't until Huo Xibai's hand slowly relaxed that Meng Xia broke away from him, then opened the door and got in.

When she closed the door again, she frowned and regretted, why did she feel guilty for a moment just now?

It was Huo Xibai's fault in the first place. He had forced her to jump off the building, so why not allow her to lie to him?

But even though he thought so in his heart, he still thought of Huo Xibai's stunned face just now, and the flash of loss in his eyes.

What does he have to lose?

She is obviously the one who is now cornered and even fainted and hospitalized, right?