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

The elevator door slowly closed, and the voices of the two women disappeared. Meng Xia was inexplicably relieved. As soon as he raised his eyes, he met Huo Xibai's scrutinizing gaze, and his heart couldn't help but "thump"——

"What, what's wrong?"

Huo Xibai stared at her for a few seconds, then glanced at the hands they were holding.

Meng Xia's heart trembled inexplicably, and the palm holding his hand felt hot unconsciously, but she had no intention of letting go of him.

"What? Can't we hold hands?"

The woman raised her eyes to look at him and asked with some confidence, but her slightly trembling eyelashes revealed a little nervousness.

Huo Xibai pursed his lips and stared at her with his obscure dark eyes for a few seconds, then let her lead him home.

Meng Xia was inexplicably relieved. She had just been stared at by him like that, and when he was angry, she thought Huo Xibai would throw away her hand.

Fortunately, he didn't.

It seemed to confirm what she had just thought——

No matter how angry he was, Huo Xibai would never ignore her.

Although she had heard the word "like" from him countless times, perhaps this was Song Zhihuai's lesson. She didn't believe the love words hanging on her lips, and preferred the love hidden in the minutiae.

And the conclusion she had just drawn from one thing was confirmed by another thing. This joyful emotion almost doubled, making her mouth curl up inexplicably.

The tension that was originally caused by the man's gloomy expression disappeared in an instant.

"Huo Xibai, are you angry?"

As soon as she entered the door, she got straight to the point. Huo Xibai paused to change his shoes, then turned to look at her, "I still need to ask, is it because I wasn't obvious enough?"

"why are you mad?"

"Shouldn't I be angry?"

I don't know if it was because of the conclusion he just came to, but even though the man had a cold face and a cold voice, Meng Xia didn't feel scared at all. Instead, she felt that he was like a child having trouble.

"I'm asking why you're angry?"

Huo Xibai's eyebrows tightened, as if he didn't expect her to be so blind, and his tone couldn't help but increase in intensity, "You still don't know where you went wrong?"

Meng Xia pursed her lips and her tone was a little innocent, "How would I know if you don't tell me?" "..."

Taking a heavy breath, Huo Xibai was about to speak, but he heard the second half of her sentence, "How can I coax you if I don't know?"

"……What did you say?"

His pupils trembled, and Huo Xibai couldn't believe that he had no ears for a moment.

She was holding his hand, but he squeezed it hard. Meng Xia seemed to realize what she had just blurted out, but under the man's hot gaze, she was suddenly at a loss for words.

"No, it's nothing."

She subconsciously lowered her eyes to dodge, but Huo Xibai's other hand pinched her chin, forcing her to raise her head and look at him——

The man frowned, "I just heard it. You said you wanted to coax me."

"..."

I heard it and asked.

Meng Xia didn't understand what he was thinking, but she had no intention of denying it, "Yeah."

Huo Xibai stared at her, his throat suddenly tightened, "...Then how are you going to coax me?"

As soon as these words came out, Meng Xia could clearly feel that most of the anger around him had dissipated, but she still followed his words, "I still don't know why you are angry."

Hearing this, Huo Xibai couldn't help but grimace again, "You really don't know?"

"Because I went to see Song Zhihuai this afternoon without telling you?"

Meng Xia secretly guessed that because she was worried that Huo Xibai would not let her go to see Song Zhihuai alone, so she told a little lie.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, his lower lip was bitten hard——

Huo Xibai glared at her angrily, "Of course there is this reason, but what makes me angry the most..."

"It's you who never know how to protect yourself."