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

After Huo Xibai left, the house suddenly felt empty, and the silence was a bit eerie.

Meng Xia turned on the TV, randomly picked a variety show to play, and then went to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner——

This was her first time to spend New Year's Eve alone, so she actually had nothing to prepare, so she put away the food she took out from the refrigerator and went to the sofa to watch a show.

She doesn't know when she got into the habit. She doesn't like having too many people at home, but she can't stand being too quiet at home, so she always likes to watch variety shows. Listening to the people in them laughing over trivial things makes her feel lively.

Just watching, the sun set outside, and she huddled on the sofa and gradually fell asleep.

It wasn't until her body suddenly became airborne that she suddenly woke up. She smelled a familiar fragrance of mint in her nose, and then secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "You're back?"

"Why did someone fall asleep on the sofa alone?"

Before she opened her half-closed eyes, the man's words fell into her ears. Meng Xia couldn't help but lean into his arms, "I was watching TV, but I didn't expect to fall asleep while watching it."

Huo Xibai watched her nuzzling in his arms, his whole heart melting, and even his voice was filled with tenderness, "Then you haven't eaten yet?"

"Fortunately, I'm not very hungry."

"How about that? We still have to eat New Year's Eve dinner."

Huo Xibai, who originally planned to carry her to the room to rest, put her down again, "You rest for a while, I'll ask someone to send her over."

"No, I'm already awake."

Meng Xia sat up and yawned slightly, then asked as if remembering something, "Why are you back so soon? Did you talk to Mr. Huo?"

"I haven't seen you yet, how can we talk?"

Huo Xibai's expression and tone were not good. Meng Xia subconsciously asked, "What's wrong?"

"Everyone was waiting for him to come back and use chopsticks. After waiting for two hours, they just said, 'If you can't leave, you won't come back to eat.'"

"Um...Mr. Huo seems to be getting busier and busier now."

Although we were busy in the past, we would still have New Year’s Eve dinner together.

"He has always been like this. Only his time is time, and others can only wait helplessly for his charity."

"..."

Meng Xia couldn't comment, so he could only change the subject, "Then you haven't eaten either? Do you want to eat together?"    "Shall I order some takeout?"

"No, I'll do it. Who wants takeout for New Year's Eve dinner?"

"But if you start cooking it now, it will take at least an hour or two before you can eat it."

"Then... let's eat hot pot?"

Meng Xia blinked, and Huo Xibai naturally had no objection.

So the two of them sorted out some hot dishes and cooked hot pot directly. In order to take care of Huo Xibai's avoidance of spicy food, they even made a mushroom soup pot base.

In less than half an hour, the two of them started eating it——

"what about the taste?"

"good."

Huo Xibai nodded. Although he couldn't taste the food, the fact that he could sit with her to eat New Year's Eve dinner was enough to make him happy both physically and mentally.

"I think it's much more delicious than the truffles and caviar you eat. It's spicy and hot in one bite, so you don't have to worry about it... Sure enough, it goes better with hot pot in winter."

"What psychological burden?"

"I just always think about how much this bite will cost, and how much money I will save if I eat one less bite."

I didn't find it to be like this. Huo Xibai couldn't help but curl his lips, "So you think like this every time I eat out, why do you never tell me?"

"It's not too late to say it now."

As she said that, she seemed to have remembered something. She got up and went to the refrigerator to get two bottles of fruit wine. "In our family, during the Chinese New Year, we always toast and say good things. It's just that I was underage at that time, so I could only drink Coke."

"Every time I say something nice, my parents will give me a red envelope. For example... Gong Xi Fa Cai, can you bring me the red envelope?"

As she said that, she touched Huo Xibai's wine glass, and then deliberately stretched out her hand towards Huo Xibai.

Huo Xibai chuckled, and actually took out a red envelope and handed it to her hand——