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

In the long corridor of the hospital, Meng Xia was sitting on a bench. Huo Xibai came over with a cup of hot water, "Drink a little?"

"Thank you."

Meng Xia reached out and took it, without drinking it, just holding it in his hand to warm his hands.

After a while, he said again as if he was remembering something, "Are you sleepy? Why don't you find a hotel nearby to sleep first?"

"Need not."

"But you came back all night yesterday, and you just drove for several hours..."

Before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by Huo Xibai, "Don't you want me to leave you here alone?"

A simple sentence, but it made Mengxia's eyebrows jump. Before she could react, Huo Xibai had already sat down next to her and leaned on her shoulder, "But I am really a little tired. I want to Lean on your shoulders..."

The man's voice was low and slow, with a hint of coquettishness.

"..."

After moving her mouth, Meng Xia finally refused.

It's just that Huo Xibai didn't feel comfortable leaning against her. There was a height difference between them. He almost shrank half of his body before he could barely lean on her shoulder, with his head sliding down from time to time.

After several times, Meng Xia couldn't help but ask, "How about... you sleep on my lap?"

But as soon as the words were spoken, Huo Xibai suddenly raised his eyes and looked over, his eyes direct and passionate, which made Meng Xia's face heat up, and he quickly wanted to take back what he just said.

But it was too late to regret, Huo Xibai had already laid down on her before her——

The man was half-lying on the bench, with his head resting on her thigh. It reminded her of Huo Xibai who was always like this in high school and liked to rest his head on her leg while basking in the sun.

When he was in a bad mood, he would torture her and ask her to read to him. It was all boring economics knowledge, which made her want to tear up the book and stuff it into his mouth.

"You're staring at me again."

Huo Xibai suddenly opened his eyelids and looked over. Meng Xia couldn't escape for a moment. He was caught in the act. His heart tightened, but there was no expression on his face. "I was thinking about my grandma."

Hearing this, the man really lost his intention to joke and looked at her with his dark eyes, "You have a good relationship with your grandma?"

"Well...just kiss my grandma a little."

Meng Xia squinted her eyes and thought for a while, "I stayed with her for a few years when I was a child. Although I was too young at that time and can't remember many things, I can still remember that she was very good to me."

"Later on, my mother would take me to live in the countryside every winter and summer vacation. After my parents passed away, I moved into the Huo family, and my grandmother lived with my brother-in-law's family, and we gradually lost contact with her."

"But then after I got married, my brother-in-law contacted me again..."

Hearing this, Huo Xibai sneered, "They contacted you just to ask you for money, right?"

"Didn't you hear what he just said? Your grandma needs a lot of money for this operation? And they are short of money?"

Meng Xia opened her mouth and said, "But my mother passed away, and I had the obligation to support my grandmother..."

"But when your parents died, they didn't even think about raising you, but sent you directly to the Huo family."

"But they have no obligation to raise me."

Meng Xia blinked and said in a low voice, "And...it was me who went to the Huo family voluntarily."

"Volunteer?"

Huo Xibai couldn't help but narrowed his eyes, but he heard the woman explain in a low voice——

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