diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/styles/components/vp-doc.css b/src/client/theme-default/styles/components/vp-doc.css
index 3e03783b..84e9d08c 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/styles/components/vp-doc.css
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/styles/components/vp-doc.css
@@ -310,30 +310,21 @@
 }
 
 .vp-doc [class*='language-'] code {
-  display: block;
-  padding: 0 24px;
-  width: fit-content;
+  display: flex;
+  width: max-content;
+  min-width: 100%;
+  flex-direction: column;
   line-height: var(--vp-code-line-height);
   font-size: var(--vp-code-font-size);
   color: var(--vp-code-block-color);
   transition: color 0.5s;
 }
 
-.vp-doc .highlight-lines {
-  position: absolute;
-  top: 0;
-  bottom: 0;
-  left: 0;
-  padding-top: 16px;
-  width: 100%;
-  line-height: var(--vp-code-line-height);
-  font-family: var(--vp-font-family-mono);
-  font-size: var(--vp-code-font-size);
-  user-select: none;
-  overflow: hidden;
+.vp-doc [class*='language-'] code .line {
+  padding: 0 24px;
 }
 
-.vp-doc .highlight-lines .highlighted {
+.vp-doc [class*='language-'] code .highlighted {
   background-color: var(--vp-code-line-highlight-color);
   transition: background-color 0.5s;
 }
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlight.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlight.ts
index 0b373475..761aff42 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlight.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlight.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,40 @@
-import { IThemeRegistration, getHighlighter } from 'shiki'
+import { IThemeRegistration, getHighlighter, HtmlRendererOptions } from 'shiki'
 import type { ThemeOptions } from '../markdown'
 
-export async function highlight(theme: ThemeOptions = 'material-palenight') {
+/**
+ * 2 steps:
+ *
+ * 1. convert attrs into line numbers:
+ *    {4,7-13,16,23-27,40} -> [4,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,16,23,24,25,26,27,40]
+ * 2. convert line numbers into line options:
+ *    [{ line: number, classes: string[] }]
+ */
+const attrsToLines = (attrs: string): HtmlRendererOptions['lineOptions'] => {
+  const result: number[] = []
+  if (!attrs.trim()) {
+    return []
+  }
+  attrs
+    .split(',')
+    .map((v) => v.split('-').map((v) => parseInt(v, 10)))
+    .forEach(([start, end]) => {
+      if (start && end) {
+        result.push(
+          ...Array.from({ length: end - start + 1 }, (_, i) => start + i)
+        )
+      } else {
+        result.push(start)
+      }
+    })
+  return result.map((v) => ({
+    line: v,
+    classes: ['highlighted']
+  }))
+}
+
+export async function highlight(
+  theme: ThemeOptions = 'material-palenight'
+): Promise<(str: string, lang: string, attrs: string) => string> {
   const hasSingleTheme = typeof theme === 'string' || 'name' in theme
   const getThemeName = (themeValue: IThemeRegistration) =>
     typeof themeValue === 'string' ? themeValue : themeValue.name
@@ -12,22 +45,24 @@ export async function highlight(theme: ThemeOptions = 'material-palenight') {
   const preRE = /^<pre.*?>/
   const vueRE = /-vue$/
 
-  return (str: string, lang: string) => {
+  return (str: string, lang: string, attrs: string) => {
     const vPre = vueRE.test(lang) ? '' : 'v-pre'
     lang = lang.replace(vueRE, '').toLowerCase()
 
+    const lineOptions = attrsToLines(attrs)
+
     if (hasSingleTheme) {
       return highlighter
-        .codeToHtml(str, { lang, theme: getThemeName(theme) })
+        .codeToHtml(str, { lang, lineOptions, theme: getThemeName(theme) })
         .replace(preRE, `<pre ${vPre}>`)
     }
 
     const dark = highlighter
-      .codeToHtml(str, { lang, theme: getThemeName(theme.dark) })
+      .codeToHtml(str, { lang, lineOptions, theme: getThemeName(theme.dark) })
       .replace(preRE, `<pre ${vPre} class="vp-code-dark">`)
 
     const light = highlighter
-      .codeToHtml(str, { lang, theme: getThemeName(theme.light) })
+      .codeToHtml(str, { lang, lineOptions, theme: getThemeName(theme.light) })
       .replace(preRE, `<pre ${vPre} class="vp-code-light">`)
 
     return dark + light
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlightLines.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlightLines.ts
index f7e5293a..a1e6c65f 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlightLines.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlightLines.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 // Modified from https://github.com/egoist/markdown-it-highlight-lines
+// Now this plugin is only used to normalize line attrs.
+// The else part of line highlights logic is in './highlight.ts'.
+
 import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
 
 const RE = /{([\d,-]+)}/
-const wrapperRE = /^<pre .*?><code>/
 
 export const highlightLinePlugin = (md: MarkdownIt) => {
   const fence = md.renderer.rules.fence!
   md.renderer.rules.fence = (...args) => {
-    const [tokens, idx, options] = args
+    const [tokens, idx] = args
     const token = tokens[idx]
 
     // due to use of markdown-it-attrs, the {0} syntax would have been
@@ -40,35 +42,7 @@ export const highlightLinePlugin = (md: MarkdownIt) => {
       }
     }
 
-    const lineNumbers = lines
-      .split(',')
-      .map((v) => v.split('-').map((v) => parseInt(v, 10)))
-
-    const code = options.highlight
-      ? options.highlight(token.content, token.info, '')
-      : token.content
-
-    const rawCode = code.replace(wrapperRE, '')
-
-    const highlightLinesCode = rawCode
-      .split('\n')
-      .map((split, index) => {
-        const lineNumber = index + 1
-        const inRange = lineNumbers.some(([start, end]) => {
-          if (start && end) {
-            return lineNumber >= start && lineNumber <= end
-          }
-          return lineNumber === start
-        })
-        if (inRange) {
-          return `<div class="highlighted">&nbsp;</div>`
-        }
-        return '<br>'
-      })
-      .join('')
-
-    const highlightLinesWrapperCode = `<div class="highlight-lines">${highlightLinesCode}</div>`
-
-    return highlightLinesWrapperCode + code
+    token.info += ' ' + lines
+    return fence(...args)
   }
 }