She Lost Memory Before the Divorce

Chapter 74: Chapter 074: Thinking about what you shouldn’t can shorten your lifespan.
 

What kind of fairness is this?!

“Even if Sheng Xueqin doesn’t work for your company anymore, wouldn’t you still have to meet her if the Sheng Family and the Huo Family have any interactions in the future?

Huo Tingxiao, can’t you be less childish?!”

Childish?

Huo Tingxiao narrowed his eyes; this was the first time anyone had called him childish.

“So, you’re unwilling to cut ties with Lin Yize?”

Mu Lan frowned; the focus of this matter wasn’t really on Lin Yize. She could agree today, but what if a Zhang Yize came along next time, and a Li Yize the time after? Or was she expected to avoid all men around her?

“I thought adults could think like adults. Huo Tingxiao, I think you’re being a bit irrational right now. Our conversation isn’t appropriate to continue.”

“Adult thinking…”

Seeing the corners of his mouth curl up, Mu Lan’s face suddenly flushed red.

“I’m talking about being objectively rational; don’t get the wrong idea!”

Rational? Huo Tingxiao squinted his eyes.

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Logically speaking, she had amnesia and appeared to be 25, but her mentality should have been that of an 18-year-old. Yet, the words she uttered were so rational they were irritating, completely overturning his understanding of young girls.

However, every surprise bluntly reminded Huo Tingxiao how little he knew about Mu Lan. He didn’t realize that at eighteen she could talk about principles at length, leaving him with no words to say.

“Can the feelings between husband and wife also be treated with your so-called objective rationality?”

Feelings?!

The word suddenly stung at Mu Lan’s heart. He always carelessly said things that made it hard for her to distinguish between truth and lies. Mu Lan looked at the handsome face close at hand, her own face still a bit hot, her eyes breaking with disbelief.

What feelings could there be between them? He was starting to talk nonsense again, shamelessly flirting!

“The people you brought are still here. It’s very rude to ignore them like this.”

Mu Lan changed the subject. Yun Xi had been left hanging for quite a while, but this time it seemed to have served a purpose.

Huo Tingxiao understood the principle of stopping while one’s ahead and went back to his chair.

“This is the bodyguard sent by Azhan, Yun Xi.”

“Mrs. Huo, hello.”

Yun Xi was cool and aloof, but she didn’t quite fit the image of a bodyguard.

But since she was sent by Huo Tingxiao’s good brother, she must be highly skilled in her profession, so Mu Lan decided not to judge a book by its cover.

“Hello, don’t be so formal. Just call me by my name from now on, my name is Mu Lan.”

“Yes, Mrs. Huo.”

“…”

Mu Lan was at a loss, not knowing how to accommodate Yun Xi.

She glanced at Huo Tingxiao and got an idea.

“With Yun Xi here, you should go back and rest.”

She used the tactic of forsaking a benefactor after crossing the river quite smoothly. However, Huo Tingxiao was surprisingly obedient and did not forget to remind her to rest well before he left.

Seeing Yun Xi dressed in a black suit, Mu Lan couldn’t have her stay in the hospital room dressed like that, so she spoke softly:

“There are clean clothes in the wardrobe, and the blankets for the accompanying bed are newly changed.”

But Yun Xi seemed to have no intention of staying in the room.

“There’s no need, I’ll keep watch at the door. Just call me if you need anything.”

“At the door?”

Mu Lan was startled for a moment, and after a pause, she decided to respect Yun Xi’s wishes.

“Alright then.”

When Yun Xi stepped out of the ward, she found Huo Tingxiao standing in the corridor, not having left, his expression unchanged, but his eyes showing a hint of surprise.

“Huo…”

Huo Tingxiao shook his head to signal her not to speak. Yun Xi immediately pretended as though she saw nothing and sat down on the bench in the hallway, folding her hands across her chest and closing her eyes.

Soon, the duty nurse tidied up the vacant VIP hospital room opposite and brought a set of new patient outfits for Huo Tingxiao to use as house clothes.

Using the VIP hospital room as a hotel, such a move could only be thought of by the great boss Huo.

———–

After leaving the hospital, Han Yongmei called Shen Zichu and under a barrage of questioning, she finally learned that Huo Tingxiao and Mu Lan had been followed and had narrowly avoided a car accident.

Also thinking of what Huo Tingxiao said in the sickroom, she managed to suppress her anger, and did not go to Xian Yaping’s place in the middle of the night.

Whenever Huo Qidong didn’t come home, he was always at his second house.

Back when her family still had her back, she had made a fuss as well, but now that the second wife had given birth to children, what’s done was done; she could only turn a blind eye.

She was barred from entering the grand Huo estate, yet they dared to pull these stunts with her son—how could she swallow her pride?

After a sleepless night, early the next morning, Han Yongmei rose to demand an explanation.

Xian Yaping was once Huo Qidong’s secretary and a beautiful woman in her youth. Even though she was older now, she still retained her charm. Unlike Han Yongmei’s haughty demeanor, Xian Yaping was soft and gentle.

“Oh, what wind brought sister here today?”

Han Yongmei snorted coldly.

“Who is your sister? Where is Huo Qidong?”

“Qidong certainly didn’t spend the night here.”

He wasn’t here, and he wasn’t on a business trip, could it be that he was out with another…?

Xian Yaping looked at Han Yongmei, her face wearing a gentle smile.

“It seems sister isn’t aware that Qidong has more than this one place outside.”

Han Yongmei’s face darkened. She dialed Huo Qidong’s number, but no one answered. After several attempts, all were the same, which prompted Xian Yaping to say in a tone neither salty nor bland:

“Sister, why don’t you try his backup phone? Ah, sister wouldn’t be unaware of that, would she?”

Seeing the provocation in the other’s eyes, Han Yongmei snorted coldly.

“I only came to remind him that the old man’s big birthday is coming up, and to make sure he doesn’t forget.”

“Of course, such a major event for the Huo family. Qidong is so filial, he surely hasn’t forgotten; we have already prepared the birthday gift.”

“We?”

Han Yongmei narrowed her eyes—if it weren’t for her upbringing as a lady of good family, she would have slapped this pretentious woman hard on the face already.

What right did she have to say “we” as if she belonged?

“Yes, this year’s birthday gift we prepared is a collectible piece I helped Qidong bid for at the auction in Harbor City a short while ago. It’s quite valuable; the old master will surely love it.”

“You have indeed taken much trouble, considering you can’t appear at such an event; in the end, it will still be counted as a gesture from me, the elder daughter-in-law of the Huo family.”

Xian Yaping’s smile stiffened on her face, but it quickly returned to normal.

“What are you talking about, sister? We are all one family, there’s no ‘you’ or ‘me’ in this. As long as Qidong is happy, what does my appearance matter? If I cared about such things, I wouldn’t have stayed with Qidong for all these years. Do you have any other business here? If not…”

Han Yongmei glanced coldly, warning:

“Don’t covet what isn’t yours. The higher your heart reaches, the more fragile your fate. Desiring what you shouldn’t could shorten your lifespan.”

A glint of sharpness flashed through Xian Yaping’s eyes, but she smiled instead of getting angry.

“Thank you for your earnest teachings, sister. Since I can’t find the person in question, I wouldn’t want to delay your important matters, so I won’t keep you.”

“This shabby place couldn’t keep me anyway.”

Han Yongmei turned and left, and only then did a figure upstairs walk down.