She Lost Memory Before the Divorce

Chapter 149: Chapter 0149: Changing for You, Willingly

Huo Tingxiao was looking at Mu Lan’s bright, shy, and timid eyes, couldn’t help but slightly curve his lips, and was about to lean down to kiss her when suddenly his phone rang.

A moment of annoyance flashed, and he didn’t even feel like checking who on earth was calling at this time.

Seeing that he had no intention of getting up, Mu Lan quickly placed her hands on his chest to stop him from “misbehaving”.

“Stop it, answer the phone.”

Reluctantly, Huo Tingxiao got up and answered the call.

“Hello?”

From the other end of the phone came Sheng Xueqian’s voice, slightly choked with sobs, as if she were crying.

“Tingxiao, are you… are you free right now? I have something I want to talk to you about, can you come out and meet me?”

Huo Tingxiao frowned and casually turned on the speakerphone before setting it aside.

“Say it over the phone.”

Having said that, he returned to teasing Mu Lan.

Mu Lan’s eyes widened, not expecting him to turn on the speakerphone and then come back, and just as she tried to flee the bed, she was caught by Huo Tingxiao, who pulled her back into his arms.

On the phone, Sheng Xueqian, unaware of the situation on Huo Tingxiao’s end, continued to weep:

“Please help my sister, I don’t know what’s gotten into her, she insists on marrying Huo Tingyang, and today grandpa was hospitalized again because of her.

Tingxiao, no one can persuade her, she always listens to you the most, could you possibly…”

Was she actually calling to ask Huo Tingxiao to persuade Sheng Xueqin? This second Miss Sheng really doesn’t think like most people.

Just having been forced by her holier-than-thou sister to attempt suicide, and having been saved, she still could repay evil with kindness?

Mu Lan always felt there was something very off about Sheng Xueqian.

Huo Tingxiao’s arm circled Mu Lan, long fingers about to act along the hem of her clothing, when she slapped them away with a “smack”.

Sheng Xueqian on the phone heard it all too clearly and paused.

“Tingxiao, are you… busy?”

As if in punishment, Huo Tingxiao bit Mu Lan’s earlobe, Mu Lan glaring at the mischief-smiling man, elbowed him, prompting Huo Tingxiao to reply to the call.

“I am powerless in this matter; you’ve got the wrong person.”

The voice hadn’t changed at all, and Mu Lan secretly admired Huo Tingxiao — he really could act.

“Tingxiao, but grandpa says if sister insists on marrying Huo Tingyang, he will strip her of her heir status.

Tingxiao, I’m begging you, please, can you help sister? Only you can persuade her, wuu wuu wuu…”

Sheng Xueqian wept bitterly on the phone, stirring some pity in Mu Lan.

Looking up at Huo Tingxiao, she noticed he was not touched at all.

“This is an internal matter of the Sheng Family; instead of calling me, you should be pleading with your grandpa more.

I have more important things to do.”

Speaking of important things, his gaze turned towards Mu Lan, his eyes hook-like, making Mu Lan involuntarily wrinkle her nose in annoyance.

Sheng Xueqian sighed, her voice laced with sorrow.

“Then you go ahead, Tingxiao, I’m sorry for bothering you.”

That pitiful tone, ah, it really made me feel a pang of sympathy.

After hanging up the phone, Mu Lan, like a cat that had puffed up, pushed Huo Tingxiao aside.

“What kind of twisted pleasure do you get, keeping the speaker on while talking to someone and still teasing me?”

Huo Tingxiao raised an eyebrow.

“Without the speaker on, how would you know what we were talking about?”

Mu Lan was startled, so he had done it for fear that she would misunderstand…

“I’m not that petty, but what about the many female employees around you every day? Should they all be replaced with men?”

Huo Tingxiao was silent for a while, seemingly considering the feasibility of this.

Mu Lan was frightened by his serious consideration.

“What are you going on about, you can’t seriously be considering it, can you? Get a grip! Women already have a hard enough time surviving in the workplace; I wouldn’t get mad over something so trivial.”

“So, you mean you wouldn’t be happy if I did that?”

Mu Lan was resigned. Are straight men really that black and white?

“It’s not that I’m unhappy, it’s just that I feel you don’t need to change yourself so drastically for me.”

Though she spoke softly, Huo Tingxiao heard every clear word.

Huo Tingxiao took Mu Lan’s hand, his tone suddenly becoming serious.

“Mu Lan, changing for you is something I do willingly, you’re worth it.”

Mu Lan’s mind went blank for a moment, hardly believing what she had heard.

His recent behaviors had been quite strange, making her involuntarily think in certain directions, but… she dared not ask Huo Tingxiao directly, fearing she might accidentally misunderstand something.

“I’m hungry, let’s see what delicious things Mrs. Li has made.”

Mu Lan instinctively chose to escape, a slight disappointment flashed in Huo Tingxiao’s eyes, but he quickly returned to normal.

Meanwhile, the Sheng Family was in turmoil because Sheng Xueqin insisted on marrying Huo Tingyang.

After ending the call with Huo Tingxiao, Sheng Xueqian walked out of the bathroom with red eyes, looking stubbornly at Sheng Xueqin in the living room.

“Sis, just listen to Grandpa, that bastard from the Huo Family is not worthy of you, how can you…”

Sheng Xueqin coldly looked at Sheng Xueqian, utterly ungrateful.

“Who I marry is none of your business?”

Old Master Sheng was furious.

“Your sister is still weak, not fully recovered yet, what kind of attitude is this from you as the older sister?”

The mention of Sheng Xueqian’s health not being recovered made Sheng Xueqin completely out of sorts.

“Grandpa, she’s just putting on an act for everyone. Thirty tablets of diazepam can’t kill a person, she’s doing this just to clear her own name.

It’s just a bitter trick. How could you fall for her trap?”

Upon hearing this, Sheng Xueqian’s tears started to fall.

“Sis, I really don’t know what I need to do to clear up your misunderstanding of me.

If you think my being alive means I’m guilty, then I… I’ll prove my innocence by dying right now.”

As she spoke, she suddenly rushed towards the living room’s load-bearing column, fortunately, a maid nearby quickly grabbed her.

“Miss, let’s talk things calmly, don’t be rash.”

Old Master Sheng sighed heavily. It was just a trip to the Huo family’s celebration, and now his granddaughters were fighting like enemies.

Now, to his dismay, his proudest eldest granddaughter even insisted on marrying that bastard; it’s really tragic!

Sheng Xueqin looked at Sheng Xueqian crying so pitifully, yet she was utterly unmoved; she wouldn’t be fooled a second time!

“Grandpa, the Huo family has now agreed to acknowledge Huo Tingyang’s identity. I want to have an engagement party, and the bigger, the better.”

Old Master Sheng looked at her, too angry to speak.

“I don’t agree with your marriage at all, and you still dream of making it big? I think you’re crazy!”

Sheng Xueqin, calm and collected, continued explaining:

“Then listen to my explanation next, and it won’t be too late to oppose.”