She Lost Memory Before the Divorce

Chapter 186: Chapter 0186: If You Dare Touch Mu Lan, I’ll Take Your Life! Chapter 186: Chapter 0186: If You Dare Touch Mu Lan, I’ll Take Your Life! Finally, Pei Zhao himself admitted it.

Mu Lan felt a wave of dizziness beneath her feet, but fortunately, Huo Tingxiao was there in time to wrap her in his arms.

“Are you alright?”

“I’m fine…”

It was only then that Gu Xiaoman pieced together the full extent of the situation, too shocked to know how to react.

Did Pei Zhao mean to say that Mu Lan had mistaken her benefactor and repaid the wrong person?

My God! What was Lanlan supposed to do? With a heart full of pity for Mu Lan, Gu Xiaoman walked over to the two.

“Let’s sit down and talk about it.”

Mu Lan clutched Gu Xiaoman’s wrist tightly, as if finding some support.

When Huo Tingxiao’s hand became empty, his heart sank along with it.

Her reaction, could it be that… she had already accepted what Pei Zhao said as the truth?

“You don’t remember what happened during the seven years you were married to Huo Tingxiao, but you should clearly remember what happened in your senior year of high school.

That year you came to the local military base looking for me; you remembered my uniform number, hoping to find me through it, but it’s against military discipline to disclose a soldier’s information at will.

Moreover, back then, our Jiaolong Squad was returning from a mission and just happened to assist in a rescue operation, which was even less permissible to disclose.

Huo Tingxiao, if you want proof, speak your number from back then and let Mu Lan verify it herself.”

Pei Zhao was confident, clearly unfazed by the confrontation.

Mu Lan looked toward Huo Tingxiao, the string of numbers etched in her mind.

“What’s the matter, don’t dare to say it? No worries, I still remember my own number.”

Immediately after, Pei Zhao effortlessly recited a string of numbers, and whether they were correct or not was evident from the expression on Mu Lan’s face—all the others had to do was look.

Huo Tingxiao looked at Mu Lan, his heart aching as if it had plummeted into icy depths.

All along, he had thought that Pei Zhao was lying. It was only now that he had realized, Pei Zhao’s resentment wasn’t without reason.

He was the cause of Pei Zhao’s leg disability, and he had also taken seven years that should have belonged to him…

If he hadn’t realized his feelings for Mu Lan, perhaps he would have chosen to leave, but now… he was deeply in love with Mu Lan and could not extricate himself, how was he supposed to let go?

“Lanlan…”

Gu Xiaoman looked at her with concern, noticing Mu Lan’s hands were cold without a trace of warmth and trembling slightly.

“Xiaoman, could you and Shen Zichu take Brother Huaifeng and leave first?”

Mu Lan’s voice was somewhat hoarse.

Mu Huaifeng was about to refuse but then saw Shen Zichu shake his head, signaling him not to speak.

“Well… alright, you two should have a good talk.”

Gu Xiaoman patted Mu Lan’s hand, stood up, and gave Shen Zichu and Mu Huaifeng a look.

Once the three of them left the rest room, Gu Xiaoman couldn’t help asking Mu Huaifeng.

“Brother Huaifeng, when did you find out that Lanlan was trying to repay a kindness…”

“I found it by chance in her diary a couple of years ago,” he responded calmly, though his emotions were churning inside.

Gu Xiaoman sighed, expressing her own concerns.

“Lanlan seems fine on the outside, but she has already taken quite the blow.

I’m afraid she might be soft-hearted and choose Pei Zhao.”

Mu Huaifeng shared the same fear; if Mu Lan really softened her heart and acceded to Pei Zhao’s every request…

“Lanlan is just too kind-hearted, always considering others first, never knowing to put herself first.”

Shen Zichu didn’t speak, but his concern was for Huo Tingxiao.

Indeed, one always feels the most for one’s own “child.”

Now only the three of them were left in the rest room.

Pei Zhao looked at Mu Lan, his tone much gentler.

“You’ve always seen me as the enemy, without realizing that the real enemy isn’t me.”

Mu Lan struggled to calm herself down before finally asking:
“So, before I lost my memory, was it I who initiated contact with you?”

Pei Zhao smiled.

“Whether it was you or me who initiated contact is not important, what matters is that now you know the truth of the matter and can make the choice you want.

Your marriage with Huo Tingxiao was a mistake from the start.”

Mistake…

Huo Tingxiao felt a heart-wrenching pain upon hearing Pei Zhao’s words, but he couldn’t find any words to refute.

If it hadn’t been for Mu Lan mistaking her savior in the beginning, they probably wouldn’t even have crossed paths.

And the reason Mu Lan had endured these seven years was also because of his title as her life-saving benefactor.

Once the truth came out, her choice would be… to leave!

All these years, she never confessed, never said she liked him, loved him—is that why?

Huo Tingxiao wanted to stop his wild thoughts, his scattered mind, but he couldn’t control himself.

At this moment, he realized just how cruel it was to dote without love.

However, even so, he wasn’t going to let Mu Lan go—it was she who had provoked him, and it was unthinkable for her to act like nothing had happened and simply walk away after he had developed feelings.

“Pei Zhao, even if you were the one who saved Mu Lan, I can repay her debt on her behalf.

But don’t you dare dream of her offering herself to repay you.”

Huo Tingxiao’s words struck Mu Lan hard, sour and astringent.

She had thought of many possibilities but never… never that she would face such a tortuous dilemma.

“Huo Tingxiao, I truly underestimated your thick skin.

You can’t even repay what you owe me, what right do you have to say such things?

You’re just relying on the fact that Mu Lan has forgotten the past. You’re nothing but a despicable, shameless thief.”

Pei Zhao’s words hit Huo Tingxiao like a heavy hammer to the back of the neck, making his vision darken.

Pei Zhao was right, he was indeed a villain, a shameless thief.

“You’re right, I’m not a good person. I can let you proceed smoothly with the land project in the east of the city, I can even give you all my shares in TX.

But if you dare lay a finger on Mu Lan, I’ll take your life!”

Huo Tingxiao’s words were harsh, frightening Mu Lan into a pale-faced panic.

“Huo Tingxiao, you’re crazy!”

There was a trace of ferocity in Huo Tingxiao’s eyes, void of any warmth. Pei Zhao, however, was not scared, instead, his face lit up with excitement.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk… It’s not easy to see you so devoted to a woman.

But, Huo Tingxiao, do you think I’m afraid of your threats?

Life? I haven’t cared about mine for a long time. Now that I’ve chosen to reveal these things today, I’m ready to fight you to the end.

The person in Mu Lan’s heart has always been me, Pei Zhao—not you!

Everything she’s done for you in the past seven years should have been mine.

Now, it’s just a matter of returning things to their rightful owner.”

Returning to the rightful owner? Mu Lan frowned and looked at Pei Zhao.

“Mr. Pei, I think you might be mistaken.”

Pei Zhao’s eyes narrowed, his gaze at Mu Lan filled with added depth.

“Mistaken? Don’t tell me you still want to stay with this imposter who you think is your savior?

Mu Lan, don’t continue with a mistake, it’s time to cut your losses.”