She Lost Memory Before the Divorce

Chapter 165: Chapter 0165: Let’s Change to a Different Male Lead Again

Mu Lan pursed her lips, not wanting to think the worst of herself.

“Could it be that I couldn’t stand Huo Tingxiao’s indifference and… had an affair?”

In the end, she still blurted it out, and Gu Xiaoman stretched out her hand to flick Mu Lan’s forehead.

“I’ve already told you that your brain is dwelling on it too much. What are you imagining all this for? Do you have so little confidence in your own character?”

Mu Lan sighed.

“But think about it, even you didn’t know about my intention to get a divorce, which is too strange. It’s one thing for others not to know, but how could I possibly not tell you?

The divorce agreement was prepared quietly, and the weirdest thing is that Pei Zhao actually knew about it.

Right, Sheng Xueqin, Sheng Xueqin knew too! The reason she came back to confront me was that she knew I was planning to divorce.

How did one and then another find out? What on earth was I doing at the time? The ones who should know didn’t know, but those who shouldn’t…”

Seeing Mu Lan’s troubled expression, Gu Xiaoman couldn’t help but feel a pang of sympathy.

“Lanlan, listen to me; don’t worry about what happened before. Just remember how you feel right now.

Living in the past is meaningless; what’s important is to seize the present.

You say the Heavens have made you lose your memory; then stop dwelling on the past and take it as an opportunity to live anew. What’s so bad about that?”

After giving it some thought, Mu Lan realized that Gu Xiaoman had a point. There was no use in her feeling troubled; she was only making things difficult for herself.

“Ms. Xiaoman, you’re right. I’ve learned my lesson.”

Seeing that Mu Lan was back in good spirits, a smile also appeared on Gu Xiaoman’s face.

“Now that you’ve figured things out clearly, you don’t need to keep dwelling on it. Just wait for Huo Tingxiao to come and apologize to you, and let matters take their course.”

As soon as Huo Tingxiao was mentioned, Mu Lan couldn’t help but purse her lips.

“Don’t mention him. I’m still mad at him.

I have no idea what he was thinking, not speaking up sooner about such a small issue.”

Such a small issue? Gu Xiaoman snickered.

“Tsk tsk tsk, you’re calling it a small issue now? You were the one who made a sharp comment about getting a divorce! Lanlan, I can’t even imagine the look on Huo Tingxiao’s face. How many times did you mention divorce to him?”

“He deserves it; let’s say it’s his atonement for the past. Just because I don’t remember doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. You could say it’s the wheel of fate.”

Mu Lan’s tone was harsh, which made Gu Xiaoman burst into laughter.

“You’re really fierce. But you’re not wrong; your Huo Tingxiao does deserve a lesson.

Coming to grips with it is one thing, whether you’ll sort it out is another.

Luckily, Shen Zichu is much more obedient than Huo Tingxiao, which gives me some peace of mind.”

When Shen Zichu was brought up, Gu Xiaoman’s face lit up with happiness, and Mu Lan couldn’t resist teasing her.

“So, you and Dr. Shen are making good progress? When are you planning to move from here to his place?”

At the mention of this, Gu Xiaoman didn’t seem in any hurry.

“Well, after all, we suddenly got married, and I’m still not quite used to it. It’s not urgent to live together after the wedding; let’s just keep it as it is for now.

I quite like the way things are right now. Just yesterday, I met his friends, his college classmates, who are also a model couple.”

College classmates…

Mu Lan suddenly understood who the other party was.

“Hmm, introducing friends to you, it seems that things are going quite well.”

“The female classmate is a doctor and chief at their hospital, and the male classmate’s main research emphasis is often going to conferences and academic exchanges, a truly golden couple.

They’ve only recently returned to the country, and they seem quite nice. It’d be great if we can become friends, but if not, it’s fine to just be acquaintances.”

Hearing Gu Xiaoman say this, Mu Lan felt more at ease.

“This is the calm and confidence of an adult. Xiaoman, you’re so outstanding.”

Hugging Gu Xiaoman, Mu Lan ingratiatingly said:

“Lanlan, actually, I’m more envious of you. Flowers have their time to bloom again, but people can’t be young twice. To feel young again is a miracle and opportunity given by fate. Lanlan, cherish the present and what’s to come.”

“Yes, you’re right. Cherish the present, and the future.”

——–

Huo Tingxiao exuded a frigid solemnity throughout the entire room during the afternoon meeting, with the executives feeling the killing gaze of their boss for the first time in a long while, each of them trembling with fear.

No one knew who had provoked this sudden surge of anger.

No one dared speak, nor did anyone dare ask; playing dumb and bearing the boss’s rage was the right thing to do.

It wasn’t until after the meeting disbanded that the marketing director covertly asked He Yan.

“Assistant He, who has angered President Huo?”

“That… I can’t really say.”

The marketing director was shrewd too and immediately understood that this was a private matter.

He could only sigh secretly and pray in his heart that their president’s wife wouldn’t throw a tantrum again, for when the city gate burns, the disaster affects the fish in the moat.

Huo Tingxiao was out of sorts all afternoon and, in the end, called Yun Xi, instructing her to go to Gu Xiaoman’s house under the pretense of mooching a meal.

Yun Xi wasn’t dumb and of course realized it was just an excuse, but she didn’t call him out on it and went anyway.

Mu Lan and Gu Xiaoman were munching on duck necks and watching a drama, getting as excited as shrieking chickens during a sweet scene when a ringtone suddenly reminded them. Both glanced toward the door and then exchanged looks.

“Huo Tingxiao’s quick, coming over so soon.”

Gu Xiaoman removed her disposable gloves, gleefully heading to open the door.

But it turned out to be Yun Xi.

“Miss Gu.”

“Just you?”

Yun Xi nodded.

“President Huo sent me to mooch a meal.”

Mu Lan craned her neck but couldn’t see what was happening at the door.

When the two entered, the anticipation in their eyes instantly deflated.

Despite feeling extremely disappointed, they were stubborn as dead ducks.

“If he doesn’t come, he doesn’t come. Who cares about him coming.”

Gu Xiaoman hadn’t expected Huo Tingxiao to pull such a stunt.

“I’m not standing by him this time, he’s asking for a beating. His wife is about to leave, and he’s still trying to save face?”

Mu Lan nodded vigorously.

“Exactly, exactly. You understand me, right? If you saw his reaction in person, you’d have a heart attack right there!

No worries, no worries, I am a little fairy. Little fairies don’t get angry.”

Gu Xiaoman sighed, feeling like a worried mother, her heart aching as a fan of the couple.

“Yun Xi, didn’t he say anything else?”

Yun Xi shook her head.

“No.”

Mu Lan picked up a duck neck and took a ferocious bite.

Her gaze fell on the TV, just as the male lead was hugging the female lead, both of them laughing radiantly.

“It’s all fake, how did they manage to shoot such a phony drama? Is the female lead dumb? What’s the use of having such a male lead? Give her a sweet date and she forgets everything that happened?”

Just moments before, they were screaming like banshees over the sweetness of the lead couple, only to turn around and disdain it completely.

Gu Xiaoman sighed and didn’t dare try to console her any further.

This Huo Tingxiao is just too disappointing! Might as well change the male lead! She couldn’t take this kind of heartbreak as a shipper; her heart’s made of glass.

Yun Xi didn’t know what exactly happened, but seeing Mu Lan so distressed, she couldn’t feel good either.

“Mrs. Huo…”

At the mention of these three words, Mu Lan instantly burst into tears.

“Yun Xi, don’t call me Mrs. Huo. I’m no Mrs. Huo. This big cloven hoof, I don’t want him anymore!

Xiaoman, you might as well have fed to a dog all those words you said. I can’t stay calm anymore.”

Saying so, she got up, went to the foyer to put on her shoes, and just as she opened the door, a pair of men’s leather shoes appeared at the entrance…