She Lost Memory Before the Divorce

Chapter 49: Chapter 0049: Asura’s Battlefield, Love Quadrangle (1)
 

Seeing the look of anticipation on Sheng Xueqin’s face, Mu Lan raised an eyebrow.

“Who said I have no feelings for him anymore?”

Sheng Xueqin was taken aback. She furrowed her brows, hostility in her eyes.

“You… what did you say?”

Mu Lan put her mask back on, her tone leisurely.

“A man like Huo Tingxiao, with a good family background, capabilities, handsome appearance, and not bad to me, I’m not a fool. Having feelings for him, isn’t that just normal?”

Sheng Xueqin bit her lip, feeling as if she had been played.

“So all that adamant talk about divorce before was just to play me?”

Mu Lan’s smile was innocent, but to Sheng Xueqin, it looked very provocative.

“If Miss Sheng insists on understanding it that way, there’s nothing I can do. Women, you know, are always fickle with their moods, changing from one day to the next. What’s so strange about that?”

“You… I’m speaking from a woman’s perspective, kindly advising you. Tingxiao is the kind of person who, once he’s made up his mind, won’t change easily.

Reconciling with him is just a matter of time. You’d better pull out early and give yourself a way out.

Otherwise, when the time comes, you’ll be the one who gets hurt.”

Sheng Xueqin’s words sounded as if she was being considerate of her, but Mu Lan chose to be the one who didn’t appreciate it.

“Miss Sheng would do better to worry about herself. After all, being the Sheng Family’s precious daughter and meddling in someone else’s marriage… If word got out about that sort of lowly behavior…”

“Are you threatening me?”

“How could I? I’m merely giving you friendly advice. After all, Sea City isn’t so big. We run into each other all the time, and the Sheng Family and the Huo Family are old friends. Ruining your reputation wouldn’t benefit me, would it?”

Her words were flawlessly delivered, leaving Sheng Xueqin feeling that she’d missed a golden opportunity, and she stopped the recording with a bit of annoyance.

Of course, what Sheng Xueqin didn’t expect was… Mu Lan shook her cellphone, pressing the play button.

The recording of the latter part of their conversation played clearly. Caught off guard by this move, Sheng Xueqin’s face turned extremely ugly.

“You—despicable!”

“This is called knowing the enemy and knowing yourself, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Weren’t you also recording just now, Miss Sheng?”

“I would never be as despicable and shameless as you.”

Her instinctive denial and her righteous expression made Mu Lan chuckle.

“To be honest, I’m not really interested in getting entangled with you. Truthfully, if you really had the ability to snatch away Huo Tingxiao, I might even think highly of you.

Don’t go looking for trouble with other women after you’ve been frustrated by a man; that would just make me lose respect for you.”

Mu Lan’s presence was fully unleashed, and the oppressive feeling that met her head-on made Sheng Xueqin, someone who had been rolling in the business world for years, involuntarily step back a few paces.

“What… what are you going to do?”

“Look how scared you are. What could I possibly do? Just warning you, don’t bother me again in the future. Otherwise, I can’t guarantee this recording won’t be leaked.”

Sheng Xueqin immediately started panicking, trying to stabilize her emotions.

“Even if you release it, so what? Synthesizing audio isn’t a difficult task nowadays. Do you think this would drive me out of the company?”

“When did I say I wanted to drive you out of the company? If you are willing to work for Huo Tingxiao, I couldn’t be happier.”

Mu Lan’s words somehow confused Sheng Xueqin. So, was she completely certain that Huo Tingxiao wouldn’t do anything excessive? Did she have that much confidence in herself? Or was it confidence in Huo Tingxiao?

Before Sheng Xueqin could ask anything else, Mu Lan had already left the restroom and was on her way back to the banquet hall when she ran into Lin Yize coming out.

“Are you okay?”

“It’s nothing, sorry senior, I have to—”

With a sudden tightness around her waist, Mu Lan fell into someone’s embrace, startled as she looked up, the familiar scent of cologne quickened her heartbeat.

When had he appeared?

The eyes behind the mask were deep like still waters, causing Mu Lan some panic.

“Mr. Huo, I apologize, it was my insistence that Mu Lan be my companion. Please don’t make it difficult for her.”

The moment Lin Yize spoke, Huo Tingxiao couldn’t help but smile.

“Why would you say that, Mr. Lin? How could I possibly make things difficult for my Mrs. Huo?”

Despite the seemingly warm tone, Mu Lan felt a chill down her spine as the hand on her waist gripped her tightly, not allowing her the slightest movement.

“However, luckily today’s a masquerade ball, and it’s hard to recognize anyone. Mr. Lin must understand what being someone’s companion at a banquet implies. Should any rumor-monger spread gossip, it’s my wife who will be hurt.

As a beneficiary of the male-dominated upper class, you should realize that in such scandals, it is always the woman who ends up being blamed.”

Mu Lan was stunned, never having expected Huo Tingxiao to make such a statement.

Indeed, how fortunate it was that today was a masquerade ball—everyone’s face hidden. If it had been another occasion… Then she recalled the gossip she had overheard in the restroom.

They said she was having a private date with a man; all eyes were on her.

“It seems I didn’t consider everything thoroughly.”

Lin Yize’s words were indifferent, clearly lacking any intention of reflection.

“I would prefer this doesn’t happen a second time.”

Huo Tingxiao was direct, the warning clear.

“Mr. Huo speaks so righteously. Now I’m quite curious. Did Mr. Huo bring a companion this time as well?”

Lin Yize’s question hit the nail on the head, causing Mu Lan’s heart to sour.

Just then, Sheng Xueqin emerged from the restroom, the situation resembling a battlefield, the tangled four-way relationship utterly perplexing.

“It seems there is no need for Mr. Huo to answer—the answer is quite evident.”

Lin Yize had noticed earlier that Mu Lan rushed to the restroom after she saw Huo Tingxiao and Sheng Xueqin together, though he hadn’t brought it up explicitly.

Now, presented with such an opportunity, he would be a fool not to take advantage of it.

Huo Tingxiao glanced at Sheng Xueqin and then at Mu Lan, frowning.

“Tingxiao…”

Sheng Xueqin didn’t understand what was happening and, fearing Mu Lan might reveal the recording, felt somewhat guilty.

“Does Mr. Lin think I brought a companion today? If so, I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint you. I attended alone, and it just so happened that the organizers also sent Ms. Sheng an invitation.

Surely Ms. Sheng knows better than to become overly entangled with a married man.

Isn’t that right, Ms. Sheng?”

Mu Lan hadn’t expected Huo Tingxiao to make such a direct statement in front of her, and an emotion of being touched welled up inside her.

With her lips pressed together, Sheng Xueqin knew that if she didn’t follow along with his words, she’d appear to lack propriety and clarity in her entanglements.

“Mr. Huo is quite correct.”

Staring intently at Mu Lan, Sheng Xueqin’s grip on her dress turned her knuckles white from the force she couldn’t control.

“Mr. Huo may be a bit too sensitive. I never said you came together with Ms. Sheng. Why the rush to clarify, making the lady feel awkward?”

Lin Yize offered a gentlemanly out for Sheng Xueqin, causing her to glance at the young man in front of her who wore a mask similar to Mu Lan’s.