She Lost Memory Before the Divorce

Chapter 84: Chapter 084: Let’s settle this account later.
 

It was Sheng Xueqian who had called the police, and the traffic officer wanted to take Mu Lan away without even considering who was at fault.

Just as he reached out to grab Mu Lan, she deftly dodged to the side.

“Shouldn’t you be enforcing the law properly? At least review the surveillance or the dashcam footage before deciding who is right or wrong.”

“Determining fault will be done at our office. If you don’t come with us, you’re obstructing justice.”

One of the overweight officers spoke aggressively, which was quite different from the way he had just spoken with Sheng Xueqian.

Mu Lan’s gaze fell on Sheng Xueqian’s proud face, and she suddenly laughed.

“Fine, I’ll go with you.”

Yun Xi panicked, wanting to speak, but Mu Lan stopped her.

“Go back and tell him that the traffic police have taken me away.”

“Telling anyone is useless, as we handle our duties impartially.”

This response made Mu Lan really want to laugh.

Really? Even Huo Tingxiao is of no use? She was certainly looking forward to seeing that.

No sooner had Mu Lan been taken away than Yun Xi was on the phone to Huo Tingxiao.

Meanwhile, in the large conference room of TX Corporation, the senior executives were turning red-faced arguing over the next development project when Huo Tingxiao’s personal phone suddenly rang, and all eyes in the room turned to him, seated at the center.

To everyone’s astonishment, their workaholic boss took a personal call during such an important meeting and then chose to end the meeting and leave the conference room!

The executives exchanged puzzled looks, struggling to comprehend what had just happened.

“Who on earth could this be? I’m not hallucinating, am I? The boss just walked out like that?”

“What do we do now? Do we really end the meeting, or… wait for the boss to come back?”

“You guys are really clueless. Aside from our lady boss, who can make the boss do that?”

It was the Marketing Director who pointed out the obvious, and everyone nodded in realization. Of course, how could they forget their remarkable lady boss?

As he left the TX Corporation building, Huo Tingxiao’s face was frosty, and he exuded an aura that screamed keep away from me.

He Yan silently prayed in his heart, thinking whoever had upset their boss should really burn more incense.

Traffic Police Center

The moment Mu Lan and Sheng Xueqian arrived at the office, the difference in treatment was immediately obvious.

The captain fussed over Sheng Xueqian, serving her tea and water, while Mu Lan was treated like a major felon, having to watch people’s faces.

“Logically speaking, for a minor scrape like this, a phone call to report to the insurance should suffice.

You insisted on bringing me here, so I’m really curious to hear which laws or regulations you’re following.”

Sheng Xueqian hadn’t expected her to be so forthright even in front of the police and couldn’t help but signal to the captain with her eyes.

“You are endangering public safety! If it hadn’t been for Miss Sheng’s quick response, a serious accident would have occurred! Not only do you fail to recognize your fault, but you also dare to be so defiant?

I’ll tell you, here, we treat everyone equally!”

When Mu Lan heard the phrase “treat everyone equally,” she nearly laughed out loud.

Such miscreants, ruining the reputation of those who work diligently, are like a single rodent droppings, spoiling an entire pot of soup.

“As I said, there are surveillance cameras. If you want to know what really happened, just check the surveillance footage,” Mu Lan said calmly and fearlessly, stating the facts and making her point.

“With our years of experience, can’t we already tell what happened? Considering the severity isn’t that bad, just apologize properly to Miss Sheng, make some compensation, and pay a fine, and we can let this go.”

Apologize, make compensation, and pay a fine?

Upon hearing these words, Mu Lan wanted to laugh herself silly.

Where did they think they were? This was Sea City!

“What if I refuse?”

Mu Lan’s firm stance caught the traffic officers off guard.

“If you refuse, then we will detain you according to the relevant regulations.”

So, after all the talk, it had come full circle.

“Alright then, detain me,” Mu Lan said.

The dismissive attitude made Sheng Xueqian frown. What’s going on? Had this woman lost her mind, preferring detention over apologizing?

“You’d rather be detained than apologize to me?”

Mu Lan glanced at Sheng Xueqian, a relaxed smile on her face.

“If I choose detention, wouldn’t that be more to Miss Sheng’s liking?”

Sheng Xueqian bit her lip. She hadn’t actually wanted to make such a big fuss, she just wanted to see Mu Lan submit to her, to strut a bit of her stuff before going back to report her victory to Sheng Xueqin and take revenge.

But she had never expected this woman to be so tough.

Fine, she insisted on being confrontational with her, huh!

“Then let her have her way.”

Following that, Mu Lan was taken to the detention room.

Yun Xi stood at the entrance with a slight frown on her face, which only relaxed back to her usual AI expression when Huo Tingxiao appeared.

“Mr. Huo.”

“What happened?”

After the incident was recounted, Huo Tingxiao’s expression grew darker and darker. This Sheng Xueqian, last time he had let it slide for the sake of the Sheng Family and hadn’t bothered with her childish antics, but now she was pushing her luck and had gone this far.

This time, he had to teach her a lesson! To let her know that Mu Lan was someone the Sheng Family better not mess with!

He Yan immediately made a call to the chief of police, and soon, the beaming chief personally came to greet him.

“Oh my, what brings Mr. Huo here?”

“A scourge!”

The chief’s face froze, his smile stiffening as he wondered what this was all about.

“Mr. Huo, may I know what the issue is? Did someone at my station…”

“My wife has been detained by your people. How severe of a traffic accident was it to end up with detention?”

Huo Tingxiao’s smile, not showing any sign of anger, made the chief’s scalp tingle.

Who was the blind fool who dared to mess with Tai Sui?

“A misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, Mr. Huo. This must be a misunderstanding. Please come upstairs, and we…”

Huo Tingxiao couldn’t be bothered with the chief’s act as Yun Xi hinted from the side:

“They’re in the office on the third floor.”

The entourage went straight to the third floor, where Sheng Xueqian was just about to come out when she ran smack into Huo Tingxiao.

Her face still carried an air of arrogance, completely unaware of the extent of trouble she had stirred up.

“Tingxiao, why are you—”

Huo Tingxiao looked at Sheng Xueqian coldly and interrupted:

“We’ll settle this account later.”

He turned to look at the chief.

“Chief Wang, shall I ask, or will you?”

Chief Wang, scared and sweating profusely, glared at his subordinates who had caused trouble, wishing he could toss them into the Amazon to feed the crocodiles this instant.

It was over. Having offended such an important figure, how was he to survive this?

“What’s wrong with you? Where is Mrs. Huo?”

Mrs. Huo? Who was Mrs. Huo?

“Chief, we didn’t detain Mrs. Huo…”

The plump police officer cut himself off mid-sentence as he realized who Mrs. Huo was—it was the woman they had just brought in!

His face turned ashen, his legs cramped with fear, wishing he could die on the spot.

This was it—he’d landed himself in big trouble now!

Meanwhile, Mu Lan sat properly on the long bench inside the detention room.

Since Huo Tingxiao would be coming to rescue her, there was no need for panic.

But… with a wicked curve of her lips, Mu Lan secretly concocted a little scheme in her heart.