Chapter 141: Chapter 0141: Want to Spend a Lifeti with Her
Huo Tingxiao looked at Mu Lan, his usually cold eyes now had a touch of softness.
“What’s the matter?”
Mu Lan voiced the doubts in her heart, even though she felt like she might be burning bridges after crossing them.
“It’s just that the timing of senior’s rescue was too coincidental.”
Huo Tingxiao hadn’t expected her to say that about Lin Yize, his lips curving into a faint smile.
In fact, Huo Tingxiao harbored suspicions about Lin Yize too, but given past lessons, he didn’t express these thoughts in front of Mu Lan for fear of causing unnecessary misunderstandings. Arguing over soone with the surna Lin again was not worth the loss.
“Why would you think that? After all… he did save you.”
Mu Lan was no fool, of course she detected another layer of aning in his words.
Rolling her eyes in annoyance, she pulled a face at Tingxiao.
“I did trust him too much before, but you openly said that he has… Therefore, based on my own observation, I have realized that senior is indeed a bit questionable. I can’t always remain naively sweet, right? Aren’t I allowed to beco a little smarter?”
Huo Tingxiao nodded, the elevator stopped on the first floor, and he naturally took Mu Lan’s small hand in his as they walked out, continuing to talk.
“Allowed, I hope you maintain this smartness.”
Mu Lan ignored Huo Tingxiao’s teasing and continued her analysis:
“Moreover, think about it, if he knew Sheng Xueqin was going to harm , why didn’t he warn sooner? He chose to wait until I got there to pull to the ergency staircase.
So, I find this whole scenario rather strange.
From the results, it seems like I was the one who was rescued, but this process doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.”
Huo Tingxiao smiled and reached out to ruffle Mu Lan’s hair, feeling a sense of relief as if his own pig was finally showing so intelligence.
After all, because of Lin Yize, he had endured much heart-piercing talk from her.
“Not a bad analysis, what else?”
Mu Lan saw that he looked like he wanted to hear more and couldn’t help but laugh.
“Do you think I’m detective Sherlock? That’s all there is. So far, these are the only things I’ve thought of; with this little brain of mine, thinking this much is already tough for . Don’t expect too much from .”
Huo Tingxiao frowned.
“Don’t be so self-deprecating. You’re not unintelligent, it’s just that you too easily trust others. Trust is a double-edged sword, and once you give it to soone, it’s like handing them the ans to hurt you.”
Mu Lan was taken aback, looking at Huo Tingxiao’s serious face, wondering how much suffering one must endure to say such words.
“So, this is why you always appear impenetrable, because you don’t want to give others the chance to hurt you?”
Huo Tingxiao looked into Mu Lan’s bright, starry eyes, so clear and deep like obsidian hidden at the bottom of a crystal-clear lake, and with just one glance, he wanted to possess them.
In fact, a long ti ago, Huo Tingxiao had noticed her beautiful eyes, pure without a trace of impurity.
But back then, he chose to ignore them. His upbringing and experiences taught him not to dabble in emotions, sothing completely unquantifiable, as they can lead to a loss of control, and he hated the feeling of being out of control.
Because of Huo Shiwen’s strictness, Huo Tingxiao had always been very self-disciplined, giving others the impression of being inscrutable and impossible to fathom, even his preferences remaining unclear. This way, no one could identify his weaknesses.
But once certain things change from quantitative to qualitative, the consequences can far exceed his expectations.
“Yes.”
Hearing Huo Tingxiao’s affirmative answer, Mu Lan clearly saw so turbulent emotions in his eyes, as if they were about to surge toward her.
“You’ve been… a bit strange recently.”
“Strange?”
“The way you look at , I can’t quite figure it out.
I didn’t offend you in any way, right? Why do you keep staring at ?”
Huo Tingxiao raised an eyebrow, really wanting to pry open Mu Lan’s little head to see what exactly she was thinking.
“Mu Lan, why do you think I’ve beco so strange? What do you think is the reason?”
His voice was so gentle that Mu Lan even wondered if she was in a dream.
Was the man in front of her still Huo Tingxiao, or was she hallucinating?
This… was too out of character for him.
“I… I don’t know.”
She answered honestly, instinctively avoiding his gaze and not daring to continue looking directly at Huo Tingxiao.
Huo Tingxiao sighed inwardly, realizing he really must have frightened her. If he told her outright that he had discovered his feelings for her, she might mistake it for so sort of sche.
So…
Best to take it slow, to tell her gradually, to let her feel it slowly.
After all, there was no rush with a whole lifeti ahead of them.
A lifeti…
At the thought of those three words, Huo Tingxiao’s usually stern jawline softened considerably, and his eyes were filled with a warm smile.
The thought of spending a lifeti with Mu Lan suddenly seed very appealing.
“No rush, you’ll know in ti.”
With that, Huo Tingxiao opened the car door.
Mu Lan was utterly confused, not understanding at all the riddle he seed to be posing.
“What are you standing there for? Get in the car.”
Turning to look at Huo Tingxiao standing by the car, she saw he was careful not to let her bump her head and even reached out to block the top of the car fra, making Mu Lan very suspicious that he was possessed or sothing. What was all this about, suddenly acting the warm, caring man?
“Oh, oh, oh.”
Mu Lan got into the car with an embarrassed face, feeling very uncomfortable and out of sorts.
Luckily, after Dropping Mu Lan off at ho, Huo Tingxiao went to the company, or else she really wouldn’t know how to handle this man whose temperant had so drastically changed.
Now was not the ti to be thinking about these things. Mu Lan had planned to spend the day comfortably at ho, but then Gu Xiaoman called her and Yun Xi to Gu Xiaoman’s apartnt.
“What do you an? You want to go back to your hotown? Why on earth would you go back to your hotown now?”
Gu Xiaoman pouted, looking as pitiful as a frostbitten eggplant.
“I just feel that life is too boring these days. Plus, my current job is so tedious. I want to take a break.”
Mu Lan looked at Gu Xiaoman, knowing she wasn’t just saying this for fun.
“You can’t be serious. Just because of Shen Zichu, you’ve gotten into such a state?
There are so many other guys out there. Why hang yourself on one tree?”
Gu Xiaoman gave her an annoyed look.
“You have the nerve to talk? Aren’t you also fixated on Huo Tingxiao?”
“Sigh, you really are sothing else. Can’t we just have fun together without getting all worked up and throwing sand in people’s eyes?
Don’t you know what’s going on between and Huo Tingxiao? Didn’t I also want to get a divorce before? Didn’t I just not manage to do it?”
Gu Xiaoman imdiately caught the loophole in Mu Lan’s statent.
“Oh, so you wanted a divorce before, and what about now? Don’t want to anymore?
Tell , haven’t you just fallen for him again?”
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