She Lost Memory Before the Divorce-Chapter 181 - 0 Engagement Banquet (3)

Chapter 181: Chapter 0181: Engagement Banquet (3)

Chapter 181: Chapter 0181: Engagement Banquet (3)

Mu Lan tugged at the corner of her lips, her face calm.

“Dad thinks that Tingxiao and I didn’t get along in the past?”

Huo Qidong, seemingly surprised by Mu Lan’s question, revealed a smile with a deeper meaning.

“I usually don’t inquire about you younger ones’ affairs. Whether you were on good terms before isn’t important; what’s important is that you are now.”

Mu Lan found her father-in-law truly annoying. He was the one who had asked, and now he was trying to save face here. He couldn’t even manage his own messes but was interested in whether others were doing well or not.

“Mu Lan, as your elders, we ask because we care about you, yet your attitude seems like we are being nosy.

Big brother, you don’t often come home, so you wouldn’t know that during the time you were here, the person in charge of the house has changed,” said Huo Qitang in a sardonic tone, implying something more. Mu Lan hadn’t expected her aunt, who possessed the tenacity of Ma Guiying, to be so relentless. Before she could reply, Huo Tingxiao had already snapped back.

“It seems our aunt has a lot of free time lately. I heard our cousin in Africa is quite homesick. Should I book a ticket for aunt to visit him?”

Huo Qitang’s face turned pale.

“You…”

“Such an old person and still can’t talk properly. You should speak less. Luckily, there are no outsiders here, or it would have been another embarrassing sight,” retorted the old Mr. Huo, his words evidently aimed at Xian Yaping.

Huo Qitang stopped talking, but couldn’t help glaring at Mu Lan a few times. Just thinking about her son so far away in Africa filled her with resentment.

“Knock, knock, knock”…

There was a knock at the door of the lounge, and Xian Yaping immediately got up to answer it.

It was Sheng Xueqin and Huo Tingyang, all dressed up. Sheng Xueqin, who had thought she would be the absolute star of the day, became visibly colder the moment she saw Mu Lan sitting on the sofa.

So it was Huo Tingxiao who had bought the fairy-like dress mentioned by the brand!

They had recommended another dress similar to hers, but it paled in comparison to the one Mu Lan was wearing.

Seeing them side by side, Sheng Xueqin felt like a clown in a counterfeit version, especially since today was her engagement party and she didn’t have a backup dress prepared.

No, she absolutely would not let Mu Lan steal the spotlight at her own engagement party.

Suddenly adopting a pitiful expression, she stuttered to Mu Lan,

“Mu Lan, your dress today…”

Only then did Xian Yaping notice the similarity in their dresses, but Mu Lan’s was obviously more glamorous and stunning, completely overshadowing Sheng Xueqin.

“The stars today are supposed to be Tingyang and Xueqin, Mu Lan. Isn’t it a bit presumptuous of you to dress like this?”

Mu Lan smiled slightly, passing the buck.

“Huo Tingxiao casually bought a dress, and I just casually wore it. Stealing the spotlight? That hat is too big; I can’t wear it.”

Her tone was innocent, but her words infuriated Sheng Xueqin.

A casual purchase? A casual wear? That dress cost over ten million, and she called it casual?

Meanwhile, Huo Tingyang had been completely enchanted by Mu Lan. Her beauty, accentuated by the lavish dress, made her look like a noble princess, impossible to take one’s eyes off. Next to her, Sheng Xueqin’s beauty felt quite insipid.

“Mu Lan, today is, after all, my big day of engagement. Could you perhaps…”

Sheng Xueqin didn’t finish her sentence, but Xian Yaping was less hesitant.

“Mu Lan, since you two have similar figures, why don’t you swap dresses?

Your outfit is really too showy, don’t you think?”

Mu Lan instantly displayed an expression that questioned their sanity. Swapping dresses? Such a sour idea, only they could think of.

“Many guests have already seen Mu Lan in this dress. Even if she changed now, what would be the point?”

Huo Tingxiao spoke calmly, his words were not heavy, but they carried an unmistakable force that could not be denied.

“Besides, this is the dress I bought for my wife, how could I possibly let another woman wear it?”

Another woman…

These words really stung.

Sheng Xueqin looked toward Grandpa Huo.

“Grandpa, you promised me that today’s engagement party would be centered around me. In this situation, you should say something fair, shouldn’t you?”

Instantly, everyone’s eyes turned to Grandpa Huo.

Mu Lan found it ridiculously funny. Just for a dress, Sheng Xueqin was making a fuss like a child who couldn’t get candy.

So arrogant and presumptuous, and she wasn’t even part of the Huo Family yet!

“Xueqin, it’s such a trivial matter, what do you expect Grandpa to say?”

Grandpa Huo was really frustrated, he had already had enough with Huo Tingyang’s mess which led to his eldest daughter-in-law wanting a divorce and his grandson being offended. It was evident that he now had to step into even these trivial issues, he had never realized before how such a small-minded daughter the Sheng Family had, unfit for public appearance.

“Even if we don’t change the dress, it’s okay. She can just stay in the resting room; there’s no need for her to go to the banquet hall.

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Today, I am the main character of the engagement party, I still have that much authority.”

Sheng Xueqin spoke unhurriedly, eyes fixed dead on Mu Lan, completely assuming the posture of the hostess.

“Authority? What authority? What do you think today’s engagement party is for?”

Huo Tingxiao’s tone turned colder.

“The engagement party today is in consideration of the relationship between our two families. If you wish to continue making a scene, I don’t mind clarifying everything that hasn’t been cleared up.”

Sheng Xueqin furrowed her brows.

“What do you mean by that? Everything was promised to me by Grandpa Huo, it’s not like I forced or begged to be here.”

Mu Lan looked at Huo Tingxiao, feeling that he had come prepared this time.

“So what? You just expect everyone to play along in this drama of yours?”

Sheng Xueqin stared coldly at Huo Tingxiao. Was he going to stand up for Mu Lan today no matter what?

“Huo Tingxiao, you are also a guest today, and what you’re doing really goes against the Huo Family’s upbringing.”

“It’s quite astonishing to hear that from Miss Sheng, considering you chose the least cultured of the Huo Family to question my son.

Also, Mu Lan is the future granddaughter-in-law of the Huo Family. Some people, even if they bear the Huo surname, don’t really mean anything.”

Han Yongmei, who had been silent, spoke one explosive statement after another.

Suddenly, Sheng Xueqin became the target of everyone’s accusations, each defending Mu Lan, intensifying the jealousy in her heart.

“It’s just a dress, just change into one of the spares.”

Unfortunately, even Huo Tingyang didn’t speak for Sheng Xueqin.

“How could I have anticipated someone would deliberately embarrass me by putting me in an inferior position? This is the only dress I had prepared.

Your status is already sensitive, how could I not overthink it at a time like this?

You think you’ll be the only laughingstock? Both families will be mocked.”

Sheng Xueqin’s tone was very aggrieved, assertively so, before she quickly switched to playing the victim.

Mu Lan thought that Sheng Xueqin not acting in palace dramas was a waste—she could twist so much manipulation out of just a dress.

Fine, if she doesn’t teach her a good lesson today, she really wouldn’t know what to say about it!