Chapter 337: Chapter 0337: How Can She Tell the Truth? Chapter 337: Chapter 0337: How Can She Tell the Truth? She took lipstick out of her purse, touched up her makeup, and with a strained smile as though nothing had happened, Xian Yaping departed in her high heels.

The sound of footsteps faded away until they could no longer be heard, then Mu Lan, hands trembling, pushed open the door.

Her mind was buzzing, her lips quivering, Mu Lan couldn’t believe what she had just heard!

Accepted back by Huo Tingxiao? Yun Meixian was actually Huo Tingxiao’s biological mother?

How could that be? Then what about Han Yongmei…

So what exactly had happened back then? Why had Yun Meixian resolutely abandoned Huo Tingxiao?

She was also Lin Yize’s mother, so were Huo Tingxiao and Lin Yize… half-brothers from the same mother?

Mu Lan tightly clutched her purse, her mind flashing through a million possibilities, yet no matter which it was, what she faced now is… She needed to find out whether there truly was a blood relation between Yun Meixian and Huo Tingxiao.

If the relationship was confirmed, should she confront Huo Tingxiao and tell him the truth?

Walking out of the restroom in a daze, she looked up only to see Yun Meixian not far away, bumping into Huo Tingxiao.

Yun Meixian originally just wanted to quickly return to the banquet and tell Lin Yize she felt unwell as an excuse to leave, but she hadn’t expected to run into Huo Tingxiao.

Her son stood vividly before her, and Yun Meixian couldn’t keep a calm facade, pretending nothing had happened anymore.

Her gaze almost seared into him, wishing she could etch his features deeply into her heart.

Now mature and stable, he was a business executive, a man capable of standing on his own.

When they were separated, he was still an infant in swaddling clothes, she hadn’t even had the chance to see his face clearly before they were forced apart…

Yun Meixian’s emotions were uncontrollable, her heart rate quickened, and her nose tingled; it took tremendous self-control not to lose her composure in front of Huo Tingxiao, managing to restrain the overwhelming surge of longing and guilt within her.

She went through tremendous pain during the ten-month gestation, bringing Huo Tingxiao into this world, yet she couldn’t accompany him as he grew up.

Thirty years…

Thinking about the thirty years they had been apart made her heart feel as though it was breaking.

Huo Tingxiao sensitively noticed a complex emotion in Yun Meixian’s eyes looking at him but he didn’t think much of it, since this was their first encounter. Although he knew she was a member of the Yun Family, Yunzhan’s aunt, the complexities of the Yun Family didn’t interest him enough to get involved.

In the end, Yun Meixian said nothing, merely nodded politely, and then walked away elegantly.

Mu Lan witnessed this scene, her emotions mixed.

She felt incredibly complicated about Yun Meixian in a split second, though rationally she told herself that their relationship hadn’t been confirmed yet and not to overthink, emotionally she had already recognized Yun Meixian as Huo Tingxiao’s biological mother, and more so, the mother who had abandoned him!

That clearly explained Han Yongmei’s actions. Being a stepmother was hard, and the estrangement between mother and son was traceable.

After all, if she wasn’t his biological mother, what more could one expect from Han Yongmei? It must have taken all her courage just to tolerate her husband bringing home a child.

But how innocent was Huo Tingxiao? He had always believed he was despised by his parents, thus from childhood, he was left in the old residence, only to be raised by the old master.

He became who he was today only after facing disappointment time and again, thinking his biological parents had shown him endless disappointment, which made him look lightly upon blood ties.

Mu Lan felt so heartbroken for Huo Tingxiao, sad enough to want to cry–he was the most innocent, the most pitiable person! And now, he knew nothing, even accepting his incapacity for love, he was trying to change for her sake.

Why should he bear the consequences of others’ mistakes?

No matter how great the difficulties, how could a mother abandon her own child?

Mu Lan resented Yun Meixian, ready to condemn her without solid evidence.

Because it concerned Huo Tingxiao, she couldn’t stay calm, she couldn’t stay rational.

Huo Tingxiao looked up and saw Mu Lan, her eyes reddened, standing not far away.

“What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”

Mu Lan shook her head, trying hard to put on a smile.

“No discomfort, husband, can we go home? I’m a bit tired.”

Huo Tingxiao observed Mu Lan. She only called him husband when she was acting spoiled and only showed such a girlish side in private.

He felt both happy and worried.

Happy that she was acting coquettishly with him, worried because what suddenly came over her?

“Okay, if you want to go home, let’s go home; your eyes look a bit red.”

Mu Lan quickly raised her hand to touch the corner of her eye, wiping away some moisture.

“I wore color contacts today; they might be uncomfortable, I guess.”

She blurted out a poor excuse.

“I just finished my speech, and you two are in a hurry to leave?”

Pei Zhao came over, his tone dripping with sarcasm.

Mu Lan looked at him, almost certain that he had orchestrated everything on purpose. He knew everything, Huo Tingxiao’s background; that’s why he acted this way.

How could this man be so cunning! She had once thought he might be a decent friend; now, seeing him again, she realized she might have been blind before.

“Manager Pei won’t miss having two insignificant guests like us.”

Mu Lan spoke sharply, her tone much stronger than before.

Huo Tingxiao looked at his wife beside him and sensitively felt that something was off with her.

Although she had defended him before, her hostility at this moment couldn’t be any more apparent.

It seemed as if she might rush up and fight Pei Zhao at any moment.

However, he could tell that Mu Lan was restraining herself, holding back.

“Mrs. Huo, such words really sadden me; aren’t we friends?”

“Friends? I really can’t afford a friend like Manager Pei; please don’t act too familiar in the future to avoid misunderstandings. We came today out of politeness; the cooperation between TX and Jiancheng has ended. From now on, we’ll go our separate ways; it’s better to see less of each other.”

Mu Lan was fierce like a mother leopard, not at all resembling a little lamb.

Huo Tingxiao loved her like this; his heart felt incredibly warm.

“Mrs. Huo, do you think I did something wrong, or did you misunderstand me?

I thought our relationship was always good.”

He still had the audacity to say that? Good? He had been plotting against Huo Tingxiao, even…

“A good relationship? Manager Pei, you’re mistaken; we have no relationship with you. Stop wasting your efforts on us.

Also, don’t use my husband’s kindness to test our limits. If you continue this nonsense, I won’t sit idly by.”