She Lost Memory Before the Divorce
Chapter 299 - Chapter 299 Chapter 029 Im begging you

Chapter 299: Chapter 029: I’m begging you! Chapter 299: Chapter 029: I’m begging you! “Grandpa, please go ahead.”

“I want to be discharged tonight and have a meal together at the mansion.”

As soon as the senior Mr. Huo finished speaking, Mu Lan and Huo Tingxiao were both stunned.

Discharging at this time, and wanting everyone to dine together, felt like… he was about to give his last words.

“No, your health isn’t in the right condition to leave the hospital.”

Huo Tingxiao rejected the old man’s request without even thinking.

“I’m well aware of my own body.”

The old man’s stubbornness kicked in, and nobody could persuade him otherwise.

Mu Lan wisely chose not to argue at such a time, leaving it to Huo Tingxiao to handle.

“You’re not aware, or else you wouldn’t be lying here.

In any case, you just rest up in the hospital, I’ll deal with everything else.

Isn’t it that you want me to take charge of the Huo Corporation?”

The senior Mr. Huo looked at his stubborn grandson and spoke faintly:

“We’ll consider the matters of the Huo Corporation in the long run, I’m not forcing you, so don’t accuse me of that.”

Huo Tingxiao certainly didn’t believe what the old man said; he had never given up on that idea over the years, and now to say he wasn’t forcing him? How could that be possible?

“In any case, just take good care of yourself here, and don’t worry about anything else.”

The senior Mr. Huo glared angrily at Huo Tingxiao, losing his temper.

“I’ll leave the hospital if I want to, and I’d like to see who can stop me?

Huo Tingxiao, you’re just deliberately opposing me, you… you just want to make me angry to death.”

Seeing the situation, Mu Lan knew she had to speak up.

She immediately glanced at Huo Tingxiao, who was about to retort, but his forthcoming words were forcefully held back under Mu Lan’s gaze.

“Grandpa, Tingxiao didn’t mean that, he’s truly concerned for your health.

You know how much of a workaholic he is.

Yet, since you’ve been hospitalized, he hasn’t gone to the company once.

And just when you’ve been moved to a regular ward, you started insisting on being discharged; of course, he couldn’t agree to that.”

The senior Mr. Huo was touched by these words, and his expression softened somewhat.

Mu Lan, seeing the effect her words had, continued:

“Grandpa, if there’s really something you want to instruct, you can have the uncles and aunts come to the hospital. Your health right now is most important.”

The senior Mr. Huo had to admit, in old age, one does like to hear pleasant, comforting words.

Mu Lan’s words made him feel at ease, and in any case, it was all centered around him.

“Fine, then I’ll wait two more days.”

Finally having persuaded him, Mu Lan also let out a sigh of relief.

Huo Tingxiao looked at Mu Lan, thinking to himself that she certainly had a way with things.

Afterward, Mu Lan chatted with the old gentleman for a while longer, coaxing him into drinking some health soup and cutting up a dragon fruit for him to eat. After all, he was still frail, and soon fell asleep with his eyes closed.

As the two of them left the sickroom, Mu Lan immediately started to critique Huo Tingxiao.

“Grandpa is a patient; why must you be so hard on him?”

Huo Tingxiao didn’t respond.

“What, you feel that I’m wronging you? Have you thought about it? With the old man’s health, if he were to leave the hospital and something were to happen, everybody’s spit would be enough to drown you.”

He lifted his gaze, looking at Mu Lan.

“I’m not afraid of what they say.”

Mu Lan felt exasperated.

“But I am afraid. I don’t want to hear a single disparaging word about you from them, I want them all to shut up.

Now is the time to keep your cool; only those who can do that will come out on top. You, being the younger generation, it’s not impossible to indulge the elder a bit.”

“Use that bit of rogue energy you’ve got on me.”

Huo Tingxiao looked away.

“It’s not the same.”

“How is it not the same? No matter what grudges we held in the past, in your heart, you still respect Grandpa. Otherwise, with your temperament, you’d never protect the old man like this, even considering compromising to return to the Huo Corporation.

You, why are you always so stubborn? If you weren’t so hardheaded, we wouldn’t have wasted so many years.

Aren’t you going to correct the mistakes you should have recognized a long time ago?”

Mu Lan’s words rendered Huo Tingxiao speechless.

She really was hitting him where it hurt, every sentence striking his heart.

Indeed, this bad habit, he was well aware of it himself.

But it’s hard to change one’s nature as easily as one can change the landscape, isn’t it? How can all these ingrained traits be so easily cast aside?

“I’ll try my best.”

Mu Lan also knew that for Huo Tingxiao to say such words was already quite something, and she couldn’t be too greedy. She had to know when to stop.

“I believe you can change. Honey, we have a long life ahead of us, but Grandpa is getting old. I can wait, but he can’t.”

Huo Tingxiao knew these were the hard truths; the situation with Elder Huo was right in front of them, and now was indeed not the time to hold onto anger.

“I’m thinking… maybe we should bring Grandma down from the mountain.”

Mu Lan raised an eyebrow. Grandma? When did Huo Tingxiao have a grandma?

“Huo Tingxiao, what are you talking about? Which grandma?”

Huo Tingxiao looked at her puzzled expression and explained patiently:

“When you lost your memory, I took you up the mountain, and we met the old lady.”

Mu Lan was stunned.

“Ah? So she’s up on the mountain… practicing religion?”

“Yes, as a lay Buddhist. She and my grandfather have not seen each other for a long time.

But given the special circumstances, I’m thinking…”

Mu Lan finally understood.

“Alright, I’ll stay behind. You go up the mountain, right now. If we wait any longer, I’m afraid they won’t welcome visitors anymore.”

Huo Tingxiao didn’t linger any longer and immediately set off from the hospital.

He Yan saw that Huo Tingxiao looked much better than before and thought, the president’s wife really is Huo’s vitamin.

By the time Huo Tingxiao reached the mountain it was already dark, he quickly made contact with the people close to the old lady and explained the situation, soon receiving a response.

–“All arising and ceasing are due to karma.”

Clearly, the old lady had no intention of coming down the mountain, even after hearing the news of Elder Huo’s critical illness; she remained unwavering.

Huo Tingxiao really couldn’t understand what had happened between the two of them that led to such a complete cutoff of their relationship.

“I must see her. Please take me to her,” he pleaded.

The nun was in a difficult position, but she couldn’t resist Huo Tingxiao’s insistence, especially given the gravity of the situation. After much deliberation, she agreed to take him.

At that moment, the old lady was sitting with her eyes closed, holding prayer beads and chanting sutras.

Huo Tingxiao entered the room and spoke:

“The old master’s illness is quite serious this time. Please go back and see him.”

The old lady remained unmoved, continuing her chanting, showing no sign of agreement.

Huo Tingxiao fell silent for a while, and in the end, could only resort to a desperate measure, beseeching the old lady to return.

With a thud, the old lady opened her eyes, looking at the scene before her, she couldn’t help but sigh.

“Why put yourself through this?”

Huo Tingxiao knelt in front of her, keeping his back straight.

“If you don’t come back this time, I’m afraid there won’t be another chance for you to meet.

Grandma, I beg you as your grandson, please go back and see Grandpa, okay?”