She Lost Memory Before the Divorce-Chapter 218 - 0 Huo Tingxiao Gone Mad
Chapter 218: Chapter 0218: Huo Tingxiao Gone Mad
Chapter 218: Chapter 0218: Huo Tingxiao Gone Mad
Gaston shook his head blankly.
“I don’t know.”
Huo Tingxiao turned around, grabbed the wine bottle from the table, and violently smashed it against Gaston’s carotid artery in the neck.
Louie jumped in fright.
“Mr. Huo, please calm down, this is my home!”
“If it weren’t for your tight security here, it would be a gun pointing at your brother now!
I’m asking you again, where is Katrina?”
With his eyes bloodshot, Huo Tingxiao was full of murderous intent; even Long Xiao was somewhat shocked by this enraged version of him.
Having known him for so long, this was the first time he had seen him so crazed.
Gaston raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.
“I don’t know, I really don’t know…”
“Call her, and tell her if she dares to touch a finger on my wife, you will die right here.”
Huo Tingxiao’s eyes were edged with ice, and his tone was like an icy blade, slicing through people.
Gaston dared not disobey and hurriedly took out his cell phone from his pocket to dial Katrina’s number.
And Katrina, unaware of the imminent danger, instructed the men who were about to lay hands on Mu Lan:
“Wait a moment, I need to take a call, and then you can continue.”
As soon as she pressed the answer button, Gaston’s voice came from the other end.
“Where are you?”
“I’m out eating, what’s up Dad?”
“I…”
Before Gaston could say more, the phone was snatched away by Huo Tingxiao.
“Bring my wife back!”
A chilling voice made Katrina’s scalp tingle.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, I…”
“Ah!”
A scream suddenly erupted from Gaston on the other end of the phone, startling Katrina.
Louie was also dumbstruck; he hadn’t expected Huo Tingxiao to really dare to make a move, especially right in front of him, stabbing the shattered end of the wine bottle into Gaston’s thigh.
“Damn it, you actually laid hands on me, do you know where this is?”
“Stop it, what do you want to do? Let go of my father, if you dare to touch him…”
Katrina’s roar came through the phone, but Huo Tingxiao again plunged the bloodied wine bottle into Gaston’s other thigh.
“Ah!”
Even Louie, who had seen his share of tough scenes, screamed in fright.
“Mr. Huo, enough, enough, Katrina, bring the person back quickly, do you really want to be content only when you see your father dead?”
Huo Tingxiao’s wolf-like, cold eyes were fixed on Gaston, who was now lying on the ground and howling nonstop, and he spoke into the phone:
“If anything happens to my wife, I’ll make your whole family pay with their lives. Now, I want to hear her voice; give the phone to her.”
Katrina, who dared not disobey, quickly passed the phone to Mu Lan’s ear.
“Hello, Huo Tingxiao, is that you?”
Mu Lan tried to keep calm, but as soon as she spoke, her trembling voice completely betrayed her.
Huo Tingxiao’s heart, which had been lifted, finally began to settle down a bit.
“Don’t be afraid, I will definitely save you.”
When Mu Lan heard the voice on the phone, her eyes immediately reddened.
“Mhm, I know.”
Katrina, who couldn’t understand Chinese, was anxiously hopping up and down and immediately took back the phone.
“You can hear her voice now.”
Huo Tingxiao immediately withdrew the gentle tone he had just used, his voice as cold as an ice pick, shocking Long Xiao with his swift change of demeanor.
“Send her back immediately, I’ll wait for you at your uncle’s estate.”
Katrina no longer had her previous arrogance; she never expected this man to be so ruthless as to dare to hurt someone on the Lawrence Family’s territory.
Even with her capricious nature, she didn’t want to see her father get hurt because of her. This man was simply a lunatic, and she truly couldn’t afford to provoke him.
“I will release her. You mustn’t harm my dad.”
Katrina started crying over the phone, truly terrified of Huo Tingxiao from the bottom of her heart.
Huo Tingxiao’s voice grew even colder.
“Within half an hour, I want to see my wife. For every minute you’re late, I will add a mark to your father’s leg until you have safely brought my wife back.”
Katrina was stunned, speaking somewhat incoherently:
“I’m at the abandoned factory in the southern part of the city, it’s simply impossible to make it in thirty minutes, it would take at least an hour.”
“You have no right to bargain with me, hurry up, there’s only twenty-nine minutes left now.”
With that, Huo Tingxiao had already hung up the phone.
Holding a wine bottle in his hand, Louie immediately pleaded on behalf of Gaston.
“Mr. Huo, now that Katrina is bringing the person back, why don’t you let someone bandage Gaston’s wound first?”
Huo Tingxiao looked coldly at Louie, not buying it at all.
“He has not fulfilled the disciplinary duties of a father; this trivial punishment, what is it?”
Gaston didn’t expect Huo Tingxiao to be so harsh, but he was still somewhat defiant internally.
“This is Paris, do you think you can leave unharmed after hurting me?”
Initially, Huo Tingxiao wanted to stop, but hearing Gaston’s words, he was actually hoping something else would happen.
Louie, pale with fright, scolded:
“What nonsense are you spouting? Gaston, have you lost your mind? If you had controlled Katrina better, would this have happened?
I warned you long ago to advise Katrina to keep a low profile.”
“Now you dare to engage in kidnapping; do you understand the shame it would bring to our family if this gets out? How it would make the group’s stock prices fall?
You’re not only without remorse, but you also dare to spout such nonsense?”
Huo Tingxiao looked at Louie, the old fox, thinking he could say a few words to appease his anger at this moment? It was already too late.
“It seems your brother doesn’t feel the slightest bit sorry, that’s perfect.
There’s a saying in China, ‘the debt has a debtor, the grievance has a source.’ When Katrina returns, I’ll settle this account with her properly.”
Gaston immediately caved in.
“No, please, I’m sorry Mr. Huo, I really am sorry, I failed to discipline my daughter properly, please spare her.
It was a moment of confusion, I truly apologize, whatever compensation you want, I can provide, just spare my daughter.”
Long Xiao saw that Huo Tingxiao was truly angry and was afraid he would lose control, causing the situation to escalate uncontrollably.
“Axiao, this is still Lawrence territory after all. If you really do something, a situation where both sides lose isn’t a good outcome.
The most important thing is that no one is hurt. Sister-in-law wouldn’t want to see you do anything inappropriate for her.”
As soon as he thought of Mu Lan, Huo Tingxiao’s expression softened considerably, but that didn’t mean he was going to let Katrina off without consequences, as if nothing had happened.
His heart was ablaze with rage; he was furiously yearning to commit violence!
He should have made Katrina understand from the beginning that they weren’t people she could afford to provoke.
Huo Tingxiao felt some regret; had he followed his own wishes, Mu Lan would not have had to endure this ordeal.
Thirty minutes, for Huo Tingxiao, was excruciating.
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Gaston’s legs were in serious pain, his trousers soaked with blood, and it wasn’t until the sound of a car engine came from the yard that everyone’s suspense was relieved.
Huo Tingxiao threw away the wine bottle without a moment’s hesitation and got up to walk to the door. Louie immediately called for someone to treat his brother’s wounds, his face full of anger at his brother’s lack of struggle.
Katrina got out from the driver’s seat, and upon seeing Huo Tingxiao, she reacted as if she had seen some beast, instinctively backing away.
“She… I’ve brought her back.”
