COLD CEO AND ARROGANT WIFE, VOLUME 4 - Season 8 Episode 19

“Sir!”

Shui Xian looked up when he heard that call and found someone passing the paper bag to him. He said his thanks and let the man go. Then he opened the paper bag and took out an ice cream tub and gave it to her. “I don’t know about now but you loved your strawberry ice cream after a good cry.”

Seeing that all too familiar smile on his face and the way he offered her that ice cream, she was overwhelmed with emotions and burst into tears again. She was at a loss to see how he seemed like the same brother he always had been.

The same brother who never hesitated before getting into a fight with anyone for her. He’d do anything to protect her even if she was the one in wrong, he’d still stand by her side.

And whenever she cried, she’d crave some ice cream after that and even if it was the middle of the night, he’d still bring that ice cream to her. She suddenly recalled how he was even beaten by their mother for sneaking out in the middle of the night to buy her ice cream because they didn’t have any at home that day.

However, he’d rather get punished by their mother than see her cry. He had always been that kind of a brother who doted on his sister unconditionally. You see, he knew she had been wrong in venting and accusing their father of their mother’s death but he never got angry with her. No matter how willful and unreasonable she’d be, he’d always be the elder brother who was ready to give in to her.

Sometimes, she thought she didn’t deserve a brother like him and that’s why she even started pushing him further out of her life. However, she wasn’t able to squeeze him out of her life even after years. He was still looking over her, guarding her like her guardian angel even if she knew nothing about it.

“Why aren’t you taking it?” he asked when he noticed how her silence prolonged and she didn’t take the ice cream from him. “Don’t like it anymore?”

Amiah shook her head, “I don’t know. No one offered me ice cream in years.”

Shui Xian couldn’t react to that for a moment. “It’s okay. I’ll start doing it again. Okay?”

Amiah looked up and met his gaze that didn’t even hide his tolerance, patience, and love towards her. “Ge, don’t you hate me?”

Shui Xian’s brows knitted up and tsked, “No, I don’t. Why should I hate you?” He opened the lid of the ice cream tub and dug out a spoonful of ice cream. Bringing it to her lips, he added, “Family is a very strange existence in our life. Whether you’re good or bad, at the end of the day, you’re my sister. I can’t deny that. And neither do I want to. It doesn’t mean I don’t get angry with what you do but I can still bear with it.”

“I’m a very bad sister, right?” she questioned.

“Very!” was his response which stumped her as she stared at him blankly.

Okay, she accepted it herself but did he have to be so blunt about it? And what did he mean by stabbing her right in her chest like that?

He smiled at her expressions and added, “Did it hurt?”

“Yes,” she accepted honestly.

“Your words hurt me and Bà even more at times,” he told her. “But neither does Bà hate you nor do I. We know you’re young and lost. So, all this time, we’ve just been waiting for you to find your way and come back home.” His smile was sincere and broad as he went on, “I’m not telling you to change. I’m just telling you, whenever you find your way back, remember to come home. Your family will always be waiting for you with open arms.”

“I don’t know what to say to you,” said Amiah. She held the ice cream tub that was in his hands and ate the ice cream finding it extra sweet. She had come to hate sweets in the past years but today, even this extra sweet ice cream was really like the most delicious delicacy in the world. “I heard about your child,” she spoke in a soft voice as if hesitating to even bring it up. “My condolences.”

Shui Xian’s movements paused when she mentioned the child but he soon recovered and said, “Well, it’s not like we can fight destiny.”

“How are you coping with this loss?” she asked.

“Forget it. I never had a child in my life plan,” he said so nonchalantly but the pain in his eyes couldn’t be ignored as well. Even if he said it didn’t matter, anyone could tell that it mattered a lot. He just didn’t want to show his sadness to anyone.

Hiding his emotions from Raelle was impossible but he was trying his best to hide his pain from everyone else.

“That was when you’re married to Hebe Jie,” she said. “Back then your plan didn’t include a child because Hebe Jie couldn’t…”

“Don’t say it,” Shui Xian stopped her from continuing. “It had never anything to do with Tang Hebe. I really never thought about having a child. This time was also a little unexpected. I didn’t even know Raelle would get pregnant. Raising you was already tiring enough. Why would I want to add another rebellious child into my life?”

“So, you’re saying you don’t want a child because of me?” she retorted.

“Well, we can’t forget your role in this either,” he said.

“But what about Ra… I mean, what about sister-in-law?” she asked him. “Does she also not want a child like you?”

Shui Xian cleared his throat and said, “She is still young. It’s not an age where she should be a mother. We can take our time and see.”

She could tell that he was just avoiding the topic but she couldn’t do anything about it either. So, she chose to silently eat the ice cream.