COLD CEO AND ARROGANT WIFE, VOLUME 4 - Season 8 Episode 43

Once Mu Chenyan and Shui Koshing left, Shui Xian was left staring into space. Raelle first thought about something and then, she squeezed his hand to get his attention.

“What are you still thinking about?” she asked.

Shui Xian looked into Raelle’s clear eyes and replied, “I’m thinking if the things would have been different if my mother had told me the truth from the beginning.”

Raelle didn’t even think about it before telling him, “And what makes you think that?”

“Maybe I’d have kept my distance from Tang Hebe if I knew what happened between her family and my mother’s family,” he sounded very uncertain since even he didn’t know if he was right or not.

“And that’s where you’re wrong,” said Raelle. “My dear husband, didn’t you hear what Yanyan said? Even if your mother had told you the truth, you’d have argued that just because her love failed, doesn’t mean yours will too. After all, why should a child carry the pot of their parent’s sins? After all, the one who wronged my mother-in-law was not Tang Hebe, it was her father.” She took a pause and told him, “I read it somewhere that when you’re in love, you’d always find an excuse to make your love feel justified. It means, that when we love someone, we look at them through a filter that doesn’t allow us to see their bad side.”

Shui Xian nodded his head, “Right. Just like now, I want to find an excuse for myself. But I can’t help it. How am I supposed to just be okay after learning all that truth?”

“Who asked you to be okay?” asked Raelle. “You’re not Raelle Xiang. Even if you’re Raelle Xiang’s husband, you aren’t as awesome as her.” Shui Xian stared at her blankly as she continued to compliment herself to heaven without any shame. “You’re just a human. In fact, you’re even a little too human.”

“There is a thing called being ‘too human?'”

Raelle nodded her head in response, “It means you feel things even more intensely than most people. And that is why I’m not expecting you to be okay after knowing everything.” She took a pause and told him, “And as for why my mother-in-law didn’t tell you anything? Think about it yourself. Apart from stopping the hatred, she also had another reason.”

“What other reason?” asked Shui Xian.

“Didn’t you tell me that your mom really loved your dad but Bà often had no time for your family? And your mom was always the one accommodating to him and never felt wronged? She even told you how they loved each other and how they were a perfect couple?”

Shui Xian nodded in a daze.

“Then why don’t you think about the same situation again? Why was Bà always busy? Wasn’t it to make sure that no one could say a word against your mother? He did his best for his wife and his wife did his best for their family. Your mom might not be perfect but she raised you with love. Not only that, she wanted to prove to you that your parents were deeply in love. Why would she open the pages of the past before you and reveal the truth of her painful first love? She must have not wanted to ruin her image in her children’s hearts. After all, she must have heard enough gossip from the world.”

Shui Xian felt like the matter became a lot clearer with her explanation and he couldn’t help but just stare at her face.

“In fact, my mom was really good,” agreed Shui Xian. “She never even slapped Tang Hebe, or threw water at her face, or even raised her voice at her. At most, her words were harsh. But she never tried to use any manipulations or schemes to separate us. I wonder why though?”

“Perhaps, she was giving your love a benefit of the doubt?” answered Raelle. “If she had used harsh means to separate you both, she’d feel like history was repeating itself. Because that’s what her parents did. So, she wanted to give your love the benefit of the doubt to see how far it could go. She wanted to believe in your love and in you. The thing that she couldn’t let go of was the Tang family’s scheming that destroyed her family. And so, even if she wanted to give your love a benefit of the doubt, she couldn’t stop her heart from being scared that something will go wrong again. And for that purpose, she kept trying to talk to you and convince you.”

When she stopped, she asked, “Why are you looking at me like that?”

Shui Xian hugged her in his arms as he said, “I’m looking at just how this brain of yours works. Why do your thoughts keep on surprising me over and over again? I should be used to it but I still get taken aback.” He kissed her cheek and said, “Thank you for being here with me. Or else…”

“Or else, with your thinking speed, you’d have had a mental breakdown by now.”

Shui Xian chuckled but couldn’t disagree with her words, “You’re right. But the way you speak about my mom, it’s as if you knew her very well. You never even met her.”

“Who said I didn’t know her?” asked Raelle surprising Shui Xian. “Didn’t I tell you that I met your mother?”

Shui Xian tried to recall but couldn’t really remember so he shook his head, “I don’t remember.”

“Well, that’s not my fault. But the truth is, I did meet your mother. So, I might not know her very well but I did understand her as per my capacity of understanding.”

Now, that statement was heavy to Shui Xian. Because the capacity of understanding that his dear wife just spoke of was something even he wasn’t able to gauge until now. And the talent of his wife, who was unfamiliar with that? Raelle Xiang could read you like an open book if she was interested in you, it was a fact!