COLD CEO AND ARROGANT WIFE, VOLUME 4 - Season 8 Episode 50

Shui Xian listened to every single word attentively. He had to say, Raelle’s way of recounting an event was almost like she was painting a picture with her words. And he was actually able to imagine the scene vividly in his mind. Even the minor details were very clear in his mind.

“So, what do you think? I should have taken your mom’s offer?” asked Raelle but found that her husband was lost in his own world. Raelle clicked her fingers before his face to get his attention as she asked, “Are you thinking about your mom?”

Shui Xian actually shook his head, “No. I’m trying to imagine what a thirteen-year-old Raelle looked like. If she was even half as good as she is now, then I don’t blame my mom for insisting on bringing you home as her daughter-in-law.” He sighed and added, “But really. What if you had accepted her offer to become her daughter-in-law?”

“Back then, I had no place in her family,” answered Raelle. “But I didn’t know by the time, I’ll find my place in her family, she won’t be around to see it.”

Shui Xian’s expression changed when he heard that. He also felt the same way. It seemed it was his mother’s biggest wish to have Raelle as her daughter-in-law. But he took too long to bring Raelle home as the daughter-in-law of the Shui family. Even his regret was kind of pointless now since his mother was long gone.

Thinking of something, he asked, “What about your wedding jewelry? Did my mom design it?”

“I don’t know,” Raelle replied. “I never received it. And neither did I hear about it.”

“Knowing my mom, she won’t say things if she didn’t mean it,” said Shui Xian. “So, I’m certain she designed it for you. Maybe she didn’t get the chance to give it to you.”

“That’s possible,” agreed Raelle. “Anyway, I have to say, she was right.”

“Huh?”

“She said her son’s smile is more beautiful than hers, I have to agree with that,” said Raelle.

Shui Xian chuckled softly.

“I can assure you, she loved you very much,” added Raelle seriously. “No, I should say she loved her family very much. After everything that happened in her youth, she seemed to cherish her small family even more.”

“I know,” he said with a soft smile playing on his lips.

“Oh, and you have more in common with your mother than you care to admit,” said Raelle. “Your temperament is most like her. If you love something, you don’t want to see anything else besides that love. Even if that love leaves you wounded, you won’t care. But once your heart is closed off, you won’t let the same person enter your heart again.”

Shui Xian pursed his lips because he couldn’t deny her words. He knew that was the truth. He was really similar to his mother. Even their destinies were very similar. They both got hurt by the person they loved the most. The person for whom they were ready to fight against the world. Then his eyes settled on Raelle as he thought about how even after all that hurt, both he and his mother found the person who was willing to cherish them.

“Do you think your mom didn’t know Tang Mu wasn’t behind the betrayal?” asked Raelle. “At one point, she must have learned it as well. But that truth didn’t change her decision. She didn’t regret opening her heart to Bà.”

“It’s sometimes easy to fall in love, wife,” said Shui Xian. “But falling out of love doesn’t happen in a blink of an eye. It takes longer than we think. And once we are able to fall out of love with that person, we don’t see the point why we should hurt ourselves by going the same route again.”

By saying this, he wanted to let her know that no matter how much he loved Tang Hebe, it didn’t matter now. She was his first love which ended long ago. He had every right to move on and no one could condemn him for not looking back. So what if Tang Hebe had a memory loss? Why should he suffer? He wasn’t willing to act with her from the beginning.

You can’t change your mistakes just because you lost your memory and have no recollection of those mistakes. Because if Raelle wasn’t holding him back, Shui Xian didn’t mind reminding Tang Hebe every single way she stabbed his heart. He didn’t even want to care about her anymore.

But after learning about everything, he really wanted to ask Tang Hebe why she did what she did to him. Was he also just a chess piece in the game of revenge that had been going on for the past four generations? And if he was? Then was his first love just a joke?

“Your mom said, ‘I wish you find a loving husband,’ before she left,” said Raelle. “I think her wish came true. But it’s ironic that the loving husband is also her son.” Even Raelle with her big brain would have never expected the cycle of life to work in this unexpected way. Who knew she’d still get married to Shui Xian even though it seemed impossible back then?

Shui Xian rubbed her head, “Oh, this husband still has more love to shower on you. You have seen nothing yet, sweetheart.” He played with her fingers as he said, “I think my mom would be happy wherever she is. Seeing that I married the girl she loved so much.” He looked into her eyes and asked, “How about we go to see her as well? It seems I never took you to see her after marriage.”

“Okay,” she agreed without any hesitation. Although she didn’t go to cemeteries, she didn’t mind going to see her mother-in-law. As a daughter-in-law, she should go to pay respects. Besides, she was unusually interested in her mother-in-law now. Or more precisely, in learning what really happened after Qian Yin came back from Raelle’s family home.