COLD CEO AND ARROGANT WIFE, VOLUME 5 - Season 10 Episode 16

“Why aren’t you continuing?” asked Raelle when Ru didn’t continue even after waiting for a while.

“My battery is dead,” replied Ru.

Raelle looked back at her bodyguards who had actually widened the distance even more from the moment she started walking with Ru. “Aiden, give me a chocolate bar.” The one called immediately stepped up but instead of walking over, threw it over which Raele caught easily. Raelle offered it to Ru, “Replenish the batter.”

Ru looked at her actions and laughed. With those impeccable facial features, his handsomeness was already above the masses. He wasn’t a white-skinned guy who looked pale like Shui Xian. Instead, he had healthy wheat-colored skin which added another charm to his handsomeness. But when he laughed so carefreely, Raelle wasn’t able to look away from him.

Raelle could already tell that the way Ru looked at her had changed from the moment she introduced herself. It definitely had nothing to do with who she was. It had more to do with her family name. Since Ru seemed to know the Xiang family, Raelle noticed that this young master was giving her face for her family’s sake.

After all, it didn’t seem like this young master was an ordinary person or an easygoing one. Maybe it was because she was standing at the top of her life that she was able to tell that the person beside her wasn’t inferior to her. Perhaps, her own momentum might fall short before the other. Because while Raelle only exuded coldness to others, this person seemed to be giving off a deathly and dangerous vibe behind that devilish charm and scholarly persona.

“You’re funny,” commented Ru as he took the chocolate from her hand with ease. If there were things that young master Ru couldn’t refuse, the top one on that list had to be chocolates.

Seeing how he started munching on the chocolate, Raelle felt like she paid the tour guide a fee. So, she felt relaxed as she asked, “So, what are the overcoming interactions of the five elements?”

In fact, it wasn’t that difficult for Ru to read through Raelle’s intentions and his eyes looked at the chocolate with complicated emotion. Sigh. Who knew one day he’d receive such a ‘fee’ for his ‘services’?

“Five overcoming interactions are melting, penetrating, separating, absorbing, and quenching.” He told Raelle seriously. But he’d look more dedicated to the task if he had stopped munching on the chocolate. “Fire melts metal, metal penetrates wood like screwing, sawing, nailing, etc. Then wood separates the earth as in tree roots breaking up the soil and rocks. The earth absorbs water and water quenches fire. And that’s the overcoming interactions between the five elements.”

Raelle looked like she was mentally taking note of this knowledge. Raelle continued to ask the related question and Ru answered each and every single one patiently. “So all zodiac signs have elements attached to them? What’s mine?”

“What’s your zodiac sign?”

“Rat,” answered Raelle.

“Water,” replied Ru. “Your zodiac sign’s element is water.” Taking a brief pause, he added, “You don’t even look like you believe in this stuff. Why ask so many questions?”

“Just for knowledge,” was Raelle’s response. “Besides, lately, I had been interested in stars. Although I don’t think our stars can decide our fate, I’m still interested in learning about it. There is no harm in learning, right?”

Ru nodded, “What you learn is always yours. There is certainly nothing wrong with it. But I just realized, you’re the girl I should call 5 W with 1 H.”

“Huh?”

“Because you open your mouth and start with, ‘Why? What? Who? When? Where? And How?’ You’re a very curious kid.”

“Everyone knows that,” said Raelle. “That’s why I spend my time reading more books to find the answers to my questions.”

“Not all answers are written in books,” said Ru. “Spend some time with nature, with water, with humans, with animals. Everything around you has a story to tell. Don’t just focus on the cold pages of the books. Not all thoughts are written there.”

“But people are not honest,” Raelle said her thoughts out loud. “They don’t tell the stories. They like keeping secrets. They like hiding their thoughts.”

“But if humans were as easy to read as books, wouldn’t life be a little boring?”

Raelle looked up and saw that glint of mischief once again.

“You’re also not honest,” said Raelle suddenly taking the person before her off guard. “Your eyes and your demeanor don’t match. You look like a calm person but your eyes have a mischievousness. However, both are deceiving. You’re very deeply hiding your true self.”

Ru’s hand instinctively went to the pendant around his neck as he rubbed the jade he said, “You’re not good at hiding at all. You say whatever you want. You should not be telling a person at your first meeting that they are deceptive. At least, I’m putting up an act.” Sighing, he looked up at the flocks of birds flying back to their nests as he added, “Okay, I’d be honest with you. It’s been a while since I’ve liked someone. But you surely know how to catch attention. Earlier I was being polite. Just following the manners I was taught. But this time, it’s really lovely to meet you, Miss Raelle Xiang. You’re definitely of that surname of yours.”

This time around Raelle could tell those were really not polite words and the person before her was genuinely sincere. That sincerity was so palpable in those eyes that seemed to know how to speak.

“Why do I think you know my family very well?” asked Raelle.

“Is it that surprising?” asked Ru. “Your family fought for this motherland and shed blood for this motherland. Your family sacrificed way too much for this motherland. It’d be a shame if people forget the heroes who lost lives to protect this land, no?”

Raelle agreed with those words. Of course, she also thought it’d be a shame if people really forgot what her family did for this country.