COLD CEO AND ARROGANT WIFE, VOLUME 5 - Season 8 Episode 79

Because Shui Xian kept stroking her finger, Raelle also noticed the emptiness. She blinked and asked, “Where is my wedding ring?”

Shui Xian who was lost in his thoughts snapped back to reality and looked into her eyes. “Oh, I don’t know.”

“If you don’t know, who is supposed to know?” questioned Raelle.

“Right, I should know,” answered Shui Xian as he stood up and went to look for the wedding ring. He found the bag where all of Raelle’s things were placed. Before he could reach for the plastic bag for accessories, he found the bag in which her gown was placed. That white gown had such glaring bloody red stains that it made his heart clench.

Shui Xian closed his eyes and put that bag away. He looked through the accessories and found her wedding ring. He came back to her side and took her hand in his own. Yes, that’s exactly what had been missing all this time.

“What’s wrong?” asked Raelle noticing how he was still holding her hand and continued to stare at the wedding ring in a daze.

“I think it’s about time I get the ring that rightfully belongs to you,” he told her honestly.

“This doesn’t belong to me rightfully?” asked Raelle.

“No, this is yours,” he replied. “But this is the ring I got for you. That one belonged to my mother and she definitely would have loved to see you wearing it.”

“Oh, then I’ll just wait for you to find it,” said Raelle.

Because she knew already that Tang Hebe had that ring. Even after the divorce, she never gave it back. In fact, whether Tang Hebe even kept the ring after all this time or not was another question to think about. After all, the woman didn’t even want to keep the man whom she claimed to love. So, would she have kept the ring he gave her as a token of his love?

When we are talking about whether Tang Hebe kept that token of love or not, it’s necessary to think about whether Raelle really wanted that ring or not. The answer was, yes. The ring belonged to her mother-in-law. She didn’t want it for herself. Shui Xian used the same ring to propose to Tang Hebe. No matter how one thought about it, it left a distaste in one’s mouth. And Raelle never liked sharing her things. How could she take the ring that someone else used?

But even if she didn’t wear it, she still wanted it back. That ring meant something special to both Shui Koshing and Qian Yin. And considering how much Qian Yin didn’t like Tang Hebe, anyone else in the world deserved to have that ring except for Tang Hebe.

“Well, you should have gotten the ring long ago,” added Raelle.

Shui Xian also nodded in agreement, “You’re right. I should have gotten it long ago. Although it’s late, I can still fix my mistake. I’ll find it for you.”

Raelle gave him a nod and then she looked out the window before asking, “What time is it?” Without waiting for an answer from Shui Xian, she looked at the digital clock in the room and stared at it for a whole minute in silence. “It’s half past 10 o’clock? In the morning?” Shui Xian pursed his lips and nodded in reply. “I overslept?”

He nodded once again.

And Raelle sank into silence. When she opened her mouth, she said, “Wow! That’s a first.” She looked up at Shui Xian and told him, “I slept for over 10 hours. That has never happened before.” She pondered over something and asked, “Is something wrong with me?”

Shui Xian smiled at her question recalling how he also thought the same when he realized she was sleeping for so long. “Nothing is wrong. I asked the doctor. Everything is normal. You oversleeping is nothing out of ordinary.”

“Isn’t it?” she questioned in a low voice. She thought it wasn’t ordinary. A person like her who had never overslept, one day slept for over 10 hours. It definitely didn’t seem normal to her but she was no doctor so it was pointless to think so much about it. Recalling something, she added, “It’s already so late, what are you doing here?”

Shui Xian was about to leave to arrange their breakfast when Raelle’s question fell into his ears. “Huh?”

“It’s Monday,” she reminded him. “Shouldn’t you be working? I’m the patient who is banned from working. Why are you playing hooky? Go to work.”

Shui Xian stared at her. She was actually kicking him out, right? But did she really think he was gonna leave? No way!

“How can I leave you here alone?” he retorted.

“I’m not a three-year-old,” she said. “I didn’t even like surrounding me when I was three. And now, I’m 25. I definitely don’t need you here to keep an eye on me. It’s not like I’m gonna run away.”

“What if you really ran away?” he asked playfully.

“If I want to run away, you can’t stop me,” she told him honestly.

“Indeed, who can stop Raelle Xiang.”

“No one,” she said.

Shui Xian chuckled at that.

“Why are you laughing? I’m telling you, even I can stop myself once I decide to do something.”

Shui Xian continued to laugh at her words. He walked over to her side and pinched her nose, “No matter what you say, I’m not leaving. I know you can take care of yourself but I can’t convince myself. My heart will be even more restless if I’m not around you.”

“Why don’t you say that you just found an excuse to be lazy?” was Raelle’s response. “You’re using my health as an excuse to just stick to me like glue.”

Shui Xian wanted to refute but somewhere deep in his heart, he actually agreed with her words. It was really the first time, he found a reason to avoid going to work and just spend his day with her. Since they got married, the only time he could stick to her was during weekends.