COLD CEO AND ARROGANT WIFE, VOLUME 5 - Season 8 Episode 86

“I met Tang Hebe earlier,” told Shui Xian. He didn’t want to hide it from Raelle. He didn’t think it’d do him any good to keep secrets from her and neither did he feel like keeping anything from her.

In fact, she was that one person to whom he was really willing to talk about anything. Because he knew she won’t laugh at his silly thoughts. She won’t judge him for his certain decisions. And she’ll never condemn him as well.

“Oh,” was the only response Raelle gave him.

Shui Xian pinched her cheek, “Darling, show some interest in your husband.”

“What are you talking about? All I’m interested in these days is my husband,” she looked very sincere when she said that and he had no doubt about those words either.

But he was still feeling helpless over how nonchalant she was acting when he told her that he met Tang Hebe! He was the real fool for expecting a reaction for her. What a waste of his expectations!

“Fine, if you want to tell you can just tell me,” she said. “Don’t sulk on your own.”

“Who is sulking?”

“You!”

“I’m not!”

“You are!”

Shui Xian took a deep breath and said helplessly, “Forget it.”

“So?”

“So what? I just met her coincidentally.”

“Are you sure it was a coincidence?” asked Raelle. “I just learned that even Ruan Meilin being at the Chen family’s banquet wasn’t a coincidence. Her purpose was me from the very beginning. So, you want me to believe that Ms. Tang Hebe who has lost her memories, actually wandered in the hallways and accidentally ran into you? I’m that gullible to believe it.”

“You mean she was waiting for me there?” Shui Xian’s brows furrowed up.

“Think about it yourself,” she told him. “What do you think?”

Shui Xian really thought about it and understood something. If it was the Tang Hebe who had her memories, she might not purposely look for him but the Tang Hebe who had lost her memories was very capable of doing it. Maybe she really waited for him since he didn’t go to look for her again. Clearly, even after understanding everything on her own, she still wasn’t able to handle the truth that they were no longer together.

“What you said is quite possible,” he muttered softly.

“I know, right? My mind is back online,” said Raelle. “I can’t possibly be wrong about this.” She took a pause and added, “And if I’m not wrong, she wanted to confirm your relationship status with her and along the way ask about me.”

Shui Xian gaped at her in disbelief, “Wifey, I think your mind is not just back online. It’s on a roll!” He rubbed her head, “How do you even manage to think of this all?”

“She isn’t that difficult to understand,” said Raelle. “She clearly heard the doctor calling me Mrs. Shui, she isn’t deaf. She definitely heard it. And she lost her memories, not her brain. She obviously understood what’s my relationship with you. But her mind didn’t want to accept the reality so she purposely tried to delude herself. And when that didn’t work, she came to look for answers from you.”

“It’s definitely different talking to smart people,” he commented. “I don’t even have to say anything and you understand it all.”

“I have to have this much understanding,” she said.

“But you don’t have to worry at all, I cleared everything to her very clearly,” said Shui Xian. “Even if it’s just her delusion, I have to extract my name from those delusions. I told her that even if it’s just to pretend, I’m still not willing to get myself associated with her.”

Raelle looked at him and said, “Who said I’m worried? I’m definitely not worried and I am really not interested in what you both talked about.”

“Wife, show some interest!” he repeated his words.

“But why should I? I know you already,” she said. “I know what you’d have said to her.”

Shui Xian shut up once he heard that from her. “You said a husband and wife should have a transparent relationship. It can only work that way. That’s why I want to tell you everything.”

“Transparency is definitely very important to avoid misunderstandings,” she said. “But my dear husband, you are already a very transparent person. It’s very easy to figure you out.”

“Only you’d say that,” he muttered.

“Because I’m your wife,” she replied. “It’s my talent. Just like you can read my thoughts these days.”

“I still can’t read all your thoughts,” he sounded very dissatisfied with himself.

“I have to keep some thoughts to myself, how else will I maintain my mysterious image?”

“You? Mysterious?” Shui Xian laughed out. “Only you would think so.” He shook his head and added, “The only thing that makes you mysterious is the fact that your thought process isn’t like most people. So, it makes it difficult for people to understand you and they think you’re mysterious. In truth, you’re just very simple.”

“What did you do about work?” asked Raelle. “You can’t possibly leave it all to Ma Jin. You even lost your precious VP.”

Shui Xian rolled his eyes, “She was never precious to me. In fact, no one is important to businessmen when it comes to profits. You should understand that better than me.” He took a brief break before telling her, “I just asked Bà to go back to work.”

He was expecting her to question his decision but how would that be possible?

Raelle nodded in agreement, “It’s good to keep Bà busy in this situation. This way, he won’t have so much time to waste thinking and crying to himself all alone. It’s not like we are at home to keep an eye on him. He should distract himself with work.”

“Aye, you really understand me well,” Shui Xian sounded very smug as he spoke. As if he was complimenting himself rather than her.