Chapter 385 - Can't Force

Early in the morning, the door of the hospital ward was pushed open, and in walked a bouquet of flowers. Oh, this bouquet actually had legs! 

Xiang Weimin felt a headache coming when he saw this scene. It was too early in the morning for this headache. 

"Wai! Can you even see where you're going?" 

The big bouquet was pushed down and a face with sharp features came into view. The slightly tanned skin of the woman had a seductive touch to it. Although her features weren't peerless beauty kind, she was good-looking. But it was hard to call her pretty since her aura gave off a strong sense. 

One couldn't really call her pretty in that uniform that seemed to be a part of her whole self. Fully dressed in her military uniform she stood there with an imposing and prepossessing ambiance. Epaulets decorated her uniform showing her rank. 

"Such a huge bouquet of flowers and this uniform? Don't you think it doesn't go well together?"

Xiang Wai looked down at her uniform and shrugged her shoulders casually, "So what if it's mismatched?" She pushed the huge bouquet towards him, "I got this for you, Ge!" While he was hesitating, she added, "Just take it. You have no girlfriend who would be coming to give you gifts. Feel blessed that your sister is even bothering with this."

"Then I must thank you," said Xiang Weimin.

"You should," replied Xiang Wai.

"Didn't you say you'd be busy in the period and won't be able to come?" inquired Xiang Weimin curiously.

"I still have no time," she told him. "We made a big breakthrough yesterday. So, I took a chance to slip out."

"You actually left your work behind just to come and see me?" Xiang Weimin sounded like he was in disbelief. 

"Can't I do this much for my brother?" she argued back.

Xiang Weimin gave her a look, "My sweet sister, we don't have the gene structure like that. In our family, people love their work more than anything. And everyone also likes to prioritize the work above everything else. That's why it's difficult for me to believe that you slipped out of work to come and see me."

Xiang Wai leaned against the wall as she didn't deny his words. The only thing she took seriously in life had been her job. As for Xiang Weimin, his whole life was just his job. And even if she looked at their parents, she won't find anything different. Suddenly, Raelle's face flashed through her mind and a thought popped up, 'Was she also like that?'

And then she shook that thought out of her mind and tried to concentrate on the present.

"Enough about me," she changed the topic. "You tell me how you're doing? Is everything well? Is the hospital really boring? Even if it is, just hang in there. It won't take that long for you to get back on the field... Oops, I should say you'd soon be in the sky."

Xiang Weimin shook his head at her, "If you're gonna answer the questions yourself, why are you even asking me?"

Xiang Wai pursed her lips and came over to his side. She held his face in her hands and looked intently at his face. More precisely, she was looking at his eyes. 

"I was right," she mumbled to herself. "They really look alike."

"What?" asked Xiang Weimin and slapped her hand away. "What are you even doing?"

"Nothing," she refused to mention it before her brother. "I was just thinking why do you look so bright and sunny today? I thought you'd be depressed staying in the hospital."

Xiang Weimin smiled at her, "So, you want me to be depressed?"

"Don't play this game with me," she warned. "Just give me a reason why you're looking so happy?"

"Dear sister," he beckoned her close and when she did lean forward he went on, "I just learned from someone that happiness had never needed excuses. It's a lot easier to be happy than we think it is."

Xiang Wai blinked at him, "I feel like you just said something really deep but it just went over my head."

Xiang Weimin chuckled at her response and flicked her forehead. "When are you gonna get serious in life?"

"Ge, why be serious when you can just be mysterious?"

"Why is it so difficult to hold a proper conversation with you?" he asked in resignation.

"Maybe because I still am not ready for your serious talk in life," she answered. "I can't take life so seriously. That's just not me."

"Is that why you've been repeatedly hurting Yanjun?" he inquired straightforwardly. "Your casual attitude has hurt him way too many times."

"I didn't think we'd end up on this topic but since we are on the topic, let me tell you," said Xiang Wai. "He and I... We really aren't right for each other."

"And how do you know that?"

"Because I am not what he needs in his life," she argued. "He needs someone stable in his life. Someone who can offer love to him unconditionally. Someone who can stay with him unconditionally. But I am not that person."

"But you also love him!"

"Ge, love is not enough," she retorted. "My love is selfish. Just as much as I am selfish. There is no way I can love him unconditionally when I even live my life on conditions! That's just how I was raised by my mother. What can I do about it?"

Xiang Weimin felt like he couldn't continue this topic anymore. She was indeed right. Just love had never been enough for relationships to survive the test of time.

Xiang Wai rubbed her forehead to calm herself before she changed the topic, "You stop worrying about me. I know you have way too much free time on your hand right now but that doesn't mean you need to spend it while contemplating about life and stuff." She looked at her brother and added, "You can't force things in life, Ge.. Our parents are the biggest example of that."