Chapter 432 - Experiment

Maybe there were some people who wanted Raelle to understand them but Shui Xian really didn't have that kind of a wish anymore. He could see that she was doing her best. And in a way, he also felt that she was putting more effort into their marriage than he did. He didn't even know why he had this thought though.

His heart hurt just thinking about how Raelle had been trying hard to understand things in life. The feelings that came to people naturally, she had to put a lot of effort to even understand it all. He really felt tired, for her. And yet she had never complained even once. For years, she had silently been studying humans and their feelings. She'd been absorbing all the information she could without asking why she had to do it.

She stood at the pinnacle in her life where even if she didn't give a fuck about anything, it won't even create a ripple in her life. However, she was still willing to put in enough effort for the people she cared about. The people who fell under the category of the family to her. The people who never asked her to change are the ones for whom she had been trying to fit in.

"You don't have to think so much about me," said Raelle, pulling him out of his thoughts. She placed her hand on his which was against her cheek as she went on, "I don't think there is anything wrong with trying to understand my own husband. I have to understand you to make this relationship work. Just like you've been trying to understand me as well even though I am a complicated person."

Shui Xian's eyes softened and so did his smile as he told her, "Sweetheart, you're not complicated."

"I am not?"

Shui Xian shook his head, "When we first met, I might have thought that you're difficult to understand but now, I don't think so. You're really simple. If you say this is a straight line, I just have to believe that it's a straight line and there is no story behind those words. What I mean is, I just have to take your words as they are. And that's how easy it is to understand you."

"You really make it sound easy," commented Raelle. "However, to get a whole new understanding of you, I've decided to come out to watch a movie with you every weekend."

"Huh?"

"We'll give every genre a try," added Raelle.

"Really?" questioned Shui Xian, feeling a little uncertain.

"Yes," answered Raelle. "Every movie has its own theme and must bring out a different you. I have to watch it all."

Shui Xian's lips twitched a little, "Baby, are you conducting an experiment again?"

"Yes," nodded Raelle.

"And I am the test subject again?" he asked another question.

"Yes," was her answer once again.

Shui Xian almost rolled his eyes at her but stopped himself in time, "What if I refuse to be the test subject? You can't conduct an experiment on me without my consent."

"And why would you refuse?" she asked. "One should always work for a good cause."

"Good cause?" repeated Shui Xian. "What exactly is the good cause here?"

Raelle straightened her shoulders, "Helping your wife."

Shui Xian burst out laughing, "I never thought I'd hear something like this from you."

"I never thought I'd ever say something like this either," was Raelle's response.

Shui Xian stopped himself from laughing even further and said, "But I still refuse to be a part of this experiment."

"Give me one reason why?"

Shui Xian crossed his arms against his chest as he said, "You still haven't told me the result of that kissing experiment. How can I jump into another experiment when I don't even know how the last one ended?"

Raelle nodded at him, "You're right. But what if I say that that experiment has still not come to an end?"

"It hasn't?" 

"No," replied Raelle. "I still don't think that kisses are sweet. Unless you've eaten something sweet before the kiss. A kiss in itself has no flavor." Shui Xian seemed to be listening attentively to her with his lips curled up in amusement. She really took it seriously, eh? "However, I have an initial conclusion after all these months."

"Oh? I wonder what that is?" Shui Xian's brows quirked up inquisitively. He was curious to know what conclusion she had come to. After all, his wife never failed to surprise and amuse him with her words. And that's why he was always eager to listen to her more.

"The initial conclusion is that I seemed to like kissing," she said straightforwardly and Shui Xian pursed his lips to hold himself from laughing again. See? She said that with such a blank face! How could he not find her cute? "But the question remains whether I like kissing you or it'd be the same with anyone else."

Shui Xian almost fell down his chair when he heard that, "Wife, how can you think about kissing others?"

"I haven't finished yet," stated Raelle. "What I mean is that even though I can't tell whether the kiss is the same with anyone else, I can't possibly try that out now. I'm married. But I don't think there is anything wrong with that. As long as I like kissing my husband, isn't that enough?"

"And if you didn't like kissing me?" Shui Xian didn't even know why he was asking this stupid question but he had already blurted it out and it couldn't be salvaged now.

"Then it'd have been a problem," said Raelle. 

Shui Xian's face fell. He looked like a lost puppy all of a sudden.

"I'm just teasing you." Raelle touched his fluffy hair saying, "Hyson says teasing is fun. But if it makes you look like this, I think I'll stick with not teasing you at all."

Shui Xian lifted his eyes to look at her and asked, "It was really just a joke?"

"Of course," she answered. "At the end of the day, I still like my most handsome husband more."

"I should not forget that you're a visual creature," said Shui Xian.. He touched his face and added, "I should take better care of this face you seem to like so much."