Chapter 148: Sour Taste

Hearing Raelle's determination, Shui Koshing could never bring up the discussion of changing homes again. He was more than happy to have his son and his daughter-in-law accompany him. He wanted nothing more than to have his family with him. He was just being considerate. And to be honest, he was used to living without his son but parting from this adorable daughter-in-law... He was rather reluctant. And yet he had brought up the proposal of changing homes.

However, that was only because he had prepared the marriage house even before the marriage. It was just that the interior work just completed and that's why he took out the keys only now.

But after that one time, he couldn't bring up the topic again. He did give them the keys saying that they could spend a day or two there whenever they felt like it. But he left the decision up to them.

The few days after that were quite uneventful. But on this particular day, as Raelle was reading the documents in her hands, a red blotch dyed the document in her hand.

"Chief," called Cloe who had been sitting with her studying the documents as well. "Don't move! Let me call the doctor!" Cloe hurriedly looked for her phone, wanting to call the doctor when Raelle tapped her hand with her pen.

"It's just a paper cut, do you have to react like this?" questioned Raelle while she looked at the blood oozing out of the cut. And then her eyes moved to the glaring red mark of blood on the documents before her. "Get me a new copy of the documents that just got stained."

Cloe would normally do as she was told but currently, she ran out and only brought back a first-aid kit. She sat down beside Raelle and cleaned the cut on her index finger carefully before applying the ointment and wrapping a band-aid on it.

During this whole process, Raelle didn't even bother telling her off. She knew Cloe won't listen since she had orders from her grandfather to take care of her health. But she honestly didn't think a paper cut was something to worry about.

"Be careful," said Cloe in a stern voice.

"Okay," replied Raelle, and Cloe was left stunned by her agreeing so easily. "Now, are you gonna bring the new copy of the documents or not? You're leading the project and yet I'm willing to help you with it. But if you continued to waste my time like this, I might have to reconsider."

Cloe was startled by her blunt threat. "I'll bring the new copy!"

*Ring!*

Just as Cloe was about to walk out, she heard an unfamiliar ringtone. She stopped at the door and looked around. Clearly, there were only two people here; She and Raelle. Then where did this new ringtone was coming from?

"Did you change your ringtone?" asked Cloe. Raelle looked up at her as if saying, 'You think I'll bother to do that?' Cloe understood it immediately and nodded, "That's right. It's troublesome for you." She checked her pockets and frowned, "But I left my phone in my office." She walked towards Raelle's desk and found the phone that had been ringing. "It's yours!"

Cloe looked at the caller id and frowned before bringing the phone to Raelle.

She took the phone and paused. The caller id read, 'Ruan'. Definitely, she had no clue about who this person was. But she still took the call and waved her hand to tell Cloe to leave.

Just as Raelle put the phone against her ear, a sickly sweet voice could be heard, "Shui Xian, Mr. Han wants to invite us out for lunch. You know how important this discussion is, so I was hoping you'd join us as well."

Raelle suddenly came to understand why she was receiving this call.

"It seems you'll have to go on that lunch all alone," replied Raelle as she leaned back in her seat languidly.

"Who is speaking?" came the very obvious question from the other side. But Raelle didn't even realize how much her voice had shaken the other person. "Isn't this Shui Xian's phone?" asked Ruan Meilin trying to hold back her anxiousness.

"This certainly is Shui Xian's phone," replied Raelle. "But today, it is with me."

"And who are you?" Ruan Meilin's voice got a little sharper and panicky. "Why do you have his phone with you?"

"And why do you think I'll give you an answer?" retorted Raelle. "However, I can tell you that Xian certainly can't have lunch with you." She didn't wait for Ruan Meilin to speak as she continued, "I'll convey your message to him but just as I said, he won't be going anywhere with you." Just like that, Raelle hung up the call and looked up at Cloe who just came back.

"That isn't your phone," Cloe pointed out.

Raelle nodded her head, "Yes, it's my husband's. In the morning, I must have taken the wrong one."

"I never thought I'd see the day I'd see you making a mistake that only normal people do, like me," said Cloe straightforwardly.

Raelle shrugged her shoulders indifferently, "He and I have the same phone model in the same color. Even our lock screen has the same photo. It's an honest mistake." And while saying so, she even showed Cloe the lock screen picture which happened to be Raelle and Shui Xian's hands showing their wedding rings.

Cloe patted her chest and looked away while saying, "I'm just glad to see that a freak like you has days like these." Her eyes widened as she realized she had said her thoughts out loud and smiled at Raelle awkwardly.

Raelle didn't react to her words, she instead told her, "My husband also thinks I'm a freak. But he said all geniuses are freaks."

Cloe's lips twitched at her remark, "Did you just brag that you're a genius?"

Raelle shook her head mechanically, "No, I bragged how my husband is astute enough to read his wife so well."

Cloe cleared her throat and made a face as if she ate something wrong. Shaking her head, she said, "Why do I feel like there is a sour taste in the air?"