Chapter 217: Troublemaker Vibe

Zhai Kuijun was not sure why Xiang Hulin looked certain.

"Are you sure, she is here?"

Xiang Hulin nodded, "I'm certain. I can't be wrong about it."

"What is she doing here?" questioned Zhai Kuijun.

"She must be here to see Weimin," replied Xiang Hulin as his features softened at the thought. "She'd hover around his ward and sneak away once she is certain that he is fine." He shook his head, "She really doesn't change."

"Although you've been apart for years, you still seem to know her well," remarked Zhai Kuijun. He couldn't understand his sentiments since Zhai Kuijun was the only son of his parents. Although Xiang Hulin was also an only child, he still found a sister in Mu Chenyan whom his parents adopted when she was very young.

Xiang Hulin leaned against the jeep wrangler of Mu Chenyan, seemingly waiting for her. Although he was certain she wasn't here for him, he still wanted to see her. 

Seeing that Xiang Hulin planned to wait, Zhai Kuijun couldn't do anything except for waiting with him. Since they happen to come together to see Xiang Weimin, he couldn't leave before him. He got a message and after seeing the content of it, he felt restless. He rummaged out a cigarette from his pocket and held it between his lips. But before he could find his lighter to light it up, his cigarette was snatched by Xiang Hulin.

Zhai Kuijun watched as his cigarette was crushed in his hand and glanced at him, "Hulin, what did my cigarette do to you?"

"If you don't care about your life, at least, care about the environment," came the reply from Xiang Hulin. Zhai Kuijun almost had the urge to roll his eyes at him. He couldn't help it. Xiang Hulin's personality was too rigid sometimes. 

"It's not like I'm addicted to nicotine, it's just that it helps relieve my depression," said Zhai Kuijun.

"And what is so depressing?" asked Xiang Hulin.

"You don't have a wife, you won't understand," answered Zhai Kuijun.

Xiang Hulin faced him and said, "Every time she contacts you, you look for an escape by smoking. If it's that difficult, why don't you get a divorce?"

"You think I don't want to?" asked Zhai Kuijun. 

"Are you not getting the divorce for your son?" 

Zhai Kuijun shook his head as he opened the lighter in his hand and watched the flame before closing it. He repeated the movement as he said, "When Yanjun told me he wanted to join the army, he and I spent the whole night talking. Just him and me. That's when he told me that all his life he wished that his parents get a divorce. I told him I didn't want him to grow up in a broken family. Do you know what he said?" Xiang Hulin stayed quiet since he knew Zhai Kuijun wasn't looking for an answer from him. "He said, a broken family would have been better than the one that didn't feel like a family at all." Zhai Kuijun sighed out heavily, "The very next day, I filed for divorce but my wife is refusing to sign the papers."

"Yanjun has been in the army for years now, have you been unable to get a divorce for so long?" Xiang Hulin was a little surprised to hear that.

"Yeah. She first started a fight that I wanted a divorce because I was cheating on her. She even hired private detectives to follow me. When she couldn't find anything, she used her father to stop me from divorcing her. Even if my love for her turned into hate over the years, I still Elder Yue. I could have dragged her to court for divorce but for my father-in-law, I didn't."

Xiang Hulin patted his shoulder, "Why didn't you tell me this before?"

"I didn't find it necessary to share my sob story with you." Zhai Kuijun seemed half-serious and half-joking. "But now, I find it necessary to share it with you."

"Why? What changed now?" 

Zhai Kuijun looked towards the sky as he said, "As I said earlier, lately you've been getting close to your ex-wife again. You're playing a dangerous game, Hulin. If you're trying to reignite the flame that has already been burned to ashes, beware it might burn you with this time around."

"Kuijun, you're overthinking," said Xiang Hulin.

"It better be like that. You'll be the real idiot if you drank the same poison twice with your open eyes. Here I am looking for an escape from my marriage and you want to get into this mess again?"

Xiang Hulin raised his hand and rubbed Zhai Kuijun's head as if to soothe him. Zhai Kuijun swatted his hand away, "Do I look like a kid to you?"

Xiang Hulin laughed lightly, "No. But you seem to be getting aggressive. I told you, there is nothing like that. Even if I forget how we got divorced, I won't be forgetting the reason why I was not even allowed to join my own mother's funeral. Also, I can't forget why I wasn't allowed to be a part of my own daughter's life."

When he put it like that, Zhai Kuijun was suddenly reminded of those events as well. And he also had to agree that Xiang Hulin had to be a real masochist if he actually was willing to get back together with his ex-wife.

"Speaking of your daughter, do you know she got married?" 

Xiang Hulin's head whipped around, "What?"

"Oh, it seems you don't know. Well, I'm not even surprised," said Zhai Kuijun. "Anyway, she got married last month. I heard it from my son. He is acquainted with her husband."

"Who did she get married to?"

"Shui Koshing's son," replied Zhai Kuijun.

"Shui Xian?" questioned Xiang Hulin. And when Zhai Kuijun nodded, he asked, "Wasn't he already married?"

"Stay up-to-date, Hulin! Xian got divorced a long time ago. That's even such old news. So old that most people don't even remember that he was once married."

Xiang Hulin didn't pay attention to his sarcasm and said, "I only remember it because it caused quite a stir back then. He married that girl from the Tang family and everyone knows the blood dispute between Shui and the Tang family. That's the only reason I could recall it even now." He was silent for a moment before he nudged Zhai Kuijun, "Kuijun, I'm not much familiar with the Shui family. I do know Koshing but I know nothing about his son. What kind of a person he is?"

Zhai Kuijun glanced at him, "Hulin, don't talk in riddles. Just straight up ask if he is the right man for your daughter or not."

"Well, is he?"

"Yes," answered Zhai Kuijun. "Xian is a good man. Although his personality changed after his divorce, he is still the same in his heart. Don't worry too much. If someone has to worry that should be Xian. Your daughter isn't easy to deal with." Xiang Hulin glared at him, "Don't look so angry, I'm being very honest here. I only met her once but I'm not able to forget her at all. She can intimidate anyone with her aura. She must have inherited it in her blood. But if I make her stand beside you, she might even overshadow your aura."

Xiang Hulin couldn't help smiling when he listened to that. It was rare for him to hear about Raelle. But it always made him feel happy whenever someone talked about how exceptional she was. 

His eyes caught sight of a figure coming out of the hospital and his smile deepened. Mu Chenyan was talking to someone beside her and hadn't noticed his presence yet. But when Zhai Kuijun looked at her, he straightened up, "Bloody hell! Did she even age at all?"

Xiang Hulin chuckled, "Doesn't look like it, right?"

"She still is giving me that troublemaker vibe," remarked Zhai Kuijun.

Mu Chenyan said goodbye to the people around her and looked around before her eyes settled on Xiang Hulin and just like that, she turned around and changed her route.

"You're not even being subtle about it, Chen Chen!"

Mu Chenyan stopped and rubbed her nape before she turned around to face him. Waving her hand awkwardly, she smiled, "Hi, Ge! What's up?"

"Chen Chen, what are you doing here?" he asked.

Mu Chenyan shrugged her shoulders carelessly, "A friend of mine was admitted here."

"Oh?"

"Really!" she emphasized.

Xiang Hulin didn't urge her to continue this topic. Instead, he asked, "Have dinner with me?"

Mu Chenyan looked conflicted when she glanced at him and answered, "I can't."

Xiang Hulin nodded his head. He knew she won't come as she hadn't come in all those years. He really felt sad about it but he didn't say anything. 

"Okay." 

Mu Chenyan looked at his expression before she turned to look at the one standing beside him. Seeing him, she frowned, "Zhai Kuijun?"