Chapter 237: Love Is Tiring

"Xian Ge, can I ask you a very personal question?"

"Why are hesitating today?" questioned Shui Xian.

"This question might not sound pleasant though," added Hyson when he saw the door of the room pulled open.

Since Shui Xian's back was towards the door, he couldn't see that someone was standing at the door right now.

"Just ask away," he agreed to answer anything.

Hyson's eyes lifted up but didn't settle on Shui Xian, instead, he looked at the person standing at  the door as he asked, "Why did you get a divorce?" Shui Xian paused and Raelle didn't take another step inside because of the way Hyson looked at her. She didn't have a habit of eavesdropping but currently, that was exactly Hyson's idea. "Don't get me wrong. I'm not really curious about the failure of your first marriage. But I also know that my best friend won't ask you this question either. Since she won't, someone has to."

Shui Xian fell into contemplation for a while before he said, "To be very honest with you, I also don't know why my marriage failed. I spent years trying to figure it out but I just couldn't do so. Exactly when or how things started going wrong, even I couldn't figure it out."

Hyson pursed his lips, "People often get a divorce when one of the partners falls out of love. I've heard about it, just like people fall in love, exactly like that people fall out of love as well. And there is nothing wrong with that either. As people say they have the freedom to fall in love, exactly like that people should have the freedom to fall out of love as well."

Shui Xian was impressed to hear that from someone like Hyson. "I agree with you. But what if I tell you that none of us fell out of love when we filed for divorce?"

Hyson's eyes widened in surprise, "If both people are in love why would they get a divorce?"

Shui Xian shrugged his shoulders trying to feign nonchalance as he told him, "Who knows? Perhaps, the intensity of love became too much for them to bear, it became suffocating, and eventually, they had to take a step back to breathe again."

"That just went over my head," said Hyson in all honesty.

Shui Xian chuckled softly at him saying, "That's because you have never been in love before." He took a deep breath and added, "Yue Fai, just remember that sometimes the one who promised to stay and the one who stayed behind are two different people. The ones who promised lit up a kindle of hope but the one who kept that kindle of hope alive is a completely unexpected person."

"Xian Ge, you're a really deep person," although he was speaking to Shui Xian, his eyes were still on Raelle who also heard everything. But one couldn't possibly find a change on her face of any kind whatsoever.

"I'm not trying to be profound here," stated Shui Xian. "In fact, just last year if someone had told me I'd be married to Raelle Xiang, I might have laughed at that person. But today, I am married to her. Life is just that unexpected and the people we meet in our life are even more unexpected. Not only that, if on the day I first met Raelle, someone had told me that I'd fall in love with her so soon, I'd have died laughing at that person."

"Why?" asked Hyson. "Is it that difficult to love my best friend?"

Shui Xian shook his head, "No. In fact, it's too easy to fall in love with her. But I didn't know that when I first met her. I have never believed in love at first sight. I always believed that falling in love is a long process. It takes time to learn about the other person and slowly you start developing feelings. However, my wife proved me wrong. She made me realize love is just as unexpected as life and people are. It only takes a moment for someone to ensnare you in their love. Some people just know the shortcut your heart."

Just thinking about Raelle, a small smile tugged at his lips and he looked down.

Since Shui Xian's eyes were lowered, Hyson raised his hands and hand signed to Raelle, 'He is in love with you.'

Raelle looked away for a moment before replying in the same way, 'I can see that.'

Instead of entering, Raelle walked out and closed the door. She didn't leave, she just stood there for a while in silence. 

Hyson shook his head before saying, "People in love expect their partner to love them equally. Do you also want Ellie to love you like you have come to love her?"

Shui Xian looked up with knitted brows, "Your point is?"

"She might never fall in love with you. Or should I say, she might never understand this love?"

"I know," answered Shui Xian. "But it's okay."

"Is it?" asked Hyson in surprise. "Won't you get tired of loving her all on your own?"

"Love isn't tiring, Yue Fai," said Shui Xian. "I know my ideas don't match with my wife's. But that doesn't matter really."

"She is stubborn when it comes to her principles."

"And I'm stubborn when it comes to my feelings." He took a pause and added, "Besides, I fell in love with her, it's my business. My love for her wasn't based on the pretext of her love for me. I love her because I couldn't stop myself."

A silence fell into the room after he spoke. And when the silence prolonged, Shui Xian inquired, "What's wrong? What are you thinking now?"

Hyson looked at her intensely as he answered, "I'm just confused."

"Confused? About what?"

Hyson opened his mouth to say, 'I'm confused about why would a person like you were left behind.' But in the end, he swallowed those words and just shook his head at Shui Xian. He didn't want to poke at the same sore spot twice.