Chapter 252: On A Trip

Usually, Shui Xian would wait for Raelle at the hospital after office hours but for some reason, today Raelle found him waiting in the parking lot of her own office building. She didn't know that Shui Xian would be coming here so she paused slightly when her eyes fell on his figure.

He had taken off his suit jacket. His shirt's sleeves were rolled up. His tie was nowhere in sight but since the first couple of buttons of his shirt were undone, his chest skin was definitely perfectly in her sight. 

Raelle walked over to his side and asked, "What brought you to me?"

"You," he answered with a smile before leaned down to drop a kiss on her forehead and wrapped his arm around her shoulder.

As he opened the door of the car for her, she asked, "Are you here especially to pick me up?"

"Yes," he answered succinctly.

"Why?" she asked as she settled inside. 

He didn't answer immediately, instead, he got inside the car and told the driver to start driving before he turned to look at her. Taking her hand into his own, he told her, "You have to come with me somewhere."

"Where?"

"Airport," he answered.

"Airport?" she repeated. Thinking of something, she went on, "So, Bà is really coming back today?"

Shui Xian nodded his head, "Yes, he is."

Raelle's eyes continued to observe his expressions and said, "You have something else to add to that statement?"

Shui Xian chuckled softly, "Babes, you really can read people's minds."

"Not really," she responded blankly. "But I am pretty good at reading their expressions."

Shui Xian nodded in agreement and took a deep breath before telling, "It seems I'll have to go on a business trip."

"Oh..."

"I tried to avoid it but it's not working. I've been dragging it for weeks now and it seems I can't drag it any longer now."

"Why have you been avoiding it?" 

Shui Xian pressed his lips before answering honestly, "I didn't want to leave my wife alone. Or maybe I should rephrase it. I didn't want to go away from you." He waited for her to say something but when she didn't he asked, "You won't ask me to stay?"

"No," she answered truthfully. 

"Heartless!" he said looking quite aggrieved.

"You should know I don't have a habit of dragging people down. If it's your work, I'd never come in between that."

"And you'd expect me to do the same, right?" he asked in return. "But guess what! If I can I will get in between you and your work."

Raelle didn't pay attention to his 'threat' as she went on, "Hubby if I ask you not to go, will you not go?"

Shui Xian opened his mouth and forgot what to say. He ended up sighing out, "I wish I could avoid it."

"See? You can't do it," said Raelle. "Then why should I put you in a difficult position by making you choose between your work and your wife? These two are separate things. I don't like it when people confuse these two."

"I don't whether I should be happy that I have such a sensible wife or feel sad about it instead," commented Shui Xian. He played with her fingers as he said, "But I wish you're a little unreasonable at times." Taking a deep breath, he shook his head and smiled at her, "However, it's alright. We have all our life before us. I'll teach you how to be an unreasonable wife eventually. Trust me!"

"Oh, you can teach me that? How? Have experience being an unreasonable wife?"

Shui Xian choked on his words when she said that. He pinched her nose, "Whatever! If you can't be the unreasonable wife, I'll just turn into the unreasonable husband."

"I don't think you have to try hard for that," said Raelle with a straight face.

Shui Xian looked straight into her eyes. She was calling him unreasonable in this roundabout way, wasn't she? How come he didn't know his wife had this side to her as well?

"How long are you leaving for?" asked Raelle after she thought of something.

"For now, the plan is to sort out everything within a week. And if nothing unexpected happens, I'll be back to you before you even know it."

Raelle nodded her head at his answer.

"You can move back home. Since Bà is coming back, it'll be better for you to stay there."

"I know," she answered.

"I heard Yanyan is also coming back in two days," said Shui Xian. "Then it'll be livelier than now."

"It will be," she responded.

"I have a surprise for you back at home," he told her.

"Surprise?" she asked. "Don't you know I don't like surprises?"

"I do," he said. "But I still wished to surprise my wife. And I wanted to be there to see your reaction as well. Now that's not possible though. However, it doesn't matter. As long as it's something you'll enjoy."

"What exactly is it?" 

"Not telling," he said. Thinking of something again, he added, "I'll call you whenever I get time. You better pick up my calls."

"Okay."

"And reply to me texts as well."

"I will."

"Eat your meals on time."

"I always do."

"Take short breaks in between work. Don't overdo it."

"Alright."

"Don't bring work home just because I'm not there. Use that time for something else."

"I won't bring work home."

"Why are you agreeing to it all so easily?" he inquired since she kept on saying yes to everything so easily. Not that he was expecting her to argue with him but he still found it strange.

"Opa says when someone is going on a trip, one should not make them sad. So, if by doing just this, you'll be happy, then why not. It's not like you asked for a difficult thing. Since everything you said is already in my capability, I'll do it for you."

Hearing her answer, Shui Xian pulled her in his arms.