Chapter 274: The Best Way To Waste Time

Later that night, the dinner was as usual. Shui Koshing didn't find anything odd about Raelle since there was no change on her face and she talked just as much as she usually would. After dinner, Shui Koshing received a call, so he had to drop the idea of spending time with his daughter-in-law.

As for Raelle, she went back to her room and turned on her laptop to check the email that Cloe had sent her. She pointed out the changes that needed to be done in the material and got immersed in work.

That's when Shui Xian's video call came after the whole day. Raelle looked at his damp hair asked, "Did you just take a shower? Why didn't you dry your hair? What if you catch a cold?"

As if on cue, Shui Xian ended up sneezing and then looked at her with a silly smile on his face. "The weather here is like a chameleon. It changes every minute. It was so hot in the day and now, it suddenly began to rain while I was coming to the hotel. And since I didn't expect this, I ended up getting drenched."

"Then drink some hot soup. No, first dry your hair. Then drink some hot soup and go to bed."

"Already?" questioned Shui Xian. "But I have to talk to my wife."

"Hubby, stop wasting time. What if your condition worsens? Wouldn't it delay your work?" said Raelle.

"Babes, I'm not wasting time. I'm doing the best thing I can do with my time," he grinned at her foolishly and took a dramatic pause before adding, "Talking to my wife! That's definitely the best way to use my time!"

Raelle was silent for a minute before she said, "If you delayed your work because of your sickness, wouldn't it also delay your return?"

Shui Xian instantly got serious as he picked up his phone and asked his assistant to bring him soup to make sure that he doesn't catch a cold. He even took out the hairdryer and started drying his hair immediately. Raelle continued to type on her laptop while the iPad on her side displayed the image of Shui Xian drying his hair. Considering that the noise of the hairdryer would be irritating to his wife, Shui Xian had considerately put the call on mute. 

However, he didn't disconnect the call at all.

Her phone rang at this time and seeing Cloe's name on the screen, she put it on speaker and said, "I'm almost done reviewing the documents. Can't you wait for a while?"

"Chief, I didn't call you for that," said Cloe.

"Then?"

"It's about Hyson," informed Cloe.

Raelle's fingers on the keyboard stopped working as she asked, "What about Hyson?"

"The PR department has submitted their investigation to Elder Xiang," told Cloe. "According to their investigation, there is a newcomer actor who recently gained fame through an online drama, that newcomer bought the water army to guide the audience in the direction which would be unfavorable for Hyson."

"What is a water army?" asked Raelle interrupting Cloe's report.

Cloe almost rolled her eyes at her boss. She knew already that Raelle would ask this question. Her genius boss was actually quite illiterate when it came to internet slang. 

"Water army refers to trolls who are paid to promote or criticize an individual online," answered Cloe keeping her professional ethics in check. She shouldn't laugh at her boss for not knowing something. If anything, she actually felt gratified to know that even Raelle Xiang was only a human who was unfamiliar with something. Otherwise, with Raelle's diverse and deep knowledge, she always felt like a stupid person before her.

"Got it," answered Raelle. "Now, you can continue."

"Thank you," said Cloe. "So as I was saying... This newcomer tried to use Hyson's popularity to first fan the flames and then he so thoughtfully started blackening Hyson."

"Why does he achieve from it all?" inquired Raelle.

"He was the first choice for the role that Hyson got selected for," answered Cloe. "If it hadn't been that Miss Sora insisted on working with Hyson, he'd have been the part of the crew."

"But he didn't get selected," said Raelle. "And if he didn't get selected, how did he learn that he was the first choice for this role?"

"There is always a black hole, Chief," reminded Cloe. "It isn't that difficult to find out. The point is, he wanted revenge. And he thought if he instigated the book fans, they'll tear apart Hyson online, and later, he'd be able to guide the fans to put his name out there. Since he or anyone else in the circle is unaware of the fact that the production has been shut down already."

"What did Opa say?" she asked. After all, she wasn't the one directing her team for this incident. Her grandfather was behind it. She'd like to see how he handle it.

"Elder Xiang has asked the team to keep an eye on this newcomer," said Cloe.

Although Cloe didn't understand the deep meaning behind this one sentence, Raelle understood it well. How could she not know what was on her grandfather's mind? 'Keep an eye on him?' That was like putting a prison sentence on that newcomer. Now, everything he did would be under the scrutiny of Xiang Tianyu and exactly when he'd feel complacent for having everything, Xiang Tianyu would even snatch the ground from under his feet!

How cruel!

Wait! Raelle didn't think it was cruel at all. In fact, she didn't think anything about it at all. Since her grandfather was involved, she had already decided to take a step back. Handling such stuff wasn't her thing anyway. 

"Let him enjoy then," said Raelle thoughtfully.

Just because Cloe didn't understand Grandfather Xiang, didn't mean she didn't understand Raelle as well. If anything, this 'let him enjoy' made her shudder for some reason. She understood what was to come now. But since it didn't involve her, she decided to just stay out of it.