"You sure are good at talking," said Hyson as he shook his head tiredly. "I am so done with you two."
"Then why don't you get lost?" Raelle raised her brow at him. "Learn to read the room. Why do you always have to act like the third wheel between the two of us?"
Hyson gave her a displeased look, "Even Xian Ge doesn't mind. What the hell is wrong with you? I thought we were like a package."
"Package of buy one and get one free?"
"Exactly!"
Raelle pinched his ear and Hyson screamed as he tried to slap her hand but wasn't able to do so.
"Let go first and talk civilly."
"Don't want to."
"You always used words to reason. Why are you getting violent now? This isn't a good habit, Ellie."
"You used to tell me that having bad habits is fun. So, I'm gonna pick some bad habits now too."
Hyson groaned, "I smashed my own foot, eh?"
"It's not the first time. You must be quite used to it by now."
Hyson rolled his eyes at her, "Let go. I'll stop being the third wheel."
Raelle thought about it and in a half-believing state, she let him go. Hyson rubbed his ear that felt like it was gonna pulled off by her. She really showed no mercy to even her own best friend. Cruel! Heartless!
"It's easy for you to make me stop being the third wheel. All you have to do is to give me a niece or nephew. I promise if I even looked at you again you can change my name."
Both Raelle and Shui Xian stared at him when he said this and then looked at each other.
"Are you saying that you are gonna forget your best friend once I have a child? That's betrayal."
Hyson huh-ed at her, "Says the person who betrayed me first for this guy beside her. I also have to return this favor, no?"
"Why would I give my child to you? Are you gonna raise my child for me?"
"You won't have time for him anyway," retorted Hyson. "You'd be at the office busy with your work; your first love. Then you'd give the rest of the time to your second love that is Xian Ge. Now, where is the time for my dear niece or nephew? Of course, I'll have to step in."
Raelle didn't refute those words as she knew this truth very well. But so what if she had double standards? No matter how annoying he was, he was her only best friend.
"Let's go back inside," said Shui Xian. "We should see if our stuff is packed and the get ready to leave."
"Oh," Raelle agreed and followed him in. Before she could go back up, someone brought her some tea to digest. Raelle knew who must have ordered it. Who else it be if not Mu Chenyan? She was one of the people who was very clear about her appetite so she must have noticed that she ate more than usual.
Raelle didn't refuse it and took the cup. Then she went upstairs back to her bedroom and sat down to drink her tea. On the side, Shui Xian was going through their suitcases to see if anything was missing. Raelle really didn't understand why he had to do this stuff on his own. And why did he insist on carrying so much luggage?
Couldn't they just buy something if it was missing? Why go through this hassle? But since he was willing to do it all on his own, she wasn't foolish enough to go and stop him either. Forget it, as long as he was happy.
And surprisingly, he was really happy. Raelle didn't know why but Shui Xian's smile didn't drop even for a moment as he hummed a tune and continued to pack their things. Raelle in comparison looked like the real boss who was sipping tea and directing her employee to run around for errands. Discover hidden content at mvl
"Do you want to take anything else?" asked Shui Xian.
Raelle looked at him intently and inquired, "Can I take some books?"
"Why?"
"To pass the time?"
"Are you saying that being with me is boring? So that's why you'd need the company of books instead?"
Raelle gave him a look and sighed, "No, I didn't say that. Fine. No books."
Shui Xian came to her side and caressed her head, "Good job! It's just a month. You can surely live without books. I will make sure of that."
Raelle slumped down and hummed in response making Shui Xian chuckle at her reaction. He went back to packing the bags while Raelle looked reluctantly at the books that she just received two days ago and hadn't gotten the chance to read them. Her eyes just couldn't move away from those books on her desk.
She had remind herself to just let it go. To reduce her reluctance, she looked at Shui Xian again. Yes, this view was better. If she took the books, he'd be sad. That'd only make her feel upset, right? So, why bother? Let's just keep him happy as that was her responsibility as a wife.
Anyway, she wanted to take this responsibility.
"Okay, all done."
"Did you pack everything?"
"Well, I think so," replied Shui Xian. "I don't think I missed anything but even if we did, we'll just handle it later. Don't worry about it. I'm here."
Raelle smiled at him and nodded, "Okay. I'll be in your care now, Mr. Shui."
"I'll do my best to serve you well, Mrs. Shui."