Chapter 296: Act On Her Decision
If audio player doesn't work, press Stop then Play button again
Grandfather Xiang was left momentarily stunned because of her words. It wasn't the first time that Raelle was thinking of surprising someone. It'd be hard to even count the number of times she had done crazy things to surprise him with something he'd been looking for. But it was his first time seeing her actually talking so openly about her feelings.
So this moment was indeed quite special to him. Except for looking at her in a daze, he had no other words. After sorting out his feelings, he patted her head saying, "My Raelle has grown up."
"Did you just notice?" asked Raelle.
Grandfather Xiang nodded his head, "It seems it really took me a while to notice." He didn't stay around for long since he knew as she had talked about surprising Shui Xian, she was gonna act upon it right this instant. There had never been a time, she'd delay acting upon her decisions. "Then, I'll take my leave now. Let me know how the surprise goes and first and foremost, remember to take care of yourself."
Raelle nodded her head, "I will."
"Good."
Grandfather Xiang left just like that and behind him, Raelle settled up the things that had been scattered on her desk. As Cloe came to pass on a file, she found Raelle was putting her laptop away which made her furrow her brows in confusion.
"Oh, you're here," said Raelle as she caught sight of Cloe standing at the door. "It's a good thing that you're here. I was just about to call you."
"Me? Why?" inquired Cloe. "What have I done now?"
"You haven't done anything yet," answered Raelle. "That's why I'm gonna give you a chance to do it."
"Do what?" asked Cloe with an even more confused look in her eyes. She was wondering what her Chief was up to this time around. She had a bad feeling about this for some reason. But she couldn't understand why she had such a feeling.
"If I'm gone, will you miss me?"
Cloe opened her mouth as she stared at Raelle in shock before she honestly shook her head, "I'll dance even without music once you're not around."
"Good, then I'm giving you the chance you dance," said Raelle.
"Huh?"
"I'm leaving for a couple of days. I'll be back on Monday and until then you can take over," Raelle told Cloe. "I don't have any meetings today but tomorrow, there is a meeting that you'll have to attend on my behalf. There isn't anything else urgent for now. So, you can deal with it without my presence."
"Excuse me, what?" Cloe was dumbfounded now. "Are you telling me that you're ditching work?"
"You can say that," answered Raelle.
"WHAT?" Cloe exclaimed. She felt like her head was buzzing. Her boss who had never taken a single day off since the time she knew her was actually ditching work right now. "Chief, did someone possessed your body?" Cloe was in disbelief as she stared at Raelle up and down carefully and cautiously. "Or maybe a stray soul transmigrated into your body? That is also a big possibility."
"You should consider changing your profession," suggested Raelle. "It seems you have a potential to become the best-selling writer."
"Chief, I'm in no mood to joke right now," said Cloe.
"Neither am I," answered Raelle. "I've better things to do in life than joking around with you. Stop wasting my time now." She stepped out of the office with Cloe following behind her. "Just handle everything here for two days. If something crops up, just call me. It's not like I'm dying."
"I don't know about you but the shock you just gave me might give me a heart attack," muttered Cloe. She was still unable to believe that Raelle was taking two days off of work. It was really surreal. Until Raelle had left did Cloe realize that this was real.
Raelle took the elevator to the underground parking, found her car, and asked the driver to take her to the airport. It was already past midday and she didn't have the time to go and pack any stuff. She just called Shui Koshing and told him, "Bà, I won't be coming home for a few days."
"Why? Did something happen?" asked Shui Koshing in concern.
"No, nothing happened. I'm just going to see Xian," answered Raelle. "But if he calls you, you can't let him know about it."
Shui Koshing also took a moment to process this. "You're going to surprise my son?"
"That's the plan," said Raelle.
"Wow! It seems my son is quite lucky," muttered Shui Koshing feeling sour. Why the hell was he left alone in this world to suffer this public display of affection on his own? "Just let me know when you get there and take care of yourself. Also, what about your suitcase and stuff?"
"It's not needed," said Raelle. "I'll just buy whatever I need from there. Currently, I don't have time."
"Hmmm... Okay," said Shui Koshing.
After hanging up, Raelle looked up to see that she was already at the airport. As she alighted from the car, she snapped her fingers and someone stepped over to stand beside her humbly. "Yes, Missy. how can I help you?"
This person was the leader of the bodyguards who had been following Raelle for years now. They were familiar with her nature and they knew she'd never call them unless she needed them for something.
"Book a flight for me. I've to go see my husband," said Raelle.
The team leader was silent for a moment before she nodded her head, "Got it!"
Since these bodyguards were bound to follow her anyway, she'd let them openly follow her. Especially so since she didn't even know where she was going. She didn't plan anything beforehand and that was a first for her. She had always planned her life and never took chances or impulsive decisions like she did today.
She also didn't know why she was impulsive today but she was. It was a fact that she suddenly wanted to go and see Xian on her own. Since he couldn't come back because of his work, she'd just find time for him instead. It was no big deal for her. There wasn't anything urgent going on her end.
Raelle looked at the group of people following her and instructed, "Only four people can follow me. The rest have to stay here for me and take care of some things for me." With that, she started arranging different tasks for everyone to do. She didn't want Cloe to be overworked either so she had to leave someone else behind to take over things.
"I've gotten the flight tickets, the flight will leave in thirty minutes so we have to start boarding right now," informed the team leader.
Raelle nodded her head and followed him to gate 3 to board the plane. As she finally got onto the plane after all the formalities, only then did she took out her phone again and send a voice message to Hyson, "I won't be around for the next couple of days. I've asked someone to collect the birds from you."
The answer came almost instantly, "Since you're not around, why don't I keep my cotton and candy for a bit longer?"
"Whether I am around or not doesn't matter," responded Raelle as she sent another voice message.
"It matters to me!" Hyson seemed to be shouting in the voice message.
"Hyson, don't be stubborn with me. You're promised only two weeks and two weeks are up. Don't go back on your words. You know well enough I don't like it when people don't keep their words."
"I'm not going against my words," Hyson sounded weak all of a sudden. "I'll say my goodbye to cotton and candy today then."
"Good for you," said Raelle. As the flight announcement began, she was about to turn off her phone when she received another message from Hyson.
"Where are you going though?"
"To hell!" answered Raelle.
"Queen of Hell is going back home? What a time to celebrate!"
Raelle really didn't want to continue this discussion with Hyson and neither did she feel like saying anything about what he just said.
"Recuperate well while I'm gone," she sent the message and without waiting for his reply, she turned off her phone. As she tied the seat belt, she leaned back in her chair. If she had told Hyson where she was going, this discussion would have continued for the next whole year. She knew she'd have to listen to him a lot once he learned where she was but she didn't care.
Words and opinions of others never mattered to her. Since she made a decision, she'd always stick to it at any cost. Even if it was Hyson, she'd still not listen to him once she had made up her mind. And right now, she just wanted to see her husband.
Please report us if you find any errors so we can fix it asap!
Grandfather Xiang was left momentarily stunned because of her words. It wasn't the first time that Raelle was thinking of surprising someone. It'd be hard to even count the number of times she had done crazy things to surprise him with something he'd been looking for. But it was his first time seeing her actually talking so openly about her feelings.
So this moment was indeed quite special to him. Except for looking at her in a daze, he had no other words. After sorting out his feelings, he patted her head saying, "My Raelle has grown up."
"Did you just notice?" asked Raelle.
Grandfather Xiang nodded his head, "It seems it really took me a while to notice." He didn't stay around for long since he knew as she had talked about surprising Shui Xian, she was gonna act upon it right this instant. There had never been a time, she'd delay acting upon her decisions. "Then, I'll take my leave now. Let me know how the surprise goes and first and foremost, remember to take care of yourself."
Raelle nodded her head, "I will."
"Good."
Grandfather Xiang left just like that and behind him, Raelle settled up the things that had been scattered on her desk. As Cloe came to pass on a file, she found Raelle was putting her laptop away which made her furrow her brows in confusion.
"Oh, you're here," said Raelle as she caught sight of Cloe standing at the door. "It's a good thing that you're here. I was just about to call you."
"Me? Why?" inquired Cloe. "What have I done now?"
"You haven't done anything yet," answered Raelle. "That's why I'm gonna give you a chance to do it."
"Do what?" asked Cloe with an even more confused look in her eyes. She was wondering what her Chief was up to this time around. She had a bad feeling about this for some reason. But she couldn't understand why she had such a feeling.
"If I'm gone, will you miss me?"
Cloe opened her mouth as she stared at Raelle in shock before she honestly shook her head, "I'll dance even without music once you're not around."
"Good, then I'm giving you the chance you dance," said Raelle.
"Huh?"
"I'm leaving for a couple of days. I'll be back on Monday and until then you can take over," Raelle told Cloe. "I don't have any meetings today but tomorrow, there is a meeting that you'll have to attend on my behalf. There isn't anything else urgent for now. So, you can deal with it without my presence."
"Excuse me, what?" Cloe was dumbfounded now. "Are you telling me that you're ditching work?"
"You can say that," answered Raelle.
"WHAT?" Cloe exclaimed. She felt like her head was buzzing. Her boss who had never taken a single day off since the time she knew her was actually ditching work right now. "Chief, did someone possessed your body?" Cloe was in disbelief as she stared at Raelle up and down carefully and cautiously. "Or maybe a stray soul transmigrated into your body? That is also a big possibility."
"You should consider changing your profession," suggested Raelle. "It seems you have a potential to become the best-selling writer."
"Chief, I'm in no mood to joke right now," said Cloe.
"Neither am I," answered Raelle. "I've better things to do in life than joking around with you. Stop wasting my time now." She stepped out of the office with Cloe following behind her. "Just handle everything here for two days. If something crops up, just call me. It's not like I'm dying."
"I don't know about you but the shock you just gave me might give me a heart attack," muttered Cloe. She was still unable to believe that Raelle was taking two days off of work. It was really surreal. Until Raelle had left did Cloe realize that this was real.
Raelle took the elevator to the underground parking, found her car, and asked the driver to take her to the airport. It was already past midday and she didn't have the time to go and pack any stuff. She just called Shui Koshing and told him, "Bà, I won't be coming home for a few days."
"Why? Did something happen?" asked Shui Koshing in concern.
"No, nothing happened. I'm just going to see Xian," answered Raelle. "But if he calls you, you can't let him know about it."
Shui Koshing also took a moment to process this. "You're going to surprise my son?"
"That's the plan," said Raelle.
"Wow! It seems my son is quite lucky," muttered Shui Koshing feeling sour. Why the hell was he left alone in this world to suffer this public display of affection on his own? "Just let me know when you get there and take care of yourself. Also, what about your suitcase and stuff?"
"It's not needed," said Raelle. "I'll just buy whatever I need from there. Currently, I don't have time."
"Hmmm... Okay," said Shui Koshing.
After hanging up, Raelle looked up to see that she was already at the airport. As she alighted from the car, she snapped her fingers and someone stepped over to stand beside her humbly. "Yes, Missy. how can I help you?"
This person was the leader of the bodyguards who had been following Raelle for years now. They were familiar with her nature and they knew she'd never call them unless she needed them for something.
"Book a flight for me. I've to go see my husband," said Raelle.
The team leader was silent for a moment before she nodded her head, "Got it!"
Since these bodyguards were bound to follow her anyway, she'd let them openly follow her. Especially so since she didn't even know where she was going. She didn't plan anything beforehand and that was a first for her. She had always planned her life and never took chances or impulsive decisions like she did today.
She also didn't know why she was impulsive today but she was. It was a fact that she suddenly wanted to go and see Xian on her own. Since he couldn't come back because of his work, she'd just find time for him instead. It was no big deal for her. There wasn't anything urgent going on her end.
Raelle looked at the group of people following her and instructed, "Only four people can follow me. The rest have to stay here for me and take care of some things for me." With that, she started arranging different tasks for everyone to do. She didn't want Cloe to be overworked either so she had to leave someone else behind to take over things.
"I've gotten the flight tickets, the flight will leave in thirty minutes so we have to start boarding right now," informed the team leader.
Raelle nodded her head and followed him to gate 3 to board the plane. As she finally got onto the plane after all the formalities, only then did she took out her phone again and send a voice message to Hyson, "I won't be around for the next couple of days. I've asked someone to collect the birds from you."
The answer came almost instantly, "Since you're not around, why don't I keep my cotton and candy for a bit longer?"
"Whether I am around or not doesn't matter," responded Raelle as she sent another voice message.
"It matters to me!" Hyson seemed to be shouting in the voice message.
"Hyson, don't be stubborn with me. You're promised only two weeks and two weeks are up. Don't go back on your words. You know well enough I don't like it when people don't keep their words."
"I'm not going against my words," Hyson sounded weak all of a sudden. "I'll say my goodbye to cotton and candy today then."
"Good for you," said Raelle. As the flight announcement began, she was about to turn off her phone when she received another message from Hyson.
"Where are you going though?"
"To hell!" answered Raelle.
"Queen of Hell is going back home? What a time to celebrate!"
Raelle really didn't want to continue this discussion with Hyson and neither did she feel like saying anything about what he just said.
"Recuperate well while I'm gone," she sent the message and without waiting for his reply, she turned off her phone. As she tied the seat belt, she leaned back in her chair. If she had told Hyson where she was going, this discussion would have continued for the next whole year. She knew she'd have to listen to him a lot once he learned where she was but she didn't care.
Words and opinions of others never mattered to her. Since she made a decision, she'd always stick to it at any cost. Even if it was Hyson, she'd still not listen to him once she had made up her mind. And right now, she just wanted to see her husband.
Grandfather Xiang was left momentarily stunned because of her words. It wasn't the first time that Raelle was thinking of surprising someone. It'd be hard to even count the number of times she had done crazy things to surprise him with something he'd been looking for. But it was his first time seeing her actually talking so openly about her feelings.So this moment was indeed quite special to him. Except for looking at her in a daze, he had no other words. After sorting out his feelings, he patted her head saying, "My Raelle has grown up.""Did you just notice?" asked Raelle.Grandfather Xiang nodded his head, "It seems it really took me a while to notice." He didn't stay around for long since he knew as she had talked about surprising Shui Xian, she was gonna act upon it right this instant. There had never been a time, she'd delay acting upon her decisions. "Then, I'll take my leave now. Let me know how the surprise goes and first and foremost, remember to take care of yourself."Raelle nodded her head, "I will.""Good." Grandfather Xiang left just like that and behind him, Raelle settled up the things that had been scattered on her desk. As Cloe came to pass on a file, she found Raelle was putting her laptop away which made her furrow her brows in confusion."Oh, you're here," said Raelle as she caught sight of Cloe standing at the door. "It's a good thing that you're here. I was just about to call you.""Me? Why?" inquired Cloe. "What have I done now?""You haven't done anything yet," answered Raelle. "That's why I'm gonna give you a chance to do it.""Do what?" asked Cloe with an even more confused look in her eyes. She was wondering what her Chief was up to this time around. She had a bad feeling about this for some reason. But she couldn't understand why she had such a feeling."If I'm gone, will you miss me?"Cloe opened her mouth as she stared at Raelle in shock before she honestly shook her head, "I'll dance even without music once you're not around.""Good, then I'm giving you the chance you dance," said Raelle."Huh?" "I'm leaving for a couple of days. I'll be back on Monday and until then you can take over," Raelle told Cloe. "I don't have any meetings today but tomorrow, there is a meeting that you'll have to attend on my behalf. There isn't anything else urgent for now. So, you can deal with it without my presence.""Excuse me, what?" Cloe was dumbfounded now. "Are you telling me that you're ditching work?""You can say that," answered Raelle. "WHAT?" Cloe exclaimed. She felt like her head was buzzing. Her boss who had never taken a single day off since the time she knew her was actually ditching work right now. "Chief, did someone possessed your body?" Cloe was in disbelief as she stared at Raelle up and down carefully and cautiously. "Or maybe a stray soul transmigrated into your body? That is also a big possibility.""You should consider changing your profession," suggested Raelle. "It seems you have a potential to become the best-selling writer.""Chief, I'm in no mood to joke right now," said Cloe."Neither am I," answered Raelle. "I've better things to do in life than joking around with you. Stop wasting my time now." She stepped out of the office with Cloe following behind her. "Just handle everything here for two days. If something crops up, just call me. It's not like I'm dying.""I don't know about you but the shock you just gave me might give me a heart attack," muttered Cloe. She was still unable to believe that Raelle was taking two days off of work. It was really surreal. Until Raelle had left did Cloe realize that this was real. Raelle took the elevator to the underground parking, found her car, and asked the driver to take her to the airport. It was already past midday and she didn't have the time to go and pack any stuff. She just called Shui Koshing and told him, "B, I won't be coming home for a few days.""Why? Did something happen?" asked Shui Koshing in concern."No, nothing happened. I'm just going to see Xian," answered Raelle. "But if he calls you, you can't let him know about it."Shui Koshing also took a moment to process this. "You're going to surprise my son?" "That's the plan," said Raelle."Wow! It seems my son is quite lucky," muttered Shui Koshing feeling sour. Why the hell was he left alone in this world to suffer this public display of affection on his own? "Just let me know when you get there and take care of yourself. Also, what about your suitcase and stuff?""It's not needed," said Raelle. "I'll just buy whatever I need from there. Currently, I don't have time.""Hmmm... Okay," said Shui Koshing. After hanging up, Raelle looked up to see that she was already at the airport. As she alighted from the car, she snapped her fingers and someone stepped over to stand beside her humbly. "Yes, Missy. how can I help you?"This person was the leader of the bodyguards who had been following Raelle for years now. They were familiar with her nature and they knew she'd never call them unless she needed them for something. "Book a flight for me. I've to go see my husband," said Raelle.The team leader was silent for a moment before she nodded her head, "Got it!"Since these bodyguards were bound to follow her anyway, she'd let them openly follow her. Especially so since she didn't even know where she was going. She didn't plan anything beforehand and that was a first for her. She had always planned her life and never took chances or impulsive decisions like she did today. She also didn't know why she was impulsive today but she was. It was a fact that she suddenly wanted to go and see Xian on her own. Since he couldn't come back because of his work, she'd just find time for him instead. It was no big deal for her. There wasn't anything urgent going on her end. Raelle looked at the group of people following her and instructed, "Only four people can follow me. The rest have to stay here for me and take care of some things for me." With that, she started arranging different tasks for everyone to do. She didn't want Cloe to be overworked either so she had to leave someone else behind to take over things."I've gotten the flight tickets, the flight will leave in thirty minutes so we have to start boarding right now," informed the team leader. Raelle nodded her head and followed him to gate 3 to board the plane. As she finally got onto the plane after all the formalities, only then did she took out her phone again and send a voice message to Hyson, "I won't be around for the next couple of days. I've asked someone to collect the birds from you."The answer came almost instantly, "Since you're not around, why don't I keep my cotton and candy for a bit longer?""Whether I am around or not doesn't matter," responded Raelle as she sent another voice message."It matters to me!" Hyson seemed to be shouting in the voice message. "Hyson, don't be stubborn with me. You're promised only two weeks and two weeks are up. Don't go back on your words. You know well enough I don't like it when people don't keep their words.""I'm not going against my words," Hyson sounded weak all of a sudden. "I'll say my goodbye to cotton and candy today then.""Good for you," said Raelle. As the flight announcement began, she was about to turn off her phone when she received another message from Hyson. "Where are you going though?""To hell!" answered Raelle."Queen of Hell is going back home? What a time to celebrate!" Raelle really didn't want to continue this discussion with Hyson and neither did she feel like saying anything about what he just said."Recuperate well while I'm gone," she sent the message and without waiting for his reply, she turned off her phone. As she tied the seat belt, she leaned back in her chair. If she had told Hyson where she was going, this discussion would have continued for the next whole year. She knew she'd have to listen to him a lot once he learned where she was but she didn't care.Words and opinions of others never mattered to her. Since she made a decision, she'd always stick to it at any cost. Even if it was Hyson, she'd still not listen to him once she had made up her mind. And right now, she just wanted to see her husband.
