Chapter 1196: Trusted
Raelle sat there for a while, looking at Tang Hebe staring at a spot on the wall in a daze. She even followed her gaze to see what was so interesting on that wall. But obviously, she didn't find anything.
No, that's not right.
Actually, she did find something. The painting frame was a bit crooked on that wall and there were a few scratch marks on the corner of the wall too. It seemed some big furniture must have left those marks when moving things. Apart from that, she found that the color of the wall was not exactly white.
Raelle noticed all these very unnecessary details but she still didn't find what Tang Hebe found interesting enough to be so lost.
"Can I talk now?" asked Raelle after five minutes of silence.
"No," replied Tang Hebe.
Raelle picked up her phone and found a text from her hubby, [Where are you?]
Raelle answered back, [I'm at Tang Hebe's place.]
[All of a sudden?] came Shui Xian's response.
[I do things suddenly] replied Raelle.
[Did you take Xiang Weimin with you?]
[Mhmm...]
[Then... When will you be back?]
Raelle observed Tang Hebe's expressions and answered, [I think it'll take a while. You eat first.]
[What about you? What are you gonna eat?]
[Just save something for me. I'll eat it after I come back.]
Shui Xian was not very satisfied with this answer at all. He was frowning to himself unhappily. [Then I'll wait for you.]
[No. You eat first.]
[How am I supposed to eat knowing that you didn't eat? I might be okay eating alone but not when I know that you didn't eat anything.]
[Then who will accompany, Bà?]
[I'll sit with him and act like I'm eating. Don't worry. I won't leave him alone. Besides, Amiah is here. I don't think he'll be lonely.]
[Oh. Then do so. Don't let him eat alone.]
[I won't! You just come back soon. I miss you!]
Raelle didn't respond to that and looked up at Tang Hebe again as she asked, "Are you done processing?"
"No!"
"You should change your processor. Why is it so slow?"
Tang Hebe gave her a look, "Can you stop?"
Raelle again had to put a lock on her lips and stay silent. So, she started checking if there were any unread emails that needed her attention but she found nothing. She put her phone aside. She couldn't bring herself to scroll on the phone when she didn't even have a social media account.
Then she stood up and went to look for Justin and Xiang Weimin. She found them before Justin's carefully cultivated plants as Justin was telling Xiang Weimin the stories of how he got each plant and how he caredd for them all this time. It could be seen that he was very enthusiastic about sharing everything with Xiang Weimin who didn't show any impatience and continued to listen with gusto. He was a good listener who even gave the appropriate reactions to make the speaker happy.
Raelle couldn't bring herself to ruin their moment so she stepped back and wondered what to do now? She couldn't just wander around in the apartment either since it wasn't her place. It'd be rude to look around without the permission of the owner and she couldn't do such a thing.
In the end, Raelle found herself sitting opposite Tang Hebe once again and asked, "Are we there yet?"
"I understand that your time is precious but can you please be a little understanding?" asked Tang Hebe. "This is a big deal to me. It's almost life-changing news to me. Do you expect me to come to terms with it so soon?"
"No," answered Raelle. "But I don't know what to do. Give me a book or something. Then I won't disturb your peace time."
Tang Hebe gave her a look and asked suddenly, "Raelle, are you here to take my son?"
"What?" asked Raelle.
Tang Hebe's eyes reddened as she added, "Please, don't take him away from me. He is all I've got. Really, all I've got is him. I can't lose him. I really can't. I won't be able to live. I beg you. If you want, I can get on my knees."
"Stop," Raelle held up her hand. "What if I don't?"
"Then I'll fight you!" said Tang Hebe.
"When you have the drive to fight, why are you humbling yourself like this before me? Do you think I have a superiority complex or something? Do you think I like seeing people lowering themselves in front of me? I don't have such habits. Neither was I taught that all my life. My life principles doesn't allow me to do so."
"I just think if I can solve things by lowering myself, I'd choose to avoid the fight against you."
"How scared are you of me?"
"Very," answered Tang Hebe honestly. "How can I not be scared? You are Raelle Xiang. You have the power to fight against me. You can bring me down. I know that. I really can't stand against you. I know that. But what I am most scared of is losing Justin. You know, I always lose who I love. I don't want that to happen again. No way."
Raelle could actually understand her desperation so she didn't make it difficult for her and told her, "I'm not here to take your son from you. And I won't do so in the future too."
"Really?" clearly, Tang Hebe was in disbelief. She didn't think it could be that simple. There was no way things could be so easy in her life. What price did she have to pay this time? She knew very well that nothing was free.
"I promise," said Raelle.
Tang Hebe was shocked to hear that. "You... What do I have to do in return?"
"You think I'm here to negotiate with you?" asked Raelle.
"Aren't you?"
"Just accept it when I am saying that I won't take your son from you and I won't let anyone else do so either."
Tang Hebe was excited to hear that. She didn't know about others but when Raelle said those words, she believed it wholeheartedly. She rushed to her side and held her hands in her own with tears brimming in her eyes, "Thank you! Thank you so much! You don't understand what those words mean to me right now. I'm truly grateful to you."
Raelle looked at her hands that touched her own and said, "Let go first before I change my mind."
Tang Hebe chuckled at that. She knew Raelle won't change her mind. She was the kind of a person who would never change her mind once she decided on something. But she still let go of her hands because she also knew she had stepped out of line by holding Raelle's hands. After all, Raelle didn't like physical touch.
"I know you won't," she said with a smile.
"When did you start having so much faith in me?" asked Raelle. "Aren't you gonna hate me now?"
Tang Hebe shook her head, "I stopped hating you long ago. And I do have faith in you after understanding you during this period of time."
Raelle waved her off, "Forget it. I won't talk about it. Let's get back to the topic. Why I'm here? Of course, it's to let you know the truth. After all, you raised Justin. If there is anyone who deserves to know about his background, it's you. I won't wanna hide any of that from you. It's unfair to you and I don't do unfair things in life."
"Oh, how great of you!"
"No sarcasm!"
"I'm serious though," said Tang Hebe.
"Okay, can you stop crying first? I really ccan't handle your crying twice in the past hour. I don't even know how to comfort. This time if you cried, I..."
"You're gonna what?"
"I'm gonna make you completely bald!"
Tang Hebe glared at her, "Can you stop bringing that up?"
"I couldn't think of anything else. It's not like I can beat you."
"Why?"
"Because it'll give Justin a bad impression of mine. How can I ruin my image as the mighty aunt. I still have to solidify my position and become the next generation Yanyan to my nephew, Justin."
"You have quite some ambition," commented Tang Hebe as she wiped her tears that fell down her face. "But I have no doubt that you'd be the next generation Yanyan to Justin. In fact, I believe that you'd be even better than that."
"Really?"
"Really."
"Wow! It's weird to be trusted by you all of a sudden," said Raelle.
"I also never thought I'd trust you so much in my life but it can't be helped. Who asked you to be such a good person?"
"Don't give a good person card. I heard it's easy to be morally kidnapped when you're labeled as a good person."
Tang Hebe chuckled at that and stared at Raelle strangely.
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