Chapter 204 - Cold Mummy
Chapter 204 – Cold Mummy
Hyson heaved a long sigh before saying, "Even if I insist, you won't stop. Am I right or am I right?"
"You know the answer to that yourself," replied Raelle.
Hyson contemplated something and his gaze involuntarily shifted towards Xiang Weimin before he said in a small voice, "You won't like it here. So, just don't come yourself."
"I wasn't planning on making a visit myself," told Raelle. "Even if I wanted to, I have a husband who won't allow me to."
"When did you ever need permission to do something?" asked Hyson, feeling unaccustomed to it a little. After all, Raelle Xiang always did whatever came to her mind. She even had ways to manipulate her own grandfather's decisions. How could she just follow something blindly?
"I never did," answered Raelle and thought back to the look on Shui Xian's face when he came to pick her up from the office today. It felt different. She never had someone picking her up from work. She was unaccustomed to it as well. But it still felt good when he opened his arms to embrace her. "But it feels good to listen to someone."
Hyson's lips curled up in a knowing smile. It seemed Master Xian's charms had been working quite well. "Ellie, did you hear that someone else was stuck in the snow with me?"
Raelle took a moment before she answered, "Do you think anyone dares to hide anything from me?"
"Then you must also know who he is?"
"I do," was Raelle plain reply. "But what does that have to do with me? I can already tell that if you'd been alone, you'd have at least waited longer before calling for help. It's because you wanted to save someone else, that's why you acted so soon."
Hyson grinned like a fool. Indeed, it was hard to hide anything from her.
"Hyson, whatever his identity is, it shouldn't matter to you. It doesn't concern us. Don't forget. He is just as much a stranger to me as he is to you. So, don't go on feeling weird every time you look at him."
Hyson's mouth opened slightly in disbelief, "Hey! My little robot, what happened to you? I know you can always read my thoughts but lately, you're getting good at even predicting everything regarding me. It's kinda scary."
Hyson already knew that the security team that Raelle assigned to her would send a detailed description of the situation here. And they'd definitely not omit the detail that he actually saved a soldier as well. After that, it wasn't difficult to find out about the said soldier who had his information recorded in the hospital just during the examination.
Apart from that, Hyson also knew Raelle wouldn't react to the information that the soldier he saved was actually her own elder brother, Xiang Weimin. It was exactly as Raelle just said, they were nothing more than strangers. The only thing they had in common was the blood running through their veins.
But who said blood was enough to form a strong bond? He had no blood relation with Raelle at all. Yet he could claim that he was the closest to Raelle. And he even had the strongest bonding with her as well. Even Shui Xian couldn't really compare to him. After all, he knew her the longest, and being with her, he had also developed a lot of her habits.
"My hubby would like to talk to you," said Raelle and passed the phone to Shui Xian.
Shui Xian only learned about Hyson's situation when he went to pick up Raelle from the office. And even though she had her expressionless face intact, he could still tell that she wasn't feeling good about this situation. She even insisted it wasn't an accident.
Now that they sat in their lounge waiting for dinner, he naturally heard the conversation between these best friends.
"Xian Ge!" Hyson called out excitedly like a kid.
"Yue Fai, you okay?"
"I'm fine."
"What exactly happened?"
"Nothing much. I just lost my way and fell down. It's just your wife who claims there is more to it. Usually, she always follows logic but now, her logic has no basis."
Shui Xian gazed at his wife before saying, "She won't be reassured until she learns about what really happened."
"I know that," replied Hyson. "I just don't want to make this matter bigger."
Shui Xian's brows knitted up slightly. Since Hyson said it like that it meant even he knew something was about this incident. But just because he didn't want to make this matter blow up, he was insisting on calling it just an accident.
"You don't think about all of that and focus on getting better," answered Shui Xian.
Hyson hummed in response. They talked for about five minutes before Hyson asked to talk to Raelle again.
"What is it now?"
Hyson pressed his lips together and took a moment to say, "Thank you!"
"What did you just say?"
"I said thank you!" Hyson repeated himself impatiently.
"What's with this thank you?" inquired Raelle.
"Thank you for saving me today," said Hyson. "If you hadn't gifted me this watch two years ago, I'm sure I'd still be stuck there. So, thank you very much."
Raelle didn't know why she didn't like hearing it. Hyson had never said thanks to her. At least, not like this. He always either sounded playful or he joked about it. But he never had been this serious about it.
"You come back home if you don't want to recuperate there."
Hyson smiled at how she changed the topic. That was so not like her. She never avoided any situation and yet she was avoiding his 'thank you.' How amusing!
"I'll let you know if I'm coming back or not," answered Hyson.
Even after the call hung up, the smile was still etched on Hyson's face as he stared at the phone screen. He called one of his new babysitters oopsie! He meant his bodyguards and said, "Find me a laptop with an internet connection. I want to talk to my mum."
"Yes, Young Master!"
After giving instructions, Hyson looked around the ward to find a place to use as the background for the video call with his mother later on. After all, if she saw him in the hospital, she might faint right there and then. He couldn't afford that for now.
But it was a good thing that this two-person ward was actually the best in this hospital and looked more like a luxury hotel suite than a hospital room. It made it easier for him to hide where he was for now. Then he looked down at his hospital gown and frowned.
"Get me a new set of clothes as well." Then he looked at Xiang Weimin who had been too quiet during this time. Hyson even thought he had gone to sleep but he found Xiang Weimin staring out the window in silence.
"Lieutenant, aren't you tired?"
Xiang Weimin looked back at Hyson, "Not really."
"Do you want me to inform your family or someone?"
Xiang Weimin shook his head, "The hospital has already contacted the base. You don't have to worry about me."
Hyson recalled something and said, "I heard you had been stuck in snow for over 24 hours." Seeing how Xiang Weimin nodded, Hyson shuddered, "I hate cold. I can't even imagine what you must have gone through. And you even survived through it. That's a marvel." Taking a pause, he went on, "It seems if I didn't accidentally fell on top of you, you'd have no way out of there. And you could have died out there."
"Indeed, I'd have been dead."
Hyson looked displeased with his calm tone as he said, "I really hate it when people talk about death so calmly as if it's no big deal."
Xiang Weimin smiled at him, "I signed my death will before getting on the jet. That means, I knew I could die out there and yet I went out. My life is insignificant before millions of people who could have suffered at the hands of our enemy."
"Patriotic spirit," muttered Hyson. "I'm also quite loyal. It's just that my loyalties are with my family."
Hyson didn't know why he was talking to Xiang Weimin even after recognizing him. He just knew he couldn't stay quiet for a long period of time. He had to talk especially now when he was so far away from home.
"By the way, it seems I owe you my life now," said Xiang Weimin surprising Hyson. "There is a snowstorm outside." Hyson's eyes widened and he finally noticed the situation outside the room. "It's not that big here but if we had been stuck there until now, no one would ever even find our corpse."
Hyson gulped visibly. It seemed he really had to thank Raelle even more sincerely. She really saved him in the nick of the time or else… He would have become a cold mummy!