Chapter 271 - Videotapes
Chapter 271 – Videotapes
Even though Shui Xian wasn't around, Raelle still didn't stay late at the office like she used to do before getting married. Knowing that Bà had no one to keep him company, she wanted to leave the office right on time.
"Chief, I just sent you a mail, did you see it?" Cloe came running out of her office when she saw Raelle was leaving.
Raelle looked at her wristwatch and said, "It's time to get off work. I'll see it tomorrow."
"But it's urgent," stressed Cloe. "I need your approval to use the material in tomorrow's board meeting."
"Then I'll see it at night if I had spare time," answered Raelle. "For now, it is time to clock out!"
"Chief, why the hurry? It's not like your husband is waiting for you at home. He isn't even in the city."
Raelle gave her a blank look, "But my Bà is waiting for me at home." Cloe was stunned for a minute while Raelle went on, "You should go home as well. I'll check everything at home and send you the instructions for the follow-up. For now, go home and rest."
Cloe's brows quirked up at Raelle's words. She was left staring at Raelle while the latter left keeping her own pace. She suddenly shook her head and muttered, "So, people do change." But then she added, "Or perhaps they don't change at all. After all, whether it was before or now, for Chief, the family had always been above work. The only difference is, the family before included her grandfather and Miss Mu but now that family includes Master Xian and his father."
Cloe thought she shouldn't be surprised but she actually was.
Meanwhile, when Raelle arrived back home in the evening, she was informed that Shui Koshing had been in the storeroom since the time he came back from the hospital. Raelle followed the directions and reached the storeroom. She could see Shui Koshing busy inside the storeroom. He seemed to be looking for something.
This storeroom was an abandoned room filled with dust or cobwebs. Instead, it was a neatly arranged space. Everything was sparkly clean which indicated that this place hadn't been abandoned. She looked at the rows of old stuff here curiously.
"Oh, Raelle, when did you come?" Shui Koshing finally noticed Raelle's presence. "Sorry, I didn't even notice."
"That's okay," replied Raelle. "But Bà, what are you looking for?"
Shui Koshing touched his face with a nostalgic smile, "Originally, I came here to look for some videotapes but I got distracted by the memories in this room."
"This room has memories?" inquired Raelle seemingly quite interested in the topic.
Shui Koshing nodded his head, "Yes, this room is like a cave of memories. Every single thing reminds me of a special moment." He picked up a drawing pad which looked quite old with yellowed pages and showed it to her, "See, these are the rings my wife designed for our wedding. This is also the very first thing she ever designed."
Raelle took the drawing pad from his hand, she could recall Shui Xian talking about his parents' wedding rings. And since Shui Xian regretted that he never took back his mother's ring from his ex-wife, she was even more interested in seeing what it looked like.
Originally, Shui Koshing had come to look for the videotapes for Hyson. Just recalling the anticipation and yearning in Hyson's eyes, he felt his heart churning. And that's why, right after getting back home, he had decided to dig through these old things. However, since he had always locked these memories in this room, now that he opened the door to these memories once again, he found it quite difficult to extract himself from all of them.
Each memory in this room was dear to him. And that's why he ended up forgetting the original purpose of opening the door which led to these memories.
"What videotapes are you looking for?" asked Raelle when she noticed that Shui Koshing seemed to be lost in thoughts. "I'll help you in looking."
"Oh, it's the recordings of Xian's birthdays," answered Shui Koshing. "His mom always organized grand birthday parties for her dear son. So, even till the age of 18, all of Xian's birthday's had been recorded on camera."
"Oh?" This seemed to be something new to Raelle who never even held a birthday party of her much less recording it. She only cut the cake since Yanyan would bake it herself for her every year. There were even hardly even any photos from her birthdays since she didn't like taking photos.
In fact, no one in the Xiang Family liked taking photos. They only believed in living in the moment. If one tried to relive a moment through things like photos it only meant they weren't satisfied with the moment they were living in.
Suddenly, Raelle thought of something and inquired, "Bà, does that mean how Xian grew up over the years had all been recorded in those videotapes?"
"Yes," answered Shui Koshing.
"Let me help you then," offered Raelle and started looking through the stuff. "Bà, why did you suddenly thought of looking for those recordings?"
"Oh, that's because of Yue Fai," replied Shui Koshing without hiding anything from her. He even detailed to her why he was searching so desperately for those videotapes.
Raelle paused for a second when she learned that it was all for Hyson who wanted to hear his mother's voice. This was nothing new to her. Even though Hyson always kept his deepest wishes to himself, he would never keep them from Raelle. So, she was like the worm in his stomach, who actually knew everything about him.
She also knew how happy he'd be to see those recordings of his mother. And she didn't mind expending some effort to fulfill his wish. For once, it was in her hand to make his wish true.
Although she couldn't make Yue talk again, she could at least help in looking for those videotapes.