Although Cloe had a bad day, Cui Xukun had actually ended up adding a bit of sweetness into her day. And that actually made Cloe add some plus points for Cui Xukun. She had to say, this blind date of hers was not only attentive but also very thoughtful. She already had a good impression of him and now, it was getting better. Even though Cui Xukun didn't do much. But this small gesture meant a lot to Cloe.

Anyway, because of his chocolates, Cloe even spent an extra hour at work without any complaint. Well, she had no right to complain at all since a huge blunder had happened under her nose and she didn't learn about it until it was too late. It was only right for her to bear the burn from Raelle's side.

However, what surprised her today was that Raelle was actually working overtime. This would have been considered normal if it was two months ago but it was different now. Since the time Raelle got married, she had left work right on the dot.

"Chief," she called out softly. "Your phone is ringing."

Raelle didn't stop her work as she told her, "Call my husband back and let him know that I'll be late today."

"Oh..." Cloe followed the orders and searched for Shui Xian's phone number. She called him and informed him of Raelle's exact words without omitting anything.

Shui Xian was also surprised that Raelle would be late. She even went to work early today and yet she was not done. "Is she really busy?"

Cloe smiled softly, "She is very busy actually."

Shui Xian actually felt a little guilty when he heard that from her. Because it suddenly reminded him that Raelle had to work overtime because of him. If he hadn't mindlessly spoken out his heart to let her know that he wanted to hug her, she wouldn't have followed his words and ran over there leaving all her work behind. Although it was a sweet time for him, the aftermath for her was not sweet for sure.

"Okay, just let her know that I'll be waiting," he said to Cloe and hung up the call.

"Chief, Master Xian said that he'll be waiting for you," Cloe told Raelle.

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"He doesn't have to though," answered Raelle.

It was about 8 o'clock at night when she was finally done with dealing with the stuff on hand. "You can leave now, Cloe," she said to Cloe. And before Cloe could take her to leave, she opened her bag and pulled out a brown paper bag. She placed it on the table and added, "Take this with you."

Cloe wanted to ask what it was but she stopped herself in time. She took the small paper bag and opened it. Inside it was a delicately packed silver anklet. Cloe wasn't actually that surprised to get a souvenir from her boss. It wasn't something new that Raelle brought something back for her.

Seeing how Cloe was looking at the anklet, Raelle zipped up her handbag and told her, "Congratulations once again. My curse of failed blind dates didn't reach you. This is a small gift to celebrate your successful first date. Also, don't ask why I bought you something. This wasn't expensive."

Cloe suddenly burst out laughing, "Chief, according to you, there is hardly anything expensive." She shook her head as she spoke. She couldn't help it, she knew money was just a number for Raelle. But she was feeling really sweet in her heart. Wasn't it a kind of honor that her immediate boss was so attentive towards her? Raelle even knew that she liked wearing anklets. Not everyone wore it, even Raelle never used such jewelry but she still got it for her.

"Thank you, Chief," she added after a brief pause.

Raelle rarely would react to such words but today, she did as she replied with, "You're most welcome." Then she went out leaving Cloe to deal with her own thoughts.

When Raelle reached home, she found Shui Xian waiting for her at the door.

"Why are you standing here?" asked Raelle when she came near him.

Shui Xian held her hand and answered, "Waiting for you."

"You could wait inside as well," said Raelle.

"I got impatient," answered Shui Xian with a shrug. He was really impatient. He had been pacing around for a while now. In fact, he paced around so much that even Shui Koshing told him that he was making him dizzy. Usually, it'd be Raelle waiting for him at home but today, it was his turn.

This feeling of waiting for someone at home was different to him. Although he was eagerly waiting to see Raelle, he still enjoyed this feeling of wait just because he knew Raelle would come back eventually.

"Ah! My family's darling is back at last," said Shui Koshing when he saw Raelle and stood up to greet her. He rushed over to her side, throwing away his book. Raising his hand, he rubbed Raelle's head lovingly, "How is my family's darling?"

"I'm good, how are you, Bà?" inquired Raelle in her well-mannered way.

"As always, nothing is wrong as long as I get to see my family's darling," answered Shui Koshing with a peal of hearty laughter. "Hurry and get freshen up. Let's eat dinner together."

"You didn't eat?" Raelle knew it was already 9 o'clock. She didn't think they'd be waiting for her over dinner.

"Nonsense! How can I enjoy dinner without you?" was Shui Koshing's reply. "I might even get indigestion if I ate with your husband's cold face."

"Are you sure I'm your son?" inquired Shui Xian once again.

"No," said Shui Koshing. "Now, you're just my family's darling's husband."

"You have changed," said Shui Xian.

"Did you just notice?" retorted Shui Koshing. Then he lovingly looked at Raelle, "Don't pay attention to him."

Following his words, Raelle went to freshen up first.

Shui Xian faced his father and said, "You aren't even trying to hide your biasedness anymore."

"Why should I?" Shui Koshing shot back. "Even if she doesn't have many expressions, she is still better than an iceberg like you. Eating alone with you is just torture."

"Before she entered this family, you used to eat with me," reminded Shui Xian. He felt like he needed to refresh his father's memory who seemed to be forgetting that for the past five years, they had only each other to depend on. Although now that he thought about those dreaded times, he felt like it had been a long time ago.

"At that time, I had no other choice but to bear with you," was Shui Koshing's response. "Why do you think I was so eager to get Raelle into this family? It was because I got tired of seeing your stiff face!"

Shui Xian chuckled at his father, "And now you're okay?"

Shui Koshing nodded his head, "Yes. Now, you look a lot more alive. I'm happy to see that."

"Thank you, Bà," Shui Xian said suddenly making Shui Koshing frown.

"For what?" asked Shui Koshing. "What did I do?"

"Thank you for bringing me back to life," said Shui Xian. "Thank you for adding some colors to my life."

"Colors?" repeated Shui Koshing. "Raelle isn't a colorful person."

"Nah! She is so full of colors," insisted Shui Xian. "You just haven't noticed it yet."

When Raelle came downstairs, all three of them sat down for the dinner together. It had been weeks since they last had dinner together as a family. So, today's dinner was really special to all of them.

"Raelle, did you have a good time?" asked Shui Koshing. "Did this fool take you anywhere or just worked all the time?"

"Bà, what exactly do you think of me?" Shui Xian couldn't help asking.

"I think my son is a fool," replied Shui Koshing without thinking.

"I might be a bit foolish but I'm not a fool," Shui Xian shot back. "Right, wife?"

Raelle looked at him and said, "There is a difference between the two?"

Shui Koshing burst out laughing at Raelle's words and gave his son a look making Shui Xian grumbled under his breath. "Wifey, you should be on my side. Didn't your guide to a successful marriage taught you that? A wife should always stand by her husband."

"I didn't take sides though," was Raelle's response.

Shui Koshing glared at his son, "Don't find faults with my family's darling. She is always right."

"Well," Shui Xian shrugged his shoulders. "That's true. My wife is indeed always right." Shui Xian couldn't possibly find words to argue with that.

"Elle!"

As they were walking towards the lounge to sit together after dinner, they all heard an excited voice. Even before the person showed up, they could hear the echo of that loud voice. And needless to say, none of them had to guess who this excited and impatient voice belonged to.. None of them were unfamiliar with that voice, after all.