819: Beauty Questions

Beauty Questions

Listening to Song Xin'ai's response, Shui Xian's hands paused and he lifted up his head to look at his supposed mother-in-law for a moment before turning his eyes towards his wife. Then he lowered his head again with his lips curled up in an amused smile.2

Before the silence could settle in between them, Song Xin'ai spoke up, "To be honest, I'm struggling right now. I can't figure out what to say to you."

"It's because you didn't think before coming here," replied Raelle. "You came to see me on impulse."

"Not really," replied Song Xin'ai. "I don't do things on impulse."

"Maybe not," said Raelle. "But you only thought about whether to come to see me or not. As for the rest, you didn't think about that. After all, I don't think we have anything to talk about."

Song Xin'ai looked at her intently before saying, "You're wrong. I think even if I start a random discussion, you'll hold it up."

"I won't argue about that statement," said Raelle. "It's a fact."

Song Xin'ai lips curled up. She realized how self-assured her daughter was. Good for her. At least, she didn't look down on herself like her mother once did.

"I know," told Song Xin'ai. "I heard about how intelligent you are. In fact, I heard your name when you won the top prize in the science fair at the age of 8."

Raelle was about to put a grape in her mouth but paused to look at Song Xin'ai.

"And after that, I heard your name repeatedly," continued Song Xin'ai. "At first, I didn't pay attention but later on, I figured out who you were. I thought you'd join the scientific research like me. But you surprised me when you chose business administration instead."

Raelle listened to her attentively but didn't say anything. Of course, her decision to go into business instead of choosing the field of scientific research came as a surprise to plenty of people. Although her grandfather or Mu Chenyan never questioned her about her choice, even they had their doubts about her choices.

Even her professors had several conversations to inquire about why she was leaving something she was so good at? No one could understand her decision but most people gave up on understanding. Because she was known for her intelligence, most people gave up trying to understand her or her decisions. So, until this day, no one really knew why she picked business.

"I always wanted to ask you, why didn't you go into scientific research?" asked Song Xin'ai. "You have quite an achievement in the field of Physics. And even in Chemistry, you made some breakthroughs during the time you're studying. So, why give up on that?"

"Although you're my mother, do you think you have the right to ask me that question?" 

Song Xin'ai went quiet and shook her head, "Sorry, I stepped out of my line. But believe me, I'm not trying to exercise my right as a mother on you. And I never will. I understand my position very well. I'm just a nominal mother and I won't try to be anything more than that. You can say, I'm just asking that question as someone who dedicated her life to science. So, I was really depressed when I learned we lost a gem like you."

"I think I'm way too beautiful to be locked up in a lab all the time," replied Raelle.

Shui Xian coughed to mask his laughter. It couldn't be helped. He just couldn't help marveling at his wife's answer. Of course, such an answer could only come from Raelle Xiang and you won't be able to argue with that either. Like, look at her! She was really way too beautiful to be locked up in a lab. At least, as her husband, he agreed with her statement.

He was surprised when he noticed that Song Xin'ai didn't react to her words. It seems he was right. Raelle and his mother were the same kinds of people. At some level. Both were highly intelligent. Both were very honest. And that's why he didn't know how to feel sitting here listening to them. 

He was actually taken aback when Song Xin'ai so straightforwardly called herself the nominal mother of Raelle and even said that she didn't want to be more than that. It seemed his mother-in-law understood her position and was at peace with it as well.

Even more surprising was the fact that even though this was the second time these two were meeting, there was no awkwardness between them. But they weren't like any other mother and daughter either. He had to accept that with his average IQ, he might not be able to understand these two at all. 

"If you don't want to answer, don't," said Song Xin'ai. "Don't brush me off like that."

"Was I brushing you off?" asked Raelle. "Didn't I just speak the truth? Or you disagree with the fact that I'm beautiful?"

Song Xin'ai smiled at her, "I can't possibly argue with that. After all, I gave birth to you. If I questioned your beauty, wouldn't I be looking down on myself?"

'Damn!' Shui Xian cursed in his head. He couldn't believe what he was hearing right now. It was not just his wife but even his mother-in-law who loved to be narcissistic. Wow! What a surprise!

Raelle looked her up and down with a scrutinizing gaze before nodding her head, "You're aging beautifully. Just look a little too pale. Must be the lack of sun in your life."

"I heard you're a workaholic as well," retorted Song Xin'ai. "How much sun can you see with your working hours?"

"I keep a balance in my life," replied Raelle. "Besides, I'm the boss here. I can go to the sun whenever I want. No one can stop me."

Song Xin'ai also nodded in response, "Indeed, you're the boss. But why are you avoiding my question? Do you really not wanna tell me about it?"

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