Chapter 170 - Potential Rival

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As the students left and the kindergarten's atmosphere became quiet, Edith habitually went back to the classroom to call Neil and informed him that she will be heading out to meet up with her grandfather and the others for a meal.

"Who else will be there?" Neil asked when he heard that Edith and her grandfather would be joined by a few others.

"Grandpa George and Uncle James," Edith said. "You have met them both previously during the fishing trip. Aaron will also be there as well."

"Aaron?"

"Un." Edith nodded as sandwiched her phone between her left ear and shoulder to organize a few books on the table. "He's Uncle James' son. You've met him previously the first time we went to the beach together with Hazel. He's that policeman."

There was a slight fluctuation in Neil's expression as he heard her words. 

Assistant Shawn, who happen to be in the office to retrieve a few documents suddenly felt the change of temperature around him. He tilted his head to look at the air conditioner before he shifted his gaze to his boss. A thought came to his mind and Assistant Shawn scrambled to leave the office as soon as possible.

Neil remembered that cheery policeman he had met previously. That man left a deep impression on him because he had mentioned that he often patrolled the area his parents were living in. 

His eyes narrowed as he recalled that Edith's relationship was pretty close. The last time Aaron visited the city, he had come to find Edith and the two had a meal together.

"Do you need me to come along with you?" Neil asked. 

"No. It's fine," Edith answered quickly. "Grandfather and the others will leave to Z Town after having a meal together." She pressed the phone close to her lips and whispered, "Grandfather was still unaware that I am living together with you."

"You don't want to introduce me to your grandfather?"

"That is not what I meant." A giggle escaped her as she heard his upset tone. "I wanted to introduce you to my grandfather as my boyfriend. But with other's presence, it would not be suitable."

She was her grandfather's precious granddaughter. What if her grandfather was upset and ended up beating her boyfriend in front of others.

"Let's find a time and go back to Z Town together to meet my grandfather," Edith continued.

Neil's expression softened a little bit upon hearing her words.

"Where will you be having your meal?" Neil asked.

"I haven't decided. I will update you when I know."

"Whatever happened, don't drink," Neil reminded. 

His expression turned cold as he imagined his drunk girlfriend giving that policeman a confession.

"Un. I know. Darling, I won't take a sip."

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Edith left the kindergarten and went straight to the station where Henry had dropped her previously. She sent a text message to Aaron and the man appeared from the building with a smile on his face.

"Your grandfather and the others are almost done," Aaron spoke as he reached Edith's side. "They should come out anytime soon."

After waiting for five minutes, her grandfather and the others came out of the station. Knowing that it was not the best place to have a conversation, the group left in Aaron's vehicle and found a place to have a meal.

They arrived at a Hainanese restaurant and entered a private room.

Edith sent a text message to Neil to inform him of her whereabouts and continued to talk to her grandfather and the others happily.

"Grandpa, what is it with the murder case?" Edith asked after a while. "Why do I feel like I have never heard you mention this case before?"

Mike Qian exchanged his glance with his friend before he reached for the glass of water to take a sip. "It was something that happened a long time ago. You were not living with me when I was still investigating this case."

"I guess you and Aaron were around three years old the first time the first murder happened," James said. "How would you know anything". He suddenly noticed the look Mike was giving him and immediately reached for his wine cup.

"You still haven't caught that murderer?"

Mike's expression grew darker. "The technology back then was not as good as it was now. Moreover, the murderer was really careful about leaving any useful clues for us. It was one of the toughest cases we handled."

"We did not expect that the murder that happened twenty years ago to happen again in L City," George Bei commented. He turned to Aaron and slapped him on his shoulder. "That's right. You should have told us earlier that you were helping those guys to investigate the case. We could have told you everything we know and perhaps they would stop another murder from happening."

"How was I to know that you were in charge of this case?" Aaron rubbed at his shoulder with an aggrieved face. "Don't you remember that the station in Z City caught on fire sixteen years ago? If I did not mention this case casually to my father, I would not know that you guys were the one who was investigating this case."

The three old men's faces turned gloomier as they recalled that big fire. It was because of that big fire that they had lost a lot of clues. Important documents were burned to ashes, leaving them with nothing useful.

"Let's not talk about this depressing matter," Mike said. He took a deep breath and tried to change the subject. "We are here to have a meal, aren't we? Right. What happened to the food we ordered? Why are they not here yet?"

Edith craned her neck to look at the door and stood up. "I will go and check." She took her phone and head out of the room to look for the waiter. Just as she reached the lobby, Edith her eyes caught sight of someone familiar.

Noticing that someone was staring at him, that man turned around and smiled as their gaze met.

Edith quickly walked over to him and chuckled. "Darling, why are you here?" Her voice was a whisper.

"I just thought that you might need a lift after this meal ended," Neil said. "I don't want you to walk around alone."

Of course, he would not tell his girlfriend that he was worried that a potential rival was having a meal with his girlfriend. 

Neil's expression changed when he saw that unpleasant person appeared behind his girlfriend. He was just worried that this person came to L City to snatch his girlfriend and now, he had appeared before him.

"President Mo," Aaron greeted enthusiastically. "Why are you here as well?"

"Mr. Li, am I right?" Neil smiled amiably.

"You remember me." Aaron's expression brightened. He looked at both Neil and Edith alternately and smiled. "Are you here to have a meal? Coincidentally, Edith's grandfather, and a few of us are here to have a meal as well.. We had a private room. Why don't you join us as well?"

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