Chapter 200 - Abused

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After five minutes of staying in the house, Henry began to regret his decision to have dinner at Neil's place.

Initially, he could not believe that his friend, Neil was now in a relationship. Though he knew that Neil would not lie to him, Henry still has his doubt Henry believed that Neil wanted to deceive him into believing that he was in a relationship. 

After a long thought, Henry made an impulse decision to come over. He knew that Neil was at the MH headquarters and therefore, he waited at the lobby for his friend to return.

Henry thought that since this was a surprise visit, Neil would not be able to come up with something to trick him. However, he did not expect that the moment he stepped into the house, he would see the kindergarten teacher in her apron.

The way Edith stood at the entrance was as if she was welcoming her husband from work.

It was a moving scene, but unfortunately for Henry, the woman came out to welcome someone else.

After assigning him to accompany Hazel with her drawing in the dining area, the couple went into the kitchen to prepare dinner.

At the thought that the two were only pretending, Henry decided to peek at the couple's interaction. Through his seat, he was able to glance at the couple and witnessed their affectionate exchange.

At first, Henry was in disbelief that his iceblock friend was able to act sweetly.

He had known Neil for years and had seen the way Neil and Amanda interacted while they were dating years ago. Back then, Neil was someone who would never do PDA. He was dating Amanda, but as a friend, Henry thought that their relationship was akin to business partners instead.

It seemed that Neil and Edith were not pretending to be in a relationship.

After watching them for a long time, Henry was starting to get annoyed.

Weren't they supposed to be washing vegetables and cooking dishes? Was there any need to hug while you were washing vegetables?

Moreover, when did Neil know to wash vegetables?

From the way he moved, Henry could see that this was not the first time that Neil had entered the kitchen to help.

Suddenly, Henry was worried that the two were going to serve him with dog food instead of something that a human could consume.

Of course, Henry did not know that Edith had suggested for Neil and Hazel to bond together through preparing dishes in the kitchen. Hazel had enjoyed learning cooking and simple dishes and Neil had to join in Hazel's activities.

Henry turned to Hazel and saw that the little girl was focusing on her drawing. "Hazel, did your uncle often act like this?" 

The little girl tilted her head in puzzled. "Uncle Henry, what do you mean? What is 'like this'?"

Suddenly, Henry was at loss at how he should explain to her. "You know… Hugging and whispering to each other like what they are doing now."

Hazel turned her head towards the kitchen and then, back at Uncle Henry. "Un." She nodded and answered seriously. "Uncle said that he and Auntie Edith are a couple."

Henry felt the corner of his lips twitched at the way Hazel was addressing Edith.

"They hug and kiss to show that they love each other," Hazel continued. "Just like mama and papa. In the past, mama and papa would always hug and kiss each other too."

Henry heaved a sigh, wondering if it was alright for Hazel to know such things. Suddenly, he was worried that the little girl might have seen something that she should not have.

Suddenly, Hazel stood on the chair and leaned to hug Henry's upper arm. "I liked Uncle Henry too."

Henry felt a tug on his heart at the little girl's adorable action and patted at her hair.

Soon, the food was served on the table and the delicious aroma of food wafted to his nose. However, Henry thought that everything he ate was a bit too tasteless. The two people across from him would not stop abusing him and he was forced to eat more dog food!

Henry was sure that Neil was deliberately doing everything he can to show off that he was now someone with a girlfriend.

After the dinner, Neil brought Henry to his study and the two began to discuss Charles Tang and the USB that he had given him the last time. 

"Do you think I should trust him?" Neil asked. 

At this time, Henry was sitting in front of the computer to read the documents that Charles had given them. Once in a while, his brow would furrow as he continued to digest the information.

"I've looked into him," Henry said. "There was nothing unusual about him and my team had verified that everything he told us yesterday. At this point, we knew that he was not lying." 

His hand paused as he scrolled the documents. Henry has been investigating Adam and Clare's accident and the investigation has met a dead end. But now that he was looking at the information that Charles had sent, Henry thought that he could begin his investigation from another angle.

There were a few things that he can look into and perhaps through that lead, he might know what did Adam find out and why did he and his wife had to die.

There was a long silence on Neil's part. When Henry looked up, he noticed that his friend was in deep thought. Not wanting to disturb him, Henry turned and continued to read the documents.

"I think… I wanted to try and work with him," Neil said. "We have been stuck in a dead-end for too long. With this kind of case, it would be best if we find evidence quickly before they destroyed every lead we have."

"Whatever you decided to do next, you have to be careful," Henry reminded. "I don't have a problem with you working along with Charles Tang. However, I need to remind you not to trust him that much. I'm worried that he might try to get to our sides only to find out what we know. I don't want him to come only to destroy everything we have worked on so far."

Neil nodded. "I know. Next week, Jamie will return to the company. I'm planning to assign Jamie to the accounting department. With Jamie's help, we might be able to find out something from the accounting department. We have half a year until the auditors are coming over. If anyone wanted to destroy anything, they should do them before the auditors came. Hopefully, Jamie will be able to gain the department's trust and find out something for us."

Henry let out a dry cough and eyed his friend cautiously. "Last night, Jamie was still worrying whether you were angry."

"You're worrying too much," Neil said quietly.. "If I am still angry, I would not let call that person to return to the city." 

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