Chapter 226 - Sensible Hazel

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Neil drove his SUV to a shopping mall and pulled over at a parking space. The mall was beautifully decorated with the festivity's decorations and the radio was playing cheerful songs. After spending a couple of minutes at the mall, anyone would suddenly have the mood to celebrate the upcoming festivity.

The three of them had their dinner at the restaurant and then, walked around the mall to shop around.

They were planning to return to Z Town and wanted to buy a few gifts as well.

After walking around for almost an hour, both Neil's and Edith's hands were filled with shopping bags with Hazel's clothing. Once Neil saw the cute clothing on display, he couldn't help but buy a few more for his niece.

When it comes to buying clothes for Hazel, Neil would be very generous and would not mind spoiling his niece.

If Edith did not warn him that it would be a waste for Hazel to wear new clothes every day, it was possible that Neil would not stop buying. At this time, Edith was suddenly glad that Neil was not addicted to online shopping. Or else, his house would probably be filled with various things for Hazel.

"Is this enough?" Neil asked as he glanced at the paper bags in his hands. He then turned to Hazel and asked, "Is there anything else you want?"

"Un." Hazel nodded. "Uncle, this is enough. There's too much clothing. Though they were all pretty, I cannot wear them all."

"What about pajama? We haven't bought enough pajama for you."

"Uncle, you've bought a few pajamas for me last month. I don't need a new one," Hazel said. "I'm a child and I am growing up quick. Let's buy one when I can no longer fit into my clothes." 

Edith watched the uncle and niece's exchanges and suppress her laughter. Sometimes, the little girl can be more sensible than her uncle.

Neil let out a sigh in resignation. He glanced inside the store and his eyes suddenly halted at a pink dress with plum blossom embroidery.

Little Hazel noticed that her uncle was still looking in the store and followed her uncle's gaze. Her head tilted as Hazel stared at the cute dress not far from them. "Those dresses are too small for me. They're for babies."

Neil turned around and looked at Hazel in a daze.

The image of a small baby in that cute dress appeared in his mind and Neil wondered what it would be like if he had a child. Suddenly, he wanted to have a daughter as cute as Hazel.

Hazel stretched her hand and pulled at her uncle's hand. "Uncle, let's go. We haven't bought enough for my grandparents. Didn't you say we're coming to buy gifts for them?"

Heaving another sigh, Neil finally turned to follow both Edith and Hazel to another level to buy what they came to look for. 

Once they have bought everything they needed, the three of them left the shopping mall and headed back to their home. Hazel went back to her room and prepare for bed while Edith stayed downstairs to sort the stuff they bought earlier.

When Neil entered the kitchen, Edith was putting aside the health product she had bought for her grandpa. He poured himself a glass of water and looked at her. "How do you usually spend your new year with your grandpa?"

Edith lifted her head to look at his boyfriend. "When I was smaller, my grandpa would usually be on duty even on Chinese New Year. I usually spend my time with Aaron's parents."

A slight frown appeared on Neil's face.

"Now that my grandpa is retired, we would still come over to the Li's place to celebrate together," Edith said. "Uncle Li would always gather his friends and they would play mahjong all day."

"This year, why don't you ask your grandpa to come over to our place? My parents would be happy to see you."

Edith studied his face and saw the unhappiness in his expression. A thought came to her mind and Edith chuckled, knowing that this man was jealous that she was going to spend her time with Aaron again.

However, Aaron had mentioned to her that he was not going back this year as he was still busy with the ongoing investigation. Of course, Edith was not planning to say this to her boyfriend. 

"What about the others? Your extended family is not joining you to celebrate the new year together?"

"The elders in my family have passed away," Neil said. "Ever since my father was unwell, we usually welcome the new year with just us. We're not that close with the extended family. This is why my family is not too restricted with rules and such."

His eyes darkened as Neil recalled the time when his father needed the family the most. MH Group was in trouble and his father was sick. His mother tried to get help from the others, but none of them wanted to help them. His mother came to find her family but they pushed his mother away. They were avoided like plague.

Fortunately, the company turned around after he and Adam took over. 

Now that the company was doing better than it used to, the extended family who once pretended that they don't exist would sometimes appear at their door. Everyone wanted the chance to repair the family relationship, but for Neil and his mother, the pain of being pushed away by them when they needed help the most was too great.

There was no way that he can pretend to be on good terms with such people.

"I'll come over," Edith said. "But I'm not sure about my grandpa. He probably wanted to go out and play mahjong with his friends again. My grandpa… he's pretty close with his ex-teammates." 

"Then, I'll come over and pick you up when the time comes."

"It's fine. I can drive over to your parents' place."

"Let me come and pick you up." His lips tilted into a light smile. "I just wanted to be alone with my girlfriend for a while." 

He could imagine that his mother will pull his girlfriend away to chat the moment she set her feet into the house. Then, he will be shoved aside to accompany his father for a game of chess.

Edith laughed. She looked around and then walked over until she reached in front of him. She linked her arms around his neck and smiled. "Well, we're alone now."

His smile stretched up and Neil lowered his head to capture her lips in a gentle kiss.

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