Chapter 228 - Grandfather Planning To Visit

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Neil frowned as he watched Aaron loaded a few bags into the trunk. Seeing that everything was arranged, Aaron shut the door and walked over to Neil with a polite smile on his face.

"President Mo, thank you for your help this time." There was an awkward smile on his face as Aaron looked at Neil.

The last time he had accidentally got involved in the couple's misunderstanding, Neil had sent him a cold look and it still frightened him to this day. Aaron had met a lot of criminals in his life and had seen the way they looked at others. But none were as cold as Neil Mo's. 

Aaron could not understand how his friend, Edith was dating this man. The look on his face was too scary and she had to look at Neil's face every day as they were living together.

One was a hooligan and one was cold as ice. With such personalities, wouldn't they have to fight every day?

Neil merely replied to him with a nod. 

At this time, Edith was upstairs in their apartment with Hazel. Therefore, the two men had to stay together awkwardly.

"I heard that the investigation is still ongoing?" Neil spoke after a while. 

Aaron nodded. Now that Neil had mentioned the case he was working on, Aaron's expression turned serious and he no longer had that silly expression on his face.

"Edith should have mentioned a few things about the case?" Aaron asked. 

"She mentioned that a new victim might be appearing soon. How are you sure about this?"

Anyone would be worried and frightened to hear about this speculation. With the two girls, he cared about around him, Neil could not help but worry about their safety as well. No one knew how this murderer chose his victim.

Aaron heaved a long sigh as he thought of the upcoming trouble. The speculation that the next victim was going to appear soon was a secret, but he had mentioned this matter to Edith because he wanted his friend to be careful of her surroundings.

"You know that Edith's grandfather and my father were both cops before they retired. Their team had investigated a case like this in the past and had not caught the murderer. The murder this time had the same style. After studying the case, we thought that the next victim might appear soon."

Neil's expression grew colder as he thought that Amanda's killer was running loose. They might have broken up, but it was still worrying to have someone he knew was murdered in such an inhuman way.

As Aaron continued to tell Neil what he can about the case, Edith came down with Hazel by her side.

The two men stopped their discussion and the serious look on their face disappeared.

Neil walked over and took the luggage from Edith. "Is everything done?"

"Un." Edith nodded. "I locked the door properly. Don't worry."

Aaron stared at the way the two interacted with a dumbfounded look on his face. Where did his hooligan friend disappear to? Where did the iceblock man disappear to?

It seemed that when the two were together, they were not as Aaron had thought. Aaron had to rub his eyes and blink to convince himself that he was not seeing things.

After a while, Aaron sensed that someone was watching him and found that the little girl was staring at him with a curious gaze. He bent his body and waved. "Hello!"

Hazel held on Edith's hand tighter but made no move to hide away as she would always do.

"I'm a friend of your Teacher Qian. We've met each other previously. My name is Aaron Li, but you can call me Uncle Aaron."

"Auntie Edith." Hazel corrected him. "It's Auntie Edith, not Teacher Qian. We're not at school."

"Ah?" Aaron tilted his head, wondering what was the difference between them. He decided not to pay attention to that matter and smiled. "You don't remember me?" Aaron asked.

"I remember," Hazel said. Her voice was soft and sweet. She stood up straight as she remembered her manners. "Hello, Uncle Aaron. I'm Hazel Mo."

Aaron heaved a soft sigh. "Such an adorable little girl." He lifted his head to look at Neil and wondered how can Neil and Hazel be related to each other.

After helping Edith to put the luggage into the trunk, Neil helped Hazel to get into the car and started the engine. Edith exchanged a few words with Aaron and finally hopped into the vehicle. 

The three of them were heading to Z Town to celebrate the new year with their family. Fortunately, Neil's parents and Edith's grandpa live in the same town. Even though they might be spending most of their time with their family, they can still meet each other whenever they wanted.

Neil glanced at Edith who was typing something on her phone and asked, "Have you talked to your grandpa?"

"Un." Edith put down her phone. "Right. I forgot to mention this to you. My grandpa said that he is planning to visit your parents in the new year."

A look of surprise crossed Neil's face. Previously when he had mentioned asking her grandpa to come over, Edith was very sure that her grandpa would not join them and instead, would rather spend his time with his friends.

"Did your grandpa changed his mind?"

Edith turned to Neil and smiled. "It seemed that my grandpa could not believe that your family would treat me well after knowing our differences. He is worried that his granddaughter might be bullied."

Neil was about to convince his girlfriend that she should not worry about such things as his family did not mind a trivial matter such as that. However, knowing that Mike was only concerned about his granddaughter, Neil decided not to say anything.

For Mike, Edith is his only granddaughter and family. Of course, he would be unhappy if his granddaughter was bullied. Coming over for a visit was just an excuse for Mike to look at how Neil's family will treat his little girl. 

However, as someone who was planning to spend the rest of his life with Mike's granddaughter, it would be Neil's job to convince Mike that he will treat Edith well.. If he failed, there was no way that Mike was going to allow his granddaughter to stay by his side.

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