Chapter 257 - I Don't Like Him

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Edith looked up and noticed that the General Attorney had a group of people with him. There were two people that she recognized. One was Secretary Liu and the other was Autumn Feng.

Her gaze met with Autumn Feng and Edith the woman's fury.

"Are you here with President Mo?" General Attorney Leng asked.

Edith replied with a soft hum and turned to where Neil had stood with a few others. From the distance, Edith saw that Neil was keeping his eyes on them. Her heart grew warm and indescribable happiness bloomed. 

"Attorney General, let's go and speak to President Mo," the director who stood next to Autumn spoke. "I'm sure that President Mo would be happy to hear that you had planned to invest in MH's upcoming project."

Jeffrey Leng turned his head in Neil's direction and nodded. Then, he looked at the others who had been following him after a while and spoke, "You guys go over first. I'd like to speak with Miss Qian a little longer."

"But—"

The Attorney General glanced at his secretary. 

Seeing his signal, Secretary Liu stepped forward and ushered everyone towards Neil, leaving his boss alone. The others had no other choice but to leave reluctantly. Secretary Liu halted after a few steps. He glanced at Edith and narrowed his eyes before he turned around and leave.

"Attorney General Leng, is there something you need to tell me?"

The elderly man smiled. "Previously, I have mentioned that you look a little familiar. When I saw your face, I had this feeling as if we had a connection." He let out a dry cough when he realized that there was something wrong with his words. "Of course, I did not mean to be a creep."

Edith let out a nervous laugh at his words.

"I just thought that perhaps, I know your parents," he continued. "Who are your parents?"

In fact, Attorney General Leng had asked his people to investigated Edith after the last time they run into each other in MH Group headquarters. However, his people could not find out anything special about Edith.

She was an orphan and was raised by her grandfather.

However, Attorney General Leng still thought that there was something about Edith. Now that he had run into Edith at this banquet, he wanted to take the chance to figure out why did he think that the girl in front of him was very familiar.

"Attorney General Leng, my parents were just ordinary people."

The corner of his lips tilted as he heard Edith mentioned her parents. The information was no different than what his assistant had told him. 

Perhaps, he was just a little too sensitive?

As he listened to Edith, Attorney General Leng began to notice the small girl dressed in a pink dress behind her. The little girl sat up straight with her eyes wide as she stared at the drawing on the paper.

At that moment, Hazel turned her head slowly towards Attorney General Leng. Suddenly, her eyes grew wide and the color pencil in her hand fell from her hand and rolled over from the table.

The Attorney General bent down to pick up the color pencil and handed it over to Hazel. He saw the way the little girl was staring at him and smiled. "Be careful, little girl."

Hazel stood up suddenly and hid behind Edith. Her hand was gripping at Edith's skirt tightly.

"You—" He was surprised at the way the little girl had reacted. Although the Attorney General was used to see people trembling in fear whenever they saw him, the little girl's reaction was still a little too much.

"I'm sorry." Edith moved to block the Attorney General from Hazel's gaze. Her lips curled into a smile when the elderly man turned to look at her. "My niece is a little afraid of strangers."

"Really?"

"A few months ago, she was almost kidnapped. Since that time, my niece has become a little afraid of strangers."

The Attorney General was a little startled at Edith's words. He glanced at Hazel again and was disappointed when he could not see her figure. However, that gray bunny sling bag was still visible. A thought crossed his mind and his brow furrowed. Before he could open his mouth to speak, Neil had appeared beside him and there was a tensed smile on his face. 

"Attorney General Leng." Neil greeted. He glanced at Edith with worry and turned to the Attorney General with a polite smile on his face. "Is there something wrong?"

"No." the elderly man laughed. "I just saw Miss Qian and decided to chat with her a little bit. President Mo, your fiancee is a very nice lady. You should marry her quickly before some other guys snatched her away."

"I'm planning to do just that." Neil walked over to Edith and wrapped his arms around her waist. His hand was rubbing her arm up and down as if to console her.

However, Neil knew that it was him who was scared. The moment he saw that Edith and Attorney General Leng were left alone, Neil became uncomfortable. After all, the elderly man was someone who had killed his brother.

What if he wanted to harm Edith and Hazel next?

"Attorney General Leng, Director Feng told me that you were interested in investing in the MH project," Neil spoke with a polite tone. "Let's go over there and discuss things carefully."

There was a hint of hesitation on his expression, but then, Attorney General Leng nodded before he followed Neil's lead and joined the others to discuss business. 

As soon as the men had left, Edith turned around and crouched down to Hazel's level.

She has been staying beside the little girl for a long time to know that there was something strange with the way Hazel had acted. 

Edith put her hands on Hazel's shoulder and looked into her eyes. "Are you alright? What's wrong? Hazel?"

The little girl pursed her lips tightly and lurched forward before she wrapped her tiny arms around Edith's neck. "Auntie Edith," she whispered and her voice was a little croaked. 

"What's wrong? You don't like that man?"

Edith had thought that Hazel was slowly recovering from her fear. But perhaps, Attorney General Leng was someone around Manager Xiao's age and this had triggered something within the little girl.

"I don't like him," Hazel admitted.

"Then, we don't have to see him again, alright?" Edith patted her back, assuring her that she will be alright.

Hazel stayed in Edith's embrace for a long time before she spoke again. "Auntie Edith?"

"I—" She hesitated. "I want to go home."

Her expression softened. "Alright.. I'll tell your uncle. We'll go home soon, alright?"

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