Chapter 95 - Living Arrangement

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"Mom, Dad, how long are you planning to stay in L City this time?"

"Your father had an appointment for his checkout routine in two weeks," Sophie said. "Since we have arrived, it's better if we stay around a while longer and accompany Hazel."

Neil nodded. He then turned to his father and continued to discuss some matter about the company.

Meanwhile, Edith had something else in her mind. Now that both Chairman Mo and Mrs. Mo were in L City, Edith was worried over something important— the living arrangement.

There were only four rooms in Neil's house. The master room was occupied by Neil. One room was turned into Neil's office. One room was occupied by Hazel, while Edith has been staying in the guest room.

After thinking about this matter for a while, Edith decided to talk to Neil before that man went upstairs and locked himself in his office to handle some work.

Seeing that Neil had finished his discussion with his father, Edith went over to talk to him. "President Mo, I will pack my things and head over to A City after the lunch hour."

"Why are you going to A City?" A frown appeared on his face. "Something happened?"

Edith glanced at the two elders who were playing around with their granddaughter. "Of course I should leave," she spoke in a low voice. "Or else, where would your parents stay?"

Neil stared at the woman in front of him. A chuckle escaped him once he understood what she was trying to do "The unit across us belonged to my parents. Teacher Qian, my parents have a place to stay. You don't need to worry about this."

"Oh."

"My parents are going to stay in L City for a couple of weeks to accompany Hazel," Neil said. "But you should continue and stay here. Everything will be as usual."

Edith nodded as she continued to listen to the arrangement.

"If there's nothing else, I will head upstairs first." Neil turned around and raised his hand to touch his forehead.

Because someone was troubling him last night, Neil had not slept a wink and his head was now throbbing slightly. If he did not get his rest, this headache would get worst.

Neil took a step to leave and suddenly halted as Edith pulled at a corner of his sleeve. His brow raised disapprovingly when he turned to Edith.

"President Mo, wait for a second," Edith spoke in a soft voice to avoid the others to hear. The corner of her lips tilted up as she saw his signature cold look. She swiftly pulled some tablets from her pocket and shoved it into his hand. "You should take some medicine."

Neil shifted his gaze to the medicine in his hand. The crease on his face gradually disappeared when he saw what kind of medicine it was in his hand.

"I saw the way you massaged your temple and neck earlier," Edith explained. "President Mo, if you had a headache, you should eat some medicine and sleep. Or else, I can prepare something for you?"

"No. It's fine." Neil tightened his grip on the medicine. "This is fine. Thank you, Teacher Qian." He turned around quickly and head upstairs to his office. He threw the medicine on the table and sat down on his leather chair. His hand began to massage his temple again and his gaze stopped at the tablet on the table.

He frowned, wondering how did the kindergarten teacher know about his headache. She said that she had noticed that he has been massaging his temple and neck a while ago.

So, she had been paying attention to him?

As he wondered about this matter, the scene from last night appeared in his mind and the image where Edith told him that she liked him popped up in his mind again.

Just how long has it been since she had liked him?

His expression froze when he realized what was on his mind.

It seemed that his brain was not functioning very well now that he did not have enough sleep. Or else, he would not bother to think about such things.

Neil messed up his hair, stood up, and head over to the sofa before he forced himself to sleep.

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As their son was trying to get some sleep, Sophie and Lucas were accompanying their granddaughter in the living room.

Initially, Sophie and her husband were worried about her granddaughter's condition after she was almost kidnapped. But seeing the way that the girl was chatting happily with her, Sophie was relieved.

After both Adam and Clare passed away, her adorable granddaughter turned into a quiet girl. Hazel would prefer to stay alone. Even when they tried to communicate with her, the little girl would only nod or shake her head. It took them a while to make the little girl speak again.

Sophie was worried that the fear and experience from almost getting kidnap would make Hazel into that gloomy child again.

Fortunately, Hazel was alright.

Of course, Sophie knew that it was because both Neil and Edith had stayed by her side and continued to be by her side when she was scared.

Perhaps it was the right decision to allow her granddaughter to live with Neil in the city.

Although Neil was inexperienced in looking after a child, Sophie could see that he had made a lot of change. At least, his relationship with Hazel was getting better each time she saw them together. Hazel's gaze on Neil was no longer estranged as it was at the beginning.

Of course, Sophie was aware Edith had played a role in the change in Hazel and Neil.

She could see that Hazel was very fond of her teacher and therefore had questioned her regarding their living arrangement.

"Grandma, I really like Teacher Qian," Hazel said when her grandmother continued to ask her about her teacher.

Her Teacher Qian was someone who would spoil her and accompanied her to do a lot of things. After Edith had saved her from the kidnapper yesterday, Hazel's fondness and trust towards her teacher had increased to another level.

"Is she really nice to you?" Sophie continued to probe.

"Un," Hazel nodded. The little girl wanted her grandmother to like her teacher more so that her grandmother would not worry much about her living in the city with her uncle. "Teacher Qian was the nicest to me. Even in school."

Sophie smiled as she saw Hazel's happy face. A thought crossed her mind and her eyes flashed with a curious look. "Hazel, tell me…" She looked around suspiciously and asked. "When you were at your uncle's office, is he close to any woman?"

Hazel thought over her question and shook her head. "Uncle is always with Uncle Shawn. When I was at his office, only Uncle Shawn would enter his room."

Sophie heaved a long sigh as she continued to worry about her son's marriage.

Was it possible that her son had different preferences after he had a few failed relationships in the past?

Sophie immediately got rid of that ridiculous idea and turned to her granddaughter. "Hazel, later you must help me to look for your uncle. He is already this old and had not thought of his marriage. Is he planning to stay single forever?"

Hazel stared at her grandmother as she continued to listen to her, worrying about her uncle.

Suddenly, she pulled at her grandmother's sleeve and gestured her to come close so that she could whisper. "Grandma, is it true that if my uncle marries Teacher Qian, I can call Teacher Qian as my auntie?"

Sophie looked at her granddaughter in surprise. "Why do you suddenly ask me this?"

"I heard Alex's mother say it."

Sophie had heard Hazel mentioned Alex a few times and knew that he was her classmate in kindergarten.

"I want to call Teacher Qian my auntie too," Hazel muttered in dissatisfaction as she recalled how close Alex He was with her teacher.

Though her words were a whisper, Sophie was able to hear what Hazel had said.

Her expression quickly changed and another thought came to her mind.

A grownup man and woman have been living under the same roof for a month. It would be impossible if something did not happen, right?

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