Chapter 102 - I Can Wait For You

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Her grip on the thermal bag tightened upon seeing his expression and hearing his tone. However, Edith stood up straight and smiled. "Mrs. Mo heard that you were going to work overtime. She was worried that you will forget to have your meal. So, she let me deliver dinner for you."

The man she happened to like was an iceblock. It would be a miracle if he greeted her warmly. At this stage, she could only bear his cold and aloof attitude. Fortunately, his iceblock face was still handsome and very good to look at.

As the thought crossed her mind, Edith chided herself for her weak mind. She needed to toughen up and not fall for Neil too fast or else, she would suffer.

Neil shifted his gaze towards the thermal bag when he heard her words. Then, he swiftly looked away. "Just put them on the table and you can leave it there. I will eat them when I am hungry."

He had thought that he had misheard things when Henry said that he ran into Teacher Qian. Just as he lifted his head, the person magically appeared in front of him and he was stunned.

In fact, Neil had decided to stay at the office and pull over time to avoid this person.

It seemed that the more he tried to avoid her, the more she was going to appear in front of him. She was like a ghost, haunting him.

Last night, he decided to attend that dinner party that he would usually decline to go to just to avoid meeting Edith at his home. But then, he ran into a lunatic and when he came home, the person who he tried to avoid was waiting for him.

Though Edith had probably waited for him in the living room as per his mother's instruction, Neil could not deny that his heart moved. 

Her eyes were slightly squinted, showing that she had fallen asleep and was awaken when he walked into the room. As they exchanged a few words, her eyes turned brighter that he could see his reflection in it.

He was uncomfortable and had wanted to move away when he heard that she had prepared something for him to eat.

At the thought that he did not want to let her hard work goes to waste, Neil took her offer and walked into the kitchen. He offered half of his portion and silently regretted his move. 

Wasn't he trying to avoid her? Why did they end up sharing a meal?

Neil quickly concluded that the alcohol was turning his mind befuddle.

However, as they were having a quiet meal in the kitchen, a thought came into his mind and Neil realized that Edith had completely forgotten what she had done to him a few nights ago. 

Meanwhile, he was the one who seemed affected by that incident. Neil realized that when Edith was around, he would subconsciously raise his head and watched her movement through the corner of his eyes. The culprit was cool about it, while the victim was uneasy about this matter.

"Mrs. Mo instructed me to supervise you as you eat," Edith said. "She was afraid that you were going to leave the food on the table and continue to work instead of eating properly."

A loud chuckle reverberated in the room. Henry Wu stared at his friend with an amused look in his eyes. "Your mother knows you very well." He turned to Edith and smiled. "Mrs. Mo is right. If you leave the food here, there is a huge chance that President Mo is going to forget them as he was too engrossed in his work."

Neil flashed his friend a dagger look, signaling him to shut up.

"President Mo, Mrs. Mo had instructed me to return with the lunch boxes," Edith continued. "According to Mrs. Mo, those Tupperware are very valuable to her."

The corner of his lips twitched at the mention of his mother's favorite Tupperware. When he was in college, he had lost one of them and his mother was furious.

"Neil, why don't you have something to eat first and continue your work later," Henry said, in his attempt to help Edith. "No matter how important that work is, having your meal on time is important too."

Neil took a deep breath, stood up, and walked towards the sofa. Sensing that both Edith and Henry was staring at him strangely, Neil raised a brow. "What's the matter? Didn't you tell me that I should eat my dinner before continue my work?

"Oh!" Edith quickly walked over to the table, took out the lunch boxes from the thermal bag, and suddenly, a hand appeared in front of her, stopping her from taking the lid off. Edith turned her head and look at the man in puzzled.

"I'll do this myself," Neil said. "Teacher Qian, have a seat first. I will let finish this quickly"

"President Mo, just eat slowly. I can wait for you." 

His movement paused. His gaze met with Edith briefly and his mind started to translate her words differently.

Edith said that she was going to wait for him to finish his food, but his head was telling him that she can wait until he will like her back.

Upset with the way his mind was working, Neil quickly looked away to the lunch box.

The delicious aroma of the home-cooked food wafted through the room and Neil was able to see that they were something that his mother had prepared. However, the amount of food was a little bit too much. It seemed as if this meal was prepared for two.

Of course, Sophie was it all figured out. She had prepared food for two people and hope that the two will share a meal. Hopefully, they could use this chance to cultivate their feelings.

"Did auntie knew that I was going to come and prepared a portion for me as well?" Henry mused. He looked into the bag and saw that there was another pair of chopsticks inside. A look of surprise appeared on his face. Then, he quickly sat down and clipped at the stewed meat.

"What are you doing?" Neil shot his friend a displeased look.

"Don't tell me that you can finish the food all by yourself?" Henry said. He pointed at the food. "This amount of food was definitely meant to be shared. Neil Mo, don't be stingy. Good food is meant to be shared. Miss Qian, have you eaten yet? Come and join us. There are plenty of them."

Neil narrowed his eyes dangerously at his shameless friend, who seemed to treat his meal as if it was his.

Edith waved her hand to decline. "It's alright. I have eaten before I came. You guys go ahead."

The two men ate while discussing some unimportant matters. After a while, Henry turned to Edith and saw that she was staring at her phone.

His brow rose and slowly, his lips tilted into a small smile. "Miss Qian, are you heading home after this?"

Edith was secretly staring at Neil who was absorbed in eating when she heard Henry called her name. "Ah?" She snapped out of her trance and realized that Henry was asking her a question. "Un. I'm going home after this."

Henry looked at Edith in disbelief. "You came here just to deliver food for us?" 

Neil shot his friend a dissatisfied look. Then, his gaze moved to Edith and a look of anticipation crossed his face.

"Un," Edith nodded.

"How did you get here? Public transport?"

"Hmm," Edith nodded again.

Henry put his cutleries down. He propped his chin with his hand and looked at Edith with a smile. "Miss Qian, let me send you back after this."

Neil turned his head quickly. "Why are you sending her back?" 

"It's late. Although Miss Qian was good at self-defense, it wouldn't be good to let a woman walk alone on the street, right?" Henry turned to his friend. "Anyway, you still have to stay here and work overtime, right?"

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