Chapter 105 - I Come To Pick You Up

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After a few days of trying to avoid running into Edith, Neil Mo finally gave up. 

He found out that each time he tried to keep his distance, that person would magically around him. Unknowingly, his gaze would follow after her move, and was unable to compose his thought.

Neil Mo was starting to think that there was something wrong with him. 

He could not understand why he was bothered when Edith had agreed to let Henry send her back, nor why he could not stop worrying upon hearing that she was meeting another man.

Whenever Edith was around, Neil was embarrassed as she would remind him of that intense dream. Whenever she was not around, he would wonder what she was up to. He did not want to think about her, but she kept on appearing. That peck and the words, 'Iceblock Mo, I like you' would replay in his mind at random times. That person would stay in his mind and suddenly showed up around him.

In short, Edith Qian was everywhere.

It was all because of that kiss and confession.

It was slowly turning him crazy.

However, Neil refused to think that something inside him began to stir after that night. He was someone with calm and composure. Surely just a peck and a confession would not be able to affect him much, right?

Could it be that he had stayed single for too long?

He had experience in dating and romance in the past, but this situation was driving him helpless. He did not know what he felt or think about Edith but did not want to think that he had feelings for Edith. She was Hazel's kindergarten teacher, and the thought that he might like her a little bit felt... inappropriate.

As Neil's thought continued to dwell on his situation, the door to the vehicle swung open from the outside and a cheery voice was heard, coming from his niece.

"Uncle!" Hazel greeted happily. She hopped into the vehicle and scurried beside him. "Uncle, what are you doing here?"

Little Hazel had thought that Grandpa Tang will pick her and Teacher Qian from school and drive them back to the house. But today, as Grandpa Tang helped her to open the passenger's door, Hazel found that her uncle was waiting inside.

She could not hide that she was happy to see him.

"I come to pick you up." He saw the smile on Hazel's lips stretched up and her eyes turned crescent. "Are you happy?"

"Un." Hazel nodded enthusiastically. "Very happy." Then she lowered her gaze and looked at him with a shy gaze. "Uncle, you haven't come over to pick me up for a long time."

Previously, Neil would come over to the kindergarten to pick up his niece. But ever since Edith had taken the job as Hazel's caretaker, Neil had assigned Driver Tang to drive the send and pick up the two girls from the kindergarten.

He indeed hasn't come over and picked up Hazel from the kindergarten for a while.

Neil raised a brow and asked, "You like it when I come and pick you up?"

"I like it so much."

Though she loved spending time with her favorite teacher, Hazel could not deny that she enjoyed it when her uncle showed up at the kindergarten. The other kids have their parents to pick them up at school and Hazel was a tad jealous of them.

Her uncle might be different than her father, but he was her blood relative. 

A rare warm smile curled on Neil's lips as he pulled the little girl to him before he planted a kiss on top of her head. 

These days, the little girl was closer to him. The little girl was no longer shy around him and would act spoil around him from time to time.

His mother, Sophie had seen this situation and was surprised upon seeing this change. They had thought that it would take a long time for the uncle and niece to get closer. After all, the two of them had never had much contact before Hazel decided to live with his uncle.

Of course, this change would not be possible without Edith's help.

When Neil lifted his head, Edith was standing still at the door, staring at him in a daze, while Driver Tang was still waiting for her to enter the vehicle.

"Teacher Qian, what are you doing?" Neil raised a brow at her. He had long noticed the way she was staring at him and found that it was amusing. "Quickly come inside."

"Oh!" Edith snapped out of her trance and slid into the car. 

Just like little Hazel, Edith too was surprised to see that Neil was inside the vehicle. She was not prepared for this sudden situation and wished that she had at least combed her hair nicely before she came out of the kindergarten.

She was chasing one of the naughty students earlier and the wind had messed up her hair a little bit. 

"President Mo, I did not expect to see you here." She glanced at her wristwatch and noted that it was too early for Neil to leave his office.

"Hmm," Neil leaned to help Hazel with her seat belt. "Hazel's grandmother called to remind me that she needed new clothes. Since I'm free at this time, I thought we should visit the mall today. You do have time, right?"

The last time that they planned to visit the mall to get a few things for Hazel, something else had happened and they had to cancel their outings. 

If his mother had not called to remind him that Hazel will need new clothes, Neil would have forgotten all about it.

With his mother's urging, Neil had no choice but to push back a few agendas to take Hazel to buy some stuff. 

"We're going to the mall?" Hazel blinked her eyes at her uncle. 

"Hmm…" Neil caressed Hazel's head. "It will get colder soon. You will need new clothes as the one you have no longer fit you." His eyes were glued at Edith's expression. "Teacher Qian, I hope you can help me with this matter."

Then she turned to her teacher with expectant eyes. "Teacher Qian, can we go?"

Edith shifted her gaze to the little girl and was dazed with that cute face. Gradually, the corner of her lips tilted up. She pinched at Hazel's cheek lightly and said, "Of course we can. I will help you to pick out a few cute clothes." 

After almost fifteen minutes' drive, Driver Tang finally pulled up at one of the popular malls in L City. As this mall was one of MH Group's businesses, there were a few staff who had recognized Neil. The small group of people stepped up and greeted their President properly, but Neil merely lifted his hand and signaled them to leave him.

Hazel held on to her uncle's hand with her right hand and grabbed at her teacher's hand with the other.. The little girl looked at the two grownups with a wide smile and said, "Let's go."

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