Chapter 116 - Scolded

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The look in Neil's eyes made Edith grew anxious.

Sucking in a deep breath, Edith adjusted the straps on her shoulder and walked over to Neil. "President Mo, when did you get here?" As the question escaped her lips, Edith was suddenly worried about what had he seen and how much he had seen.

"I got here not long ago," Neil said. "From that moment you started to knee that boy on his stomach."

Her expression froze hearing him mentioning that move. At the thought that Neil had seen everything, Edith started to feel uncomfortable. Suddenly, she did not know where she should put her hands.

"Are you alright?" Neil approached and gave her a look over. Once he saw that she was without injuries, the frown on his face loosened.

"I'm alright." A slight smile appeared on her lips at his concern. However, that smile disappeared when Edith met his piercing gaze.

It seemed that Neil was still unhappy, though Edith did not know what wrong did she do.

The teenage boy saw that the two were not paying attention to him and was ready to sneak and leave.

"Where do you think you were going?" Neil shifted his eyes to the teenage boy. "Did I tell you that you can leave?"

The teenage boy shook his head. "No, sir!" Noticing that the man's gaze was now on him, the boy took a step back and stumbled before he fell on his butt. "Please. Just let me go. I do not want to go to jail."

Neil stared at the boy and his eyes narrowed. "I know who you are. You live around the duplex condo. You are the Chu's couple's son."

The boy's eyes widened and he started to panic. He scrambled to get to Neil's side and started to plead. "Please don't tell my parents. My father would kill me! Please. I will do anything you ask."

Edith watched the boy and was surprised to know that they were living in the same condo.

Since the boy's family lived in the same condo, then his family should be quite rich. Then why would he steal from someone poor like her?

Suddenly, Edith was curious about the boy.

"Scram!" Neil said to the boy. "Don't let me see you again."

The boy shuffled to stand up and ran off. As the boy was no longer within their sight, Neil turned his attention back to Edith. His eyes narrowed dangerously at her, making her heartbeat accelerated in panic. 

Subconsciously, Edith took a step back.

"Didn't I tell you not to put yourself in danger?" His expression darkened as he spoke. "That kid was holding a weapon. This time, you can see clearly that it was a knife, not some pen. What if you got yourself injured?"

Her eyes widened as she stared at Neil.

She was scolded by the person she liked. The feeling was not that great.

Neil thought back about how she had moved swiftly to disarm the weapon from the boy and took down the boy. Although he admitted that her movements were very skillful, Neil could not help but worry that something might go wrong and Edith might get herself hurt.

His heart almost jumped out when he saw the way the boy swung his knife around. The boy was anxious and a lot of bad things could happen when one was not thinking straight.

"I'm sorry," Edith lowered her head. Her mouth opened as she wanted to give her an excuse, but at the last minute, Edith thought that it was better if she did not explain her decision.

All she wanted was to get back her purse. But, somehow, she had the feeling that Neil would continue to scold her if she said those words. 

Neil took a deep breath as he watched the woman in front of him. She had her head down, with an aggrieved look on her face. Suddenly, Neil was regretting that he had scolded her fiercely.

He stretched his hand and stopped himself before he was able to touch her. 

He retracted his hand before Edith noticed it and cleared his throat. "Just… don't do that kind of thing again. Even if you run into trouble, don't do anything as dangerous as that." 

A deep frown appeared on his face as he recalled what he had almost done. Just now, he was thinking of pulling her into his arms to comfort her. But fortunately, he was able to snap out of his trance.

Edith finally raised her head to look at him when she heard his tone has softened. 

"I know that you can take care of yourself well, but I don't want you to get hurt." 

Her heart skipped a beat and Edith tried her best to control her breathing. The discomfort she felt when he had scolded her suddenly disappeared and was replaced with a wonderful feeling.

A surge of happiness came to her at the thought that Neil had been so fierce to scold her because he was worried that she would hurt herself.

As expected, her Iceblock Mo was definitely not that cold.

"I know," Edith nodded obediently. "I won't put myself in danger again."

Neil grew uncomfortable as Edith stared at him with her bright eyes. He quickly looked away and spoke again, "Let's just go home."

"Oh." Edith took a step as Neil turned around and suddenly, a sharp pain stabbed around her left ankle. A low groan escaped her and Neil turned to her with concern.

"What's wrong?" He noticed her strange pose and his gaze moved to her legs. 

"I think I sprained my ankle."

The frown returned to his face and Neil crouched down to check at her injury, surprising Edith.

Neil stood up again and looked at her with concern. "Can you walk?"

Edith tried to move her feet. Although it was painful, it was still bearable. "I can."

He looked at the way she hobbled and knew that he could not trust her words. After a brief consideration, Neil turned around and crouched down again. He looked over his shoulder and commanded, "Hop on."

"Ah?" Edith stared at Neil's broad shoulders and thought that she had misheard things.

Perhaps her lust had overcome her that she had started to imagine things. There was no way...

"Don't make me repeat myself." 

Neil's gaze made her realize that she was not imagining things. He really wanted her to climb on his back and gave her a piggyback ride!

Suddenly, Edith found herself unable to move. She was very shy, ah!

"President Mo, it's alright. Don't trouble yourself. I can still walk."

Neil grew angry at her words. He turned to her with a cold look in his eyes. "Teacher Qian, don't be stubborn."

Edith hesitated for a few seconds and gathered her courage to stepped forward.

Just as Neil thought that Edith will continue to be stubborn, he felt something soft pressed against his back. Then, a pair of soft arms wrapped around his shoulders.

Neil swallowed as his mind drifted towards the softness.. He took a deep breath and stood up steadily, giving Edith a piggyback ride.

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