Chapter 136 - Be Adorable

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Neil Mo thought that he really could not understand the mind of a girl. 

He was aware that Edith liked him after her drunk confession, and had begun to pay a lot more attention to the girl since then. Though she would sometimes do things that made him wonder if the drunk confessor and Edith were the same person, Neil thought that he at least knew how to read a person.

Her starry eyes and the slight pink flush on her cheek, whenever she stole a glance at him, told him that the drunk Edith was not lying.

She liked him. Or else, she would not declare him as hers to her friend the other day, right?

When Neil recalled the way Edith had said the words 'He's mine', his lips would turn up into a smile. He recalled that Edith had the same domineering and imposing look on her face, just like the time he beat Edward Xiao in front of MH headquarters. Edith had bragged that she can beat up a person, and he had seen the way she does that with his eyes a few times.

Previously, he had thought that Edith was a composed and a gentlewoman. He watched the way she had treated his niece and saw how gentle and patient she can be. But that other side of her was slowly leaked out after he continued to watch her. Neil realized that he was attracted to this gangster.

However, he still could not understand why she did not agree to his offer to extend the contract. What matter did she have to figure out for her to hold back from staying with him and Hazel?

Last night, he had asked his assistant to look up and investigate if Edith was running into some problems, but his assistant could not find anything. Neil thought to ask his friend, Henry to help and investigate. However, when he thought of how Henry had shown his interest in Edith before, Neil was hesitant.

In the end, he can only suffer for a while longer and wait for the day Edith will be able to tell him her answer. 

The sound of knocking on his door snapped him out of his thought. Neil lifted his head and told the person to come in. Seconds later, Hazel's head appeared at the door and she was peeking inside the room with a curious gaze.

"Uncle, can I come in?"

Neil waved his hand. "Un. Come in."

The little girl happily hopped to his side and looked at him with her pair of adorable eyes. "Uncle, I have finished packing everything we need for camping."

Neil patted the girl on his head. "Good job. Then, I will come down and see what you have packed. Did grandma helped you with packing?" 

"Un." Hazel nodded. "Grandma had prepared a lot of food and snacks for us as well. I asked them to come over and join us as well, but Grandfather's health is not good enough to go camping."

A laugh escaped him as he saw the slight pout on the little girl's face. He paused for a while and looked at the little girl with a complicated look. "Hazel, let's talk for a while."

Hazel put on a serious look on her face. 

"Teacher Qian said she hasn't made up her mind about staying with us," Neil spoke in a low voice.

This matter was a secret between him and Hazel. He did not want to risk having his mother or anyone else overhearing this conversation or he would be embarrassed. 

"Then, do you need my help? Should I ask Teacher Qian instead?" 

"No. I want you to continue and pretend that you did not know about this matter," Neil said. He saw the puzzled look on Hazel's face and smiled. "What you need to do is to be on your best behavior and continue to be adorable in front of Teacher Qian."

Hazel huffed. "Uncle, I am always on my best behavior and adorable."

Neil froze for a few seconds before a chuckle escaped him. He patted at her hair and spoke, "Alright. You are always the best and the most adorable."

These days Neil started to realize that his niece could be narcissistic sometimes. He wondered where did she get this trait from?

"Then, just be yourself and stick closer to your teacher so that she would be hesitant to leave you," Neil suggested. "When Teacher Qian realized that she likes you so much, she would not bear to leave your side. In the end, she can only agree to continue and live with us."

"I always know that Teacher Qian likes me very much. If I acted cutely, Teacher Qian will definitely stay." Hazel said. 

Neil raised a brow. "Oh? Why are you so sure?" 

"Teacher Qian said so. Last time I found her sleeping beside me, after we came back from the fishing trip, right?"

Neil replied with a soft hum. The little girl had stuck to her teacher like a koala and refused to let go. They were hesitant to wake the little girl up and let her release her tight grip.

"Teacher Qian said she did not have the heart to wake me up because I was too adorable. Didn't she stayed because I am too adorable?"

Neil laughed at her words.

"But Uncle, what about you?"

"What about me?"

"Teacher Qian likes me very much, but did she liked you?"

His heart skipped a beat at Hazel's sudden question. Neil was not expecting his niece to ask such a question.

"Of course she did," Neil said. "What is it not to like about me? I am good looking and was very popular among other girls."

"But Uncle, you always make Teacher Qian upset."

Neil felt the corner of his lips twitched. Though he would like to refute the little girl's accusation, Neil found that he could not do it. These days, he found that teasing the kindergarten teacher could be fun, and therefore he was unable to hold himself from teasing her a few times. The look on her face was amusing.

"Uncle, the way I see it, it is you who should be on your best behavior," Hazel spoke after pondering over the matter for a while. "Uncle you need to try and be adorable so that Teacher Qian would not bear to leave our side." Her eyes brightened up and Hazel spoke up in excitement. "If you did not know how to do it, I can teach you how to be adorable."

The expression on her face changed again. This time, there was a slight frown on her face as Hazel tilted her head down. "Wait. I am born adorable. Can this thing be taught?" Hazel's voice was a whisper. She then looked at her uncle again with an unmasked worry.

Though Hazel was mumbling to herself, Neil was still able to hear it well. He suppressed his impulse to pinch her cheek and took a few deep breaths to calm down.

This little girl can really talk!

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