Chapter 195 - Auntie Edith Has Gone Missing!

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The two grownups paused and turned to look at each other. 

Neil was amused when he saw the surprised look on his girlfriend's face.

Though she had said that she was going to talk to Hazel and explained that they have been sharing a bedroom, Edith has been delaying on this matter for a long time.

It looked like they can no longer pretend and keep this matter a secret from that little girl.

Seeing that his girlfriend was unable to respond, Neil got off the bed and look for something to wear.

"Uncle! Are you there?" Hazel knocked on the door again, and this time, the sound was a little louder. 

"Yes. Hold on. I'll be out shortly," Neil shouted back.

Edith watched as Neil slipped into a shirt and pants and immediately went to his side as he was a few inches away from the door. She grabbed at his wrist and stared back at him with horror. "What are you trying to do?"

"I'm just going to open the door."

"Why?"

His lips twitched. "Hazel is out there looking for you. What do you think I should do? Hazel would be worried when she could not find you in your room." Neil inched closer to her face and whispered. "Then, do you think you want to stay in my room here forever?"

"Why does this happen when I stay for one night in your room? You never got caught sneaking out from my room." Edith retracted her hand and looked at him with an aggrieved face. "This is your fault!"

"Alright. It is my fault." Neil chuckled. He helped to adjust her shirt and turned to the door.

Hazel's eyes grew bright when she saw her uncle appeared at the door. "Uncle! Auntie Edith has gone missing! Do you think that she has run away?"

Neil turned his gaze towards the person who was hiding behind the door and then back at the little girl. "Why do you think that Auntie Edith had run away?"

"Last night, she told me that you were angry at her. Auntie Edith is a good girl. She should have apologized to you if she did something wrong." 

That was what her teacher had taught them. Whenever they did something wrong, they have to apologize. Little Hazel looked up to her Auntie Edith so much and she believed that her auntie would have gone to look for her uncle to apologize.

A gasp escaped her and Hazel eyed her uncle suspiciously. "Uncle! What did you do?"

Her uncle can be fierce. What if he had said something to her Auntie Edith because he was too angry and cause her auntie to run away?

Neil felt that something was not right with the way Hazel was looking at him. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Hazel did not say a word, but the accusation in her eyes was too obvious. Neil could guess that the little girl was thinking that he had said something to her Auntie Edith and made her run away. 

The two of them were blood-related, but it seemed that his little niece favored her Auntie Edith more and would be on her side if they get into an argument one day.

"Why are you so sure that she has gone missing?"

"Her bedroom door was half-opened. She is not inside. I look for her in the kitchen and she is not there. Usually, if Auntie Edith went out to by breakfast, she would tell me or leave a note on the dining table. But she is not around and there is no note." Hazel's voice trembled as she continued to speak. 

Various scenarios came to her mind and Hazel was worried that her Auntie Edith would suddenly leave and disappeared. It was not long ago that she had lost her parents. At the thought that the person she relied on and trusted most would suddenly leave her, Hazel grew afraid.

"Uncle, help me to find Auntie Edith, alright?"

The little girl's lips were slightly pouted. Neil had a feeling that if he had said no, the little girl would cry.

Neil glanced at the person who hid behind the door again and raised a brow at her as if asking whether she wanted to come out or not.

Edith, who was listening to the little girl's words felt a tug on her heart. She stretched her hand and tugged on Neil's shirt. 

A sigh escaped him, knowing well what his girlfriend was asking him to do. Neil crouched to get to Hazel's height and patted at the little girl's hair. "Alright. Don't get upset. Your Auntie Edith is fine."

"Did she tell you where she was going when she left?" 

"She did not leave."

Hazel's eyes grew misty. She blinked and a tear streamed down on her cheek. 

Neil glanced at Edith and said. "Look, you have made Hazel cry."

"Ah?" Edith panicked and suddenly walked out from her hiding place. Her eyes went wide upon seeing the tears on Hazel's face. Edith leaned over and ran her thumb on Hazel's cheek to wipe the tears. "Hazel, what's wrong?"

"Auntie Edith!" Hazel spread her arms and buried her face in her auntie's embrace. Her tone was full of complaint.

Neil stared at the scene with his mouth gaped. He wanted to tease his girlfriend and was not expecting Hazel to actually cry.

"Why are you crying?" Edith asked.

Hearing the question, Hazel's crying grew louder. The two grownups looked at each other and both were at loss at what to do.

"I thought," Hazel tightened her grip around Edith's neck and sniffled. "I thought you have left me. Auntie Edith, don't leave me, alright?"

Edith patted her back and hugged the little girl tightly, giving her a sense of security. "Why would I leave you? Where would I go?" Her voice grew soft as she tried to coax the little girl. "I promised that I will stay with you, didn't I?"

Hazel bit at her lips and did not speak of her worry. She was afraid that if she had said her worry out loud, it will become true.

The last time, Cindy Bai called her unwanted and a bad luck bringer. It had left a shadow in her heart and Hazel was afraid that Edith would not want her anymore.

Suppressing her grievance, Hazel tightened her embrace on Edith and had refused to let go.

It took her a while until Hazel was finally calm. Her face reddened and her eyelashes were wet with tears. She looked very pitiful and Edith was having a hard time letting her go. However, after crouching down for so long, her legs were starting to sore.

"Are you hungry?" Edith asked. She watched Hazel nodded and smiled. "Can you wait for me downstairs with your uncle? I'll take a shower first. Then, we'll make breakfast together, alright?"

Neil looked at Hazel and reached her hand. "Alright. Hazel, let's go downstairs."

Hazel stared at her uncle with uncertainty, but before she could say a word, her uncle had already carried her into his arms and headed downstairs. Hazel stared at Edith and her gaze did not leave her figure until Hazel saw her enter her bedroom.

As they arrived in the living room, Neil placed the little girl on the sofa. Then, he turned around and pulled a few tissue paper to help Hazel clean her face.

It was Sunday morning and therefore, Auntie Emma did not come over to cook.

"Alright. Stop crying. Your Auntie Edith is fine, isn't she?" Neil tried to coax. He stared at Hazel for a long time and hesitated before he spoke again. "She is not going to leave. You know that we are dating, right?"

Hazel nodded. 

"Now that we are a couple, it is natural for us to be sleeping together. Your Auntie Edith is not leaving. She is just moving over to my room." Neil continued to observe her reaction as he prepared herself for Hazel's questions. 

"Just like mommy and daddy?"

"Un." Neil nodded. "Just like your mommy and daddy."

Hazel listened to her uncle's explanation and soon, her worry gradually disappeared.

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