Chapter 219 - Should I Be Worried?

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After an hour of journey, the three of them arrived at the resort.

Hazel looked around the place and was excited upon seeing the thin layer of snow on the ground. 

Earlier that morning, her uncle had told her that they were going to a resort to play. As the temperature was lower in this area, Hazel had to wear thick clothing. Even so, Hazel thought that it was still a little cold.

A smile curled on Neil's face when he saw his niece eyeing their surroundings with her wide eyes. "Do you like this place?"

Hazel turned and nodded enthusiastically. She had heard from her uncle that there might be snow, but Hazel did not think that she would get to see a thin layer of snow when they arrived.

L City has turned colder in winter, but the temperature was not as cold as this place.

"Then let's go inside and put our stuff. Then, we can go out and walk around," Neil said. 

Hazel nodded. She took Edith's hand and the two walked towards the resort with her uncle following behind. Once the check-in procedure was done, they went into the suite and Hazel started to run around to look at the surroundings. 

Satisfied with how her bedroom looked like, Hazel then went to find her auntie in the living area.

"Did you look at your room?" Edith asked.

Hazel nodded. "Un. Auntie Edith, will you be sleeping with me tonight?"

The last time the three of them went to Capital City, Hazel was supposed to share her room with Edith, but as the night comes, her uncle had kidnapped her auntie away. Hazel woke up the next morning finding that she had slept alone.

"Do you want me to sleep with you tonight?" Edith asked.

Neil, who was speaking on the phone with his assistant, heard the girls' conversation and became unhappy. Though he would be unhappy if Edith would choose to accompany his niece, he would not fight Hazel about such matters.

Hazel pondered over the question and her gaze fell on her uncle's silhouette. Noticing the way her uncle was looking at her, Hazel quickly shook her head. "No. It's okay. I'm a big girl and I can sleep alone."

Hearing her answer, Neil let out a breath of relief before he walked away to continue his conversation with Assistant Shawn.

Edith patted the little girl on her hair. "Well, your uncle will be going to a banquet tonight. I can accompany you to sleep until he comes back, is that alright?"

"You're not going with my uncle?"

The last time they went to Capital City, her uncle and auntie left to attend a banquet together and Hazel had to stay with Uncle Shawn. She had thought that this time, it would be the same.

"Well, I'm staying with you. Let's have fun together later, alright?"

Hazel nodded happily. She ran towards the window and stayed there to enjoy the scenery. Once her uncle returned, the three of them went out and walked around the resort.

Living in L City, they were surrounded by tall concrete buildings and such. Now that they were at the resort, the three of them walked around and to enjoy the fresh air and the beautiful scene of nature.

Around them was the beautiful view of mountain scenery. The tall greenery trees, as well as the winter flowers, looked very pretty with the white snow around.

Once they walked and played enough, Neil brought them to a cafe for lunch. The food in the cafe tasted even better as they were accompanied by a pretty view.

Hazel was eating her strawberry cream cake happily when she noticed a familiar figure standing not far away from them. Her expression turned sour when Hazel saw that woman walked over to their table.

"President Mo," Autumn Feng greeted happily as she approached them. She shot a displeased look at Edith and turned to Neil with a bright smile. "President Mo, are you attending tonight's banquet as well?"

Neil shot her an unhappy gaze. "Why are you here?"

He was pretty sure that he had sent this girl far away to attend a seminar for a month. Has it been a month already?

Autumn lowered her gaze and smiled shyly. "President Mo, I came to accompany my father to the banquet tonight. I saw you here and thought that I should say hi. Perhaps we can discuss what I have learned from the seminar."

Neil shot her a dangerous look. "Miss Feng right now is my personal time with my family. I would appreciate it if you don't disturb me at this time under the pretense of discussing works."

His voice was cold, and Autumn was embarrassed as she felt as if everyone in the restaurant was looking at her. Her lips curled into an awkward smile and Autumn left after apologizing to them.

Neil heaved a long breath when he saw that Autumn had left. When he looked up again, Neil was startled upon seeing the way his girlfriend was smiling at him. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"It seemed that Miss Feng will be attending the banquet tonight. Should I be worried?"

Neil smiled when he sensed the jealousy in her tone. "Then, do you want to come with me?"

"As your bodyguard?"

"No. You can be my plus one."

Edith studied his face and lowered her gaze. "No. I promised that I'm going to accompany Hazel tonight."

The little girl looked up when she heard her name, but had no idea why the grownups were mentioning her at this time.

Edith continued to eat her meal and paused when a warm palm covered her hand. She looked up and was surprised to see Neil's worried face. Edith let out a chuckle and said, "Stop thinking too much. I trust that you will be able to protect yourself well. You come over for work and I am not going to be a nuisance."

"You will never be a nuisance." Neil held her hand tighter.

Seeing the smile on Edith's face and knew that his girlfriend's mood was not affected, Neil let out a breath of relief. 

As they were waiting for Hazel to finish her cake, Edith stood up and headed towards the restroom. 

She was washing her hands at the sink when she noticed that Autumn Feng was standing behind her with an angry look in her eyes.

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