Chapter 248 - Grandpa, You're The First

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The stars were glittering in the night sky. 

In one of the low-cost apartments in A City, A group of men was scattered in the living room. Some were sitting on the sofa, some were on the floor and then, another was sleeping on the portable mattress.

There were empty food containers and canned drinks and bottles were scattered on the coffee table and the sounds of chatting were heard in the room.

Mike Qian sat at the corner of the room with his friend, George Bei beside him. At this time, his phone on the coffee table buzzed. Mike glanced at the screen, stood up, and walked over to the door.

"Where are you going?" George asked, surprised to see that his friend had suddenly wanted to leave without saying anything.

Mike shook the phone in his hand. "I have an important call to make."

George glanced at the clock and frowned. "It's almost midnight."

"I know." Mike smiled. "This is the reason I need to make this phone call. I'll be on the rooftop if you need to find me" He grabbed his jacket hanging on the sofa and left the apartment. Turning to his left, Mike then climbed the stairs and headed up.

Mike tightened the jacket around his body and walked over to a corner. He glanced at his phone and noticed that there was only a minute before midnight. He looked at the night scene before him and waited.

His phone buzzed again and Mike was quick to turn off the alarm. His fingers then moved to browsed through his contact. Once he found his granddaughter's name, Mike clicked at her name and waited for the call to connect.

Edith answered after a few seconds. "Grandfather?"

Mike answered with a soft hum. "Are you at home?"

"En." Edith nodded. "I was preparing to go to bed."

A slight frown appeared on Mike's face as he recalled that his granddaughter was now living with Neil Mo. At the thought that his granddaughter would share the bed with that man, Mike was a little unhappy. His granddaughter was all grown up and was stolen away by some brat. His face turned uglier as Mike recalled his last conversation with Neil.

Edith got off the bed, signaled the man beside her that she was going to take the call, and walked out to the balcony. "Grandfather, I thought you went on a fishing trip with Grandpa George. There's a phone signal on the boat?"

Her tone was cautious as Edith was worried that something might happen to her grandfather. After all, it was a little strange for her grandfather to give her a call around midnight.

"We didn't go far from the land today, of course, there's a signal." Mike let out a chuckle. He raised his arms and looked at his watch. His lips curled into a smile as soon as the second hand moved to twelve. "My little gangster, happy birthday."

There was a brief silence between them before Edith suddenly burst into a fit laugh. It has been a long time since she had heard her grandfather called her his little gangster. She was a little tense to suddenly received his phone call. It turned out that he wanted to wish her a birthday.

"Did you forget that today's your birthday?" 

Edith chuckled. Recently, she has been a little busy and had not paid too much attention to the date. She had forgotten about her birthday. "Grandpa, I would rather not remember the day I turned older." Edith joked. 

"You're forever young for me." Mike laughed. "Alright. I just called you to wish you a happy birthday. How is it? I am still the first person to wish you your birthday, right?"

"Grandpa, you're the first."

The smile on Mike's lips stretched wider. For a second, he was really glad that he had set up an alarm to call his granddaughter. At least he was able to beat Neil on this matter. 

Suddenly, the door to the rooftop swung open. Mike turned around and saw that his friend, George stood at the door with an anxious look on his face. 

Mike raised a finger to his lips and signaled his friend not to say a thing.

"Alright, go to bed early. I still have a few things to do before I sleep. We're going to head to a new location and I'm not sure if I will be able to contact you." Mike looked at the night scene in front of him. His voice did not waver as he told his granddaughter those lies.

The two of them spoke briefly and hung up. Mike walked over to his friend and frowned. "What's wrong?"

"Old Qian, we have received news that that person is going to Capital City next month," George spoke anxiously. "He's set to meet a few leaders."

Mike's face turned ugly as he continued to listen.

Meanwhile, after that phone call with her grandfather, Edith turned around and saw her boyfriend's unhappy expression. Before Edith was able to say a thing, Neil had swept her into his embrace and leaned in to kiss her lips passionately.

Once he had enough, Neil pulled away, but the slight frown on his face had stayed. "Happy birthday."

Edith laughed before she leaned in to kiss the corner of his lips. Her head tilted sideways as Edith studied his expression. "Why do you look unhappy?"

Of course, Neil couldn't tell her that he was waiting for midnight to wish her birthday. However, just a minute before the clock struck midnight, her phone rang. It was a phone call from her grandfather and Edith would not miss talking to him.

Neil heaved a long sigh as he brought her inside and pulled her into his embrace to warm her body. "Why did your grandfather called? Something happened?"

Thinking that Neil was worried about her grandpa, Edith did not press on the matter.

"No. Grandfather's alright," Edith said. "He just called to wish me a happy birthday."

His expression turned bad as Neil found out that Grandpa had beat him to be the first to wish her birthday. Fortunately, they were hugging and he was able to hide the expression on his face.

A thought crossed her mind and Edith pulled away to look at her boyfriend with her sparkling eyes and dazzling smile. "Darling, did you ask me to invite Lily and the others here today to celebrate my birthday?"

Neil looked at her adorable expression and couldn't resist pinching her cheek. "Alright. My girlfriend is smart. You got me. Stop making a guess or you'll ruin the surprise."

Her eyes widened. "There's a surprise?"

Neil patted at her head. "Be good." 

The phone in her hands buzzed with a few incoming messages. Before Edith was able to check at her phone, Neil had snatched her phone away.

"Let's go to bed first and look at those messages in the morning," Neil said.. "You have a long day tomorrow."

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