Chapter 262 - I Am Very Patient

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Hazel was allowed to leave the hospital after a few days of observation. However, the little girl was still unwilling to say a word. At this time, there was nothing that Neil and Edith could do but to stay patiently by the little girl's side and wait for her to speak again.

Doctor Yang had mentioned that their support was the most important thing for Hazel to overcome her fear. Perhaps, once she had overcome that fear, Hazel would start to speak again and took the initiative to tell them what was in her mind.

Because of Hazel's condition, Neil choose to work hard and continued his cooperation with Jennifer Jiang and her brother. The few men that Neil had sent into various departments were asked to keep their eyes on the managers and directors. 

One of those men, who was asked to keep his eyes on Director Lance Feng in the Project Development Division soon return to Neil with news of Director Lance Feng's meeting with Attorney General Leng and their discussion on the project that the Attorney General was interested in.

From the files that Assistant Shawn had brought to him and the files that Jamie had taken, Neil then found out that the directors were planning to take out another sum of money from the company.

With Henry's help, Neil was able to keep his eyes on his directors and managers movement.

Seeing the way his niece had acted, Neil found his heart would ache and he could not go on watching the once talkative Hazel suddenly turned quiet. He had promised Adam that he was going to look after Hazel and had no plan to go back on his words. 

This time, he was very desperate to take down those who had dared to harm his family before they would have the chance to do something again. He could not let his family down.

Meanwhile, Edith continued to attend the kindergarten with Hazel sticking closer to her side. Fortunately, Edith was also Hazel's class teacher and it was not strange for them to stay together.

Previously, Hazel would still join the other kids in their group activity. But now, Hazel would often sit at the corner in silence and watched as her classmates played around.

The school session ended and Edith went back home with Hazel. In the evening, Edith went into the kitchen to start preparing for dinner as Hazel sat at the barstool, doing her homework.

As she was waiting for the chicken soup in the pot to boil, Edith walked over to Hazel and saw that she was scribbling something on the paper. A frown appeared on her face when she saw the pictures that she could not understand. 

These days, Edith seemed to notice that Hazel had not drawn pictures as much as she would have in the past. 

"Hazel, what are you drawing?" Edith leaned forward and blinked her eyes at the little girl. Unfortunately, Hazel only blinked back before she continued with her drawing.

Heaving a soft sigh, Edith stood at the side and continued to watch the little girl as her hand was caressing Hazel's hair.

It has been a few days since Edith had asked Aaron to help her and investigate the Attorney General, but her friend had not come up with any news as he was preoccupied with that serial murder.

At this time, the doorbell rang and Edith walked over to the door after reminding Hazel to sit still. 

Once her auntie left her side, Hazel looked up from her drawing and continued to stare at Edith for a long time. It was as if Hazel was afraid that her auntie will suddenly disappear from her gaze. 

Edith pressed a button at the intercom and saw that Lily and her son had shown up at her door. She pressed another button and swung open the door to let the two guests in. "You're here!"

"How is it going?" Lily went forward to wrap her arms around her friend's.

Once she heard the news that something had happened to Hazel, Lily decided to visit as she was worried for both Hazel and Edith. Unfortunately, with Alex now in school, it was hard for her to find time to visit them both until today.

Lily pulled away and stared at Edith with a faint smile on her face. "How are you?"

"I'm good." Edith let out a chuckle.

Hearing her words, Lily could only heave a long, helpless sigh. She liked Hazel. But at the same time, Lily thought that it was a bit distressing to see her friend in this state.

Edith was someone who had no experience being a parent, but now that she was dating Neil, there was a lot that she had to sacrifice. Looking after a child was not easy, what's more with Hazel's condition.

Hazel can be obedient and will not cause any trouble, Lily was still worried that there would be a time when Edith was going to get tired and grew frustrated when Hazel did not show much improvement. Lily is a parent herself and there were days when she would lose her patience and got frustrated over things.

As a friend, all Lily could do was to give Edith her support.

"Thank you for coming," Edith said as she stepped aside to let Lily and Alex in.

"Auntie Edith," Alex whispered and waved his hand to gesture for Edith to come closer. "Is Hazel alright? Mommy said that Hazel is not feeling well."

"I have explained a few things to Alex," Lily said. "He knew and he understood the situation.

Edith mouthed a thank you to Lily and crouched down to Alex's height. "Did your mommy tell you about what happened to Hazel?"

Alex nodded. "Mommy said Hazel won't speak because she's not feeling well. But Auntie Edith, don't worry. I won't stop playing with Hazel. She is my friend and I really like her."

Edith flashed a smile at the little boy. "Thank you. As a friend, you have to stay beside Hazel patiently. Don't get mad when she did not respond to you, alright?"

"Auntie Edith, Mommy said I am very patient," Alex said. His eyes were blinking innocently. "Or else, I won't be able to sit still and build that Gundam model for hours."

Lily chuckled. She had once said those words because she was too frustrated with her son who loved those models so much. Lily had never thought that her son had thought that those were a compliment to him. 

After exchanging a few words with Alex, Edith ushered them into the living room.

The moment Hazel saw Alex walked into the living room, her eyes grew wide. She subconsciously slid off her chair and walked over to Alex. Her lips quivered, but after a while, Hazel moved her head to nod at both Alex and his mother as her form of greetings.

Seeing this, Edith heaved a breath of relief.

At least, Hazel's reaction when she saw Alex was good enough. Usually at kindergarten, Hazel would not give a reaction when her classmates tried to talk to her.

Perhaps, letting Lily bring over her son to accompany Hazel would be a good idea.

Alex did not mind when Hazel did not answer his greetings. Instead, he stretched out his hand to hold Hazel's. "I brought with me a new model, Hazel come and help me, alright?"

The little girl nodded and let Alex led her to sit around the coffee table.

Soon, the two children started to build the model together in silence.. Once in a while, Alex would speak and Hazel would nod before she obediently followed his instructions.

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