Chapter 264 - Grandparents Visit

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Aaron went to find Edith at her place with Neil around the weekend with the result of his investigation. 

As expected, Aaron could not find out too much about the General Attorney. 

Ever since Neil had told her that the General Attorney was involved in both Adam and Claire's death, Edith was ready to hear that Aaron might not find anything at all.

Apart from some scandal that he was in when he was younger, there was nothing else that Aaron could find. The man's record was clean and he was dubbed as a clean and rightful man.

But Neil had convinced her that the General Attorney was not as clean as people had expected. His team and the people he was working with had evidence that proved otherwise. At this time, Neil and the others were still collecting evidence.

They need to be careful in what they do. At this time, the public was still in the dark about what the man had done. Therefore, Neil and the others needed to collect more evidence so that the Attorney General will have no way to escape his punishments. They needed to show the public that the General Attorney was not the person they thought he was.

"I'm sorry," Aaron spoke. "I couldn't find anything else about the man. Other than the Attorney General had previously met Adam Mo's in a few meetings, there was no other way that I can link him to that little girl."

"I know." Edith heaved a sigh and patted Aaron on his shoulder. "Will you get into trouble for investigating him?"

"Now you're concerned about your friend's well-being?" Aaron chuckled. "How are you going to compensate me for doing this little favor?"

"You said it yourself. It was a little favor. What do you want? How about I treat you for a meal?" Edith chuckled, but the worried look on her face did not disappear.

Aaron rolled his eyes. "Don't worry. That won't get me into trouble. Coincidentally, we were looking into the Attorney General as well."

Hearing his words, Edith was surprised.

"You should have heard that his secretary, Secretary Liu was seeing supermodel Amanda Shen before she died," Aaron said. "General Attorney Leng had a few intersections with that model and we had to look into him as well." Aaron stared at Edith and coughed. "I heard that President Mo once dated her as well."

"I know that. Neil had told me that they have broken up for years." Edith narrowed her eyes upon noticing what Aaron was going to ask. "The night that she died, I was with Neil and Hazel in Capital City."

Aaron looked away again. "I know. I wasn't saying anything. If it was not because we had the same cases in Z Town a few years ago, we might continue to suspect your boyfriend."

Edith raised her hand and flashed the ring on her hand. "Fiance."

Aaron rolled his eyes again, then raised both hands in a surrender position. "Alright. Your fiance."

"How are you sure that the murder from the past was done by the same person and not by a copycat?"

Aaron stared back at Edith exasperatedly. "In the end, do you want me to suspect your fiance or not?"

"Hey, I was merely asking because I'm curious." Edith clicked her tongue. 

"Your grandfather and his team who had investigated that murder case before seemed to believe that they were done by the same person," Aaron said. "Grandpa said the marking left by the murderer was the same. It can only be done by the same murder or someone who understood the case or murderer well."

As the two friends continued to chat about the case, Neil descended from the stairs with Hazel holding on his hands tightly. The little girl saw that Edith was in the living area and quickly left her uncle's side to go to Edith.

Seeing this situation, Neil could only sigh helplessly. His gaze met with Aaron and the two men nodded politely.

"Are you staying here for lunch?" Neil asked Aaron.

"No. I still need to return to the station to deal with my works," Aaron said.

Neil nodded before he turned to look at his niece who had plastered herself to Edith. Her eyes were staring at Aaron with a curious gaze.

As if sensing her gaze, Aaron shifted his eyes to Hazel and flashed her a smile. "Hello, little girl. Did you remember me?"

Hazel continued to stare at Aaron. Though she had seen this man with her Auntie Edith before, Hazel was not sure whether she can be safe around this man.

"Uncle Aaron is a policeman," Edith said to Hazel. "His job is to catch bad guys. You don't have to be afraid of him."

Hazel's grip around Edith's shirt loosened up a little bit upon hearing that Aaron was a policeman. Then, slowly, she took a step towards Aaron as she continued to give the man a look over.

"Why is she staring at me like that?" Aaron whispered to Edith.

Edith shrugged as she continued to observe the way Hazel reacted. It seemed that once she told Hazel that she shouldn't be afraid of him, Hazel had let her guard down a little bit.

At this time, the doorbell rang and everyone turned their head towards the door.

"It should be my parents," Neil said. "I'll go and get it." 

Hazel shifted as if she wanted to come over with her uncle, but a few seconds later, she decided to sit still and wait with Edith.

A while later, the room was filled with the voices of both Sophie and Lucas. The grandparents quickly went to look at their granddaughters.

Seeing that the little girl chose to stay silent no matter how they tried to talk to her, both Sophie and Lucas were sad.

Their granddaughter was staring back at them with her bright eyes. It was clear that she was excited to see them. However, the granddaughter that they doted on was not speaking a word to them.

Both Sophie and Lucas could only hide their sadness and frustration in front of Hazel as they did not want the little girl to worry about them.

After a while, the doorbell rang again. As if remembering something, Lucas looked up to Edith and smiled. "That's right, we almost forgot. Edith, we brought with us a special guest." He turned to his son and urged. "Quickly go and open the door."

Edith stared back in confusion. "A special guest? Who is it?"

The door swung open and a while later, a familiar figure appeared in front of them.

"We ran into your grandfather at Old Chen's noodle stall," Lucas continued. "Your grandpa heard about Hazel and decided to come with us and visit."

Seeing her grandpa staring back at her, Edith began to panic.

Although her grandpa was aware that she was dating Neil and had accepted his proposal, she had never told him that they were living together!

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