Chapter 265 - I Already Know

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Her body froze as Edith watched her grandfather walked in. "G-Grandpa!" Her lips curled into an awkward smile. "Why are you here?"

"I hear that the little princess is sick, so I came over to visit." Mike stopped as he arrived in front of his granddaughter. "What's the matter with you? Why are you looking at me as if you did something wrong?" Mike raised his brow. "Did you do something wrong?"

Edith lowered her head as the guilt surrounded her. "Grandpa," She called out his name in a coquettish way. 

Mike heaved a sigh at his granddaughter. Then, he handed a bag to Edith. "Here. I bought noodles from Old Chen's noodle stall for you. Let's go in first and talk later."

Edith nodded and stepped aside. It was not a good time for them to talk. Neil's parents were around and they did not want to make things awkward.

As soon as Mike walked in, he shot Aaron a look upon noticing that he was also presented.

Aaron clearly knew that his granddaughter was living together with Neil, but he too had chosen not to say anything about this matter to him.

Sensing the older man's anger, Aaron quickly told Edith that he had a call from the station demanding him to come back to the station and left the apartment.

The two people were going into an argument later and Aaron did not want to be dragged into it. He had grown up with Edith and had seen how terrible it can be when Mike was angry.

Edith watched her friend retreating and muttered a few cursing words.

They were friends, but at the first sign of danger, this man had turned his back on her and escape!

Hazel was especially excited upon seeing Grandpa Qian. Her eyes shone brightly when Mike started to call her his little princess. Seeing that the elderly man had crouched down, Hazel walked over and wrapped her arms around Mike's neck.

The name, little princess, always made her feel a little special. There was no one else who would call her that way except for Mike.

Mike laughed when the little girl had greeted him with a smile on her face. "Are you excited to see me?"

Hazel pulled away and nodded. Her gaze told him that she was indeed happy to see him, but his heart dropped seeing that the little girl had not said a word to him. 

He had heard from both Sophie and Lucas that something had happened to Hazel and the trauma made Hazel chose not to speak a word. However, Mike could not ask them what did the little girl had experienced.

The grownups looked at each other with an understanding look and no one mentioned anything about Hazel's unwillingness to talk. 

As both Sophie and Lucas busied themselves to entertain their granddaughter, Edith took her grandfather to the apartment next door to talk. 

"Grandpa, I'm sorry," Edith spoke as they sat around the living area. Her head lowered and her expression showed how remorseful she was at the situation.

Mike clicked his tongue. "What are you sorry for?"

Edith swallowed before she spoke again. "I didn't tell you that I have start living together with Neil." Her fingers moved to pinch at a corner of Mike's shirt, and Edith looked at her grandpa, feigning an adorable look.

"Then why didn't you tell me?"

"I was worried that you might be angry."

"I'm angrier that you didn't tell me a thing."

Edith lowered her head again.

Seeing her granddaughter acting like this, Mike's heart started to waver. Now that he was older, his heart would easily soften whenever Edith played this trick on him.

Moreover, Mike thought that he did not have the right to be angry at Edith. After all, he had hidden a big secret from his granddaughter.

"I already know that you are living together with Neil." Mike's tone softened.

Edith swiftly lifted her head and looked at her grandfather with a shocked expression. "Grandpa… you knew? How did you—"

"You have forgotten, did you?" Mike clicked his tongue. "The last time you tried to reach me when I fell asleep at the Li's B&B, Neil had sent someone to look for me." His eyes darted away as he tried to hid his guilty conscience. "It was late at night and the two of you were together. If I cannot piece the two puzzle together, then my years as a detective were nothing but a waste."

Edith pursed her lips, knowing that this was not the time for her to speak. She did not think that her grandfather had known about their living arrangement for a while. 

So… that was why her grandfather does not seem surprised when he saw her at the door.

Edith reached for her grandfather's shirt again and gave it a small tug. "Grandpa, are you angry?"

"You're my granddaughter. I won't get angry at you because of this." Mike heaved a soft sigh. "Anyway, both you and Neil had decided to get married. As long as you're not stupid to let yourself be played by a man, I won't be angry. Since Neil had proposed and was willing to be responsible for you, why would I get angry?"

Edith stared at her grandfather's face for a long time, as if inspecting whether he was sincere with his words.

"You don't know this. But during the trip from Z Town to L City, Neil's parents had already briefed me about your upcoming wedding non-stop. What wedding hall? What guests list?" 

His daughter, Rachel had married an orphan. The two of them chose to register their marriage and had never had any wedding reception. 

He realized that he had never had the chance to plan his daughter's wedding. Now that his granddaughter was getting married, Mike wanted her to have the best.

Therefore, when Sophie and Lucas started to talk to him about those things, Mike began to panic at the thought that there would be a lot to plan for a wedding.

"From the look of it, they were excited to have you joined their family. As long as you like him and his family treated you well, I won't say anything."

Hearing her grandfather's words, Edith felt her nose soured and her eyes stung. Before the tears fell on her cheek, Edith lurched forward and hugged her grandfather tightly. An indescribable feeling arose in her heart and her lips pursed, knowing that she could not speak a word.

"Alright. Alright." Mike patted at Edith's back to console her. "You're a big girl now. Don't cry."

Edith sniffed before she buried her face in her grandfather's neck.

Seeing her reaction, Mike could only sigh. 

Once Edith pulled away, Mike began to ask her the question that he has been wondering for a while. "Tell me, what is wrong with my little princess? Why did she suddenly decide not to speak?"

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