Chapter 308 - I Like Hazel's Smile The Best

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As soon as Neil carried Hazel in his arms, the little girl quickly buried her face in between her uncle's neck. Hazel wrapped her arms around her uncle's tightly and a second later, Neil could feel his neck wet with Hazel's tears.

After exchanging a few words with the aunties who looked after the house, Neil then took Edith and Hazel to leave the place. 

As soon as Neil put Hazel in the back seat, the little girl went over to her Auntie Edith and buried her face in Edith's laps. Although Hazel was not making any sound, her quivering shoulders showed that she was crying.

Edith felt a tug in her heart whenever she saw the little girl cried. Her hands moved to pat Hazel on her back as she tried to soothe Hazel's emotion.

Just as Neil was about to enter the vehicle, the housekeeper walked over to them with a paper bag in her hand. Neil stopped and turned to the housekeeper. "Auntie, what's wrong?"

"President Mo, I stumbled into Hazel's drawing folder when I was cleaning up the Master's study a while ago. In this folder, there were a lot of Hazel's favorite drawings." The old housekeeper glanced at the paper bag and her gaze turned gentle. "Back then, Hazel would draw her parents and put everything in this folder. I just thought that she might want to keep this close to her."

Neil glanced at the paper bag and smiled. "Thank you, auntie."

The old housekeeper smiled. She glanced at Hazel who was sitting in the backseat of the SUV and a frown of worry appeared on her face. "How is she recently?"

"She's living quite well. Once in a while she would cry like this whenever she remembers her parents."

The housekeeper heaved a long sigh. 

A while ago, she had seen the tears streaming down the little girl's face and her heart started to ache. The housekeeper has been serving the family from the first day they moved into the house. Naturally, she had seen Hazel from the day she was brought back from the hospital and watched her as she grew up. 

When Hazel's parents passed away, the housekeeper was as heartbroken. She was worried about Hazel but was glad that she was living well with her uncle.

"President Mo, please look after Hazel well."

Neil nodded. He stuffed the paper bag in the vehicle and went into the driver's seat. As he started to drive, Neil glanced at the rear mirror and watched as his wife continued to help Hazel to calm down.

Seeing that Hazel was not in a good mood, Neil decided not to look at their second property and instead, drove over to the mall near their house.

With the way Hazel look at this moment, Neil was sure that his parents would worry. Previously, he had told his parents that the three of them were going to have dinner outside. Even if they returned now, there would not be anything for them to eat.

Hazel had calm down when Neil pulled over his vehicle at the car park. Edith took out a wet tissue and wiped the tear stain on the little girl's face. Hazel looked at the mall in front of her and recalled that she has been to the place before.

The last time she came over to the mall, Alex and his parents had joined them as they had dinner at the indoor playland. She recalled having a lot of fun at the playland with Alex and the two of them played until they were tired.

The moment Hazel saw the large indoor playland in front of her, Hazel was a little surprised. She was not expecting her uncle to take her to the place. 

Seeing the colorful place and hearing the sound of laughter of everyone around her, Hazel's mood lifted slightly. She followed her uncle and auntie to the dining area and picked a seat.

Edith saw the way Hazel was watching the kids in the playground and asked, "Do you want to go and play?"

"It's fine." Hazel lowered her gaze. "I will eat first."

Hazel recalled that the bunny-meal that she had the last time and thought that they were quite tasty. Now that they were at the playland again, Hazel could not wait to eat the delicious and cute meal again.

Edith patted at the little girl's hair and the two of them chatted a little bit as they waited for Neil to return with their food. 

At this time, a few familiar faces walked over towards them and stopped at their table.

"Hazel, why are you here as well?" Alex asked when he arrived at the table. His expression shifted slightly when he noticed Hazel's reddened eyes. However, he did not mention anything about it and instead turned to Edith and called, "Auntie Edith."

Edith looked up and saw that her friend, Lily, and her husband, Ethan walking over.

"You guys are here as well?" Lily spoke as she rubbed her slightly bulging stomach. She looked around and the corner of her lips twitched at the sight of that President Mo was queuing to get food at the counter. 

"Did you guys just arrived?" Edith scooted inside and pointed at the empty seat around the table. "Why don't we all seat together?"

Alex quickly pulled the chair and sat beside Hazel. He stared at the girl and asked, "Hazel, do you want to go and play together?"

Edith heard their conversation and looked at Hazel, "Go ahead. I will call you to eat when your uncle returned with your food, alright?"

Hazel pondered over her auntie's words for a while before she decided to go with Alex. 

Seeing that the girl had agreed, Alex reached to hold Hazel's hand and pulled her over to the playground to play. As soon as they reached a place where there were not many kids, Alex stopped to study Hazel's face for a long time. 

Alex released Hazel's hand and frowned. "Hazel, are you unhappy today?"

Hazel did not answer and instead, stared back at his friend for a long time. After a while, Hazel lowered her gaze. "How did you know that I'm unhappy?"

"Because you didn't smile," Alex said. His gaze was at reddened eyes. Now that they were standing closer, Alex began to notice that her eyes were a little swollen.

Alex became flustered at the thought that the girl was crying again. His heart ached and he wanted to know what makes her unhappy. However, Alex knew that Hazel did not like it when he pointed out her tears. Therefore, he chose not to mention it.

Seeing that the girl did not say anything, Alex stretched his hand and touched Hazel's cheek. Heat crept up her face as he felt the girl's smooth skin. "You need to smile a little more.. I like Hazel's smile the best." 

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