Chapter 396 - A Gift

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Hazel followed Lily to the counter and looked at the jewelry displayed. "Auntie Lily, what are you planning to buy to Ellie?"

Lily let out a long breath as she continued to browse through the jewelry. "I'm thinking about buying a new bracelet. What do you think?"

Hazel followed her gaze and nodded. "A bracelet sounds good." She looked at the rows of bracelets and quickly noticed a few designs that Ellie would like to wear.

"Help me choose which design would be appropriate," Lily said. "I'm already this old, You youngsters have different tastes. You are close to Ellie as well. You should understand her preferences as well."

"Auntie Lily, you're not old at all. Your skin looks good. If you stood next to Ellie, people would think that the two of you were sisters." 

Lily giggled happily at Hazel's words. "You have a sweet mouth."

The shop attendant came forward and introduced to them a few designs that would look nice for teenagers like Ellie. After looking at them for a while, both Lily and Hazel were down to three choices.

After looking at them for a while, Hazel finally helped to choose a simple-looking bracelet for Ellie. Then, she chose a few charms that Ellie might like. Hazel's relationship with Ellie was good and she knew a bit about the girl's preferences.

Once they were done choosing, Lily went with the shop attendant to settle some bills and Hazel took the chance to look around the store.

Alex had handed her his card, hoping that she would help him to pick out a present for his sister. Hazel seemed to recall that Ellie and Hayley have been discussing a newly released bag and decided to look at them later.

Her steps halted something in the display caught her attention. Hazel stared at the bangle on display and was smitten. The design was simple, but the small diamond at the center made it looked expensive.

"Did you fancy anything?"

Hazel turned around and smiled when she heard the voice. "Auntie Lily, are you done with your payment?"

"Mmm… they are helping me to wrap up the gift." Lily looked at the bangles in the case. Then, she waved for the shop attendant to come over and pointed to the bangle that Hazel has been watching for a while. 

The shop attendant took out the bangle from the display and handed it to Lily.

"Hazel, come. I noticed that you have been looking at this bangle for a while. Take a look if this will suit you."

"Ah?" Hazel swiftly composed herself and shook her head. "Auntie Lily, I was just looking around."

"It's fine. They are still wrapping up the gift for Ellie. Come. Take a look."

After a brief hesitation, Hazel finally went over to look at the bangle. Her eyes sparkled when she got a closer look at the bangle. The design and style were definitely something she liked.

The shop attendant helped her to put the bangle on her wrist and Hazel continued to admire the piece.

Seeing that the bangle looked nice on Hazel, Lily did not hesitate to ask the shop attendant to help them pack up the piece as well.

"Auntie Lily, are you buying this one as well?"

"Mmm…" Lily nodded. "It's for you."

Hazel was about to say a few words of protest when Lily put her hand on hers. 

"I know that you can buy this piece yourself, but I want to buy this as a gift for you," Lily said. "Please don't reject this." Her lips stretched into a smile. "I always look forward to the day that Alex would bring home a girlfriend. 

Hearing that Lily was mentioning her relationship with Alex, Hazel was shy again.

"I have watched the two of you grew up together and was relieved when Alex told me that the two of you are together."

Hazel lowered her gaze. "I did not expect that I would be together with Alex."

"Well, thank you for giving Alex a chance. If Alex tried to bully you, tell me. I will help to set him straight."

Lily had wanted to tease Hazel, but at the thought that her son would be upset if she continued to make his girlfriend shy, Lily can only hold back. "Both of you are staying in B City. Auntie can only hope that you will help me to look after Alex." 

"Auntie Lily, I will definitely help you to look after Alex."

Lily flashed a relieved smile when Hazel did not try to reject her gift. This can be considered buying a present for her future daughter-in-law right? Just thinking about her son will bring Hazel back home as her daughter-in-law in the future made her happy.

She had always liked Hazel. The girl was obedient and had good manners. She always had a good relationship with  Hazel and the girl would accompany her and Edith to shop. The most important thing was that Hazel is someone that her son liked very much. 

"Let me tell you a secret."

Hazel stared back at Lily curiously.

"Alex would probably not mention this, but he had liked you from high school. Back then, he had wanted to tell you about his feelings, but someone had stopped him from doing so."

"Someone stopped him?"

"Hmm..." Lily nodded and did not attempt to reveal who that person was. "We all thought that the two of you were too young to get in a relationship. Your uncle wanted you to focus on your study and I thought that the two of you should be allowed to experience the world outside first. After giving it a thought Alex then agreed that he will not start to pursue you until he had graduated. We did not think that after a few years, he would still like you."

Hazel was surprised that the others had long known that Alex had liked her for years. She continued to listen to Lily's story and was astonish at Alex's patience to wait for her.

Once the shop attendant helped Hazel to remove the bangle, Lily asked the attendant to help her to wrap up the bangle and she settled the bills together.

Afterward, the two continued to walk around and Hazel finally helped Alex to pick up a gift for his sister.

Seeing that Hazel was waving her son's card, a faint smile curled on her lips, however, Lily decided not to say anything.

Somehow, she had a hunch that her cunning son had made a plan to hand over his card to Hazel and would not take it back in the future.

After walking around the mall for almost three hours, the two of them were finally done with their shopping. Lily turned to Hazel and asked, "Hazel, you are going back to B City in a few days, right? How about having dinner at our place today?"

Hazel gave it a thought and finally agreed.

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