"Grandpa, you finally know to return my phone call," Edith complained as soon as the phone call was connected. She has been trying to reach her grandpa for a few days to tell him that she was coming back to Z Town during the school break, but the old man was out of reach.
Mike Qian cleared his throat. "Sorry, I just came back from—"
"I know. You went fishing again," Edith said before her grandpa could finish his words. "Where did you go this time? I wasn't able to reach you for days."
"You know how it is when I was on the sea. There is no signal at all," Mike Qian said. "Don't worry too much. I am safe and sound."
"How can I not worry about you. The sea is too unpredictable and dangerous. Grandpa, if something happened to you I will have no one left."
Suddenly, there was a long uncomfortable silence between them. His heart grew soft as Mike was not expecting that his granddaughter would suddenly say something like that.
