After school ended, Edith texted Neil about her plan to head over to the He's residence and received a green light. She discussed the matter with Old Tang, and the older man drove her over to the He's residence to wait for Aaron to arrive with the packaging that her grandfather had prepared for her.
Hazel stepped into the house and was surprised to see that her friend, Alex He was inside. "Alex, why are you here?"
Alex stared at the girl with the same surprised look. "This is my house. Why are you here?" He shifted his gaze to Edith and smiled brightly. "Auntie Edith!" His expression then changed upon realizing that the two were together. "Hazel, you're with Auntie Edith?"
The little girl frowned slightly at hearing the way Alex was addressing her favorite teacher. She moved closer to Edith and held her hand tightly as if claiming her territory.
Lily, who stood at the side saw this exchanged and the corner of her lips twitched slightly. She nudged her friend at her waist and said, "It seemed that Hazel really liked you, huh?"
"Of course." Edith looked at her friend with a proud expression. "I was voted as the children's favorite teacher in the kindergarten last year."
Lily rolled her eyes. She glanced at Hazel and whispered to her friend, "Will it be alright for you to take President Mo's niece to my place?"
"Don't worry. I told him I had a place to stop by, and he was alright with it," Edith said. "As long as I looked after Hazel, it should be alright. Moreover, his driver came along with us."
Lily led her friend into the living area and Hazel trailed closely after her. After a while, Hazel began to notice that Alex was around and there was a box of Gundam in his hands.
Previously, Alex had told her that their teacher liked to build the model as well, and seeing the box in his hand piqued her curiosity.
"Auntie Edith, are you here to help me build with my Gundam model?"
"Teacher Qian, you know how to build them as well?" Hazel asked.
"Your teacher is pretty good at it," Lily said. A smile curled on her lips as she looked at the little girl. "She helped Alex to build a few models previously. If you wanted to see them, let Alex show them to you." She turned to her son and raised a brow. "Why don't you show those models to your friend?"
Alex alternated his gaze at the three of them and finally stopped at Hazel.
Although his relationship with Hazel was pretty good recently, it was the first time that a classmate came to his house. He had never shown his Gundam to anyone before. But, seeing the expectant look on everyone's face, Alex then turned to Hazel. "You… would you like to see the models that I built with Auntie Edith?"
Hazel's glanced at her teacher as if asking for her opinion before she nodded.
"Then, you should come with me," Alex said after a while. "My father let me store those models on the shelf. It wouldn't be convenient for me to bring them out."
"Go," Edith urged the little girl. "I will call you over when it's time to go home."
Hazel nodded obediently before she followed Alex into the playroom."
Once the kids were away, Lily turned to Edith and the corner of her lips tilted into a mischievous smile. "I didn't think that you would get yourself into trouble on the first day you're on your job."
Edith massaged her forehead. "I didn't think that my grandfather would send Aaron to come here."
"Things would get pretty interesting if your grandfather finds out that you were living with another man."
"You just want to see me get into trouble." Edith narrowed her eyes at her friend.
Lily laughed out loud. Then, the two friends chatted for a while until the doorbell rang and an auntie came over and reported that a man was coming to meet Edith.
When Edith came out, her friend, Aaron Li was holding an icebox cooler in his hand. He placed the box on the table and took a deep breath. "I thought I would have the chance to ask you out for dinner. It was not easy for me to come over to the city and find you."
Edith laughed. "Sorry. But, I really have something to do. You should tell me earlier the next time when you're coming to the city."
"The next time I come, it will be your treat." Aaron flashed her a lopsided smile.
"Alright. It's a deal." Edith walked over to the icebox cooler and peered into it.
There were a few types of fishes and other shellfish. Her eyes stopped at the mackerel in the icebox, but she soon noticed that this fish was not the same as the one in the picture that her grandfather showed her earlier.
"I heard that your grandfather caught some mackerel this time. As for the other products," Aaron paused and smiled. "He bought them at the jetty this morning."
A soft smile curled on her lips as a warm feeling spread throughout her heart.
Perhaps her grandfather managed to caught just one fish during his last fishing trip and had wanted to share with her his prize. However, because he was a proud man, her grandfather had added some other fishes and shellfish as well.
"Well, since I have completed the mission that your grandfather send me to do, I should go. I still have some places to go and people to meet," " Aaron said. He turned to Lily and nodded briefly at her before he turned around and left.
Edith let out a breath in relief seeing that her friend was leaving. She really did not know what she was going to do if Aaron decided to stay around for a while longer.
Anyway, she needed to go home with Hazel before her boss got home and realized that her niece was not at home.
Edith watched as Aaron's vehicle leave the area and heaved another breath of relief. However, before she was able to relax, a familiar SUV slowed on the road and stopped just in front of her residence.
The door opened and someone stepped out of the SUV. Edith found her breathing hitched upon finding that the person was no other than Neil Mo. "President Mo. How come you're here?"
"I finished my work early and heard from Old Tang that you and Hazel were still outside," Neil said. "I send Old Tang back and came to pick you both."
Lily poked at her friend's waist a few times. At this time she was unable to utter a word as she was shocked to find President Mo of MH Group was right in front of her house. Her hair stood when Neil turned to her and nodded.
"Teacher Qian, is your matter here done?" Neil asked.