124 Mike Qian's Lies

"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.