Visiting the He's Family

Edith Qian woke up early in the morning and went out after she took a quick shower, Then she took a bus and headed towards L City.

Traveling to the city from her place would usually take about an hour because of the traffic. But since it was a weekend morning, it would only take her half an hour.

If she was given a choice, of course, Edith would love to stay in L City especially since she had to travel from A City to L City back and forth to get to her workplace and college. But renting in L City would cost her a lot of money. Therefore, she had no other choice but to rent in the neighboring A City and commute every day via public transport.

Edith snapped out of her trance once she realized that she had reached her destination. She walked towards the zebra crossing and waited until it was her turn to cross the road.

She tilted her head up to see the big screen broadcasting the morning news. A month has passed, but everyone was still talking about the death of late Adam Mo, the Vice President of MH Group, and his wife, Claire Fan.

Moreover, it was recently that a gossip MH Group was involved in embezzlement was released. This gossip quickly became a hot topic in the country. A portal has linked Adam Mo's death to the embezzlement and the netizens were asking the authorities to quickly investigate the matter.

There were rumors that the accident may have been premeditated. With these new rumors, it was predicted that MH's Group stock would drop.

Although the authorities have stepped up to deny the accusation, the netizens have not stopped discussing it.

On the big screen, Neil Mo's face suddenly appeared. He was surrounded by reporters with questions and cameras pointed towards him. Despite the questions thrown by the reporters, the President of MH Group only said a few words. He pleaded for others to trust the police's investigation and stop spreading a groundless rumor or face the law, especially as his family is still grieving over the loss of their family members.

Edith sighed, feeling sorry for that guy for everything he had to deal with.

Not only did he have to look after his niece. He also has to manage the company and facing other people who had bad intentions towards him. A lot of people were coveting his status and wealth.

As these thoughts crossed her mind, Edith began to worry that the scandals surrounding MH Group will implicate Hazel.

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After her class ended in the evening, Edith Qian showed up at the He's family house with a box of egg tart in her hand. A few seconds after she pressed on the doorbell, Alex He appeared at the door and pulled her in excitedly into the house.

"Alex," Lily Zhao's voice came from the inside. "Did you greet Auntie Edith properly?"

The little boy stood up straight with his eyes wide. He slowly turned to Edith and bowed. "Auntie Edith, good evening."

Edith patted the boy on his hair. Then she looked at her friend who was in her apron. She greeted her friend and hand over the box of egg tart. "Lily, I brought something for you. It's your favorite egg tart."

Lily grabbed the bag and peered inside. She took a deep breath and felt her stomach rumbling at the sweet smell of egg tart. "You don't have to bring anything."

"It doesn't feel right to come over without anything."

Lily thanked her friend and ushered her in. "How was your class?"

Edith gave her friend a weak smile. "It was alright. I have another test next in two weeks."

Lily laughed at her expression and pat her on her shoulder. "Good luck! You're halfway to finish this course. You will be graduating next year, right?"

"En." Edith sighed. She peeked at the kitchen and asked, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Nothing. But, you can accompany Alex to play for a while. Lily looked at her son and said, "Go bring Auntie Edith to the guest room. Then you can play with her for a while." she smiled at Edith. "You don't mind looking after Alex while I prepare dinner, right?"

Edith waved her hand. "Just go. I'll play with Alex. He promised to show me a new toy his father bought for him. What was that again? A new robot?"

Alex nodded excitedly as he held her hand tightly. "It's Gundam model," he corrected. "Auntie Edith, you have to help me build this new model. My daddy was too busy with his works and Mummy said she knew nothing about it."

Edith looked at the boy's expectant gaze and turned to her friend. She knew that Lily knew how to build those model robot. But because she was too impatient to deal with it, she had lied to her son by saying that she didn't know how to build them.

Lily coughed dryly and winked when she met Edith's gaze. "You go and help my son with those models. I'll call you once dinner is ready."

Edith heaved a sigh as she let Alex He led her to the guest room to put her belonging and the little boy dragged her into his playroom. Edith looked around the room which was slightly bigger than her apartment and sighed.

A minute later, Alex appeared with a box of unopened Gundam model in his hand.

Alex took the model to a low table in the center of the room. "Auntie Edith! Come! Help me build this model."

"Won't your daddy get sad when he knows that you build this model without him?" asked Edith.

The little boy shook his head. "No way. I have another three unopened boxes. I can build them with my daddy when he returns later."

Edith sat down on the carpeted floor and resigned to her fate. A few minutes after reading the instruction, she was engrossed in building the Gundam model.