psql - Mac trying to connect postgreSQL in Ubuntu system installed in a virtual machine in remote server - linux

Apologize in front, maybe the situation here is a bit complicated. I searched everywhere online but couldn't find a perfect solution, plus I have tried almost all the solutions mentioned in other posts.
Situation:
So I have a postgreSQL database installed in a Ubuntu system. The system is actually a virtual machine on the VMware workstation 12, which is installed on Windows 7 professional. Now I am trying to remotely access the postgreSQL database through my MacBook pro 2013.
In the Mac terminal, the command line I tried is:
psql -U postgres -h xxx.xxx.xxx.xx
"xxx.xxx.xxx.xx" represents the IP address of the Windows 7 machine. The result is a failure:
psql: could not connect to server: Operation timed out
Is the server running on host "169.254.121.2" and accepting
TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
What I have done:
Edited the pg_hba.conf file to include
host all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5
Edited the postgresql.conf to include
listen_addresses='*'
Restarted postgres service.
Disabled firewall on the host.
I checked by running the psql command locally and it worked. Also, on the same VMware I have other Ubuntu systems. They are all fine to connect and access the data in this Ubuntu system.
Running Nmap, the output is
PORT STATE SERVICE
5432/TCP open postgresql
What's next? Anything else I can try? Any advice is highly appreciated and please let me know if anything above is ambiguous. I will clarify for better diagnosis. Thank you all!

Somehow managed to get it working..
So when I ran "Nmap" on the other Ubuntu system towards this one, it does shows
PORT STATE SERVICE
5432/TCP open postgresql
However, when I ran "Nmap" on my Mac, it's a different port, 3389, which is mainly used for Windows remote desktop. So what I did was to check the network configuration of this Ubuntu virtual machine from "bridged" to "NAT" and did a port forwarding to 5432. It is working fine now..
I read in some places saying that VMware favors bridged whereas VirtualBox favors NAT+port forwarding. I am quite confused as it is certain not the case in my situation. Maybe I am wrong.

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