Chapter 969: Uncle and I Have No Relationship at All

“Grandpa, there’s nothing between Uncle and me, please don’t imagine things!”

Terrified he would realize something, Baili Xia didn’t wait for him to speak and hurriedly explained.

As the words left her mouth, she realized her reaction might have been too intense.

Taking a moment, she then said, “Grandpa, he is Uncle, and we all respect him, even though he is indeed very young, he is still Uncle after all.”

Even she couldn’t understand how she could lie so smoothly.

Her relationship with Uncle was too complicated to be expressed with just one word, but in front of Grandpa, she managed to tell such a lie.

Was she getting too good at lying?

She was starting to despise herself.

The elder nodded, unable to suppress a slight sigh.

“She is your Uncle, naturally, there wouldn’t be anything between you. How could Grandpa possibly think of that?”

Baili Xia remained silent, her heart in turmoil, completely unsure why Grandpa was bringing up her and Uncle’s matter.

Could it be that last night, what Uncle did in her room had been noticed by Grandpa?

But seeing his calm expression, he didn’t seem to be aware of it.

The elder still looked at her, his voice gentle.

“I was just thinking, Xiaoyao doesn’t like you being with the children of the Dongfang family.

Now Jiu is getting too close to you, I wonder if he might dislike that as well.”

“What does it have to do with Brother?” Baili Xia blurted out, then realized how foolish her question was.

Everyone knew she and Brother were a couple.

How could her being close to other men be unrelated to Brother?

Clearly, even the elder found it strange that she would ask such a question.

Surprise flashed across his face, and he was momentarily at a loss for words.

Baili Xia hastily mustered a smile, feigning confusion, “I mean…

Uncle is fond of me, Brother wouldn’t be jealous.

Uncle is also very fond of Brother, he won’t compete with me.”

The elder watched her for a while, then suddenly laughed heartily, “Children will be children, you still don’t understand what it means…

Ah, never mind, never mind, Grandpa thought too much.”

“You young ones, always thinking too much.” He waved his hand, finally satisfied with his laughter.

But he didn’t know, while Baili Xia smiled, she was intensely nervous, even her temples were starting to sweat.

She deliberately misinterpreted his words, but fortunately, Grandpa didn’t notice.

However, after laughing for a while, the elder’s expression became serious again, as he looked at her, his face and eyes solemn now.

“I know recently Jiu has some very important matters to attend to, possibly involving various forces.

Try to keep your distance from him during this period, to avoid harming the innocent.”

“Grandpa, what do you mean by that?

Could Uncle be in danger soon?”

She tried to appear calm, but her complexion grew slightly pale.

She knew he had some matters to attend to recently, but she didn’t know the specifics.

The elder nodded, then continued distantly, “For him, it should not be a big deal, he should be used to it by now.”

“I’m just worried, as a girl, you don’t have much ability to defend yourself, you can’t even protect yourself.”

He shook his head, sighing, “Being with Jiu, if you are not careful, and Jiu fails to look after you… and something happens, Grandpa would be heartbroken.”