"Your uncle?" Mi Lu was startled and quickly asked.
Jian Dan shook her head, "No, just my dad's good friend. He's a bit younger than my dad, but much older than me."
Lai Wei didn't know what to say. In their village, such things didn't seem to be a big deal, because there was a man next door who ended up with a girl he raised, and nobody in the village said anything about it, just mentioning child brides.
The fear was that this uncle of Jian Dan's didn't have those feelings for her.
If it was a one-sided performance by Jian Dan alone, the young girl would surely suffer a great deal.
Lai Wei felt it was not right to ask, but from a friend's perspective, she still asked, "Little Jian Dan, does your uncle like you? Or is it just you who likes him?"
Jian Dan's face turned deathly pale. Now, there was no need to ask anything further—Jian Dan was in unrequited love.
