Vol 8 Chapter 97 (2/2)

(TL: Was she ever that kind of character?)

“Perhaps I am indeed a little more mature in various places.” She affirmed what I said.

To be honest, just ‘a little’ is understating it. As for various places… I must say that after Liu Qi wore this, her figure seems to be much better than before. I clearly remember her being much flatter than before though, looks like she has been growing well…

“Uncle, what are you thinking about?”

“Eh?!”

I was jolted when Liu Qi suddenly said that and when I raised my eyes to meet Liu Qi’s, I saw that she was covering her chest and her cheeks were red. Clearly, she’d read something from my expression.

“N, nothing! I wasn’t thinking about anything!” I hurriedly explained as I took a step towards her.

Aiya aiya, I was just going along with the flow and making a small joke in my head but I ended up being seen through by Liu Qi. Could it be that my gaze and expression is that obvious?! Please allow me to clarify that I have no untoward thoughts about my own niece at all! I can swear to the heavens!

“Uncle?” Just as I was affirming to myself about my morals, a weak voice called out to me from my side.

“Un? What is it, Liu Qi?”

“,,, Wh, what do you mean ‘what’?”

Eh? I looked to the side and saw that Liu Qi was still red as she kept her head low, not even daring to look at me, as though I was going to eat her…

But if it wasn’t Liu Qi who spoke to me, then could I be hearing things?

“Why are you here?” The voice came once more, and now I was sure that I wasn’t hearing things.

It came from behind me and the second time was louder than the first. Looks like the person came over to me. And it looks like Liu Qi heard it this time as well. Unlike me however, she reacted a lot quicker.

“What are you doing here!!” Liu Qi jumped to my back and yelled angrily at the person behind me before I even turned around.

I was bewildered at Liu Qi’s response, but when I turned around, I understood why Liu Qi responded the way she did.

“Liu Cong?” I called out as I looked at the girl in front of me with a basket in her hands.

“Eh? You’re– Elder sister?” At the same time, Liu Cong was bewildered as well at the sight before her and finally recognised that the girl in beautiful clothing was her bad-tempered elder sister, “Elder sister, you’re really beautiful in this.”

“Wu…”

Liu Cong seemed to completely ignore Liu Qi’s full on hostility and offered her praise. This seemed to catch Liu Qi completely off guard as she retreated slightly towards me.

I looked at Liu Cong and saw that she was looking delightfully at Liu Qi and was running her eyes all over Liu Qi. Looks like she does indeed mean what she said.

“Un, good day uncle.” Liu Cong bowed towards me, seemingly regaining her senses.

“Good day to you as well.” I was caught off guard as well and nearly raised my hand to wave to her before I remembered that this wasn’t the way to greet others in this era and hurriedly saluted her.

“Uncle! You don’t need to salute her!” Liu Qi yelled and pointed at Liu Cong, “Liu Cong! What are you here for?!”

“Eh? I’m just here to get some soil.” Liu Cong looked troubled as she said so. She looked at me, and then at Liu Qi, unsure of what was going go.

I s.h.i.+fted my gaze downwards and saw that Liu Cong had a spade in her hands. Looks like she is indeed intent on doing some gardening work.

“So, uncle and elder sister are here for…” Liu Cong timidly said and took a few steps back before she continued, “Isn’t the banquet about to start? Why are you both here? And why is uncle with his horse?”

“Ah, there’s a reason for all of this.”

Now that I think about it, this scene of me, Liu Qi and Dilu looks really weird from a third party perspective. When I realised this, I hid the reins behind my back, though that did not help at all as Dilu was still in full view.

“Liu Cong, I won’t trust you no matter what. Much less what you said earlier about coming here to get soil.”

“Elder sister, I really am–”

“You don’t need to say any further, I won’t listen.” Liu Qi did not let Liu Cong finish and shook her head coldly as she interrupted Liu Cong. I looked over and saw that Liu Cong’s smile had completely disappeared and she looked extremely sad.

On the other hand, Liu Qi, who was in front of me, looked cautious and vigilant. It seems like when she’s facing Liu Cong, her entire countenance resembled the Liu Qi from Jiangxia. The Liu Qi who trusts no one.

But now, the only one she doesn’t trust is Liu Cong.

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