After a moment of intense hesitation, Liu Ya's eyes flickered, but she still chose to act steadily. She took a step back and turned around. She gently gritted her teeth and put on that pitiful and weak appearance again. She said carefully to the villagers,
"Uncles, aunties, brothers, and sisters, everyone can't be mistaken. I… I have nothing to do with Sixth Brother Guan… Sixth Brother Guan is a good person and I'm an unmarried woman. How… how can there be a relationship… The incident with the headband was just a coincidence. I beg everyone not to misunderstand us… Oh, not us. It should be me and Sixth Brother Guan."
Liu Ya seemed to be so nervous that she couldn't even speak properly. Her words were slurred and there were changes to what she had said earlier.
To the villagers, this sounded like a fact, but she was deliberately concealing it.
Looking at Liu Ya's shy expression, they thought that she was having an affair with Guan Chibei.
A girl was deliberately denying it to hide the matter.
On the other hand, Guan Chibei felt that Liu Ya was clarifying things. However, she might have been nervous and said something wrong.
Liu Ya's usual tricks could both mislead others and prevent them from catching on.
Liu Ya bit her lip and continued, "I hope everyone stops saying that I'm together with Sixth Brother Guan. Sixth Brother Guan has a family and children. I wouldn't dare."
What she meant was: Hurry up and say that I'm together with Sixth Brother Guan!
In the future, all the villagers would link me with Sixth Brother Guan! When Sixth Brother Guan is mentioned, I will be mentioned too. Even Sixth Brother Guan's original wife, Ye Lulu, can't compare to me!
When the villagers heard this, their expressions became even more profound as if they knew a secret. They looked at Guan Chibei and Liu Ya.
After Liu Ya said that, she turned around and looked at Guan Chibei with dependence in her eyes. It was obvious that she was 'dependent' on him in private. She said to Guan Chibei, "Sixth Brother… I mean, Sixth Brother Guan, I… can I say this?"
The villagers: Oh~ So Liu Ya secretly addressed Guan Chibei as 'Sixth Brother'.
Young people were really sticky.
Everyone was gossipy.
When Liu Ya turned to ask Guan Chibei about this, it became even more obvious that their relationship was not shallow and they were actually very close. Liu Ya's 'clarification' was obviously an excuse the two of them had discussed before.
Even Father Guan thought so. He frowned and looked at Guan Chibei. He had to give an explanation regarding his relationship with Liu Ya. What should Lulu do?!
Liu Ya thought that her methods were brilliant.
Guan Chibei's eyes did not move as he looked at her quietly. After a while, he said, "Why would Liumao say that?!"
The villagers opened their mouths again and their jaws almost hit the ground. Was Guan Chibei self-destructing?!
Liu Ya had already covered up their matter, yet he still took the initiative to mention Liumao?
This was crazy!
Or could it be that Guan Chibei was so infatuated with Liu Ya that he wanted to publicize his relationship with her?
Some villagers had ambiguous expressions.
Liu Ya was stunned as well. She did not expect Guan Chibei to ask about it.
Could it be that Sixth Brother Guan treated her the same too?
Liu Ya's eyes lit up.
Guan Chibei asked Liumao, who was licking his fingers, in a calm tone, "Liumao, you said that Sixth Uncle wanted you to secretly take Liu Ya's headband. Did Sixth Uncle tell you this himself? When was this?"
All the villagers saw Liumao sucking his fingers and thinking back. He said softly, "It was when we were fishing. It wasn't Sixth Uncle who said it. It was Sister Liu Ya."