"Getting married tonight? I'm her granduncle???" Chu Danqing was utterly dumbfounded. "I'm middle-aged already???"
When he had been informed of this, it had come as quite a shock.
Especially since his seniority had risen.
"You must have mistaken me for someone else. I'm not her granduncle." Chu Danqing temporarily set aside the question of how many years he had aged in the Paradise and explained.
"No mistake. The ugly red-haired man beside you is proof enough, sir," the Xie family steward immediately said.
The moment Chu Danqing heard that, he understood. Da Bao's traits were simply too conspicuous; there was no hiding from them.
He exchanged a glance with Guo Ming and immediately understood that Zhong Lei had been unable to get away and was seeking his help.
"Old Xie invited me over, presumably because there are no elders to witness the marriage," Chu Danqing said. "But I am only her granduncle, not a true elder."
"I will neither obstruct nor involve myself in this marriage. I'll be leaving the town shortly."
"Let the youngsters decide for themselves."
Chu Danqing had no desire to get tangled up in it. When she had thrown her tantrum, she had not considered the consequences in the slightest.
And now she wanted him to step in and clean up her mess? Did she take him for toilet paper?
The Xie family steward's expression was also one of surprise upon hearing this.
He had considered that Chu Danqing might fly into a rage, and he had considered that Chu Danqing might refuse.
But he had never expected Chu Danqing simply to wash his hands of the matter.
It truly lay beyond his expectations.
"Sir, that's a bit..." the Xie family steward began to persuade him.
In the end, seeing that Chu Danqing truly was unwilling,