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Upon hearing that, Zayne's eyebrows twitched subtly. Instead of looking at Essie, he looked at Leah and asked Ernest, "Is this girl your girlfriend?"
Being shocked, Leah stood up quickly and said, "Hello, Mr. Yarbrough. I'm Leah."
Zayne lowered his head and smiled in a faint, polite and gallant manner.
"Hi, I'm Ernest's uncle, Zayne. Don't be a stranger. Just call me 'uncle', like Ernest does."
Flushing, Leah was too bashful to call him that.
"Ah, it turns out that the two of you are actually Zayne's nephew and niece-in-law." Essie looked at Ernest, and then at Leah. She said glumly, "I really like the two of you. I don't want to take advantage of you by becoming your elder. However, I love Zayne too much. I have no choice but to be your aunt-in-law."
Leah and Ernest exchanged a look before both of them swept their eyes over Zayne in unison.
Zayne was very collected, as if he hadn't heard it. He said to them, "Ernest, how long have you been back?"