Lynch is a gentleman; it was just a playful joke, and he voluntarily eased the awkwardness between them without forcing Anna to call him "uncle."
"Are you always like this?" Anna walked side by side with Lynch, even though his malicious joke took her a while to recover from, reality remained reality. Before her father returned, she had to maintain this seemingly harmonious relationship.
Sometimes, those who live at the bottom aspire to upper-class life, believing that with money and status, they can escape the cruelty of fate.
But in reality, even with money, there will always be things that leave you helpless, like someone wealthier or more important than you. These people always exist, so don't fool yourself with the thought "no one is more important than me."
The higher you go, the more real and ruthless society becomes, just like Anna at this moment.
