Zuko’s imposing aura, which was intimidating even without anger, made everyone in the room stand still, afraid to make a sound. After a while, Melissa gathered her courage.

“You… What else do you want?” she asked, her voice trembling.

Zuko looked at her. Melissa was just a regular middle-aged woman, overweight and exuding no sense of sophistication. Compared to his mother, this woman appeared at least ten years older.

Despite her fear, she confronted him like an old sparrow protecting a young sparrow with fluttering wings. Zuko suddenly remembered the saying about a mother’s love. Melissa’s love for Lina was no less than his mother’s love for him.

“Oh, honey…” Jesse gently pulled Melissa and looked anxious as he whispered, “Don’t provoke him. You can’t handle him—”

“Stop talking!” Melissa glared at him and then turned her wary gaze back to Zuko.

Zuko found it disdainful to argue with them. After a moment of silence, he simply put his luggage in the corner and went to sit on the porch.

After a long time, the three people in the room finally regained their senses. They took deep breaths, looked at each other, and quietly returned to their respective rooms. The whole afternoon passed peacefully.

from those disturbing emotions. Gia was both envious and distressed seeing

said, “Are you trying to keep me awake at night with coffee

sleeping! With an extra person at home, can you sleep?”

“I…”

table and looked at her. “Lina, do you have to do this? That Zeke isn’t

the rest. Lina lowered her head and drank the coffee, holding the paper cup

there might be bleeding. When she woke up in the hospital, she did not feel anything unusual. She had gone to the bathroom and checked—her pants were clean, so maybe she had

hard to say for

certain that Violet had drugged her! Lina pressed her

already started their cleaning work, and one by one, the students left. Even Gia was going home. Lina had no choice but to pack up and leave

house was pitch black, and the sound of her father snoring could be heard from the master bedroom downstairs. Lina smiled softly as she tiptoed inside, closed the door, and

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