“Rent?” Zuko turned to look at her with a raised eyebrow and a faint smile at the corner of his mouth. “Didn’t we ‘get married’? Are you still collecting rent from your husband?”

“You…” Lina did not expect him to say that, and her face instantly turned red. She stared at him, unable to speak.

Zuko chuckled softly and stopped teasing her. He picked up his folding bed that was still standing outside the porch and prepared to put it back in the corner against the wall.

As he passed by Lina, he noticed her blushing ears and even the fine hairs on her face were clearly visible. The fragrance she naturally had wafted into his nose.

His heart suddenly skipped a beat, and his footsteps paused. He told her softly, “The bed… Thank you too.”

Lina raised her eyes and met his gaze. Something in the depths of his eyes seemed to run into a secret place in her heart that no one knew about.

“Oh, by the way. I wanted to talk to you about something!” Lina suddenly remembered. “It’s about the marriage certificate.”

Zuko walked into the house and drank a glass of water without saying a word.

“Zeke…” Lina licked her lips and expressed her concerns. “I asked you to come to my house as a temporary measure. I don’t want to provoke the Grists again! But Violet said she wanted to see our marriage certificate, or she’d come looking for trouble. It might have been a whim on her part, but I feel like she’s capable of doing such things. So…”

want to get a marriage certificate with me,

Lina

appeared at the corner of Zuko’s

discuss it with you.” Lina lowered her voice and said, “Can you stay at the store for the next few days? I’m

intention. She wanted him

took out two clean garments from his

flowing water came from the inside, and Lina paced back and forth outside, not knowing whether to stay or leave. She glared at

such a weirdo! Would

either.

seemed that she had to

the sound of flowing water ceased, and Zuko emerged from the bathroom clad in a fresh T-shirt and shorts. He dried his hair with a towel as he walked, his long legs drawing

what she said when Zuko left the house without

as unpredictable as the

in front of her chest, rolled her eyes at his back,

not show up for the whole day, and it was not until after the small supermarket closed in the

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