“Hmm.” Zuko nodded after a moment. “You’re right…”

For some reason, Lina’s face flashed across his mind at that moment. He recalled sitting together with the Jenners for meals. Jesse, Melissa, and Dave looked like a family because Dave’s appearance combined the characteristics of his parents, but Lina was different.

It was often said that daughters resembled their fathers more, but this law seemed ineffective in Jesse and Lina’s case.

“Hey, bro?” Toph did not hear Zuko’s voice for a while and grew concerned. “What are you doing over there?”

“Oh, nothing,” replied Zuko. “I’m almost home. Let’s end here. You should rest too.”

“Well, I’m already awake. Let’s chat for a while more!” Toph lazily suggested, “You live alone in a big villa, and there’s no one else around. How about we have a video call?”

“I don’t want to chat with you!” Zuko emphasized. “I don’t live in a villa, and… people at home are asleep. I don’t want to wake them up!”

“What?” Toph suddenly became fully awake. “People at home?”

“Yeah, people at home… What’s the big deal?”

had already entered the alley and came

and tiptoed into the house. His first task was to quietly go upstairs

slept, always leaving a

saw Lina sleeping soundly and noticed that she still kept the banknote with her name on it, the one he had drawn, by her pillow. He also saw her

he could not help but smile along

city, and the reason

put everything aside to scold him

children in the house who needed to go to school, so the responsibility of running the small

roles, including moving and unloading goods, organizing the shelves, counting the inventory, and handling the cash

also had to escort Lina to the university before opening the supermarket and temporarily close it to pick her up at a certain time

managed to handle each task meticulously and

records, she began to

such good records! Look at these clear and precise account entries, even calculating to

attended college, right, Zeke? How come you’re so professional at

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