Lina’s face blazed with heat as she averted her gaze from the screen. “What did you just say?”

“I said, let’s take a bath together!” Zuko’s smile widened as he slowly removed his shirt, revealing his muscular upper body. “Why aren’t you looking at me?”

“Zeke, you…”

Lina pursed her lips, torn between not wanting to look at the screen and stealing a few glances. She caught glimpses of his chest, washboard abs, and strong arms…

Her face grew even redder, and her heart raced uncontrollably.

Zuko remained composed and calmly said, “Do you actually want to look or not? If you don’t want to, you can just end the video call, right?”

“You…”

“Since you’re not ending the call, I’ll take it that you’re willing to take a bath with me.”

A mischievous curve formed at the corner of Zuko’s lips. “Lina, don’t you undress when you take a bath?”

“Zeke!”

Lina’s face turned as red as a tomato. She couldn’t help but smile, trying to keep it subtle, as her heart overflowed with sweetness.

was genuine. She hadn’t expected the usually serious man

set his phone aside, and the camera happened to be level with his waist. He casually hooked his fingers on his shorts. His voice, low and gentle, sounded hoarse as he said, “I’m

the

the screen and saw Zuko wide-eyed, looking in a certain direction,

for a dozen seconds. After a while, a smiling yet tearful-looking Dave appeared

Guardian… what a coincidence?”

his phone,

I’ll stop here for

to ask something, but the video call had already ended. She

with a corner next to the cabinet. In the dim evening

not have realized that Dave was in there when

struggled to suppress her laughter and hid under

On the other side…

if he had seen

in front of the cabinet, awkwardly standing up while holding a

Dave said, “Bro, you—”

him.

I just finished using the toilet,” Dave explained awkwardly. “As I walked out, I suddenly realized that I ran out of toilet paper, so I turned back to find some. Who would have thought that you came in just as I crouched down and opened the

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