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.

She hadn’t expected the usually serious

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

to look at the

screen and saw Zuko wide-eyed, looking in a

quiet, as if time had frozen for a dozen seconds. After a while, a smiling yet tearful-looking Dave appeared

Guardian… what a

looked at him, then at his phone, trying to calm himself

stop here for now. Rest early!” Zuko

something, but the video call had already

the cabinet. In the dim evening light, if someone inside forgot to

that Dave was in there when he

suppress her laughter

On the other side…

stared at Dave as if he had

of the cabinet, awkwardly standing up while holding a toilet paper

Dave said, “Bro, you—”

interrupted him.

out of toilet paper, so I turned back to find some. Who

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