“Zuko, what are you thinking?” asked Lina.

“Hmm?” Zuko regained his focus and rubbed her hair. “Nothing.”

“Did you hear what I just said?” she asked.

Bewildered, Zuko’s expression showed that he hadn’t heard a thing.

Lina smiled helplessly and repeated herself, “I said, don’t let my classmates know about your identity either, okay?”

“Oh…”

“I’m concerned that it might bring unnecessary trouble for you…”

Lina turned her face away, trying to appear nonchalant, but her voice was soft and barely audible.

But what did she mean by “unnecessary trouble”?

Simply put, if her female classmates found out about Zuko’s identity, they would undoubtedly pursue him. Even Mrs. Nash’s daughter had her eyes on him, didn’t she?

It was better for him to maintain the image of an ordinary guy!

Lina pouted, and Zuko saw through her little plan. He gently hugged her and pulled her back into his arms. “Don’t worry. None of those things you’re worried about will happen.”

“What are you saying…”

Zuko pressed his forehead against hers, giving her a faint smile, and whispered, “I’ll follow your lead.”

The next day, Lina received a message in the school group chat.

from students, causing significant damage to the school’s reputation. As a

who had been bullied by her but had never dared to

teacher leading the group,

returning to Jangasas, Melissa was overjoyed to see Zuko. She almost set off a string of

And your father-in-law couldn’t handle the deliveries when they arrived. Dave was still in class, so he struggled to move those boxes alone… Now, his back is hurting again! By the way,

you finish at the supermarket, come back quickly.

the shelves, clean

“Zeke—”

Lina stomped her foot anxiously. “He just came back. Can’t

“He’s a grown man. Will this little bit of

“Mom!”

didn’t know about Zuko’s identity before. Now that she knew he

She still treated Zeke the same as before—as the son-in-law she wanted

fine,” Zuko said happily with a gentle smile. “I’ll go to the store now. I’ll probably be done by noon,

Zuko’s shoulder, looking at Lina.

his lips and walked

in her heart. She smiled with her head lowered before turning to glare

anymore in

gotten into you, girl?” Melissa rolled her

He’ll be our son-in-law in the

her apron and hurried into the kitchen to cook

took advantage of her mother’s distraction and secretly sneaked out of the house to go to the

already organized most of the shelves when he saw someone bounding in with a bobbing head and two cups

are you drinking this artificially sweetened stuff

cup of mango yogurt from her and began to gulp

men acted

work. She saw his sweat-soaked T-shirt clinging to his body and the lines of his biceps when he raised

made exuded

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