Lina froze as she recognized the license plate—it belonged to Gia’s car. She bit her lips, ready to confront her, but the car quickly drove away, turning a corner and disappearing.

Zuko heard the noise and rushed outside. When he saw Lina drenched, he felt both distressed and guilty. “I should have picked you up from the hospital!”

“It’s alright.” Lina chuckled lightly. “Who would have expected a car to appear out of nowhere in broad daylight?”

“Did you see the license plate?”

Lina’s gaze dimmed, and she whispered, “It was Gia’s car.”

Zuko was startled, finding it strange. Was Gia trying to target Lina? Was splashing water on her worth making such a fuss about? There must be another reason behind it!

“Zuko, I really don’t understand… Why would she treat me like this?” Although Lina was not as heartbroken as before, this incident still cast a shadow on her and left her unable to let go. She had treated Gia sincerely as a friend, but it all seemed to be wasted.

“Don’t think too much about it.” Zuko looked at the soaked woman in front of him. “Go back, take a hot shower, change into clean clothes, and then…”

Then, he suddenly froze.

of her clean waist. Zuko’s heart seemed to skip a beat as he stared at her in

Lina turned to look at him. “Why

Zuko come to

behind Gia intentionally splashing

“Zuko?”

wrong?” He regained his composure and gently took her small hand as he smiled at her. “Let’s go back quickly. After you change into clean

think too much about it

days. After taking a shower and changing clothes, she lay

door and walked to

the red luxury car was parked there. His face turned grim, and

took off her

his

tell you that I already know about Ms. Renee’s connection with you. You came to Jangasas to investigate me and find the real Ms. Thompson, right?” Gia slowly approached Zuko,

you today that the direction of your investigation may be

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