Zuko was at a loss for words and breathing heavily. Would this ever come to an end with Lina?

“I’m telling you!” He rarely showed a tough side. “Let’s be done with this or…”

“What?”

“Or never mind!” Zuko said firmly.

Back in the day, Nicholas knelt on the washboard with the same resolute attitude, didn’t he? Now that the washboard had been passed on to Zuko, he wouldn’t be as helpless. He couldn’t kneel directly on it—he must add a cushion!

Lina was stunned for a moment before bursting into laughter, covering her face.

“Alright, back to the main topic,” Zuko said, playfully tapping her nose. “I think the next step should be to hand over this data to the police. Embezzlement in charity work is not just a moral issue, it’s also a legal one.

“However, these data only provide evidence of the Harpers’ activities in Centrolis. We may need to investigate further to see if they’ve done similar things in Chaiseland.”

“Hand it directly to the police?” Lina asked.

“What else?”

“The Bakers and Harpers have a long-standing relationship,” Lina expressed her concerns. “The interests of both families are deeply intertwined and inseparable. If we mishandle this matter, the Harpers might retaliate.”

Zuko immediately understood and chuckled with a squint. “If we hand the evidence to the police, the Harpers will hold a grudge against us. But if the police are the ones to investigate first, the situation will be different.”

Lina nodded with a smile.

After a few seconds of silence, Zuko messaged Desiree, asking her to visit the welfare home next week. He specifically mentioned they would go to the one her family sponsored so that she wouldn’t get the wrong one.

After sending the message, Lina looked at Zuko with a long gaze.

message

she looked at Zuko

work

didn’t finish her sentence as Zuko kissed her to silence her. He held her tightly in his arms, and she struggled for a moment, but he

was overwhelming, and Lina

get this over

“Um…”

do it again if

later, Zuko met with

was quite pleased. He had told her that there’s no such thing as pure friendship between men and women, yet he

she couldn’t believe it. She wanted to refuse, but her vanity got the

at the welfare home 15 minutes late today, as she had intended. When she saw Zuko waiting at the

over, trying

style and simple lines, believing it would appeal

at her and greeted with

made you think of inviting

the sign of the welfare

name, what the Harpers were doing there

just thought about it all of a sudden. Your family also has charity work in Centrolis, so I wanted to take

Desiree smiled and led Zuko inside. “My father’s always treated it as a legitimate business and even asked me to take charge

better than any legitimate business. Conventional investments had various constraints and required guarding against scheming and deceitful rivals in the business world. The biggest advantage of charity work was

they could raise significant funds from the public, and the charity foundation would become the Harpers’ hidden treasure trove. Taking this money and engaging in high-interest lending

in the land planning of the Thompson Group’s film studio. I

do charity too?” Desiree’s eyes flashed

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