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.

to the message just a few seconds

she looked at

you work wonder—

kissed her to silence her. He held her tightly in

overwhelming, and Lina seemed to melt

we get this

“Um…”

“We’ll do it again

days later, Zuko met with Desiree at

there’s no such thing as pure friendship between men and women, yet he wanted to

wanted to refuse, but her vanity got the better of her. She agreed without hesitation

late today, as she had intended. When she saw

over,

style

glanced at her and greeted with a

you think of

at the sign of

name, what the Harpers were doing there

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

“My father’s always treated it as a legitimate business

constraints and required guarding against

foundation would become the Harpers’ hidden treasure trove. Taking this money and engaging in high-interest lending generated

said softly, “Actually, there’s also an area designated for a welfare institution in the land planning of the Thompson Group’s film studio. I came here today to seek

to do charity too?” Desiree’s eyes flashed with

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