Zachary squinted, his face filled with melancholy as helplessness washed over him.

Sasha picked up a photograph of herself with Chris and placed it next to her pillow. She looked at Zachary, her smile radiating happiness. "One day, I'll make this man lie next to me for real!"

"Sasha!"

"You'll give me your blessing, won't you?" she asked.

Zachary gazed at her for a moment, and the light in his eyes gradually dimmed.

"You should give me your blessing if you treat me like your own daughter!" she pressed on.

He sighed. "If you were truly my daughter, I'd never harm a hair on your head..."

"What?"

His words were mumbled, making it hard for her to hear clearly. She looked at him, perplexed.

and affectionately patted her head, a reminiscent look in his eyes. At that moment, he recalled the time when Krystal had saved him many years

forehead, and had asked with a mysterious

slowly faded from his eyes,

doting on his daughter. Regardless of her mistakes or her eccentricities, he would stand by

did you

said... you'll

smiled triumphantly and smugly. "Please, Zachary, remove

the only one in

visited the hospital

for a while. She hadn't seen Lina in the hospital that day, but Lina was convinced otherwise.

mistake her for

"Is there

"It's a shared hospital. Zuko's grandfather is one of the shareholders.

him up to the

school, and a precious day off. Instead of playing outdoors like typical kids, he chose to spend

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