“Hmm.” Zuko nodded after a moment. “You’re right…”

For some reason, Lina’s face flashed across his mind at that moment. He recalled sitting together with the Jenners for meals. Jesse, Melissa, and Dave looked like a family because Dave’s appearance combined the characteristics of his parents, but Lina was different.

It was often said that daughters resembled their fathers more, but this law seemed ineffective in Jesse and Lina’s case.

“Hey, bro?” Toph did not hear Zuko’s voice for a while and grew concerned. “What are you doing over there?”

“Oh, nothing,” replied Zuko. “I’m almost home. Let’s end here. You should rest too.”

“Well, I’m already awake. Let’s chat for a while more!” Toph lazily suggested, “You live alone in a big villa, and there’s no one else around. How about we have a video call?”

“I don’t want to chat with you!” Zuko emphasized. “I don’t live in a villa, and… people at home are asleep. I don’t want to wake them up!”

“What?” Toph suddenly became fully awake. “People at home?”

“Yeah, people at home… What’s the big deal?”

and came

He chuckled lightly and tiptoed into the house. His first task was to quietly go upstairs and take

of the hot weather, Lina rarely closed the door completely when she slept, always leaving a small gap. Zuko stood outside, peeking inside through the

that she still kept the banknote with her name on it, the one he

thought flashed through Zuko’s mind, and he could not

never expected that he would one day linger in a foreign city, and the

Daily Updated Join & Stay

accidentally hurt his waist, and Melissa had to put everything aside to scold him for being useless

who needed to go to school, so the responsibility of running the small supermarket

roles, including moving and unloading goods, organizing the shelves, counting the inventory, and handling the

before opening the supermarket and temporarily close it to pick her up at a certain

managed to handle each task meticulously

Melissa saw his well-kept records, she began to

only has a way with household chores but also keeps such good records! Look at these clear and precise account entries, even calculating

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255