“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?”

entered the alley and

tiptoed into the

of the hot weather, Lina rarely closed the door completely when she slept, always leaving

name on it, the one he had drawn, by her pillow. He also saw her occasionally turning over with a smile on

through Zuko’s mind, and he could not help but

city, and the reason for him

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to put everything aside to scold him for being useless while taking care

also two children in the house who needed to go to school, so the responsibility of running the small

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

the supermarket and

to handle each task meticulously

his well-kept records, she began

such good records! Look at these clear and precise account entries, even calculating to the decimal

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