“Zuko, what are you thinking?” asked Lina.

“Hmm?” Zuko regained his focus and rubbed her hair. “Nothing.”

“Did you hear what I just said?” she asked.

Bewildered, Zuko’s expression showed that he hadn’t heard a thing.

Lina smiled helplessly and repeated herself, “I said, don’t let my classmates know about your identity either, okay?”

“Oh…”

“I’m concerned that it might bring unnecessary trouble for you…”

Lina turned her face away, trying to appear nonchalant, but her voice was soft and barely audible.

But what did she mean by “unnecessary trouble”?

Simply put, if her female classmates found out about Zuko’s identity, they would undoubtedly pursue him. Even Mrs. Nash’s daughter had her eyes on him, didn’t she?

It was better for him to maintain the image of an ordinary guy!

Lina pouted, and Zuko saw through her little plan. He gently hugged her and pulled her back into his arms. “Don’t worry. None of those things you’re worried about will happen.”

“What are you saying…”

Zuko pressed his forehead against hers, giving her a faint smile, and whispered, “I’ll follow your lead.”

The next day, Lina received a message in the school group chat.

school’s reputation. As a result, she was expelled from

the wealthy heirs and heiresses who had been bullied by her but had never dared

teacher leading the group, the

to Jangasas, Melissa was overjoyed to see Zuko. She almost set off a

saying, “You have no idea. The shelves have been in disarray these past two days while you were gone! And your father-in-law couldn’t handle the deliveries when they arrived. Dave was still in class, so he struggled to move those boxes alone… Now, his back is

at the supermarket, come back quickly.

you tidy up the shelves, clean the place too. It’s covered

“Zeke—”

you ever stop?” Lina stomped her foot anxiously. “He just came back.

a grown

“Mom!”

Zuko’s identity before. Now that she knew he was the esteemed Hamerton

treated Zeke the same as before—as the son-in-law she wanted

it’s fine,” Zuko said happily with a gentle smile. “I’ll go to the store now. I’ll probably be done by noon, and the

hearing this, Melissa’s eyes lit up, and she patted Zuko’s shoulder, looking at Lina. “See? I still

pursed his lips and walked out of

broad back, feeling warmth in her heart. She smiled

anymore in

rolled her eyes. “I’m just

Zeke… He’ll be our son-in-law in the future, so we can’t be too nice to him

her apron and

Since she didn’t have many classes in the afternoon, she took advantage of her mother’s distraction and secretly sneaked out of the house to go to the

already organized most of the shelves when he saw someone bounding in with a bobbing head and two cups

you drinking this artificially sweetened stuff

a cup of mango yogurt from her and began to gulp

women never meant what they said, but when men acted

hand and sipping her milk tea as she watched him work. She saw his sweat-soaked T-shirt clinging to

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