“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.

causing significant damage to the school’s reputation. As a result, she was expelled from her teaching position and

chat, the wealthy heirs and heiresses who had been bullied by her

teacher leading the

see Zuko. She

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

finish at the supermarket, come back quickly.

Zeke, while you tidy up the shelves, clean the place

“Zeke—”

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

Melissa stared at her. “He’s a grown man. Will

“Mom!”

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

still treated Zeke the same as before—as

“I’ll go to the store now. I’ll probably be done by

she patted Zuko’s shoulder, looking at Lina. “See? I

his lips and walked out of

back, feeling warmth in her heart. She smiled with her head lowered before turning to

him around anymore in

girl?” Melissa rolled her eyes. “I’m just

Zeke… He’ll be our son-in-law in the future, so

apron and hurried into the kitchen to cook

afternoon, she took advantage of her mother’s distraction and secretly sneaked out

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

are you drinking this

he willingly took a cup of mango yogurt from her and began to gulp

said women never meant what they said, but when men acted similarly, the

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

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