“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.

As a

bullied by her but had never dared to resist

teacher leading the group, the

Melissa was overjoyed to see Zuko. She almost set off a string of

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 hurting again! By the way, your treatment worked well on

finish at the supermarket, come back quickly. I haven’t taught you how to make

while you tidy up the shelves, clean the

“Zeke—”

Lina stomped her foot anxiously. “He just came back.

at her. “He’s a grown man. Will this little bit of

“Mom!”

when Lina didn’t know about Zuko’s identity before. Now that she knew

the same as before—as the son-in-law she

store now. I’ll probably be done by noon, and the delivery

eyes lit up, and she patted Zuko’s shoulder, looking at Lina. “See? I still have to rely on my son-in-law in

his lips and walked out

feeling warmth in her heart. She smiled with her head lowered before turning to glare at her

him around anymore in the future!” said

Melissa rolled her eyes. “I’m

someone like Zeke… He’ll be our son-in-law in the

talking about setting rules, Melissa put on her apron and hurried into the kitchen

helplessly. 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

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

“Why are you drinking this artificially sweetened

mango yogurt from her and

what they said, but when men acted similarly,

her cheek with her hand and sipping her milk tea as she watched him work. She saw his sweat-soaked T-shirt clinging to his body and the lines of his biceps when he raised

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