“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.

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

by her but had never dared

of the teacher leading the group, the

see Zuko. She almost set off

Zeke, you’re finally back!” She pulled him toward the supermarket, 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 hurting again! By the way, your treatment worked well on him last time,

come back quickly. I haven’t taught you how

shelves, clean the place too. It’s covered

“Zeke—”

will you ever stop?” Lina stomped her foot anxiously. “He just came back. Can’t you

why should he rest?” Melissa stared at her. “He’s a grown man. Will this

“Mom!”

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

the same as before—as

probably be done by noon,

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

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

around anymore in the future!” said

into you, girl?” Melissa rolled her eyes. “I’m just teaching

have to push them constantly, especially someone like Zeke… He’ll be our son-in-law in the future, so we can’t

on her apron and hurried into the kitchen

many classes in the afternoon, she took advantage of her mother’s distraction and secretly sneaked out

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

you drinking this artificially sweetened stuff

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

what they said, but when men acted similarly, the level of surprise

as she watched him work. She saw his sweat-soaked T-shirt clinging to his body and the lines of his

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