Zuko was now completely sober. He hadn’t had time to react when Nicholas dragged him away, and then his ears were filled with the man’s voice narrating how he had made full use of the washboard back in the day, how he had pacified Linda, and so on.

While listening to the stories, Zuko found another glass of vodka in his hand. By the end of it, he had lost track of how much he had drunk.

In a daze, he felt a soft hand hooking onto his arm, and a gentle voice whispered in his ear, “You’ve had so much to drink. What do we do now?”

“Let Zuko stay here! He’s not an outsider,” Linda said.

“Which room should he stay in?” Lina asked.

When Zuko woke up, he was lying in a beautiful princess room—Lina’s. The air was filled with a familiar fragrance, and a lovely thought crossed his mind.

He had drunk too much yesterday, and it seemed Lina had helped him.

‘Did we have…’

Zuko couldn’t control his smile and subconsciously felt the space beside him.

However, there was no residual warmth. He lifted the blanket and noticed that his clothes were intact. Nothing had happened. It seemed that the beautiful thought was just his imagination.

unable to resist his wandering thoughts, and he buried his face in it to sniff

that he should not be content with just

Lina walked in with some drinks and breakfast, placing

quickly lay down and pretended to

down his

did not go beyond his neck, but a certain part of him seemed to have undergone

Lina called a few times, but he didn’t

softly, “You shouldn’t force yourself to drink! You drank so much and still can’t

Zuko! Did you get alcohol

was poisoned, Lina panicked and was about to

“Dad! Mom!”

shout!” Zuko

to see him looking refreshed and not at

“You…”

had gone too far with his acting

wrong?” Lina sat beside him and observed him carefully. “You don’t feel

gently caressing

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