Zuko sneered, thinking that the actors were terrible!"Hey, what are you laughing at?" Melissa glared at him. "Is it funny? Be serious!"Zuko looked at them with deep eyes as if he were looking at fools.Melissa decided to take matters into her own hands since her husband was acting so timidly. She licked her lips and raised her voice to the maximum volume, enunciating each word clearly. "Now that you're staying in our house, we need to establish some rules for you! Do you have any objections?"Zuko shook his head."The first rule is that you have no other place to sleep but the living room floor!"Dave reminded her softly, "Mom, Lina just bought him a folding bed this morning. It's—""Forget about the folding bed!" Melissa shouted, "Sleeping on the floor means sleeping on the floor!"Zuko made a soft snort from his nose. He did not care where he slept, but he was surprised that Lina had bought him a folding bed. He followed Dave's gaze and looked over to the corner of the room
Zuko's imposing aura, which was intimidating even without anger, made everyone in the room stand still, afraid to make a sound. After a while, Melissa gathered her courage."You... What else do you want?" she asked, her voice trembling.Zuko looked at her. Melissa was just a regular middle-aged woman, overweight and exuding no sense of sophistication. Compared to his mother, this woman appeared at least ten years older. Despite her fear, she confronted him like an old sparrow protecting a young sparrow with fluttering wings. Zuko suddenly remembered the saying about a mother's love. Melissa's love for Lina was no less than his mother's love for him."Oh, honey..." Jesse gently pulled Melissa and looked anxious as he whispered, "Don't provoke him. You can't handle him—""Stop talking!" Melissa glared at him and then turned her wary gaze back to Zuko.Zuko found it disdainful to argue with them. After a moment of silence, he simply put his luggage in the corner and went to sit on
Now that the weather was warm, sleeping outdoors was quite comfortable, but there were a lot of mosquitoes. Lina quietly walked over.This folding bed she had bought was too short, and Zuko's long legs stuck out. The width was not enough either. Overall, it looked like an adult sleeping in a child's bed. Lina found it amusing and turned back.Dave was still waiting in the living room."Why aren't you going to sleep?" she asked.Dave pointed to Zuko and whispered, "You didn't bring him back?""Did he go out on his own? Or did our parents kick him out?""He went out on his own," replied Dave. "Oh, by the way, are you hungry? I can get you something to eat!"After saying that, he turned and went into the kitchen, retrieving a plate of lobster risotto."It's kept warm in the pot!" he exclaimed.Lina was taken aback and looked at Dave. The cooking did not seem like something her mother would do, and lobsters were expensive. Even if her mother bought lobsters, she would cook them wh
"Hey, Lina, Mom was really scared by the door guardian today!" Dave chuckled. "She used that feather duster for over ten years, and it suddenly met its demise!"Lina was taken aback. "What? Did Zeke dare to lay hands on Mom?""No!" Dave described the situation to her. "Mom was furious because the kitchen was too messy. She grabbed the feather duster to make a point, but she got carried away and accidentally hit him for real..."And the feather duster snapped in half."Lina widened her eyes.Dave looked toward the porch and lowered his voice. "Sis, he's not a door guardian but Ironman, is he?"Lina could not help but laugh and told her brother to go back to sleep.She looked at the plate of risotto on the table for a while, then went to the porch for no reason.Zuko was in a vigilant sleeping position, his body tilted to one side, hands crossed in front of his chest, and the blanket only covering his stomach.His exposed arms and calves had well-defined and perfect muscle lines
"Rent?" Zuko turned to look at her with a raised eyebrow and a faint smile at the corner of his mouth. "Didn't we 'get married'? Are you still collecting rent from your husband?""You..." Lina did not expect him to say that, and her face instantly turned red. She stared at him, unable to speak.Zuko chuckled softly and stopped teasing her. He picked up his folding bed that was still standing outside the porch and prepared to put it back in the corner against the wall.As he passed by Lina, he noticed her blushing ears and even the fine hairs on her face were clearly visible. The fragrance she naturally had wafted into his nose.His heart suddenly skipped a beat, and his footsteps paused. He told her softly, "The bed... Thank you too."Lina raised her eyes and met his gaze. Something in the depths of his eyes seemed to run into a secret place in her heart that no one knew about."Oh, by the way. I wanted to talk to you about something!" Lina suddenly remembered. "It's about the ma
"You... How did you get these?" Melissa was the first to react and stared at Lina. "You, girl, didn't actually go and register with him, did you?""Mom, what are you saying!?" Dave defended his sister. "Lina didn't leave the house all day!""Yes, yes." Jesse nodded. "I came back home at noon, and Lina was working on her thesis!""Everyone, don't panic," Zuko said in a deep voice. "These two marriage certificates are fake.""Fake!?" Everyone was even more surprised."Lina said she was afraid that Violet would come looking for trouble again. I thought about it and agreed that it's better to be prepared," Zuko explained simply. "So I got these."Lina was surprised and picked up the marriage certificates to examine them carefully.She had seen her parents' marriage certificates before, and they looked exactly the same as these ones. Her photo and Zuko's photo looked incredibly real, and the size was according to the standard of a marriage certificate.The most unbelievable thing wa
Melissa smiled and thought to herself that she initially thought Zuko was imprisoned for fighting and brawling, but it turned out to be for document forgery, which elevated his skills to a whole new level. Once someone had a talent, it was like they glowed."Zeke, if that's the case, you can be considered a skilled criminal!" Melissa said, "I can rest assured now since you went to prison for this! It's better than fighting!"Zeke, it's alright to have taken the wrong path. What's important is to change! You made this marriage certificate so realistic, which shows that you have good skills! You should redirect your talent for forging documents and use it for something else—to contribute to society!""Yes! I completely agree!" Jesse chimed in. "Hey, Zeke, can you counterfeit money too?"Zuko coughed and choked on his food, unable to respond.Dave was holding back his laughter, and his face turned red.Lina quickly shot her parents a look, signaling them to stop. She got up and pour
Lina looked at Zuko for a while and asked softly, "I'm indignant, but what else can I do? The Grist Group is a big business, and crushing us is as simple as crushing an ant to them."It's my fault, actually." She smiled bitterly. "I shouldn't have impulsively reported problems with their products, and I shouldn't have gathered the merchants to boycott them. Sigh… I'm the one who suffered in the end, right? The merchants I approached are still selling the Grist Group's products!""Mm, it's good that you recognize your mistake," said Zuko with a calm expression.Lina lowered her eyes and remained silent."A company like the Grist Group that's devoid of conscience will only disrupt the market order by continuing to exist." Zuko looked at her and said, "So, you were right in seeking justice, just using the wrong method."Lina bit her lip. She had always thought he was reticent, but he spoke so much today."But you..." She hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?