Chapter 1180
Someone slowly emerged from the shadows.
Zuko was dumbfounded and stammered after a long time, “Ah… Uncle Nichs?”
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Nichs had his hands behind his back as he walked up to them, his eyes fixed on Zuko. Lina was still
in the position of having her legs wrapped around Zuko’s waist, her arms around his neck, and hanging
onto him.
Zuko could clearly sense… a killing intent from his Uncle Nichs’ gaze! He jolted and quickly put Lina
down, shing a wince at the older man.
“Um… Good evening, Uncle Nichs. You’re still awake? I’ve brought Lina back… Heh…”
Nichs looked stern, and his displeased gaze pierced through Zuko like needles.
Although it was known that his daughter and this young man had been promised to each other since
childhood—destined to be together sooner orter—and that it was good that they were close to each
other, knowing his daughter was in a romantic rtionship and actually seeing it with his own eyes
were twopletely different matters for a father.
Nichs pursed his lips, usually treating the two Hamerton young men like his own sons, but today, he
felt that Zuko was nothing more than a toad trying to snatch his precious little princess!
This brat had the audacity to send her back sote at night and then linger at the doorstep. He even
scared Lina like that! He was truly… asking for trouble!
Nichs cleared his throat a couple of times, and Lina’s face turned slightly red. She hurriedly ran over
and stood behind her father.
Zuko smiled politely and started to back up. “Um, Uncle Nichs, it’s gettingte, so I’ll…”
“Well, go home early,” Nichs said with a serious expression. “And don’t be out sote next time!”
Zuko nodded his head vigorously.
The Thompsons’ gate opened and closed, and the father and daughter soon disappeared into the
night’s darkness.
There was still a distance after entering the courtyard gate. Lina cautiously followed behind Nichs,
looking at his slightly aged figure and realizing that he had stayed up sote and waited outside the
gate for her.
She suddenly felt a pang in her heart. She thought of Jesse, who used to dote on her like this. He
would pick her up from school and protect her, so no boy would dare to harass her.
Lina’s eyes went red, her nose tingling, but her heart was filled with happiness.
Nichs paused his steps and turned around to ask her softly, “Lina, what’s wrong?”
Lina asked, “You… Have you been waiting here for me?”
“Oh.” Nichs smiled. “It’s nothing, really. Since I’m old, I don’t sleep well anyway. I thought I might as
well take a walk!
“What’s wrong? You don’t like it?” He suddenly realized and hurriedly exined, “Lina, I… I’m not
worried about you and Zuko. I just… Well, forget it. If you don’t like it, I won’t wait at the doorstep
anymore, okay?
“Lina, please… don’t be angry with me! Dad’s wrong this time, but I promise to make it right next time.
Don’t be mad, okay?”
The influential and powerful Nichs Thompson was just a humble father in front of his daughter.
“I’m not angry with you.” Lina’s tears welled up in her eyes. She gently went up to him and held onto his
arm with her small hand. “I’m just worried that staying up sote isn’t good for your health.”
Nichs stood there, stunned, his ears buzzing, thinking he must have misheard it.
“Y-You’re worried about me?”
“Mm.” Lina looked into his eyes. “Not only you but also mom.”
“Your mother couldn’t sleep at first either, but she said she must listen to you, so she took her medicine
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Nichs suddenly stopped talking!
“Hold on.” The shock was evident on his face as he asked her with a trembling voice, “W-What… What
did you just call her?”
“Mom.”
Lina’s voice was very soft and incredibly clear on this serene night.
“Dad.” Tears rolled down her cheeks. “I’m sorry I kept you waiting for so long.”
Nichs held his breath, his heart thumping.
Time seemed to have stood still at that moment. He felt as if he had been trapped in a vacuum as if he
could hear the sound of his own blood flowing through his body.
It was as if Pammy had never left him but had just grown up in an instant…
Nichs’ lips trembled, unable to say a word. Tears streamed down his face, and heughed as he
wiped them away. Heughed while exining, “I… I don’t want to cry! What’s wrong with these
tears…
“Linda! Linda!
“Ian! Evelyn! Gary!
“All of you,e out! Hahaha…”
Nichsughed like a madman and shouted like a lunatic. In no time, the entire Thompson estate
was brightly lit.
The housekeepers and service staff, who had been sleeping, rubbed their sleepy eyes and rushed to
the courtyard to see what was going on.
Linda, wearing pajamas and slippers, her hair disheveled, stormed out.
“Nichs Thompson! What the hell are you doing going crazy in the middle of the night!? I finally
managed to get a good night’s sleep, and you—”
Before she finished speaking, she caught sight of Lina standing in the courtyard.
Linda regretted not maintaining herposure in front of her daughter.
In the blink of an eye, she changed her demeanor, returning to her usual elegant and graceful
appearance in front of Lina. She smiled gently, and her tone softened. “Nichs, what’s going on?
Pammy, did he drink? Don’t be afraid… Heh, uh, that’s just his way. When he drinks a little, he goes
crazy. I’ll teach him a lessonter!
“Evelyn, help Lina back to her room first!”
Just as Linda was about to go forward and grab Nichs’ ear, Nichs excitedly grabbed her hand
with a beaming face.
“Linda, listen!” Nichs looked at Lina. “Listen to what she called us.”
Linda looked puzzled.
Meanwhile, Lina walked between them, one hand on her father’s arm and another embracing her
mother, smiling sweetly at them.