Chapter 1219
Linda and Lina were momentarily stunned, their attention drawn to the door in unison.
Nichs stood there, wearing a harmless smile. He had been pacing outside his daughter’s room for a
while, even before Linda brought the tray upstairs. He was concerned that his daughter hadn’t eaten
and was in a bad mood. The fear of losing the daughter they had worked so hard to find haunted him.
However, he didn’t know how to approach her. He was a father, a man, and there were certain things
that girls might not want to discuss with a man.
While he had been hesitating, he saw Linda going upstairs, so he quickly hid to the side. After Linda
knocked on the door and entered, he sneaked half of his body out and peeked inside, straining his ears
to listen.
But the more he listened, the more something seemed off. Why were these two crying so much?
Anxious, Nichs knocked on the door and walked over, pretending to be passing by.
“Oh… I was about to go to the study.” He smiled. “I just happened to pass by here and heard you two
crying… Hey, Linda, are you bullying my precious daughter?”
Nichs kept exchanging nces with Linda as he spoke, hoping she would y along. However, his
attempt at humor fell t and only made his wife burst intoughter.
“It’s not funny at all,” Linda said, her lips curling up as she looked at Lina. “Don’t mind your father. He’s
naturallycking in humor. When he was young, he used to cause trouble at Uncle Zephyr and Aunt
Cordelia’s cafe, scaring away customers with his grin!”
“Are you remembering it wrong?” Nichs widened his eyes and retorted, “Zephyr is clearly the one
with a poker face!”
“Then what kind of face do you have?” Lindaughed. “A kidney bean face?”
Nichs admitted defeat, and the three of them burst intoughter.
Lina held onto her father with one hand and her mother with the other, just as she used to hold hands
with Jesse and Melissa when she was little. She treasured moments of happiness like this.
“Good girl, there’s no need to be troubled,” Nichs said, patting Lina’s head. “I know about your
adoptive mother… To be honest, your mother and I me those two. We me them for not sending
you back after saving you, causing us to suffer for 20 years. But…
“But I’ve always told your mother, and I’ve been consoling myself. The past cannot be undone. The
only thing we can do is cherish the present.
“Now that you’re back, we won’t hold it against them anymore… Besides, they’ve also sacrificed a lot
for you in these 20 years. They raised you, and you should repay their kindness.”
“Dad…”
“Your adoptive mother needs you now,” Nichs said, his eyes brimming with tender love as he held
her hand. “You need to take care of her, but not at that hospital.”
“What?”
“What’s with the confusion?” Nichs became haughty. “Isn’t it time for that brat Zuko to show up? His
family has a joint hospital established by his grandfather. Didn’t he tell you!?
“If that brat doesn’t help with this favor, he can forget about marrying my daughter!”
“You’re getting senile, aren’t you? Saying such things!” Linda scolded him with a hard pinch. “Go to
bed. Don’t disturb our daughter’s rest!”
“Hey, sweetheart, I’m serious!”
Nichs was pushed out by his wife, assuming the stance of an authoritative father-inw.
“I need to test that brat properly! If he can’t pass my test, he can forget about marrying my precious
daughter!”
“Now you call him a brat? You treated him like your own son before!”
“Well… that was before!” Nichs refused to ept it. “Besides, Zephyr kicked me in the back! I have
to seek revenge on his son for that!”
“Nichs! Don’t forget that you kicked him too!” Linda pulled out her secret weapon. She twisted
Nichs’ ear, causing him to yelp in pain. “You old man, go to bed! Don’t make me bring out the
washboard!”
“Alright, alright… Sweetheart, be gentle!”
Lina watched the loving, bickering backs of her parents and couldn’t help butugh. She returned to
her room andy down on the bed, feeling rxed.
As expected, Zuko called to bid her goodnight.Books Chapters Are Daily Updated Join & Stay Updated
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The first words that came out of his deep and husky voice were: “Miss me?”
Lina simply smiled and didn’t answer.
Zuko didn’t tease her either and spoke seriously. “I’ve already arranged for your mother’s hospital
transfer.”
“So fast?”
“If I’m not fast, Uncle Nichs might never let me marry you, right?”
Lina was taken aback. She really suspected that Zuko had nted a bug in her house.
“Don’t be surprised.” Zuko chuckled. “Actually, I could tell from the way Uncle Nichs looked at me
last time when I dropped you home… My dad said that all fathers-inw in the world have the same
look in their eyes when they see their sons-inw. My grandfather didn’t like him at all back then!”
“He didn’t like him?” Lina chuckled mischievously. “Then why does he keep sending him Ult-Alpha?”
“You…”
Realization hit Zuko. She knew everything and deliberately wanted to see him flustered that night! Her
laughter over the phone was like a kitten’s pawing at his heart, making him restless.
While Linaughed, she turned over and suddenly felt a sharp pain in her waist. She couldn’t help but
let out a soft gasp.
Zuko was rmed. “What’s wrong?”
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“It’s nothing.” Lina rubbed her waist. “Zuko, the ointments you gotst time don’t seem to work well.
They don’t have much effect on the pain in my waist.”
Zuko’s expression fell as a thought crossed his mind.
Those medications from Southeast Aciatic were meant for external injuries, providing relief to surface
symptoms but not addressing the root cause. Perhaps her real injury was internal.
Zuko spoke seriously. “Lina, while Aunt Melissa is transferring hospitals, get yourself checked at the
joint hospital too!”
Lina paused and asked softly after a while, “Do you think it’s serious? But the pain onlyes and
goes. It’s not usually painful.”
“That’s precisely why it’s concerning.” Zuko sighed softly. “Let’s get it checked, so I can be at ease.”
“Okay,” Lina replied softly with a smile. “I’ll listen to you!”