Chapter 1262


    Lena asked, “Why did you give me money?”


    Lina was taken aback.


    “Don’t get me wrong. I didn’t mean anything else—” Lena interrupted her before she could end her


    sentence.


    “I asked, why did you give me money?” Lena’s voice was clear and firm, showing maturity beyond her


    years.


    Lina took a deep breath. “I wanted to thank you for helping me out in the restroomst time.”


    Lena remained silent but pushed the money back into Lina’s hands. “No need to thank me.”


    As Lena turned to leave, Lina wanted to call her back. But Lena stopped and turned around again. A


    gust of wind lifted the brim of her cap, finally allowing Lina to see her face clearly.


    Lena was pretty, with a touch of youthful intelligence in her expression, but her eyes carried a sense of


    world-weariness beyond her years.


    “If you ever encounter trouble again, you can find me to help you,” Lena said.


    “But… don’t I need to know your name and how to contact you?” Lina asked.


    Lena chuckled. “After we metst time, didn’t you investigate me? You imed not to know my name.”


    Lina and Zuko exchanged nces, realizing they had met their match.


    The best approach when dealing with a strong-willed opponent was to be straightforward, so Lina said


    directly, “I did investigate you, mainly because I was curious why you helped me. Also… I didn’t find out


    anything about you, except that your name is Lena.”This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org .


    Lena paused for a moment, then suddenly burst intoughter.


    Her smile was innocent and mischievous, like a child who had just seeded in ying a prank. “I


    didn’t expect that even people like you sometimes fail to find information about others. I thought you


    had an extensivework!”


    Lina stayed silent.Books Chapters Are Daily Updated Join & Stay Updated For All Books Updates…


    “I’m Lena Harding.” Lena adjusted her cap. “If you need me, go to that bar.”


    Before Lina could say anything else, Lena left swiftly with a faint smile.


    “What an odd person.” Zuko chuckled softly. “But she doesn’t seem bad.”


    “Yeah, she would’ve acted on it already if she had ill intentions toward me.”


    “It’s a pretty fruitful day today.” Zuko looked at her. “We know her name now. I’ll have someone


    investigate her further and find out everything about her.”


    –


    Lena returned to her shabby rented room and removed her cap and sweat-soaked T-shirt. She cleaned


    the fish and put it in the pot. Then, she opened a cold beer can from the fridge.


    The sound of the tab popping was a refreshing contrast to the heat of the small room.


    Lena took a sip of the beer, which tasted a bit bitter. She frowned, still notpletely used to the vor.


    “Lina Jenner…” she murmured with a smile. She put down the beer can and took out a diary from the


    drawer.


    She carefully wrote the name on thest page of the diary. Then she went to check on the fish soup


    bubbling in the pot. She added some salt and lowered the heat before sitting back on the kitchen floor


    to flip through the diary again.


    She had lost count of how many times she had read it. Many sentences were already ingrained in her


    memory, but she couldn’t get enough of them. Reading the diary every day had be an essential


    part of her life.


    Running her fingers over the familiar handwriting felt like touching that person’s face. Only then did she


    feel like the world didn’t abandon her and that she had family, even though that family member was


    now behind bars, waiting for execution on charges of human trafficking.


    The diary’s pages had turned yellow, and the stories inside were from long ago.


    Lena read the words line by line. “Tonight at the nightclub, a few men gave me a hard time. I was there


    to serve them liquor, but they insisted I apany them for drinks. They were too many for me to


    handle. Just when I thought I had no hope, he appeared.”