Zuko was involved in various activities with the family. He would send and pick up Lina from school, and she would assist at the store.
Melissa would engage in conversations with him, while Jesse would pour him wine whenever he drank. Dave looked up to him and occasionally received fighting lessons from him. Overall, he felt connected with the family.
However, Zuko noticed that Lina had been ignoring him lately. She would not turn her head to acknowledge him when entering the university gate as she used to.
Moreover, she started leaving school later and would quickly walk ahead of him, keeping her head down. At home, she acted as if he didn't exist, and even at the store, she pretended he wasn't there. It was clear that she was deliberately avoiding him.
This confused Zuko. They were fine just two days ago, so why was she pushing him away now? Could it be that all women were fickle-minded?
Being accustomed to women approaching him whenever he was in a social setting, Zuko found it difficult to adjust to someone deliberately ignoring him. The sudden cold shoulder was something he couldn't easily get used to.
He lacked experience in such matters, so he didn't know with whom to discuss this.
To make matters worse, Zuko found that her behavior was starting to affect him. He would become anxious when she ignored him, resulting in mistakes like confusing sugar for salt or wine for vinegar while organizing the store shelves.
Desperate, he turned to an online forum and posted a thread.
[What's the reason for a girl with whom you have been close to suddenly start ignoring you?]
Within half an hour, he received numerous replies.
[What else? She doesn't like you anymore!]
[Did you do something that disgusts her, good-looking boy?]
[Perhaps she has a new prospect, and she's just treating you as a spare tire!]
Zuko frowned and clenched his fists.
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