Lina nodded. "You can decide."
Zuko placed his hand on her belly. With the months passing, he could sometimes feel the baby's movements. Right
now, their little one seemed to respond to his touch as if greeting him.
"By the way, there's a secret I want to tell you..." Lina's smile was radiant. She leaned close to his ear and
whispered, "Our baby... is a girl!"
"What?" Zuko's heart skipped a beat, and he could not react for a moment. He was so happy this time that he could
not even manage a smile.
"A-Are you sure? How did you find out?"
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtLina giggled embarrassedly. "I pestered the doctor until she told me! She kept saying that there are rules against
revealing the gender during ultrasounds, but she told me to prepare a princess bed after the checkup!"
Zuko was overjoyed, and he almost gave Lina a princess carry. He remembered his mother saying that the
Hamertons had always been having more sons than daughters. In Zephyr's generation, all the others were boys
aside from Zennie.
Going on, it was Zuko and Toph. Moreover, there was a superstition that Cordelia needed to have seven sons before
they would finally have a daughter. It was why she stopped after giving birth to them both. Zephyr had always been
a little regretful that he had no daughters.
Now, Zuko had a daughter!
He was ecstatic and could not wait to call and share the news with his entire family.
"Stay calm for now!" Lina admonished. "Sometimes, ultrasounds can be wrong..."
"No, no!" Zuko was sure. "I know it's a daughter!"
"Even so, let's not say anything until she's born." Lina whined, "It's only a few months from now!"
Zuko smiled and gently embraced her. If his wife did not want to disclose it, he would enjoy his happiness in secret.
From now on, though, he needed to prepare baby supplies.
The doctor had mentioned a princess crib, right? He would buy the best princess crib, hang dreamy curtains all
around it, and ensure that the Hamertons' little princess felt like true royalty from the moment she arrived.
"By the way." Lina looked at him with some hesitation and asked, "Renee..."
"You still can't let go of her, can you?"
Lina shook her head. She felt torn. Her feelings for Renee were complicated. They had faced hardships together,
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmbut Renee had now repeatedly challenged her bottom line.
She wanted Renee to be rightfully punished but did not want her to end up too badly.
Zuko said, gazing at her, "Honey, I've found her."
"Really?" Lina exclaimed.
"Yes," Zuko said softly. "I made a deal with Jacquelin, promising the safety of her family in exchange for her finding
a way to lure Renee out... She actually did it."
In fact, on the day Renee entered the prison, the female guard had recognized her and reported her whereabouts
to Zuko. This included the conversation between Jacquelin and Renee.
Lina asked him, "What did Jacquelin do?"
Zuko licked his lips but did not say anything. He did not know how to tell Lina about it, and he could not be sure
whether it was true or false.