Zhong Lingling said somewhat awkwardly, "I don't have any sisters!"
"Are you an only child?" the old lady asked again.
"I am an orphan!" Zhong Lingling told the truth.
She thought, after Old Mrs. Shen learned about her background, she would probably look down on her and ridicule her just like everyone else, and she would never talk to her so kindly again.
However, Old Mrs. Shen stared into Zhong Lingling's eyes and said with a heart full of distress, "Oh my, I never would have guessed. You poor child, have you had such a tough life, did your parents pass away? Or did something else happen?"
"My parents abandoned me, and my foster father raised me!" Zhong Lingling said, trying to sound nonchalant.
Shen Zhixuan frowned upon hearing this.
He and Old Mrs. Shen felt the same way—sympathetic—and not the slightest bit of disdain for Zhong Lingling!
Old Mrs. Shen quickly apologized. "I'm so sorry, I'm sorry for bringing up such a painful subject."
