A Million Times for You (124)

Tuoba Gucheng did not look at her and instead kept his eyes fixed on the lines of the book he was reading. "It's my parents' blessing to have such a sensible daughter-in-law like you."

Lin Shishi snorted with laughter and said, "Why don't you say that you're the most blessed to have me as your wife?"

"It's my blessing too," he answered perfunctorily, seemingly trying to brush her off.

"When I called home this afternoon, my parents said that Sis Xiaoning didn't inform them nor the Jin family of the fact that she's still alive. Since we're family, shouldn't she have informed us firsthand?"

"Are your parents upset about that?" he asked, placing his book onto the headboard.

"A little. My parents and the Jin family were worried sick and devastated when they heard about her execution. Yet, she didn't even tell us that she was alive. They treat her like their daughter, but what about her? Does she even see them as her parents?"