Chapter 36 Being a Father

Shen Chi returned to find Lin Xiaoguai holding a book, yet her expression clearly indicated her mind was elsewhere.

"What's wrong?" he asked as he took off his coat and kissed her cheek.

Lin Xiaoguai jumped, looked up to see him, and breathed a sigh of relief, though her tone was irritated, "You're back."

"What has happened?" Shen Chi repeated his question.

"My niece Lin Xiaoniao has run away from home," Lin Xiaoguai explained after sharing the story of raising Lin Xiaoniao and the reasons behind her running away. She sighed, "That child is very bright, and she probably left fearing that my second sister-in-law would sell her."

She had always considered her second sister-in-law to be incredibly foolish without any limits. If her second brother hadn't been so weak and unattractive, her mom wouldn't have arranged the marriage, and her dad wouldn't have allowed such a woman into the family.