Chapter 123: The Press Meeting

Shen Liya's expression stiffened slightly before she looked up with a faint smile, "I'm actually an orphan."

An Luxia could not hide the surprise on her face as she did not expect this answer, "You. . ."

Shen Liya chuckled, not really affected by the topic, "But it's okay, I'm used to it already."

She stopped talking as she drank the smoothie. 

To avoid the awkwardness, An Luxia smiled and said softly, "I wouldn't say our situation is similar, but I don't have biological parents as well."

Shen Liya looked up, licking away the pink smoothie on the corner of her lips, not saying anything.

"I was adopted when I was young into the family I am in now. My biological parents. . . Well, let's just say they are gone now."

Shen Liya grinned, setting her smoothie down onto the table, "Really? I have heard some things about your family before in school, but I didn't know much about it. What about. . ."

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