Chapter 17: Chapter 17 She’s Just a Poor Little Thing

Yun Shifei turned her head to look at Cheng Lie.

Meeting those pitch-black, deep eyes.

Cold, harsh, sinister, with not a trace of light.

Was it Cheng Lie who just spoke?

"You told me not to meddle in other people’s business?" Yun Shifei couldn’t help but murmur as she repeated his words.

She was genuinely surprised, as she had never heard him speak before.

Cheng Lie, however, said nothing else. He pressed his lips together and lowered his gaze to the textbook.

It shouldn’t be a hallucination, right?

But then again, it made sense. Cheng Lie’s condition wasn’t particularly severe, and autism didn’t mean he was mute. Why couldn’t he talk?

But the first words he chose to say were to tell her not to meddle?

In that moment, Yun Shifei felt an indescribable heaviness in her heart.

This boy was like a hedgehog, wrapping himself in sharp quills, defending against the world outside.

He wasn’t truly hostile; he was just trying to protect himself, wasn’t he?

her earlier today,

his driver

who spoke to her, Yun Shifei wasn’t

tacit approval, how could the

more she thought about it, the more convinced Yun Shifei

to Cheng Lie and said to him, "I happen to love meddling

Shifei didn’t wait for Cheng

and his expression remained

the textbook, stiffened slightly and didn’t turn

to her seat, Yun Shifei realized with alarm

to the future

had she

couldn’t help but sneak a glance at Cheng Lie.

probably wouldn’t get

that she might have acted

Wouldn’t it be easier for

hated trouble the

he was always being bullied, she couldn’t resist stepping in to help

felt that their situations were

Family’s biological daughter, but she was still the outsider. Everyone assumed she was here to take Yun Sisi’s place, so

him well—was just as lonely inside, as if he were

sense, they were the

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