After Rebirth, I Married the Great Demon King

Chapter 36: Chapter 36 We Are Not Friends

When these words were spoken, everyone present was stunned.

Except for Cheng Lie, all eyes fell on Yun Shifei.

Being stared at by so many pairs of eyes, Yun Shifei felt deeply uneasy.

But the words that needed to be said still had to be spoken.

"Uncle, Aunt, I know you hope that I can be friends with Cheng Lie, but friendship isn’t one-sided. It requires both parties to agree. Cheng Lie... isn’t my friend right now."

This kind of explanation should make things clear to them, right?

Cheng Guomin hadn’t expected Yun Shifei to say such a thing; this young lady seemed so timid and shy, her eyes doe-like—innocent and anxious.

Yet she had a surprisingly clear perspective of her own.

Unable to hold back, he chuckled: "You know Xiao Lie’s situation. If you spend enough time with him, you’ll naturally become his friend."

Yun Shifei did not agree with Cheng Guomin’s words.

It seemed like adults assumed that kids could easily play together without much thought.

Their minds might be simple and crave more companions.

But that wasn’t the reality.

Many kids had their own criteria for choosing friends.

Take herself, for instance—she couldn’t just casually make friends.

As for Cheng Lie...

Someone with his level of isolation, cut off from the world, surely had a sensitive inner world—not something an ordinary person could easily access.

Just like the time he told her not to meddle unnecessarily.

She and Cheng Lie weren’t close like that.

So, Yun Shifei once again refuted Cheng Guomin’s point: "Uncle, I believe Cheng Lie must have his own thoughts about this. Maybe we’ll become friends in the future, but not right now. Please don’t call us friends yet—if he doesn’t want to be friends with me, then it’ll just be awkward."

Zhao Haishuang and Cheng Huai couldn’t help but feel a bit uncomfortable hearing Yun Shifei repeatedly go against Cheng Guomin.

This girl from the Yun Family—what was her brain made of? How could she be so stubborn?

wonder the kids across the entire neighborhood mocked her

her to that foster

her own merits, Yun

to elders like this, especially someone like Cheng Guomin—a man

Yun Family was wealthy, they

her favor, and now she seemed to think of

criticize right in front of

just a fool? And

Zhao Haishuang sneered inwardly.

Cheng Lie truly had his own thoughts, he would’ve long since

then and the damage it inflicted, how could

it because he’d become foolish, diagnosed

Ha—

felt a bit annoyed,

done indeed disregarded Cheng Lie’s

Cheng Lie even

toward Yun Shifei with a smile: "Shi Fei is right; I didn’t think things through. Xiao Lie hasn’t agreed to be

was just how

about her—Xiao Lie will surely want to become friends with her," Zhao Haishuang said, her

let’s just chalk this up to my selfishness. Even if Xiao Lie doesn’t see you as a friend yet, I hope you can at least view him as one and look out for him more at

I’ve already started seeing Cheng Lie as a

option, if she didn’t treat Cheng Lie

demeanor in the future

had lived through enough hardships in her last life; did

might be, she wouldn’t have the courage to do

reassurance, Cheng Guomin finally felt at

glanced at Cheng

spoke, Cheng Lie seemed like an outsider, quietly focusing on

though

outwardly aloof, felt an unfamiliar emotion stir

couldn’t quite put

all these years, no one had ever cared

the way he thought

thrust upon him—things he

Just like Yun Shifei...

been placed by Cheng Guomin at his side simply because the man

so, he had

gestures made him somewhat tempted to accept her, the thought of her being forcefully pushed into his life made her seem more like a

today, he couldn’t

life, perhaps, not as bleak as he