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?

the kids across the entire neighborhood mocked

her to that foster

Yun Shifei

like this, especially someone like Cheng Guomin—a man

the Yun Family was wealthy, they still lagged far behind the

she seemed to think of herself as some sparrow transformed into a

criticize right in front of

a fool? And here she was, insisting Cheng Lie had

Zhao Haishuang sneered inwardly.

his own thoughts,

then and the damage it inflicted, how could he face them like this? So

he’d become

Ha—

a bit annoyed, but

he had done indeed disregarded

Cheng Lie even

a smile: "Shi Fei is right; I didn’t think things through. Xiao Lie hasn’t agreed to be friends with you, so for now you can only be considered

was just how it

we were right about her—Xiao Lie will surely want to become friends

a friend yet, I hope you can at least view him as one

already started seeing Cheng

retreat wasn’t an option, if she didn’t treat Cheng Lie as a friend, what else was she supposed to do—see him

in the future

hardships in her last life; did she really have to offend

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

Yun Shifei’s reassurance, Cheng Guomin finally felt

at Cheng

spoke, Cheng Lie seemed like an

though

aloof, felt an unfamiliar emotion stir within him

couldn’t quite put his finger on

no one had ever cared about

always treated him the way he thought

those things felt forcibly thrust upon him—things he

Just like Yun Shifei...

at his side simply because the man assumed he

so, he had

tempted to accept her, the thought of her being forcefully pushed

words today, he couldn’t help but

perhaps, not as bleak