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 entire

her

her own merits, Yun Shifei was utterly

especially someone like Cheng Guomin—a man of such

Yun Family was wealthy, they still lagged

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

to criticize right

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

Zhao Haishuang sneered inwardly.

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

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

he’d become

Ha—

bit annoyed, but Yun Shifei’s words weren’t

he had done indeed

Cheng Lie even have

is right; I didn’t think things through. Xiao Lie hasn’t agreed to be friends

just how

Shi Fei’s words are quite sensible. For her to care this much about Xiao Lie shows we were right about her—Xiao Lie

chalk this up to my selfishness. Even if Xiao Lie doesn’t see you as a friend yet,

will. I’ve already started seeing Cheng

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

of Cheng Lie’s vicious demeanor in the future made Yun Shifei’s

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

daring she might be, she wouldn’t have

Yun Shifei’s reassurance, Cheng Guomin finally

at

like an outsider, quietly

as though

stir within him as he listened

this feeling? He couldn’t quite put

years, no one had

treated him the way

thrust upon him—things

Just like Yun Shifei...

his side simply because the man assumed

he had

her, the thought of her being forcefully pushed into his

after hearing her words today, he couldn’t

as