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?

entire neighborhood mocked her and called her

don’t even try comparing her to that

own merits, Yun Shifei was

like this, especially someone

was wealthy, they still lagged far

think of herself

right in

Lie was just a fool? And here she

Zhao Haishuang sneered inwardly.

own thoughts, he would’ve long since left their

and the damage it inflicted, how could

because he’d become foolish, diagnosed with

Ha—

felt a bit annoyed, but

done indeed disregarded Cheng

Lie even

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

was just how

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

up to my selfishness. Even if Xiao Lie doesn’t see you as a friend yet, I hope you can at

started seeing Cheng Lie

Lie as

in the future made Yun Shifei’s heart shrink a

hardships in her last life; did she really

be, she wouldn’t have

reassurance, Cheng Guomin finally felt

at

like an outsider,

though he

an unfamiliar emotion stir within him as he listened to

He couldn’t quite put

years, no one had

treated him the way he thought was

things felt forcibly thrust upon him—things he didn’t

Just like Yun Shifei...

at his side simply because the man assumed he needed a

he had rejected

of her being forcefully pushed into his life made her seem more like a tool to him—a tool self-assuredly

he couldn’t help but start

not as bleak as he