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?

kids across the entire

comparing her to that

own merits, Yun Shifei

like this, especially someone like Cheng

was wealthy, they still

think of herself as some sparrow transformed

criticize right in

a fool? And

Zhao Haishuang sneered inwardly.

own thoughts, he would’ve long since

then and the damage it inflicted, how could he

become foolish,

Ha—

Cheng Guomin felt a bit annoyed, but

indeed disregarded Cheng Lie’s

Cheng Lie

I didn’t think things through. Xiao Lie hasn’t agreed to

was just how

For her to care this much about Xiao Lie shows we were right about her—Xiao Lie will surely want to become friends with her," Zhao

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

will. I’ve already started seeing Cheng Lie

option, if she didn’t treat Cheng Lie as a friend, what else was she

in the future made Yun Shifei’s heart shrink

lived through enough hardships in her last life; did

she might be, she wouldn’t have the courage

Shifei’s reassurance, Cheng Guomin finally felt at

glanced at Cheng

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

as though he

stir within him as he listened to

feeling? He couldn’t quite put his

all these years, no one had ever cared about his

the way he thought was

forcibly thrust upon him—things he didn’t truly

Just like Yun Shifei...

placed by Cheng Guomin at his side simply because

so, he had rejected

accept her, the thought of her being forcefully pushed

after hearing her words today, he couldn’t help but

perhaps, not as