After Rebirth, I Married the Great Demon King

Chapter 240: Chapter 240: Don’t You Like Me Anymore?

Yun Shifei walked toward the private room with Zhao Pan.

The closer she got, the more unsettled she felt. Cheng Lie had probably grown into a little big-shot by now, hadn’t he? She wondered how he was doing.

The door opened, and Zhao Pan said to Yun Shifei, "Miss Yun, please."

Yun Shifei stepped inside and saw the young man sitting on the sofa.

After half a year without seeing him, his face had shed some of its youthful softness. His features were sharper, his facial structure more defined—a boy transitioning into a man.

The calm and unperturbed demeanor he carried was even more pronounced now.

He wore a black shirt, his complexion pale as ever, but his eyes, once indifferent, now sparkled with intensity. Yet beneath it all, there was still an icy, dark undertone.

This was a feeling distinctly different from the Cheng Lie Yun Shifei had once known.

Back then, Cheng Lie was cold, but she had attributed it to his autism—it felt natural at the time.

Now, however, his coldness left her feeling uneasy.

Especially since his gaze was fixed squarely on her, making her too afraid to meet his eyes.

The intensity of his aura—it was unmistakably that of a big-shot.

Yun Shifei thought her heart was about to leap out of her chest. This was scarier than being called to the principal’s office for a talk.

"Shi Fei, long time no see." The young man’s voice sounded faint and calm, exactly as she remembered it.

No, perhaps not exactly. He must have gone through voice changes, as his tone was now deeper and more resonant.

This tiny familiarity helped Yun Shifei gradually find her footing.

She forced a small smile. "Long time no see."

She sat down across from Cheng Lie.

Cheng Lie silently appraised her.

A seventeen- or eighteen-year-old girl, this was probably the peak of beauty—pure yet alluring, with a power to captivate hearts. No wonder so many people liked her.

Yun Shifei had hardly settled down before a variety of desserts began arriving, followed by a cup of milk tea placed in front of her.

"The desserts here are quite good," Cheng Lie said.

Her hands rested on her knees, nervously

envisioned countless

she never expected it to happen so

she wanted to ask him—to her frustration—she couldn’t even figure out

was a mess; her worst fears

she thought what she liked about Cheng Lie was his obedient, soft-spoken nature. Now she felt it might

Lie before her—despite his sparse words and unchanged speech—had an entirely

feeling was anything

her preconceived notions from her past life, Yun Shifei could only see him as a powerful

unshakable,

up a bite of strawberry cake. The tangy-sweet flavor spread

creaminess suggested it was made with

she’d last eaten cake, and even in the tense atmosphere, she could

she ate, Cheng

changed. Not one

seemed they had merely changed venues, but their mode of

was for

an inexplicable restlessness. How could she just quietly eat

didn’t ask why he left without saying a word, nor why he had suddenly appeared in Beijing, nor about his

have accepted

perhaps another form of

Yun Shifei wiped the corner of her

was her first proactive sentence to him—and it seemed she

sidelong glance

faint smile, then suddenly

the middle was

Yun Shifei. What was

one hand resting on the nearby sofa, his

her face expressionless but her internal anxiety was through the

Lie should have been angry—angry that she was even afraid of him at

would only make her

asked earnestly, "Shi Fei, do

Yun Shifei: "..."

affection you had for me back then all fake?" Cheng Lie’s tone carried a hint of

the familiarity of his once-obedient manners, made Yun Shifei feel like she was being jolted by electricity. A guilty conscience surged within

thought back to all their past

been so kind to him, and now she was afraid of him—of course he’d

life was better now, and he had

most of his life, up until now, it