Reborn: Married to the Demon King

Chapter 268: Chapter 268: Becoming a Person Like My Brother

Fang Kaiyi still stared in the direction his mother had left, and seeing Fang Kaiyi like this, Yun Shifei felt a bit of

discomfort in her heart.

She stayed beside him, trying to comfort Fang Kaiyi.

Not far away, she spotted an old man pushing a bicycle laden with balloons—Mickey Mouse, Panda, all sorts of

balloons were there.

Yun Shifei looked at Fang Kaiyi: "How about | buy you a balloon?"

Fang Kaiyi finally withdrew his gaze, looking at the bike full of balloons. After a moment, he nodded.

Indeed, no child can resist the allure of balloons.

Yun Shifei went to buy the balloon.

Cheng Lie stood next to Fang Kaiyi. Fang Kaiyi glanced at this older brother, someone much older than him. This

brother was really cold, but somehow, Fang Kaiyi wanted to beclike him.

Although he didn’t know who this brother really was, the aura of someone similar to him unconsciously drew him

closer.

"Brother, where's your mom?" Fang Kaiyi asked proactively.

"Dead."

Fang Kaiyi: "..."

He gave Cheng Lie a sidelong glance, who had said it so nonchalantly. In Fang Kaiyi’s young mind, the concept of

death was still blurry. If someone dies, does that mean they're gone forever?

To his knowledge, no one around him had experienced death, so he didn’t really understand the term.

"If someone dies, do they go to heaven?" Animation shows always said so.

"Death means there’s nothing left. Heaven is just something people imagine," Cheng Lie replied coldly.

Fang Kaiyi: "!!!1"

He looked at Cheng Lie with a shocked expression, as though his understanding of the world had just been

shaken.

After a while, he asked, "Brother, did you grow up in the orphanage like me?"

No wonder he had an inexplicable fondness for this cold brother—it was because they were the skind of

people.

Cheng Lie narrowed his eyes and replied, "No. The person who killed my mom tookback to his house and

raised me."

Fang Kaiyi: "72?"

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His usual cool demeanor was completely shattered, replaced by horror. This brother's background was far too

tragic and twisted!

Cheng Lie looked at Fang Kaiyi: "Do you think staying in the orphanage is better now? If your mom takes you

back, your stepfather might not treat you well. After all, even your biological father nearly beat you to death."

At these words, Fang Kaiyi felt like crying. Why was this brother so cruel, to think of his mom this way?

But he couldn't refute it. Seeing how his mom walked away so casually just now, maybe it was true.

Moreover, everything Cheng Lie said was factual.

Perhaps, if he really left with her, things would turn out just like Cheng Lie predicted.

The fantasies he originally held were abruptly shattered by Cheng Lie. The small world Fang Kaiyi had been

clinging to was suddenly upended, leaving him unable to regain his footing for a long time.

Yun Shifei returned, holding a balloon, and handed it over to Fang Kaiyi.

Fang Kaiyi finally snapped out of it and said to Yun Shifei, "Thank you, sister."

Hearing the improvement in his mood, Yun Shifei couldn’t help but glance at Cheng Lie.

She had seen from afar that the two of them were talking—was Cheng Lie comforting him?

An unexpected feeling of relief surged within her. Cheng Lie had seemed particularly disinterested in Fang Kaiyi

at the beginning, but now, it seemed he was warming up.

Yun Shifei then brought Fang Kaiyi out for sburgers, fries, and soda.

As the sky darkened, she sent Fang Kaiyi back to the orphanage.

Fang Kaiyi happily waved at Yun Shifei, "Sister, Brother, take care!"

Yun shifei waved back at him as well.

"| really had so much fun today." Just as Yun Shifei was about to leave, Fang Kaiyi called out once more, "Sister,

I'll work hard in the future and get into university. | want to be someone like Brother!"

Yun Shifei was first startled by his words, then found them equal parts amusing and touching.

"Do you know what kind of person your brother is?"

This kid seemed to have becquite close to Cheng Lie.

Fang Kaiyi shook his head, "I don’t know. But Brother must be someone amazing."

Cheng Lie, listening quietly, eventually spoke. "Your brother is a murderer—do you want to becthat too?"

Fang Kaiyi shivered.

Yun Shifei glared at Cheng Lie: "Don’t scare him like that!"

Seeing the protective stance Yun Shifei took, Cheng Lie pursed his lips, displeased as he looked at Fang Kaiyi.

Although Fang Kaiyi didn’t understand why this brother seemed unhappy, he vaguely felt that whenever Sister

got even slightly closer to him, this brother would be displeased.

So, he said to Yun Shifei, "Sister, I'm not scared. Brother is a very, very good person."

Such flattery. The frost in Cheng Lie’s gaze thawed a little.

Yun Shifei chimed in, "That's right, your Brother Cheng Lie is excellent. You should learn from him well."

Cheng Lie didn’t expect Yun Shifei to echo Fang Kaiyi’'s sentiment.

She didn’t even know what he was currently up to, yet she always seemed to believe he was amazing and

destined for greatness.

Back in South City, he had acted like someone with severe social withdrawal in front of her, and even then, Yun

Shifei had spoken to him like this.

How firmly did she believe in his potential? Where did this faith cfrom?

Even if she liked him, it didn’t make sense for her belief in him to be so unwavering.

Cheng Lie gazed at the girl crouching down and talking to Fang Kaiyi. The sunset painted her flawless face with

an enchanting glow.

"Cheng Lie, let's go." Yun Shifei stood up and called to him.

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Unexpectedly, Cheng Lie, despite his cold demeanor, turned out to be good at cheering children up.

Thinking about what he had said to Fang Kaiyi earlier, Cheng Lie wondered how Yun Shifei would react if she

knew the truth.

So he replied, "I told him to be strong."

Yun Shifei widened her eyes in surprise. "That's it?"

Cheng Lie nodded.

"Be strong..."

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She was always like this. No matter how illogical his words might seem, she would believe them just because he

said them.

He wasn’t sure he could bear deceiving her anymore.

But if he told her the truth, he might frighten her.

Still, he wanted her to see more of him. He couldn't go on presenting only one aspect of himself.

If she could accept his darker side too, then that would be true love, wouldn't it?

Cheng Lie turned to Yun Shifei, who was still a bit puzzled, and tapped her forehead. "I lied to you earlier. Do you

really want to know what | told him?"

Yun shifei nodded.

So, Cheng Lie recounted the conversation he'd had with Fang Kaiyi word for word.

He watched as Yun Shifei’s eyes grew larger and larger, tinged faintly with unmistakable fear.

"You said that to a child?!"