CHAPTER 388: CHAPTER 388: APOLOGY

Yun Shifei thought about her own website, hmm... If more people joined, it would be richer in content, easier to promote, and more likely to attract attention.

It’s just like going to a supermarket—if one supermarket has very few items and another has shelves full of goods, anyone would choose the one with more variety.

Coincidentally, several of their friends nearby had parents who were wealthy businesspeople.

Song Yang replied after a while, "Let me go back and talk to my mom about it."

He’d been spending a lot of time in internet cafes playing games lately, and he knew the internet was an incredible thing. He was quite interested in Yun Shifei’s idea, but he was just a loafer—the Song family had lots of businesses, and it wasn’t really his role to handle this.

It was better for him to go back and ask his mom.

"Alright." Yun Shifei said with a cheerful smile.

As they spoke, Su Ni walked over. She saw Song Yang talking with Yun Shifei and Sun Xiaoqi, paused for a moment, and then, after catching a glimpse of Yun Shifei’s face, quickly realized who she was.

"Sister Shifei," Su Ni greeted.

Song Yang turned to look at Su Ni and asked, "Why are you calling her that so affectionately?"

"Isn’t that what I should call her?" Su Ni asked.

Yun Shifei noticed that Su Ni had grown taller, her long hair adding a touch of femininity. However, her expression remained as cold and indifferent as ever.

Who could have imagined that beneath that icy exterior was a heart burning with passion?

She thought to herself, only Su Ni could handle Song Yang. Song Yang was really fortunate to have a girl who loved him so deeply.

Yun Shifei’s eyes curved into a smile. "I’m older than you, so it’s perfectly fine to call me that."

She then shared her ideas with Su Ni, and like Song Yang, Su Ni said she would mention them to her parents as well.

Originally, they were sitting at two separate tables, but Song Yang, realizing there was still more he wanted to discuss, called the waiter to set up a private room, and they all moved there.

Song Yang really wasn’t the same irresponsible guy he used to be—he was now considerate and attentive toward the girls, letting them enter the room first and arranging with the waiter to serve tea and bring dishes.

He finally sat down next to Su Ni, taking the tea and pouring it for each of them.

Song Yang, Yun Shifei, and Sun Xiaoqi were old classmates reunited, and reminiscing about their past inevitably led to many emotional reflections.

Especially when Song Yang thought about all the awful things he had done to Yun Shifei before and saw her unbothered demeanor now, he felt deeply apologetic.

He now understood that Yun Shifei and Yun Sisi were entirely different people.

When Yun Sisi broke his heart and he stopped liking her, he realized just how foolish he had been.

They talked about their current lives, then drifted back to the past.

Song Yang brought up something he was very curious about.

"I heard that Cheng Lie is doing really well now—he’s thriving in Beijing."

Yun Shifei responded with a slight nod.

Song Yang asked again, "Do you two still keep in touch?"

He still remembered how close Yun Shifei and Cheng Lie had been. Even when he bullied Cheng Lie, Yun Shifei—despite being so timid—would muster the courage to stand up for him.

But Cheng Lie had suddenly disappeared later on, and Song Yang didn’t know if they had stayed in contact after that.

Sun Xiaoqi chimed in from the side, "Not just in contact! They’re a couple now!"

Song Yang froze. "Ah, I never thought the two of you would end up together. Congratulations, congratulations!"

Back in the day, he had always called Cheng Lie a fool, but now Cheng Lie had transformed into a genius. The phone Cheng Lie developed was even the one he currently used.

Yun Shifei and Cheng Lie being together was unexpected to him, but looking back, it wasn’t implausible.

They had such deep feelings for each other in the past—who else could Cheng Lie possibly fall for?

Thinking about how he had bullied Cheng Lie before, Song Yang felt another pang of guilt.

He glanced at Yun Shifei, "Shifei, could you tell Cheng Lie that I didn’t understand back then, and I’m really sorry for treating him that way?"

"Alright, I’ll tell him," Yun Shifei replied.

Yun Shifei couldn’t help but sigh inwardly—time truly could bring about enormous changes in a person.

Song Yang had gone from being a bully who only liked picking on classmates to the polite and thoughtful person he was now.

She never would have imagined it.

After this impromptu gathering ended, Yun Shifei stopped by Cheng Lie’s place before heading home and told him about it.

Cheng Lie paused for a moment. "I forgive him."

"Song Yang really has improved a lot compared to how he was before. If you saw him now, you probably wouldn’t recognize him either."

Cheng Lie frowned slightly. "Don’t you think I’ve changed too?"

Yun Shifei caught the hint of jealousy in his tone and quickly said, "Of course you’ve changed! Xiao Lie, now, you’re someone admired by so many people! You’re so extraordinary and unattainable at such a young age."

She poured on the compliments enthusiastically. Yep, she knew that praise could make someone happy. She sensed that Cheng Lie’s mood hadn’t been very stable recently, so she figured she’d make him happy instead.

Sure enough, after hearing her compliments, Cheng Lie’s icy expression thawed slightly, and the corners of his lips curved into a smile. "Hmm."

Haha, ordinary people would at least be modest when receiving praise and insist it wasn’t true.

But a big-shot like him? They just accepted it so calmly?

Yun Shifei chatted affectionately with Cheng Lie for a while before heading home.

Yun Tiancheng saw her running around all the time these days but didn’t say much. He knew she was in the middle of a passionate romance, and it wasn’t hard to guess who she was spending her time with.

"Shifei, I haven’t seen Cheng Lie in a few days. Last time he was hospitalized—has he recovered?"

Yun Shifei nodded. "He’s fine now."

Yun Tiancheng still felt a little uneasy. Cheng Lie had issues with his mental health, and Yun Tiancheng genuinely feared that if his condition acted up someday, he might harm Yun Shifei.

His precious daughter was so soft and fragile—she wouldn’t be able to fend him off.

But thinking back to Cheng Lie’s promises during their earlier conversation, even openly laying out his intentions, it was clear his love for Yun Shifei was genuine.

As much as Yun Tiancheng was her father, she was an adult now, and he shouldn’t interfere too much in her decisions.

With that thought in mind, Yun Tiancheng said, "Shifei, invite Cheng Lie over for a meal someday."

Yun Shifei heard him and asked cautiously, "You won’t give him a hard time, will you?"

This one line immediately annoyed Yun Tiancheng: "Do you think your old man is that kind of person?"

Yun Shifei quickly waved her hands. "No, no, not at all! I’ll go upstairs to shower and sleep now!"

After saying that, Yun Shifei bounded upstairs like an energetic rabbit.

Yun Tiancheng watched her retreating figure and shook his head.

Shifei was livelier and more cheerful than before, and that made him feel relieved.

But she was now so protective of Cheng Lie—it was clear that once a girl grows up, she’s hard to keep close to home.

Xu Ya approached and said softly, "Don’t worry too much. Shifei has grown up and can judge right from wrong on her own. I believe if the other party ever wrongs her, she’ll fight back for sure."

Yun Tiancheng nodded but couldn’t resist asking, "What about Yun Sisi’s situation? Have you decided what to do about it?"