Jiaojiao sat by the window and rested her chin on her hand, beginning to study for her final exam.
Because she had a cold uterus, even though there was an air conditioner installed, the Ruan Family didnât let her use it, but placed a fan nearby instead. Jiaojiao listened to the sound of the fan blades turning, feeling increasingly sleepy, and she unknowingly closed her eyes.
In a daze, she felt a chill on the top of her foot but didnât pay much attention to it, just gently stomped her foot and continued to doze with half-closed eyes.
But in just a few seconds, she felt the chill starting up on her foot again, and it was on both feet this time. The cool sensation traveled from the top of her foot to her ankle, her calf, her knee...
Just as it was about to reach her thigh, Jiaojiao shuddered, instantly waking up. She assumed a small animal had climbed in from the homeâs balcony again since she attracted animals; it happened often, especially when Duan Xi wasnât home. So she jumped up and started to bounce.
No matter how she bounced, she couldnât shake off the sensation wrapped around her knee. When she looked down, she saw one white and one yellow, two little snakes entwined around her legs. Their round heads had two eyes the size of mung beans, looking keenly at her.
Though the snakesâ eyes were small and lacked emotion, Jiaojiao still felt she could see joy and excitement in the two small snakesâ gazes.
"Hiss hiss hiss!" Get off! You shameless fellows!
Recently, Xiaobai had been eating without exercising, and had barely managed to climb up the balcony from the outer wall. Upon seeing the two little snakes wrapped around Jiaojiao, Xiaobai was furious. If it werenât for the fact that these two annoying little snakes were wrapped around Jiaojiaoâs legs, fearing heâd hurt her, he would have whipped them off with his tail already.
Jiaojiao was surprised by the two small snakes on her legs. Hearing the commotion on the balcony, she raised her head to see Xiaobai, now plumper, and then looked at the little snakes winding up her arm. Suddenly, she understood.
"Xiaobai, arenât these your offspring?"
"Hiss hiss hiss..." Indeed they are.
Xiaobai twisted his body with disdain, still displeased seeing other snakes getting close to Jiaojiao. From the window, he stretched his large head inside and pulled off a small yellow snake wrapped around Jiaojiaoâs arm.
It really was pulling because the little snake refused to come off. He used the two venomous fangs by his mouth to bite, piercing the little snakeâs skin. As the little snake couldnât withstand the pain and instinctively curled up, it was pulled away bit by bit.
The other one, being more clever, seeing his sibling removed, immediately darted behind Jiaojiaoâs shoulder, hiding his small body behind her hair, peeking out cautiously. Whenever Xiaobai showed signs of coming closer, he quickly pulled his head back behind Jiaojiaoâs neck, even entangling himself in Jiaojiaoâs ponytail.
"Hiss hiss hiss!" Debtors! Debtors!
Xiaobai was furious, helpless against the little snake, he could only pound his tail on the floor, making a loud slapping sound.
Jiaojiao didnât like the feeling of snakes around her body either. She reached out to grab it a few times, but couldnât touch it. Seeing Xiaobai already anxious and engaged in a battle of wits with the little snake behind her neck, she could only say, "Leave it be, Xiaobai, it might come down later."
"Hiss hiss hiss..."