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    Chapter 31: The Woman at the Top of the Food Chain, A Creature Lacking Self-Control…

    The snake slept soundly until nightfall.

    The pillow was soft, and the environment was comfortable. If it hadn’t been rudely awakened by someone grabbing its tail and lifting it up, the snake might have been even happier.

    “I thought you’d run off again,” Ji Mo An said, tossing the limp snake back onto the bed.

    “No run~” The long snake wriggled under the covers, flopping over onto its back and rubbing against Ji Mo An’s leg. It opened its mouth, then paused.

    The snake widened its eyes.

    The snake sniffed.

    “Hiss…” The snake suddenly arched its back and bared its fangs at him.

    “What’s gotten into you now?” Ji Mo An instinctively took a step back, watching the snake suddenly lunge upwards.

    The transformation seemed to happen in an instant. From a small snake to a human, Ji Mo An only saw the air in front of him vibrate suddenly before Xuan Bai, wrapped in the blanket, pounced on him on the bed.

    “You have…” He started to say, but Ji Mo An’s hand, reaching forward for support, pressed against Xuan Bai’s chest.

    “…” This damn snake, how could he be so muscular…

    Damn it, he couldn’t control his hand at all. Ji Mo An squeezed twice in despair. He felt like he was done for.

    “Smells good.” Xuan Bai leaned closer to his collar and sniffed, two fangs suddenly appearing at the corner of his lips, his amber round pupils instantly turning into golden vertical slits.

    He sniffed the side of Ji Mo An’s neck again.

    “Smells good!” The snake glared at his collar, its pupils shrinking to the size of needles.

    “Wait…” Ji Mo An seemed to know what he was talking about.

    However, the snake lowered his head again before he could finish speaking, not giving him a chance to open his mouth.

    A pain shot through his collarbone. Without thinking, Ji Mo An slapped him away, the movement extremely fluid and the sound very crisp.

    A world where only the collarbone and face were injured was achieved.

    Ji Mo An kicked the snake, who was covering his face, and ran off the bed. He opened his collar, and two bright red dots were clearly imprinted on his skin in the mirror.

    The damn snake bit him.

    But it didn’t seem to hurt… It was a little numb and tingly… Ji Mo An paused in silence, and the conversation he had with Xuan Bai when they first met suddenly flashed through his mind.

    [So, if you bite the neck, it shouldn’t hurt too much, and you can be reincarnated.]

    “…” The damn snake wasn’t poisonous, was it?

    As soon as this thought came to mind, Ji Mo An felt dizzy and had difficulty breathing.

    “I’m not poisonous.” The snake, with a palm print on his face, clung to the doorframe in a dark and twisted way, looking like a resentful male ghost.

    Ji Mo An immediately felt that he was no longer dizzy, and he felt better. He could beat the snake.

    “You dared to bite me. Are you ungrateful?”

    The snake pouted, looking unconvinced.

    “You’re so unconvinced. Do you have a problem with me or with the perfume my mother just bought?” Ji Mo An took two steps forward and grabbed Xuan Bai’s hair.

    Mom’s new perfume?

    Xuan Bai’s shrunken pupils instantly dilated and became round.

    “Stick stick~” He rubbed against Ji Mo An’s wrist, following the force of the pull.

    “…” What thick skin.

    Ji Mo An felt his fist harden even more. If he had Xuan Bai’s thick skin, he would be more successful in everything he did.

    Late at night, humans had fallen into a deep sleep, but the snake was still sullenly rubbing its head with the tip of its tail.

    After rubbing it a few times, Xuan Bai stopped and looked up from the wooden box at the window covered by heavy curtains.

    The snake lay back in the wooden box, but its golden eyes were lifeless.

    At the same time, in the ventilation duct of the guest room on the third floor, a small snake, transformed from a tiny scale, raised its head.

    It tested its tongue, tasting the tangled and anxious emotions permeating the surroundings.

    Even though midnight was approaching, the human in the room was still frowning.

    Xuan Bai watched from the vent of the central air conditioner as Bai Yan walked back and forth in the room.

    A few hours ago, that unfamiliar friend had only sent one sentence.

    [One o’clock tonight, tenth street lamp at the port, we’ll wait for you.]

    Only a fool would go, was Bai Yan’s first thought.

    But that account quickly sent some other things, including a photo. The main characters in the photo were two white hamsters.

    One was running fast in a hamster wheel, and the other was standing up and gnawing on a carrot stick.

    “…” At first glance, there was nothing wrong, but Bai Yan’s hands began to tremble.

    Because the hand feeding the hamster was not his, which meant… someone had entered his house.

    [Who are you.] Bai Yan questioned the unknown person while quickly turning on the surveillance cameras at home.

    The hamster cage had indeed disappeared from the surveillance range.

    [NHE Association] The other party only sent one sentence.

    NHE Association?

    Bai Yan had never heard of this name. He wanted to ask more, but the information he sent had a red prefix.

    The other party deleted him.

    What was going on…? Bai Yan gritted his teeth and sent a friend request to the other party again.

    Unexpectedly, after refreshing, the other party had already become [This account has been canceled]

    Go or not?

    Bai Yan had been struggling until now. Seeing the pointer had crossed twelve towards [symbol], he finally picked up his coat and put it on.

    “Hiss~” The snake hidden on the roof fell lightly and landed in Bai Yan’s collar, transforming back into a scale.

    Sleepy… In Ji Mo An’s room, the eyes of the small snake in the wooden box lit up again.

    It slowly crawled out of the box and went forward along the quilt.

    Finally, the snake, as thick as chopsticks, curled up again on Ji Mo An’s forehead and fell asleep again.

    As for whether he would get beaten the next day…

    The snake wanted to, so the snake did. The brain of a snake the size of chopsticks was only the size of a grain of rice and wouldn’t think about tomorrow.

    Half an hour later, the small snake grew a little bigger, tilting its head to simulate Ji Mo An’s reaction the next day.

    That said, his face hurt, so it was better to think about it.

    So Xuan Bai thought left and right, and finally came up with at least ten plans before falling asleep contentedly.

    But what he didn’t know was that plans could never keep up with changes, and the biggest ‘variable’ in the Ji Mo family had excitedly run to Ji Mo An’s door early in the morning.

    “…”

    “Mom, it’s only six o’clock now.” Early in the morning, Ji Mo An rubbed his aching forehead and opened the door. Before that, he had already suffered ten minutes of text message bombardment.

    “Watch your wording, it’s not ‘only,’ but ‘already.'” The beautiful woman leaning against the door with her arms crossed smiled, she reached out and beckoned, and Ji Mo Xin, who was too sleepy to walk straight, swayed forward.

    “Babies, when I was eighteen, the makeup artists were already waiting at the door at five in the morning.” Madam Mu smoothed the curls in front of her chest.

    “Mom, I’m so sleepy.” Ji Mo Xin yawned and lay on her brother’s bed without any image.

    “Okay, Xin Xin can sleep a little longer. Oh? What’s that?” Madam Mu’s attention was suddenly attracted by something.

    “It’s the snake snake!” As soon as Ji Mo Xin raised her eyes, she saw the little snake curled up in the wooden box looking at her, and all the sleepiness disappeared instantly.

    “Hiss…” Xuan Bai, who was watching the excitement, suddenly became the protagonist. He immediately maintained his snake persona and hissed at the little girl.

    “Wow, so pretty.” Madam Mu also walked over, “Hello, little baby. An An, what’s his name?”

    “Mom, he bites people, don’t get close.” Ji Mo An opened his mouth, but still didn’t say the name Bai Erhua.

    “It’s called Bai Erhua, the old-fashioned name my brother gave him, Mom, he’s fierce but he wears a hat.” Ji Mo Xin excitedly hugged the pillow and rolled around.

    “It’s pretty old-fashioned.” Madam Mu nodded in agreement, “Your mother and I have researched snake habits a lot for designing, it’s just that you don’t understand that he’s fierce to you.”

    She reached out and waved her hand up and down in front of the snake.

    “No…” This was different… Ji Mo An wanted to stop her, but saw that the bad snake obediently put its head in Madam Mu’s palm.

    “See, it’s just that you don’t know how.” Madam Mu was smug.

    “Wow, Mom is awesome! Brother, can we take him to the banquet? He’s so obedient, I even asked Aunt Mu to embroider a little hat with lace trim.” The crooked thoughts in Ji Mo Xin’s mind flew away for miles.

    “No, baby.” Madam Mu shook her head before Ji Mo An could open his mouth, “There are too many people at the banquet, and the little baby might fall on the ground. What if someone stepped on him?”

    “That’s true.”

    “Mom, I’ll introduce someone to you in the afternoon.” Ji Mo An took the opportunity to pinch the back of Xuan Bai’s neck and stuff him back into the box.

    “Oh? Who?”

    “A model, brought over from Iceland, signed with Cheng Yu’s company.”

    “Brother Ji told me, super handsome!” Ji Mo Xin raised her hand with a whoop. “Mom, I’ve seen the photos!”

    “Xiao Yu’s company has also signed a model?” Madam Mu was a little surprised, “Then I’ll have to take a good look at that. A newbie?”

    “Yes.” Pure newbie.

    “Wow, then Mom has something to look forward to.” Madam Mu smiled and patted Ji Mo An on the shoulder, changing the subject, “Babies, I don’t think you’re sleepy anymore.”

    “Go and choose your clothes for me!”

    “Brother, Mom isn’t sincerely letting us choose clothes at all.”

    Ji Mo Xin, who had already changed more than a dozen dresses, hid behind her brother with a look of resentment.

    “I think Mom just wants to play a real-life dress-up game.”

    “Choosing the best of the best, Mom is matching accessories.” Ji Mo An put down his phone and glanced at her lightly.

    “Then what’s up with you being on the phone for half an hour, brother?” Ji Mo Xin hit the nail on the head.

    “…” Of course, it was because he didn’t want to change into the thirteenth dress. Ji Mo An silently moved his eyes away and didn’t look at Ji Mo Xin.

    He suddenly wanted to push Xuan Bai in front of his mother quickly.

    Miracle Xuan Bai… Cough… So bad.

    However, although he was using the excuse of making a phone call to avoid changing clothes, he did have something to deal with.

    But he couldn’t get through to Lin Mo’s phone.

    Ji Mo An flipped through his phone again, but the messages he sent to Bai Yan were also unanswered.

    These two didn’t go out together, did they…?

    Even after returning to the hotel, Ji Mo An still couldn’t get through to those two familiar phone numbers.

    “Xuan Bai, let’s change your clothes.”

    Fortunately, the clothes had been delivered in advance.

    Ji Mo An opened the protective cover and spread the dark blue suit on the bed.

    He paid twice the money to have this handmade suit made urgently.

    The little snake, who had been tossed around all morning, crawled out of his chest pocket, skillfully wrapped himself in the sheets, and floated into the cloakroom wearing the three-piece suit.

    Handsome as hell.

    Teacher Xu was right, blue really suited Xuan Bai.

    Ji Mo An looked at the snake, so handsome that even the surrounding objects paled in comparison, and contentedly helped him put on his tie.

    “Turn around.” He snapped his fingers.

    Xuan Bai obediently turned around.

    The suit’s seams followed his body perfectly, highlighting his good figure.

    Broad shoulders, narrow waist, and long legs. He’s guaranteed to make a huge splash.

    “Not bad, I’ll style your hair when we get on the boat.” Ji Mo An affirmed again.

    “Stick stick~” Xuan Bai tilted his head and suddenly leaned over to rub his nose against Ji Mo An’s hair.

    His chin rubbed against his ear, cool, but as hot as fire.

    “Alright, don’t be so close to me on the boat.” Ji Mo An shivered and pushed Xuan Bai away.

    Stinky snake…

    He strode out of the room, pounding his chest in annoyance.

    A creature lacking self-control, why did it suddenly jump so fast!

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