SIATOWITF Chapter 35
by VolareChapter 35: Snakes Aren’t Clams; They Won’t Get Anything… Offering My…
Ji Mo An didn’t react for a moment, just staring wide-eyed at the snake in his wine glass.
“Glug glug…”
The wine in the glass was visibly decreasing, and the snake flipped over, exposing its shiny belly.
“…” A literal snake-infused wine.
While everyone was looking up at the fireworks, Ji Mo An quickly reached out and fished the chopstick snake out of the wine glass, stuffing it into his pocket.
As for the snake-infused wine… Ji Mo An slowly moved to the railing and poured the wine into the sea.
“Brother An, are there any more activities planned?” Su Ziyang yawned, leaning against him.
“No, the fireworks were the last show of the night. The official auction is tomorrow morning,” Ji Mo An raised an eyebrow. “The cruise ship will dock tomorrow night and then set sail again, circling the bay before stopping at Jiangdu Port.”
“Ugh, I guess I have to stay for the whole thing. A lot of clients came on board this time; my parents are probably going to force me to stay,” Su Ziyang shook his wine glass, looking like he was about to cry. “Hey, how many days are you staying, bro?”
“I’m leaving tomorrow.” Ji Mo An’s hand was still in his pocket, which wasn’t very polite, but it didn’t matter with a childhood friend.
“I have to go to work, Xin Xin hasn’t finished her homework, and I have to take leave on Monday and Tuesday.”
“That’s rough.” Su Ziyang grimaced, remembering his own high school days.
His original plan was to go to an international school and then study abroad directly. But he didn’t expect his other friends to want to test into City Number One High School.
So he quickly abandoned the idea of going abroad and began to catch up, eventually hiring a private tutor for more than half a year before barely scraping into City Number One High School.
In high school, his already weak foundation made it even harder for him to study, so he could only pitifully stay alone in an ordinary class separated by a floor from his friends.
If Ye Xun hadn’t pitied him later and deliberately lowered his score to get into an ordinary class, high school might have been even more terrifying for him.
So every time Ji Mo Xin complained about school, Su Ziyang enthusiastically supported her.
“Xin Xin is in the honors class,” Ji Mo An hooked his lips, pretending to show off very naturally.
“…” Disgusting.
Su Ziyang never wanted to hear the words “honors class” again, so he desperately tried to change the subject.
“Bro, why didn’t that handsome guy you brought come?”
“…” Ji Mo An touched the chopstick snake’s head in his pocket, clearly feeling the chopstick snake wriggling and wrapping around his finger.
“He’s seasick and resting,” he said casually, a lie.
“Wow, that’s terrible.” Su Ziyang pursed his lips and happily went to find Ye Xun.
Mentioning Xuan Bai reminded Ji Mo An that he still had to introduce him to his mother and grandfather.
Headache.
Forget it, he’d deal with it tomorrow. After all, the Nine-Leaked Fish was still wriggling in his pocket.
Oh no, not Nine-Leaked Fish, but a well-educated snake with formal education from Iceland.
Thinking about Xuan Bai’s exceptionally complete background information, Ji Mo An felt an even worse headache coming on.
Damn it, he couldn’t convince himself that he could accurately guess Xuan Bai’s native country out of nearly three hundred countries.
That was completely unscientific!
–
The dazzling fireworks lasted until midnight, and the guests chatted with each other for a while before returning in twos and threes.
The guests would spend the first night of the charity gala on the cruise ship.
“Brother, why couldn’t I find you all day?” Ji Mo Xin yawned, taking Ji Mo An’s arm as they walked back.
“Who was looking for me?”
“Wow, a lot of people.” Ji Mo Xin rolled her eyes. “Brother, the people asking about you could almost stretch to Paris. I’m changing your contact note to Diamond Bachelor Number Five.”
“What are you talking about?” Ji Mo An flicked her forehead. “Talk less and sleep more. Don’t let me catch you staying up late playing on your phone tonight.”
“…” Ji Mo Xin broke away from his arm and ran forward a few steps. “Grandfather will definitely urge you to marry this year.”
The little girl made a face and grabbed Mu Qianxing, who was passing by, and ran towards the cabin.
This child… Ji Mo An smiled helplessly, taking out his room card and heading towards his room.
Click.
Locking the door, Ji Mo An threw the chopstick snake in his pocket onto the bed, skillfully pulled the double-layered curtains, and turned on the water in the bathroom.
“Alright, what’s going on?” He grabbed the snake that was crawling under the pillow and threw it into the bathtub.
The snake didn’t say anything, just swimming around.
“…” Ji Mo An couldn’t help but record a video with his phone.
This snake was constantly dancing on his bottom line, but unfortunately, it had a pretty face.
“Three,” he began to count down.
The snake swam up, using its tail to wrap around his pinky finger.
“Got snatched by a bird!” The snake arched its body and hissed at the air in front of it.
“Do you think I’m an idiot?” Ji Mo An reached out and tapped the snake’s mouth.
Manual shut-up.
“Fortunately, they didn’t actively want to see you today… Where are your clothes?” Ji Mo An suddenly noticed the blind spot.
Clothes…
The snake lowered its head and began chasing its tail.
“…” His hand was itchy, and he wanted to hit the snake again.
“We’ll go home tomorrow afternoon when the cruise ship docks.” Ji Mo An picked up the snake and rubbed it in his hand. “It’s easy to fool Mom, but not Grandfather. We have to think of a good reason.”
“Grandfather won’t ask me.” Xuan Bai wriggled out of his hand.
Ha, the old man wouldn’t just not ask him, he’d also try to stop Ji Mo An from finding him. After all, Xuan Bai had already been taken off the cruise ship.
“So sure?”
“If you’re worried, I can take a look at them.” He used suggestion to get rid of all the troublesome people.
“You’re not allowed to use these strange methods on other people.” Ji Mo An pinched his mouth again. “I’ll find you a new set of clothes tomorrow.”
“Snatched by a bird, can’t turn back into a human.” The snake said matter-of-factly.
“…” Do you believe I’ll stew you?
Ji Mo An suppressed his anger; he had other things he wanted to know.
“Let’s not talk about that first. I’ll just say it directly. During the fireworks show today, I saw a person with wings flying in the sky. Is that person from the same place as you?”
“Bird.” The snake flicked its tail in dissatisfaction.
“You’re saying that bird is him?”
“I don’t know him.” The snake shook its head violently. “He wants to catch me.”
“Catch you?!” Ji Mo An’s voice suddenly rose in pitch.
“Good thing I was smart!” The snake was very proud.
“What are you so proud of?” Ji Mo An thought there was something wrong with the snake’s brain. “We’re on a cruise ship; we can’t go anywhere.” They were no different from turtles in a jar.
“Won’t.” Xuan Bai shook his head. “They won’t come looking for me again, at least not for a while.”
“Are you worried about me?” The snake tilted its head, its big golden eyes twinkling.
“When am I not worried about you?”
“Hugs~”
“…” Hug your head.
Ji Mo An felt that Xuan Bai didn’t fully realize the seriousness of the situation.
“Xuan Bai, today Mu Ge and I went upstairs to talk, and he told me… that your feeling isn’t like a human.” After thinking it over, he told Xuan Bai his deduction.
“He called me inhuman.” Xuan Bai reached the conclusion without any hesitation, but didn’t show any anger. “But I’m a snake.”
“Can you be serious! I’m not joking with you!” Ji Mo An slapped the blanket hard, directly bouncing the chopstick-sized snake into the air.
“Goo.” The snake made a short sound, and its form suddenly blurred for a moment.
In an instant, Xuan Bai returned to his half-snake, half-human form. He lightly glided across the bed, his dark snake tail wrapping around Ji Mo An’s calf.
“Hiss…”
Fingers covered in scales lightly touched his shoulder, and inky black hair scattered and covered the neck of the person beneath him, cold and suffocating.
Xuan Bai circled out from behind Ji Mo An, several loops of his snake tail loosely surrounding him.
“Now you’re serious.” The half-snake with golden eyes slightly opened its mouth, and a scarlet snake tongue flickered across its lips.
“You…” Every time Ji Mo An saw this form of Xuan Bai, he felt a strange fear.
Along with it, the phantom pain that had been gone for a long time began to sweep over him again.
“Don’t be afraid…” Xuan Bai was smiling, his voice mixed with some mysterious notes, like an ancient murmur from a movie.
“Don’t look at my tattoo; look at my eyes.”
“Turn back into human form.” Ji Mo An lowered his head and covered his eyes; he didn’t want to see anything right now.
“Can’t turn back.” Xuan Bai released Ji Mo An with some regret. He bent down and covered his body with the soft blanket, only revealing his head.
“This is my original form, and right now my energy can only support me turning into a small snake.”
“Unfortunately, chopstick snakes don’t have brains; they can’t do anything but act cute and sell cuteness, right?”
“I think I need to treat you differently.” Ji Mo An lowered his hand, slowly looking up along the blanket.
“Don’t~” Without a doubt, Xuan Bai’s voice was even more pleasant in his half-snake form, but also more dangerous.
“We’re one, they’re all me, I can also act cute~”
“Brother~ After you left, a servant came and said he would take me to find you. But he was lying; the snake could feel it.” Xuan Bai tilted his head, his golden vertical pupils moving.
“I followed him, and he injected an excessive amount of anesthetic into the room. Then… got snatched away by the bad bird. What’s that human saying? When the snipe and clam fight, the fisherman benefits.”
“But snakes aren’t clams; they won’t get anything.”
In just a few sentences, a huge amount of information was contained.
“Is it tacit approval, or the initiator?” Ji Mo An was silent for a long time before speaking again, “Why does my grandfather want to deal with you?”
The snake blinked, but didn’t speak.
“Xuan Bai, where did we first meet?”
“I can’t say, but I’m never your threat.” The snake wriggled slightly, slithering along the pressure marks on the blanket.
He climbed onto the exquisite carved wall lamp in the room, lightly hung upside down from the wardrobe, the whole snake coiled high up, extremely strange.
“Offering my true name, I swear in the name of Ouroboros. After getting off the ship, you can ask your elders, but please don’t completely believe them.”
[May the flame of life cast its gaze, causing the snake’s heart to beat again in your chest, sharing my eternal life.]
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“You’re finally awake, are you okay?”
On a remote island thousands of miles away, Xuan Bai opened his eyes. He was lying on a bed, surrounded by people.
“I’m Ruis, you can call me Thirteen.” A tall, thin young man walked over with a plate in his hand, and two long wings were dragging behind him.
“We’ve been watching you for a long time.” A young man with a forehead protector jumped out from the side. “Hehe, you might think I’m strange. But, we’re super familiar!”
He took out his phone and rummaged through it, finally showing a page full of conversations.
“I’m Blood Shadow, I’m the one who’s been chatting with you, and I’m the one who asked you to the comic convention.” He coolly swiped his forehead. “Oh yeah, it’s a pity I couldn’t get you to come. Oh right, you can call me Fourteen or Qi Ning. This is Su Nai, our boss, she’s Zero One.”
“Hello.” The woman standing at the head of the bed nodded.
“I’m the one who asked Thirteen to bring you over. They injected a high concentration of anesthetic into the room; luckily, we intercepted them successfully.”
“But… perhaps we should introduce ourselves first.”
“We belong to the NHE Association, and all the members are ability users and supernatural creatures. And the organization that wants to capture you is called the Central Control Seventh Bureau, full name [Central Supernatural Event Control Center Seventh Bureau].”
“Be careful, don’t get caught by them. You’ll get dissected!” Fourteen made a face, but the man on the bed didn’t react.
“Hey, is his anesthetic still working…” Fourteen asked the people around him carefully.
“Logically speaking, it should be over.” The person answering was frowning and flicking an IV tube. “It’s okay, another injection will do.”
“…” Xuan Bai moved his eyes and slowly shifted his gaze over.
Everyone in the room held their breath and observed his reaction.
“…” Xuan Bai coldly swept his eyes over everyone, then closed his eyes and slammed back onto the bed.
Switch account.
These N-something E associations were nowhere near as important as Ji Mo An’s side. He had even moved his main body over to prevent it.
Switch account!
He’ll swim back himself tomorrow! He wasn’t going to stay on this broken island!