SIATOWITF Chapter 71

Chapter 71: The Person the Snake is Waiting for, Get Out Here and Give Me a Kiss.

“You really don’t recognize it?” Under Madam Mu’s hopeful gaze, the snake still shook its head. If the snake says it doesn’t recognize something, it absolutely doesn’t recognize it!

Madam Mu pursed her lips, the light in her eyes gradually dimming. She lowered her head, staring blankly at the necklace, her fingertips seemingly unconsciously caressing the slightly rough surface of the box.

“Thank you, I really like this precious gift. I’ll treasure it.” She suddenly smiled, the teardrops hanging from the corners of her eyes shining brighter than the diamonds on the necklace.

The regret in her eyes seemed to flow into the tears, transforming into starlight, leaving only the beautiful smile and affection.

Madam Mu stood up, carefully smoothing out the slightly ruffled velvet.

“An’an, don’t bully him.” The woman glanced at her child with a hint of reproach, “Then I won’t disturb you anymore.”

Ji Mo An:?

Bully who? Bully the snake? He looked incredulously at the snake, who was still kneeling on the side, pleased with itself.

His mom was just bought off like that?

“An’an, don’t bully me~” Xuan Bai leaned over obnoxiously, his triumphant look exactly like a snake relying on its mother’s power.

“Bully you?” Ji Mo An almost laughed in anger. He got up from the ground and grabbed the snake’s collar, shaking it. “Then I’ll show you what it means to bully you.”

“Bullying the snake, I’m going to tell Mom.” Xuan Bai’s words became more and more infuriating, but his body followed the opposite direction of Ji Mo An’s pull and flopped to the ground.

The snake lay down neatly, but Ji Mo An didn’t have time to let go and was pulled forward, losing his balance and falling on top of the snake.

“Hehe… It wasn’t me who pulled you.” The snake’s wide eyes suddenly turned golden, his open fingers conveying innocence.

“You…” Ji Mo An wanted to push himself up, but his hand grabbed the snake’s chest.

His face flushed red, and he subconsciously pressed down, feeling the scattered scales and the elastic skin even through the clothing.

“…” Well-trained, feeling a bit jealous for no reason.

Ji Mo An suddenly felt a surge of anger and immediately pinched hard, finding the right spot.

The snake, who had secretly put his arm around Ji Mo An’s waist, suddenly froze, then transformed into a two- or three-meter-long black snake with a loud “Aww.”

“Hiss hiss…” The black snake crawled out of his clothes in disbelief.

He looked down at Ji Mo An’s hand, his tail whipping with loud smacking sounds.

“…” At this moment, Ji Mo An was also looking at his hand. He must have been out of his mind to pinch the snake’s chest… Although… although the feel was indeed good… but…

He needs to forget it… So Ji Mo An reached out again and pinched the snake’s tail, which was waving wildly in front of him.

“Hiss hiss… Hiss hiss!” The black snake’s scales bristled instantly, and it raised its head, baring its sharp teeth at Ji Mo An.

After hissing for a while, the snake suddenly felt uneasy. So he quickly darted under the bed, curled himself into circles, and exposed half of his head, rubbing against the solid wood of the bed frame as he hissed at Ji Mo An.

He felt safe when he hissed from within the nest.

“Come out.” Ji Mo An felt the veins throbbing on his forehead.

“Hiss hiss…” Half of the snake’s head quickly retracted under the bed.

“Is it yours that you’re hiding it?” Ji Mo An poked with a clothes rack for a long time but couldn’t poke the snake out.

“Hiss hiss~” The snake’s triumphant voice came from under the bed.

“Get out here, give me a kiss.” Ji Mo An sneered.

“Kiss!” The snake darted out from under the bed, its tail wagging like a flower.

“Haha, I’ll kiss you to death.” Ji Mo An, who had broken his character because of the snake’s infuriating behavior, held down the snake’s neck with one hand, while the other hand, clutching the clothes rack, was already a blur.

——

“I, Ouroboros, swear to heaven that I will never scare Ji Cheng Yu again.” An hour later, Xuan Bai raised his hand and swore.

“Mm.” Ji Mo An sat at his desk, closed his computer, and picked up the stack of self-reflection reports the snake had submitted.

He flipped through them and found that the snake had actually written quite well, at least the attitude was extremely sincere and used a lot of good words and phrases.

But…

“Where did you copy this from?” The report contained large sections of inspirational chicken soup, which looked perfect but, upon closer inspection, were just a bunch of repetitive nonsense.

The main point was: I’m wrong, I admit I’m wrong, my attitude is super sincere, please forgive me.

But as for what he did wrong, there really wasn’t a single word mentioned.

“I wrote it myself.” The snake was extremely proud.

“Really?” Ji Mo An was a little skeptical, even though the snake had lost his phone again and wrote the report right under his nose.

But he knew that Xuan Bai always spoke mysteriously to the flames hidden in his eyes, and those on the other side of the flames should be Xuan Bai’s companions.

“Really, every single word was written by myself. Search it online, and you won’t find a single sentence that’s repeated.” Xuan Bai snorted with extreme disdain.

Thought reports were what the snake was best at writing.

Back in his hometown, he was forced by his superiors and the Father God to write this report and that report every day, and those quotations had long been deeply ingrained in the snake’s memory.

Especially the self-reflection report after causing trouble, he was very skilled in it. Bosses were the most skilled at causing trouble.

“So why did you scare Ji Cheng Yu?” Ji Mo An flipped through the entire stack of reports and couldn’t find the snake’s motive for scaring Ji Cheng Yu.

“He doesn’t like me.” Xuan Bai said immediately, “He also doesn’t want us to kiss.”

“Stinky old man, too.”

“…” Ji Mo An glared at the snake.

“Grandfather, too.” The snake immediately changed his words.

“You don’t understand.” Ji Mo An sighed helplessly. He took out a notebook with a pen from the drawer and threw it to the snake.

“In their eyes, what advantages do you have besides your appearance? No money, no power, and as a foreigner from a non-major country, you don’t even understand the domestic business circles and relationships. My parents’ marriage was a business alliance, it just so happened that they were childhood sweethearts who fell in love along the way.”

“Mom likes me.” The snake said immediately. He didn’t agree with Ji Mo An’s statement. The snake was super rich. The snake was also a super powerful boss back in his hometown.

“Shut up.”

“Okay.”

“In their eyes, you’re just climbing the social ladder, understand? You can’t bring any benefits to the family, and you’re making me give up a strong-strong marriage alliance.” Ji Mo An stood up and walked to Xuan Bai, using the pen to lift the snake’s chin.

“And you’re a man. Our country doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage, and those who wield great power aren’t all open-minded young people. Ji Cheng Yu would never dare to bring his boyfriend into the open; he knows the consequences better than I do.”

“So, assuming we go public before the inheritance is announced, those who are happy and rush to offer blessings aren’t all sincere. Maybe, ha… if things get out of hand, even the position of heir could be lost.”

“Grandfather doesn’t like me because of this too?” Xuan Bai flipped through the blank notebook in disappointment.

“No.” Ji Mo An was speechless, “Grandfather doesn’t like you purely because you have too many past offenses and are too annoying.”

“…” The snake teared up.

“I’m assigning you a task.” Ji Mo An was very satisfied with Xuan Bai’s heavy expression, and he pulled out a stack of photos and clipped them into Xuan Bai’s notebook.

“Memorize the appearances of these people. Their information is written on the back of the photos. From now until Grandfather announces the end of legal effect, keep a close eye on them for me. Nothing can go wrong.”

“This one.” Ji Mo An pointed to the first photo, “My second uncle.”

“He’s wanted my position for a long time, and he’s taken photos of us before. Although I’ve already sent someone to investigate him once, I’m afraid he still has a backup plan.”

“Mm.” Xuan Bai nodded seriously.

“After the inheritance family banquet begins, each guest will pin a bouquet of flowers with their name on their chest.” Ji Mo An tapped the blank notebook again, “Record each of their emotions. You can sense malice from humans, right?”

Of course the snake could, and his memory was extremely strong. He didn’t even need a notebook to record it.

“Okay, be nice to Ji Cheng Yu.” Ji Mo An ruffled Xuan Bai’s hair, “He’s genuinely doing what’s best for me.”

“Kiss~” The snake clung to Ji Mo An.

“Also, don’t let that seer ruin my ceremony.” Ji Mo An chuckled and kissed the side of the snake’s face.

“Won’t.”

——

The family banquet was set on the third day of the guest cruise, and all kinds of gossip were already flying around.

The snake reappeared on Ji Mo An’s bed at dawn on the day the family banquet began, after disappearing for two days.

“You’re here.” Ji Mo An had already gotten up at this time and was sitting at his desk, wiping his glasses.

“Nervous~” The snake looked up to sense the emotions in the air, then approached Ji Mo An and breathed on his glasses.

“…” Ji Mo An, who had just finished wiping his glasses and putting the cloth back in the box, really wanted to slap the snake right now.

“Of course I’m nervous. How could I not be nervous.” Ji Mo An recited silently to suppress the urge to hit the snake and pushed Xuan Bai’s head away.

“Where did you go the past two days?” He continued to wipe his glasses.

“Um… went to your second uncle’s house, oh.” Xuan Bai blinked and took out a USB drive from his pocket.

“This is…” Ji Mo An frowned slightly.

“It’s our photos~” Xuan Bai put the USB drive back in his pocket, not letting Ji Mo An see it.

“At today’s family banquet, some of the original guests won’t be able to attend. Brother wouldn’t mind, right~”

“Xuan Bai.” Ji Mo An understood instantly.

“Yes.” Xuan Bai leaned into Ji Mo An’s arms, rubbing his nose against his lover’s ear.

“Give me a hint, I feel like my heart is about to jump out.” Ji Mo An controlled his breathing, but it didn’t help.

“Okay~” The snake obediently raised his head, his amber-colored round eyes turning into bright golden vertical pupils.

The pupils trembled slightly, and the suggestion took effect.

All the anxiety subsided instantly, and all the tension vanished.

How useful, Ji Mo An exhaled, and his heartbeat gradually calmed down.

In the future, when Xin Xin has big exams, he’ll have Xuan Bai give her a suggestion too.

“Let’s go, let’s change clothes.” He put on his glasses and glanced at Xuan Bai’s clothes.

A simple black shirt and black pants, not the clothes he gave him. He didn’t know where the snake had picked them up from.

“Early, early.” Xuan Bai looked back at the still-dark night sky and suddenly unlocked Ji Mo An’s phone.

“Check the flight.”

“Flight?” Ji Mo An was stunned, but he still pulled up the frequently used software.

“Um… arriving at Cangzhou Chuanbei Airport at 8:20 AM… it’ll take an hour without teleportation…” Xuan Bai clicked on a flight, muttering to himself.

“Airport? Someone is coming?” Ji Mo An saw that the origin of the flight was a very remote and distant place, almost at the country’s border.

“Hehe…” Xuan Bai didn’t answer his words, “Change clothes~ Change clothes~” He happily pushed Ji Mo An out of the room.

“Wait, Grandpa is looking for us.” Ji Mo An answered a phone call halfway and took Xuan Bai to the Seventh Bureau again.

The Seventh Bureau was now a sea of people, most of them still wearing waiters’ clothes.

“Snake Bro! An Bro!” Shi Si, who never held grudges, greeted Xuan Bai super happily, then was dragged away by Qing Teng to put on a wig for disguise.

“Grandpa, what’s wrong?” Ji Mo An went through the crowd and entered the agreed room, the noise around him suddenly much quieter.

“Jun Ze brought your soul back. It was very smooth.” Mu Nanyuan’s usually serious face was now smiling broadly. He reached out and patted the safe on the table, in a great mood.

“My… soul…” Ji Mo An was stunned. He reached out and touched the heavy safe. A strange suction made him want to hug the box.

“Jun Ze, open it and take a look.” Mu Nanyuan nodded, and Jing Junze, who was standing beside him, entered the password for the safe.

Although this safe looked big, it was wrapped in layers.

By the time Jing Junze completed the iris verification and took out the fifth box, the small box that could no longer be called a box was the size of a palm.

Ji Mo An became nervous again, so nervous that even the snake’s suggestion couldn’t suppress it. The little box’s attraction to him was getting stronger and stronger, and some inaudible, noisy sounds seemed to be welling up in his heart.

Under everyone’s expectant gazes, Jing Junze and Mu Nanyuan jointly authenticated and opened the last layer of password.

But… the exquisite test tube inside was empty.

Ji Mo An was stunned and looked at his grandfather in confusion. Empty, nothing could be seen inside.

“The soul cannot be seen with the naked eye.” Jing Junze carefully held the box and explained. She blinked, and her black pupils suddenly turned red. “One thousand three hundred and fifty-two strands, all inside.”

“Mm, then seal it in the Seventh Bureau’s vault first.” Mu Nanyuan nodded.

“No.” The snake, who hadn’t said anything, suddenly spoke, “I’ll keep it.”

“You…” Mu Nanyuan raised his head in surprise.

“I’ll do it.” Xuan Bai took two steps forward, wanting to reach out to take it.

Jing Junze took a step back and looked at Ji Mo An.

“Give it to him.” Ji Mo An nodded. He had a feeling that his soul would be much safer in the snake’s hands than in the Seventh Bureau.

Only then did Xuan Bai smoothly get the jar containing the soul.

Whoosh… The blue flame flew out of the snake’s eyes, circled the jar twice, and then suddenly devoured the jar.

“That’s my absolute domain. There won’t be any mistakes.” Xuan Bai twirled his empty fingertips and couldn’t help but want to wag his tail.

Ji Mo An’s soul, Ji Mo An’s memory, he got it! The snake and Ji Mo An! A wonderful past life!

“Grandpa, why are you so happy?” Ji Mo An looked at his increasingly cheerful grandfather in confusion. He felt that the safe delivery of his soul shouldn’t make the old man so happy.

“Ah? Is there?” Mu Nanyuan touched his face, looking a little puzzled at Jing Junze.

Jing Junze nodded helplessly. Chief Mu had been grinning foolishly all night.

“Oh, An’an. Your brother Chen Chen is back, on the flight this morning.” Mu Nanyuan stole a glance at Xuan Bai, but Xuan Bai was still staring at his fingertips.

“Xuan Xuan went to pick him up. He should be at the airport around 8:30. This time I have to keep him and ask him everything.”

8:30… airport… Ji Mo An was shocked.

Could it be that the person the snake is waiting for… is Mu Chen?