After receiving his payment, Hai Bodong prepared to leave. Xiao Zhen hurried after him, but he still glanced back at the helpless Die and asked with some reluctance, "Uncle Hai, what about this big sister?"
Hai Bodong glanced at Xiao Zhen and said indifferently, "Now that her employer is dead, she is free. Where she goes has nothing to do with me."
"But if we leave her here, the people downstairs will probably eat her up without even leaving the bones!" Xiao Zhen said worriedly.
Hai Bodong stared intently at Xiao Zhen, making him feel a chill run down his spine. He was starting to wonder whether this old man had those kinds of tendencies.
"You care so much about her, don't tell me you've taken a fancy to this Snake Girl!" Hai Bodong asked suspiciously.
Xiao Zhen's old face reddened. He seemed to have had that thought, but he absolutely could not admit it. Otherwise, if this old man spread it around, the reputation of the Xiao Clan's second young master as a genius might be ruined.
There were quite a few people in the imperial capital who kept Snake Girls, and even the Xiao Clan had once had people who kept them. However, those people generally did not have very good reputations.
If his father found out that Xiao Zhen had brought a Snake Girl home, his backside would probably really blossom.
Xiao Zhen said flusteredly, "Uncle Hai, listen to my excuse... Ah, no, listen to my explanation. I'm really not the kind of person you think I am. I'm only thirteen, and besides..."
Just as Xiao Zhen was about to explain his character, a clamor erupted downstairs, creating such a huge disturbance that it could be heard clearly even upstairs.
Hai Bodong peered outside through a crack