The Queen nodded.
"Indeed. The moment that little brat sees you, she'll definitely pounce on you like a lovesick dog."
An Xinghe picked up the basket of apples and was about to go find Snow White when the Queen shouted after him:
"Handsome boy, once you've poisoned that little brat to death, don't forget to come to our kingdom!"
"My niece is eighteen this year..."
An Xinghe could no longer make out what she said after that. He had already walked quite a distance away.
At that moment, Lin Yan sidled up to the Queen with an obsequious grin and said ingratiatingly:
"Queen Sis, the two of us are partners. Don't you think I could also... I'm not picky. She doesn't have to be eighteen. Eight would work too!"
The Queen glanced at him.
"The palace is short one chair. Would you like to come?"
"Well... that's not entirely unacceptable."
An Xinghe found a random spot on Central Avenue and set out the apples.
Lin Yan stumbled after him from behind, his face battered and bruised.
An Xinghe could more or less guess what had happened to him. He consoled him, "It's fine. The world is huge. Maybe there really is someone blind enough to like a freak like you."
Before Lin Yan could curse him back, the sound of hoofbeats came from nearby. Snow White was about to arrive.
An Xinghe hurriedly put on a merchant's expression, cleared his throat, and loudly hawked his wares:
"Apples for sale! Fresh apples! No sweetness, no payment!"
An Xinghe's Astonishingly Handsome skill described more than just his looks. His build, bearing, demeanor, even his voice were all at the highest level!
An Xinghe's voice was deep and magnetic, drawing people over involuntarily.
Snow White was among them.
"Big Brother, how much are your apples?"
Hearing Snow White's voice, An Xinghe raised his head, which had been lowered all this time.
"Three copper coins per apple. No sweetness, no payment."
The moment Snow White saw An Xinghe's face, she felt dizzy and light-headed, and her heart began to race.
It was as if she had seen a god smiling at her! As if she had found herself standing in a field of flowers!
She saw a radiance, and within that radiance, she saw herself in a wedding dress, being kissed by An Xinghe!
At that moment, she fell in love!
She grabbed An Xinghe's arm like a madwoman and asked:
"Big Brother, do you have a girlfriend?"
"If not, would you mind having one? If you do, would you mind changing her?"
An Xinghe smoothly pulled his arm back and said with a smile:
"Beautiful miss, I'm just an apple seller. I'm not selling myself, and I'm not selling my kidneys either."
Snow White hurriedly said:
"I'll buy them! I'll buy all these apples! Your apples are so dry-looking, they must be wonderfully crisp! I just love dry-looking apples!"
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[Holy crap! Snow White, could you be any more hypocritical?!] [You just said even dogs wouldn't eat dry apples. Now you're saying you love dry apples!] [Where did your boldness go, Snow White?! Weren't you supposed to be a total badass?!] [Show us that boldness! Why are you acting like such a woman?!] [Is this the charm of love?!] [The look in Snow White's eyes—she looks like she wants to swallow An Xinghe whole!] [My perfectly reasonable guess is that Snow White wants to tie An Xinghe up and do some naughty things with him right now!] [Do we even need to guess? If there weren't people around, I think Snow White would already have pounced!]
Chapter 35: My Jealousy Has Overflowed Badly!
Just as men all liked showing off their strength in front of their women,
women also liked displaying their wealth in front of their men.
What was more, buying a basket of apples was nothing to Snow White!
She cheerfully handed the money to An Xinghe, but did not withdraw her hand. Instead, she grasped his hand.
"Big Brother, you've sold all your apples. Why don't you come with me now? I'll show you some really good stuff!"
Snow White licked her lips. The meaning in her eyes was self-evident!
But An Xinghe waved his hand.
"Miss, I still have to go home and pick apples, so I'll have to pass."
Snow White's blood pressure rose at those words. She couldn't help complaining coquettishly:
"Apples are all you know! Are apples better than me?"
An Xinghe calmly picked up an apple and placed it in Snow White's hand.
"My apples are really delicious. Why don't you try one?"
How could Snow White refuse a gift from such a handsome man?
While holding An Xinghe's hand with one hand, she seductively took a huge bite of the apple with the other!
Lin Yan, standing beside them, couldn't help feeling delighted!
The plan had worked! The poison on the apple would take about an hour to take effect. As long as the two of them escaped within that hour, they could return and retrieve the apple Snow White had eaten!
However, what happened next was completely beyond everyone's expectations!
Snow White had bitten off too large a piece, and the apple became lodged in her throat!
She did not want to lose face in front of An Xinghe by pounding her chest and coughing, so she tried to endure it by force.
But because she could not draw another breath, she was choked to death!
The system's notification was the most direct proof!
[Ding! Snow White has been detected as deceased. Cause of death: "choking to death." The player may remove the apple that choked her to death. (Only the piece Snow White swallowed counts as the quest item.)] [Only a player possessing the Protagonist Halo can remove the Poison Apple from Snow White's throat.]
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[I imagined countless ways this instance could develop, but I never expected Snow White to choke to death on an apple!] [It's officially confirmed: Snow White is a total badass!] [Could there be an even more outrageous way to die?] [I'm even more damn curious about where the plot goes from here!] [An Xinghe is about to be in trouble!]
Sure enough, the guards surrounding Snow White rushed over in a swarm, aiming swords, spears, and halberds at An Xinghe.
"How dare you use a Poison Apple to kill Snow White!"
"Fuck! I'm not taking the blame for this! She clearly choked to death eating the apple herself! What the hell does it have to do with whether my apple was poisoned?!"
The guards were equally forceful.
"Snow White died after eating your apple! That much is beyond dispute!"
An Xinghe curled his lips and was just about to argue when a sudden thought struck him!
This might be a good opportunity!
He said to the guards:
"It doesn't matter. We can still save Snow White!"
The guards looked at him suspiciously. "Are you sure?"
An Xinghe thumped his chest.
"Of course I'm sure! It's just that the treatment method is rather special. Let's go to Snow White's Castle first."
The guards nodded. In any case, An Xinghe could not escape.
A group of guards escorted Snow White, An Xinghe, and Lin Yan into Snow White's room in the Castle.
An Xinghe directed the guards to place Snow White on the bed, then said:
"I'm going to begin the treatment. Please wait patiently outside. It's not as if we can run away anyway."
The guards felt that he had a point. They all went outside and even closed the door.
The only living creatures left in the bedroom were An Xinghe and Lin Yan.
Lin Yan could not help asking anxiously:
"An Xinghe, do you know how to save her?"
An Xinghe rolled his eyes at him.
"We'll save her the same way they did in the original story!"
Lin Yan suddenly understood!
How had the Prince saved Snow White in the original story? Obviously, by kissing her!
And now the Protagonist Halo was on him! He absolutely could not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
"Ahahaha! An Xinghe, let Big Brother handle this dirty, exhausting job!"
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