Mom Xi was surprised that Dad Xi had actually agreed to let their daughter have a pet.
You see...
Their daughter had said before that she wanted a pet.
But Dad Xi and Mom Xi had rejected her for all sorts of reasons.
Both of them were busy with work.
They had two children to look after.
They really didn't have the energy to take care of a pet, too.
Although their daughter had always insisted that she would take care of it herself, given her somewhat careless nature and her tendency to lose interest after three minutes, they had every reason to suspect...
That after a while, they would be the ones taking care of the pet for her.
So they had firmly refused their daughter's request to have a pet.
But just now, Dad Xi had relented.
After a moment of surprise, Mom Xi understood why Dad Xi had done that.
That was true.
Rather than stifling their daughter's desire to have a pet, to the point that she had even grown to like snakes...
It would be better to let her have a kitten or a puppy.
Their daughter was older now.
As long as they talked things over with her, she could take good care of her own pet.
The girl's eyes suddenly widened.
But a few seconds later, she shook her head.
"I don't want a kitten or a puppy."
"I want a snake."
"I've already had it for a month..."
The girl repeated how long she and the snake had been together.
She wanted to emphasize that she had grown attached to the snake.
She wouldn't just give it up.
Dad Xi furrowed his brows.
"What's so good about snakes?"
He really couldn't understand what was going through this girl's head.