Uncle Xi was so surprised by what his older brother had told him.
During that phone call, Uncle Xi had mostly been on the receiving end of a flood of information...
"I'll call my brother again later."
Uncle Xi quickly made up his mind.
"At the very least, I need to find out what kind of snake Xiao Xin has and how big it is..."
"Then we can buy her an identical one."
"Mm."
Tao Tao's mother nodded.
"You can go buy it then."
"I'm not going."
Just thinking about going somewhere full of reptiles made Tao Tao's mother break out in goose bumps.
"Ah..."
Uncle Xi furrowed his brow.
"Maybe we can see if it's available online..."
While the couple discussed buying their niece an identical snake to make up for the one that had been lost, Dad Xi hung up and got up to go find his daughter.
Dad Xi was a little angry.
On the one hand, he was angry that his daughter's secret snake-keeping had been exposed.
Even if the people who found out were his younger brother and sister-in-law.
On the other hand, he was angry that his daughter's snake had caused trouble after all.
Fortunately, it had only caused trouble and hadn't led to a tragedy.
Otherwise...
Mom Xi noticed that something was off with Dad Xi's mood.
She went over to ask him.
"What's wrong?"
"Did something happen?"
Why was he in a bad mood so early in the morning?
He'd been in a good mood when he'd first gotten up.
"My younger brother called just now..."
Dad Xi briefly told Mom Xi what they'd discussed on the phone.
Mom Xi's mouth fell open in surprise.
"Ah..."
"Tao Tao..."
Mom Xi furrowed her brow.
"That child..."