But this discomfort wasn't impossible to overcome.
Uncle Xi even stared at that big snake for a while.
They were all kept in glass enclosures, anyway.
After the initial fright, he understood that unless the glass enclosure broke, the snake couldn't hurt him.
Uncle Xi soon spotted the white snake.
After all, among a bunch of black, brown, black-and-brown, and other dark-colored snakes, a white snake really stood out.
Seeing the white snake, Uncle Xi felt even more that if his niece was going to buy a snake, she should get a white one.
The white snake really... won on looks.
"Here it is."
The girl immediately walked over.
The boy quickly followed.
A white snake...
He immediately thought of the white snake he'd seen earlier on that boy's hand.
Its whole body was as white as creamy jade, with a translucent quality to it. It really looked like a bracelet made from the finest white jade...
Huh?
The boy froze.
"What do you think?"
Uncle Xi pointed to the white snake in front of them.
"Isn't it pretty nice?"
"Wow~"
The girl's eyes widened as she leaned toward the white snake's enclosure.
The snakes over here were more expensive. Even though she seemed to be on familiar terms with the uncle who ran the shop, that was just because they got along.
She'd bought three snakes.
She'd only been to this shop three times in all.
The first time, she was still new and a little shy, so she'd wandered around the shelves near the entrance.
The second time, the shop owner had given her a discount, and she'd been very touched.
The third time, the shop owner had invited her to look at the shelves over here, but he'd also warned her that