"All right."
"I won't disturb you any longer."
The shop manager looked a little embarrassed.
"Go ahead and keep looking."
"Take your time."
"Idiot! Idiot!"
The parrot, quiet for a few seconds, started squawking again.
A vein twitched on the shop manager's forehead.
He took a deep breath.
"I'm going over there."
"Take your time looking."
"...That idiot..."
Muttering under his breath, the shop manager headed toward the register.
Soon, only the siblings and Uncle Xi were left by the shelves.
Uncle Xi was a little uncertain.
In his eyes, the white snake was the prettiest one.
But it was the shop's treasure.
Even if the owner was willing to sell it, he probably couldn't afford it.
Besides, he couldn't bring himself to spend so much money on a snake that was no use to him and that he didn't even like much.
But apart from that white snake...
"Xiao Xin, take another look."
"Do you see one you like?"
His niece was the one who wanted to buy a snake.
His opinion didn't matter.
What the child liked was most important.
"Mm."
The girl nodded.
Her gaze lingered on the white snake for a while.
Then she turned away.
She wouldn't look at it anymore.
She couldn't afford that white snake.
Besides, her brother had said there were even prettier white snakes.
She was excited to see that even prettier one.
Wow.
A white snake prettier than a princess...
The girl was already looking forward to it...
The girl's hand brushed past the shelves.
Besides snakes, she saw plenty of other animals, too.
Hmm.
Most of the animals had a similar overall color palette.
They were all dark-colored.
That made the white snake she'd just seen stand out even more.
They all had