"After all, it's rare to meet someone who shares her interests."
Xi Xinrui hurried to explain.
"And your white snake..."
His gaze fell on the boy's wrist.
Come to think of it, summer really was much more convenient.
Otherwise, in autumn or winter, the white snake could very well have been hidden beneath a sleeve.
He probably wouldn't have noticed this stunning white snake so early on.
"It's really beautiful."
Just as one might share a beautiful sight, delicious food, or lovely thing one had stumbled upon, he had shared the white snake with his younger sister.
"...After I told my sister about your white snake, she really wanted to see it."
"So..."
The boy gave an embarrassed smile.
"Could I take a few pictures of your white snake to show my sister?"
"Sure."
Xiao Xiao understood.
So that was why he'd come to talk to him.
He raised his wrist.
"Is this okay?"
"Or does it need to be somewhere else?"
The boy's easygoing nature and willingness to cooperate finally put Xi Xinrui completely at ease.
"Thank you."
A broad smile spread across Xi Xinrui's face.
"This is perfect."
Xi Xinrui took out his phone.
"Um..."
After taking several pictures of the white snake, Xi Xinrui looked at Xiao Xiao.
"Could you get it to open its eyes?"
Though the white snake coiled around the boy's wrist looked just like a white jade bangle, and was very pretty,
he still wanted to show his sister the white snake in different poses.
All right.
Truthfully, he wanted to see it too.
Only now did he realize that in both of their encounters, he hadn't seen the white snake open its eyes.
If it weren't late spring and early summer, with the sun shining overhead, he might have