Slowly, it surfaced in the old woman's mind.
The old woman shuddered again, despite herself.
"Snake..."
A trace of fear appeared on the old woman's face.
She looked around in a panic.
Where was the snake?
Had it slithered away?
No...
The old woman lowered her head and looked herself over.
Could it have crawled onto her?!
The old woman reacted at once, frantically searching and patting herself down.
"Grandma Tian."
Xiao Xiao reached out and grabbed one of the old woman's wrists.
He stopped her from carrying on in a near frenzy.
"It's here."
Xiao Xiao knew that trying to reassure the old woman by saying the snake had already left would not help much.
Only if she saw for herself that the snake was somewhere else, and couldn't possibly be on her, would she feel at ease.
Huh?
The old woman looked up in confusion.
Xiao Xiao raised his wrist slightly.
A white... bracelet was wrapped around it.
A very pretty bracelet.
The old woman had noticed it from the start.
An old woman who always took care to look her best naturally liked pretty accessories.
She also had an eye for beauty.
Of course.
The old woman thought anyone who wasn't completely oblivious would notice such a pretty bracelet at a glance.
The old woman stared at it, a little dazed.
The flawless white jade bracelet glimmered with a cool light in the slightly hazy, ambiguous warmth of the setting sun.
It made her heart grow still, too.
"A Bai."
Xiao Xiao said softly.
At his words, the white bracelet began to move ever so slightly.
The old woman's eyes flew open.
Wait...
Was she seeing things?
Was it all just an optical illusion caused by the