"It was a failure on our part."
The police officer readily admitted their mistake.
They should have restrained the man as soon as they arrived,
instead of letting their guard down just because he seemed to be sitting on the ground in a sorry state.
That had given him an opening.
And nearly let a child get hurt.
"It's you again!"
The man finally came to his senses and yelled like a madman.
"Are you crazy?!"
"Well, I was born helpful and full of a sense of justice."
"He said his child..."
"That thing isn't a wild—"
Only then did the other children chase after them together.
She looked at Xiao Xiao uncertainly.
The man couldn't help reaching out and lightly tapping the child's forehead.
But she'd seen plenty of things like spiders, centipedes, and geckos.
After all, snake meat and snake soup were supposed to be pretty nourishing.
"Of course."
The police officer beside the man immediately grabbed him.
The man didn't hear the officer's words, though they were right beside him.
She looked the child up and down.
Hearing something, the woman lowered her head.
It was a white snake, too...
All the dejection she'd felt before vanished.
If she hadn't been mistaken earlier...
She'd even seen bats before.
The woman gaped.
"Hiss~"
Her fingers trembled violently as she pointed at the other side.
"Why again?"
"The teacher has a point."
"It's my luck."
How could she blame this human, when this was already the second time?
"He's just a child..."
"What are you doing?"
She pulled Xia Cheng toward her.
A smile spread across his face.
"Are you all right?!"
How dare he look at Lord Xiao Xiao like that?
The man's gaze turned dark and resentful as he looked