The woman began to understand the air about Xiao Xiao.
So you really couldn't judge a book by its cover?
The woman smiled wryly.
A young man with such an outstanding air about him, someone she'd imagined enjoyed poetry, tea, and books...
And yet he kept a snake.
He even liked it so much that he took it everywhere with him.
Instead of keeping it in a glass tank.
"Your snake is beautiful."
The woman said it as if to make up for her earlier reaction.
She meant it.
It was just that her longstanding aversion to snakes left her feeling conflicted.
"Thank you."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"Wow~"
The two children clearly didn't share the woman's misgivings.
They gazed at the white snake with shining eyes.
"So pretty~"
"It looks fake."
"Is it real?"
Little Peach looked up at Xiao Xiao.
"Of course it's real."
Xiao Xiao's fingers moved slightly.
The white snake slithered up along Xiao Xiao's fingers.
Its soft, snowy-white body coiled around his fingers.
Its brilliant red, slit-pupiled eyes were half-lidded.
The contrast between white and red was so striking that the two children stared with wide eyes and open mouths.
A few seconds later, "...Wow..."
The two children murmured, dazed.
Little Peach pressed her lips together.
She reached out.
Looking at Xiao Xiao expectantly, she asked, "Brother Xiao Xiao, can I pet it?"
"It's really pretty."
She liked it so much.
"I want to pet it too."
Leilei chimed in right after her.
It was a snake!
How cool!
Leilei was pretty excited.
"Little Peach, Leilei..."
The woman's heart tightened.
These two kids...
They still wanted to touch the snake...
How dangerous...
Xiao Xiao shook his head slightly.
"No."
He smiled at the two