Xiao Yi Xian looked at Qing Lin standing beside Xiao Yu and asked with a light smile, "Little sister, come help me sort the medicinal herbs later. You'll get a sachet too!"
When Qing Lin heard that she would get a sachet as well, surprise instantly rose on her face. She said timidly, "Th-that wouldn't be appropriate, would it?"
Xiao Yi Xian simply pulled Qing Lin over and said, "What's inappropriate about it? Once you're done sorting the herbs, you can go back to serving your Young Master Xiao Yu. Don't worry, it won't delay you!"
"Isn't that right?" Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu could only smile wryly. "Whatever you say. Qing Lin, go with Sister Xiao Yi Xian. She's a good person and won't bully you!"
Qing Lin's pretty face flushed as she nodded. "Understood, Young Master Xiao Yu!"
In truth, Xiao Yi Xian had run into Qing Lin when they went out earlier. When she noticed the strange looks people around them gave Qing Lin, she had asked Xue Lan about the reason.
Xue Lan told her about Qing Lin's background, leaving both Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Die deeply sympathetic. Cai Die in particular knew just how much humans hated snake people; one only had to look at how snake women could only live as slaves.
Cai Die stepped forward and took Qing Lin's hand. Qing Lin sensed an aura from this breathtakingly beautiful woman that felt extremely familiar, yet Cai Die clearly had no snake tail, nor did she have strange scales like Qing Lin's. Qing Lin found it rather odd.
"My name is Cai Die. From now on, call me Sister Cai Die," Cai Die said. Her soft voice immediately made Qing Lin, who had already felt close to her, like her