Just then, one of the burly men took a waterskin from his waist, opened it, and poured all the water over the boy's head, soaking most of his hair and clothes.
Feeling the chill spreading over him, the boy stirred slightly a couple of times.
As he moved, the hair covering his face shifted a little, revealing a small part of it.
Although only a small part of his face was visible, Xue Fuyao recognized him at a glance.
Before she even had time to feel shocked, a pink figure swept over on a wave of intense perfume.
Smelling it, Xue Fuyao clamped a hand over her nose and mouth. Too much was as bad as too little-that stench of overpowering perfume had nearly made her vision go black.
"Brother Xiubai~"
At that teeth-aching voice, Xue Fuyao shuddered instinctively, goosebumps practically falling off her by the ton. How could anyone make a sound like that?
Oh, right, she wasn't human. Never mind, then.
The woman who spoke wore pink and possessed beauty that could topple a city, with silky, seductive eyes and a slender waist. Yet more striking than her beauty was the nearly two-meter-long pink snake tail trailing behind her.
Clearly, the woman before her was the snake demon hiding here.
But wasn't Jimo Xiubai supposed to be with his older brother, Jimo Yunqi?
Wait, shouldn't he have already betrayed the Human Race by now?
No, that doesn't add up either. There haven't seemed to be any reports of unusual activity around North State City lately. Could things have changed because of me again?
Regardless of what Xue Fuyao was thinking, the snake woman had already reached Jimo Xiubai. She lifted his face with her pink tail and said beguilingly, "Brother Xiubai, you haven't had a single sip of