Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Bai Qingqing also thought of this and immediately stood up, looking toward the door as well as the curtain.
They had just come in through the door. The long corridor wouldnât be able to hide the snakes. They shouldnât have crawled out through the door.
Therefore, Bai Qingqing walked toward the window and parted the curtains to look downward. Her lips twitched.
The little snakes presented all sorts of shapes as they were frozen stiff on the ground. There were some in the shape of mosquito coil, fried dough twist, waves, as well as some with a semi-standing pose, wanting to turn their heads to look back at the window as if wanting to climb back.
No matter their poses, all were hard, looking like carved-out wax art pieces with exaggerated designs.
Although Bai Qingqing was very worried, she still burst out laughing when she first saw this.
âQingqing?â Muir also walked over to the window.
Bai Qingqing held back her smile and her expression changed into that of worry. She propped her hands by the windowsill and climbed, avoiding the little snakes on the ground, and carefully jumped down.
Muir also saw the little snakes in a variety of poses. His lips instantly twitched, and his expression turned indescribable.
Bai Qingqing squatted down and carefully poked an upright little snake.
The little snake was frozen to the extent that he couldnât even turn his eyeballs. However, there was still a gleam in his eyes.
His body had frozen up?
At this thought, Bai Qingqingâs expression changed drastically. Freezing would cause oneâs cells to expand and crack. If humans were frozen into ice, they couldnât survive.
However, snake beastmen had strong vitalities and shouldnât die so easily. Moreover, their gazes still looked spirited.
Bai Qingqing got her act together and carefully picked up an upright snake so that he wouldnât suddenly fall and break into pieces.
That icy touch made Bai Qingqingâs palms painful from the iciness. Her heart ached even more.
Standing up, Bai Qingqing handed the little snake to Muir. âBe careful, donât knock him.â
âEn.â Muirâs expression was solemn as he put out his hands to receive the upright little snake.
He had no idea if it was his illusion, but Muir felt that at the instant the little snake landed in his hands, an expression similar to âitâs overâ flashed in the little snakeâs eyes.
Muir paused as he received the little snake, then he turned his body stiffly. He saw Curtis from the corner of his eyes. Muir had no energy to pay him any heed and slowly walked over to his nest, placing the little snake horizontally down in the nest.
Curtis looked at them with a dubious expression for a while before walking over to the window and looking out. The corner of his eyes instantly twitched. He couldnât believe that these were his children.
He felt that he wasnât stupid, so why would he have such stupid children?
It wasnât that the little snakes were stupid. It was an injustice to say that of them.
Under normal situations, young snakes wouldnât hatch during the cold season. Moreover, the children had been staying in a warm environment since they had hatched. This gave them the delusion that the weather was very warm, which was why all of them would become frozen stiff after getting caught off-guard.
âCurtis.â Bai Qingqing wore a bitter expression as she called out to him, handing him the second snake.
Curtis wasnât as gentle as Muir was. He casually picked up the coiled-up little snake with one hand and then turned to leave.
His indifference made Bai Qingqingâs heart beat frantically, not daring to hand him the little snakes anymore.
Contrary to Bai Qingqingâs thoughts, the little snake who was brought away by Curtis felt extremely thankful to not have ended up in the eagle beastmanâs hands. He was then placed in Curtisâs nest.
Despite Curtisâs enraged expression, Bai Qingqing didnât hand him any one of the remaining little snakes. She passed them all to Muir.
After all of the little snakes entered the room, there were nine little snakes in Muirâs nest but only a pitiful one in Curtisâs.
Muir looked at the snake in Curtisâs nest and didnât say anything about it. He said to Bai Qingqing, âIâll warm them up right away.â