Chapter 46: Xiao Jiu, Don’t Be Afraid

The girl’s face flushed slightly, her expression filled with anticipation.

He Tingzhou，holding a cigarette, glanced at her with his dark eyes, “Which one are you going to take off?”

“I’m not going to make you take off your pants,” Yue ZiFeng said, “I’m asking you to take it off, will you?”

He Tingzhou narrowed his eyes, a mischievous smile playing on his lips. His tone was light and frivolous, “If you want to take it off, go ahead. Do it yourself.”

Yue ZiFeng: “Damn!”

Shuangxu couldn’t help but laugh.

He Tingzhou heard it and glanced at her sideways.

Shuangxu immediately stopped laughing.

The lazy state in He Tingzhou’s eyes slowly disappeared. He took the cigarette out of his mouth, stood at the edge of the cliff, and looked at her, saying, “Song Shuangxu.”

“Don’t move.”

Shuangxu was stunned. She had never seen such an expression on He Tingzhou’s face before.

He was either indifferent or as carefree as he was just now. Such a deep and serious gaze was unusual.

Zhou Sheng An, on the other side, shielded his wife behind him and said, “Where’s Shen Yu?”

Shuangxu realized something and slowly turned her head, following their gaze. She saw a green snake poking its head out from a branch one meter behind her.

“Damn!” Yue ZiFeng was startled. It was a bit dark, and he couldn’t see clearly. “Is it a green snake or a bamboo leaf green snake?”

Zuo Zhong’s voice was heavy, “Bamboo leaf green. Look at the shape of its head. The triangular shape is a bamboo leaf green.”

“This snake is poisonous, sister, don’t move!”

He didn’t say anything, but once he did, Shuangxu became even more afraid.

She had always been afraid of all kinds of snakes, insects, rats, and mice, especially snakes. She would get goosebumps even looking at a picture of one, let alone a real one, staring at her so close.

She didn’t know how to tell a bamboo leaf green snake from a green snake, but the emerald green color on the snake’s body was terrifying.

Its triangular head was even more frightening. When it stared at Shuangxu, it was truly terrifying.

She didn’t dare to look, but she didn’t dare not to look. Her whole body was covered in goosebumps, and her fingers trembled uncontrollably even though she was gripping her palm tightly.

Her whole body was tense to the extreme. She was terrified, but she didn’t dare to move, afraid of provoking the snake’s attack.

Help! Could it please go away?

Yue ZiFeng and Zuo Zhong were anxious, “Do we have a stick? Find a stick!”

Their wilderness experience was even worse than Bai Qing Mei’s. “The distance is too close. Unless you hit it in one shot, it’s very likely to attack Shuangxu in fright. And the branches are soft, not good for hitting.”

“What do we do then?”

The cigarette in He Tingzhou’s hand had already been extinguished. He looked very calm, and his tone of voice when talking to Shuangxu was very ordinary.

“Do you have a hiking stick?”

Shuangxu’s face turned pale, her voice trembling, “Yes.”

“Take it,” He Tingzhou said, “If it attacks you, duel with it.”

Shuangxu was about to cry. Duel with it? What the heck!

But He Tingzhou’s calm and collected tone calmed her down a little from her extreme fear. She quietly reached for the hiking stick next to her and grabbed it tightly.

He Tingzhou said, “Now, slowly get up. Come over here.”

Shuangxu moved very, very slowly, at a pace slower than a turtle, slowly lifting her bottom off the stone.

She moved extremely lightly and carefully, inch by inch.

Everyone was silent, not daring to make a sound, and no one dared to move forward.

“What’s going on?” Shen Yu, who was far away, noticed the anomaly. When he saw the branch behind Shuangxu, his expression suddenly darkened.

Lu Man Man was so scared that she immediately hugged his arm.

“Ah ah~~~! There’s a snake!” The girls behind them screamed.

Forget the snake, even Yue ZiFeng was scared enough to jump up.

Shen Yu, who was always very courteous to women, rarely showed a cold face. He said in a deep voice, “Shut up!”

The snake was still stimulated by the sharp and abrupt cries. Its body, which had been still on the branch, suddenly moved.

Shuangxu’s heart instantly jumped out of her throat.

He Tingzhou，who had somehow already walked beside her, grabbed her wrist and pulled her forcefully.

At the same time, the snake lunged. Shuangxu’s soul was almost scared out of her body. At the last moment, He Tingzhou’s right hand quickly, accurately, and decisively grabbed the snake’s neck.

Shuangxu’s hairs stood on end.

He Tingzhou let go of her, walked to the edge of the cliff, and threw the snake down.

Shuangxu, whose body was still stiff, hadn’t recovered yet when Shen Yu hugged her.

Shen Yu’s voice still held a trace of tension. He hugged her and comforted her, “It’s okay now. Xiao Jiu, don’t be afraid.”

Shuangxu’s nerves, which had been almost scared to death, slowly relaxed. She turned her head to look in He Tingzhou’s direction.

Yue ZiFeng was pouring water from a mineral water bottle for him to wash his hands. As he poured, he expressed his admiration with all his heart, “Boss, you are truly my boss! You’re not afraid of even a poisonous snake, what else are you afraid of!”

He Tingzhou，with his hands under the water, rubbed them slowly and deliberately, his brow furrowed, his expression extremely disgusted.

His tone was still casual, but he answered seriously, “Watching horror movies.”

The prince’s cleanliness obsession was acting up. He rubbed his hands for three minutes, finished two bottles of water, and then used disinfectant wipes to wipe them twice before reluctantly drying his hands.

Shen Yu took Shuangxu to rest. Before she sat down, she looked back nervously. There were no trees or bushes, so she felt relieved.

She took out a mineral water bottle from her bag to drink, but Shen Yu took it away with a thermos.

“Drink some hot tea.”

The thermos contained snowflake pear ginger tea, and the steam rising from it, after the cold mountain and the fright, made her feel very comfortable.

“Did Mom make this?”

Her face was still a little pale from the fright. Shen Yu touched her head: –>>

“Drink it.”

The ginger tea, after several hours, was no longer so hot. A wave of warmth spread from the moment it touched her stomach. Shuangxu held the thermos and slowly took a few sips, her body warming up considerably.

She didn’t notice that the twins, not far away, were staring at her and pouting.

Because of the sudden arrival of the snake, they had rested a while longer. They continued walking upwards after Shuangxu had calmed down from her fright.

Zuo Zhong looked up at the sky: “Do you think it might rain later today?”

“Impossible,” Yue Zifeng said decisively. “I checked the weather forecast. We came all this way to watch the meteor shower, not to watch it rain.”

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