Chapter 192 - Drinking with the State Preceptor? I (2/2)

But the azure snake had already slept for one day and one night…

‘…’

Qing Zhu was shocked. Master had returned yesterday… and it didn’t even notice?

The snake was afraid that Nan Xian would think that it was useless as it could not even notice that he was back. It quickly changed the subject by showing excitement.

“Master, why don’t we drive the adulterer away? I knew he’s into something bad when I first saw him!”

Nan Xian became very thoughtful.

“You did not stay by her side?”

“Uhm…”

If it had stayed by the princess’s side, how could it be still alive when Master returned?

Qing Zhu’s voice was weak. “Master, the princess… wanted to cook me and serve me to the emperor as snake soup. I’m scared…”

“Oh.”

Oh?

Qing Zhu’s eyes popped widely.

What did Master mean by “oh”? Did it imply that he could understand why the snake was reluctant to stay by the princess, or… he had agreed that the princess could cook and eat the snake?

Nan Xian lowered his eyes and looked at the little snake that he was holding carefully. His lips were lifted into a vague smile, and his eyes were still as cold as the moonlight.

“Snake soup… that’s a nutritious thing. Besides, it’s made from you. She… has good taste.”

Ahhhh!

Qing Zhu was shocked and almost fell from Nan Xian’s hand. Its body was trembling, its voice was shaking, and tears were rolling in its eyes.

“Master, you did not act like that before. You have changed, you’re not the master whom I know anymore!”

Apparently, the snake was not its master’s flesh nor blood. That was why the master had never loved the snake. To be with that human girl, he was even willing to make it into snake soup…

Sob sob! The snake wanted to run away from home and never come back again!

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