Beauty Snake - Chapter 89

Chapter 89: This Big Flirt Has Someone Else in Her Heart, Yet She Still Tries to Seduce Her—She Doesn’t Deserve Sympathy.

Over the next few days, Ji Yunfei looked for every opportunity to get close to Xie Yin, but the other woman seemed to be avoiding her intentionally. Every time Ji Yunfei came to the door, Xie Yin was either “out” or claimed she needed to “cultivate in solitude.”

In short, she gave Ji Yunfei no chance to approach.

Fortunately, Ji Yunfei had plenty of time to play the long game. The flow of time in the Snake Den was different from the outside world—one month inside equaled one day outside. Therefore, she wasn’t worried about time.

However, she wondered if those lunatics would find any clues and track them to the Snake Den…

Regardless, the most urgent task was to get Xie Yin to recover her memories as quickly as possible.

It was another sunny day, and Ji Yunfei, as usual, made her first order of business going to find Xie Yin.

Naturally, the outcome was as expected: she was given the cold shoulder again. She shook her head and, just like the previous days, placed a strawberry cookie at the doorstep.

This silly snake… she eats my strawberry cookies but keeps hiding from me. How can things be that easy? Since you like hiding, I won’t leave today. I’ll just wait for the rabbit to come to the tree—I’m quite good at that.

Deciding to go all in, Ji Yunfei came fully prepared this time, determined to see the silly snake who was dodging her. She took out the notebook where she had previously sketched the snake pupils and sat down on the steps in front of Xie Yin’s house.

Scritch, scratch— The sound of the charcoal pencil rubbing against the paper was particularly prominent in the quiet environment. At first, Ji Yunfei kept an ear out for any movement inside the house, but as the minutes ticked by, she gradually became completely immersed in her drawing, as if entering a trance.

When Xie Yin finally opened her door, the first thing she saw was Ji Yunfei’s back—a silhouette that looked slightly lonely sitting on the steps. Xie Yin was stunned for a moment, rubbing her eyes to make sure it wasn’t a hallucination. This person was actually guarding her door.

How thick-skinned can she be? Even though I’ve been avoiding her these past few days and only accepting those strawberry cookies, that doesn’t mean she can just sit at my doorstep and “wait for the rabbit”!

But… she had to admit, this human was exceptionally beautiful. With rosy lips and bright eyes, her long chestnut-brown hair shimmered slightly in the sunlight.

If only she hadn’t started off by “acting like a rogue” and saying those weird things…

Xie Yin would have been quite happy to get to know her properly. Being a wife and laying a clutch of snake eggs wasn’t entirely out of the question.

After all… everyone appreciates beauty.

Realizing her thoughts were drifting, Xie Yin quickly cut off her wild imagination. She shook her head and stared at Ji Yunfei silently for a while. Seeing her with her head down, busy with something and unaware that she had come out, Xie Yin’s curiosity exploded. She narrowed her eyes and quietly moved to stand behind Ji Yunfei.

From this position, she could see exactly what was in the notebook.

On the A4-sized paper was a silhouette sketched in charcoal—a woman’s back. Ink-black hair cascaded down to her waist, and the corners of her robe fluttered slightly. The narcissus flowers on the robe firmly caught Xie Yin’s attention.

Even with just a view of her back, it was enough for one to imagine the person’s cool and transcendent elegance.

A woman as mysterious as a narcissus.

For some reason, seeing Ji Yunfei’s heart and soul poured into the drawing made Xie Yin feel uncomfortable. This human had been all over her just a few days ago, even calling her “wife,” and now she was sitting at her door drawing another woman?

A warrior can be killed but not insulted! How was this different from splashing red paint on someone’s front door as a provocation?

I knew it, this human is no good! She’s a pure, big-hearted flirt!

And she dared to dream of being my partner and laying a nest of eggs? Hah, keep dreaming!

If there were a mirror nearby, Xie Yin wouldn’t have recognized herself, for her face was currently as dark as the bottom of a scorched pot.

“Are you very bored? What are you doing sitting at my door?”

“You’re out! I finally caught you!” Seeing that Xie Yin was finally willing to come out, Ji Yunfei’s eyes crinkled into a smile. Perhaps she was too excited, as she didn’t catch the abnormality in Xie Yin’s tone.

It wasn’t until her words met no response and fell heavily to the ground that she realized something was wrong. Seeing the other’s expression—cold enough to kill—Ji Yunfei was bewildered. She reviewed everything she had done over the last few days in her mind but couldn’t find anything that would make this little ancestor so angry.

Instead of guessing like a headless fly, it was better to take the initiative.

“Are you angry? Because I was waiting at your door?” Ji Yunfei pursed her lips cautiously and tested the waters softly. “If it’s because of that, I won’t do it again. You kept refusing to see me, and I had no other choice, so I thought…”

Seeing Xie Yin still staring at her silently with a cold face, Ji Yunfei sighed helplessly. She closed the notebook, stood up, and looked at her seriously, enunciating every word: “I truly want to get along with you, like friends. If you find it completely unacceptable, then I won’t force it anymore…”

“I saw you took the strawberry cookies at the door, so you must really like them. I can give them all to you at once later…”

As she spoke, she lowered her eyes dejectedly and turned to leave.

“Wait…” Xie Yin didn’t know what she was thinking. Before her brain could react, the words to stop her had already escaped her mouth.

Really, this big flirt clearly has someone else in her heart yet still tries to seduce me; she doesn’t deserve sympathy.

But why was it that the moment she saw her looking like a puppy drenched in the rain, she couldn’t bring herself to say anything harsh?

Ji Yunfei turned back the instant she heard Xie Yin’s voice, her eyes burning as she stared at her. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that Xie Yin could almost see a non-existent Golden Retriever tail wagging behind her.

That scorching gaze felt like it was burning a hole in Xie Yin’s face. She raised a hand to cover her lips slightly: “That… what were you drawing in that notebook?” After asking, as if realizing the sudden question was too strange, she added: “I’m just asking casually. Just curious.”

Hearing Xie Yin’s stiff tone and seeing her shifting gaze, Ji Yunfei suddenly understood why the little ancestor was angry. It turns out she was jealous.

A silly snake who was jealous of herself.

Although Ji Yunfei’s heart itched to tease the jealous Xie Yin, she suppressed the urge, knowing this girl might very well fly into a rage from embarrassment.

“You mean this?” Ji Yunfei reopened the notebook and generously displayed the silhouette she had just drawn in front of Xie Yin.

Mmm, it’s a bit embarrassing to show it in front of the subject herself. As Ji Yunfei thought about it, a faint blush began to creep onto her face.

“Look closely. Who does this person look like?” She pointed her finger, guiding Xie Yin to identify the figure in the drawing.

Following Ji Yunfei’s guidance, Xie Yin widened her eyes and scrutinized the figure. Vaguely, she felt… that it looked like herself?

The moment that thought appeared, she dismissed it. How long had she known this scheme-filled human? How could she possibly be drawing her?

Besides, no matter how she looked at it, the “Little Overlord” of the Snake Den was not the “cool and elegant” type.

“It’s just a back view. How could anyone tell?” Xie Yin crossed her arms and turned her head away, avoiding Ji Yunfei’s eyes.

Ji Yunfei knew that Xie Yin must have guessed a little, but this stubborn girl was unwilling to admit it. It didn’t matter. If Xie Yin wouldn’t say it, she would say it herself.

“This is a drawing of you. When I said I was your wife before, I wasn’t joking, Xie Yin.” Ji Yunfei took Xie Yin’s hand, speaking every word with solemnity. “Auntie Xie and the others haven’t told you, but I don’t believe you haven’t noticed yourself.”

“The current you has memories that have regressed to when you were 200 years old. You have forgotten me and everything between us.” At this point, Ji Yunfei’s voice carried a hint of a sob.

When meeting those slightly reddened eyes, Xie Yin’s heart inevitably wrenched with pain. “Are you… are you really not just confused from being given the cold shoulder so often?”

Although she was still unwilling to believe it, she had to admit that Ji Yunfei’s words were impossible to refute.

The scars on her body that didn’t match her memories, the mothers who always avoided her to discuss things in secret, the fragmented, strange scenes appearing in her dreams…

Everything was forcing her to accept that she had amnesia.

“Even if what you say is true, why didn’t you tell me from the beginning?”

“At first, I didn’t know your situation. Auntie Xie and the others kept it from me, and I couldn’t find anything out. Meeting you this time was truly a stroke of luck. I missed you too much, and in a moment of impulse… I did some things that were a bit offensive…”

“But for the you before the amnesia, those things were just normal interactions between us… At first, I didn’t know you had lost your memory… later, I vaguely guessed it from your behavior…”

“The you now is very different from the one I knew before. You’re very cute, full of life… I couldn’t help but want to tease you…”

“As for why I didn’t tell you at the very beginning…” Ji Yunfei paused, giving Xie Yin a “what do you think” look. “You didn’t really give me the chance…”

Every day she changed her excuses to avoid a meeting. If she hadn’t decided to “wait for the rabbit” today, she might have grown old without ever getting the chance to speak clearly.

While speaking, Ji Yunfei stole a glance at Xie Yin to see her reaction. Seeing her cold face slowly soften, Ji Yunfei felt relieved. She flipped forward a few pages in the notebook to the sketch of the green snake eyes she had drawn earlier.

“This was drawn after you ‘seduced’ me for the first time, but I ended up empty-handed. From this little expression, you can probably tell how angry I was at being toyed with by you.” Ji Yunfei pointed to a small angry emoji drawn next to the snake pupils, a faint smile appearing on her face at the memory.

“I… seduced you?” Xie Yin’s jaw nearly hit the ground. She was unwilling to believe that she, the Little Overlord of the Snake Den, had fallen to the point of actively seducing others…

Usually, it was other snakes who scrambled to please her…

“Mmm… if ‘seduce’ sounds bad, we can put it another way.” Ji Yunfei pursed her lips and thought. “It should be said: you were Xie Yinyin the angler, and I was the one who, by fate, was willing to take the bait.”

Ji Yunfei spoke sincerely, without any ulterior motives, but Xie Yin’s ears couldn’t help but burn. Sensing her own abnormality, she pretended to be calm and muttered softly, “Smooth-talker…”

Seeing her like this, Ji Yunfei understood—she was shy again. She chuckled: “My smooth-talking is only for you…” Seeing the blush spread from the other’s ears to her cheeks, she magically produced a strawberry-flavored milk candy in her hand and handed it to her.

“One candy, and we’ll write off those bad things from before, okay?”

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