Hearing the Snake Egg's Thoughts, I Fear Choosing a Husband Again - Chapter 2

Chapter 2

At sunset, I set off for Bright Moon Mountain.

As expected, I encountered many travelers along the way.

I pulled up my cloak’s hood to hide my face and followed the crowd from a distance.

[Huh? Why is my mama heading toward Falling Cliff Gorge? There aren’t any treasures there. Aside from that shameless, blind-and-deaf fool and the black-hearted bad auntie, there’s only the clothes they left at the cave entrance.]

Wait.

Clothes.

I stopped in my tracks and took a shortcut.

This path was situated on a cliffside, extremely narrow and treacherous. It wasn’t a place for a delicate noble lady from the capital, and even a hardened bandit might not dare to tread here.

But it was no trouble for me.

[My mama climbed a tree!]

[Ooh, Mama is swinging on the branches! That looks like so much fun, I want to play too!]

[Is my mama a monkey spirit?]

[Mama, Mama, there are bananas over there!]

I couldn’t help but curl my lips at the milky, childish exclamations. I quickened my pace, scaling down the cliff face.

Inside the mist-shrouded Falling Cliff Gorge, two naked figures were tightly entwined.

“Husband-”

Yue Yunyao’s voice was so sweet it could practically drip.

And Dragon Lord Xiao Yan, who was always cold and distant toward me, was now passionately calling out my younger sister’s name.

“Yunyao… Yunyao…”

Suppressing the bitterness rising in my heart, I wordlessly gathered their clothes scattered on the ground and tossed them over the opposite side of the cliff.

Taking another path, I caught up with the crowd just as they were about to reach Falling Cliff Gorge.

The rumors spread by the beggars mentioned that the appearance of a secret treasure was easily disturbed. Therefore, everyone coming for the treasure deliberately lightened their footsteps.

Xiao Yan and Yue Yunyao were in the heat of passion and failed to notice that the banks of the gorge were already filled with dumbfounded onlookers.

Snakebaby marveled: [Wow, so many people.]

An eerie silence lasted for a moment before someone suddenly shouted:

“Look at the man’s back-there are scales! He’s the Dragon Lord!”

The entwined figures froze simultaneously. Yue Yunyao screamed and hid behind Xiao Yan.

However, it was already too late.

“Isn’t that Miss Yunyao from Chancellor Yue’s house? How did she end up with the Dragon Lord?”

“But isn’t the Dragon Lord supposed to marry Miss Ningyu, the one who received the gift of the Heavenly Dao and was born with a Pregnancy Pill?”

“Could it be that the Dragon Lord wants to take both sisters? But doesn’t the Dragon Clan have a rule that one can only marry one wife for life? Otherwise, their dragon tendons will be pulled out, and they’ll be banished to the Cold Pond!”

All sorts of gazes fell upon Yue Yunyao.

She was so ashamed she burst into tears. “Clothes… give me the clothes.”

Xiao Yan waved his hand toward the shore.

Uh, nothing happened.

Xiao Yan’s handsome face was already covered in a layer of frost. If the Heavenly Dao hadn’t forbidden the indiscriminate harming of mortals, he likely would have struck out already.

Seeing that the timing was right, I stepped forward.

“Everyone, please listen to me. This is all a misunderstanding.”

“The Dragon Lord’s engagement to me was in accordance with the wishes of the Dragon Clan elders, but the one he truly loves is my sister, Yue Yunyao.”

“Coincidentally, I also have someone else in my heart. We agreed to cover for each other until the time was right to explain everything to the elders.”

“As for the child in my womb, it naturally does not belong to the Dragon Lord.”

“He has never touched me. If you don’t believe me, you can look at Yunyao’s chest.”

The crowd’s gaze shifted again.

Yue Yunyao reached out to cover herself, but she was a step too late.

“Ah, that’s a scale gifted by the Dragon Clan to a partner!”

“It seems Miss Ningyu wasn’t lying. Miss Yunyao is the one the Dragon Lord loves.”

I nodded with a smile, meeting the silent Xiao Yan’s gaze.

“Dragon Lord, now that things have come to this, there’s no point in hiding anymore. Why not take this opportunity to clear things up? You wouldn’t want the Dragon Clan elders to misunderstand, would you?”

Xiao Yan pursed his lips, his dark eyes unreadable.

I gave a slight bow.

“I am grateful for the Dragon Lord’s help during this time. From now on, we shall each return to our proper places.”

“I will go back to my husband and live a good life, and I wish you and Yunyao eternal happiness.”

Having said my piece, I beckoned the crowd to head down the mountain together.

Behind me came Yue Yunyao’s low sobbing and a cold gaze that felt like a blade against my back.

[Great! Mama actually got smart! Does this mean I don’t have to die?]

[I need to hurry up and sleep so I can hatch soon and show Mama the most beautiful baby in the world!]

I touched the Snake Egg hidden beneath my clothes, my heart filled with tenderness.