The Promised Day - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

The hands of the alarm clock on my nightstand ticked steadily.

My heart thudded just as loudly.

“Y-You’re not a pet snake? I remember putting you in the terrarium. I even locked the bedroom door.”

“A terrarium can’t hold me. In fact, nothing can.”

The Black Snake spoke calmly.

Just now, I had even wondered if the lock on the door was broken.

I hadn’t expected the reason to be this unscientific.

“Then… are you Zhou Ci?” I asked tentatively.

“Mm. It’s me.”

Well, damn. I really had gone and carried off the Zhou Family’s Old Ancestor?

The comments hadn’t lied to me.

What do I do? What do I do?

I didn’t say anything, and neither did Zhou Ci.

His golden vertical pupils stared fixedly at me, reflecting my face with startling clarity. His snake tail slid quietly around my waist, making a faint, sandy rasp as it brushed over my skin.

“I’m so sleepy, Zhou Ci. I kind of want to sleep. Can you let go of me first?”

After I said that, I actually saw an aggrieved expression on a snake’s face.

“These past few days, you slept while holding me.”

Even his tone sounded wronged.

I explained patiently, “Back then, I thought you were just an ordinary pet snake. I didn’t know you were a snake demon…”

“Ying Xu.” Zhou Ci cut me off, his tail tightening around me in displeasure. “I am a god, not a demon. All gods have a true form. Mine just happens to be a snake.”

Before I could speak, Zhou Ci lowered his head and leaned closer.

“Ying Xu, kiss me. Kiss me once, and I’ll let you go.”

I kissed the Black Snake on the eye.

Sure enough, his tail loosened.

[No way. One kiss and Zhou Ci is soothed back into an embryo? Bro, you’ve lived for thousands of years, not a few.]

[Nice, nice. This is even more bland than the diet meal I had tonight.]

I looked at the alarm clock on my nightstand.

Two ten in the morning.

Did these commenters not sleep?

I didn’t know if it was because I’d gotten used to sleeping while holding the Little White Snake.

After Zhou Ci left the bedroom, I did fall asleep.

But the quality of my sleep? Terrible.

I kept having the same blurry dream over and over.

I dreamed I fell into a lake and drowned.

When I woke up and saw the empty space beside me, with no sign of the Little White Snake, the sense of disorientation only got worse.

The comments were awake too.

[Zhou Ci soaked in cold water all night. I stayed up all night watching Zhou Ci soak in cold water. We both have bright futures ahead of us. :)]

[If all else fails, just go full forced-love, bro. I’m begging you.]

[He can’t bear to do it. (covers face with a bitter smile)]

I walked over to the terrarium and found that Zhou Ci wasn’t inside.

Anxious, I searched everywhere for him.

As I neared the kitchen, a familiar voice came from behind me.

“Ying Xu, come have breakfast.”

[Holy crap, look, everyone! Zhou Ci, he, he, he, he! He’s playing dirty!]

[Sis, don’t panic. Let me, someone who has seen the world, take a look at what’s going on… Holy crap!!!!!!]

I turned around.

A devastatingly striking face crashed into my vision without warning.

How could anyone be this good-looking?

More precisely, his upper body was human, and his lower body was a long, thick snake tail.

Most importantly…

His upper body! Wasn’t wearing clothes!

Perfect abs. That defined V-line…

[The female lead is stunned.]

[Zhou Ci, what other surprises are you hiding from me?]

[Zhou Ci: Behold, a small trick.]

[This man is deeply scheming.]