Shi Ling recited the "Quan Xue" with an expressionless face, and the comments from netizens in the live broadcast room floated over her forehead: "I am an emotionless reciting machine."

Just when Shi Ling was about to hypnotize himself, he saw Xi Jin walking towards him, followed by a silver ring snake with a huge tongue spitting out. He suddenly shuddered and woke up.

While she was reciting the classical Chinese text, she quickly pulled Luo Yuan, who was broadcasting live, back a few steps.

Luo Yuan:?

Luo Yuan followed Shi Ling's gaze and saw Xi Jin, who was as gentle as jade.

Xi Jin met her gaze with a gentlemanly smile and nodded in greeting. Seeing that Luo Yuan looked the same and even had some inexplicable confusion, Xi Jin glanced at the huge silver ring snake beside him, with a hint of contemplation in his eyes.

Luo Yuan didn't react at all.

Was it because he had been cultivating at Heyun Temple since childhood, had come into contact with many people from the Xuanmen sect, and was used to seeing people supporting family immortals, so he didn't find it strange? Or was it because... he hadn't seen it at all?

Xi Jin felt the former was more likely, but Luo Yuan's expression earlier didn't seem like she was unfazed, more like she hadn't even noticed the snake. But if Shi Ling could see it, then Luo Yuan, who grew up in Heyun Temple, shouldn't be able to see it, right?

The Bungarus serpent next to them spit out its tongue. He knew Xi Jin's intention and tilted his huge head towards Shi Ling and Luo Yuan. "Since you don't want to ask directly, why don't you just let me take a bite and help you try it?"

Shi Ling looked at the giant silver ring snake with its bloody mouth wide open in horror, and the sound of his recitation trembled twice.

She is really afraid of snakes. They are scarier than ghosts.

Luo Yuan clearly sensed her fear and followed her gaze, only to see Xi Jin again. He couldn't help but frown. Did Xi Jin...do something to Shi Ling? Otherwise, why would Shi Ling be so frightened by him?

She remembered that she had several contacts with Xi Jin before returning to Shi's house, and he seemed to be quite disgusted with Shi Ling.

At that time, she was not familiar with Shi Ling and did not feel anything about it, but now, the balance in her heart has tilted towards Shi Ling.

Xi Jin was originally observing Luo Yuan, but his eyes unconsciously fell on Shi Ling, who was stuttering and reciting beside him. Seeing that she was pulling Luo Yuan and slowly retreating away from him, he turned his head to glance at the arrogant silver ring snake.

The coral snake yawned and closed its wide-open mouth, instantly shrinking to the thickness of a finger and wrapping itself around Xi Jin's wrist.

Shi Ling breathed a sigh of relief and kept staring at the snake on Xi Jin's wrist, thinking that next time she must carry some realgar with her so that she could kill it if it dared to bite her.

After Luo Yuan finished the live broadcast, she glanced at Shi Ling, then squinted her eyes at Xi Jin's back for a moment. Suddenly, she leaned in closer and asked quietly, "Shi Ling, don't you like Xi Jin?"

Shi Ling got goosebumps thinking about that snake, and immediately shook her head like a rattle, "Luo Yuan, don't listen to those rumors in the Yuncheng wealthy circle. Even if I like Su Xingwan, I won't like him."

Su Xingwan, who had just come over to Shi Ling with fireworks, was startled when she heard this. She said in horror, "Shi Ling, it's me you like? So, you snatched Brother Xi Jin from me and competed with me all the time just to get my attention?"

Shi Ling was startled by the loud shout behind him. He turned around and met Su Xingwan's expression of sudden realization. He didn't know how much she had imagined. Anyway, Shi Ling remained silent, "Su Xiaosi, it's New Year's Day, I don't want to slap you."

Luo Yuan, a top student, teaches Su Xingwan reading comprehension: "Shi Ling just wants to express that she doesn't like you, so she won't like Xi Jin either."

Su Xingwan: "I don't believe it!"

Shi Ling nodded vigorously: "Yes, that's right, that's what I meant."

Su Xingwan looked at Shi Ling in disbelief, "After all, I was wrongly given this." (End of this chapter)