Chapter 11 First Encounter with Pei Ji

He listened patiently as they finished speaking one by one, then nodded and said, "I see."

Sheng Sheng gently stroked the tail of the jade snake: "I'm sorry, others can't understand what you're saying and don't know you're trying to save him. They're probably just afraid of you."

Jade Snake: "Hey, we're good snakes, we don't bite people randomly!"

"Yes, yes, you are all good snakes!"

Sheng Sheng stood up. "Let me see what's going on. Let's work together to get them out."

Sheng Sheng moved to the side of the pit, poked her little head out, and looked into the pit.

A young man in white sat at the bottom of the pit, his right hand tightly gripping a dagger. His head was tilted gently to one side, his eyes were slightly closed, and his face was flushed.

"Big brother, can you hear me?"

Sheng Sheng cupped her hands into a megaphone and shouted towards the bottom of the pit, "Big brother, we're going to save you! These snakes are all good snakes, they won't hurt you!"

Pei Ji felt very heavy, his consciousness was hazy, and only the coolness from the palm of his right hand could balance the body's heat.

Normally, he would have climbed out of that pit long ago.

But today, by sheer coincidence, he developed a fever and felt dizzy. Several snakes even appeared above him, so Pei Ji could only wait for Afu to come and find him.

The unfamiliar voice that suddenly came from above made Pei Ji wary, but the soft, sweet voice sounded like that of a little girl.

Suddenly, Pei Ji seemed to hear the girl calling his name.

Pei Ji looked up and saw a pretty round face.

The pale yellow dress adds a touch of warmth to the bamboo forest.

The soft, childlike voice revealed that the newcomer was indeed just a baby.

Pei Ji had a terrible headache and felt completely disoriented.

The little dumpling smiled at him, as if it had said something to him.

Strangely enough, Pei Ji didn't hear clearly, but he saw the smile perfectly.

The little dumpling squatted beside the pit, its curved eyebrows resembling crescent moons. When it smiled, its eyes curved, as if filled with starlight, just like the most delicate flower buds on a spring branch, blooming in this world.

Pei Ji was taken aback, and his grip on the dagger unconsciously loosened slightly.

Pei Ji quickly regained his senses: "Get away quickly, there are snakes here."

She blinked, and before she could explain again that these snakes wouldn't harm people, the person in the pit tilted their head and closed their eyes, as if they had fainted.

"Huh?"

Seeing that his face was a little flushed, Sheng Sheng guessed, "Oh no, did this big brother faint from fright?"

Sheng Sheng was trying to figure out how to get the person up. She couldn't drag the person up herself, and the little snakes couldn't just pull the person up with their tails.

The oriole, after searching for a long time, finally found the two little ones who had run to this place. After seeing several snakes coiled and crawling around Sheng Sheng, it was so frightened that it almost fainted.

"Princess!" Huang Ying's voice cracked.

"Sister Oriole!"

She responded with delight, "Great! Sister Oriole is here! The big brother in the pit is saved!"

Huang Ying was so scared that her legs were trembling, but she was even more afraid that something would happen to Sheng Sheng. Despite being terrified, she still rushed over with her eyes closed, picked up Sheng Sheng, and left.

"Sister Oriole, wait! There's a big brother in the pit!"

The sound suddenly rose into the air, and Yan Hu barked loudly towards the pit.

Huang Ying paused, her left foot forward and right foot back, still maintaining her sprinting posture.

Huang Ying swallowed hard, her movements below the neck unchanged, and slowly turned her head to look to the side.

Only then did she notice a large pit next to her, and inside the pit was a boy in white.

Several small snakes crawled over and chattered around the oriole.

"Should we still save him?"

"Of course we'll save them, we're good snakes."

"Newcomer, don't be afraid. We are all very friendly and don't eat people."

Sheng Sheng nodded, perched on Huang Ying's shoulder, "You snakes are so kind~ Don't worry, Sister Huang Ying is a very nice person, she will definitely rescue Big Brother!"

Huang Ying didn't know the snakes were talking; she could only see the snakes flicking their tongues, their pupils gleaming with a dark light, as if they wanted to devour her.

Hearing Sheng Sheng say that the snakes were kind and even praise her for being a good person, Huang Ying couldn't smile at all.

"Princess..." Huang Ying's smile was more like a grimace. "Princess, what...what's going on here?"

Sheng Sheng hugged Huang Ying and said, "Don't be afraid, Sister Huang Ying. These snakes are all good snakes and won't hurt anyone!"

"Really? Really?"

"Really?" Sheng Sheng thought for a moment and said to the little snakes, "Little snakes, how about you spin around for Sister Oriole to see?"

"Turn left once, turn right once, three times to the left and three times to the right."

The snakes obediently coiled their bodies into a circle and started circling according to the little dumpling's commands.

"Great job, you're all so well-behaved!" Sheng Sheng clapped her hands and praised.

"No, this... snakes can actually circle?" Huang Ying slowly relaxed. "No, no, Princess, how can they understand human speech?"

Huang Ying's eyes widened in disbelief. These snakes were actually circling in response to the commands!

Moreover, it is very docile and shows no sign of aggression.

Huang Ying was extremely shocked. She had been bitten by a snake when she was a child, which was why she was so afraid of snakes and knew how powerful they were. That's why she was so shocked to see the snake obediently listening to Sheng Sheng's words.

"Hey, who are you calling someone who can't understand human language?"

"Hey, calm down. We're snakes. We should be angry if she says we don't understand snake language."

"That's right."

Several small snakes were whispering to each other.

Sheng Sheng: "Because they can understand what Sheng Sheng is saying."

"Huh?" Huang Ying was completely confused and couldn't understand at all.

She'd lived for over a decade and this was the first time she'd ever seen anything like it; no wonder she was stunned.

Sheng Sheng was completely unaware of the impact her words had on Huang Ying. She jumped down, her feet twitching. "Sister Huang Ying, let's hurry up and rescue Big Brother! Sheng Sheng just saw Big Brother faint. He must have been scared to death."

"Huh? Oh, oh, oh."

While the others were arguing about the snake, Yan Hu had already retrieved a long rope from somewhere.

Yan Hu placed the long rope at the edge of the pit, sat down beside it, and wagged his tail vigorously when he saw Sheng Sheng coming: "I found a rope, let's pull him up!"

Sheng Sheng exclaimed "Wow!" with overflowing emotion: "Wow, which little puppy found the rope? Yan Hu, Yan Hu, you're so amazing! You're so smart!"

"Of course, don't you know who I am?" Yan Hu raised his chin arrogantly, wagging his tail even more vigorously.

However, now that we have the tools, how do we use this rope to pull this person up?

Sheng Sheng made a "hook" shape with one hand and rested it on her chin as she pondered.