Huo Yingjie had just set up the chessboard when he heard the commotion from He Tiantian's side. He quickly came over, pushed open the door, and saw several broken tiles in front of He Tiantian's bed, and a terrified He Tiantian.
"Sweetie, are you alright?" Huo Yingjie asked, walking quickly over. "Did it hit you?"
He Tiantian shook her head and said, "It didn't hit me!"
Seeing that He Tiantian was alright, Huo Yingjie looked up at the roof and then carefully examined the ground. He asked in confusion, "How come there's such a big hole in the roof? And the circle is quite regular, like it was hit by something, but I didn't find anything on the ground!"
He Tiantian thought to herself, "Actually, it didn't fall from above and hit me; it rushed out of the house and hasn't come back yet."
However, He Tiantian couldn't say a single word about this!
The existence of the Snake King is a secret, and she cannot reveal it.
For her own sake, and also for the Snake King!
"I don't know either," He Tiantian feigned ignorance. "So what do we do now?"
He Tiantian stopped sleeping and started getting dressed.
Huo Yingjie's gaze fell on He Tiantian's exquisite and graceful figure. He swallowed hard. Now was not the time. He should hurry up and fix the roof, otherwise no one could live in the house tonight.
"I'll go see if there are any tiles outside. If there are, I'll fix your roof." Huo Yingjie left reluctantly, and after searching in the yard, he actually found more than a dozen tiles in a corner.
Huo Yingjie went out and borrowed a ladder from his neighbors, intending to repair the house himself.
He Tiantian was already dressed, wearing a hat and gloves, and was helping Huo Yingjie.
Huo Yingjie found other materials and climbed onto the roof. He Tiantian stood on the ladder and handed things to Huo Yingjie, while Old Man Qi handed him tiles from below.
Although Huo Yingjie's movements were clumsy, after careful study, he found the pattern and repaired the broken part in about ten minutes.
While handing the tile to Huo Yingjie, He Tiantian would occasionally look up at the sky.
In this freezing weather, where is the Snake King going?
The roof is repaired, but the Snake King still hasn't returned. He Tiantian is getting anxious!
Seeing He Tiantian's anxious expression, Huo Yingjie assumed she was worried about his skills and reassured her, "Although I haven't studied bricklaying, I've seen others do it. It's already fixed, and I guarantee it won't leak."
"Oh, that's good." He Tiantian replied, not at all worried about the roof!
"Not bad, young man. You're good at managing a household," Old Qi said. "Go and take the ladder back."
"Yes, Grandpa Qi." Huo Yingjie was very happy to receive praise from the old man Qi.
Huo Yingjie had just returned the ladder and entered the house when he heard a "crash" sound, and another hole the size of a washbasin appeared in the roof.
He Tiantian, who was tidying up the yard, was taken aback. She put down what she was holding and was about to go inside.
Huo Yingjie grabbed He Tiantian and said, "You're so clumsy. We don't even know what the roof is like. What if you go in like this and hit your head?"
How could He Tiantian not be anxious!
That last sound was from the Snake King rushing out; this sound must be from the Snake King returning.
He Tiantian's arm was held tightly by Huo Yingjie, so she couldn't go in and could only follow behind him.
Huo Yingjie opened the door first and looked inside. He found that about a meter away from the original broken spot, there was another large hole, which seemed to be a little bigger than the previous one.
The hole was also round, and snowflakes drifted in.
"What on earth broke the roof?" Huo Yingjie wondered, and went inside to search the house again.
He Tiantian was worried that Huo Yingjie would find the Snake King, so she followed him in.
"Sweetie, don't come in." Huo Yingjie said to He Tiantian behind him, worried that if the roof fell down again, it would hit He Tiantian's head.
He Tiantian had no time to pay attention to any of this. She came in anyway and looked around, but there was nothing there except for the broken tiles on the ground!
"That's strange," Huo Yingjie muttered to himself. If nothing was thrown at it, how could there be such a big hole in the roof?
Seeing nothing, He Tiantian felt relieved, guessing that the snake king had found a place to hide.
"Since we can't find it, Brother Yingjie, hurry up and borrow a ladder. Let's fix the roof before dark," He Tiantian urged, hoping this would give her a chance to find the Snake King!
Seeing that the roof was no longer falling broken tiles, Huo Yingjie went to borrow a ladder again, taking it out as soon as he had put his tools away.
As soon as Huo Yingjie left, He Tiantian closed the door and whispered, "Snake King, Snake King..."
"I...I...I'm here!" came the Snake King's muffled, intermittent voice from inside the house. Today was truly a day of bad luck. It was absolutely certain that as long as that wild man was present, his magic was completely useless. He was just an ordinary little snake, not the majestic spirit snake!
Startled, He Tiantian quickly went to the bedside, lifted the blanket, and was immediately dumbfounded.
At this moment, the Snake King had become a long, thin icicle, covered in ice. He Tiantian could almost hear the Snake King's teeth chattering.
The blankets had already cooled down, and He Tiantian was very worried about the snake king, so she quickly picked it up and put it inside her clothes.
Only then did the Snake King feel a little warmer and open his tiny green bean eyes.
Wow wow wow...
I almost cried, but thankfully He Tiantian is a good person!
"Snake King, what's wrong with you? Are you having trouble adjusting to the climate here?" He Tiantian asked curiously. It was a bit colder here than in Qijia Village, but it shouldn't be this cold, right?
The Snake King had no words to express his suffering!
What else can we do!
They've met their match!
The Snake King didn't understand what was going on either. After regaining his mobility, he quickly crawled to He Tiantian's left ankle and entered the barrier space before the wild man returned.
"I'm not going to say anything more. I'm going to focus on my cultivation. This is a secret between us, and I don't want anyone else to know, so don't tell anyone about my affairs," the Snake King instructed. It couldn't reveal anything until it fully understood the situation.
He Tiantian nodded repeatedly and said, "I won't tell, I will keep it a secret."
"That's good." After saying that, the Snake King blocked out the outside world. It had been frozen and hadn't recovered yet. Once it recovered, it would investigate that wild man properly.
He Tiantian wanted to ask more, but she could no longer hear the Snake King's voice. Thinking that the Snake King had suffered quite a bit before, He Tiantian didn't want to chant a spell to summon the Snake King back to ask her questions.
At this point, Huo Yingjie borrowed a ladder again.
Having learned from previous experience, I was faster this time and finished in just five minutes.
This time, Huo Yingjie didn't rush down. Instead, he checked the other parts as well and found them to be very secure, which put his mind at ease.
Huo Yingjie returned the ladder, and He Tiantian cleared away the clutter. (To be continued.)
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