A faint hissing sound reached her ears, and two slender snakes were pressing their heads up against the glass, flicking their tongues at her.
Sheh pulled back the curtains a little and opened the window a crack, letting the little snake climb from her fingertips onto her palm.
A slippery body, cold vertical pupils, and two small snakes raising their necks, crawling up her arm in an S-shaped motion.
Sheh turned her hand over and grasped the two restless snakes. She held her hand up to her eyes and looked at them.
Two seconds later, the snake's aggressive intent subsided, and she released her grip, letting the snake pass through the window crack.
“Go back to the mountains and forests, there’s no need to go to that place again.”
The snake, which was a hundred times more docile yesterday, wants to attack her today; something must have affected them.
Sheh tapped lightly on the glass, and the venomous snake she had left in the apartment to guard it emerged from under the sofa where Shi Jinzhe was sleeping. She gently stroked the snake's head and neck with her index finger.
The little venomous snake lay obediently, occasionally sticking out its tongue, very well-behaved, and unaffected in any way.
A drop of venom flowed from Shekh's fangs, solidifying into a droplet, which she then delivered to the little snake's snout.
“One drop last night, one drop today, from now on you will be the most venomous snake here.”
Yesterday, it would take half a minute to kill someone by injecting them with venom; today, it could easily kill an adult instantly.
Shekh stroked the snake for a while, and before it hid, he made eye contact with it for a few seconds to check if anyone had broken into the room.
Once she was sure no one was coming, she simply sat by the window and stopped moving, quietly gazing at the gray sky in the distance.
Dark clouds loomed overhead, carrying damp moisture, and the persistent raindrops made the air feel very stuffy.
When the clock struck nine, she left the windowsill and went to the sofa to look at the clock.
He seemed to have been drained of too much blood by himself; he was even sleeping with his brows furrowed, looking very uncomfortable.
The solidified gaze made Shi Jinzhe, who was still asleep, feel as if someone was staring at him, and the intense feeling of being watched made him slowly open his eyes.
"You're awake."
"Hmm..." You woke me up.
Shi Jinzhe propped himself up on his arms and sat up. The sofa was so cramped that he couldn't even put his legs down, making it too uncomfortable to sleep on.
However, I feel better today than yesterday. I no longer feel dizzy when I look at things. Sleep really does cure all ills.
Shech told him the information he had seen from the two small snakes: "Behind the Azure Company building is their warehouse area, and there is also a dedicated dock on the far west side. Azure Company keeps a tight watch on this area from the building to the dock."
"Is the whole area under strict control?"
"Yes, especially near the dock, the regulations are very aggressive. Strangers are electrocuted if they approach, and animals are killed on the spot if they get close."
Shekh mentioned the male player he saw on his first day at the apartment: "He went to investigate near the Azure Company and was subdued when he went around to the warehouse area."
The little snake could only see so much; all she knew was that the male player was in bad shape. "People from Azure Company took him away and didn't hand him over to the police."
"If suspicious individuals don't report to the police but handle things themselves, this Azure is definitely hiding something. Is there any other information?"
Shekh shook his head: "I let the snakes leave. There might be something near Azure that made them aggressive towards me."
"Let's wait a few days and see," Shi Jinzhe said, lifting the covers. "Let's go out and buy some things first."
The overcast skies on the island made it hard to breathe, so I had to put on a disposable mask and walk down the street.
There were even more people on the street today than yesterday, and there were long queues on the street where the Blue Ocean flagship store is located.
The weather was humid and hot, and the crowd was noisy and disruptive, which annoyed many people just by looking at it.
A few elderly men and women at the end of the queue had carts full of wilted vegetable leaves parked next to them, and they kept complaining, "Why are there so many mosquitoes these days? My little granddaughter was bitten all over yesterday, and she scratched herself raw."
“Oh dear, we have the same thing at home.” The old lady behind us rolled up her sleeves as if she knew us well. “Look, it hurts and itches. I killed one yesterday, it was such a big mosquito.”
"Me too, otherwise why would I have come to queue up so early? I couldn't stand the itching."
The old man scratched himself as he spoke, “With so many people in line, when will it be our turn? I thought I was here very early.”
"Ugh, don't even mention it. I wanted to come here for a check-up, but who knew there would be so many tourists from other places queuing up to take up space? Maybe it's because of all the trash they brought that these giant mosquitoes have sprung up."
"That's right, it's been packed with people everywhere these past two days. I came here to recuperate, but nothing is convenient anymore. It's noisy and chaotic. So many young people up ahead of us are clearly not sick, yet they insist on competing with us for public resources."
A group of elderly men and women met on a tropical island and, as if venting their emotions, their words became increasingly harsh.
The young girl standing in front was furious and couldn't suppress her anger. She felt uncomfortable if she didn't retort, and she was extremely irritable.
"Hey lady, don't just learn a word and start using it carelessly. Tourists bring trash, huh? Before we came, were you self-sufficient by eating garbage? You were 100% self-cleaning?"
A young man chimed in, agreeing: "That's right. Without tourists like us, where would the money come from to build such a big island? Wouldn't it cost you money to use your senior citizen cards?"
"Hey, how can you talk like that?"
The middle-aged woman with permed hair ignored the young man and pointed at the young girl, saying, "So young and so rude, aren't you afraid of not being able to get married? Someone like you who doesn't respect her elders will never have a man who wants her!"
The young girl rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, "With your high standards, you must have married a hundred or eighty men. I'm so envious. Your husbands are so lucky. Their children must have lived on the Green Green Grassland since they were little and never found out who their biological father was."
Both of these statements—"Shi Jinzhe sighed in dismay at the woman's formidable attack power" and "Shi Jinzhe sighed in dismay at the woman's formidable attack power"—are extremely malicious and derogatory remarks towards women.
It's true that people of the same sex know best how to hit each other's sore spots.
The two sides became more and more agitated as they talked, each with their own accomplices chiming in. The curly-haired aunt was spitting everywhere, but her attack power was clearly no match for the young man's, and in the end, she even resorted to scratching him.
The little girl had several red scratches on her face, her eyes were red with anger, and she pressed her chest and kept panting heavily.
The crowd behind them started to fight, and Shi Jinzhe pulled Shehe away, who wanted to continue watching the show, so they could go somewhere else to buy what they needed.
Verbal disputes can easily escalate into physical fights. Shi Jinzhe wasn't sure if they were just naturally short-tempered or, like Shekh's little snakes, had been influenced by something to become impatient and irritable. He could only try to get away from this place as soon as possible.
I flagged down a car on the roadside and asked the driver to take me to a shop that helps prevent and control pests.
Insect bites are also a transmission route, so he needs to buy some highly effective insecticides.
The shop was in a remote location, and it took the taxi half an hour to finally stop in front of a small factory.
As soon as he got out of the car, Sher was choked by the pungent smell of snake repellent and sneezed three times. It took him half a minute to get used to the strong smell of the snake repellent in the store.
She took out a piece of chocolate and put it in her mouth; it was like a poison gas bomb.
A middle-aged man in his forties was standing at the factory gate, saying "too cheap, no sale, no sale," while he was haggling with someone on the other end of the phone. Only after he hung up did Shi Jinzhe approach.
"Boss, how much is the medicine to repel the four pests?"
"Small bottles are 20 yuan for 500g, and large buckets are cheaper by weight. Come in and see whichever you want," he said, leading the two into the factory gate.
"If you're using it at home, just buy the small one. This stuff is diluted with water; 500ml is mixed with 50 jin (25 catties) of water, which covers a large area. The large bottles are only used in large factories; ordinary people don't need them."
"Take 10 small bottles." Small bottles are convenient for repackaging, and if there's a problem with the apartment and we can't live there anymore, the unopened bottles won't lose their efficacy.
"Then you wait here." The shop owner turned around and went to the counter to get the disinfectant.
The rumbling sound of a cart rolling came from beside the wooden planks behind him. An employee pushed over a one-cubic-meter wooden crate. The crate had an extremely pungent smell that made one's eyes water.
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