In the evening, Song Xu lit a fire as usual and boiled hot water around the fire. After she had boredly painted little people all over the nearby stone walls, she finally turned her eyes to the snake quietly lying in the corner.
She made the sound of a rocking car at the door of the supermarket: "Handsome boy, come and play!"
Unlike in the past when she could attract people with just a few moves, today she shouted several times and even sang a song, but failed to attract anyone.
Could it be that the temperature has been rising slowly in the past two days, and he is not willing to warm himself by the fire? Song Xu walked over and found that the big snake had completely turned into a beast, with its big oval head with a slightly pointed front end hidden in its tail, resting on the moss mat she had piled up there to dry in the sun.
These days, Song Xu saw that he basically maintained a half-orc form, that is, half human and half snake. Only when he was hunting would he turn into a complete beast form for a short period of time. But he was not hunting now, why did he suddenly turn into a beast form?
She crossed mountains and ridges and passed by his slanting tail, carefully touching his head: "What's wrong with you? Don't you want to play? Or are you uncomfortable?"
He didn't speak or hiss, only his tail swayed slightly.
Song Xu stared at his big head for a long time, but couldn't see his appearance clearly, so she had to get a torch and came over, and then she noticed something unusual.
The dark red eyes of the big snake seemed to be covered with a layer of white film, which looked misty, just like clear glass turned frosted.
Song Xu reacted instantly: "Ah, are you blindfolded? Are you going to shed your skin?"
Before snakes shed their skin, they will first go through a blindfolding process, first blindfolding, then clearing their eyes, and then starting to shed their skin after a while. Blindfolding is a signal before shedding, and it is also a process of fading the "eyelids" they use to protect their eyes.
At this stage, the snake's eyes will turn white.
Song Xu has been raising snakes in the cloud, but she has never really raised one. Now she has a real snake, but it is a half-orc, which is not the same as the ordinary snakes she knows.
Therefore, Song Xu was a little nervous. She moved the torch away, afraid of irritating the snake that was about to shed its skin, and touched his snake kiss gently.
"Be good, have a good rest. I won't disturb you."
Wu Mu watched her come over, talk to him, and then return to her seat, showing unprecedented calmness. He actually had some doubts. He
had this doubt a long time ago, since the first time he saw this female squirrel beastman.
Even in the beast tribe where he grew up, as he grew up, except for his mother, few beastmen dared to approach him. The information captured by the snake's tongue in the air was always the smell of fear they secreted.
But she, this female beastman was obviously very weak, but she was not afraid of him. She was always excited. Whenever she had the chance, she would grab his tail and touch it non-stop. Even if he accidentally bit her in the mouth, she was not afraid. She seemed to firmly believe that they were playing.
In the few memories that Wumu still remembered, female and male orcs who lived together were partners, but he did not hunt for her or build a nest for her. On the contrary, she had always done so.
She cleaned up his cave, cleared the ground, covered it with moss and sawdust, and tried to share food with him every day. Although he did not like to eat it, it was indeed the food she found herself.
In the eyes of orcs, these behaviors were what partners would do and were also behaviors of pursuing a partner. So, did she want to be his partner?
Wumu thought slowly for a long time before he figured it out.
But he had more things he didn't understand. How could a female want to be a partner with a half-orc? Half-orcs are incomplete. If they cannot transform into complete orc forms, they will sooner or later degenerate into complete, irrational beasts, and eventually even be hunted by their former tribal companions.
He rarely thinks about other orcs anymore. It takes a lot of time for him to think about them. Most of the time, he doesn't think about anything.
This is not the first time Wumu has shed his skin. Every time he shed his skin, he stayed here alone and slowly waited for the pain to come. He has never seen other snake orcs, and he doesn't know if other snake orcs will also suffer so much when shed their skin, or if it's just him. But it's normal for half-orcs to experience more torture than orcs.
Wumu was wondering and thinking, while Song Xu was nervous, expectant and nervous.
It was her first time and she had no experience. What if the snake had difficulty shed its skin? She would reduce the time she spent playing outside and stay here more often to watch.
From that day on, Wumu never changed into a half-beast form again and always maintained its beast form. Song Xu watched him go through the blindfold and clear eyes. The gorgeous snake's body began to turn white, and it was finally time to start shedding its skin.
The rough stone walls in the cave were all covered with traces of his rubbing. He would use these stones to rub open the snake's mouth opening. Song Xu squatted nearby and looked in eagerly, holding onto the protruding stones: "Come on, baby! Come on!"
She watched the big snake's slow movements with a worried look on her face. Unlike the pet snakes of snake lovers she had seen shed their skins easily, the big snake had a hard time shedding its skin.
Small and healthy snakes have complete skin, but large snakes generally cannot shed their skin completely, and they shed their skin in pieces. If they are not healthy enough, their skin will be more uncomfortable. If they are not well prepared and the environment is not suitable, they will leave some loose skin on their bodies that cannot be shed cleanly. This is the case with the big snake in front of them.
Song Xu watched, and she felt as distressed as if she was having a difficult birth. She couldn't even chew the tender, juicy and sweet grass stems, so she stared at the big snake.
He seemed to be in pain, swimming anxiously in the cave, and his tail, which had been motionless before, began to swing. Song Xu wanted to let him do it himself at first, but seeing him struggling like White Snake who drank realgar wine, he soon couldn't stand it anymore and decided to help.
Which snake owner can bear not to help when seeing his own cute little skin in such a difficult situation. When the snake is fine, let it do it on its own. If it has difficulties, help it solve them.
Use the large fruit shells collected to collect water, add hot water from the stone bowl on the fire, make it warm water, and then take a handful of clean moss to wet it. Song Xu approached the twisting snake and soothed it, "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, I'm here to help you."
It was difficult for him to peel off his skin, probably because the cave was too dry. Song Xu approached tentatively and used warm water and wet moss to wet the places where he couldn't peel off his skin.
His body was too big and strong, and Song Xu had to run many times to get him water and wet moss.
"It will be fine soon, just try harder."
The big snake had shed its eyelid scales, and its big, clean eyes looked at her every move.
Although ordinary snakes are half-blind, beastmen are different, they can see. Song Xu came closer and kept moistening his body. Wumu did not stop moving his body around due to anxiety and pain, but she did not mind, and helped him deal with the stuck skin while dodging.
Wumu did not listen carefully to what she was mumbling, but the emotions expressed in her tone could be clearly received. This made Wumu a little stunned. His mother, the only one who cared about him, had never given him such a tender emotion.
Seeing him staring at her and spitting out his tongue, Song Xu asked him, "Do you want some water?"
She was used to the big snake being in a daze, so she got up and went to get him some water.
She had wanted to see the big snake drink water for a long time! Not drinking water in half-beast form, but drinking water in full beast form, because that was so cute! It would immerse its entire snout in the water and gulp down the water, so cute!
Song Xu used to be able to watch videos of snakes drinking water for a whole day. Now she finally saw the live version.
When Wu Mu was drinking water, she heard her making a strange laugh beside him. Wumu took two sips and looked up at her. Song Xu urged him, "Drink faster, hehe!"
Wumu felt indescribable confusion about her behavior, and he didn't know where the confusion came from. It was too complicated to capture that subtle emotion and try to understand it.
By midnight, Wumu's skin had only shed half. Song Xu usually fell asleep at this time, but today he stayed by his side and waited.
Wumu swam around her, tearing off the skin hanging on the protrusions of the stone, and occasionally stopped to rest. Song Xu immediately touched his head and neck to cheer him up.
"Baby, you are so amazing, it will be done soon, look at how beautiful the scales are behind the skin!" At this time, Song Xu had almost completely forgotten that the one under his hand was not her snake, but a half-orc.
Whenever Wumu listened carefully to what she was saying, he would be even more confused... Why was she talking to him like that? He had only heard words like "terrible", "ugly", and "huge" before, but when she said "good boy" and "baby", were they addressing him?
Because the beastman's language was very simple, the address Song Xu translated sounded like even more disgusting compliments to Wumu's ears.
Song Xu didn't know what was going on. Despite her gentle attitude, the big snake squeezed itself into a corner and didn't dare to approach her.
Song Xu: Am I scary?
Look at your normal hands and feet, you are petite and cute. When you turn into a squirrel, you have fluffy fur. No matter what, you are super cute. So the big snake is not afraid of her, it's just that it's uncomfortable with its skin!
In the early morning, Song Xu finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep. At sunrise, Wumu also finished skinning.
In the past, every time after finishing skinning, he would go to the nearby river to roll and soak in order to soak off the loose skin that was sticking to his body. This time, with the help of Song Xu, his body was clean and he didn't need to go to the river to wash.
The big snake approached the sleeping Song Xu silently, and stopped in front of her with its raised head. She was now in the state of a squirrel, with a three-petal mouth, hairy cheeks, and a few whiskers on it that trembled with her breathing.
The big snake looked at her for a while, and nudged her soft furry belly with its snout. The squirrel rubbed her belly in a daze, turned over, and did not wake up.
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