Stranded on a Deserted Island and Entangled by a Green Snake 39

Chapter 39: Coaxing a Snake

The small snake under the sofa was most likely the large snake that had followed her.

It was almost certain, but just in case, Yu Chujin cautiously did not get too close to the sofa, maintaining a certain distance.

What if it wasn’t the large snake? What if it was a venomous snake? Caution is the parent of safety.

Yu Chujin squatted on the ground, her hands on the floor, and tilted her head to look at the snake under the sofa.

The light under the sofa was too dim, and she was too far away. Even if she squinted and looked carefully, she could only see a dark mass. She couldn’t see the details, only vaguely recognizing that it was a snake.

“Are you the snake I know?” Yu Chujin asked tentatively, “If you are, make a sound. Say something for me to hear.”

The small snake coiled under the sofa was motionless, as if it hadn’t heard her, without any response.

“Can you hear me? Why are you ignoring me? Snake? Is that you?”

Yu Chujin’s beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly, her face showing hesitation.

Just as she was hesitating whether to get closer to look, Da Huang came in from the yard, ran in carelessly, and then jumped onto the sofa carelessly.

Yu Chujin was so scared that she quickly pulled the dog back, “Other people’s dogs will warn their owners when a stranger comes into the house. You, on the other hand, I have to warn you. You’re a pure silly dog.”

She pulled the dog over and hugged it.

As Yu Chujin was hugging the dog, she looked suspiciously under the sofa. Maybe she was overthinking it. The thing underneath was not the large snake at all.

However, just then.

With a thump.

The sofa was overturned. The small snake underneath began to expand in size, gradually… taking on a familiar appearance.

The large snake’s back arched, its pale green pupils became a line, and it stared intently at Da Huang in Yu Chujin’s arms, its face full of hostility, as if it were about to swallow it whole.

The dog in her arms let out a yelp of fear, broke free from Yu Chujin’s embrace, and shot under the table to hide.

Da Huang’s head was buried in the ground, trembling.

Yu Chujin looked at the fierce large snake in front of her, was silent for a moment, and then raised her hand to give its head a loving greeting.

“I asked you for a long time, and you didn’t even answer. And you’re baring your fangs at me as soon as we meet. Are you trying to rebel?”

The large snake, which had been extremely aggressive just now, its eyes instantly cleared after being hit. It protected its head with its tail and mumbled.

“Bad snake, bad snake. You are, a bad snake!”

“Wuwuwu, hitting a snake, always hitting a snake. Wuwuwu, hitting a snake. Wuwuwuwuwuwu…”

It chattered and whimpered non-stop, so noisy.

Yu Chujin facepalmed, “Stop whimpering. I didn’t even hit you that hard. It was just like scratching an itch. Are you crying now?”

The large snake stopped whimpering, its body abruptly shrank, and it began to look for a place to hide.

The sofa had already been overturned. It changed to another place and drilled under the shoe rack.

Yu Chujin: “…”

Yu Chujin walked to the shoe rack and squatted down, “Why did you shrink back in there? Come out. I’ll talk to you properly.”

She knocked on the shoe rack, but there was no response. The snake inside ignored her.

Yu Chujin was not in a hurry and sat cross-legged.

“How can you shrink? Such a large snake, suddenly getting bigger and smaller. It’s so magical. You have such a special ability. Why haven’t I seen you use it before?”

“Besides breathing fire and getting bigger and smaller, do you have any other…” She couldn’t find the right adjective for a moment. After thinking for a long time, she finally said, “Magic, no, demonic arts. A monster’s arts.”

“Do you have any other demonic arts? I’m quite curious. Why don’t you perform one for me?”

The response to her was endless silence.

“Knock, knock.”

She knocked on the shoe rack twice more.

“I’m talking to you. I know you can hear me. Don’t pretend you can’t. Answer me, even if it’s just a hiss.”

The response to her was still silence.

Yu Chujin nodded. She understood. This snake was still angry. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have refused to show itself even when she had gone to the island to find it.

Although it wouldn’t show itself and was unwilling to see her, it had secretly followed the boat for three days, which meant that although it was angry, it still liked her. Otherwise, it was impossible for it to have followed her.

“Wait, I can barely understand you following me when I was driving the yacht. But then I took a plane home. How did you follow me?”

“How did you get through security? Even if you can shrink, you can’t get through security, right? Can you shield yourself with your arts?”

Maybe it really could. Yu Chujin wouldn’t be surprised if the large snake could do anything now. It was not an animal that could be explained by common sense.

“I say, you’re quite patient. You didn’t make a single sound on the way. If I hadn’t found you under the sofa, how long were you planning to hide?”

“No, it’s not that you didn’t make a single sound. In the hotel and on the plane, you copied me when I ‘tsked’…”

As soon as the “tsk” was spoken, a sound came from under the shoe rack.

“Tsk.”

Yu Chujin was choked. It didn’t reply to any other words, but it replied to a “tsk.”

It really didn’t learn the good things, but it learned all the bad things.

“You’re still copying my ‘tsk.’ Aren’t you angry? Aren’t you ignoring me?”

Very good. It was ignoring her again now.

Yu Chujin raised an eyebrow, cleared her throat, and made a very standard “tsk.”

The next second, a similar “tsk” came from under the shoe rack.

Yu Chujin couldn’t help but chuckle.

This stupid snake was quite stubborn. It was angry, it was ignoring her, but it also had to learn to “tsk.”

“I know you’re angry because I left without saying goodbye for so many days, but you shouldn’t ignore me. I went to the island to find you, and you didn’t even show your face. I was very worried about you, you know?”

“Alright, alright. Come out. Come out and let’s talk properly.”

A sound came from under the shoe rack again, “Alright.”

Yu Chujin: “…”

As for Yu Chujin’s impatient “tsk” and “alright,” the large snake had learned them perfectly.

After coaxing it for ten minutes, the large snake still wouldn’t come out. It was very stubborn.

Left with no choice, Yu Chujin directly used force. She bent down, grabbed the snake’s tail, and dragged it out.

The large snake couldn’t be dragged, but the small snake was easy.

The small snake didn’t struggle. It didn’t move even after being dragged out. It coiled into a ball, its head buried in its tail, refusing to communicate.

“You’re quite stubborn,” Yu Chujin poked it.

The small snake didn’t move.

Yu Chujin persisted and continued to poke it.

Perhaps it was annoyed by the poking. The small snake was finally willing to raise its head. But as soon as it raised its head, it saw the trembling dog under the table.

The small snake’s body immediately grew larger, and it let out a threatening hiss at Da Huang under the table.

Da Huang, which was already trembling violently, trembled even more.

Yu Chujin looked at Da Huang under the table, then at the suddenly enlarged large snake. Belatedly, she realized that the large snake had not been baring its fangs at her before, but at Da Huang, just like now.

Da Huang was already trembling like a leaf.

Yu Chujin tapped the large snake’s head, “Stop scaring it. It’s just a silly dog. If you keep scaring it, it will get stressed. What if it gets sick?”

The large snake looked at the dog, then at her. Its gaze finally landed on Yu Chujin’s hand that was hitting the snake.

Its mouth turned down, and it coiled into an aggrieved ball.

Yu Chujin: “No, why are you in a ball again? I just want you to stop being fierce with it. It’s my dog. Aiya, I can’t reason with you. I’ll put the dog in the room first.”

Yu Chujin walked over, picked up the trembling dog, and hugged it. She had to let Da Huang avoid the sharp edge for now.

Seeing the two-legged creature hugging that yellow ball of a creature, the large snake’s eyes widened, and its gaze followed her the whole time.

Its claws stomped on the ground, its body leaned forward in an attacking posture, and a threatening hiss constantly came from its throat towards Da Huang.

Yu Chujin quickly covered Da Huang’s eyes and ears, for fear that it would be further frightened.

She put the dog in the room, patted it comfortingly, and gave it a bag of snacks. After confirming that the dog was fine and could still eat snacks, she returned to the living room with peace of mind.

The large snake was still in an attacking posture, its cheeks puffed up with anger, its fangs bared fiercely.

Yu Chujin was not afraid and walked over.

The large snake instantly stopped baring its fangs, turned around, and faced the wall, its back to her.

Yu Chujin poked it, “Alright, alright. Don’t be so aggressive towards other animals. That’s a good dog.”

The large snake twisted its body to avoid Yu Chujin’s poking finger.

“Don’t be angry. I apologize, okay?”

Yu Chujin’s tone was very gentle, but it was useless. The large snake always faced the wall, strictly implementing the state of reflecting on its mistakes by facing the wall.

Yu Chujin changed her method and gave a thumbs-up, “You’re great, you’re amazing.”

Still no reaction.

Yu Chujin did not give up and continued, “You’re great, you’re amazing. You’re a good snake. A good snake doesn’t hold a grudge against people.”

The large snake seemed to have no reaction, but in reality, its small ears had already started to twitch.

The twitching small ears were particularly obvious, as if they were saying with its ears, Keep praising, keep praising. The snake loves to hear it, likes it.

Yu Chujin suppressed a laugh. Sure enough, it hadn’t changed at all. It was still that very easy-to-please snake.

Yu Chujin continued to praise it, and the large snake’s small ears continued to turn.

Although its ears were turning, it was still unwilling to pay attention to her, maintaining a “cool” attitude.

Of course, the way the cool snake pressed its head against the wall was very silly.

Yu Chujin’s mouth was dry from praising it. She paused, turned to the kitchen, and poured herself a glass of water to drink.

The large snake could no longer hear the praise. Its ears turned even faster, like a small windmill, constantly spinning.

After a long time without hearing her voice, the snake began to get impatient and secretly turned its head to look.

As soon as it turned its head, its eyes met Yu Chujin’s, who was pouring water in the kitchen.

The large snake was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned its head back and immediately buried its face in the wall.

Yu Chujin smiled and shook her head. She tilted her head back and drank the water in the cup in one gulp.

She put down the cup and slowly came behind the large snake, poking it with her finger, “Why don’t you talk to me? Are you really not going to talk to me?”

She kept poking it, poking and poking.

The large snake was annoyed. It turned its head back and bit her finger.

It was more of a hold than a bite. The large snake controlled its strength very well and did not bite her at all.

It was just using this method to express, You’re not allowed to poke me anymore.

But Yu Chujin was not a person who played by the rules. As soon as her hand was held by the large snake, she was stunned for a moment, and then her acting skills exploded.

“Ah, it hurts so much! My finger is broken! It hurts so much! You bit me! Ahhh!”

Yu Chujin held her finger and shouted.

Her acting was really clumsy.

But the large snake didn’t know what acting was. Seeing her shouting non-stop, it immediately became anxious, thinking that it had hurt her.

It anxiously went to lick her finger.

Yu Chujin stopped shouting and let it lick her.

The large snake’s face was full of guilt, sadness, and sorrow, even though it couldn’t see where the wound on Yu Chujin’s finger was.

“I’m a bad snake. I’m a bad snake,” the large snake mumbled.

Yu Chujin’s heart softened. She hugged the large snake and rested her chin on its body. The familiar cool and smooth touch was like silk.

“You’re not a bad snake. I’m the bad snake. I was just tricking you just now. How can you be so easy to trick? I’m not in pain, and you didn’t bite me.”

She let go of the large snake and faced it, her eyes sincere.

“Don’t be angry. It’s my fault. I also sincerely apologize to you. I shouldn’t have left without saying goodbye, but I absolutely did not mean to abandon you.”

“After I came back here, the first thing I did was to find a way to go back and see you. But there are many rules in human society. I don’t have a boat license, so I can’t drive a boat at sea.”

“I also didn’t dare to rent a boat to go there. I was afraid that you would be seen by other people. Many people are very bad. When they see you, they will want to catch you and exchange you for money.”

“You are very valuable, very, very valuable. It will arouse people’s evil thoughts. Do you understand?”

The large snake blinked its eyes, not understanding.

“In that situation, I had no other choice. You have to understand. I left without saying goodbye because people can’t live on that island for a long time.”

“At that time, I was losing a lot of hair, I was thin and brittle, and my physical condition was also very bad. I even had hallucinations.”

“You snakes can live on that island for a long time, but people can’t. Can you understand?”

The large snake tilted its head left and right.

Yu Chujin smiled, “You’re listening so seriously. Can you understand?”

The large snake continued to tilt its head left and right. It was hard to say whether it understood or not, but it was definitely listening very seriously, not missing a single sound made by the human.

Yu Chujin pinched its face, “See, I’ve explained it, and you’ve heard my explanation. Can we turn the page on this matter and not hold a grudge, okay?”

“You’re a good snake. A good snake can’t hold a grudge against people. Be a little more magnanimous.”

The large snake nodded, “I’m a good snake.”

Yu Chujin also nodded, “Yes, you’re a good snake.”

The large snake lowered its head and licked her cheek.

Yu Chujin’s eyebrows rose. The snake was willing to lick her, which meant it had forgiven her.

Yu Chujin patted its head, “You’re as easy to please as ever, even though you probably didn’t understand my explanation at all just now.”

The large snake didn’t understand why the human had left without saying goodbye, but the large snake still chose to forgive the human for leaving without saying goodbye.

Yu Chujin scanned the large snake up and down, “You can get bigger and smaller, so you can live with me. But, it’s too dangerous for you to stay in human society. You could be discovered by people at any time.”

“Once you’re discovered, I probably won’t be able to protect you. Why don’t you just leave?”

“You can go back to the island to live. If you miss me, I can go there to see you occasionally.”

In a long paragraph, the large snake only extracted two keywords.

Leave.

The large snake already understood the meaning of “leave.” Leaving meant suddenly disappearing, meant endless waiting.

“Don’t leave!”

The voice came from its throat, filled with heavy emotion.

“I’m not trying to drive you away. What I mean by ‘leave’ is…”

Before she could finish, the large snake’s tail coiled around her waist, coiling her tightly, restraining her.

It kept repeating, “Don’t leave, don’t leave, don’t leave…”

The tail coiling around her grew tighter and tighter, and its gaze became more and more dangerous. It was both dangerous and panicked.

It was afraid that the human would disappear again.

Yu Chujin saw its fear of being abandoned, so she didn’t stop its overreaction, but just watched it quietly.

Slowly, the large snake’s emotions calmed down. It retracted its tail and said aggrievedly, “I’m a bad snake.”

The large snake knew that the two-legged creature didn’t like it coiling its tail around her. It would be beaten every time it did.

But this time, it wasn’t beaten. The large snake took the initiative to apologize.

“I’m a bad snake. You, not angry, not angry,” the large snake licked her, “I’m a bad snake.”

“I’m not angry,” Yu Chujin hugged it, “You’re not a bad snake. You’re the best snake in the world.”

“Don’t leave.”

“Alright, I won’t leave. I promise you, we won’t be separated.”

Although there was a risk of being discovered, the large snake was so pitiful that Yu Chujin really couldn’t bear to drive it back to the island.

If it was dangerous, she would just be a little more careful and try not to let people find out.

“Thud.”

What was that sound?

Yu Chujin’s body stiffened. She looked towards the source of the sound. It was the window.

The curtains were not drawn. If someone was outside, they would be able to see the large snake inside at a glance.

Yu Chujin took three steps in two and quickly came to the window, pulling the curtains shut.

After the curtains were drawn, the light instantly dimmed.

She pulled open a small gap and looked outside.

What was that sound just now? It couldn’t have been made by a person, right? Was someone passing by?

Outside the window, it was quiet. She didn’t find anyone, but Yu Chujin did not relax. Her brow furrowed, and the more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became.