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Luo Wei knew she was pretending to know what she didn't, so he didn't explain further. These things had to be done slowly; if too much was stuffed in at once, it wouldn't be enough.

After all, everything was new to the Green Snake, and she knew nothing about it.

"Ah."

Green Snake obediently lowered her head, took a bite of the noodles, but before she could swallow, her face flushed red, and she frowned as she spat it out, "Ugh!"

Σ_(」∠)！

"what happened?"

"You lied to me, you wanted to poison the snake? It tastes awful!"

[PS: I'm so tired and exhausted. I'll finish the other chapter tomorrow. I'm really sorry, I'll definitely make it up tomorrow.]

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Chapter 31: The Sewers

"Pooh"

At the alley entrance, Green Snake, with a mouthful of water, puffed out her cheeks, rummaged around in her mouth a few times, then forcefully spat it onto the wall. She then breathed on her hand, smelled it, licked her bright red lips, and then frowned slightly before continuing to drink water and rinse her mouth.

Is it really that exaggerated?

Seeing the green snake's reaction, Luo Wei couldn't help but laugh and ask.

"It smells sour and is hard to swallow."

The green snake wanted to cry but couldn't; the tears welling up in the corners of its eyes were from when it had just vomited. "Why do you like to eat such unpalatable things?"

"Why? Everyone's taste is different. This stuff tastes great to me, but you can't accept it. Hmm, it might be related to your constitution."

As Luo Wei spoke, he suddenly remembered that Qingli was a green snake, and her sense of smell was even more sensitive than a dog's, as was her sense of taste. Thinking about it this way, it seemed easy to understand why the little girl had such a big reaction.

"You have to make it up to me, you made me throw up everything I ate last night."

The green snake touched its belly and immediately felt that it had suffered a huge loss. It had eaten so much last night that it was supposed to not need to eat for several days, but now it had all been vomited up!

"Okay, don't be angry anymore. Your cousin will take you to get some dessert. I remember there's a place that sells really good pastries."

Seeing her looking aggrieved, Luo Wei comforted her.

"Is it the kind of pastry that only wealthy families can afford?"

The green snake's eyes gleamed, completely forgetting what had just happened.

"That stuff isn't expensive; you can eat it every day if you want."

Luo Wei sensed the excitement in the girl's eyes, which wasn't too surprising. In ancient times, it was difficult for ordinary people to eat pastries. Not only were the processes complicated, but the ingredients were also hard to come by. No one would go out of their way to buy ingredients just to make pastries.

"Take me to buy it quickly!"

After saying that, the green snake seemed embarrassed and added, "I'll return you when I have the money."

"You don't even have a job, where did you get the money?"

Luo Wei was puzzled.

"Who says there isn't? When Aunt Huang and I were in Kyoto, someone asked me if I wanted to work in the government office. They said the pay was good and there were benefits like five social insurances and one housing fund."

Green Snake recalled that when she was in Kyoto, a beautiful older sister would often come to talk to her, and at that time she thought that modern people were pretty good.

"The Self-Strengthening Department also gave a snake five social insurances and one housing fund."

Luo Wei thought to himself, "Some college graduates don't even have the five social insurances and one housing fund when they get a job. Even a snake gets better treatment than a college graduate."

He shook his head and said, "Can you even understand what they're saying? Let me test you: what are the five social insurances and one housing fund?"

"Are you offering me gold or money?"

The green snake stared blankly for a long time before speaking.

Lo Wei:

In the old town, there is a street where the fragrance of osmanthus blossoms often fills the air. Not only are there osmanthus trees planted along the street, but there is also a long-established pastry shop that specializes in traditional pastries. Osmanthus cake is the shop's signature dish, and customers come from far and wide every day just to eat the osmanthus cake from this shop.

Luo Wei and his parents often come here to buy. When he was a child, he would pick some osmanthus flowers from the roadside and make them himself. In fact, his osmanthus cakes, made with his natural talent, tasted just as good as those from this time-honored brand. But his parents always said that they were not quite right, and that the cakes from this shop, which they had been eating at for more than ten years, were not as delicious.

"Xiao Wei, is she your girlfriend?"

It's morning now, and there aren't many customers yet. The uncle at the front desk of the shop...

They were acquaintances, and he immediately greeted Luo Wei when he saw him.

"Uncle Wang, don't talk nonsense, she's my cousin."

Lowe explained.

"Haha, look at my eyesight, I didn't see it. Maybe your cousin is much more refined than you."

Uncle Wang gave an awkward laugh.

Upon hearing this, Luo Wei glanced at the green snake behind him, who was playing with osmanthus leaves. The girl's features were indeed exquisite. Legend has it that the green snake lived south of the Yangtze River, and it seems that this is probably true. South of the Yangtze River is a place that produces many beautiful women.

"Cousin, the osmanthus cake smells so good, I want to eat them all."

Green Snake didn't hear the conversation between the two at all; her eyes were fixed on the glass cabinet the whole time. It was filled with all kinds of osmanthus cakes, which smelled so delicious they made your mouth water.

"There's nothing we can do about you."

Luo Wei turned his head and said, "Uncle Wang, I want five boxes of osmanthus cake."

"Five boxes? Can you finish them all? Handmade osmanthus cakes don't taste good if they're kept for too long. These are all freshly made."

Uncle Wang was surprised.

"It's okay, she can finish it."

Luo Wei recalled the scene at the dinner table last night and answered without hesitation.

"Row."

Uncle Wang lowered his head and began packing the pastries. Luo Wei picked up the list on the table, which listed many kinds of cold drinks. Thinking that Qing She might not have tried them, he was about to let the little girl choose one to try when he turned his head and saw that Qing She was no longer standing in front of the counter, but standing at the door staring blankly outside.

"Xiaoqing, what's wrong?"

Luo Wei keenly noticed something was amiss; the little girl's heart rate fluctuations were somewhat abnormal.

"I think I smell something strange."

"The green snake sniffed and said."

But there's nothing outside.

Luo Wei was surprised. The shop's walls facing the street were all made of glass, so he could see the outside world at a glance. Apart from the osmanthus blossoms scattered on the ground and a few old people sitting on chairs sunbathing, there was nothing else on the street.

However, considering that Xiaoqing is a green snake with a keen sense of smell.

So, Luo Wei narrowed his eyes slightly, and instantly the street outside became transparent, revealing every building structure. Then his eyes widened in surprise, because looking down through the street surface, he saw the sewers, and a huge figure came into view.

It huddled in the narrow sewer and darted toward another street.

Its scales rippled with its breathing, somewhat resembling a crocodile but without its long snout and shorter tail. Even when it was curled up, its skeleton, visible through super vision, revealed that this monster possessed a human-like skeletal structure, meaning it was a humanoid creature!

"Cousin, wait here for me, I need to go take a look."

The green snake cannot see, but it can smell the creatures in the sewers.

"Where are you going?"

Just as Luo Wei was about to pull her away, she slipped away like an eel and ran outside. In broad daylight, the girl's body flickered a few times and disappeared. An old man on the opposite street was lying in the sun and sleeping. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief when he saw this scene, muttered that he was getting old and his eyes were getting blurry, and then went back to sleep.

"trouble."

Luo Wei knew exactly what Qing She was going to do, but he couldn't chase after her at super speed right in front of Uncle Wang. After all, his persona was that of an ordinary person, while Qing She's persona was never meant to be hidden, since the Self-Strengthening Department was there to back her up.

"Xiao Wei, where's your cousin?"

Uncle Wang had already packed the pastries when he looked up and realized someone was missing.

"She said she was going to buy some stationery. Uncle Wang, I'll go check on her. I'll leave the pastries here for now and come back for them later."

After saying that, Luo Wei ran out of the store without looking back.

The super vision swept across the surroundings and quickly locked onto two figures, one small and one large. The petite figure was running on the road, using some kind of energy field to become invisible, while the other was in the sewer, dragging its massive body and running. It seemed to have also sensed that something was following it on the road, and its thick hind legs also increased its speed.

Chapter 32: The Crocodile Man

A street lined with closed shops on both sides. Old towns are never short of such locations. Most people have moved away in recent years, leaving many commercial and residential properties vacant.

Behind the street, a river meanders through Green Vine City, not only separating the two banks, but also currently discharging most of the sewage from the nearby residential areas into this river. Therefore, there are many underground drainage outlets on the river embankment.

Whoosh——

At this moment, thin clouds drifted overhead, and a faint blue figure flashed by. The figure seemed to be following something, but the road below was completely empty, and no one could be seen at all.

"It looks like that thing is about to jump into the river."

The figure in the air was none other than Luo Wei. After leaving the pastry shop, he went home to change into his battle suit. The main reason was that it was so close that it only took him less than ten seconds to go back and forth. When he returned, the invisible Green Snake was still chasing the crocodile in the sewer.

High in the sky, Luo Wei could clearly see the Green Snake with his super vision. His eyes could not only magnify and see through things, but also detect like a thermal imager. Therefore, the Green Snake he was seeing was in thermal imaging mode.

The green snake seemed to lack the ability to fly, and instead sprinted at great speed, estimated to be eighty kilometers per hour. With her keen sense of smell, she kept close behind the monster in the sewer.

Finally, we arrived at the desolate riverbank in autumn. There was a drainage pipe outlet on the river embankment. The river was not yet high, so the outlet was not flooded. There was even a dry platform in front of the outlet.

"Haha, I've got you!"

Green Snake landed on the platform, her eyes unconsciously curving into crescents. The river breeze ruffled her black hair, brushing against her cheeks that revealed shallow dimples. In her left hand, she held a long stick that she had casually picked up from the roadside, her gaze fixed on the drain outlet.

"coming."

High in the sky.

Looking down at the girl, Luo Wei could see through the ground that the monster was about to burst out of the drain. He didn't rush down, but wanted to watch the battle and see how strong the Green Serpent of this world was.

boom!

At the same time, a pair of blood-red eyes appeared at the drain below. Then, the owner of the eyes suddenly rushed out, and its huge body stretched out in an instant, reaching more than two meters in length. It swung its thick arms, and its sharp claws "whooshed" with the wind as it lashed out at the girl with green hair outside.

You're so ugly!

Green Snake saw the ferocious-looking monster clearly, and at the same time raised her long staff with her left hand to block. With a "crack", the staff shattered, and the girl immediately stepped up from the ground. Her slender and soft body drew a circle in the air, creating a distance of several body lengths.