Chapter 51 - It Was Love at First Sight, And Then the Two Fell in Love I
The black snake looked very long, thick, and big, but in fact, it didn’t take much time to give it a bath. It was very clean. During the long career of cultivating immortals, the black snake had long been freed from the troubles of reincarnation, and its body had a demonic aura that had the effect of avoiding dust.
Wan Zhong sprinkling some water, running hands along the snake’s head then the snake’s body, and touching towards the tip of the tail was considered washing.
The black snake had never been treated with such gentle caress. It was also the first time it took a bath under the care of its spouse.
It put its shy scales to Wan Zhong’s mouth and let him kiss it, then rolled its big head in Wan Zhong’s arms that exuded the faint scent of pine needles, and licked Wan Zhong’s injured face and soft lips and teeth. Afterward, it went ashore contentedly, rolled up Wan Zhong and walked to the stove, wrapping its tail around him and starting to look in the mirror leisurely.
None of them mentioned what happened that day, and they had a tacit understanding not to cause any unpleasantness because of Bai Tianxian.
Wan Zhong was soaked to the skin and shivered violently while sitting by the stove.
His body was sticky and uncomfortable. After hesitating for a long time, he finally pushed the half-asleep black snake, “Handsome snake, can you get me a bathtub? I want to take a bath too.”
The black snake was about to fall asleep. After getting washed up, it heard its spouse say that he wanted to take a bath together, and its eyes immediately lit up, feeling energetic again.
Wan Zhong pointed out a small stone that he had picked out in advance to the black snake and said, “Just carve this stone.”
The black snake spit out its tongue and shook its tail, indicating that the stone was too small, and even its tail wouldn’t fit.
Wan Zhong never thought about taking a bath with the snake. The bathtub would be so big, and boiling water after water would be exhausting, so he pretended not to understand what the black snake meant and insisted on asking using the small stone.
The black snake was a little unhappy, but it was relieved when Wan Zhong boiled for a bath. It was because the bathwater was really scalding to the snake, and it was simply not a temperature it could withstand.
The black snake coiled around the polished and round bathtub, which was more than one meter high. The snake’s head looked down at the snow-white person bathing inside, feeling that its spouse was really magical.
It was obvious that his skin, nourished day after day, had become breakable and very delicate. It would turn red with just the slightest touch on weekdays, and it would take several days for the marks to dissipate, and some places would still have long-lasting scars and bruises.
Every time after tail-twisting, the black snake has to lick him from head to toe, especially the hard parts such as knees and elbows. No matter how merciful it was, it would scratch Wan Zhong’s skin, and then his eyes would be red, blaming the snake for not being gentle at all, hurting him every time.
It had always felt that its spouse was a fragile jade that needed to be carefully loved and cared for by a gorgeous cover that could prevent wind, fire, and dust. Who would have thought that he would actually use such hot water to wash such delicate skin?
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The black snake transformed into a half-man, half-snake, and touched his spouse’s round and thin shoulders with his hand. He felt it was so hot!
Wan Zhong also shivered at the sudden touch. He wanted to get up but felt embarrassed. He hugged his knees and said, “You, turn your back and don’t look.”
Xuan Ming: “Then why didn’t you say this to the black snake when you stripped off in front of it just now?”
Wan Zhong: “…”
Xuan Ming: “Why do you always favor it and treat it differently from me?”
As Xuan Ming spoke, he stretched out his hand, held Wan Zhong’s armpits, and lifted him out of the tub. He looked at his drooping hands in warning and said, “Don’t cover it.”
Wan Zhong stepped on the edge of the tub with both feet, turned sideways a little awkwardly. But Xuan Ming saw everything that needed to be seen. Wan Zhong saw his eyes were shining, he was spitting out snake tongue and trying to lick him up again, so he hurriedly covered his mouth, “Wait, I haven’t washed yet.”
Xuan Ming’s tail had already wrapped around Wan Zhong’s ankle. He was in a very dangerous position. A little impatiently, he said: “It doesn’t matter, I don’t dislike you.”
Wan Zhong was startled and hurriedly pushed it away, saying, “No! I, I…”
“What’s wrong?” Xuan Ming frowned. “You still don’t allow me to use my tail?”
Wan Zhong raised his drooping eyes to look at him. “You said you would give me time to adapt.”
“…” Xuan Ming didn’t say anything else. He wrapped his tail around Wan Zhong and put him back down and rinsed him on the bath up then he placed him next to the stove.
The roasted hot chicken skin was not only very comfortable to wear but also a very absorbent as a towel.
After Wan Zhong wiping his hair with chicken skin at night, Xuan Ming stood still and didn’t speak, just looking at Wan Zhong, not knowing what to do at the moment.
Wan Zhong filled a stone pot with some water and put it on the stove to boil. He held an egg and a handful of green onions and asked, “I’m making egg soup, do you want to eat it? I’ll make more.”
Xuan Ming said nothing. After a long time, he said, “I am a snake. No matter how human-like I become, I hope you understand that I am a snake, and this will never change.” After saying that, he turned into a black snake and rolled up the mirror. It rolled into the mud, and he didn’t know if it was intentional or not. It didn’t wrap its tail around Wan Zhong like usual, but gave him a back slap in a very noble and cool manner.
Wan Zhong ignored it, cracked the eggs into boiling water, put green onions and a little sea salt into it. He made a pot of light and very delicious egg soup.