My Demon Husband Is a Snake

"Snake Lord... did you all come together?"

The big rat didn't directly answer my question but asked tremulously instead.

I was aware that the big rat was wary of Yu Longting, so I stated bluntly, "Given your status, you should have found out long ago that Yu Longting has entered the Serpent Domain, a place that lies beyond the Three Realms and Six Paths, cut off from any communication."

"Indeed, I am despicable for having made inquiries, Snake Lord... Snake Lord... cough cough cough... since you cannot be by your side, I dared to reach out in your dreams," he admitted his own despicability, eyes filled with sorrow.

"My time has come, and I had no choice but to resort to this lowly strategy. I cannot be certain... that you would agree... nor can I... afford to gamble... Forgive me... Lady Snake Lord," the big rat said, expressing a self-mocking acceptance of his own baseness, eyes displaying deep sadness.

Biting my lip, I felt both compassion and contempt, "And Yu Rongling?"

Although the big rat's affection for his first wife was touching, and his first wife's fate of being senselessly stitched into clothing was pitiable,

Why must Yu Rongling and I bear the consequences for this matter? We aren't the ones who persecuted her by stitching her into the clothes, are we?

When Xuan Fanyin held the Rat Clothes, the big rat didn't dare to snatch them.

He also didn't dare to take them from Su Qiang.

It was only because he saw that I was a weakling that he decided to bully me.

"I beseech Lady Snake Lord to make a promise, only then can I let you see Lord Snake Dragon," the big rat indeed wouldn't give in easily.

I wasn't sure if my grandfather would be willing to return the Rat Clothes, but the arrow was already nocked and I had to shoot, so without much hesitation, I bit my finger and swore,

"Fine, I swear, I take this oath with my blood, if the Rat Tribe allows Yu Rongling to be safe and sound, I will do everything in my power to make the Lin Family return the Rat Clothes. Is that enough?"

Seeing me take this blood oath, which I could not casually violate, the big rat visibly relaxed, coughing violently as if to cough out his lungs, "Cough cough cough... Lord Snake Dragon... is upstairs..."

His cough was especially harsh on the ears, and he spat out quite a bit of blood.

The rabbit didn't say a word, gently nuzzling the big rat's body with its head.

It was clear the rabbit was very reliant on this aged big rat, conveying a sense of mutual dependence for survival.

Squinting my eyes, I hurried upstairs.

A seal had been placed on the upstairs door that only allowed entry from the outside, preventing those inside from coming out at will.

With a push, the old wooden door opened.

Next to the red pillar in the corner sat a frail and pitiable boy, hugging his knees.

"Baby Rongling, I've come to rescue you. Being here all alone, you must have been scared," I said as I approached, crouching down with tenderness and whispering to Yu Rongling.

Yu Rongling lifted his head abruptly upon hearing my voice, and tears instantly fell, "Sister-in-law, sob sob sob, you finally came to rescue me. I was locked up here by a rat. Damn it, rats are supposed to be food for us snakes, sob sob sob... and yet, I was bullied by food..."

"Uh..."

My lips twitched as I examined Yu Rongling's Primordial Spirit, ensuring he was unharmed, and said, "Don't tell me, the reason you're so upset is because... you feel humiliated to have been captured by food?"

"Do I even need to say it? This is a matter of dignity," Yu Rongling pouted and mumbled.

With a full head of black lines, I tugged at his collar and led him downstairs, while calling Beichen to bring Yu Rongling's body over to the Lin estate, "From now on, you will sleep in my wardrobe. I won't let you have a room to yourself any longer; you're just too worrisome alone. Truly, you've shattered a mother's heart."

"Yay, I love sleeping in the wardrobe of your and brother's room the most~"

"Yu Rongling, are you only three years old?"

"As if. I'm obviously thirteen years old."

Downstairs, the big rat had exhausted all his energy and had fallen into a faint.

Opening the wooden door, the north wind howled as the whistling snow rushed into the cabin.

The weather in the north could change at a moment's notice; what had been light snowfall just a while ago had turned into a near blizzard.

"I'll escort you out of the woods," the rabbit followed behind us and exited the cabin, "After all, you've fulfilled my grandfather's last wish in life. He only wished to see grandmother one last time before dying."