Chapter 77: Chapter 77: Snake
"Princess Miaomiao?"
A deep voice echoed.
Tuanzi couldn’t help but cover her face with her chubby paws.
Her flushed little face was buried in her paws.
After a while, Tuanzi opened her paws again and peeked at Gu Cheng through her fingers.
Now she understood. Back then, when her big brother straightforwardly said that her second brother would surely become famous, why did her second brother rush into the room.
Once the silent big brother spoke sincerely, who could withstand it?
"Anything, anything is fine."
Tuanzi, rarely bashful, stammered, "Miaomiao can be a princess, a queen, a heroine, and even the Martial Arts Alliance Hierarch all at once!"
She patted her chest, "A person can have many identities simultaneously."
Gu Cheng chuckled softly.
Before Tuanzi could look up to see his smile, he restrained it and said seriously, "Today, Miaomiao is a princess, and tomorrow she’s a queen."
"Uh-huh~"
The night deepened.
Perhaps because she was sleeping in a sleeping bag, Tuanzi unusually didn’t punch in her sleep. She slept on her side, and the soft flesh on her cheeks was squished flat.
"Ah! There’s a snake!"
A sudden scream woke up the guests and staff.
Being in a strange place, Gu Cheng naturally slept lightly. As soon as he heard the sound, he opened his eyes and instinctively covered his sister’s ears.
Tuanzi opened her eyes too.
Martial artists are wary even in their sleep.
"Big brother, there’s a snake, let’s go help."
In a hurry, she crawled out of her sleeping bag and dashed out of the tent before Gu Cheng could stop her.
By the time he exited the bamboo hut, his sister was nowhere to be seen, and a rare trace of panic appeared on his cold face.
"Where did Miaomiao go?"
"To the little cabin!"
A staff member ran quickly in that direction, "Mrs. Gu’s room has a snake."
The little cabin.
Gu Ran was holding her son tightly against the wall corner of the cabin, cautiously watching the snake not far away.
There was no furniture in the cabin, and they couldn’t stand on anything to temporarily take refuge.
Unfortunately, the snake was positioned close to both the door and the window, blocking the mother and son’s escape routes.
Gu Jiujiu had tears in his eyes, trembling all over, his voice quivering with sobs.
"Mom, what should we do?"
"Don’t worry, someone will come to help us."
Two sleeping bags lay horizontally between the mother and child and the snake.
With the help of moonlight, they clearly saw the markings on the snake’s body, confirming it was a venomous snake.
Even though the show had medical staff prepared, who would dare to take that gamble?
Gu Ran gritted her teeth, calling loudly for help while also watching the snake’s movements, afraid of startling it.
When the hurried footsteps were heard, the mother and son breathed a sigh of relief, but at that moment, the snake surprisingly slithered towards them.
Their faces turned pale with fright.
Then, the cabin door was suddenly kicked open, revealing a tall... no, small figure at the entrance.
"It’s Miaomiao!"
Gu Jiujiu whimpered a couple of times.
Tuanzi’s cold face deterred anyone from approaching.
In reality, the expert’s slight release of Inner Strength could make ordinary people feel suffocated and repressed.
In an instant, the surroundings fell silent.
The snake sensed the danger and hurriedly slithered towards the window.
The petite figure flashed like lightning, swiftly kicked up the venomous snake with her toe, grabbed it with a small hand, quickly tied it into a knot, then angrily tossed the pesky dream-disturbing creature out the window.
The entire series of movements flowed seamlessly, leaving the mother and son stunned and unresponsive.
"Ah!"
Tuanzi suddenly let out a short cry.
[Ancient Martial System: Are you hurt? You could’ve just killed it or stunned it, you shouldn’t have used your hand to catch it.]
The system was worried yet couldn’t help but chide.
Gu Cheng, who rushed to the door, shouted in panic, "Miaomiao, are you hurt?"
He turned his head and told the staff approaching, "Please call the medical team over."
He then approached his sister, his dark eyes filled with worry.
"Miaomiao, let big brother see the wound."
"Wound?"
Tuanzi raised her soft little paw, "There are no wounds."
Gu Cheng’s emotions surged.
"Miaomiao was just thinking," Tuanzi dropped her little face, her eyes slightly drooping at the corners, looking innocent and pitiful, "Snakes can probably be eaten too, right? Miaomiao just let go of some food."
Gu Cheng: "..."
Gu Ran forgot to turn off the cameras in the room.
Even though it was late at night, some night owls opened the live stream, and upon discovering a venomous snake had entered the cabin, the late-night audience immediately sent the program crew trending, blaming them for not inspecting for dangers beforehand.
The bamboo hut made by the guests was fine, but a venomous snake got into the program’s little cabin.
[Can’t imagine, if it was bitten, wouldn’t it be a disaster?]
[The medical team surely has the relevant medicines prepared, right?]
[But the crew didn’t do enough to ensure safety, couldn’t they sprinkle some snake and insect repellent powder inside and outside the cabin?]
[Isn’t anyone concerned about Miaomiao?]
[She acted so fast, kicked it up, grabbed it, tied a knot, then tossed it out]
[Wait, tied a knot?]
[Snake: Are you being polite?]
[How much has the crew starved the kid? She’s even thinking about snake meat]
[But no way would Director Gu let his sister catch snakes to eat]
Sure enough, after Gu Cheng comforted his sister, he shifted the topic.
The still-shaken Gu Ran and her son approached.
Both of their eyes brimming with tears, they thanked Tuanzi.
"No need, no need."
Tuanzi pointed at Director Li, who had hurried over upon hearing the news, "The program crew keeps messing up, so Miaomiao has to clean up their messes, sigh."
The few viewers watching nearly laughed themselves silly.
Director Li’s face turned red and then white.
The snake was driven away, but the issue of where to sleep tonight became a problem again.
The Gu Ran mother and son didn’t want to stay in the snake-invaded cabin.
Who knew if there might be a second one?
Furthermore, the program crew didn’t even want to set up a wooden bed, so they were wrapped in sleeping bags on the wooden planks, prone to an intimate encounter with the snake at any time.
Other awakened guests gradually came over.
Youyou, nestled in his dad’s arms, nodded sleepily.
Hearing them discussing where to rest, he rubbed his eyes, "You can sleep at our place, our home is quite big."
Indeed, the bamboo hut could continue to accommodate guests, but the problem was that Fu Guoqiang and Gu Cheng were both male guests. While Gu Jiujiu could go, if Gu Ran went, the haters would definitely use this to gossip.
Xiong Chenli quickly said, "Auntie can sleep with sister, and Jiujiu and I will stay at the bamboo hut."
Xiong Chenfei: "..." She could only smile awkwardly and agree.
Finally, they rearranged the accommodation.
Gu Ran and Xiong Chenfei roomed together. Tuanzi and Youyou stayed in the simple tent erected in the bamboo hut. Gu Cheng, Fu Guoqiang, Gu Jiujiu, and Xiong Chenli stayed outside the tent in the bamboo hut.
Gu Jiujiu tearfully said goodbye to Gu Ran.
When they arrived at the bamboo hut, perhaps due to the many people, the fear dissipated, and they fell asleep groggily.
Morning.
Gu Cheng and Fu Guoqiang got up successively to prepare breakfast for everyone. Before walking out of the bamboo hut, they heard the sound of heavy rain.
Almost immediately, their view was obstructed by a curtain of rain, and they couldn’t see far.
Fu Guoqiang looked up at the roof, heart pounding.
"With such a heavy rain, will our bamboo hut be washed away?"