Chapter 75: Chapter Seventy-Five: Cunning Snake

Seeing her incredibly greedy and adorable expression, Qin Mo burst out into a sudden, loud laugh. The sound was bright and genuine.

He reached out with his long fingers, gently stroking her soft hair, his gaze darkening with an intense, overwhelming wave of possessiveness.

For a single, fleeting second, his silver eyes completely shifted, his pupils narrowing into sharp, dark vertical slits as a soft, dangerous hiss escaped the back of his throat.

"My Wanwan is so incredibly cute," Qin Mo murmured, his voice dropping into a silky, hypnotic whisper that sent a shiver down her spine. "You look so delicious like this that I want to swallow you whole."

Lin Wan’s entire body flinched instinctively, taking a sharp step backward. Her breath caught in her throat, her eyes wide with shock.

It was the very first time since she had met him that Qin Mo had ever allowed his dangerous, cold, predatory snake side to show so openly in front of her face.

Even for a split second, the raw, primal danger of the Teng Snake King had been completely exposed, stripping away his usual charming, elegant facade.

Seeing her sudden flinch, the dark slits in Qin Mo’s eyes instantly vanished, returning to his normal silver pupils.

A look of intense, deep hurt flashed across his features, and his hand dropped from her hair as if he had been burned.

He looked down at his own palms, his voice suddenly thick with guilt and regret. "I am sorry... I am so sorry for scaring you, Wanwan. I didn’t mean to let it show. I promise I won’t ever do that again."

Seeing the sudden, miserable slump of his shoulders, Lin Wan immediately felt a sharp pang of regret in her own chest.

She realized her instinctive reaction had deeply wounded his pride and made him feel like a monster in her eyes.

She frantically raised both of her hands, shaking them quickly in front of him to deny his words. "No! No, Qin Mo, you didn’t scare me! I swear I wasn’t scared at all!"

Qin Mo kept his head tilted downward, his long silver bangs shielding his expression as he stayed completely quiet, looking thoroughly dejected.

"I mean it!" Lin Wan insisted, stepping closer to him, her face filled with anxiety as she tried to make him look at her. "It is just... it is just my very first time seeing your eyes change like that, so I was completely shocked by the surprise. I wasn’t scared of you. You would never hurt me, I know that. It was just a shock, not fear!"

Despite her frantic explanations, Qin Mo simply let out a low, miserable murmur. "Okay," he said softly, his voice completely flat as he refused to raise his head, keeping his gaze locked onto the dirt beneath his boots.

Seeing him look so completely broken and sad, Lin Wan’s anxiety spiked to the absolute limit.

She bit her lower lip, her heart racing as she tried to think of a way to repair the damage. "Qin Mo, please look at me. What should I do to make you believe me? Tell me, and I will do it right now."

The exact moment those words left her mouth, a sudden, sharp flash of pure conspiracy and triumph gleamed deep within Qin Mo’s hidden silver eyes.

The miserable slump of his shoulders didn’t change, but a small, hidden smirk tugged at the corner of his lips beneath his hair. He let out another heavy, dramatic sigh. "It is fine, Wanwan. You do not have to force yourself. Besides... Wanwan wouldn’t even do it even if I said it."

"I am not forcing myself!" Lin Wan argued quickly, completely falling into his trap. She reached out and grabbed his arm, her expression fierce and determined. "I will definitely do it! Just tell me what it is!"

While she was broadcasting her absolute certainty on the outside, her internal mind was spinning with frantic, defensive prayers. ’Please, as long as you don’t transform into that massive, terrifying silver snake right here in the middle of the square, I will do anything,’

Lin Wan thought, her inner voice trembling slightly. ’It is not that I hate Qin Mo’s beast form, but it is definitely not good for a pregnant woman’s heart to suddenly see a massive serpent sliding across the dirt. Whether it is a legendary Teng Snake, a cute snake, or any snake at all, it is just too much shock for one day!’

Qin Mo slowly lifted his head, his expression looking perfectly weary and vulnerable, though the trap was already fully set. He looked down at her lips, his voice dropping into a soft, pleading whisper. "Then... Wanwan should kiss me."

The sudden request completely snapped Lin Wan out of her frantic internal monologue. Her mind went blank for a second. "Kiss you?" she asked, her voice squeaking slightly.

"Yes," Qin Mo murmured, his silver eyes wide and searching, looking completely pathetic. "If you are truly not afraid of my beast nature, then kiss me."

Lin Wan swallowed hard, her cheeks burning as she looked around the open, empty courtyard. "Uhm... okay," she mumbled, feeling incredibly shy. She motioned toward him with her hand, her voice turning slightly bossy to hide her embarrassment. "Lower your head down here."

In her mind, she refused to admit the real reason she was ordering him around. ’I am definitely not making him bend down because I am short,’ Lin Wan thought defensively to herself. ’It is entirely because of this heavy triplet pregnancy! My stomach is just too big and heavy, making it impossible for me to stretch my body upward properly. It has absolutely nothing to do with my height!’

Qin Mo complied instantly, a soft, docile expression on his face as he slowly lowered his head, bringing his handsome face right down to her level.

Lin Wan leaned forward, intending to give him a quick, innocent peck right on his cheek since they were standing out in the open air where anyone could walk in.

But the exact fraction of a second before her soft lips could touch his skin, Qin Mo’s docile expression completely vanished. With the lightning-fast reflexes unique to the Teng Snake tribe, he abruptly twisted his head.

Before Lin Wan could even process the sudden movement, her lips collided directly with his.

Her eyes widened in pure, startled shock as she realized she had been completely tricked by the devious snake once again.

But before she could even think about pulling away, Qin Mo’s long arms slid around her waist, pulling her heavy body firmly against his chest.

He took complete control of the moment, tilting his head slightly as he deepened the kiss into something dizzying, heavy, and intensely passionate, completely blocking out the rest of the world.

Standing at the edge of the porch, Long Zhan was forced to witness the entire scandalous display from beginning to end.

His violet eyes practically burned with white-hot irritation as he watched the silver-haired male wrap his arms around their female. His fists clenched so hard his skin turned white.

’Look at this damn snake!’ Long Zhan thought, his mind screaming with bitter envy and rage. ’He is completely full of no good tricks! See how easily he coaxed Wanwan into kissing him out in the open! He even took complete advantage of how incredibly shy she is, twisting his head like a coward just to deepen the kiss and steal her breath away! Oh, how I wish I could be the one over there kissing her right now!’

If the elite Dragon tribesmen back in the Northern Peaks could somehow peer into the mind of their legendary ruler at this exact moment and read his frantic, desperate internal thoughts, their jaws would have dropped in utter shock.

They would have look at him with wide, completely disillusioned eyes and asked: ’Lord Zhan... are you not supposed to be the cold, unyielding, terrifying lord of the Immortal Northern Peaks? The man who looks down on all creation with icy disdain? How on earth did you become like this, literally begging and crying inside your head for a tiny, microscopic spot in a female’s heart?’

If they had asked him that, Long Zhan would have turned his head, scoffed with absolute disdain, and replied fiercely to his own clansmen: ’Humph! What do you know? Would being a cold, unyielding lord get me a warm, soft, and sweet female to hold tightly in my arms during the freezing nights? Would being scary get me a female who is as breathtakingly beautiful, deeply adorable, and highly intelligent as my Wanwan? Humph! Your coldness is completely useless!’

The dragon tribesmen would have scratched their heads, looking thoroughly conflicted as they tried to argue back: ’But Lord Zhan, you are a supreme hybrid dragon from the middle realm! You could return to the Immortal Realm right now and choose any high-tier, noble female you want! They would gladly do absolutely anything, fight any war, and give up their titles just to drag you into their homes as their master!’

Hearing that, Long Zhan would have sneered, his purple horns glowing with pride as he shut them down completely: *’Will any of those high-tier females be even half as beautiful as my Wanwan? Will any of them have her sharp wit, her sweet scent, or her fierce spirit? More importantly... will any of those females be physically capable of carrying three miraculous, high-grade cubs in a single pregnancy? Humph! I think not!’

Faced with his absolute, unyielding logic, the dragon tribesmen would have lowered their heads, folded their wings in complete submission, and sighed: ’We admit absolute defeat, Lord Zhan. Carry on.’