Favorite of the Beast-world: I Got Rich Through Farming-Chapter 239 - 172: The Identical Snake and Her Child
Heh. ’I can’t wait to meet my dear brother. I’m sure he already felt it the moment I snatched his female.’
Chi took the beautiful female he had captured to his cave.
He threw her onto the ground, his gaze burning with aggressive heat.
An Jin’s body was covered in wounds. Some were from his sharp claws, while the rest were scratches from the thorns and wild brush along the path.
She stared at him silently, her gaze icy. She recognized that the Snake Beast before her was not Gu Yin.
’But... why do they have nearly identical appearances and auras?’
’Even I didn’t recognize him at first glance.’
If it weren’t for the fact that his smooth, pale chest was completely bare of a mate mark, she would have thought Gu Yin had undergone a sudden, drastic change in personality.
’No, perhaps it wasn’t a change in personality. Before he met me, Gu Yin and this Snake Beast were exactly the same—cold-blooded and brutal. They were practically carbon copies of each other.’
’It was only after we mated that he learned to restrain his tyrannical, bloodthirsty nature in front of me, revealing a rare gentleness and compliance.’
"Who are you?"
Her head bowed and her gaze lowered, she clutched at the red marks on her neck and rasped out the question with difficulty.
"Chi." The man, who looked identical to Gu Yin, slithered toward her, dragging his black-and-red snake tail.
His aura was even more sinister and terrifying, filled with an untamed wildness and brutality. He actually had eight red beast marks on his arm.
Terror flashed in An Jin’s eyes. Her fingers dug into the ground as her entire body tensed to its limit.
She suddenly realized her phobia of snakes hadn’t been cured at all—it simply didn’t flare up when she was with Gu Yin.
"Beautiful, charming female," he purred. "As the mate of that twin brother of mine, surely you can feel a familiar aura about me?"
’Twin brother?’
"To think that Snake Beast, who couldn’t even hatch properly and was carelessly abandoned in the jungle by our father, actually ended up with such a beautiful female. It truly makes me jealous!" Chi said, his voice dripping with malice.
An Jin leaned back against the stone wall, her head lowered and her expression unchanging. But Gu Yin’s past words suddenly echoed in her mind.
’No wonder. He told me he’d never met his parents or any siblings. So he was abandoned when he was just a child.’
’No wonder he’s always so clingy with me. Perhaps being abandoned so young made him feel incredibly lonely?’
"I’m going to eat that Snake Beast anyway. So, female, why not follow me instead? You truly are a perfect specimen for mating and bearing offspring."
He gave her a cold smirk and lunged, pinning her down. His hand reached out to grope her alluring body.
"Get off—" An Jin formed a blade in her hand. The lecherous touch made her sick to her stomach, and she stabbed it straight at Chi’s chest.
’But it only left a shallow red mark!?’
’His chest was as hard as rock. The blade, formed from my spiritual power, actually... shattered the instant it touched him?!’
Her action completely enraged Chi. He suddenly shot out a hand and grabbed An Jin by the neck, the muscles in his arm knotting as he lifted her into the air. His voice was dangerously cold. "If you want to die, I can make it quick. When your mate senses your death, he’ll surely come charging over in a frenzy. I can’t wait."
’He had waited more than twenty years for this day, scouring over half the continent to finally find him!’
The man’s dangerous, blood-red snake eyes glared furiously into her own dark eyes, which were misting over with pain. Slowly, his ferocious expression began to slacken, and his tightly clenched hand suddenly relaxed.
[Successful Gaze: 3 seconds. ’Head Over Heels For You’ BUFF activated. Duration: 24 hours. Side effects: Currently unknown.]
"I... I didn’t mean to hurt you. I love you! How could I have possibly hurt you just now?!"
His once cold and ferocious expression transformed in an instant, his eyes filling with adoration. He stepped forward and pulled her into a tight embrace, his movements as careful as if he were handling a priceless treasure.
’The buff was already taking effect.’
Forced with her head buried in his chest, An Jin stared blankly into the air, her pale lips pressed into a thin line. She remained silent.
Seeing Chi forced to act so lovingly reminded her of Gu Yin. The difference was, Gu Yin didn’t need any external force to make him love and protect her—he did it all on his own.
Chi assumed his earlier rough behavior had frightened her and said in a panic, "I really do love you. I don’t know why I did that just now. Please don’t reject me, okay? I truly love you."
