Favorite of the Beast-world: I Got Rich Through Farming-Chapter 53 - 54: This Snake Is Simply Joking with the Rest of His Life

An Jin rubbed her brow. Her head was starting to ache.

Her original plan for the Snake Beast had been to heartlessly abandon him. After all, he was a stranger she’d never even met. She wouldn’t have felt anything beyond a twinge of guilt.

But his rescue had been too timely. It was obvious he’d been worried and had secretly followed her.

A life debt complicated things. At the very least, she could no longer treat him as a complete stranger.

"Come here. Let me see your wounds." An Jin was a little exasperated, but that didn’t cloud her judgment.

In that sea of fire, she’d vaguely seen the Snake Beast’s entire body engulfed in flames. Though he looked fine on the surface now, there was no telling how badly he was actually hurt.

The black-and-red python stirred but didn’t move forward.

His red head arched slightly, and he stared intently at the approaching An Jin, hesitant to move.

"HISS~"

’After a long moment, he actually pulled his head back?!’

His head disappeared into his coiled body, becoming perfectly still as if trying to blend into the air. From a distance, he really did look like a giant, bona fide pancake.

An Jin couldn’t help but laugh. "If your burns aren’t treated promptly, the flesh will turn necrotic. It’ll affect your movement. Besides, you’re a Snake Beast. If we don’t treat this, it will seriously hinder your ability to hunt and survive..."

After a pause, An Jin let out a soft sigh for no reason. "Be good now. Let me take a look."

Mi Yin’s heart, usually so desolate and calm, now stirred with a ripple he couldn’t suppress. That single, gentle "be good now" from the female filled his entire being with a tender warmth.

’The female... she isn’t repulsed by his ugly wounds?’

’In fact, she wasn’t focused on them at all. She was just worried about him.’

’Just... him?’

Mi Yin’s entire body went rigid. Her coaxing voice made his mind go completely blank, all his usual caution and deliberation vanishing. He could only dazedly follow his body’s instinct, slowly slithering toward her.

The massive python, over ten meters long, slithered to her side and coiled around her twice, placing her at the very center.

An Jin felt a weight settle on her calf. She looked down to see his soft body resting on her leg. His tail gave a timid little twitch before flipping upward.

His vulnerable, soft white underbelly was now completely exposed to her.

An Jin gasped. She quickly scanned the sky, only relaxing when she confirmed there were no eagles or hawks—natural predators of Snake Beasts—circling overhead. A little angry, she said, "You can’t just show your belly to anyone, you know! It’s incredibly dangerous!"

"HISS~"

His eyes, as clear and beautiful as rubies, were fixed on her, seemingly in agreement. His body, however, was completely disobedient. In fact, it rebelliously exposed even more of his underbelly to her.

An Jin was speechless.

’Oh, whatever. Forget it.’

’There’s no danger around, so I might as well let him be.’

’The Snake Beast must see her as someone he trusts completely, to be showing her the most vulnerable part of his body without any reservations.’

Half exasperated and half pained for him, An Jin began to inspect his wounds.

It was just as she had feared.

On both his main body and his more delicate underbelly, nearly half the skin was charred black from the burns. Worse, the constant friction from slithering had caused some areas to ooze a nauseating, yellow-green pus.

The damage to the skin on his tail was even worse than she had imagined.

’There are three or four large, severely burned patches! If they aren’t treated soon, he’ll lose this tail!’

An Jin was truly furious now. Seeing how calm he had seemed, she’d thought the injuries weren’t that serious. But looking at them now...

’This snake is gambling with the rest of his life!’

"Wait here. I’m going to find some herbs to treat your wounds..."

The moment An Jin started to get up, the Snake Beast grew agitated, arching his body. His tail shot out and wrapped around her calf, trying to pull her back to his side.

"HISS~"

’He’s worried.’