After leaving the building where the Student Union was located, Chihaya realized that she didn't have anything in particular that she wanted to do.
It was now afternoon tea time in Huang Hua Academy. Ordinary commoners would either participate in club activities or stay in the classroom to revise their homework.
Other than the members who were also participating in club activities, most of the young ladies would have tea parties in the backyard of the academy.
As a member of the ordinary students, Chihaya definitely wouldn't participate in the upper-class tea party — although the members of the tea party would definitely welcome her with open arms.
Therefore, she still went to the courtyard. As soon as she arrived, she saw a few lower grade children huddled under a tree, looking up at the tree with a worried expression.
Since she had nothing to do, Qian Zao simply came to the side of the tree and looked up.
Soon, she understood what the children were looking at: a white kitten was shivering at the end of a branch, and in front of it, a large colorful snake was coiled around the root of the branch, looking at the kitten and hissing its forked tongue.
If this continued, the kitten, who didn't dare to jump down, would soon become the snake's meal.
Although the children under the tree wanted to stop it, they basically didn't know how to climb trees, and as girls, it was difficult to overcome their natural fear of snakes.
"Didn't Caicai go to call the teacher? Is the teacher not here yet? "
"Usually, we can always see the patrolling security guards, but now when we need them, we can't see any of them!"
"What should we do? Should we go to the sports room and take out a mat and put it under the kitten? "
In the end, they could only chatter incessantly like a flock of sparrows in a state of utter stupor.
This made the kitten even more afraid, but the snake wasn't affected at all and continued to approach the kitten …
Chihaya looked at the little white kitten with a trace of pity in her eyes, but soon she lowered her head and planned to leave the courtyard.
Because she didn't know how to climb trees, even if she went there, she wouldn't be able to help. Moreover, as a child who was bullied since she was young, she understood the meaning of the law of the jungle better than those pampered young ladies.
At this time, she felt someone tugging at the corner of her clothes.
When she turned around, she realized that Mo Li had appeared behind her.
"Do you want to save the cat?" The little girl looked up at her and asked expressionlessly.
The afternoon sun shone down on the courtyard. The girl's smooth and fair skin reflected the sunlight, making her seem like she was covered in a layer of fluorescent light. She looked like she was in a dream.
"… But if you save the cat, you'll turn into a snake and starve because there's nothing to eat. There's no right or wrong. It's just an action purely for the sake of survival. This is the so-called law of the jungle."
Qian Zao shifted her gaze away from Jasmine, and said softly as she turned her face away.
"Japanese is too complicated. I can't understand it."
Jasmine didn't pay any attention to the girl's self-reproach. She only looked at Qian Zao with a pure gaze: "I only want to know, do you want to save the kitty?"
Raising her head, Chihaya looked at the shivering little white kitten again. She felt like she was looking at her helpless self in the past.
She was alone in the face of the malice around her. She couldn't do anything, she couldn't resist anything. She could only hold her head and cry alone in the night, letting the loneliness and pain gnaw at her heart.
If someone had helped her back then, maybe she wouldn't have turned into this awkward person who couldn't even make friends.
"Save …"
Since when did he become like this? She lost the hope for the future. In order to not be hurt, she closed her heart and lost interest in everything.
Even if she encountered this kind of situation, she could just say 'this is the law of the jungle, it can't be helped'. She wouldn't feel any sadness because of it.
Since when had she turned from a 'victim' to a 'perpetrator' like those who had treated her coldly in the past?
"Save it, please …"
Mo Li's gaze seemed to be magical (and it was magical). It caused cracks to appear in Chihaya's strong heart. In the end, the girl lowered her eyes and pleaded to Mo Li with a voice that was almost inaudible.
"Leave it to me!"
Mo Li nodded with satisfaction. He patted his chest that was barely moving. Then he turned around and squeezed through the girls under the tree.
"Waa, my foot is stepped on, who is it?" "Wait … don't push me!" "Who is this unfamiliar guy, is he the first year transfer student?" "Give me some space … Hey, big sister from the mountains!"
At first, the girls who had been pushed aside had unhappy expressions on their faces. They wanted to argue with Jasmine, but when they saw Qian Zao behind Jasmine, whose expression was worse than usual, they couldn't help but cower.
"Words have power." Standing in front of the tree, Mo Li raised his head and looked at the kitten and the giant snake. It sounded like he was talking about something important, but because his young face didn't match his words, it felt like a child trying to pretend to be an adult. "As long as you communicate well, others will understand. That's what the landlord said."
After that, she did not give Chizao any time to complain about the landlord. Instead, she cupped her hands into the shape of a trumpet and shouted at the snake on the branch in a rhythmic tone, "Mr. Snake, Mr. Snake, please stop. Don't do anything stupid. Mr. Snake, Mr. Snake, think about your old mother in your hometown. She'll cry if she knows. "
Are you a cop trying to persuade you to surrender?
Originally, Qian Zao was also extremely serious because of Jasmine's words and serious expression. However, she didn't expect that this unreliable Jasmine not only planned to use words to persuade the snake to come down, but also used words that were similar to a police officer persuading a criminal …
This made Chizao suddenly have a feeling that 'there's something wrong with my head for believing her'.
However, just when everyone thought that Mo Li was just joking, the snake really stopped moving and slithered down the tree. The girls under the tree were so scared that they ran away. Only Mo Li and Chihaya were still there.
But even Chihaya was a little uneasy when he saw the giant snake that was as thick as his wrist.
When the snake came down, it even raised its triangular head and nodded at Mo Li and the girls in a very human-like way. Then, it crawled into a small ditch and disappeared with a splash …
"It actually worked?"
Chihaya blinked, his eyes full of disbelief.
"See, I told you it's not a problem."
Mo Li turned around and proudly straightened the washing board. "This is the power of communication."
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