Chapter Thirty-Eight: Frost Descends

  Frost Descent. The "Collection of Commentaries on the Seventy-two Periods of the Lunar Year" says: In the middle of the ninth month, the energy becomes solemn and congeals, and dew freezes into frost. Frost Descent is divided into three periods: First period: wild animals offer sacrifices; Second period: grasses and trees turn yellow and fall; Third period: insects all hide in the ground.

  "Alas......" Shi Ruwen climbed onto the desk in the study room, yawning repeatedly with a sleep-deprived look.

  Su Qi Ru was also infected by She Rui Wen and yawned several times. If this continued, Su Qi Ru worried that she would soon fall asleep on her desk. "She Rui Wen! She Rui Wen!" Su Qi Ru reminded him in a low voice, "If you're sleepy, go sleep, why torture yourself in the study room?"

  "Every year is like this, just bear with it, it's not like I really want to sleep! It's just... uh... the frost has fallen!"

  "Frost Descent?" Su Qi Ruo thought carefully, wasn't it supposed to be hibernation after Frost Descent? But then she observed Lu Ke beside her, why didn't he have any reaction at all? Wasn't the scorpion supposed to be in this category of hibernating too?

  "The snake tribe lives in the south and is not adapted to the northern land now." Lu Ke flipped through the book without even raising his eyes.

  Su Qi suddenly realized that She Ruiwen's accent was clearly tinged with the soft tones of Wu dialect, which meant he should be a typical southerner, no, southern snake. Thinking about it, he should have known that even snakes were rare in the north, how could they possibly attract the snake tribe? Alas, wasn't She Ruiwen saying that he met himself during elementary school and left an impression on him? Then his time in the north shouldn't be short either, why was he still not adapting?

  "It's still okay in the north! It's just too cold, once it gets cold I just want to sleep!"

  "Buzz, buzz..." The phone's vibration sound suddenly rang out. Lu Ke pressed the phone and said to Su Qi, "I have something to do, I'll go out first, and we'll contact each other by phone later."

  "Good." Su Qiye also didn't think much and voiced her agreement.

  Shi Ruwen's eyes, which had been tightly closed due to fatigue, suddenly opened a slit, shining with a subtle light that was hard to detect. He lazily turned over and lay on Su Qiye's desk, tempting her, "Don't you go see what he's doing?"

  "Why go?" Su Qi looked at the book with rapt attention, not intending to be tempted by Jiang Ruwen.

  "Wow, I guarantee you'll see something unexpected." Si Ruiwen rushed towards Su Qi's blinking eyes, not thinking that Su Qi was looking down and couldn't see his charming expression at the moment.

  "Not interested." Su Qi said, who didn't have any personal business, and besides, Lu Ke wasn't an idle person, he was still a freshman student, how could he accompany her every day.

  Shi Ruwen saw Su Qi was unmoved and threw out a topic that might interest her, "Don't you wonder about his identity in the Demon Clan?"

  Shi Ruwen said this, Su Qi Ruo raised an eyebrow and looked at him, not understanding what kind of medicine Shi Ruwen was selling in his gourd. However, thinking back to Shi Ruwen's previous misdeeds, Su Qi Ruo cautiously changed the subject, "Compared to Lu Ke, I'm more interested in your identity in the Demon Clan."

  “Haha……” Si Ruiwen smiled triumphantly, thinking to himself that he was indeed more charming than Lu Ke. Now that Su Qi had finally seen through Lu Ke's deception, Si Ruiwen found her adorable too. He winked at Su Qi and said with a smile, “Since you're so interested, I'll kindly tell you!” Clearing his throat, Si Ruiwen began to explain seriously, “The earliest records of the snake tribe can be found in the 'Shan Hai Jing - Da Huang Nan Jing': 'South of the Black Water, there is a dark snake that eats millet.' Of course, there are also stories about the Teng Snake, and humans have their own legends about Fuxi Niuwang with a human face and a snake body. However, those are just partial descriptions of the snake tribe. The true snake tribe was born from the heavens and earth, one of the ancient gods. But after the heavenly order changed, they were forced to intermarry with humans to continue their bloodline, resulting in demigods like Fuxi Niuwang.”

  "Ah!" Su Qi nodded knowingly, no wonder Fuxi and Nüwa were all human-faced snakes, before that she thought it was an exaggerated mythological statement, but it turned out to be a hybrid.

  Shi Ruwen saw Su Qi's expression remain calm after hearing the origin of the snake tribe, and suddenly felt disinterested. "Hey, you've been talking for half a day now, didn't that dead scorpion tell you about his tribe's origins?"

  "No." Su Qi was relatively passive in her interactions with Lu Ke.

  Shi Ruwen had thought from the very beginning that Su Qiyu was no match for this baozi, but listening to Su Qiyu's calm expression while speaking, it seemed like he didn't even have the awareness of being a god. What's the point of living as a god like this? Shi Ruwen suddenly wanted to slap his forehead and ask the heavens, "Hey, what time is it already? It's time to eat, let's go! Let's go!" Shi Ruwen dragged Su Qiyu out without giving him a chance to resist, and Su Qiyu was unwillingly pulled out of the study room. Didn't Shi Ruwen not have breakfast until 11 o'clock?

  She Ruiwen dragged Su Qi Ru all the way to the school cafeteria, and it wasn't even 11 o'clock yet, the dishes in the cafeteria hadn't been fully served! What was She Ruiwen doing?

  Just as Su Qi Ruo was panting and wanted to question Yang Ru Wen, she suddenly noticed a familiar figure, Lu Ke? He was here all along... Su Qi Ruo gazed at the distant Lu Ke, whose face wore a bright and sweet smile, a charming and intoxicating grin that showed off his cuteness. Lu Ke's baby face should always wear such a smile, he was an eighteen-year-old youth after all, a flower-like young man. But such a warm smile, he never gave to himself. Also, why should she have his warmth? Wasn't she just his food? Who would laugh heartily and say "Hey! I'm going to eat you!" before eating a bowl of rice? Su Qi Ruo thought she was stupid, she actually had feelings for him, she must be the biggest idiot in the world, definitely the biggest idiot!

  Lu Ke had long known that Su Qi was watching him from afar, and he also saw the triumphant smile on Si Ruiwen's face. However, he remained standing in place, allowing the girl in front of him to adjust his collar. He liked her gentle service and didn't hesitate to give her a smile in return. Perhaps, he really did like this girl? But why did he feel a little constrained when he noticed Su Qi? The lonely figure of Su Qi leaving made him slightly heartbroken - did he want to stop her from leaving or explain something to her? Why was he having these feelings? It was such a strange feeling.

  "Grandfather, what are you looking at? Is it that demon clan?" The girl turned around to look at Si Ruiwen, revealing a face full of vitality and smiling elegantly at him, showing off her innocent and pure nature.