Serpent

I don't know what season it is, but there is a drizzle in the sky, like fog and smoke, and tiny water droplets are flying lightly.The humid air is filled with the smell of fresh grass mixed with the fragrance of earth.

The strenuous exercise made Ao Jia a little out of breath. He breathed in the humid night air like a fish finally returning to the sea.Even he himself didn't know whether it was the joy in his heart or the most unknown pain in his heart that prompted him to run so desperately.

For a long time, under the tenderness of the Snake Ancestor, his desire was suppressed for too long, so that he almost gave up his plan to escape.Even he himself thought that he would live with that man for the rest of his life, after all he didn't treat him too badly, and the chance of escaping was so slim.But it wasn't until the hope appeared that the long-extinguished longing burned again, and he realized that it was not the case.

After running for an unknown amount of time, the rain suddenly picked up, and big rain flowers fell down, finally making Ao Jia sober.The ground was a bit muddy, Ao Jia collected himself, and was about to lick the corners of his mouth when a burst of intense pain beyond words exploded from his body.

"Ah!" Ao Jia curled herself up forcefully and slammed into a broken tombstone.The world became distorted instantly in his eyes, the sky was tight, but the ground was red, flowers and plants were chaotically intertwined, and there was a dizzying scene in front of him, as if his head had been split open. It hurts to death, no, it's the kind of pain where the whole body is being peeled off bit by bit.

Is it poisonous?Ao Jia was sweating uncontrollably, her whole body was red.It was as if someone was stirring with an iron rod in my mind, and I felt unspeakably uncomfortable.

"Save...save me..." Ao Jia stretched out her hand behind her with the last bit of strength in her body.But it has been a long time since I felt that kind of familiarity and care.His empty hand stayed in the air for a moment.It took a long time to remember that the seriously injured man had been completely left behind by him.

No one will come to save him... Ao Jia resigned to his fate and closed his eyes, clenched his teeth. The sweet and fishy blood came out of his throat, and he swallowed it hard again.Hold back... you will die soon, at least if you die, it won't be so painful or uncomfortable.Moreover, at least when I die, I am free...

Thinking this way in a daze, Ao Jia shrank her body tightly and slowly lost consciousness.

"Hahaha...you run...you run! Just run! Ao Jia, you are mine...no matter where you go...you can't escape my palm, one day... always One day I will catch you back... catch you back! Heh heh heh... when the time comes..."

"Ao Jia...I'm going to die...don't go...I'm going to die..."

"I'm seriously injured, help me back to the snake cave..."

"Ah!" Ao Jia screamed, and was startled awake from the dream by the blood-covered Snake Ancestor.

The glare of the sun made Ao Jia's eyes hurt a little, he covered his eyes weakly, his headache was splitting.The clothes on his body were wet and cool and stuck to him, and the wind made him feel a little chilly.Only then did Ao Jia realize that she was in a cemetery. It had been raining all night, but the air did not become fresher. Instead, it became more stuffy due to the sun.

"Huh?" The pain I experienced not long ago seemed like a ridiculous dream.Ao Jia looked down at the sweat-soaked thin shirt on her body.Himself, is he dead?He tore off the clothes on his chest in a panic, only to find that the little black snake that had troubled him for a long time had long since disappeared.Instead, there was a faintly visible light golden little dragon, similar to the little black snake, it also had its head tightly biting its tail.

Ao Jia sorted out her clothes in a daze, her ears filled with the soft chirping of unknown insects.It's funny to say, Ao Jia looked at this barren afternoon, and suddenly felt an unprecedented emptiness from the depths of her heart.Where are you going and what are you going to do?Obviously it is the freedom that I have been asking for, but when I really get it, I find that it is actually nothing special.This kind of freedom seems to be only suitable for letting oneself die in it.

The joy of regaining freedom faded, and Ao Jia, who was a little more sober, still couldn't help thinking of the Snake Ancestor.That man, I don't know what's going on now.Last night, I seemed to be bewitched by someone, and I only thought of myself.Thinking about it now, Snake Ancestor’s injuries were quite serious at that time... Ao Jia suddenly shivered, maybe he would really die...

"Ao Jia...don't go...I'm going to die...I'm really going to die..." For some reason, thinking of Snake Ancestor, the heart-piercing wail in the dream sounded again.Ao Jia closed her eyes in pain, and tightly covered her ears.But as soon as he closed his eyes, his eyes were filled with glaring red one after another.It was a scene he would never forget.

"Ao Jia, I like you..." Ao Jia shrank her body tightly, but Snake Ancestor's voice was still echoing back and forth in his ears.Just one sentence made him burst into tears.All the past events were recalled one by one, the pain in my heart was getting deeper and deeper, and the emptiness was getting wider and wider.

"Jiajia, come back...as long as you come back, I don't care about anything..." The magical voice appeared in his ear again.Ao Jia was almost mesmerized by this voice.As long as I obediently and take the initiative to go back, will everything become the way it was before?Ao Jia was stunned by this strange idea in his opinion.

"Jiajia, as long as you come back...we are still the same as before...I don't care about anything...really..." An ethereal voice came from the direction he had fled all the way from.It was the voice of Snake Ancestor...it was that man's voice, this voice that he loved and hated at the same time, Ao Jia would never admit it wrong.

"I...I want to go back..." Ao Jia climbed up from the muddy ground with his hands and feet, and started to run back in the direction he was escaping regardless of the pain in his whole body.Snake Ancestor's voice has been playing back at a frequency that only he can hear: "Jiajia, come back...you come back...don't go...I'm hurt so badly, you come back..."

Every word, every word, and every tone in Snake Zu's words had an extremely long echo in Ao Jia's heart.He ran as hard as he could, and ran back with much more effort than he had to run away.He could almost see the man's long, tarnished hair, his terrifying face covered with snake scales, and his body riddled with holes, not to mention the frightened and angry face Trembling look.

That man needs himself.He has paid so much for his own sake, is it true that he really wants to leave him at this time?Ao Jia, didn't you keep saying that even if you escape in this way, you will never feel at ease in this life?