Just as I was enjoying myself immensely, someone suddenly shouted in my ear to wake up. Was I not awake? Why did I need to be woken up? Fine, I’d try opening my eyes then.

I opened my eyes and was still in that dim snake den, but who was this girl I was holding? And what was clutched in my hand—why did it feel so smooth, so bouncy, so satisfying?

Damn it, something huge had happened. It turned out I hadn't gone to the Netherworld, and that girl wasn't a gift from Zhu Da. I... I... I must be holding the very girl who was lying on the ground! What was worse, in my confusion, I had been playing with her **!

“Brother Zhao, wake up quickly! I give up on you; you’re groping someone even in your sleep. Are you pretending to be asleep on purpose?”

Thunderbolt from a clear sky—a truly shocking revelation. Wasn’t that coquettish voice Zhao Fen’s? Could it be that the ** girl lying on the ground just now was her? So, she had been captured and brought here by the giant python!

Heavens above! What have I done? To commit such a base, despicable, and shameless act while unconscious—Zhao Qian, I swear, calling you naturally amorous is no exaggeration. What am I to do now? How can I face her?

Luckily, Zhao Fen hadn't realized I was awake yet. Maybe I should just keep pretending to sleep. If I woke up with my hand still grasping her **, how could I ever look her in the face again?

With that thought, I silently closed my eyes again. Of course, I dared not let my hand wander anymore. After a slight pause, I moved my hand away from Zhao Fen's **. After another brief wait, I deliberately coughed in a drowsy manner, feigning just waking up.

“Brother Zhao, you’re awake. Thank you for saving me again.”

The light from the green stone was so faint that I couldn't make out faces clearly unless up close. I said, “Little Fen, you’re awake too. I’m still alive, right? I just dreamed I went to the Netherworld, and the King of Hell told me a great beauty was waiting for me above, so they weren't taking me yet and told me to scram.”

Zhao Fen laughed, “Hehe, Brother Zhao, I didn’t expect you to be so humorous. Where is there a Netherworld? Besides, I’m hardly a beauty.”

And she wasn't a beauty? In the dim light, everything was hazy, which only added a layer of mystery to Zhao Fen. When she laughed just now, those two snowy peaks trembled up and down, making my eyes swim a little.

Zhao Fen noticed me looking at her body and suddenly sprang away from my embrace as if bitten by something. One hand stretched out horizontally to shield her **, while the other covered her lower body.

“Brother Zhao, I’m sorry. When I woke up, I found myself like this. I searched the entire cave but couldn't find my clothes. I completely forgot about it just now. Please don’t call me indecent, okay?”

Pah, the indecent one must be that giant python. That old bastard stripped the poor girl naked. I don't know what its motive was, but it certainly benefited me. If anything, I should be thanking it.

“No, no, it’s not your fault. When I chased this snake in, I saw you lying on the ground. Then I was poisoned by the snake, collapsed, and knew nothing until I woke up and saw you.”

Zhao Fen told me, “When I woke up, I found the great snake that captured me dead nearby, and you were lying on the ground, unconscious. At first, I thought you had... had passed away. I only relaxed when I got closer and heard your snoring.”

Was I really asleep? How embarrassing, even snoring. “