The woman in the mirror's mouth corners sinisterly curled up as her blood-red eyes eerily fixed on me. Her hands, with nails sharp and long, reached out to me, caressing my cheek, "Despicable woman, what the hell are you? How do you match up to Yu Longting?"

"Help... help... there's a ghost..." My hand shook, and the clothes in it fell to the ground.

Rigid and cold all over, I found myself unable to move.

The woman's face turned icy, and she slapped me hard across the face, "I am your Snake Immortal Grandma! Blind to Mount Tai you are."

A loud buzzing noise exploded next to my ear.

I fell to the ground, the taste of blood filling my mouth, "You're a snake? You... like Yu Longting... that's why you're troubling me?"

"Your filthy mouth isn't worthy of mentioning his sacred name." The woman glared at me, her hand whipping up for another slap, "Yu Longting is mine, give him back to me."

I feared the pain and managed to dodge just in time; her palm wind barely grazed my face, "Right, right, right, Yu Longting is yours, take him."

"He cares so much about you, yet you don't cherish him. You deserve to die!"

The woman, clad in a rustling red dress, stepped out of the mirror, seized my collar, and swung her hand at my face, "I hit you, and you dare to dodge, slut!! This time, I want to see you try."

Suddenly, a powerful wriggling sensation erupted in my belly, accompanied by a childishly angry voice, "Don't you dare hit my mommy! Bad woman!"

A shadow burst forth from my abdomen and slammed hard into the belly of the woman in red before me.

The woman staggered backward several steps before stabilizing herself; rather than anger, her face lit up with excitement, "You... you're Little Snake Lord? You can actually... hurt me! Worthy indeed of being Yu Longting's child..."

I touched my belly, it was my baby inside...

Speaking.

I had always been unsure before, but this time I was certain; he could actually speak and even sense the outside world.

Something warm and tender began to grow slowly inside my heart.

I whispered softly, "Don't be reckless, your dad said that if you come out to protect me, you'll get hurt."

"This woman isn't fit to be your mother. As far as I know, she especially hates you and wants to abort you." The woman pointed at my nose, her beautiful face distorting with madness, "Little Snake Lord, let me be your mother; I will surely treat you well."

"I only want my mommy, not you," the little guy's voice was both sweet and fierce.

I felt... really...

Quite adorable, what's happening?

Not at all the horror I imagined~

"Su Wan, it was wrong of me to hit you just now." Hearing the little one's words, the woman suddenly flipped like a madwoman, her expression turning sinisterly gentle as she squatted before me, her palm with silvery scales caressing my reddened cheek, "Su Wan, don't worry. I won't kill you, nor will I harm you or the Snake Lord's child."

"Then... what do you want?" Her obviously up-to-something demeanor caused cold sweat to drip from my forehead.

The woman laughed lightly, "You just need to say you're willing to give the child to me, and you won't have to do anything else; I'll carry the Little Snake Lord for you. Humans surely don't want to give birth to a snake from their bellies, right?"

"I won't give you the child. If you want one, find Yu Longting yourself and don't come stealing mine." I curled up, weakly shielding my belly with my slender and powerless arms.

Our Combat Power was too disparate; it wouldn't be difficult for this woman to kill me in a second.

But at this moment, I so loved him, very, very much...

I'd rather die than have my child taken away.

The woman instantly flew into a rage, the crimson in her pupils spreading to the whites of her eyes until they were completely red, and her sharp fingernails clawed toward my belly, "I gave you a chance, but since you're so ungrateful, I'll take it myself."

I curled up even tighter, murmuring instinctively, "Don't... take my child away..."

But the very next second, I was lifted into the air in someone's arms.

I looked up to see Yu Longting's handsome and wicked face appear before me, his inky eyes cold as ice and snow, "Su Wan!! You fight to the death to protect our child, so why can you so casually offer me to someone else, without even a moment's hesitation?"