Chapter 104

With the matter concluded, Mo Laoda and Yin Xiaoxiao returned home. Mo Dayi, of course, rushed to return to the Mo snake lands so he could voluntarily resume the burden of office and deal with matters that should have been handled by the Clan Head, but which Mo Laoda had pushed onto him instead….if there hadn’t been Clan Heads like this before, Mo Dayi would have complained to death about it.

Mo Dayi had only just returned to the Mo snake lands when Mo Damo came looking for him.

Mo Damo expressionlessly informed Mo Dayi, “I’m going to form a partnership with Mo Laoer. It’ll be in three months.”

Mo Dayi nodded his head to indicate that he understood and that Mo Damo could leave now.

Mo Damo stood motionless.

Mo Dayi asked, puzzled, “Is there anything else?”

This time, Mo Damo hesitated before opening his mouth. “The Clan Head. Over there, the distance is too great. Could I trouble you to inform him?”

Mo Dayi was stunned. First he thought, okay, this was because Mo Laoer and Mo Laoda’s relationship wasn’t good, and it would be awkward to go and extend an invitation. So, Mo Damo was asking him to invite Mo Laoda. But would Mo Laoda even come? Mo Dayi doubted it.

Mo Damo also knew that relations between Mo Laoda and his family also weren’t good, but this couldn’t have been it because, of course, it went without saying that the invitation for Mo Laoda wasn’t for Mo Laoer, Father Mo, Mother Mo or for anyone else’s sake. Mo Damo continued to speak, “I, as a friend, would like to invite Mo Laoda. Surely, it’s unlikely that he wouldn’t give me this face?”

Mo Dayi’s lip curled. Friend? He’d had no idea. When had Mo Laoda and Mo Damo become good friends?

“Why not go yourself?” Mo Dayi asked. “I think that, by now, Mo Laoda and Yin Xiaoxiao should have arrived home. Since you said Mo Laoda is your friend, I think going in person would reflect your sincerity!”

Mo Damo, hearing Mo Dayi’s words, was actually somewhat startled. Ah, yes, why not go himself and ask himself, indeed? Mo Damo’s gaze rested on a lone, distant tree. Perhaps it was because he wasn’t actually that familiar with Mo Laoda, or perhaps it was because, at Mo Laoda’s side, was that snake called Yin Xiaoxiao, who was already Mo Laoda’s rightful partner. But really, who knew why?

Mo Damo didn’t respond to Mo Dayi’s words. He only withdrew his gaze and humbly hung his head, “Then, I ask of you, please.”

Mo Dayi watched Mo Damo’s back as he slithered away, and he felt surprisingly felt a slight sense of desolation. But, quite quickly, Mo Dayi shook his head, expression aggrieved. ‘I’ve only just returned from there! Why do I have to go back now?!’

But complaining was clearly no use. Mo Dayi once again slithered towards Mo Laoda and Yin Xiaoxiao’s home.

Ordinarily, Mo Dayi would hurry back to the Mo snake lands after matters were resolved, stay there for a day or two and then slither back to Mo Laoda and Yin Xiaoxiao’s home. As such, he expected that Mo Laoda and Yin Xiaoxiao should have already returned! But, much to Mo Dayi’s disappointment, he had rushed over to Mo Laoda’s home only to find that Mo Laoda and Yin Xiaoxiao still hadn’t returned.

Mo Dayi: “…..”

Mo Dayi resigned himself to waiting outside the cave and seriously considered resigning his position as regent.

Finally, as Mo Dayi watched impatiently, Mo Laoda and Yin Xiaoxiao returned.

Yes, Mo Laoda and Yin Xiaoxiao were still in the midst of a “cold war”. Well, actually it was only Yin Xiaoxiao unilaterally refusing to pay attention to Mo Laoda, and Mo Laoda didn’t treat Yin Xiaoxiao badly while waiting it out. As for Yin Xiaoxiao, this guy had no qualms accepting Mo Laoda’s care and attention while wearing an unhappy expression – Mo Laoda could only endure!

“Huh? Mo Dayi? Why are you here?” Climbing down from Mo Laoda’s back, Yin Xiaoxiao saw Mo Dayi lying in front of the entrance to their cave.

Mo Dayi looked, aggrieved, at the only now returning Yin Xiaoxiao and Mo Laoda. “You two slither too slowly!”

“Fine ¹ !” Yin Xiaoxiao replied. “But shouldn’t you go back? Why did you return?”

“Naturally, because something else came up!” Mo Dayi’s gaze switched to Mo Laoda. “Clan Head, Mo Damo and your younger sister will be having their partnership ceremony in three months. You and Xiaoxiao, don’t forget to return!”

Mo Laoda, still thinking about why Yin Xiaoxiao was angry and refused to acknowledge him, answered without the slightest hesitation, “Not going!”

Mo Dayi: “….” ‘Don’t tell me that I endured so much to return, only so I could hear you say that one sentence “not going”!’

But Yin Xiaoxiao was actually a little interested. “Mo Damo and Mo Laoer’s partnership ceremony?”

Mo Dayi nodded. “That’s right. Mo Damo came to me to ask me to come here and inform Clan Head. Oh, that’s right, also he asked Clan Head to participate as his friend. Actually, I found it a little strange. Is Mo Damo that familiar with the Clan Head? Wouldn’t it have been better to issue an invitation as a close relative? After all, it’s your younger sister’s partnership ceremony. Then, Clan Head would be even more unable to refuse.” Mo Dayi’s character flaw of chattering away reared up again.

“As a friend?” Yin Xiaoxiao muttered. Even if the mouth said this, the mind was slow to change. Yin Xiaoxiao wasn’t sure whether Mo Laoda knew what Mo Damo was thinking, but to Yin Xiaoxiao it was very clear. When Mo Laoda wasn’t present, Mo Damo had said to him that he ² didn’t deserve Mo Laoda and the like. Did he ³ think that his ⁴ thoughts weren’t utterly transparent?! In other words, didn’t he ⁵ mean that he ⁶ was qualified?! How unfortunate, how unfortunate indeed that Mo Laoda had no idea of it! Ultimately, he ⁷ hooked up with Mo Laoda’s younger sister, Mo Laoer. But did he ⁸ believe that he ⁹ didn’t understand his ¹⁰ way of thinking: Even if I can’t become Mo Laoda’s partner, I can become his younger sister’s partner, and Mo Laoda will also become my family!

It was at this thought that Yin Xiaoxiao suddenly said, “Heitan and I will go.”

Mo Laoda was lost. “Huh?”

Mo Dayi hurriedly answered, “In that case, it’s settled! I’ll leave first!”

Mo Laoda stared blankly at Mo Dayi’s hurriedly retreating back, then turned his gaze to blankly stare at Yin Xiaoxiao.

At which point, a very happy Yin Xiaoxiao rushed over to kiss Mo Laoda on the mouth. Then he turned around, humming, and slithered into the cave. In order to show off his happiness at seeing his rival in love deflated and destroyed, Yin Xiaoxiao had to participate in Mo Damo’s partnership ceremony!

Thrown by Yin Xiaoxiao’s sudden change, Mo Laoda was even more at a loss. Why had the Little Idiot’s mood so abruptly changed? Mo Laoda thought for a long time but still couldn’t comprehend it. Finally, he gave up. Forget it. What was important, what was important was that the Little Idiot’s mood improved and he wasn’t angry with him. Like this, by evening…hehehehe. Mo Laoda, with a lecherous smile, also slithered into the cave.

What happened next was exactly as one would expect and, since they’d only done it once since they’d become partners, this time Mo Laoda was even more incomparably bold and fierce. One night after another ended like this. In short, after Mo Dayi left, the farthest that Yin Xiaoxiao slithered was to the open space in front of their cave to sunbathe.

The little abacus in Mo Laoda’s heart rattled ¹¹ . Now, to Mo Laoda, it seemed that his key duty wasn’t to act as Clan Head, but to have Yin Xiaoxiao give birth to baby snakes as soon as possible. They’d raise them for four or five years, and then he and the Little Idiot could leave them! Yes, the rest of the time would be for him and the Little Idiot! Thinking of their life in the future, Mo Laoda couldn’t help but beam with joy. Having baby snakes was in their snake DNA, after all, reproduction was foremost among a beast’s instincts. But what Mo Laoda most anticipated in the future was to live with Yin Xiaoxiao in their own world!

Oh, naturally his genes were quite powerful. So, even if the Little Idiot’s genes weren’t good, his would compensate, and conceiving baby snakes shouldn’t be a difficult matter! As long as he worked hard, it would take a few years….or a few dozen years. Not bad!

Even though a few dozen years sounds like a very long time, from the vipers’ perspective, becoming partners and having baby snakes was quite quick!

Finally, when there was less than a month left to go until the three month date, Yin Xiaoxiao firmly refused Mo Laoda’s advances! While Yin Xiaoxiao admitted that the acts were quite pleasurable, he absolutely had to attend his love rival’s partnership ceremony! There was less than half a month left, he had to cultivate his body, he had to strive to become bigger in order to upset Mo Damo!

Mo Laoda was completely oblivious to Yin Xiaoxiao’s thoughts, only thinking that Yin Xiaoxiao didn’t want him to touch him because he was eager to attend Mo Damo and Mo Laoer’s partnership ceremony. As a result, he harbored a grudge against Mo Damo. Could it be that the Little Idiot held a good opinion of Mo Damo?

–-Okay, Mo Laoda, where are your thoughts going?!

Like Yin Xiaoxiao wanted, as Yin Xiaoxiao and Mo Laoda headed towards the Mo snake lands, Yin Xiaoxiao indeed became fatter.

Mo Laoda slithered while muttering apprehensively in his mind, ‘Heavens! In three months, the Little Idiotreally became so much fatter!’

Because Mo Damo and Mo Laoer were both Mo snakes, those coming to participate in Mo Damo and Mo Laoer’s partnership ceremony were all Mo snakes. Altogether, there were only about a few hundred Mo snakes, so one can well imagine that, compared to the scene of Yin Xiaoxiao and Mo Laoda’s partnership ceremony, the number of snakes attending Mo Damo and Mo Laoer’s partnership ceremony were far fewer. But this was normal compared to Mo Laoda and Yin Xiaoxiao’s ceremony which had been completely atypical.

By the time Mo laoda and Yin Xiaoxiao arrived, the ceremony had already begun. However, when the surrounding Mo snakes saw Mo Laoda, they all voluntarily made way for Mo Laoda, allowing Mo Laoda and Yin Xiaoxiao to smoothly slither to the front. Mo Laoda slithered calmly, but Yin Xiaoxiao felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t know if he was imagining it, but Yin Xiaoxiao felt that the gazes of some of the Mo snakes really weren’t very good. Yin Xiaoxiao wanted to think that, at that time when he and Mo Laoda became partners, the Mo snakes who came to participate didn’t exude that much ill will!

The display here, of course, was seen by Mo Damo and Mo Laoer. Mo Laoer lightly hmphed. Whether that hmph was directed towards Mo Laoda or Yin Xiaoxiao was unknown.

Mo Damo’s gaze was much more complicated. Mo Damo looked at Yin Xiaoxiao’s obese  – of course, Mo Damo spitefully thought the word ‘obese’ – body. While, In his mind, he made fun of him, he also knew that Mo Laoda doted on him. He really didn’t know what he was feeling. He only knew that Yin Xiaoxiao surely had a reason. After that, Mo Damo turned to look at Mo Laoda.

Yin Xiaoxiao had been observing Mo Damo from the start. Seeing Mo Damo’s gaze turn to Mo Laoda, Yin Xiaoxiao immediately became unhappy, and he deliberately slithered in front of Mo Laoda in an attempt to block Mo Damo’s line of sight. Only, Yin Xiaoxiao clearly overestimated himself. There was absolutely no way that he would entirely block Mo Laoda! Angry, Yin Xiaoxiao growled, “Heitan, duck a little!”

Mo Laoda, really puzzled like a two zhang monk ¹² , merely obeyed. Yin Xiaoxiao, satisfied, spread himself out as much as he could to block Mo Laoda.

Mo Damo stared blankly at everything that happened. Looking at Yin Xiaoxiao’s smug face, Mo Damo finally and unenthusiastically withdrew his gaze.

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Footnotes

<ol>还好啦: literally means okay, but can be used to indicate that the speaker acknowledges what’s just been said and wants to change the topic. Like a nice version of “What ever !” YXX Mo Damo Mo Damo Mo Damo Mo Damo Mo Damo Mo Damo YXX Mo Damo 小算盘打的是噼里啪啦: idiom meaning to selfishly scheme 二丈和尚: an idiom referring to being unable to fathom what someone is thinking; two zhang is 6.6meters or 21.65 feet and, since normal people aren’t that tall, it’s impossible to reach a two zhang monk’s head, let alone understand what’s inside it https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/7491335.html?qbl=relate_question_1</ol>