Chapter 13 - snake man "Guozi. Your flat head is back." There was a commotion outside.
Guo Chengyu glanced at his reflection in the mirror. Buzz head, narrow contours, stiff stubble, a pair of almond eyes; Blood vessels were evident on his eyes, as if lack of sleep for days. In actual fact, it's born natural. Strong lip lines and slightly protruding jaw. He might appear to be hard to get on, but in fact he loved to smile.
Guo Chengyu headed out of the room and stared at the glass container on the ground. In it laid his favorite that had been raised elsewhere for days. The so called flat head was actually a king cobra. Guo Chengyu liked snakes but he never keep them himself. He hunt for the best during free time, got some back and asked others to keep it for him. When it's ready he would bring them out.
"Seemed fatter." Guo Chengyu crouched down to have a look.
The king cobra looked massive, and was black all over. It was lying on the side of the glass container like a boss, scrutinising at the people standing around him. It stuck out its tongue which had a brutal scent around it.
"Tsk tsk...... look at those eyes. Such a slut!" Guo Chengyu crooked his head to talk to Liwang.
Liwang reminded Guo Chengyu, "It's almost time, let's go. Don't keep them waiting."
Guo Chengyu gestured, "Bring the young master into the car."
Two sturdy guys came up and gently lifted the glass container with most care.
On the way to the destination, Liwang asked Guo Chengyu, "Should we take Xiaolong along with us?"
Guo Chengyu's face fell. "For what?"
"We aren't betting money this time, are we?"
Guo Chengyu twitched his mouth, "Find another one and bring that over."
The vehicle drove all the way to the outskirt of Beijing and approaching Chi Cheng's lair of snakes. Chi Cheng was considered as the top dashing prince in Beijing. People call him the snake man. He idled his days away and only would spend time with snakes. Sometimes he would keep some pigeons or bamboo rats as snake feed and lead a life of a retired old man.
During festive seasons, Guo Chengyu would always go there for snake battle. Most of the time it was for money.
When Guo Chengyu arrived, Chi Cheng was fumbling a bamboo viper with a twig inside the room. He gave the venomous animal a morning and turned to look in their direction. Squinting his eyes to reveal a firm wrinkle.
Guo Chengyu had delicate facial features. Dark, devious and mysterious; Chi Cheng had dense vivid facial features. His eyebrows were thick and heavy. There was always something deep in that gaze. The two of them were childhood buddies. Furthermore, their fathers were good friends as well. In the eyes of others, they were tight.
In actual fact, neither could tolerate the other.
There was an enclosure in front of the house. It was used for snake battle. There was steel wire mesh covering it. Chi Cheng personally called for his favorite. It was a python weighing over 30 kilograms. Like its master, it had a massive body and keen gaze. Two kings that would never meet in the wild had met here. Today would be their showdown.
Except for Guo Chengyu and Chi Cheng, there were many onlookers around. Some of them followed behind Guo Chengyu's vehicle. Some of them were Chi Cheng's men. They crowded the entire arena watching the exciting match going on.
The king cobra was ferocious by instinct, excellent agility and deadly venomous; The python had a massive body, strong muscles and amazing strength. If these two creatures were to face off, it would be a fierce battle.
After studying each other for a while, the king cobra made its first attack and struck at the python in a dash. The python was almost hit as it coiled its body and entangled itself with the king cobra. It attempted to use force to suppress the king cobra as a round of deadly turning and thrashing began.
Guo Chengyu crossed his arms in front of his chest. There was a cigarette in his mouth as he watched on with much interest.
No words from Chi Cheng was heard. His eyes were deadly calm and emotionless.
"Aiyo!* Fuck!"
Someone from the onlookers exclaimed behind Chi Cheng's back. The python was attacked. The king cobra had just bitten it. The bite almost had landed on its heart. Fortunately the fangs of king cobra was tiny and the python had thick scales as well as immunity towards venom, the bite did not cause an immediate fatal death. The bitten python became furious at one as it pounced onto the king cobra with madness and gave it a fatal bite, causing its spine to collapse......
Guo Chengyu still had a promiscuous smile hanging on his face.
Chi Cheng reached into his pocket in silence. In it was his pinky-sized pet snake. It was shaking its body vigorously acting like a spoiled child cutely. The moment his fingers touched the icy body, Chi Cheng's heart was at ease.
T/N
*Aiyo - A Chinese expression meaning something like 'Damn!', 'Oh my!' 'Ouch!' or 'Oh dear!'
Although it's a short chapter, but that's all for today.. sleep i must...