Guan Jing shrugged.
"I hear you're rather fond of his looks."
Su Ye looked up at him.
Guan Jing clicked his tongue.
"He doesn't want you to go to the Holy Land. I'd guess it's because he doesn't want you to see how ugly he'll look during his second transformation."
"What's more, he doesn't want you wandering around the Snake-man village. He's afraid you might go into the wrong house by mistake and meet his mother."
Su Ye froze.
"His mother… is still alive?"
'Only now did Su Ye remember. That's right, things are happening so much earlier this time. Of course she'd still be alive.'
Guan Jing let out a long sigh.
"I've been racking my brain, and I still don't get it. Why is he so against you meeting his mother? She's just a madwoman. Who would take anything she says seriously? Who would believe her?"
Guan Jing watched her, waiting for an answer.
"So, tell me. Why?"
Su Ye said nothing for a long while.
