The City’s Strongest Son-in-law

Chapter 1163: Chapter 1162: There’s Something Underfoot

Just as the gorilla was about to attack, its palm-stopping motion suddenly froze, and the surrounding air seemed to congeal.

Su Changfeng clenched his fists tightly, ready to fight, but he saw a jaw-dropping scene.

The gorilla’s movement froze, and without even glancing at Su Changfeng, it turned and fled wildly, as if it had seen something terrifying.

Uh...

After a long silence, Chen Qingqing cautiously spoke, ”Brother Changfeng, what happened? Why did it suddenly run away for no reason?”

Su Changfeng clenched his fists tighter, and after the initial shock, alarm bells rang in his mind. For such a powerful creature to voluntarily give up attacking, there must be a reason. The only explanation is that it sensed a greater threat.

In other words, there’s an even more formidable creature nearby.

”Qingqing, hurry over here, come to my side!” Su Changfeng urgently called to Chen Qingqing.

A puzzled Chen Qingqing walked over and asked curiously, ”Brother Changfeng, what’s going on?”

Su Changfeng calmed himself slightly, glanced warily at the surroundings, and explained, ”Since it was scared off, it means there’s something more powerful around us, so we must remain alert at all times.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Qingqing finally understood what Su Changfeng meant.

The surroundings were silent, with no sounds, but the atmosphere grew increasingly tense.

After a few minutes, Chen Qingqing couldn’t hold back anymore and said cautiously, ”Brother Changfeng, so much time has passed, and it seems like there’s nothing here? What’s really going on?”

Su Changfeng was also very puzzled. Logically, there should be something here. The gorilla clearly left because it was frightened by something.

Therefore, in his view, unless it detected a presence stronger than itself, why would it voluntarily give up the attack? It’s truly unreasonable.

”Better stay cautious; things certainly aren’t that simple.” Su Changfeng dared not relax. This is Infinite Cave that even the Tuo Shi people dread, filled with countless bones. They can’t predict what might appear ahead.

After a few more minutes, the powerful creature Su Changfeng expected still didn’t appear, increasing his doubts.

Just then, Chen Qingqing suddenly shouted, ”Brother Changfeng, look quickly, there’s something at your feet.”

At the feet!

Hearing this, Su Changfeng instinctively straightened his legs and looked down, only to see a small snake, as white as marble, moving. It didn’t seem aggressive, and even appeared a bit cute.

”Brother Changfeng, look, this little guy is really pretty.” While speaking, Chen Qingqing bent down, preparing to catch it.

Su Changfeng quickly stopped her, ”Qingqing, don’t move. Remember, this is the Infinite Cave.”

Infinite Cave, the most dangerous challenge of Tuo Shi. Here, even a small ant couldn’t be underestimated by Su Changfeng, let alone this obviously unusual small snake underfoot.

A snake as white as marble, emitting a shimmering light, appearing in Infinite Cave—how could it be just an ordinary creature?

”Brother Changfeng, it’s fine. I even worked at a pet shop for a while and handled such things.” Chen Qingqing squatted down, intending to reach for the snake, when suddenly, the formerly quiet snake flicked out its red tongue, its body surging violently, as if warning her.

Frightened, Chen Qingqing hastily stood up and hid behind Su Changfeng.

”Brother Changfeng, this snake is so fierce!” Chen Qingqing said with some lingering fear.

”I don’t know what to say to you. This is the Infinite Cave. Just because you worked at a pet store, doesn’t mean you can touch any snake you want. Really reckless!” Su Changfeng was speechless, thinking this girl was really fearless.

Chen Qingqing stuck out her tongue, aware she had been too impulsive, and nodded obediently upon hearing Su Changfeng’s words.

The atmosphere was momentarily subtle, as Su Changfeng watched the small snake underfoot, as if facing a great enemy, while the little snake, seemingly cute, also watched him.

Su Changfeng pondered whether the gorilla’s strange behavior earlier could have anything to do with the small creature in front of them. Yet, he couldn’t imagine this little snake being a significant threat.

Could such a small creature truly threaten a huge gorilla?

”Brother Changfeng, are we just going to stand here?” Chen Qingqing, looking at the strange picture of man and snake staring at each other, felt it was a bit off.

”The snake looks silly; maybe I was overthinking. In that case, let’s hurry and move on.” Su Changfeng said.

At that moment, the small snake coiled itself into a ball, its tiny head drooping, motionless as if asleep.

Seeing it act this way, Su Changfeng found it odd, and Chen Qingqing, twitching the corner of her mouth, said with a strange expression, ”Brother Changfeng, is it—is it being affectionate with you?”

”Affectionate?” Su Changfeng’s eyelid twitched, wondering how a snake could be affectionate with him. This was their first visit to Infinite Cave today, right? And could a snake have feelings? Affectionate with a trespasser? It seemed quite humorous, right?

”Ahem, do snakes have feelings?” Su Changfeng awkwardly asked, unsure why he was even asking this, perhaps because Chen Qingqing had mentioned working in a pet shop.

”I guess they do, but such pets do pose a certain danger.” Chen Qingqing said.

Guess? What does that mean? Su Changfeng didn’t know what to say anymore. Everyone has different interests, but he truly couldn’t fathom keeping large dangerous pets, their owners must have unusually strong psychology.

”We better hurry; getting out is most important.” Su Changfeng said.

Just as they were about to continue, Su Changfeng suddenly felt something on his leg. Looking down, it was the small snake from earlier, now coiled around his leg.

Meanwhile.

In the Mountain Villa in Jiang City.

The villa seemed unusually lively today with many people coming and going, yet strangely, everyone leaving the villa wore a helpless expression, as if something major had happened.

”Shangguan Sichen, Shen Hanxue is the woman Su Changfeng loves most. If anything happens to her, do you know what the outcome would be? You have to find a way to save her!” In the garden, Zhu Lie looked at Shangguan Sichen with a serious face.

Shangguan Sichen was equally serious. He knew very well how much Su Changfeng loved Shen Hanxue. If anything happened to her, he figured he’d be implicated as well. Forget going to Tuo Shi; surviving would be uncertain.