Cutie Pie, Will You Come Home With Me

After speaking, she stood up and turned to walk out.

Her silhouette was filled with loneliness...

She really missed Cutie Pie.

But Cutie Pie had become so distant from her.

Her heart felt so sad...

As she walked, suddenly her shoulder felt heavy.

She turned her head and saw Cutie Pie squatting on her shoulder, staring at her.

"Cutie Pie! Will you come home with me?" Grace reached out and patted his head, asking happily.

Evan Xiao nuzzled her face.

"That's wonderful! I'll make you something delicious when we get home, okay?"

......

Back home, Grace felt that something was off with Cutie Pie.

His eyes were a little red, and the whole serpent seemed irritable.

Claire had just accidentally touched his tail while he was dazing on the table.

He almost bit her.

And he wouldn't eat.

Grace had made him delicious food with great care, but he just shook his head and lay there, unmoving.

His body temperature was also higher than usual.

"...Miss, I think...he's in heat." Nanny stared at Cutie Pie for a long time before speaking.

"In heat?" Grace's eyes widened.

"Look at those bloodshot eyes. It's obvious!" Nanny said with certainty.

After hearing that, Grace also felt it seemed true.

No wonder he was acting so strange today!

"Nanny, then what should we do?" Grace asked.

Nanny laughed, "Isn't it simple? Just find him an Antler Serpent to mate with!"

Grace nodded and asked Claire to call Tenner over, telling him to find a few healthy and pretty Antler Serpents.

Tenner agreed and turned to leave.

After a few steps, he came back and asked Grace, "Miss, is Cutie Pie male or female? I can't tell..."

Male Antler Serpents have long, straight antlers.

Females have short, curved antlers.

But Cutie Pie's antlers were neither long nor short—curvier than a male's, straighter than a female's...

Grace looked at his antlers, rubbed her chin, and said, "My gut says he's male."

"Your gut? What if your gut is wrong?"

"Then I'll ask him." Grace said. "Cutie Pie, are you a boy snake or a girl snake? Nod if you're a boy, shake your head if you're a girl."

Cutie Pie glanced at her, his eyes flashing, then slipped into the sanctum, sinking into the sanctum's lake.

He'd rather die than come out today.

"Oh? Shy now? Hiding away..." Grace laughed. "Alright, just bring a few of both males and females. Let Cutie Pie choose!"

"Okay." Tenner left.

Soon, he found seven or eight Antler Serpents at the restaurant, each lively and shiny.

Grace carried them into the sanctum, went to the lakeside, and called out: "Cutie Pie, come out! I brought you lots of friends! Come play with them!"

There wasn't a single ripple in the lake.

Grace laughed, "Don't be shy! Whether human or serpent, everyone has to grow up and find a mate someday!"

As she spoke, she asked Beanie, the sapling beside her, "Beanie, don't you agree?"

Beanie cutely nodded one of its leaves.

"Oh wow, Beanie!" Grace suddenly widened her eyes. "What's that growing on you?"

She noticed that a little bean tendril had sprouted from the sapling.

"Are you a bean sprout or a tree? You look like a tree, but now you've got a bean tendril! So what are you, really?" Grace wondered aloud.

As she spoke, she reached out and touched the fresh, tender green bean tendril.

The bean tendril wrapped around her finger, lively and intimate.

Grace felt her heart melt, stroked its leaf, and smiled, "Good boy."