“For the sake of you helping me multiple times… I’ll be magnanimous today,” White Snake said.

“What?”

“Today you don’t need to join my ‘Mutual Aid Society.’ I’m also willing to listen to your sad story and try to counsel you. When we’re done, I’ll give you a book as a gift. Just return it tomorrow,” White Flower Snake said. “Come in, brat.”

White Snake also gave me a strange feeling.

He was also a “Zodiac” who had killed countless people, yet I couldn’t sense any evil from him either.

I was just about to follow him inside when several “participants” walked over from not far away. They didn’t seem to be participating in White Snake’s game for the first time.

“Earth-Snake!” a chubby-looking middle-aged man called out. “I’m damn well not convinced! This time there’s no way I’ll show any expression. Come on, come on! What book are you going to have me read this time?!”

Earth-Snake pulled me forward and turned his head back to say irritably, “Get lost, get lost, get lost. My sister and I have business now. No time to deal with you all.”

“Huh?”

Before the people outside the door could speak, Earth-Snake turned back and heavily shut the door.

“This…” I said somewhat at a loss. “This isn’t good, is it? You said you’re open for business…”

“Brat, didn’t I tell you…” White Snake shook his head. “You and your sister have helped me many times. You both contributed to the establishment of this game venue, so I’ll be magnanimous and help you too. Sit.”

After hearing this, my expression became somewhat downcast, and I found a chair to sit down.

“Why are you alone?” White Snake asked again. “Where’s that love master?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Earth-Snake’s expression changed.

“Wait a minute…” White Snake slowly opened his mouth wide. “You just said you ‘broke off with your best friend’?! No way?! Brat, what are you two trying to do?!”

“I…” I said hoarsely. “I don’t know either… I only know that we’re walking different paths, we each have our own choices… No… Moreover, Jiang Ruoxue does whatever she wants… So…”

I shook my head, deciding not to make it sound so nice.

I was wrong in this matter. I had to admit it.

So I could only speak the words from the bottom of my heart: “I wronged her. She helped me countless times without asking for anything in return, but the first time she asked me for something, I refused her…”

“Damn it…” White Snake cursed under his breath. “You two don’t look like confused people. Can’t you just get along fine?”

I smiled bitterly and shook my head, only hating that I was useless.

“And she actually does whatever she wants… Hiss…” After hearing this, White Snake nodded. “I need to learn from this kind of life attitude…”

“Learn from it…?”

“No, sister… I mean you need to talk properly with her!”

I stared into White Snake’s eyes, feeling a bit strange.

He was tall, and his voice sounded like a man’s, but the feeling he gave me was like a very gentle older sister.

“There’s nothing more to say…” I lowered my head again, then smiled bitterly. “I’ve been isolated by people since childhood. This is what I deserve. You might not believe it, but even the organization I established is an ‘isolation’ type… I’ve long been used to being abandoned by people. This feeling is probably something you won’t understand.”

“No… I actually understand quite well…” After listening to what I said, Earth-Snake also smiled bitterly. “Since childhood, everyone has treated me as a monster. Neither boys nor girls were willing to approach me. But they didn’t know that some things weren’t for me to decide, but were destined by heaven.”

“What…?”

“I understand that feeling all too well, sister,” White Snake smiled at me with resignation. “Most people in this world will have ill will toward me when they see me. They’ll mock and ridicule me, give me insulting nicknames, and occasionally hit me a few times. Whoever gets close to me will be scolded along with me. Even my biological parents who gave birth to me and raised me have no sense of recognition for me. Perhaps my existence… can only make them feel sorrow.”

I had never imagined that White Snake with such a personality would have experiences similar to mine.

At this moment, I felt he wasn’t a monster, but a flesh-and-blood person.

“Brat, I was probably even worse off than you during my school days, right?” White Snake continued. “Although those classmates might have only casually said things as jokes, they’ve stuck with me until now. Whether it was ‘sissy’ or ‘pervert,’ just a few words were enough to make me cry through the night. Thinking carefully, ‘being isolated’ was actually the best situation. I don’t need people in this world to have goodwill toward me. As long as they have no ill will, I’m very content.”

White Snake lowered his head and rubbed his palms together. The simple action revealed immense sadness to me.

White Snake and I were like two solitary flowers in the world. We were watered by sadness and grew into thorny appearances.

But to be honest… White Snake really wasn’t very suitable for organizing something like a “Mutual Aid Society.”

He was too emotional and easily had his own inner sadness triggered by other people’s stories.

And after hearing his words… I was truly even sadder!

Good heavens, could this broken organization of his really help people emerge from sadness?

Wasn’t it actually creating sadness?

“But brat…” White Snake changed the subject, raised his head to look at me, and his expression looked completely at peace. “Even solitary monsters like you and me… will encounter people who love us.”

“What…?”

“There will be people in this world willing to help us emerge from our solitude, help us become better people. They will compensate us with their own power for what’s been missing in our lives,” White Snake said. “We’ve been passive our whole lives. It’s time to actively fight for ourselves once.”

After hearing his words, the sadness in my heart actually began to dissipate.

“Whether it’s a lover or a friend, it’s the same for us,” White Snake smiled at me. “People willing to interact with monsters like us… what could they be other than angels? When you encounter an angel, if you don’t fight for them, can you really let them run away?”

“You’re right…”

I pondered for a while, slowly nodding my head. I discovered that over all these years, I had never even actively sought out Jiang Ruoxue.

I was too passive.

Why didn’t I go actively find her?

That day, Jiang Ruoxue had used so much “causality.” Perhaps she was in a state of mental tension and confusion.

Why did I have to make her angry at that time?

How good would it have been if I had spoken a few proper words to her? Why did I have to insist on my own principles?

“Thank you… White Snake, I understand everything now!”

“Damn… That’s great…” White Snake muttered quietly. “After all this time, I’ve finally successfully consoled someone…”

“What did you say?”

“No, no, no, nothing,” White Snake shook his head. “Brat, if you’re not sad anymore, stay away from me. When you go out, check if those ‘participants’ are still there. I’m in a bad mood. I might randomly kill a few people to vent.”

Uh… Okay, I almost forgot he was still a “Zodiac.”

Seeing that I hadn’t left after a long while, he blinked in confusion: “What’s wrong, brat? Do you need an additional session?”

“Weren’t you going to give me a book as a gift?” I said. “You said I just need to return it tomorrow.”

“You brat won’t accept even the slightest loss.”

White Snake casually reached behind him and pulled out a book that almost no one had looked at and was covered in dust.

“Take this one and play with it,” he said with pursed lips in irritation. “Remember to return it tomorrow.”

I took it and looked. It was a “Higher Plant Encyclopedia.”

Oh well, having something was better than having nothing.

I stood up, and when I reached the door, I looked at him and smiled: “How boring would the world be if there were only men and women?”

“What?”

“I think Goddess Nuwa thought of this when she created us,” I said. “Only colorful and diverse humans can construct a colorful and diverse world.”

“You brat… you…” White Snake looked like he wanted to lose his temper, but after a few seconds, tears fell. “You damn brat…”

“I’m leaving!”

Holding the “Higher Plant Encyclopedia,” I walked out of Earth-Snake’s venue with a smile on my face.

Perhaps for all this time, I was the first person to walk out of here with a smile.