So she replaced the leather furniture with solid wood.
Yet.
It still got gnawed beyond recognition.
Even the chair legs were bitten off and missing one.
Su Yan looked at the debris on the floor.
She stood at the door and spoke up
"Fat snake."
She spoke lightly.
Originally basking in the moonlight on a rock outside the window, Little Red immediately slithered in.
Flicking its tail and red tongue in protest against Su Yan calling it that.
Su Yan gestured for it to come over.
Little Red protested as it wandered over.
"I'm not fat, I'm not fat!"
Initially, Little Red was proud of being a strong, fat snake.
But it's unclear when that stopped being a source of pride, becoming instead, a matter of rejection and sadness.
Why is that?
Was it when Yanyan forced it to chew on carrots for weight loss?
Little Red long forgot why.
Only now it really doesn't like people calling it fat.
Because Little Red had shrunk its body.
Even when upright, it only reached knee level.
