An Jin's expression softened as she reassured him, "I'm just going to look around nearby for some medicinal herbs. I won't go far."
Seeing him stay put, the tip of his tail unwound from her calf. She breathed a sigh of relief and started to walk away. "Just watch over these two wooden boxes for me. I'll be back soon."
The black-and-red python followed her gaze to where she was pointing. Two yellow wooden boxes sat on the grass. She had been clutching them to her chest the entire time. 'They must be very important.'
Mi Yin hesitated for a moment before obediently moving his massive body, coiling up beside the wooden boxes.
He wound himself into a tight, impenetrable coil around them.
But his gaze still lingered with longing on her petite figure.
Only when she was completely out of sight did he lower his head, tucking it into his coils until he was as still as a stone.
After An Jin left, the tightness in her chest didn't ease. Instead, it grew worse.
