My husband gave me two snakes as pets. The creepy part is, whenever they notice me watching, they start furiously mating. It’s enough to make anyone blush. That’s when the floating text suddenly appeared in my vision. [The female lead is so smart! I can't believe she thought of having the system turn them into snakes so they can flaunt their love right in front of the side character!] [Hahaha, they are going full speed ahead, and the side character is just standing there looking dumb! Little does she know the male lead is going to strangle her with his tail soon!] [As soon as the side character is dead, the male lead can inherit her multi-million dollar fortune and take the female lead home!] A chill ran down my spine. I immediately dialed the number of the snake catcher next door. "Hi, I have two incredibly fat snakes here. They’d make a great stew!" 1 I was woken up by a rustling, wet, slapping sound. I opened my eyes to see two six-foot-long, brightly colored snakes hanging upside down from my chandelier. They were coiled together like a DNA double helix, their heads raised excitedly, their tongues flicking and touching. Their eyes looked intoxicated, almost as if they were smiling like humans. A few drops of murky white fluid seeped from the tails, dripping down right onto the crotch of my nightgown. Not again. This was the eighteenth time they had gone at it in my bedroom. Frustrated, I sat up and tried calling my husband, Cole. Still no answer. I had no choice but to leave another voicemail. "Where on earth did you buy these two exhibitionists? They have no shame, constantly doing it in my house." "Honestly, I'm starting to doubt they're even snakes. They don't act like reptiles at all. They aren't even bothered by the AC set to sixty degrees." Suddenly, my vision blurred. A block of floating text materialized in front of my eyes. [Hahahahaha... congratulations, you guessed right! They really aren't snakes. It's your husband and your best friend, you idiot!] [They are going at it full throttle, and you're just standing there clueless, thinking you're raising pets! They're here to take you out!] [My female lead baby is a literal genius. To think she managed to hustle the system for two shape-shifting pills right before terminating their contract!] [Hahaha, they are deliberately doing it over the side character's underwear for the thrill of it, and then making her bathe them afterward. Watching this is so satisfying!] [They've been at it for so long, the female lead baby must be pregnant by now! It's time to send the side character packing! Otherwise, the female lead will show, and she won't look good in a wedding dress!] [Don't worry, after tonight, the male lead will strangle the side character with his tail. Then he'll shift back to human form, inherit her millions, and happily marry our female lead baby!] Reading these words made my blood run cold. Staring at the female snake glaring at me with a smug, vicious light in her eyes, I actually started to see the resemblance to my best friend, Chloe. According to the floating text—the "comments." Chloe was the "Main Character" of this world. She was supposed to follow a "System" to complete missions and build her career. But instead, she unexpectedly set her sights on my husband, Cole, deciding she wanted to steal him from me. Because of this, the System broke her contract, dropping two shape-shifting pills before vanishing. They planned to use the pills to get their kicks, while also finding a foolproof way to murder me! A bone-deep chill permeated every fiber of my being. In a daze, I actually heard Chloe's voice. "Hubby, look. That idiot is staring at us again. I'm so shy." The male snake's tail wrapped around her, and Cole's voice immediately followed. "I want her to watch. That's what makes it exciting. Come here, let your husband give you another baby." I bit my lip hard, using the pain to force myself to stay calm. The next second, I made a phone call. "Hey, Uncle Earl. Didn't you say these two snakes of mine were fat enough to make a killer stew? I'm selling them to you!" 2 Earl was probably stunned; he didn't say a word for a long time. The whole neighborhood knew he and I were mortal enemies. I loved keeping snakes as pets. He ate two pounds of snake meat almost every day. And before he ate them, he always made a point of torturing them. The day these two snakes arrived, he had followed the scent right to my door, slapping two thousand dollars down and demanding to buy them. Not only did I refuse, but I cursed him out. Hearing me say this now, he hesitated for a moment before speaking. "Harper, what kind of trick are you playing? Setting a trap for me?" "If you don't want them, I'll sell them to someone else!" I made to hang up. He hastily stopped me. "No, no, no! You've fattened those things up so well, I can't let anyone else have them. I absolutely want them! Save them for me! I'm heading back right now, you have to save them for me!" After hanging up, I noticed the two snakes had fallen from the chandelier and were slithering frantically across the king-size bed in a panic. Chloe's shrill voice pierced the air. "Is she crazy?! Why is she suddenly selling us?!" Cole analyzed the situation hesitantly. "Don't panic. You and I both know how much she loves snakes. The way she's taken meticulous care of us for the past two months proves that!" "Then what the hell is she doing right now?" "My guess is, she's setting a trap for that guy Earl. She hates him. She's badmouthed him to me more than once." "That's true, she told me she was looking for a chance to teach that Earl guy a lesson too." Chloe sighed in relief, her tail wrapping around him again. The two snakes shamelessly began getting intimate right in front of me again. The female snake's head was a few inches lower than the male's, looking up at him like a concubine begging for favor from a king. "Hubby, the System's antidotes will be deposited in the next two days. Shouldn't we hurry up and get rid of her before we turn back into humans?" Cole's snake eyes darted toward me. His dark, forked tongue hissed in my direction. For a moment, he didn't speak. Chloe hissed at him. "Why aren't you saying anything? Are you getting soft? You still love her, don't you?! I knew it! You love her to death! You're just playing with me!" The female snake swung her head and slithered onto my dresser, coiling around a framed object. She stared at Cole with teary, reptilian eyes. "You kept your token of love! You can't bear to kill her!" To my surprise, before she even finished her sentence, the male snake's tail violently smashed the picture frame! The glass shards pierced right through the two pieces of paper inside. It felt like they had pierced my heart a thousand times, too! Years ago, everyone knew that to win me over, Cole went from a failing student to a top-tier scholar. Our final SAT scores were only ten points apart. We went to the same university hand-in-hand. Those two score reports became our token of love, kept safe all these years. Now, his tail slammed down on my score report with a vengeance. A dark, ghostly voice drifted over. "She's terrified of water. I'm going to wrap my beautiful snake body around her neck, drag her underwater, and watch her slowly suffocate to death!" I was shocked by his cold-bloodedness, momentarily stunned into silence. Honestly, I treated him better than I treated myself. I had never done a single thing to betray him. When he wanted to start a business, I supported him financially and emotionally. When his business failed, I let him rest at home, or paid for him to go on luxury vacations. I covered every single expense. Why did he hate me so much? I looked blankly at the comments floating in the air. [I knew the male lead hated the side character! The harder he loved her before, the more he hates her now! After all, no Alpha male can stand a woman being better than him!] [The side character scoring higher on the SATs already pissed him off, and then she constantly flaunted her money! Every dime the male lead spent of hers felt like a slap in the face. Even if there was love, it burned out a long time ago!] [Hahaha, the side character deserves it! What good is a woman having so much money? Our female lead baby is smart. She knows how to submit and be soft in front of a man. A woman who knows how to act cute gets the best life~] I gave a self-deprecating laugh. To think my understanding and generosity had become the reason he wanted me dead. Biting the hand that feeds you, indeed. I walked straight toward the two snakes. They thought I was going to wipe them down and were completely off guard as I chucked them straight into a burlap sack. But just as I was about to tie the bag shut, the male snake lunged out, wrapping tightly around my neck with terrifying speed. 3 A freezing, scaly sensation pressed against my neck and shoulders. His head was raised high, his beady eyes glaring at me, his dark tongue flicking right against the tip of my nose. His tail was coiled tightly around my wrist. I was prepared to go down fighting. However, right at that moment, his eyes changed. "Hubby, what are you waiting for? Do it!" Chloe urged him on. Instead, Cole wrapped himself around my waist and abdomen twice, like he was protecting something. "She's pregnant." Those three words hit me like a thunderbolt. I looked down at my flat stomach. Impossible. He was the only man I'd ever been with, and he hadn't been home in ages. I hadn't had any kind of intimate life; how could I be pregnant? Chloe slithered over quickly, furious. "Ha! She always acts so loyal to you, but she’s been screwing around with some random guy this whole time!" "The baby is mine." Those few words sent another shockwave through me. In my confusion, I suddenly remembered a dream I had two months ago. In the dream, a massive snake had wrapped itself around me. When I woke up, the bedsheets were soaked. Looking back now, it wasn't a dream. It was Cole! "So that's how it is." Chloe curled up into a pathetic little ball. "Since she's pregnant, I'll just bow out. I know you could never bear to hurt your own child. I'll step aside for your happy little family of three. I'll just treat the beautiful time we spent together as a dream." Cole hastily hooked his tail around her. "Why are you being so accommodating? When did I ever say I didn't want you? I only want the child you give me. Her kid is just an ant I can crush whenever I want." His snake head turned to look at me. "Let's send them both to hell together then. At least they'll have company on the way down." I clenched my fists. Just then, the doorbell rang. Earl's raspy voice came through the door. "Harper, open up! I'm here!" 4 The two snakes exchanged a look, then intertwined like usual and slithered up to a high shelf, coiling together. I opened the door and let Earl in. "Catch them yourself. However you deal with them, I won't ask any questions." With that, I slammed the door shut behind me. The comments went crazy. [Why did the side character leave? Is she really selling the male and female leads? No way, right?] [The leads are panicking. They were planning to kill the side character after Earl left, but now that she's gone, how are they supposed to do it?] [Oh crap! Earl has a knife!] [Thank God the antidotes arrived just in time! Chloe baby, hurry up and eat it!] [Once he shifts back to a human, Earl won't be able to do anything to them!] [Eat it quickly! There are only two antidotes! If you don't eat them, you'll slowly turn into real snakes permanently!] Antidotes? My nerves pulled taut. If I let them change back, wouldn't all this be for nothing? I turned right back around, and the moment I opened the door, I was stunned. Chapter 2 Earl was single-handedly battling two massive snakes. He had grabbed both their tails to stop them from escaping, using every muscle in his body, his teeth gritted with effort. Both snake heads were stretching in the same direction, jaws wide open, biting frantically at the air. I followed their gaze and immediately spotted two black pills sitting on the table. Those had to be the antidotes the comments were talking about! Just as the snake heads were about to reach the pills, I snatched them up with lightning speed. Earl let out a muffled groan. Cole had somehow broken free from his grip and was lunging toward me. I didn't have time to think. I spun around, sprinted into the bathroom, tossed the pills into the toilet, and slammed the flush handle. With a loud whoosh, the two pills vanished in the swirling vortex of water. I heard Cole cursing loudly. He had slithered right up to my feet, his snake head dipping uselessly into the toilet bowl, looking like he wanted to cry. "Harper, I'm going to kill you!" I stepped out of the way just in time. Earl’s snake hook perfectly snagged Cole's head and yanked him backward. I breathed a sigh of relief. Looking over, I saw that Chloe had already been shoved into a burlap sack and was frantically writhing around inside. "These two monsters of yours are vicious. Thank God they aren't venomous, or I really might have died here today!" As he spoke, he clamped down hard on Cole's head and expertly shoved him into a second sack. "What are you going to do with them?" Earl clamped a cigar in his mouth and let out a dark chuckle. "None of your business what I do with them. We made a deal, cash for goods. I'm not giving them back." "I'm just curious." He squinted, blew out a puff of smoke, and kicked the burlap sack with his muddy work boot before answering. "Things this feisty, it'd be a waste to just chop their heads off. You've had sashimi, but have you ever had snake sashimi? Cool, thin slices... one bite, and it's way crunchier than fish!" His smile turned sinister. "A creature this long... I plan on starting from the tail and eating about four inches a meal." I dry-heaved. He just threw his head back and laughed. Chloe was screaming non-stop, begging for her System. Since the System wasn't answering, her despair was palpable. "What do we do, what do we do?! I don't want to die like this! Cole, think of something, please!" Cole's voice sounded even more terrified than hers. "The antidotes are the only thing that matters! Tell your System to send another batch!" Chloe shrieked, crying, "It's useless! I broke the contract with it! I used all my remaining points for those two pills! We're out of chances!" "We're going to turn into real snakes soon. But at least I have you. We'll be a snake couple forever." "Shut up! I am absolutely not turning into an animal! And I am definitely not having a litter of snake babies with you! This is all your fault, you psycho! If you hadn't brainwashed me into turning into a snake, I wouldn't be in this mess! I had Harper as my personal ATM, but you kept whispering in my ear, making me hate her! This is all your fault!" Chloe was dumbfounded. For the first time, the comments turned against Cole. [That piece of trash! Before, he was saying he'd love Chloe forever, that she was sweet and understanding, and he'd only ever marry her. Now that things went wrong, he instantly turned on her! Ahhh, I want to slap him to death!] I finally felt a release of the anger building in my chest. "Venmo QR code," Earl's voice snapped me back to reality. I pulled up my code and held out my phone. Just then, a figure rushed in and snatched my phone away. "You're not selling them!" 5 I froze for a second before realizing the person standing in front of me was my own mother. She immediately blasted Earl in the face with pepper spray. Caught completely off guard, he shrieked in agony. "Mom, what are you doing?! I called him here!" The next second, my mom slapped me hard across the face. "I heard everything! You were going to sell these two snakes, weren't you?!" I was stunned. "Why did you hit me?!" "If I don't hit you, will you wake up?! My son-in-law bought these two snakes specifically for us to keep! He made me promise to take good care of them until he gets back! He isn't even home yet, and you're selling them! Do you have water for brains?!" As she spoke, she quickly untied the snake bags, shaking out the one containing Cole. "Big Red, run, hurry!" Cole slithered incredibly fast, vanishing from sight in the blink of an eye. Seeing my mom reaching to release Chloe too, I desperately tried to stop her. "Cole cheated on me! I don't want anything of his!" My mom froze, then suddenly shook her head. "Impossible! Cole is such a good, respectful boy. How could he betray you? You just want to dump him and made up an excuse, didn't you?" I was utterly speechless. "Are you even my real mother? What kind of mother doubts her own daughter like this?" She sneered. "You're my biological daughter, alright. But you have your father's genes. You're both treacherous! Cole is innocent, just like me. He can't play your twisted games. I have to protect him!" I felt utterly helpless. My parents divorced a long time ago. When my dad passed away, he left all his assets solely to me, not giving my mom a single dime. Ever since then, she found fault with everything I did. On top of that, Cole always played the perfect, filial son-in-law around her, constantly flattering her with "Mom is the best." Over time, their relationship became stronger than hers and mine. Earl stumbled into the room, cursing, and grabbed Chloe. "I'll come back to settle the score for the other one another day!" "Earl, you bastard! This is robbery!" My mom rushed out after him. Less than five minutes later, footsteps slowly approached the door. I sighed and said, "You're no match for Earl. Why did you chase him? Besides, I already agreed to sell..." I stopped mid-sentence, stunned by the person standing in front of me. It wasn't my mom. It was Cole. 6 I doubted my own eyes and blinked hard. It really was the human Cole I remembered, not that massive snake. He was soaking wet and reeked of sewage. Seeing me, he flashed his signature smile. "Honey, I'm home." "Ran into some trouble, look a bit of a mess. I'll explain everything later." With that, he headed straight for the bathroom to shower. My legs felt weak; I could barely stand. I looked up and saw the comments cheering. [I'll forgive the male lead for yelling at the female lead earlier, considering he was brave enough to eat actual shit.] So that was it. Cole had followed the pills down the toilet drain and actually managed to eat them. My hands and feet turned ice cold, and I lost my balance, collapsing onto the sofa. Right then, my mom returned. She was sweating profusely, but wore a satisfied smile on her face. "Trying to mess with me? He's got a lot to learn!" I shot up. "You got the snake back?" "It belongs to my son-in-law, of course I got it back! You, on the other hand... I've never seen anyone so greedy! Your husband buys you a pet out of the goodness of his heart, and you try to sell it behind his back. You have no conscience!" She carefully placed Chloe into a terrarium and turned to look for the other one. Cole walked out, a towel draped over his shoulders. "Mom, no need to look. Thanks for your hard work. You should head home and rest." My mom was ecstatic. "Oh, it's so good you're back! This brat said you cheated on her! Tell me, what's going on?" Cole met my gaze, a smile playing on his lips. "How could I? I've been out of town on business all this time. I haven't even seen another woman. Besides, in my eyes, no woman in the world is better than Harper." Lying without batting an eye! I was furious. But in that moment, I had no proof. I couldn't exactly tell people he turned into a snake and cheated on me with another woman. In the eyes of the world, he was just a devoted husband who went on a long business trip and still sent gifts home every month. Flawless. Instead, he could use the baby in my stomach as leverage to force a divorce and take half my assets. Sure enough, the next second I heard Cole say: "I rushed back because I heard Harper got involved with another man and is pregnant with his child. I really didn't want to believe it. Mom, could you take a look?" "What?!" My mom turned pale with shock. She whipped her head around and glared at me. "You dared betray your husband?! I'll beat you to death, you shameless tramp!"
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