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After my younger brother's first month, he stopped eating. Dragon Father and Dragon Mother were very worried. No matter what Dragon Father did, my brother wouldn’t eat. When Dragon Mother force-fed him, he would cry uncontrollably until his throat was hoarse.
With no other options, they called for the Dragon Physician. However, the physician couldn't diagnose what illness my brother had.
One day, when Dragon Father tried to hold my brother, he suddenly bit down on Father’s sleeve. In that moment, Dragon Father realized something; he said that my brother must have come into contact with the smell of blood, which was why he was biting things. He wasn’t sick and refusing to eat; he wanted to drink Snake Blood.
Dragon Father fed him Snake Blood, and my brother's lips turned red, as if he were feeling better.
That night, I lay on the pile of bedding, filled with excitement, sensing that something was about to happen.
Before long, I heard noises coming from outside. I quietly opened the door a crack and looked out. What I saw terrified me. The courtyard was crawling with all kinds of snakes, all heading in one direction—toward Dragon Mother's Palace. They could attack our house at any moment.
One particularly thick snake was pushing against the window; if it managed to open it, Dragon Father, Dragon Mother, and my brother would be in danger.
“Get away!” I made a loud noise to scare off the smaller snakes around me.
“Dragon Father! Dragon Mother! Wake up!” I shouted desperately.
“Wang Long, why are you shouting in the middle of the night?” Dragon Mother scolded angrily.
The room was lit by candles as dragon father got up and walked towards the door. The large snake sensed danger and immediately transformed into a dragon, coiling in the middle of the courtyard, ready to fight at any moment. I hurried out of the house, disregarding everything, and rushed towards my parents' room.
"Dragon Mother, I'm scared!" I stood at the door and gently knocked.
"Get lost! You disaster! Haven't you caused us enough trouble? If you don't leave, I'll kill you!" Dragon Mother shouted angrily, her voice harsh.
"Dragon Mother..." I said, my voice trembling with tears.
"Get out!"
Dragon Mother refused to open the door. She continued to curse at me from inside, telling me to leave immediately. I was too frightened to go away; I feared the snake would eat me. I remained outside, thinking that if I stayed close to them, the snake wouldn't dare approach.
Inside, Dragon Mother kept shouting, and dragon father was growing impatient.
"Enough! Wang Long is still a child; you should be nicer to her."
"Why should I be nice to her? She's just a disaster; she's a snake woman, a beast!"
dragon father didn't respond but chased away the large snake because of Dragon Mother's words.
I wanted Snake Mother to come out from that dark cliff; I knew Snake Mother Cliff had mechanisms, and I also knew that Snake Mother needed my help. If only I had great strength, then I could break the iron chains and set Snake Mother free. But I had nothing; I curled up in a ball, waking in the cold night. The number of snakes at Snake Mother Cliff was dwindling.
Every day, dragon father would cut Snake Mother and take some blood to feed to his brother. Due to the continuous bloodletting over several days, Snake Mother had grown very weak.
Strangely, no matter how weak the Snake Mother was, I couldn't bring myself to hate my brother. Deep down, I felt that he was a part of my life, and I simply couldn't despise him.
I applied herbs to the frail Snake Mother, and she blinked at me, as if to say thank you.
Night fell once more, and I heard that sound again. I closed my eyes and forced myself to sleep. Eventually, I truly drifted off.
The next day, dragon father was seeing dragon Physician off. dragon Physician's face looked quite grim.
I rushed to the doorway of dragon father and Dragon Mother’s room and saw Dragon Mother lying on the bed. Her lips were slightly purple, her chest rose and fell, but she appeared almost lifeless.
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