A Film Queen

Chapter 290 Snake Encounter

Snake?

Milly caught what Stephanie was staring at and immediately looked like she saw a ghost.

The Umbra Viper is infamous for being the deadliest snake around.

But what’s it doing here? These snakes are usually found in hot, dry places, not here.

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“Freeze, don’t freak it out or anything, just pretend you never saw it. Critters like this tend to leave people alone unless they feel threatened, Milly whispered.

Stephanie managed to calm down and looked away, doing her best to ignore the snake.

Milly looked away, realising now wasn’t the time to bolt. She tried to act like she wasn’t bothered by the snake, all while keeping an eye on what it was up to.

The snake seemed intrigued by her, making its way out of the bushes, looping around the area close to her, and then sliding back into the grass.

Milly breathed out in relief.

< you alone.

Usually, once a snake gets bored, it leaves you

When she started to relax, though, she picked up on a rustling noise again. The snake returned, this time weirdly balancing a wildflower on its tail.

Milly couldn’t stop a smirk from forming because of the snake’s surprising act.

It came closer, gently set the wildflower down at her feet, and then looked up at her, almost like it was waiting for something or asking a silent question.

Milly caught what she thought was a silent plea in the snake’s gaze.

She cradled the beaten–up wildflower, probably a present from the serpent, finding it hard to find the right words. “Is this for me?”

seemed a tad

it slithered off into the shrubbery, making a sharp noise like it hit

was left in awe,

peered around. Noticing the absence of the snake, she exhaled in relief, “Has the snake taken

the wildflower, simply

reached

quickly intervened, advising, “Hold up, those

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not pulling another fast one on me,

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in dense forests, is bad. Has the rain made you lose your mind? Or

me a favour and keep your distance

added to Milly’s

got the chance to go back to her own world, she swore to call out the clueless writer behind this novel. Why do they keep writing such silly female leads? And always putting the side characters

snake she thought had disappeared made a comeback, poking its head out. Whether it was her imagination or not, Milly couldn’t help but notice the snake’s head looked more prominent than before.

it because of the bump

around

no time, the snake had gobbled up the

Milly was speechless.

cats another poison,

tail, took a few steps, and spit out some venom before falling to the ground

it dead from

was left without words

snake, not the brightest?

the side, Stephanie saw the snake motionless after eating the poisonous fruit. A gleam of

rock, clenched her teeth, and lifted it high to smash it down on the snake with all her might.

widened, “What are you doing? Put that

“Now that it’s knocked out, we should get rid of it before it wakes up later.”

quickly said.

towards them and wasn’t a danger, so killing it seemed wrong.

odd about