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?”

a tad shy, bowing its head.

the shrubbery, making a sharp noise like it hit a rock on the

left in

had missed the whole encounter, cautiously peered around. Noticing the absence of the

pocketing the wildflower, simply murmured, “Seems like

some berries, Stephanie reached out

those

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common sense? Eating random fruits out in the wilderness, especially in dense forests, is bad. Has the rain made you lose your

eat that, be my guest. But do me a favour and keep your distance afterwards so your don’t make me sick.”

Stephanie’s recklessness only added

the clueless writer behind this novel. Why do they keep writing such silly female leads? And always putting the side characters

head out. Whether it was her imagination or not,

because of the

Stephanie had thrown away, coiled around it,

snake had gobbled

Milly was speechless.

If a poisonous thing cats another poison, it’s supposed to be okay,

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

dead from the

left without

snake, not

the poisonous fruit. A gleam

she picked up a large rock, clenched her teeth, and lifted it high to smash it down on the snake

you doing? Put that

out, we should get rid of it before

Milly quickly said.

wasn’t aggressive towards them and wasn’t a danger, so

there was something odd about the snake.