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?”

tad shy, bowing

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

was left in awe, speechless.

had missed the whole encounter, cautiously peered around. Noticing the absence of the snake, she exhaled in relief, “Has the

wildflower, simply murmured, “Seems like

berries, Stephanie reached out for them

up, those are deadly nightshade

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pulling another fast one on me,

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her, “Seriously, don’t you have any common sense? Eating random fruits out in the wilderness, especially in dense forests, is bad. Has the rain made

to eat that, be my guest. But do me a favour and keep your

Stephanie’s recklessness only added to

world, she swore to call out the clueless writer behind this novel. Why do they keep writing such silly female

poking its head out. Whether it was her imagination or not, Milly couldn’t help but notice the snake’s

of

its way over to the fruit Stephanie had thrown away, coiled around

had gobbled up

Milly was speechless.

poisonous thing cats another poison, it’s

snake moved its tail, took a few steps, and spit out

from the

without

snake, not

saw the snake motionless after eating the poisonous fruit. A gleam of satisfaction crossed her eyes. “Perfect.”

it high to smash it down on the snake with

are you doing?

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

quickly said.

and wasn’t a danger, so killing it seemed

was something odd about