My Demon Husband Is a Snake

Chapter 1224: Golden Cage Atop the City Gate

"Hahahaha..." Zhang Zidao threw his head back and laughed three times, his voice unnaturally loud.

It shook loose a large patch of tiles overhead, which shattered and fell all over the floor.

Dawn had already broken outside, and in the glow of the first light.

A huge white-bright door had just barely opened, and the young man laughing in that radiance dissolved like wind and mist...

The clothes on his body scattered all over the ground.

Just like people’s understanding of death: aside from oneself, all worldly possessions are not brought at birth, nor taken at death.

My entire mind and spirit were shaken; I’d never seen such a huge door open in the sky.

Zhang Zidao had already disappeared, but the door was still there.

Not only could I see it, the entire Zhang Family.

Even everyone nearby could see it crystal clear.

This thing... isn’t it going to cause a huge commotion??

"The old man did that on purpose, right? Of all times to leave, why pick before dawn?" Zhang Shuying pushed the door open and burst in. Looking at the shattered tiles, there was a faint vicious glint in his eyes.

I shook off my daze and said to him, "I didn’t expect Master to leave so early either. Strictly speaking, the three days he mentioned are still a few hours short."

"The Heaven’s Gate is going to hang up there in the sky for a whole day. The Zhang Family is in for a good show." Zhang Shuying found a larger wine jar and plopped down on it, sitting with his legs crossed. "I have something to tell you; you need to stay calm."

"Go ahead." I sat cross-legged on the ground, my eyes calm and unfathomable as I met Zhang Shuying’s gaze.

Maybe I was too calm, because Zhang Shuying actually seemed a bit distrustful of my reaction.

He hopped down from the wine jar, walked up to me, and whispered in my ear, "There are three Golden Cages hanging on the east, west, and south city gates. Each cage holds a snake."

My heart gave a hard jolt, and my face instantly turned deathly pale.

Zhang Shuying sent three pictures to my phone. "They were hung up the moment the Heaven’s Gate opened."

I opened the three photos, and my gaze was immediately drawn in.

Inside the three iron cages were, respectively, a White Snake, a Green Snake, and a little blood-red snake.

Although they were trapped and listless in a way that made my heart ache.

Just seeing that they were still alive made the agitation in my chest ease a little.

"That red one’s your son, right? How’d he turn into a snake?" Zhang Shuying pointed at the little blood-red snake and asked.

I also had no idea why Dumpling had turned into a blood-red little snake, but the moment I saw his helpless eyes in the photo, my heart twisted in pain.

"His human body was forcibly stripped away; he’s extremely weak. Su Chongwen is humiliating the choice I made." My fingers wouldn’t stop trembling, and hatred flooded my eyes despite myself.

The first place I went was beneath the Golden Cage holding Dumpling. Below it, a crowd of morning exercisers had already gathered to watch.

"Dumpling." I looked up at the little red snake that was almost dried out under the sun, my heart shattering to pieces.

Dumpling seemed to hear my voice. He lowered his head to look at me and called weakly, "Mom."

Hearing a child’s voice, the onlookers went pale with fright. "Was that snake talking?"

"A snake speaking human words—must be a demon."

"If it wasn’t a demon, why would it be hanging on the city wall?"

I had never tried using Mysterious Step to go that high, even though I had that ability.

But without enough practice and technique, I’d probably fail.

"Shuying, help me find a ladder; I need to get up there." I said to Zhang Shuying.

Zhang Shuying looked especially cautious. "Hanging them someplace that conspicuous, it’s very likely a trap, Wan Wan."

"I can’t worry about that now, Zhang Shuying. If you can help me, you’ll be my Su Wan’s great benefactor for life. I’ll go through fire and water for you." I said, enunciating each word.

Zhang Shuying said, "Isn’t it just moving a ladder? Do you have to make it sound that serious?"

In this city, the Zhang Family’s influence is huge. It was easy for Zhang Shuying to get a ladder, and he even called in some acquaintances to disperse the crowd.

He went up with me. I was planning to use my Hairpin to split open the Golden Cage, when Dumpling suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

He seemed to be using his own power to suppress some speech impediment, and he said to me, "Don’t... save me. You can only save one. If you save me, Second Uncle and Dad will die."