The sickly one in F4 was the group's darling.

In the dead of night at Qinglu Mountain Villa, the lights in the glass corridor gradually come on.

Soft lighting cast a thin, shimmering glow on the polished marble floor. Each step of leather shoes on the steps produced a crisp, resonant sound.

Bai Luochen led Momo through the glass corridor, into the main building, and headed to the second floor.

The entire building was eerily quiet, with cool-toned wall lamps hanging down on both sides, casting long, thin shadows of a person and a snake.

The next second, a red warning message suddenly popped up on Xiaoqi's monitoring interface.

Heat source locked.

In the center of the image, the outline of a giant snake-shaped heat source is particularly eye-catching, steadily moving upwards along the stairwell.

It stared at the approaching heat source signal on the screen and panicked: Oh no, oh no, the giant snake that Bai Bai fears most is back.

Xiao Qi's heart was in her throat, her mind racing as she frantically weighed the pros and cons.

Wake Bai Bai up? No way. Deep sleep is crucial for heart recovery; interrupting the entire sleep cycle would ruin it. Besides, Bai Bai just cried tonight, experiencing huge emotional ups and downs, and is currently weak. If she's startled awake now, her heart rate will definitely spike to the red line.

What if the person was just passing by? Making such a fuss and waking someone up from their sleep, only to find out nothing happened, would likely leave the person worrying about the snake all night, unable to sleep, and their eyes would be swollen like walnuts the next morning.

Xiao Qi gritted her teeth in despair, then glanced at Bai Luochen on the screen. He looked calm and composed; he was sure he could keep Mo Mo in check. Besides, Bai Jiheng had previously said that Mo Mo was gentle and wouldn't hurt anyone.

Then keep an eye on them! As soon as there's the slightest movement, it will immediately sound the highest alarm! Xiao Qi kept a close watch on the two moving heat sources outside the door, not daring to relax for a moment.

At this moment, at the corner of the stairs.

Momo was originally nestled obediently on Bai Luochen's shoulder, its head resting on his collarbone, its tail loosely hooked around his wrist, lazy and well-behaved.

But just as it turned the corner, its narrow, vertical pupils suddenly contracted.

As if drawn by something, it suddenly looked up, its gaze fixed precisely on the tightly closed door deep in the corridor, its slender tongue flicking in and out rapidly, probing the unfamiliar and peculiar atmosphere in the air.

Bai Luochen's room is at the far end of the east wing, next to Bai Ci's bedroom.

While Bai Luochen was unlocking the door, Momo silently slid downstairs. Its thick, long body moved swiftly along the shadows of the corridor, its movements light and fast, and in the blink of an eye, it reached Bai Ci's door.

Bai Luochen stood at his door and turned around when he heard the sound.

The usually lazy and lethargic python was now coiled up on the doormat, its body curled up into a ball, its head tilted slightly forward, cautiously probing the crack in the door.

Nobuko scanned the gap under the door repeatedly, then lay down steadily, resting its chin on its coiled body, its vertical pupils half-closed, and the tip of its tail gently brushing the carpet, making a soft rustling sound.

It looked so docile, almost unbelievably so, like a dutiful gatekeeper.

Bai Luochen raised an eyebrow slightly.

He had personally raised Momo from a snake egg, from a tiny chopstick to the size of a bowl. He knew its habits better than anyone. Proud, lazy, and capricious, it wouldn't become interested in a door for no reason.

The only possibility is that something inside the door is firmly attracting it.

At the same time, Xiaoqi's warning panel turned completely red.

Mo Mo's heat source was now completely overlapping with Bai Ci's door!

Xiaoqi was on edge, ready to wake up the sleeping Bai Ci with a single click if Momo took another step forward; the entire system processor was almost overloaded and overheating.

It stared at the perception panel, as anxious as a hamster running wildly on a wheel. Meanwhile, Bai Bai rolled over in its dream, buried its face in the pillow, and mumbled something indistinctly.

Xiaoqi amplified the audio, reduced noise, and filtered out background noise. Then it heard: "Third Brother... don't steal my steamed buns..."

He dreamed about steamed buns, and he was even smiling when he dreamed about them.

A python as thick as a bowl was crouching outside the door, protecting the steamed bun in his dream.

In the corridor, Bai Luochen lowered his eyes and stared at the giant python that was lingering at someone's door, his tone cold and somewhat oppressive: "What are you doing squatting at someone's door?"

Mo Mo turned her head to look at him, letting out a low gurgling sound, as if she was quietly refuting him, or perhaps she was coquettishly reporting her displeasure.

The next second, it stubbornly turned back and continued to stare at the closed door, its tail swishing faster, making a soft "rustling" sound.

Bai Luochen paused for a moment, then walked over.

He bent down, gently pressed Momo's head with his palm, and slightly lowered it to signal it to behave.

Momo reluctantly pressed its head back against its coiled body, but the tip of its tail was still sweeping the carpet on its own, just like a child who was called home by its parents but was still reluctant to leave and refused to move.

"come over."

Bai Luochen straightened up and took two steps toward his room.

Mo Mo looked around; on one side was her master, and on the other was the door that inexplicably attracted her.

It flicked its tongue gently at the crack in the door one last time, letting out a low gurgling sound, as if saying goodnight to the person inside. Then it stretched out its long body, quickly swam back to Bai Luochen's feet, skillfully climbed onto his arm, and steadily coiled around his shoulder, its tail tightly wrapped around his wrist.

Bai Luochen raised his hand and gently patted its head, whispering, "Don't run around."

His gaze lingered briefly on the door of the next room, then he turned and went into his own room. The door closed gently with a click, completely shutting out the noise in the corridor.

The corridor instantly fell silent again.

Alert lifted.

Xiao Qi collapsed in the system space, still shaken, and immediately opened the backend database, frantically modifying the list of dangerous sources belonging to the Bai family.

The original entries were updated and modified one by one:

[1. Bai Yanzhi: S-level aura suppression, extremely tolerant of the host, risk downgraded to C-level.]

[2. Bai Jiheng: Prank frequency A, restrained by his older brother, risk level B.]

[3. MoMo: A new top-tier danger source has been added!]

[Danger Level: SSS!]

[Note: This creature may secretly wait outside the host's room, act cute, guard the door, and exhibit extremely curious and unpredictable behavior!]

[Safety measures: None available at this time. It is recommended that the host maintain a safe distance of at least ten meters!]

It cuts out Bai Ci's vital signs panel.

My heart rate is stable, my breathing is even, and my sleep quality is excellent.

Xiaoqi silently wrote a line in her tearful log in the background: [The host slept soundly, while the system almost crashed from overwork overnight.]

inside the room.

Bai Luochen said calmly, "Alright, go inside. The heating pad is on, don't just stand outside."

Momo obediently slid off my shoulder and skillfully crawled into the constant temperature enclosure. On the fresh coconut soil, it coiled into a neat spiral, its head resting steadily on top, its vertical pupils half-closed in rest. The tip of its tail peeked out from the gap and gently hooked the temperature probe, precisely maintaining the most comfortable temperature.

Bai Luochen closed the box door, pressed his finger on the electronic lock, and the latch engaged with a crisp click.

He walked to the window, pulled back a corner of the curtain, and saw that the window next door was tightly closed, the newly replaced screen gleaming silvery-gray in the moonlight.

He recalled the message Bai Jiheng had sent: "I simply don't want to go back to see the house in chaos; it's not worth scaring people."

It turned out that the "person" lived next door to him.