The Red Snake was extremely angry, but eventually, it said a lot of nice things, swearing it would never think about leaving again and it would never show disrespect towards Qin Xue anymore. After all that, Qin Xue finally decided to keep it, and now the Red Snake behaves very obediently.
It was only then that Qin Xue discovered that after releasing the Red Snake, it didn't actually die. But unless Qin Xue tells it to go far away, it can't really wander far; no matter where it goes, it automatically returns to her. This made Qin Xue very happy; let's see how that snake can still be smug now.
Now, as Nangong Beiying asks about her adventures in the snow mountains, Qin Xue realizes that she really did know all along about the situation here, and she was aware of the misunderstanding with Xiao Qi, yet she didn't come back. Seems like her previous thoughts were correct; if it hadn't been for Qing Zhu's wedding, she might not have returned for a long time.
