After retiring, Lu Fangfang found herself very bored at the retirement home in Beijing.

Now her son works for the Lanzhou Municipal Party Committee, her daughter travels all over the world taking pictures of wild animals all day, and she has no one to keep her company.

After thinking about it, she went to Qilian with Zhuang Mingcheng.

The two rented a pasture at the foot of Mount Gona, intending to retire there.

Without anyone else lifting a finger, they gradually built a small ranch and raised dozens of cattle and sheep. For this purpose, Lu Fangfang also adopted a Tibetan Mastiff and named it Dahei.

Every time the sun sets, she calls her husband to go up the hillside to watch the sunset.

Big Black followed closely behind the two, guarding them.

Looking at it, Lu Fangfang couldn't help but think of Xiao Hua.

She gently rubbed Big Black's head, just as she would rub Little Flower's.

Now the ranch at the foot of Gona Mountain has been built, but the little guys from back then are nowhere to be seen.

The thought of it made her feel extremely sad.

Beside him, Zhuang Mingcheng held his wife's hand tightly and gently comforted her.

"Woof~"

In the distance, the head of a Tibetan fox peeked out from the grassland.

Big Black immediately stood up alertly and looked in that direction.

"Big Black, those are our neighbors. They're here to protect the grassland. Don't scare them."

Lu Fangfang stroked Dahei's head and pulled it back.

"Awoo~"

Big Black whimpered and lay down next to the two of them again.

After a while, Big Black seemed to have discovered something again, and it stood up and ran north.

"Big Black? Big Black?"

Lu Fangfang quickly stood up and chased after him.

Beside him, Zhuang Mingcheng hurriedly followed his lover.

The two chased for more than ten minutes before finally spotting Big Black's figure.

At this moment, Dahei was standing in front of a Tibetan wild donkey, braying at it continuously.

"Woof~"

"Oh...ah..."

The Tibetan wild ass got tangled in the wire on the fence and couldn't get out, so it could only bray helplessly.

Seeing this, Lu Fangfang quickly called her husband, and they rescued the Tibetan wild donkey.

"Oh...ah..."

The Tibetan wild donkey glanced at the two men, then, frightened, ran north.

"Mingcheng, why do I feel like it looks a bit like that stubborn little donkey?"

"They do look somewhat alike."

Zhuang Mingcheng nodded.

He and his lover didn't raise many cattle and sheep on their ranch, but the pasture was plentiful, and Tibetan wild donkeys often came by. However, the one they saw today looked most like a little stubborn donkey.

"well."

Lu Fangfang couldn't help but sigh.

"It's getting late, let's go back."

Zhuang Mingcheng knew what her lover was thinking, so she took his hand and walked towards the ranch.

Big Black followed behind the two, looking up at the snow-capped mountain as if he had discovered something.

Back at the ranch, it kept its eyes fixed on the mountain.

It was in the early hours of the morning.

The big black dog in the ranch suddenly barked.

Inside the house, Lu Fangfang and Zhuang Mingcheng, being older now, were light sleepers and woke up immediately.

The two got up, took their flashlights, and shone them in the spot where the big black dog had been barking, but they didn't find anything.

After comforting Dahei, the two went back inside.

The next day, Lu Fangfang couldn't resist her curiosity, so she asked Dahei to take her up the snow mountain.

Now that she's older and less agile, it took her all morning to get halfway up the mountain.

Seeing that Dahei was wary of a cave, she crouched down and slowly walked over.

The cave entrance wasn't large, so she lay down on the ground and curiously poked her head inside.

It was a bit dark inside, and it took her a while to adjust before she could see clearly.

The cave wasn't very big, and in the middle were two snow leopard cubs, snuggling together and sleeping.

Underneath the two snow leopard cubs was a tattered scarf.

She looked at it carefully and felt it was very familiar, like...like a pair she had used before.

"Meow~"

"Woof~"

Behind them came the angry roars of Big Black and the snow leopard.

Lu Fangfang slowly turned around.

Looking at the large snow leopard that resembled Xiaohua not far away, she burst into tears.

Big Black immediately ran forward.

It clung to Lu Fangfang's clothes, dragging her away from the cave entrance.

The snow leopard tilted its head and watched them quietly without making any other move until they were a little further away, at which point it disappeared into the cave.

On the snow-capped mountain not far away, Lu Fangfang was still crying.

At the foot of the mountain, Zhuang Mingcheng, holding a hunting rifle, hurriedly climbed up.

He glanced at his lover in a panic, then hugged her again.

"Fangfang, what's wrong?"

"Don't cry, don't cry, I'm here, I'm here, I'm here, it's okay..."

He took a handkerchief out of his pocket and hurriedly wiped away his lover's tears.

"Mingcheng, I see Xiaohua, I see Xiaohua..."

Lu Fangfang lay on Zhuang Mingcheng's body, wailing loudly.

Zhuang Mingcheng looked around and spotted the entrance to a cave not far away.

Upon closer inspection, he saw a large, hairy head peeking out from the cave entrance, also looking at them curiously.

It's so similar, it's uncanny.

Zhuang Mingcheng was momentarily lost in thought, and his eyes slowly reddened, but he knew this wasn't Xiaohua.

Helping his wife up, the two slowly descended the snow-capped mountain and returned to the pasture.

After a good cry, Lu Fangfang's mood finally improved.

She knew it wasn't Little Flower, but it was definitely related to her. The scarf under the snow leopard cub in the cave was the one she had placed under Little Flower many years ago.

Knowing that there were snow leopards in the mountains, Lu Fangfang often looked towards the snow-capped mountains in the days that followed.

Whether it was a coincidence or not, she would see the snow leopard and its cub every few days, which made her very happy.

She felt the little ones had returned, and were back by her side.

...

Spring has come again.

The grasslands at the foot of the Gona Snow Mountain still turn green earlier than other places.

Several Tibetan wild asses led their calves to the boundary of the pasture and began to graze leisurely on the grass.

Among the herd of donkeys, there was also a Tibetan fox, using their large size to hunt pikas.

On the snow-capped mountain, the two snow leopard cubs are already a year old.

The mother snow leopard was teaching her two cubs hunting techniques.

In its spare time, it would occasionally glance at the pasture below the mountain, as if searching for something, until it saw Lu Fangfang come out, and then it felt relieved.

"Mingcheng, what do you think Dan'er and Qingqing are busy with? They said they were coming over a few days ago, but we haven't seen them since."

"Look, here it is."

"dad!"

"mom!"

The elderly couple were all smiles on the ranch.

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That's all for now for the extra chapters. Thank you for reading, my darlings.

I don't have any ideas for the new book yet, but it will probably still be an animal-themed book. See you again sometime, my darlings!

Thank you so much, Meow!

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