Gu An'an ignored the young man's anger—

What is style? Can you eat it?

Is roe deer meat as delicious?

Gu An'an pretended not to see it.

"Be careful, I'll go check again."

Musk is a unique component of male musk deer. Since there are males on this mountain, there might be females too?

If a female can be kept, she might give birth to a litter, which would provide a continuous supply of musk.

The musk deer, its eyes wide open in death: "..." I may not be a deer, but you are definitely not human!

Unfortunately, Gu An'an was unable to find any more traces of the deer.

She strolled around and came back, where Jiang Mingyi had already prepared the venison.

The young man, his hands stained with blood, was now vigorously wiping the red marks off his hands with the snow.

His brows and eyes were tightly furrowed, and even his jawline was taut like a fully drawn bowstring.

The sound of footsteps startled the boy awake, and his expression gradually relaxed as he looked at the person approaching.

Should we go down the mountain?

This trip up the mountain was quite fruitful. It will be dark in less than an hour, and it will be time to go down the mountain.

Gu An'an nodded, stuffed the skinned roe deer into the basket, placed the roe deer skin on top, and picked up the basket. Just as Jiang Mingyi subconsciously wanted to squat down and carry the basket on his back, he saw Gu An'an throw it behind her.

She carried the basket of meat and skin on her back.

This action startled Jiang Mingyi.

Gu An'an smiled and said, "You can carry me up the mountain and I'll carry you down. That's fair. Let's go."

fair.

This word struck Jiang Mingyi as quite novel. "And what about the tiger?"

Are we just going to ignore it?

What if he goes crazy when he comes back and finds Gu An'an gone?

When this thought popped into his head, Jiang Mingyi felt like he was going crazy.

He would never have thought that way before.

That's insane.

Gu An'an couldn't help but laugh when she saw the boy's appearance; the child was quite cute.

Not long after the two descended the mountain, a tiger galloped across the empty mountain again, and if you looked closely, you could see that it was carrying something in its mouth.

However, the tiger, who was initially excited, became quite upset when it saw the empty expanse of snow.

Has it been abandoned?

The pheasant, still struggling to survive, sensed the anger and was too frightened to flap its wings any further.

Several pheasants waited quietly, hoping the ferocious beast would open its mouth so they could escape.

However, the birds in the mountains did not get this chance. Their wings were bitten tightly, and they flew down the mountain in a daze.

They darted into Gu An'an's house as if they knew the way inside.

The sudden intrusion made Jiang Mingyi jump up instinctively and assume a defensive stance.

When he saw the majestic tiger, he relaxed completely. "It's you."

The little tiger was very angry and scratched the ground several times while howling.

It's somewhat like Mingxu's way of acting like a scoundrel.

Jiang Mingyi couldn't help but chuckle at the sight. Although the book described tigers as frightening, this tiger was nothing like the one in the book. He remembered how the little tiger had acted coquettishly towards Gu An'an on the mountain. He carefully reached out and patted its head. "Don't be angry. She went to Grandma Li's house and will be back in a little while."

Its enormous head turned away, white breath coming out of its nostrils, as if to say, "Who's angry? I'm not that petty."

However, with Jiang Mingyi's hand on its head, its tail started wagging again.

For a moment, Jiang Mingyi felt that this was not a ferocious beast, but an innocent child who knew nothing.

Gu An'an returned from Aunt Li's house and heard the children's laughter coming from the yard before she even entered the door.

"What are you playing at, going so far..." Seeing Jiang Mingxu about to touch the tiger's butt, Gu An'an was completely disgusted—

Young man, haven't you heard that you shouldn't touch a tiger's backside?

Isn't that a bit too bold?

Gu An'an was a step too slow; the little boy had already reached out and grabbed the two golden bells hanging there.

Child, you...

Gu An'an rushed over in one stride, fearing that the tiger might go berserk and hurt her siblings.

However, no bloody scenes appeared.

The little tiger, lying on the snow rolling around, only brushed Jiang Mingxu with its tail and continued to purr, looking very comfortable.

Gu An'an: "..." This is a tiger that has given up its dignity as the king of beasts and its beastly nature.

It's hopeless.

...

The pheasant brought by the tiger increased Jiang Mingyi's workload, but the young man didn't complain and worked hard to kill the pheasant and pluck its feathers, keeping himself very busy.

The two children didn't know what fear was, completely unaware that the golden tabby lying on the ground was even more terrifying than their stepmother, whom they had once been terrified of.

One was touching and looking around, while the other was rubbing the little tiger's neck; they were having a great time.

Jiang Mingzhu was extremely conflicted. She was older than Mingxu and Bao'er, so she naturally knew how dangerous the wild beasts in the mountains were.

But the two siblings had hardly any toys growing up, and now that they finally had a playmate, she couldn't bear to remind them.

"Don't be afraid." Gu An'an saw through the girl's thoughts. "Zhu'er, have you ever heard the saying, 'A tyrannical government is more ferocious than a tiger'? It means that the tyrannical court is even more terrifying than a tiger. Your brother told you, right? Look at this little thing, it even knows to bring food when it comes to our house for dinner. Isn't it better than your uncles?"

Jiang Lao Da & Jiang Lao Er, who were caught in the crossfire: "..."

The girl who was boiling water at the stove laughed when she heard this, "Mother is right."

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