Real or fake panda

The two cubs immediately lost interest in playing and stood at the door, waiting for their parents to come back.

Logically speaking, Suisui shouldn't have such a dependent mentality.

It is almost two years old. Red pandas in the wild can become independent at one year old, so Suisui is already a mature red panda.

But maybe it was because it felt too safe with the company of friends and parents in the past few months, so it became like this unconsciously.

“Pah.”

As the sky gradually darkened and a familiar noise was heard in the forest, Suisui and Nian Nian turned their heads almost completely in sync, and then subconsciously took a few steps in that direction.

The figure gradually became clear, it was A Tian who came back.

The two of them immediately breathed a sigh of relief and hurried forward to greet their parents.

Ah Tian did not bring back the teething snacks and desserts that she promised before leaving, but the two little ones didn't care.

"Hmm, hm!"

"Hmm..."

Even Sui Sui, who was usually quiet, came closer, tilted his head and whispered his concern, which showed how much of a psychological shock this late return had on the two children.

Ah Tian calmly accepted the two crying monsters' coquettishness, but did not explain her late return. Instead, she called them back to the cave.

That night, Sui Sui wanted to climb up a tree to rest, but A Tian called him back.

...a little strange.

But what was even stranger was Tian’s behavior over the next few days.

Before, A Tian raised the cubs in a free-range manner, and their learning of survival skills depended entirely on their self-awareness.

But things have been different these past few days. It has become extremely active. When it leads the two cubs around, it always stops and lets the two cubs decide the next route.

Forage for food, find water, and avoid danger.

Sui Sui has the cheating ability to quickly climb a tree, and has a wide field of vision when standing at a high place. In addition, it is cautious by nature, and rarely makes mistakes in judgment.

Niannian had been exposed to the world for more than a year, and his judgments were only a little immature in the first few times, but gradually became more accurate afterwards.

Ah Tian saw it all.

If it had only one cub, Niannian, it might not be able to completely let go of its worries, but since Suisui was there to keep it company...

It was another early morning, and A Tian left quietly.

The two little ones waited for the whole day, from early morning to nightfall, but their parents never came back.

Although Suisui felt a little lost, it had been expelled by its own mother and vaguely understood what A Tian meant.

It walked to the depressed Nian Nian and whispered to comfort her: "Yingying."

Don't be sad.

It's time for us to be independent too.

But Niannian couldn't understand it at all.

“Yeah, yeah!”

Independent of what?

It's obviously still a child!

The angry and aggrieved black and white ball rolled around in the snow, ignoring Sui Sui's words and screaming at the top of his lungs.

"Hmm..." Stop yelling...

Sui Sui seemed to be hesitant to speak, and looked around worriedly, fearing that Niannian's cries would attract an enemy that they could not yet deal with.

In fact, now that A Tian is gone, Sui Sui could have left too.

After all, Nian Nian looks like an immature giant panda. It might be difficult for her to survive on her own, so there is no way to protect her.

But Sui Sui never left.

On the contrary, it took the initiative to take over Tian's previous task of guarding when Nian Nian lost control of her emotions. In between giving away berries to comfort Nian Nian, it would occasionally climb up the tree to check on the surrounding situation.

This may prove that Sui Sui joined the giant panda family not just to seek refuge, but actually developed a family-like relationship with the two giant pandas.

Seeing this scene, the staff of the nature reserve felt somewhat relieved.

"See, we were told not to interfere."

"If Sui Sui is gone, she may not be able to adapt to life without her mother for a while, and her experience won't be able to support her."

"Ah Tian's behavior is full of maternal love... The male panda just wandered through its territory, and it became so alert."

"This area is the most lush bamboo forest in the entire reserve. Tian reserved the best place for Nian Nian in the winter and left to lead the male panda away. This was also the greatest consideration for Nian Nian's survival."

The staff behind the scenes were delighted and impressed by the great maternal love of the mother panda.

But the two kids have no idea of ​​the truth.

After the initial fear and sadness faded away, they began to worry whether Ah Tian was in danger.

Since Nian Nian was not quick enough, Sui Sui would be responsible for the search.

But if the camera is not turned deliberately, it is impossible to detect Sui Sui's busy movements in the tree. So to others, it seems that Sui Sui has become inexplicably alienated from Niannian, hiding in the tree all day and only coming down to snatch food from Niannian at mealtime.

And Niannian seemed like someone who was easy to bully. Not only was he not angry when his food was taken away, he also went out every day to find berries for Suisui to eat.

"… Let's drive the red panda away."

The reputation of Sui Sui, which had been improving, suddenly deteriorated. If it weren't for the fact that Niannian was in a stable mood and had no worries about food and drink, some extreme people would have taken action.

Of course, Sui Sui wouldn’t know these things.

It searched diligently for two days and finally found Ah Tian's trace.

This place is far away from the bamboo forest where they live. Suisui was a little lost and wandered here. Unexpectedly, he found A Tian walking slowly here.

But the key point is that there is a male panda following Tian.

Suisui was clinging to the tree branch, peeking out hesitantly. He wanted to go down and call A Tian to go back, but he was afraid that the male panda nearby would beat him.

When she was struggling, A Tian accidentally looked up and saw the fur ball on the tree first.

Ah Tian: ...

It paused for a moment and thought for a moment, then suddenly turned around, changing its expression faster than turning the pages of a book and suddenly driving away the male panda behind it, baring its teeth. It scared the male panda away across a forest before slowly coming back.

"Yeah." Come down.

It leaned against the tree where the red panda was and called out toward the top.

Kara.

Kara.

The sound of claws scratching the tree trunk approached cautiously, and a furry head first appeared on its shoulders, followed by the little guy's timid cry:

“Hmm…?”

A Tian opened her arms gently and let Sui Sui jump into her broad and solid arms like a cat. She patted her gently with her paws and then patiently explained why she ran away.

Of course it was forced by the situation.

It’s almost early spring, and it’s almost the breeding season for giant pandas.

When it went out that day, it detected the scent of male giant pandas lingering around its territory, which meant that a male had already realized the presence of a female here and wanted to seize the opportunity to gain the right to mate.

If it were an ordinary female giant panda, she would not be afraid of a male at all, but A Tian was carrying a cub.

When faced with a male who might kill her cub and cause it to enter estrus prematurely, she has only two choices: one is to leave her cub early, and the other is to move to another location with her cub.

After weighing the pros and cons, A Tian chose the former.

The original place had a large lush bamboo forest and the attention of a group of familiar two-legged beasts, making it the best place it could find to settle down.

If you go further, there will probably be some jackals, tigers and leopards. Although it itself is not a coward, it will be more dangerous year by year.

Sui Sui: “Bing…”

It has reasons and evidence, and it cannot persuade anyone.

Separation of mother and child is a very normal thing in nature. It has experienced it before, but because of the specialness of the new family, it mistakenly believes that A Tian can be saved.

The red panda's ears gradually lowered, and its whiskers drooped, making it look a little lost.

A Tian rubbed it with his chin in comfort, and when the last bit of tenderness ended, it signaled Sui Sui to leave.

Although it cannot always accompany its cub, the cub has found a companion for itself, and the two children have to live together, so it feels more at ease.

Watching Sui Sui leaving, the audience talked about it:

[Oh no, the parents are really gone. ]

[Although he is almost two years old and is considered an older cub, it is winter now. Are we going to leave like this? ]

[It's quite normal. I've seen documentaries before where female pandas left their cubs because they were afraid that male pandas would attack them. Before leaving, Tian even trained Nian Nian in survival skills. She's really responsible.]

[It's okay. The place where the two little ones are staying is not very dangerous. They won't be bored if they stay together. Maybe the mother panda will come back after spring. ]

Sui Sui learned the truth and went back to explain to Niannian in a depressed mood.

I am also depressed every year.

It has always been asking for its mother's attention and tolerance on the grounds that it is still a child, but it never thought that its mother would not be able to tolerate it all its life. At this critical juncture, it has become a burden, forcing its mother to give up the rich bamboo forest and leave.

The two little ones exchanged a few words with whimpering voices, then lay on the snow and pushed each other back and forth for a few times, and after stopping, they both fell into an emo state.

Yes, independence...

But no one expected that the person who would be the first to cheer up and get the family back on track would be Nian Nian, who had previously behaved childishly and recklessly.

Perhaps because she was holding back her anger, angry that she had become her mother's weakness, Nian Nian grew rapidly in the following period of time. She soon became cheerful again, wandering around showing off, as if she was going to inherit A Tian's glory.

Sui Sui was a little uneasy at first, but was comforted by Niannian's performance and gradually returned to normal.

early spring.

"Mee~"

Niannian happily ran straight to the cave, holding the little apple he had discovered unexpectedly in his mouth.

Not seeing Sui Sui in the cave, it looked up skillfully and found the red ball sleeping with its tail hanging down on a nearby tree.

It hugged the tree trunk, stared at the striped tail and began to climb up.

Adolescent giant pandas grow very fast. After just one winter, their bodies become noticeably stronger. In this safe area without large predators, they have no rivals and live a comfortable life, looking like little tyrants.

The opposite of this is Sui Sui.

Red pandas are small in size and have long passed the rapid development period of puberty. After being with giant pandas for more than half a year, there is basically no significant change in them.

Seeing the gap, Nian Nian finally understood why A Tian always fed Sui Sui, so she started feeding him as well.

"Hmm~"

It climbed up the tree skillfully, woke up Suisui who had fallen asleep in the sun, and handed it a little apple.

Sui Sui yawned, slowly sat up, and passed the bamboo shoots hidden under its belly to Nian Nian as if exchanging them.

Baji, Baji.

The two of them squatted on the tree and ate snacks obediently.

【Cute! Two babies! 】

[I thought it would be difficult for them after their mother left, but I didn't expect Niannian to grow up so quickly.]

[The new mode of getting along is not bad, one is intelligence and the other is force, and after the two succeed, they will exchange snacks with each other haha. 】

After getting down from the tree, Nian Nian proudly announced its latest goal to Sui Sui.

——Spring is here, and it’s time to go pick up its mother!

Sui Sui: ...

It tilted its head in confusion, stood up and patted Nian Nian's head, meaning don't be stupid.

Nian Nian did not retreat, but went around to Sui Sui and bared his teeth in a ferocious manner, showing his full power.

Look, look!

I'm super awesome now!

Mom, you don’t have to worry about me now!

Sui Sui: ...

Sui Sui expressed disapproval.

How can a mother and child separated by nature be reunited? Not attacking each other when they meet again is already very kind.

If Tian wants to come back, he will come back on his own initiative. It is spring now, and there are probably many aggressive male pandas around him.

Very dangerous.

But apparently Nian Nian, who had been invincible in the territory throughout the winter, would not listen to its advice. After proudly notifying it, it was eager to head for the New World, showing a strong execution ability.

Helplessly, Sui Sui could only pull on Nian Nian’s hind legs to stop it and give it no chance to do anything stupid.

"Hmm! Hmm!"

Not daring to kick, fearing that he would hurt his friend, Niannian could only lie on the ground helplessly and compromise.

But Sui Sui did not leave immediately. Instead, he slowly climbed onto Nian Nian's back and kept chanting to the unruly black round ears:

Danger.

You are not allowed to go.

You are not good enough yet.

Can't!

The black round ears trembled in unbearable pain. Niannian pressed them with his bear paws in pain, dug the soil with his nose, and made a groaning sound for mercy.

Master, stop chanting! !

Can't it just not go? QAQ

Sui Sui on his back tilted his head and reluctantly believed it.

But in fact, the passion in my heart has not been extinguished.

As a young and energetic adolescent male giant panda, even if it has no intention of looking for its mother, it instinctively wants to explore a larger and wider space.

Just like its curiosity about Sui Sui in childhood made it bring Sui Sui into the big family, this curiosity has continued to this day, making it eager to explore the bigger world.

However, the opinions of family members should still be considered.

"well……"

Leaning against a tree, Year after Year sighed sadly, with the temperament of a mature young man.

Suisui is too timid!

It must be because I am too small that I feel that everything outside is dangerous.

But it's different.

Every year, she looked over her entire body with pride.

Mmm, these thighs are strong and firm!

Well, this bear claw is thick and powerful!

Well, with these good teeth, everything I eat tastes delicious!

It is the king of the mountain!

The adolescent giant panda Nian Nian, whose mentality is inflated again, decides to go out and try his luck without telling Sui Sui, thinking that Sui Sui will not object anymore if he gains something.

Hehe~

This is not going to find mom, it is not breaking the agreement!

Thinking of this, Nian Nian said hello to Sui Sui as usual on a new day and left the cave on the pretext of finding apples for it.

This walk took most of the day.

Sui Sui took a nap on the tree, came down to eat a meal, climbed back up to take another nap, and when he opened his eyes again, Niannian had not returned yet.

Sui Sui: ...

It was a familiar scene, yet it was somewhat unsettling.

Sui Sui slowly climbed down the tree, wandered around in the familiar safe area, and climbed up to a high place from time to time to look around, but he never found any trace of Nian Nian.

With a determined heart, it began to explore the unknown area.

The red panda is a complete loser in the wild; even the yellow-throated marten is its natural enemy.

The two times it ventured out of its safe area were both to look for the eluded giant panda.

So of course it doesn't simply treat the two giant pandas as umbrellas, but has feelings for them.

"Hmm..."

Suisui walked cautiously, observing the surroundings carefully.

Somewhere it saw some messy marks on the ground and some fallen black and white hair. It immediately had a bad premonition and quickly ran in the direction where the birds were startled not far away.

Da da da——

Thanks to the convenience of the lens zoom function, the audience was able to discover Nian Nian first.

It was hiding tightly in the tree and didn't look in good condition.

There were several bite wounds on the black hind legs. Because it was trying to maintain the posture of climbing the tree, it was still exerting force and was trembling faintly. It looked like it could not hold on for much longer.

Under the tree where it was, there were two or three jackals patrolling, sniffing around, as if looking for the tree where it was.

“Woo…”

Niannian's dark eyes were full of fear. This was the first time it faced such danger.

what to do?

What to do? ?

【Waaaaah help! ! 】

[The nature reserve should get up and do something! You guys are even concerned about the pandas’ friendships. Why don’t you come quickly? ]

[It’s too late. My legs are shaking and I can’t hold on any longer.]

[Wait, Sui Sui, what are you doing? ]

When he got closer, he found that there was a group of predators circling the woods. Sui Sui was so scared that he climbed up a tree.

Whoosh—whoosh—

Panting with his tongue sticking out, Sui Sui seemed to have remembered something and looked around quickly to find something.

Finally, in the gaps between the large green leaves, it found a small taut white tail and a pair of dirty hind legs.

Good news: It found Nian Nian.

The bad news: Things are pretty bad right now.

"Boo, boo."

The faint cry brought back Nian Nian's spirit which was on the verge of collapse. It looked around frantically and finally found Sui Sui peeking out from a nearby tree.

“Woo woo…”

Niannian could not hold it in any longer, and he told the story of his predicament being besieged by several jackals with aggrieved and sad tone. The wound on his leg ached slightly, and he could not use any strength or move. Even if the jackals were not besieging him underground, he did not know how to get down.

The slightly cool wind blew away the grievances, calmed my mind, and Nian Nian called Sui Sui to leave quickly.

If it waits a while, maybe these bad guys will go away.

When the time comes, it will immediately go back to recuperate and never be arrogant again.

But Suisui is so small and doesn’t run very fast, it would be bad if he were targeted as a dessert.

The red panda stared at its hind legs trembling in the wind, was silent for a moment, and then climbed down silently.

Woo…

Seeing this, Niannian blinked her moist eyes.

Although it was a little sad, it still accepted the result.

After all, Sui Sui is timid and doesn't run fast, so it must run quickly.

When will those bad guys down there leave? I’m running out of energy…

With a dizzy head, Niannian could only hear a few excited howls, and then they were blown away by the wind. He no longer heard the hesitant footsteps below.

Suddenly waking up, he looked down in doubt and uncertainty, then looked down at his surroundings from above in confusion, wondering what on earth had happened.

Then, he saw a red figure leaping on a branch not far away, and several jackals following behind it, pressing close and biting its tail several times.

Year after year: !!

Jackals are the natural enemies of red pandas in the wild.

Provoking natural enemies, especially two or three hungry natural enemies, is almost impossible for the usually slow-moving and gentle red panda.

But now it happens.

The audience began to scream when Sui Sui slid down the tree trunk and actively provoked its natural enemies.

【Ahhh baby, what are you doing, baby! ! 】

【Ahhhhhh I don’t dare to look anymore I don’t dare to look anymore Can anyone tell me if anything is wrong?! 】

[For now, it’s okay for now, the tail was bitten, but Sui Sui was not pulled off... Ah ah, run to a higher place, baby, if you crawl so low, they might bite you if they jump! ! ]

Perhaps it was because they bit the fur with a slight taste of blood, or perhaps it was because the red panda's clumsy posture was more eye-catching, the jackals gave up on the big prey hanging in the air that they could not find, and started chasing this small prey that seemed to be within their reach.

Da Da——

“Ouch!”

Because the tree trunk it climbed was not very high, the red panda's tail was bitten several times and had some bald spots, making it look very pitiful.

Amid the crazy comments on the screen urging it to climb higher, Sui Sui finally climbed to the highest point of the tree before his tail was bitten again. He curled up at the highest point and gasped weakly. After he came to his senses, he silently licked his tail.

Before licking, it looked in the direction where Nian Nian was before.

It’s a pity that its field of vision is full of trees, so it can’t see Nian Nian’s current situation and doesn’t know whether the other party has come down or not.

After seeing this action, the audience has nothing to understand.

[Wuwuwu help! ! Baby, you are so gentle and brave. ]

[So you were helping Nian Nian to lure away the jackal? How dare you do that with your size, baby? I feel bad for you if you get hurt!!]

[I am crying my ass off. No wonder it keeps hiding low and doesn't climb high. This is the only way to attract all the natural enemies.]

【Ahhh, retreat, retreat! Go eat something else! Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!】

Suddenly there was a new noise from below.

“Go, go—”

"Run faster!"

His ears instantly stood up, and Sui Sui, who had just calmed down on the tree top, became nervous again. He panted and poked his head out to look at the two-legged beasts below that he had met once, somewhat afraid that they would be a new threat.

But the heavily armed men drove away the predator and hurried away in a certain direction, seemingly with no intention of harming it, or noticing its presence at all.

call--

Sui Sui breathed a sigh of relief, pressed his ears, and silently adjusted his heartbeat and breathing.

When the pain in his tail was no longer unbearable, Sui Sui leaned down and planned to look for Nian Nian.

Just as Niannian said, its legs hurt and it forgot how to get down from the tree.

Although the tail is not very nice now, it should be possible to help it come off.

The trees grow slowly year after year.

It's not that it's leisurely at this time, but it can't control its tail well and is afraid of falling headfirst, so it has to slow down.

When they descended to a certain height, Suisui quickened his pace a little, shuttling between the branches, heading towards the direction where Niannian was in his memory.

It's already evening.

The sky was dotted with stars, and the moonlight shone through the gaps between the leaves into the woods, occasionally illuminating a small fiery red animal.

Very beautiful, but the tail is a bit broken.

In the wild, getting injured is a normal thing.

It's very skilled.

Sui Sui would occasionally stop to rest and lick his tail to relieve the pain.

But thinking that Niannian’s legs must be more painful than its, Suisui quickly stopped and continued walking forward, intending to take Niannian back to Dongxue to comfort each other.

By the way, you have to deduct one month's worth of snacks for Nian Nian.

"...Hmm?"

After walking a long way, they finally arrived at the scene of the incident. Sui Sui climbed to the top, but did not see Nian Nian.

Did it go away on its own?

Thinking about it, it was normal, so Sui Sui rushed to Dongxue, and it was almost daytime when he arrived again.

But, Niannian is not here either.

Sui Sui looked at the empty nest with his mouth slightly open in a daze.

...My tail hurts.

Six thousand!

A new map is about to be opened. Well... after all, the protagonist is a red panda.