What exactly do you want?

This guy has been like this for several hours now. If this continues, he'll go hungry tonight.

If all else fails, just find a lower place to throw it down.

Junqi made up his mind, flapped his wings, grabbed Niannian with his claws, and flew away, following the route he remembered, where field mice were more active.

After finishing the meal, Jun Qi still had to get earthworms for the guy. He was a little annoyed and had already made up his mind to just snatch them away later.

Along the way, Jun Qi ate any field mice he saw, and he even grabbed them with his mouth because he was already holding a small one in his paws and couldn't free up any space.

When he snatched an earthworm and tried to feed it to Niannian, she simply turned her head away.

snort!

This tall guy is still eating, it's outrageous.

"Coo coo".

eat!

Jun Qi held the earthworm out to Nian Nian. The aroma of the food tempted him, and he hesitated for a moment. He glanced at the earthworm out of the corner of his eye and unconsciously drooled.

"Coo coo".

He called out softly, but he resisted the urge and didn't eat it.

Huh? That's strange.

Jun Qi picked up the earthworm to prevent it from escaping, then walked around Nian Nian and looked him over several times.

In the end, he gave in and wanted to know what was going on.

"Coo coo".

Jun Qi called out, mentioning Xu Qiaoqiao, and the little guy broke his silence.

Later, Jun Qi realized that the little guy was heartbroken because the little hedgehog had died.

Jun Qi: ...

Why would you wish for the little hedgehog to die?

"Coo coo".

This forced him to explain these things to the little guy, but the little guy clearly didn't believe him.

Jun Qi took him back directly. There was no other way; the boy was still young, and what if he starved to death? It was such a hassle.

"Coo coo." Go and feel it for yourself.

Jun Qi pressed his head against Xu Qiaoqiao's body, and after about a minute, he raised his head and called out to Niannian.

"Coo coo." Come and see for yourself.

Year after year, he walked over with a mixture of belief and doubt, clinging to Xu Qiaoqiao's side and then putting his ear close to hers.

After a long while, he heard several extremely slow heartbeats, which were the clearest possible sound in the current environment.

The cub's eyes immediately lit up. It raised its head and looked at Jun Qi, as if to say: "Thump thump, he's not dead."

Then he leaned his head closer and listened to the thumping sounds; the little guy was overjoyed.

Seeing how happy the guy was, Jun Qi breathed a sigh of relief, then went over and fed him the earthworm. This time, the guy obediently finished it.

Although Xu Qiaoqiao is not dead, she has not yet woken up.

This piqued the little guy's interest. Whenever he had free time, he liked to put his ear close to Xu Qiaoqiao and listen to her slow, sluggish heartbeat.

This is probably the only activity I enjoy every year.

As the end of the year approaches, and more than a month has passed, the little guy has grown taller and taller, as if he's on steroids. Although he's not as tall as Jun Qi yet, he's already much bigger than Xu Qiaoqiao.

When Xu Qiaoqiao woke up, she saw a sub-adult owl.

However, this sub-adult owl hasn't learned to fly yet.

This really worried his elderly father.

Jun Qi stared sharply at the little guy in front of him. Faced with Jun Qi's gaze, Nian Nian's big eyes felt guilty for a few seconds, and she subconsciously wanted to turn her head away.

"Coo coo!"

A bird that can't fly isn't a bird anymore, which means it has to give up its greatest advantage. In this state, it doesn't even know how it will be eaten in the future.

No, I must teach this little guy to fly before the first snow of the year arrives.

"Coo coo".

Jun Qi is becoming more and more like a strict father. He carried the little guy forward as before, then paused for a second, as if he had thought of something. He then flew straight up.

He stopped when he saw a mountaintop, landed on it, and placed Nian Nian in front of him.

The little guy had never seen such a high place before. Looking at the vast expanse of white clouds below, a sense of fear suddenly rose in his heart. He immediately clung to Jun Qi and hugged him tightly.

"Coo coo~"

He cried out in grievance, and immediately understood Jun Qi's purpose. He clung tightly to Jun Qi's feathers, looked at Jun Qi with his big eyes, and tried to act coquettishly towards him.

No, I'm so small, I'm still a baby.

Jun Qi remained unmoved. If it were Xu Qiaoqiao, she would have been moved by now, but Jun Qi is different.

Niannian's current size is no longer the round boy he used to be; he's starting to grow taller.

Moreover, by that time, Jun Qi had already learned to fly and had been kicked out by his parents to become independent.

Unlike this owl, which has been struggling for months and still can't learn the simplest flight.

"Coo coo".

Jun Qi warned, making it very clear: if you don't fly yourself, then I won't be so merciful in helping you.

"Gurgle." No~

No matter how much Ren Guannian pleaded, Jun Qi remained unmoved. He simply picked the creature up and flew straight down, then suddenly released it midway.

"Gurgle—"

Every year I felt this weightlessness, and I immediately realized that this tall guy was serious.

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