After digging the cave, the next thing to consider is food.

As darkness fell, Greenland was now in winter, with blizzards raging and the land covered in cold, white snow, a world blanketed in silver.

Xu Qiaoqiao stood in the snow. This time she was obedient and stayed quietly in the cave, waiting for her mother and the others to bring back food.

The five-month-old Arctic fox cubs look much stronger and are no longer as frail as when they were born. After more than three months of migration, they have all grown to some extent.

After Xu Qiaoqiao crawled into the cave, she discovered that her brothers and sisters were not there. Arctic fox burrows are very complex, winding and twisting, and one cave may be connected to other caves of different sizes.

That's amazing!

Xu Qiaoqiao explored all the caves and sighed inwardly.

My mother and the others returned quickly. In the darkness, the sight of a large group of Arctic foxes traveling together was quite spectacular, and each Arctic fox had a faint glimmer in its eyes.

Feeling bored, Xu Qiaoqiao poked her head out of the ground and saw everyone returning in a large group.

As temperatures gradually drop, the harsh weather makes food even scarcer, especially for such a large family of Arctic foxes, who require a huge amount of food. In a normal Arctic fox group, this would lead to fighting over food.

They might even "split up".

When the cubs are old enough to be independent, they have to leave their parents and start living on their own. But this family is clearly different, perhaps because they were caught up in the migration.

Xu Qiaoqiao tilted her head. She was five months pregnant now and had a strange intuition about this kind of thing, as if it came from ancient memories.

If that's the case, then all the questions she had before were pointless.

Because she might not even live with Lily's mother in the future, Xu Qiaoqiao looked at the sleeping family. Only her mother was sleeping next to her, while the other Arctic fox relatives were sleeping in their own dens.

No way, he wouldn't really leave, would he?

It was a strange premonition. Xu Qiaoqiao herself didn't know why she had this thought. She suddenly thought of her brothers and sisters, who had become much colder towards her lately.

Lily's mother no longer gives her a nightly bedtime kiss.

My uncle hasn't been bothering me much lately.

Could it really be as I suspect?

With her wet, pitiful eyes, Xu Qiaoqiao whimpered a few times, slowly crawled over, kissed Lily's mother's eyes, and licked her fur with her tongue.

She's having trouble sleeping because of her own speculations.

Lily's mother is very gentle, her uncle is also mischievous but has a good personality, her father is very steady, and the rest of the Arctic fox relatives are all very nice and playful. After spending so much time with them, it would be a lie to say that Xu Qiaoqiao doesn't feel any reluctance to part with them.

I hope I won't leave you guys in the future. If Junjun really is a polar bear, I will find a way to handle the relationship between you guys.

Xu Qiaoqiao curled up in a ball, nestled in her mother Lily's arms. If things weren't handled well, if things weren't handled well, then... Mom, I'm sorry, your daughter is about to elope with a "strange" polar bear.

In the following days, Xu Qiaoqiao's guesses were mostly correct: Panda's father and Lily's mother were indeed much colder towards their child, and when they went out to find food, there was no food for the cubs.

The little ones still live together, but they've all dug their own burrows.

It's right next to my parents' house.

Uncle Victor had the same attitude; he wouldn't bother his nephews and nieces anymore, except for Xu Qiaoqiao.

This made Xu Qiaoqiao quite happy. Her uncle's attitude towards her hadn't changed. However, Lily's mother and Panda's father had become much colder. But since Xu Qiaoqiao hadn't learned hunting skills yet, they still cared about her.

His way of showing his care was to take Xu Qiaoqiao hunting with him.

However, her uncle still took care of her.

"Giggle." Uncle, what are we learning today?

Xu Qiaoqiao opened her round eyes and looked at Victor, flicked her big tail, and slowly followed her uncle.

Although her parents said they were going to teach her how to hunt, it was actually her Uncle Victor who was teaching her.

They basically operate as hands-off managers.

And that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is that her mother's goodnight kisses before bed every night are really gone. She only responds when Xu Qiaoqiao takes the initiative to be affectionate with her.

All of this made Xu Qiaoqiao feel a little wronged for the time being. She suddenly went from being the darling of the group to a pitiful person that no one liked. She didn't like this drop in status, but it seemed that no matter how hard she tried, it would be useless.

However, Uncle Victor was an exception.

Uncle Victor squinted, reached out a paw and ruffled his adorable little niece's head, squawking a few times: "Hehe~ It's a secret, you'll find out soon enough."

That's so mysterious.

Xu Qiaoqiao suddenly became curious.

So he remained silent and followed his uncle into the pine forest, where two Arctic foxes left two sets of footprints in the snow.

A few minutes later, Xu Qiaoqiao finally understood what the secret meant.

—So it turns out they were just following behind the polar bears to pick up the scraps!

Xu Qiaoqiao: !!!

Stimulate!

She looked at the polar bear in front of her, its fur was turning yellow, and just by looking at its size it was a fully grown polar bear. It looked hungry, digging left and right, and even scratching at the trees.

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