The white owl has snow-white feathers all over its body, without any trace of other colors.

The round, bell-like eyes that had appeared in past online photos were now sleepily narrowed into two thin lines, leaving only a tiny slit for it to observe. It lowered its head, tilted its head, and looked at Xia Ruanruan, its eyes still filled with a hint of doubt.

The flat, white, fluffy face was filled with...

—Wow! How strange! Why is there another owl cub here?!

"Coo, coo, coo?..." (Why, I've only been out for a few days and already have owl cubs? Did I forget I hatched them?...)

The owl's little red eyes looked even more confused.

But after all, it was his own cub. The oversized white owl carried Xia Ruanruan to his nest in its mouth. In broad daylight, as an owl, shouldn’t he get more sleep?

Xia Ruanruan: “!!!”

Before Xia Runrun even had time to react, her collar suddenly tightened, and a feeling of weightlessness spread from her head to her ankles. Suddenly, she was picked up by the big owl!

Xia Ruanruan: "..."

Xia Runrun kicked her legs, gave up struggling, and hung in the air with a look of despair on her face.

Ah! This familiar posture of holding a cub. But she is really not an owl cub!

Xia Ruanruan coughed twice, cleared her throat, and tried to reason with the white owl. But before she could say anything, she was interrupted by laughter from the side.

"Hahahaha, little girl, I didn't expect our Gugu to like you so much! Since Gugu likes you so much, why don't you take him home to sleep with you during the day? Look how comfortable he is with all his fur!" Old Man Yan had no sympathy at all. He teased and laughed the loudest. "Besides, Gugu is very powerful and can protect you at night and help you fight bad guys! Look, your cat is so small, it can't protect you at all."

Chu Hang raised his head, shook his ears, and gave Old Man Yan an expressionless look.

"Thank you for your concern, Grandpa... But I don't need Gugu to protect me at night. Besides Xiaobai, I also have three mutant beasts... They will protect me every night." Xia Runrun raised her eyelids and answered slowly.

Trying to use Versailles literature to elevate the status of one's own pet.

"But you're not raising a mutant bird, are you? My Gugu is huge and can even carry people into space! Now, if ordinary people want to go up into space for fun, only mutant birds can do that."

Old Man Yan tried his best to persuade Xia Ruanruan to get close to his owl. He noticed that after seeing this little girl, the curve of his owl's eyes became even deeper. "Gugu likes you so much, maybe after staying with you for a long time, he will recognize you as his master!"

Old Man Yan's voice was like the devil's temptation, and even Yang Fan was almost moved by it.

This is an owl that can fly through the sky carrying a person on its back! Most people wouldn't even dare to think about it!

The plants and animals have mutated, and not only have the cities undergone tremendous changes, but even aerospace has been seriously affected. The passenger planes that were once able to fly freely in the sky are no longer usable.

The mutated birds are large, numerous, and very ferocious. They fly very high, and many even like to chase airplanes with their claws. Small helicopters are more flexible and may be able to break through, but large passenger planes will be completely destroyed one by one. Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, almost no survival base dares to fly a plane into the sky.

Only those large mutant birds that are faster than airplanes, have stronger flying power, and can even fight in the air to intimidate other birds dare to carry people into the sky.

If Xia Runrun was a child, she might have been bewitched by Old Man Yan, but unfortunately she was not.

"Grandpa Yan... I remember scientists on TV saying that mutant animals that have already recognized their masters are the most loyal. If the previous owner is still alive, then the mutant animal will not change its master." The little girl looked up and blinked slowly, her face full of confusion. "Grandpa, are you saying this... because you have a terminal illness and are dying?"

Old Man Yan: “…”

Old Man Yan choked, and now it was his turn to be speechless. Hehehe, I didn't expect that little kids these days are so hard to fool. The old man froze for three seconds, then stroked his mustache and smiled, as if he wasn't the one who had just choked.

The owl was shocked. It froze in place with its eyes wide open, as if all the sleepiness in its body was scared away at that moment. It stammered and was at a loss.

“Gugu, gugugu…?” (Incurable? How come I don’t know?…)

Xia Ruanruan: "..."

She found the owl to be quite dumb. Wasn't she just joking? Why did the owl take it seriously?

Looking at the owl's big round eyes, with panic and worry in its red pupils, Xia Runrun despised herself for two seconds. She decided not to tease others in front of this silly eagle in the future.

"Pah, pah, pah..."

Before Xia Runrun could think of what to say next, the owl that had been holding her in its beak had already put her to the ground. Tears streamed down her face like a flood.

The big white owl cried and cooed.

“Gugugugu…” (Wuwuwu, old man, don’t die, wuwuwu…)

“Gugugugu…” (Wuwuwuwu~ Old man, let’s go to the hospital to see a doctor, okay? I’ll take you to the special, extra-large hospital at the Survival Base, okay?…)

Even though the owl was so large and looked a bit silly, it was the first time Xia Ruanruan had ever seen such a fluffy creature that easily shed tears! The helpless cry, coupled with the stuttering and slow-moving body language, immediately struck a chord with Xia Ruanruan, who already had a particularly soft heart for small animals.

It shortens her life! If she had known, she wouldn't have said those words.

Old Man Yan was also dumbfounded, not knowing why his owl suddenly started crying. He took two steps forward and hugged his owl, which was much taller than him, patting it and coaxing it, "Gugu, don't cry, don't cry... What's there to cry about? Do you want to go back and rest with this little girl? Then you can go with her later. You are such a big owl, how can you cry so easily? Be good, don't cry, don't cry..."

Thinking that his owl was having a conflict with the little girl because she just refused to get close to it, the old man tried his best to comfort and coax her.

It’s a pity that the man and the bird are talking at cross purposes.

You have to take responsibility for your own mistakes. Xia Ruanruan walked over with her short legs and quickly pulled the owl's big wings. "Gugu, don't cry... I was just joking. Grandpa doesn't have a terminal illness. Grandpa is very healthy... Don't cry."

"Gu, gu, gu?..." (Really, really, really?...)

The big owl lowered its head, cooed twice, and looked at her eagerly.

"Yes, that's right... I was just joking just now. Grandpa is very healthy and can kill a mutant beast with one punch!" The little girl nodded quickly, her eyes shining as she pulled Old Man Yan, asking him to ensure his health.

"Yes, yes, that's right! I'm really very healthy!" The old man finally realized why his owl was crying, and nodded in agreement.

In order to show that he could kill a mutant beast with one punch, the old man even squatted down, and like a slow motion in a movie, he roared "Aha" and slowly punched Xiaobai.

noob:"……"

Feeling a fist gently touching his abdomen, Xiaobai fell to the side with an indescribable "bang". The whole cat seemed to have received a heavy blow, and his eyelids drooped and closed.

Xia Ruanruan: "..."

No, no... She was just giving an example! Why did Xiaobai have to join in the fun with this old man?

Although the whole play was fake and exaggerated, the owl was like a puppet that suddenly pressed a switch. Its tears stopped in an instant, and it looked at Old Man Yan with its bright red eyes.

“Gugugugu…” (Really? Too, too, too awesome… The old man is indeed the most awesome human being in this world…)

"That's right, Grandpa is so healthy and great!" In order to reassure the owl, Xia Runrun specially praised Old Man Yan and gave him two thumbs up.

The owl glanced at Xia Ruanruan shyly and praised: "Gugugugu..." (You, you are also very, healthy, very, cute...)

"Gugu's feathers are so beautiful. The snowy owls I've seen before all had black feathers... This is the first time I've seen an owl as beautiful as Gugu, without a single feather of other colors on its body~"

Seeing that the other person finally stopped crying, Xia Runrun wiped the sweat from her forehead and quickly tried to change the subject, but she was determined not to accidentally say anything else that would make this little crybaby burst into tears.

“Coo-coo-coo…” (Really? Do you also think Coo-coo is pretty? In the past, only the owner has praised me for being pretty… Other cats and owls think I’m not very pretty…)

The owl's eyes sparkled as it looked at Xia Ruanruan, its affection nearly overflowing from its eyes. This was the first time someone other than the old man had praised its beauty.

"Wow! I didn't expect that you also think Gugu is pretty, little girl, you have good taste! But... Gugu is not a snowy owl... It's just an ordinary owl... But it has been suffering from albinism since childhood. Its feathers have been white and its eyes have been red since it was hatched... It has been ostracized by other owls in the zoo. So they let me adopt it." Old Man Yan touched his mustache and said to Xia Runrun with a smile.

"Little girl, welcome to our Xinghai Sanctuary. I hope you can live here peacefully in the future... Gugu likes you very much. If you have time, you can communicate with him more in the future. I believe he will be very happy."

Old Man Yan squatted down and took out a small bag of biscuits from his package and handed it to Xia Ruanruan, saying proudly, "I didn't expect Gugu to care about me so much. My love for it was not in vain. Consider this as a thank you gift from me, an old man."

After saying that, the old man stood up, stretched, rolled up the bag on the ground, picked up most of the remaining supplies, waved his hand, and walked back with the owl.

“Clatter—”

However, the old man took just one step...

The owl stopped the other person and carried the backpack towards Xia Ruanruan.

"Gugugugu, gugugugu..." (I'm giving these to you. Gugugu carried them back from the survival base... Gugugu)

Old Man Yan: “???”

There's something wrong with you! Whose owl are you?