Chapter 133 Going Home Xu Nian: It’s better to go home

With the arrival of spring, everything comes back to life. The golden sunlight falls on the snow-covered mountain top. Two snow leopards stick their heads out from above, as if observing something, then turn around and walk down the mountain together.

The two snow leopards followed the migration direction of marmots and blue sheep and returned to their original cave.

"Are you tired? If you are, take a break." Los moved closer to Xu Nian, rubbing against him gently, sniffing him a few times, and then said, "There's no rush, just walk slowly."

"I'm really completely fine now." Xu Nian licked his paws. He walked on the melting snow, dragging his furry tail as long as his body. His eyes fell on the snow leopard beside him. Ever since he fell into the water last time, Los had found various reasons to rub against him. In fact, Xu Nian had recovered a long time ago and could even run on cliffs. There was no problem at all.

"Yeah." Los nodded in response, but his body honestly continued to stay close to Xu Nian, as if he was unwilling to leave.

The two marmots started fighting for some unknown reason. They stood up, stepped on the rocks with their hind paws, and pushed each other with their front paws. It seemed that at this time, all animals had a bad temper, and even sheep started fighting for grass.

Of course, maybe it's not for the grass.

Los and Xu Nianban lay down behind the rocks, looking through the cracks in the rocks at the two marmots in front of them who were still fighting fiercely. This level of fighting was naturally not worth watching in the eyes of the two snow leopards, but for the marmots, it was already a struggle.

There were also marmots lying lazily on the rocks, enjoying the sunshine, getting up from time to time to change places, and then lying down again.

"I'll be on the left, you'll be on the right," Los said. He leaned over and licked Xu Nian, then whispered, "If you can catch me, then catch me. If you can't, forget it."

Hearing this, Xu Nian couldn't help but sigh softly. If he remembered correctly, Los had not said this before. Before, Los had always said, "Snow leopards that can't hunt are useless." The original words might not be this, but the general meaning was similar.

As if understanding what Xu Nian meant by "tsk", Los wagged his tail gently and licked Xu Nian hard again.

After the snow stopped falling, it became much more difficult for animals to hide their bodies. Xu Nian and Los separated and walked slowly towards the marmot, one on the left and one on the right. They lowered their bodies and stepped on the melting snow with their furry paws. They could clearly feel that the snow under their paws had become much harder.

The marmots stopped fighting. They seemed to have noticed something and turned their heads to look over here, but still didn't find anything wrong. After hesitating for a moment, one of them attacked again, and the other one started to fight back without giving in. This was exactly what Xu Nian was thinking. He took the opportunity to quickly walk past the rock wall next to him, holding his tail in his mouth to prevent exposing his whereabouts.

Suddenly, there was a noise from the other side. It was Los who launched an attack. The attention of the other marmots was immediately attracted. They all ran in the opposite direction in panic, trying to hide in their own holes quickly.

Xu Nian took the opportunity to intercept the marmot at the entrance of its hole, and just waited for it. When the marmot was panicking and preparing to return to its nest, he pounced on it from top to bottom. The marmot couldn't dodge in time and was bitten by the snow leopard, making it scream. However, the scream stopped abruptly when the snow leopard's fangs pierced its neck.

The marmot stared at Xu Nian in fear, but soon died. Then Xu Nian bit its neck and took it back.

Not to mention the hunting in Los.

"Sure enough, now that it's spring, even prey is much easier to hunt." For the first time, Xu Nian felt how important spring was to animals. If winter lasted another month, Xu Nian felt that not only other animals, but even he and Los could not guarantee that they could survive until that time.

Los's furry ears twitched slightly, and his gaze fell on Xu Nian's back, and then moved to the other's raised tail. Perhaps he had been holding it in his mouth for a long time, so the tail hair was a little messy. Los leaned over and kissed Xu Nian, saying, "Spring is not just a time for hunting."

"Hmm?" Xu Nian raised his head curiously and tilted it slightly. Then he heard Los whisper, "Soon, you'll understand."

Xu Nian still didn't understand how much suffering the feline's body had to endure.

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It takes a long way to get from here to their previous residence. Because they are not in a hurry, the journey is extended by half. The snow on the road melts quickly, and prey that is difficult to find in winter seems to be everywhere here. However, the tempers of these animals are also much more irritable than in winter.

Xu Nian held the tail in his mouth and walked with Los. They were still accustomed to living in higher places. Even if it was just a temporary place to stay, they needed to consider their own safety. After all, it was not only snow leopards that came out to hunt.

The howling of wolves became more frequent in the spring. Even a snow leopard like Xu Nian, who had a good sleep quality, found it difficult to sleep. He lay on his back on the ground with Los's tail covering his abdomen. The tip of the furry tail would occasionally curl up slightly because of the excitement of a certain snow leopard.

"Can't sleep?" Los turned his head to look at Xu Nian rolling around on the ground, took the initiative to move over and licked his messy fur, and said, "Let's move to a place farther away from the wolf pack tomorrow."

"It's okay. We'll continue our journey tomorrow." Xu Nian sighed and said, "I suddenly feel that the wolf pack that lived next to us before was quite nice and quiet. At least much quieter than here. Why do I feel like the wolves are restless from morning till night?"

"The seasons are different." Los said calmly. When his eyes fell on Xu Nian, there was an indescribable deep meaning in his eyes. He slightly tilted his head towards Xu Nian, rested his head on Xu Nian's back, and said in a muffled voice: "I miss you."

"I miss you too." Xu Nian half-closed his eyes, obviously feeling very comfortable being licked. He looked back at Los, leaned over and sniffed a few times, then said, "Not only do I miss you, I also love you very much."

Los was indeed the most easily coaxed snow leopard Xu Nian had ever seen, and his tail immediately stood up.

The night wind was blowing, and the two snow leopards couldn't sleep, so they simply lay down on the cliff in front of the cave, their eyes fixed on the distance. Although this place was not as comfortable and spacious as their previous den, the geographical location was very high and the view was also very good. Looking at the view from here, they felt refreshed.

"Why do I feel like you smell good?" Los wondered if it was just an illusion. He moved closer to Xu Nian, sniffed a few times, tilted his furry head slightly, and said, "The smell is the same as before, but it seems to be a little more fragrant."

"Maybe it's because I rolled through the flowers?" Xu Nian wondered whether he had rolled through the flowers while hunting during the day, but hunting was too stressful and he was so focused that he had no energy to care about other things. As he thought about it, he couldn't remember anything.

"Maybe." Los did not reject this smell, he even liked it a little.

“Ouch—”

“Ouch—”

The two snow leopards listened to the howling of wolves coming from the dense forest in the distance, and their tails swayed gently. After Los glanced at his own tail out of the corner of his eye, he simply took the initiative to wrap around Xu Nian's tail when it swung over.

Their tails immediately entangled together, and Xu Nian felt it immediately. After all, tails are so sensitive, and he doesn't know if it's because of spring, but his tails feel even more sensitive, and it's an indescribable strange feeling. In short, if anyone touches his tail now, he will get angry for a long time.

But he looked back at his tail that was hooked by Los, and then pretended to know nothing. He moved closer to Los, but his furry ears were sensitively pressed back slightly.

"Sleeping?" Los said, "Like wolves."

It would be strange if Xu Nian still didn't understand. He licked his paw, obviously not yet thinking clearly. Los leaned over and gently rubbed him, whispering, "Is it okay?"

"Of course I can, but..." Xu Nian was still a little nervous, and the tip of his tail couldn't help but tremble a few times. Then he said slowly: "Then you better be careful."

"Okay." Ross nodded.

The next day, after Xu Nian woke up, he looked at the sunlight outside silently. He had a good sleep last night and didn't feel anything. The main reason was that what Los said seemed to be a little different from what he thought, but he couldn't tell where the difference was.

At least... Xu Nian didn't expect that he would actually be licked all night.

What else could this wild snow leopard, less than three years old, do except make him drool?!

"Are you awake? You got up early today." Los was a little surprised. After all, Xu Nian usually got up very late. He would only get up early unless there was a special reason.

"I heard wolves howling early in the morning." Xu Nian sighed. He gently wagged his tail, turned his head to look at Los, and asked, "Tell me honestly, how many springs have you experienced? What do you usually do in spring?"

"Two, plus this makes three." Los didn't understand why Xu Nian asked this, but since he asked, Los naturally answered honestly: "Usually in the spring I hunt, patrol the territory, eat prey, and sleep."

"What else?" Xu Nian asked.

"No more." Ross said.

Xu Nian sighed. He really still didn't understand. He thought Los should understand, or the beast's instinct should know how to do it, but last night, this seemingly ambitious snow leopard just drooled all over him and even coaxed him to sleep.

All in all, last night was not what he had expected.

"Do I have to teach it step by step?" Xu Nian couldn't help but fall into deep thought, muttering to himself, "How do I teach this?"

Los tilted his furry head slightly, his eyes filled with confusion, as if he didn't understand what Xu Nian was thinking. But if Xu Nian could look up and carefully at Los, he would see a hint of smile in the other's eyes.

It’s not time yet, at least wait until Xu Nian’s health gets better.

The best thing about following the flock is that you don’t have to worry about food, but the mountain goats in spring are not to be trifled with.

As they walked past the rock wall, Xu Nian and Los started on their journey again. They didn't see any other snow leopards on the way, but the closer they got to their residence, the more Xu Nian felt like he was going home.

Obviously, he didn't live in that cave for too long before leaving, but he always had a special feeling of going home. Maybe it was because it was the first official snow leopard den after he became a snow leopard, or maybe it was because it was the place where he lived with Los.

"Do you think Kai'e and Luo Yin will return to our territory?" Xu Nian asked as he walked.

"No," Los confirmed. "There's plenty of prey in the spring. If we want to go back, they'll want to go back too, or find a new territory."

When the two snow leopards were tired, they simply sat on the grass to rest. Their furry bodies looked a little fluffy when they were half-lying on the ground. Especially when they were full and ready to sleep, the way they lay on their sides and licked their paws made them look more like a big furry cat, which no one could refuse.

What's more, these are two big cats, but one likes to lie down, and the other likes to walk around the lying one. Helplessly, the other one also followed and half-lay on the ground, licking each other's fur.