Chapter 85 The hair on his abdomen was tangled. Xu Nian said: Can’t we help each other?

Two snow leopards, a wolf, and a mastiff stared at each other, seemingly unprepared to encounter each other. The mastiff, in particular, was marking its territory and was at its most vulnerable.

Perhaps because the two enemies were extremely jealous of each other, the wolf almost instantly shifted its gaze back to the mastiff, and put the two snow leopards behind its mind. Without any pause, it rushed directly towards the mastiff, obviously wanting to fight.

Although the other party did not cause trouble for Los, Los did not let down his guard. Instead, he took two steps back very carefully and looked at the two beasts fighting in front of him with a serious face.

It still had the marmot in its mouth, its tail hanging behind it, its furry ears standing up, its claws hooked on the ground, and its eyes fixed on the two beasts fighting fiercely, as if it was thinking about other things.

Suddenly, it felt its tail being tugged. Turning its head, it saw Xu Nian, ears drooping, biting its tail timidly and pulling gently. Seeing Los looking back at it, it immediately whispered, "Let's go! Stop watching the fun."

Since ancient times, watching the fun has never had a good result. Xu Nian doesn't want to cause trouble at this time. Anyway, they have found the prey, so there is no need to stay here and take the risk.

Hearing this, Los twitched the tip of his tail slightly, feeling a slight tingle. His eyes darkened slightly, and after a second of thought, he decisively grabbed the marmot, turned around, and ran in the other direction, saying, "Catch up."

Xu Nian immediately followed behind Los, away from this troubled place, mainly because the two seemed to be fighting a life-and-death battle, and Xu Nian felt that it was too risky. He followed behind Los step by step. Although Los still had a marmot in his mouth, his speed did not slow down because of this. Therefore, it took Xu Nian a lot of effort to follow behind Los.

"Next time we'll hunt in a different direction," Xu Nian said as he ran. "There are wolves and dogs here, it's really too dangerous."

"Okay." For Los, it didn't matter where they hunted, so Xu Nian's words made sense. He didn't argue. When they returned to their den, he let Xu Nian walk ahead and said, "You go ahead, and I'll cover the rear to prevent them from catching up after they've finished hunting."

Xu Nian nodded quickly and hurriedly climbed along the rock wall towards his nest. Los followed behind him easily with the marmot in his mouth, occasionally slowing down to pay attention to whether there were other animals around.

After climbing up the rock wall and returning to his nest, Los put the marmot down in his mouth and saw Xu Nian squatting on the ground with his hind paws raised. He seemed to be licking his belly. Seeing Xu Nian's focused look, Los simply walked over and asked, "What's wrong? Where are you scratched?"

"No." Xu Nian shook his head and said, "My hair seems to be tangled. It hurts a bit when I pull it."

Los: ...

The fur on the snow leopard's body is not very long and is a bit fluffy, but the fur on the abdomen is slightly longer and softer than that on other parts of the body, so this kind of fur is easy to tangle. Usually, after eating and drinking, the snow leopards lie in the snow and lick their own fur, or lick each other, to make the fur smoother and less likely to tangle.

But it was obvious that Xu Nian didn't seem to be very good at this. After all, this snow leopard didn't even know how to clean the dirt off its body at the beginning. It was Los who taught him. Xu Nian was very smart and only needed to be taught once, so Los was even more puzzled as to why Xu Nian had no idea about these things before.

It was really curious about how Xu Nian grew up when he was a cub.

After all, Xu Nian doesn't look like he can support himself.

However, before Los could think further, he saw Xu Nian lying down very naturally, and then he showed his soft belly in front of Los very calmly. He had gained a lot of weight during this period, all of which were raised by Los bit by bit, and his fur had also become much fluffier. At this moment, he was lying flat like this, and his belly rose and fell slightly with his breathing.

"..." Los didn't know what to say. He couldn't remember what he had just thought of.

Oh yes, it just thought about how Xu Nian spent his childhood...

Before Los could figure it out, Xu Nian's big furry tail started wagging. He turned his head and looked at Los with a confused look on his face, his eyes clearly filled with doubt, as if he didn't understand why Los hadn't come over yet.

"Let's lick each other's fur." Xu Nian was embarrassed to ask Los to help him smooth his fur, so he simply thought of using the banner of helping each other so that the request would not seem too abrupt.

Los' throat moved slightly, he looked down at the marmot beside his paw, and suddenly felt that the taste of the marmot was just so-so.

"Yeah." Los responded, his tone was very calm, as if this was just a rare and ordinary thing. He leaned over and rubbed Xu Nian gently, helping him smooth his fur. Then he stuck out his tongue and licked the tangled and soft fur on Xu Nian's neck.

Xu Nian subconsciously raised his head slightly in comfort, and the tip of his tail twitched happily.

"I'll comb your hair later." Xu Nian tilted his neck. He had tried to lick it himself before, but maybe because his hair had been too fluffy recently, when he bent his body, he almost used too much force and rolled down the cliff like a ball. If he fell and got crippled, he would be the first snow leopard to suffer an accident by licking his hair himself.

He half-lying down very comfortably, letting Los busy himself on his body. At first he was still conscious and would talk to Los, even making big promises to the wild snow leopard, such as "I will lick your fur, it will feel very comfortable". In fact, after saying a few words, he was so sleepy that he fell asleep with his eyes closed.

Seeing Xu Nian fall asleep, Los took the initiative to raise his paw and move closer to Xu Nian. He slightly lowered his body and put his nose close to Xu Nian, sniffing gently. After a while, he circled around Xu Nian, then found a comfortable position and half-lay down to rest. When he raised his paw to hug Xu Nian in his arms, he suddenly heard a very rapid "Woof woof woof——"

The barking was like firecrackers going off in the snow, a deafening roar that startled Xu Nian awake. He got up in shock and looked around. He asked nervously, "Is it coming? Is the dog here?"

"No." Luo Si paused, leaned over and licked Xu Nian, then comforted him: "No dog is coming, you don't have to be nervous."

Xu Nian was not nervous, but mainly because he had been chased by a dog before. So although he liked dogs, he was still very scared, especially when it was a mastiff. Moreover, the sound was so loud that it seemed like it was right next to his ear. In fact, there were no animals around, only the howling cold wind.

His heart was pounding. Los nudged him gently and said, "You won't be scared if you sleep close to me."

"Wait..." Xu Nian was originally preparing to go to bed, but he suddenly remembered something, and quickly got up again, scratched outside, stretched out his furry head, and looked outside. Los didn't know what Xu Nian wanted to do, so he simply got up too.

Then Los saw Xu Nian approach the marmot and said, "We haven't eaten yet. I said we forgot something."

They are still young snow leopards and cannot be so forgetful. Although Xu Nian doesn't know whether snow leopards are like humans and occasionally forgetful.

But Los obviously remembered. Only one of his ears twitched slightly when he heard Xu Nian's words. Then he lowered his head to lick the fur on his paw, stood up and moved closer to Xu Nian, saying, "Okay."

If Xu Nian listened carefully, he would be able to detect a hint of regret in the voice.

Although he fell asleep with Xu Nian in his arms every night, he never got tired of sleeping with him. If he failed to do so once, Los would feel regretful. After all, other snow leopards were not as furry as Xu Nian, who was so beautiful that the snow leopards could not take their eyes off him.

"Are they still fighting?" Xu Nian listened to the noise outside, holding the marmot in his mouth, and said, "What a coincidence, we can encounter them like this in such a big snowy mountain."

"It should be over." Los pricked up his ears, but he heard no more dog barking or wolf howling. He guessed that the two sides had a fight and then separated. However, it seemed that this matter would not be over for a while.

"They just had a fight and are probably resting now. There shouldn't be any more clashes for the time being. Why don't we catch another sheep while they're resting?" Xu Nian came up to Los, with blood stains from the marmot still on his mouth, and said, "Let's go together."

Los looked down and saw the blood on Xu Nian's face. He naturally leaned over and licked it, then said, "Okay."

Except for some very dangerous things, or some things that will come into contact with Luo Yin, in most cases, Los will not stop Xu Nian from doing anything. He will follow Xu Nian anyway.

…

In the evening, due to the heavy snow for several days, the sky was a little dark. Two snow leopards came down from the mountain. They were not moving very fast and looked very cautious, ready to leave at any time.

There was something wrong with Xu Nian's sense of smell, so he could only rely on Luo Yin to smell on his own. Xu Nian looked around and it was not difficult to find that there were occasionally some paw prints left by animals walking on the snow.

However, most of them were covered with snow, with only a few scattered ones left.

"Who do you think will win between this dog and this wolf?" Xu Nian came closer to Los and asked curiously, "Will they still be waiting there when we go?"

Los slowed down his pace and turned to look at Xu Nian, who was looking serious behind him. Looking at the other person's furry face, Los couldn't help but laugh and said, "I didn't think so much when I was going down the mountain, but now you start thinking about it?"

"I just remembered this, didn't I?" Xu Nian said cautiously, trying to get closer to Los, lowering his voice, "I'm just afraid the wolves will ambush us right here. After all, they hold grudges."

"Generally, after a wolf pack is injured, it will give priority to preserving the remaining members, so there will be no second battle in a short period of time. Of course, there are exceptions, but these are rare." Los raised his paw. When he stepped on the snow, there was some space, and he almost stepped on air. However, this was very simple for him. He just jumped onto the rock next to him and stabilized his body. However, Xu Nian who followed behind him was not so lucky. After the whole snow leopard stepped on air, he was about to fall down. Fortunately, Los was quick-eyed and quick-clawed. He bit the back of Xu Nian's neck, and all four claws were digging into the rock, pulling Xu Nian up.

Xu Nian was still in shock and said, "One claw stepped on empty air."

"There are quite a few potholes here, so they're invisible under the snow. It's okay to fall on this kind of ground, but be careful not to injure your limbs." Los paused, then added, "Whether you're chasing, escaping, or even fighting, you need to keep your limbs safe."

For wild animals like them, they are not qualified to be injured, especially to their limbs. If the injury is to the body, they can be taken good care of and recover slowly, but if it is to the bones of the limbs or the spine... then they lose the qualification to live.

Xu Nian no longer dared to underestimate this pit and nodded quickly.

For some reason, although he couldn't smell anything and didn't even see any other animals when he looked back, he always felt as if they were being stared at by something, and there was a chill rising from his spine.