"Miss, the fox has been following our team." Suihe looked back and said to Wei Yunlan in a low voice.
The snow fox followed at the end of the team, about ten steps away.
Whenever someone turned around to look, it would stop, look left and right, pretending not to follow. Then it would quicken its pace and trot to catch up, always keeping a distance between them.
I followed him for four or five hours.
It did not fall behind until Wei Yunlan and his group stopped to rest.
Under the sunny day, the ice and snow melted little by little. Going further north, the snow did not increase, but seemed to be less than the area where they encountered the avalanche.
"We're almost heading west from here." Wei Yunlan roughly calculated the distance along the way based on their tutorial.
We should now be about five or six hundred miles northeast of the Helian tribe.
From here, if we turn northwest, we will have the hope of bypassing the mountains and entering the only way to the northwestern countries.
A tarpaulin was spread on the snow, and everyone sat on the ground with the map spread out in the middle.
"We're halfway there, right?" Zou Yun asked curiously.
When Miss Wei first proposed to go to the Northwest countries, everyone thought it was incredible, but when they actually walked on this road, it didn't seem as bizarre as they had imagined at the beginning. Although the journey was difficult and not smooth, they kept moving forward and were getting closer and closer to their goal.
"Almost." Wei Yunlan nodded.
If we count the distance from entering Yandu Xia at the beginning to heading towards Beiman, we have indeed walked nearly half the way.
Later on, as long as we pass through this uninhabited snowfield and the desert northwest of the mountain, we should be able to find traces of the northwestern countries.
While everyone was talking, the snow fox, which was about ten steps away, suddenly approached them cautiously.
Seeing that no one seemed to pay attention to it and no one stopped it from coming closer, it became more and more outrageous.
He didn't stop until he was three steps away from Wei Yunlan.
It’s not that it didn’t want to get closer, but when it got here, Heiyun, who was lying on Wei Yunlan’s knees, stood up suddenly and stared at it with a warning look.
"Woo woo." A humming sound came from the snow fox's mouth.
It’s not that Wei Yunlan didn’t notice its approach, but he thought at first that there was no need to pay attention to it. After a certain period of time, the snow fox would naturally leave on its own.
But unexpectedly, it followed me all the way here and had no intention of leaving.
"Do you want to follow us?" Wei Yunlan pointed at himself and asked softly.
"Miss, it can understand..."
Before Suihe could finish her words, the furry white ball lay down on the ground. Then it turned over and showed its snow-white and slightly pink belly to Wei Yunlan.
Heiyun stood beside Wei Yunlan, lowered his head, leaned forward, and kept growling in a warning tone.
Wei Yunlan did not reach out to touch the snow fox's exposed belly, but instead stroked the dog's head twice to soothe it.
Seeing this, the snow-white ball on the ground twisted its body and turned its belly to face the black cloud.
"This..." Suihe was stunned, "This snow fox is really smart!"
Regardless of whether she can understand what people say or not, her method of acting coquettishly and obediently is truly impressive.
No wonder everyone says, "fox spirit", "fox spirit", foxes are indeed transformed from demons!
The originally "ferocious" black cloud was defeated by the beast's coquettish look and no longer glared or bared its teeth.
Wei Yunlan touched Heiyun's head again, "Do you agree to keep it?"
This time, Heiyun did not make any low growls. Instead, he tilted his head slightly and looked at the snow fox, as if he was wondering whether he should accept the existence of this fox.
After a while, it took a few steps forward, still in the same position as before, and when it saw Heiyun approaching it, it froze, its eyes showing a look of wanting to run away. But somehow, it managed to hold back, and just kept this position until Heiyun walked in front of it, lowered its head, and sniffed its scent with the tip of its nose.
After smelling the fox, Heiyun raised his head and turned back to Wei Yunlan.
This action seems to indicate an attitude.
The little fox rolled its round eyes, rolled over and got up from the ground, and took a few tentative steps.
This time, the black cloud did not turn back to warn it.
Heiyun didn't mind having an extra snow fox in the team, and naturally the other people in the team didn't mind either.
This kind of wild beast, which has always lived in the wild, has strong survival and hunting abilities. Even if it catches up with the team, they don't need to spend any extra energy, they just need to allow it to follow.
It is indeed clever.
When the team stopped to rest and eat, he did not come up to ask for food. Instead, he dug out a hibernating little snake from somewhere, ate half of it himself, and then brought the other half to Heiyun as if to please him.
When they set out again, the five people, five horses and one dog in the team became five people, five horses, one dog and one fox.
Two figures, black and white, followed the horses, the snow fox looking even whiter against the dark, shiny fur of the dark cloud.
"This fox is really well-behaved." Zou Yun sighed, then turned to ask Wei Yunlan, "Miss Wei, do you want to give it a name?"
"Okay." Wei Yunlan stared at the snow fox walking beside Heiyun, wondering what to call it.
"Miss, this fox is so white, why not call it Xiaobai?" Suihe suggested.
Chen Yan, who was walking beside him, laughed and said, "This is too casual."
"Miss, don't listen to me. I was just talking nonsense!" Suihe said shyly.
"Xiaobai" is indeed a bit casual.
Wei Yunlan still remembers Heiyun's indignant reaction when he called him "Xiao Hei".
I think all things like to have a nice name. This fox is as smart as the black cloud, so it is natural that it is no exception.
You have to think of one carefully.
After pondering for a moment, Wei Yunlan suddenly had an idea in his mind. He looked at the snow fox's white figure and said, "You met us when the ice and snow were melting. How about calling you Xuerong?"
"The snow is melting, the snow is melting."
Zou Yun muttered a few words and praised Wei Yunlan, "Miss Wei is talented."
"The name the young lady gave is still the nicest." Suihe came close to Wei Yunlan and sighed.
He called out tentatively, "Xue Rong."
The little fox seemed to understand and knew that this was its new name. It turned around and grinned with joy.
With a new face in the team, the atmosphere seems to have become a lot more relaxed.
But this sense of relief did not last long. After resting and setting off again, less than an hour after setting off, Wei Yunlan held the horse and stopped where he was with a stiff expression.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
