140 Awoo
◎ Seeing her father like this, Qiao Jinnian was extremely sad. She didn't understand, didn't understand the emotions of a lion.◎
I don’t know how many days I walked. Qiao Jinnian always felt that this place was not that far when she walked with Lion Dad before, but when she walked completely on her own, she realized that it would take so many days.
The sun was shining brightly just a moment ago, but at this moment, a huge dark cloud gathered above our heads, and everything in front of us was instantly shrouded in a huge shadow.
When she looked up, Qiao Jinnian realized that it was going to rain.
In the blink of an eye, the heavy rain started without any warning.
"Boom--" Thunder and rain were raging. At this time, the only thing she remembered was that she couldn't stand under a big tree to avoid the rain.
But she looked around and saw no other place to shelter from the rain, nor any large leaves that she could pick up and use as an umbrella.
With her head lowered, Qiao Jinnian burst into tears unknowingly. The rain mixed with her tears blurred her eyes.
"Roar--" Qiao Jinnian roared in grievance in the rain, calling for the lion father.
At that moment, all the grievances welled up from the depths of her heart. If she could find the lion father, she would definitely tell him how angry she was. Why did he leave without saying goodbye? Why did he abandon her? Why didn't he tell her about his unhappiness?
The heavy rain kept coming down, heavier than the first rain of the previous rainy season. Qiao Jinnian looked up at the sky, but could not open his eyes.
She simply squatted on the ground, letting the rain hit her body, and refused to move. Even the heavy rain bullied her.
Slowly, the rain finally stopped, as if silently comforting her.
Qiao Jinnian stood up again, wiped away her tears, and continued to look for the lion father based on her memory.
When she finally saw the huge rock, her heartbeat suddenly began to speed up and she felt very scared. What was she afraid of?
Maybe he was afraid that his father the lion was not here either. If he was not even here, then where would he go?
Over the past month, Qiao Jinnian recalled the little details of the interactions between father and daughter, and realized how much she relied on her lion father.
But no matter how scared she was, she took a deep breath, turned around the rock, and looked behind the rock where the grandmother had been lying.
If Qiao Jinnian wasn't familiar enough with the lion father, she would have thought it was a completely unfamiliar male lion!
Yes, as a human being, Qiao Jinnian simply couldn't tell the appearance of each lion unless they were distinctive enough. However, the lion father in front of him, even though he was much thinner, even though he was lying on the ground weakly and had no dignity of a lion, this lion was his lion father!
Perhaps hearing some noise, the lion father raised his eyes and looked towards the place where she appeared.
There was surprise, irritation, and very complicated, indescribable emotions in his eyes.
Qiao Jinnian finally found the lion father, but was a little hesitant. She finally understood why her father left alone.
She had wronged her father. At this moment, all the grievances disappeared without a trace. The first thought that appeared in her mind was that she was going to cook for the lion father!
Just like every time she saw her father before, she quickly ran over, lay on top of him, stretched out her arms and hugged his neck, expressing her longing for him: "Awoo - Awoo -"
In the past, every time she acted like a little lion and made coquettish noises, her father the lion would turn around and lick her cheek helplessly. If he found that it had rained on her face, he would lick the water stains clean.
Unfortunately, this time, Dad didn't do that. Not only did he not turn around to look at her, he also continued to lie there with his eyes closed, not even willing to look at her.
Looking at her father like this, Qiao Jinnian felt very sad. She didn't understand, she didn't understand the lion's emotions.
She knew that some lions would do this, silently welcoming death, but she was his daughter. Didn't he even recognize her?
No, she absolutely would not accept this result!
Thinking that his father must be hungry, Qiao Jinnian rubbed his mane left and right, and then growled at him softly: "Awoo——"
Yes, she planned to cook for the lion father. He must not be able to hunt properly, so he was so thin because of hunger.
Worried that her father would leave her again, Qiao Jinnian went hunting at the fastest speed in her life.
If conditions permit, she usually chooses old, weak, sick and disabled herbivores as prey.
However, this time, she chose the most convenient young antelope for the first time, because the young antelope was easier to catch and easier to drag back.
As for her hunting method, she also chose the long-range bow and arrow method of direct shooting. After the antelope fell to the ground, she quickly chased it and ended the life of the baby antelope with a spear.
At this moment, she had no thoughts in her mind, only the thin figure of the lion father.
Carrying the whole prey on her back saves time rather than dragging it by force. Fortunately, it was just a small antelope, otherwise, she would not have had enough strength to drag the prey.
Because she was afraid that the lion father would run away again, Qiao Jinnian walked very fast. The prey on her body was too heavy, but she could no longer feel it. She panted and returned to the back of the rock in one breath.
But, it was already so soon, and the lion father still left!
Not caring about the prey anymore, Qiao Jinnian dropped it and ran in the opposite direction from whence he came.
She didn't see her father on the road just now, so she suspected that he had gone in another direction.
She had to speed up, otherwise she would lose contact with her father again.
At this moment, the only thing she was thankful for was that she had been practicing long-distance running since she was a child, so she could run for a very long time without being unable to run due to exhaustion.
As she ran, she roared loudly, using the roar of a little lion: "Awoo--Awoo--"
She knew that a lion father would never be able to refuse the request of his cubs. This was a rule she had summed up over the years.
Because he kept running, and the lion father had limited endurance and was old, Qiao Jinnian soon caught up with his father.
But the lion father didn't look at him. He walked calmly to a tree, lay down under the tree, closed his eyes and didn't look at her.
Qiao Jinnian didn't care and walked over to lie down beside him, hugging his belly that was no longer round, sobbing and shouting: "Awoo - Awoo -"
This was a sound she learned from the cubs of the lion group in the valley when she was just learning to crawl. It was the sound that only two or three-month-old cubs made when they acted coquettishly towards the male lions in the territory.
This was the first little lion language she learned, and it was also the unique language between her and her father.
But the lion father seemed to be determined. He kept his eyes closed and did not give her any response, but he would not lose his temper with her either.
At this moment, Qiao Jinnian actually began to miss the way her father looked at her irritably, with his mouth wide open, as if wanting to bite her.
Because she always knew that no matter how annoyed or angry he was, he would never really bite her.
She remembered that when she was little, she even deliberately put her head into her father's mouth. As a result, he could only carefully move his mouth away for fear of accidentally hurting her.
As night falls, the breeze stirs the surrounding bushes, making a rustling sound. There are only some subtle chirping of insects around, and it is very quiet.
This big tree was chosen randomly by the lion father. It appeared abruptly on this piece of sand and looked so lonely, just like Qiao Jinnian at this moment.
She hugged her father's belly tightly, but she didn't feel any response. She could only bury her head in her father's arms and kept roaring: "Awoo - Awoo -"
There was no response, so she kept shouting. At first, the shouts were mixed with low sobs. Later, her tears dried up on her face, which was dry and uncomfortable, and her throat was hoarse, but she still shouted.
She didn’t know how long she kept calling until she fell asleep in her father’s arms. In her dream, she was still holding him tightly, not letting him leave.
The sun rose high in the sky, dyeing the grassland completely red. The chirping of birds could be heard again on the grassland, and even the roars of other top predators could be heard in the distance.
Suddenly, Qiao Jinnian sat up and remembered that he had been chasing the figure of the lion father yesterday.
Turning around, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. Her father was still beside her, his eyes closed, still asleep.
She lay down again, in his arms, and kept looking at him.
The alertness of a top predator awakened the lion father. He slowly opened his eyes, and his golden lion pupils met her black pupils.
He came over and licked her face, as if he wanted to lick away the tears on her face.
Qiao Jinnian couldn't take care of these things, so, was her father willing to pay attention to her?
Sitting up quickly, Qiao Jinnian held the lion father's huge lion head with both hands, looked directly into his eyes, tilted his head and said: "Awoo"
"Roar--" She made the coquettish sound of a little lion again, which successfully brought out the lion father's irritated roar.
Hahaha, Qiao Jinnian understood. It must be because she kept roaring last night, and the lion father finally couldn't stand it anymore. Did he succeed in breaking through her defense?
Qiao Jinnian found it funny. Did Dad fail to escape?
She quickly moved closer and rubbed her teeth in the lion's mane. She kissed his forehead and continued, "Awooo..."
Lion Dad: "..."
This time, he didn't even bother to yell. He stood up, glanced at her, and walked forward.
Qiao Jinnian was still wondering, is he still going to leave?
Finally, when the lion father saw that she had not left, he turned around and roared at her impatiently: "Roar?"
Qiao Jinnian was extremely happy. She jumped up, ran over, and skipped forward.
But this time, the lion father did not go towards the southwest grassland, but went towards the northern grassland.
She thought maybe her father really didn't like a life that was too comfortable. It didn't matter. Then she would follow him and go wherever he went.
At this moment, she finally remembered the little antelope she had captured yesterday. She wondered which carnivore had gotten the advantage...
The father and daughter headed north along the familiar road, bypassing the territory of the F3 lion group. They remembered the incident that year when the F3 lion group killed their two brothers-in-law, and they didn't know what happened to their lion group.
Originally, after they went around it, they should not be able to see the situation in the core area of the lion group, but they still saw several sub-adult lions outside the territory.
These should be the sub-adult males of the F3 lion group. Why are they hanging around the lion group like their uncle?
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