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◎The lion father was so annoyed that he opened his mouth wide, revealing his four huge canine teeth. He was almost mad◎
Qiao Jinnian didn't know how old Ryan was this year, but based on the fact that Reiner had just reached adulthood, Ryan should be at least seven or eight years old. After all, lions only reach adulthood at the age of four.
A lion's peak period should be at this age, but Ryan chose to lie down at his peak.
Now, he saw his sub-adult son who had been driven out by the lion group, and the father and son decided to form an alliance.
However, this territory is too small. It is just enough to support one lion, but two lions are not enough.
So, from this day on, Ryan and Reiner needed to expand into a larger territory, and they turned their eyes to the south.
Da Zhuang's territory is separated from their territory by a huge valley. With the arrival of the rainy season, the valley is covered with lush green grass and is full of various herbivorous animals.
The father and son were going to re-mark the edge of their territory. It was impossible for them to leave her, a cub, here. After all, it would take them several days to set out. When they came back, she might be eaten by other animals.
Often, there are many female lions left in a lion pride, but unfortunately, in Ryan’s lion pride, there is only the little lion Qiao Jinnian.
So, Ryan carried Qiao Jinnian on his back and set off together.
Cape and Silverback also came along, after all, there was no point in them staying in the territory.
The further south you go, the more lush the vegetation becomes. No wonder Da Zhuang and the flock of ostriches want to return home.
The father and son walked and roared, and from time to time they had to stop to pee, so that their hind legs were covered with urine.
Qiao Jinnian felt a little disgusted. The smell was too strong. Could this be the strong scent of a lion?
By the way, when the lion father and lion brother peed in front of her, Qiao Jinnian actually began to feel embarrassed. No, she is a girl after all, okay?
So, she would deliberately turn around or even walk a few steps away, after all, the smell was really unpleasant.
But whenever she got too far away, Ryan would hurry over and let her ride on his back.
After all, she is a cub. If she goes too far away, there might be some fast-running carnivores that specifically target the old, weak, and sick, and she might be caught and eaten if she is not careful.
They walked all the way to Dazhuang's territory. There seemed to be no other lion groups on this grassland, so the father and son simply took over the grassland, and those herbivores became the property of their territory.
This means that Dazhuang and the herd of ostriches also belong to Ryan's territory. If other lions want to eat them, they must think carefully first, otherwise it would be a blatant provocation.
When Da Zhuang saw them coming, he was not afraid at all. He even walked up to look at Reiner, wanting to see why there was an unfamiliar lion here.
This made Reiner very puzzled. Baboons and lions are irreconcilable. Is this baboon trying to kill himself?
However, Reiner was a sub-adult lion that had just reached adulthood, or in other words, had just grown a mane. After all, Qiao Jinnian was unable to judge the lion's specific age, so he was still very curious about everything and did not attack Dazhuang.
Qiao Jinnian waved his hand familiarly and said, "Da Zhuang!"
Hearing his name, Dazhuang hurried over and started to put his arm around Qiao Jinnian's shoulders. He even had a fruit in his left hand and was eating it, looking very casual.
The other baboons also stood far away. After all, the leader had a very high status, so they did not rush to get ahead.
Qiao Jinnian greeted the group of ostriches from afar. She had never named the ostrich father and mother, mainly because she really couldn't tell one from the other. They all looked similar, but there were some differences between females and males.
Unlike Dazhuang, the leader is obviously a whole size bigger than the other baboons.
The little ostriches came over very familiarly, ran around her, and casually ate the roots on the ground.
This grassland has recovered, but it is still a little barren compared to other places. Maybe it will be back to its original state in two or three years.
Qiao Jinnian decided to start barbecuing and cooking here. The father and son had already caught an antelope and ate it on the spot, leaving only one leg for her.
After grilling the meat, Qiao Jinnian gave a few pieces to Dazhuang, Paofeng and Yinbei respectively, and wrapped the rest in leaves so that they could eat them whenever they were hungry.
Seeing Brother Lion, Qiao Jinnian tentatively asked him if he wanted to eat. Unlike Father Lion who turned his head away directly, Reiner actually looked eager to try.
He moved closer, opened his mouth, and put the barbecue in her hand into his mouth, but the piece of meat was too small, so he swallowed it in one bite without any expression on his face.
Qiao Jinnian scratched his face, but still couldn't figure out whether he liked it or not.
But he didn't continue looking at her, so it meant that he probably didn't taste anything, just like Zhu Bajie swallowing the ginseng fruit too fast.
This made Qiao Jinnian speechless. Ryan next to him raised his paws and rubbed his eyes, feeling quite embarrassed.
On the way back, Reiner tried several times to let her ride on his back, but Ryan yelled at him to go back. Reiner had no choice but to give up, making a "roar--" sound of grievance.
Although Brother Lion is an adult, there is still a sense of innocence in his eyes. Sometimes when he sees a butterfly flying by, he will even chase it for a few steps, scaring the butterfly so much that it flies all over the sky in panic.
During the rainy season, lions have no shortage of food. Sometimes they hunt not just for meat, but to practice their hunting skills, or just for fun.
With Reiner's joining, Ryan became even lazier. It was the rainy season, so most of the time, it was Reiner who went hunting, and Ryan lay on the side watching him, as if he was deliberately training his son's hunting skills.
At this time, Reiner was crawling on the ground, hiding his huge body with the yellow-green weeds, and was approaching a pair of blackbucks, which were a blackbuck couple.
Male impalas use glands secreted from their eyes to rub on leaves to mark their territory and prevent other impalas from approaching their territory.
However, when Reiner took a fancy to the pair of blackbucks, another male blackbuck also took a fancy to the same pair of blackbucks, or rather, to the piece of grass.
So, unfortunately, when Reiner was about to pounce and start another life-and-death chase, the two impalas started fighting, completely unaware of the big lion hiding on the side.
Reiner was speechless. He looked back at Ryan and Qiao Jinnian lying in the distance, and had to crawl back in shame.
So, the man and the two lions simply lay on the grass and watched the territorial battle between the two male impalas.
Compared with carnivores, the territorial battles of herbivores seem much gentler. They constantly use the horns on their heads to fight each other with the purpose of expelling the other side, but they will not harm the other side's life until one of them is completely defeated.
The impala's wife next to him was leisurely eating delicious leaves, looking into the distance from time to time to observe the surrounding environment.
Because the territorial blackbuck has a family and a wife to support, he is full of fighting spirit. After a long duel, he finally forced the opponent to exhaustion, and the invading young blackbuck had no choice but to run away.
After watching the show for too long, Reiner no longer wanted to kill the victorious goral. They were not very hungry anyway, and they came here to practice hunting skills.
So, the three of them quietly left the grassland to look for new targets. Reiner's hunting skills were also very powerful, although they were not as good as Ryan's.
Every male lion is forced to leave the lion group at the age of 3 and go out on his own to hone his hunting skills. Many male lions will die during this training, and those who can successfully survive are the best among them.
Reiner soon hunted a zebra by himself, but he did not eat it. Instead, he gave it to a group of spotted hyenas waiting to snatch it not far away.
Such things only happen during the rainy season. If it is the dry season and the spotted hyenas want to steal food, Ryan and Reiner will probably kill the spotted hyena queen first.
When the spotted hyenas saw Reiner leave directly, they rushed over and started eating with big mouthfuls, starting from the zebra's butt. This is why they are called the directors of the anorectal department.
Qiao Jinnian suddenly felt fortunate that the zebra was bitten to death by Reiner instead of being killed by the hyenas.
Continuing to walk forward, playing along the way, Qiao Jinnian looked for a suitable stone pot, but unfortunately there was none.
So, Qiao Jinnian pointed to the west, where there was a small river, and asked the father and son to go there and take a look.
Although they didn't understand what she was going to do, the father and son still walked in the direction she pointed.
Qiao Jinnian lay down and rubbed Ryan's head, hugging his big mane and rubbing it hard, which successfully earned him an irritated roar from the lion father: "Roar——"
The lion father was so annoyed that he opened his mouth wide, revealing his four huge canine teeth. He was almost angry to death, but no matter how angry he was, he did not throw her off his back.
Reiner next to him opened his mouth wide with a look of disbelief, as if he remembered what happened with his lion father when he was a child.
That’s unknown. Maybe Ryan is a very strict father, and Reiner still listens to his father.
In this father-son alliance, Reiner obviously regarded himself as Ryan's follower and had no intention of becoming the boss.
In a normal lion group, the eldest has the priority to eat and eat, but Ryan obviously did not ask Reiner to strictly abide by this rule, but ate at the same time as Reiner.
After the family of three had eaten and drunk their fill, the father and son lay down by the river and slept. The river was very shallow and one could see the bottom at a glance. It was obviously free of crocodiles and very safe. This kind of river would definitely dry up during the dry season.
Qiao Jinnian finally found materials that could be used to make a stone pot by the river.
However, before she could tell the father and son lions, three cheetahs appeared beside them, running at the speed of light.
How did she know it was a cheetah?
Because only cheetahs can run at 110 kilometers per hour, which is almost the lightning speed limit on the highway!
The animal being chased by the cheetah was a very strong antelope.
【Author’s words】
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