Nuan Nuan had no idea what was happening outside. It was getting dark. If she hadn't remembered her eldest cousin's warning not to run around, she would have really wanted to go out and look for someone.
Just when she was so anxious that tears were streaming down her face, a huge white tiger moved in the vast whiteness with steady and domineering steps towards the cave entrance, holding something in its mouth.
When I got closer, I found that it was an animal covered with long white hair, which looked like a sheep but was not a sheep.
It looks like a sheep, but its body is more like a small cow. Despite its size, the white tiger easily carries it in its mouth and walks in the snow.
When they reached the entrance of the cave, the white tiger opened its mouth and let go of the antelope. With a loud thud, the antelope, which was already dead with its eyes rolled back, fell not far from Nuannuan.
The little girl was so frightened that she took a step back.
"Otis?"
She was glad that Otis didn't leave and looked at it with red eyes.
The big white tiger squatted in front of the antelope, licked the blood on its mouth, and pushed the food towards the little girl with its paws.
Nuannuan just started crying, with tears still on her little face. She looked at the "food" in front of her that was much bigger than herself, sniffed her little nose pitifully, and ran directly around the antelope to Otis and hugged it.
"Woo woo woo... Otis, my brother hasn't come back yet. Can you take me to find him?"
As she cried, she wiped her tears on the soft fur on the white tiger's chest.
Otis froze when the little girl came over and hugged him, but listening to her whimpering like a little cub, Otis lowered his head and licked the hair on the little girl's head.
There were barbs on its tongue, and instead of licking your hair smooth, it made it even more messy.
Baihu looked at the golden eyes flashing and felt a little guilty.
"roar……"
Otis growled softly, pushed the little girl aside with his big head, and suddenly lay down, and raised his chin proudly to signal the little girl to go up.
Nuan Nuan wiped away her tears and smiled with a red nose - "Otis, you promised Nuan Nuan, right!"
The pair of slightly red, watery eyes lit up instantly.
Nuannuan hugged the white tiger's big head and kissed it on the nose, then thanked it in a soft, crying voice.
"Thank you Otis!"
The white tiger——"..." The body was as stiff as a sculpture. Three seconds later, it lowered its head, scratched its nose with its claws, its ears trembled rapidly, and the tip of its tail was curled to the left and right.
Nuannuan carefully put Nuanyu in her hands into her pocket to make sure it wouldn't fall, then she climbed onto Otis's back with a grunt. After sitting down, she leaned forward and opened her arms to hug his neck.
"Otis, I'm ready."
The little girl said softly.
The white tiger shook its head and slowly stood up. Nuannuan, who was climbing on its back, only felt that her vision had become higher.
So... so exciting.
The white tiger turned around and walked out of the cave, even though it was carrying a person on its back. However, Nuan Nuan's weight was not a problem for it at all.
It carried people and walked lightly in the snow, occasionally raising its head and twitching its nose.
Animals are very sensitive to smells. They can easily distinguish the smell belonging to each creature. When it followed the little girl before, it smelled the smell of that human being. Now, it can naturally easily capture the smell of Bai Moshu from the air.
Baihu took Nuannuan and ran in one direction, and soon disappeared in the snow as it was getting dark.
At this time, Bai Moshu was dragging a bundle of dry firewood on the snow. Because the snow was so vast, it was not easy to find a forest. By the time he picked up the dry firewood and walked back, it was already dark.
He walked a little fast because he was afraid that Nuannuan would be waiting anxiously in the cave.
But no matter how fast it went, it couldn't be much faster in the snow that was almost up to its knees.
“Huff…”
The hand that was dragging the dry firewood was frozen red. If he hadn't been wearing the warm jade on his body, he would have been even more unbearable now.
“Brother, brother…”
In the wind and snow, a childish voice was faintly heard. Bai Moshu paused, thinking he was hallucinating.
How could Nuannuan appear here?
Bai Moshu pursed his lips and looked at the vast expanse of white around him with his cold eyes. It seemed very quiet, yet also very noisy.
In the darkness of the night, he struggled to identify the direction, looking for the marks he had left behind.
Fortunately... the direction is right.
Letting go of the dry firewood that was being dragged by the rope, he took out the warm jade and held it in his hand to warm it up.
"Cousin!"
I heard the sound again, this time it was real.
Bai Moshu suddenly raised his head and ran towards the source of the sound.
Without the burden of those dry firewood behind him, Bai Moshu's long legs moved briskly in the snow.
"Brother, where are you?"
Nuannuan sat on the white tiger's back, and Otis walked steadily with the domineering air of a king. Wherever he passed, all the animals in the snow trembled and ran away, and even the birds in the sky flew around him.
"Otis, is Nuan Nuan's brother really here?"
The little girl grabbed the white tiger's soft and thick white fur with her small fingers, and she was very worried. It was already dark now, and her vision was limited so she couldn't see far.
"roar."
Otis growled, expressing his dissatisfaction with the little girl for doubting her own abilities.
"Okay, okay, Nuannuan, I believe you, but I'm really worried because you haven't found your brother for so long."
The voice was choked with sobs.
Otis froze in his tracks, softened his voice and called out a few more times, as if to comfort the little girl.
Nuannuan touched its fur and found its little face was a little stiff from the wind.
She pursed her lips and continued to call her brother.
"Brother, where are you? Nuannuan is here to see you..."
Since I couldn’t see her, I could only shout, hoping that my cousin could hear me and respond.
"Nuan Nuan!"
A familiar voice came with the wind, and the little girl, who was originally a little depressed on Otis's back, pricked up her ears instantly, and her eyes suddenly brightened like stars.
"Brother, where are you, cousin? Nuannuan is here!"
If you can't see, you can only rely on sound to determine the direction.
The two sides were leaning against each other, and soon they met.
When she saw the familiar figure, Nuannuan's nose felt sore, her eyes turned red, and her crystal tears fell. She slid off Otis's back, fell down, and quickly got up from the ground.
He didn't even bother to brush the snow off his body and just ran towards his cousin with his short legs.
"Wuwuwu...Brother Nuannuan is so scared. I've been waiting for you for a long time but you haven't come back..."
The little girl ran and cried, feeling aggrieved.
When she was hugged at last, she felt even more aggrieved, and she cried loudly with her little mouth pouted.
"Nuannuan is afraid of losing her brother. Afraid... Afraid that her brother won't be able to find Nuannuan, wuwuwu..."
The child cried so pitifully that Bai Moshu felt heartbroken holding the little one in his arms.
"Be good, don't cry."
His voice was a little hoarse and his hands were very cold.
The little girl felt so distressed when she touched it that she quickly grabbed his hand and warmed it with her own.
"Don't."
Bai Moshu was so afraid of the cold that he wanted to shrink back, but the little girl was very stubborn and held on tightly with her two soft little hands.
"Nuan Nuan is very warm and not afraid of the cold. Brother is cold, please warm him up."
She also took out her half of the warm jade and placed it in her brother's hand, blowing warm air onto his hand with her little mouth.
"You won't be cold soon, brother."
The little girl's thick and curly eyelashes were still covered with crystal tears, which seemed to have condensed into frost in such weather, which was both beautiful and heartbreaking.
The words spoken in a baby-like crying voice were so heartwarming.