Chapter 76 Is it because I didn't work hard enough?

Maria is a female leopard living in the southern part of the African savannah.

In May of this year, she gave birth to three cubs.

Maria is a mother with many experiences in raising cubs.

Before the cubs were born, she found a cave near her territory that was extremely suitable for giving birth -

it was a rock cave.

With the natural cover of the rock cave, her cubs can live in the cave for several months until the cubs grow up and the cave can no longer serve as their cover.

But now the cubs are only one month old.

Why did Maria suddenly start to migrate with her cubs now?

The photographers were puzzled and simply started to follow and shoot Maria.

After about a day of observation, they finally found the reason -

three stray lions had intruded into Maria's territory.

Lions are the kings of the grassland. Where they are, there is often no room for other predators to survive.

Maria, who is raising three cubs alone, is even less willing to fight with three stray lions. In order to ensure the safety of the cubs, she can only take the cubs away from her territory and look for a more suitable territory for raising cubs.

But going north is obviously not a wise move.

After all, not only Ethan and his lion group live on this land, but also Andrew and Nian Nian.

Even Angela is heading to this land because of the deliberate guidance of the photographers.

If Maria really brought her cubs here, even she might have a hard time surviving on this land, not to mention that she has three cubs with her.

The photographers were a little worried.

But this was not something they could do.

They could only pray silently in their hearts. Maria found that there was no food around halfway and temporarily changed direction.

At the same time, Ye Yunian, who lived with Andrew in the north, was going to try his Nth hunting in his leopard life tonight.

But unlike before, this time Ye Yunian learned from Andrew's teachings and practiced in his mind countless times before deciding to take action.

As soon as the night fell, Ye Yunian jumped down from the tree.

Andrew saw the cub's movements and couldn't help but open his eyelids.

Then he saw Ye Yunian observing the surrounding environment, and then decisively moved towards the tall grass.

Further ahead was a group of wildebeests.

Andrew blinked.

No way?

Could it be that his cub had learned to hunt so quickly?

Andrew glanced at the zebra meat hanging on the tree and the antelope meat that had not been eaten the day before, and was silent for a rare time.

Could it be that he didn't work hard enough?

Otherwise, how could his cub go hunting on its own so soon? !

Andrew couldn't sit still for a moment, and jumped down from the tree in a hurry, and then ran towards Ye Yunian quickly.

Ye Yunian was not paying attention for a moment, and was bitten by Andrew on the back of the neck.

Andrew's bite was not heavy, but it was strong enough that Ye Yunian's head was stretched back.

Ye Yunian turned back in confusion.

What happened?

Wasn't his real father Leopard always in a stable mood and easy to get along with?

Why did he suddenly get angry with him?

Ye Yunian stared with a pair of big eyes, which were full of innocence and confusion.

He tried to struggle, but Andrew bit him even harder.

Ye Yunian felt as if his scalp was tied with a rubber band, and it was so tight.

"Awoo~"

Stop biting, stop biting, my dear father!

If you bite me again, I'm going to go bald.

Ye Yunian began to howl miserably.

Andrew didn't want to hurt his cub, so he let go of the cub after Ye Yunian made the first howl.

Hearing Ye Yunian's constant and somewhat dissatisfied complaints, Andrew also howled at the cub several times.

Ye Yunian was a little confused by Andrew's yelling.

So what happened!

Even if they were two familiar leopards, it was a little difficult for them to understand each other's meaning just by language. It wasn't

until Ye Yunian saw Andrew turn his head and point his chin at the two large pieces of meat still hanging on the tree that Ye Yunian suddenly realized.

Oh!

It turns out that the biological father leopard is a good leopard who doesn't like to waste!

He thought there was still a lot of food, so he stopped himself from hunting.

Ye Yunian looked at the food on the tree, and then looked at his biological father, the leopard in front of him.

After a long silence, he nodded reluctantly.

Yeah.

All right!

Let's finish eating the zebra meat and antelope meat first and then go hunting.

Ye Yunian looked a little helpless.

Andrew saw the cub looking at him with this expression, and didn't know that he had been misunderstood, but when he saw that the cub had no intention of going hunting again, he was finally relieved.

That's right.

Just leave hunting to me.

Since the cub has chosen to follow me, he will definitely raise the cub to be fat and white.

Obviously, Andrew at this time has forgotten that the cub found him by chance when it was "desperate" at first, and it was not the refuge he had in mind at all.

Little did he know that the cub had not given up hunting at all.

Not hunting for the time being was just a strategy of the cub.

With such a beautiful misunderstanding, the father and son temporarily restored their harmonious relationship.

After night fell, this land that had been scorched by the sun all day finally welcomed a moment of coolness.

Since he couldn't go hunting, he couldn't just stay in the tree and sleep at this time.

Ye Yunian decided to take a bath by the river at night.

He hasn't taken a bath for a long time!

No, it should be said that Ye Yunian hasn't taken a bath since he came to this world.

After all, he was either busy surviving or busy traveling some time ago.

It was only after following Andrew for a few days that he settled down.

Ye Yunian was going to take a bath, so he naturally invited Andrew to join him.

Andrew hesitated for a moment and followed Ye Yunian.

Of course, it was not because Andrew also wanted to take a bath, but because he was worried about the safety of the cubs.

The riverside during the dry season is the most dangerous place.

Not only do hippos gather there, but many predators also visit.

With Andrew accompanying them, those bastards who want to take advantage of the opportunity to attack their cubs should also be careful about their targets, right?

Andrew followed his cub proudly, and the two leopards went to the river in broad daylight.

Ye Yunian stood on the shore, glanced around, and found that there were no hippos at this point, so he jumped directly on the spot without hesitation.

After a splash of water, Ye Yunian jumped into the river.

This action scared Andrew, who was taking care of a cub for the first time.

Who knows how deep the river is, will the cub drown if he jumps in? !

Andrew was so scared that he jumped in without thinking.

As soon as he entered the water, before he could dive in to find the cub, there was a sudden splash next to him, and Andrew was drenched with water.

He looked around and saw who else could be the culprit if not Ye Yunian?

Andrew howled and swam towards the cub.

Ye Yunian happily howled twice, then quickly swam towards the shore.

How could his father, the leopard, not take a joke at all!

He just wanted to play in the water with his father, the leopard!

Ye Yunian ran and called to Andrew coquettishly.

After a few sounds, the fire in Andrew's heart was extinguished.

Phew.

Why should I bother with a cub?

He is so young, it is normal for him to be naughty.

When I was a child, didn’t I bite my mother’s tail and make it bald, and then I was beaten up?

Andrew stopped chasing Ye Yunian and began to enjoy floating in the water.

Don’t say it.

In hot weather, taking a bath is really refreshing.

Ye Yunian took a comfortable bath, and before the annoying hippos came back with Andrew, they walked out of the river and returned to their big tree to lie down. While drying their hair, they did not forget to tidy up their hair.

A pleasant night passed like this.

The next morning, Andrew woke up to the annoying cries of a group of vultures.

When he was woken up, Andrew was still a little confused.

Vultures are creatures that do not like to eat carrion, but because they are not strong enough to compete with most predators on land.

In order to survive, they have evolved the ability to eat carrion.

Sometimes when they can snatch food, they will choose to eat fresh food.

Andrew has encountered vultures snatching food many times.

But Andrew is a very powerful leopard, and every vulture that dares to snatch food from him will find it difficult to get any advantage from him.

Being beaten is considered light, and more often, Andrew will directly choose to kill the vulture that steals food.

So what if they can fly?

As long as the vulture wants to eat, it must land on the ground.

In addition to their amazing explosive power, leopards are also outstanding in jumping ability.

As long as the vultures do not appear in groups, they will never be Andrew's opponent.

Because more vultures were hunted, gradually, there were fewer vultures gathering around Andrew's territory.

But what happened today?

Andrew looked in the direction of the sound in confusion, and saw an antelope carcass on the ground. This group of vultures gathered together just for this antelope carcass and fought fiercely.

Antelope?

Andrew looked up at the branches, then stood up and jumped directly to the pile of vultures on the ground.

For a moment, the vultures' calls became louder, but this time it turned into screams.

Ye Yunian was so frightened by the sound that he woke up from his dream and almost fell from the tree.

What happened? What happened?

Ye Yunian hurriedly looked towards the sound and saw his biological father Andrew leaping and biting off the neck of a vulture.

The other vultures were also frightened and quickly flapped their wings and flew up.

But in just one second, the vultures flew to the tree.

There was only a vulture corpse and an antelope skeleton that had been eaten by the vultures on the ground.

Ye Yunian looked at the skeleton on the ground and didn't react for a while.

Until he heard Andrew's angry roar, and then he looked up.

Hey -

their antelope meat is gone!

This is good...

cough cough.

Can't show too much joy.

Although the antelope meat has been a little rotten after two days, Ye Yunian is a picky eater, but he is still a good leopard who cherishes food!

He knows the hardship and difficulty of hunting, so he feels a little sorry for the antelope skeleton that has been eaten up.

It's just a pity, but the most important thing now is to comfort Leopard, his biological father.

So Ye Yunian quickly jumped down from the tree, came to Andrew's side, and rubbed his head against Andrew's head.

Don't be angry.

It's just half an antelope!

I have learned a new way of hunting, and I will show you tonight!

Besides, we have a new prey now!

Ye Yunian used his claws to dig at the dead vulture on the ground.

Let's eat it!

Fresh bird meat must be delicious!

Dad, you are really great!

You are the most powerful Leopard!

Ye Yunian is used to coaxing people when he is with Song Yi.

Even if he changes the object, his ability to coax people is still as powerful as ever.

Sure enough, Andrew was no longer angry after a while.

Not only was he not angry, he even raised his head proudly.

Yes.

He is the amazing Leopard!

Andrew was flattered by Ye Yunian.

So he lowered his head and started plucking the feathers.

Because he had killed vultures many times, Andrew was very skilled in plucking the feathers.

He was even very familiar with the body structure of the vulture and knew where the meat was the most delicious.

After plucking the feathers, Andrew took out the vulture's plump internal organs.

Of course, Ye Yunian rejected Andrew without hesitation.

Compared to the internal organs, Ye Yunian wanted to eat the vulture's wings more.

Bird wings!

Or super big bird wings!

Just thinking about it makes them delicious.

Ye Yunian bit the bird's wing, and it made a crunching sound.

It was really delicious!

Ye Yunian was very happy!

Seeing the cubs eating happily, Andrew was naturally happy too.

All right.

As long as the cubs are happy. If

they don't want to eat the dirty parts, then they won't eat them.

Andrew is a good leopard who is very accommodating to the cubs!

So early in the morning, the two leopards ate their fill.

When they finished eating, there were still some remains of vultures on the ground, but Andrew didn't drag them up the tree.

He didn't care about this little bit of meat, and there were other uses for this meat -

for example, fishing and law enforcement.

Andrew returned to the tree and stared carefully at the movements of the vultures not far away.

But I don't know if the death of their companion made the group of vultures alerted, until Andrew fell asleep, they did not move.

And Andrew, who had eaten and drunk enough, naturally fell asleep in a short while.

When Andrew fell asleep, the group of vultures waited for an opportunity to move.

Ye Yunian saw the whole process, but he did not go down to hunt the vultures angrily like Andrew.

One reason was that Ye Yunian was not big enough now, and the other was that Ye Yunian planned to take advantage of this time to sneak out of the territory.

Although the previous searches for Song Yi failed.

But we can't fail every time.

There is no similar aura in the north, so let's go west this time.

Ye Yunian had an idea in his mind and got down from the tree quietly.

Andrew, who was not far away, was still fast asleep, not realizing that the cub had gone far away.

Ye Yunian's search this time was naturally fruitless.

On the way back, Ye Yunian kept sighing.

The photographer who followed him was very puzzled when he saw this scene.

When they first discovered that Ye Yunian had left Andrew's territory, they thought that the little leopard had decided to leave his father because of the unpleasantness with Andrew last night.

Before the photographers had time to worry, they saw Nian Nian, who had been strolling outside the territory, quickly returned home.

On the way back, the little guy seemed very depressed.

He scratched the grass on the ground with his claws while walking, and even the insects passing by would be chased and stepped on by him for no reason.

Not to mention the flies flying around him.

As long as they flew towards him, the little guy dared to compete with these buzzing things.

Not only did he scratch his face with his claws, he even dived into the puddle next to him.

When the hair on his face became all wet, Niannian found a cool place to stop and began to tidy up his hair with his claws.

But this process did not last too long.

Because the puddle that Niannian just dived into was very small, he could see the bottom as soon as he put his big head in, so Niannian found out while washing his face that his face was covered with mud!

The photographers were a little worried, but also wanted to laugh.

Because of Nian Nian's action, he turned himself into a "little leopard", a leopard in the literal sense.

Who would have thought that it was this laugh that completely annoyed Nian Nian.

The next second, Nian Nian suddenly roared angrily towards the sky, and then ran towards their car.

Several photographers were dumbfounded.

No?

Why are you running towards us?

We just laughed, it's not us who turned you into a little leopard! Besides, you are a leopard...

No, now is not the time to play with memes.

A photographer hesitantly took out the tranquilizer gun.

The next second, there was a clang from behind their car.

The photographers quickly turned around and saw Nian Nian jumping onto the tailgate of their jeep.

Half of the rear of the tailgate was used to store some equipment, as well as food and drinking water that the photographers couldn't fit in their car.

These things were not important.

The photographers were worried about Nian Nian. How could this good-tempered leopard suddenly jump onto their car?

This had never happened before.

Just as the photographers were struggling to figure out how to get rid of Nian Nian, they saw Nian Nian suddenly lower his head and bite a bottle of mineral water.

Eh?

Wait!

Leopards have sharp teeth. Even though Nian Nian is not an adult, he is still a leopard!

He bit open a bottle of mineral water without any effort.

The clear and clean water instantly flowed onto the tailgate.

One bottle was not enough, and Ye Yunian bit open several bottles.

He drank a lot first, and then washed his big head with the clean water on the tailgate.

After doing all this, the satisfied big cat hummed twice, and then jumped off their car without any reluctance.

Photographers: ...

No...

Wait!

You just leave after you've done the damage!

Also, who can explain to them why Niannian can find mineral water in their car so accurately?

The water has no smell!

The photographers were puzzled.

What made them even more terrified was still behind.

Andrew, who woke up from a nap, started looking for his cubs.

Andrew was in a bad mood when he found out that the cubs were not around. He

smelled the smell again and learned that the cubs were still in the territory, and his mood instantly brightened.

But before Andrew could be happy for too long, he heard the cub's angry roar.

Andrew lost his composure the moment he heard the sound.

Who bullied his cub? !

Andrew didn't think twice and ran in the direction of the sound.

Leopards can run up to 70 kilometers per hour.

It took Andrew less than ten minutes to reach the destination, which was only a few kilometers.

But it took Ye Yunian five or six minutes to do the damage in the jeep.

So when Andrew arrived, the first thing he confirmed was the cub not far away.

Very good.

The cub is fine.

Then the next question came, who bullied his cub?

Andrew swept his eyes around and smelled the cub.

The next moment, Andrew roared angrily at the jeep not far away.

Photographer: ???

No.

Andrew, please speak up!

It was their water that was destroyed by the naughty kid Niannian! Why are you blaming us?

At this moment, the photographers finally understood what it meant to be unable to explain and why every "naughty" child has a "naughty" parent.

The photographers didn't

know whether to laugh or cry. "We didn't bully you, the cub!" A photographer couldn't help but stick his head out of the window and shouted to Andrew.

Andrew mistakenly thought that this was a provocation to him, and just when he was about to yell again, Ye Yunian finally reacted and quickly stood in front of his biological father, Leopard.

Stop it!

They really didn't bully me!

Why did you quarrel?

Ye Yunian quickly comforted Andrew, and then began to rub him with his wet head.

I was in a bad mood today, and I have already "taught" this group of people who laughed at me!

I wasted five bottles of water for them!

Ye Yunian used his head to butt Andrew, motioning him to follow him.

Those photographers really didn't have any bad intentions, and what's more, they had tranquilizer guns in their hands. We Leopards don't bother with them!

The reason why Andrew was so aggressive towards this group of people was that he mistakenly thought that they bullied his cub.

At this time, after hearing the explanation of the cub, although he did not understand what the cub was saying, Andrew still lost his temper.

There was no way.

Who made his cub so cute.

Many times Andrew wanted to be angry but couldn't.

So the generous Andrew soon stopped arguing with this group of annoying two-legged beasts.

He stuck out his tongue and began to tidy up his cub's wet head hair.

Ye Yunian felt very comfortable being licked, and his throat began to snore.

The deafening snoring sound reached the ears of several photographers.

Several people couldn't help but sighed.

Inexplicable.

Of course, I'm not referring to Nian Nian, I'm referring to Andrew.

A photographer whispered, "So this is the cub that heals everything?"

His companion echoed, "Of course it is."

After all, Andrew had a really bad temper before.

Didn't they just disturb Andrew and Angela's mating once before?

This bad-tempered leopard chased them for dozens of kilometers.

This time, with Nian Nian's comfort, he actually only roared at them a few times.

It's really rare!

But then again.

Angela seems to have a bad temper recently?

Just at this time, a colleague's satellite phone called.

As soon as the call was connected, there was a voice complaining: "Oh my God, can you come and take over from us! Angela has bitten the things in our car again today..."

Several people couldn't help but laugh secretly.

In order to guide Angela to find her cubs, the team of photographers also put in a lot of effort.

Leopards are not human beings, so it is naturally impossible to communicate through language.

So they can only take things with the smell of Nian Nian to smear on the car, and then drive the car to Angela's territory, and let Angela follow their car to Andrew's territory to reunite with Nian Nian.

Who would have thought that it was because of this action that Angela misunderstood and thought that they had kidnapped her cubs.

Although she had been following their car for the past two days, she would jump onto their car every now and then and mess around on the tailgate of their jeep.

Unfortunately, the photographers had no way to deal with Angela. They

could only wait for Angela to stop messing around and then continue to guide Angela to follow them.

"When will this hard life end?"

The photographers who guided Angela cried out in pain.

On the other side.

The photographers who had been filming Maria's family also cried out in pain at this moment -

"NONONO! Maria, my God, please protect Maria and stop her from moving forward! She will soon reach the edge of Andrew's territory with her cubs!"

"Andrew will definitely kill all her cubs!"