Chapter 80: Hold

the cubs in his arms and kiss them crazily Although Ye Yunian's arrival did not harm the cubs and brought food to feed them, the unfamiliar leopard smell still made Maria feel uneasy.

So that afternoon, Maria took her two cubs to eat the wild rabbit meat left by Ye Yunian, and then moved with the two cubs.

Yes, they left after eating. After all,

there was food in front of them, so it would be a waste not to eat it.

The photographers also carefully discovered that the little black panther was particularly interested in the pile of dirt in front of him.

After Maria came back, the little black panther first went to get close to his mother, and then happily climbed up the crevice and licked all the dirt at the mouth of the crevice.

During this time, his brother wanted to steal the meat, but was slapped on the face by the little black panther.

The brother felt a little aggrieved, but he didn't dare to fight with the little black panther anymore. He could only squat aside and watch the little black panther eat all the dirty meat. It

was not until Maria called the two brothers that they went to Maria to share the rabbit meat.

Maria did not move too far with the two cubs.

After all, it is not easy to find a suitable habitat in the dry season. Although the resources near Andrew's territory are not as rich as his territory, there are many animals around because of the river.

Moreover, it seems that Andrew has no intention of harming her cubs.

Otherwise, Andrew should have killed them long ago.

Living ten kilometers away from his territory was tacitly allowed by Andrew.

But the inexplicable cub did confuse Maria.

That's why she took the cubs to another crevice.

Maria's two cubs are still small, and as long as the crevice they hide in is small and they don't easily show their heads, they won't be killed.

After settling the cubs, Maria went to drag the food she had hunted over.

She hunted an antelope today, and the cub doesn't eat much at the moment, which means that the meat of this antelope can keep Maria from going out hunting for at least five or six days.

During this time, Maria did not leave the two cubs even for a step.

Although Maria is a little further away, as long as you come to the edge of Andrew's territory, you can still smell the scent of their family.

Ye Yunian will come to the edge of the territory every morning. After making sure that Maria has not gone out, he will find a tree to lie down.

Until the night falls, when he is sure that he can't go to find Song Yi today, Ye Yunian will reluctantly return to Andrew and Angela.

Yes.

Now Andrew not only takes in his cubs, but also takes in Angela to stay in his territory.

In fact, Andrew is not willing to do so.

After all, except during the mating season, no leopard is willing to share territory with other leopards.

But Angela just won't leave!

Once Andrew showed his intention to drive her away, Angela would start calling Ye Yunian.

Yes, Angela still wanted to take the cub away.

But now it was Andrew's turn to be unwilling.

This was his cub, why did Angela take the cub away?

Angela also wanted to ask why.

She had raised the cub with great difficulty until it was almost one year old, why couldn't she take it away?

Andrew/Angela was simply shameless!

Both leopards spit on each other in their hearts.

But neither of them could do anything about Ye Yunian.

Whether Andrew called Ye Yunian to leave, or Angela called him to leave, Ye Yunian would always refuse.

Yes.

Their cubs were unwilling to leave with either of them.

If this were to be made public, no leopard would believe it.

Aren't all leopard cubs expected to leave with their mothers?

Why was Ye Yunian unwilling?

Andrew and Angela didn't understand.

They only knew that their cubs seemed to be very interested in Maria's cubs.

Every morning, their cubs would go out early and walk around the edge of Andrew's territory, and would not come back until dusk. They

were always excited every time they went there, but felt a little lost when they came back.

Andrew and Angela were very curious about what the cubs had experienced that day, and the next day the two leopards followed Ye Yunian to the edge of the territory.

Then they saw their precious cub, first sniffing the edge of the territory, then skillfully climbing up a tree and looking into the distance.

What's in the distance?

Andrew didn't know.

Angela was equally confused.

Even though the two leopards had their own ideas, they both wanted to run away with their cubs.

But now it seems unrealistic.

The cubs have grown up and have their own ideas.

There is no way, the two leopards, who don't have a very close relationship or are not particularly good, can only start to learn to raise cubs together in this territory and try to get along harmoniously.

Andrew still doesn't like the fierce Angela.

Angela is also annoyed by Andrew who is like a "leopard seller".

So the two leopards keep their distance from each other every day.

They would not sleep in the same tree, nor would they hunt in the same place.

But every time they hunted, the two leopards would happily come to their cubs and share their food with them.

This happened two or three times, and the two leopards almost always came one after the other.

Angela had just invited her cubs to eat antelope meat together, and Andrew came over with his wildebeest meat.

As a leopard who knows how to serve water.

Ye Yunian, of course, ate two bites of antelope meat, then turned around to eat wildebeest meat!

Ye Yunian ate with satisfaction and happiness.

Although Angela and Andrew were a little unhappy that the other party was also feeding the cubs like themselves, they suppressed their unhappiness a little when they saw their precious cubs eating happily.

Seven days passed in a flash.

That afternoon, Andrew woke up and subconsciously smelled the cub's breath. He was surprised to find that the cub was not sleeping at the edge of the territory today. He was in his hunting ground.

The so-called hunting ground of Andrew is the river that runs through the center of the territory.

There are countless animals on both sides of the river.

In the dry and rainy season, the water plants here are lush, and water resources are the focus of competition for countless animals.

So this place has become Andrew's well-deserved first choice every time he hunts.

The cub is hunting today.

Could it be that the wildebeest meat that he hunted yesterday has been eaten up?

What on earth is Angela doing!

Since the cub's food is finished, he should immediately hunt for the cub. Why let the cub hunt on his own?

Andrew was a little dissatisfied. He quickly got down from the tree and ran quickly towards his hunting ground.

When he ran closer, he saw Ye Yunian hiding in the tall grass.

And Angela was squatting behind Ye Yunian not far away.

In front of the two leopards was a group of zebras eating grass.

Ye Yunian and Angela had obviously been squatting here for a long time. Ye Yunian had even begun to slowly walk towards his target.

This is the hunting time for the cubs. Andrew cannot disturb the cubs, let alone disturb the zebras in front, otherwise the cubs will definitely fail in this hunt.

At a long distance, Andrew slowed down his pace and did not move forward, but did not turn around and leave. Instead, he began to approach like Ye Yunian, tiptoeing.

Angela and Ye Yunian both noticed Andrew's arrival, but it was obvious that they did not have time to pay attention to Andrew at this time.

Ye Yunian stared at his target with full concentration. As he slowly approached, he finally found a gap in the zebras' defense.

This is the time!

Ye Yunian jumped out of the bushes like an arrow shot from a bow.

In almost an instant, Ye Yunian had bitten the zebra's nose and mouth.

The next moment, the zebra began to scream, but Ye Yunian did not give it a chance to struggle. He used his body weight to press the little zebra to the ground.

It was also at this time that Angela slowly stood up.

She looked at her cub, her eyes full of satisfaction.

It really is worthy of being her cub, it is so outstanding!

Not even one year old, but he has already learned to hunt little zebras!

Not bad.

Angela stepped forward quickly, ready to help her cub complete the final kill.

Who would have thought that at this moment, Andrew suddenly accelerated and rushed in front of Angela, blocking her way.

Angela's eyes were heavy and her expression was very unpleasant.

Just when she was about to attack Andrew, Andrew suddenly flicked his tail at her.

This meant that she should not go forward.

Angela was a little puzzled.

Why didn't he let her go forward to help?

The cub was indeed excellent, but a cub of this age would definitely not be able to...

huh?

Angela looked ahead, her eyes full of surprise.

She saw the cub let go of the suffocated zebra, and then took advantage of the zebra's throat before it could react.

The surprise in Angela's eyes instantly turned into joy.

Her cub actually knew to bite the throat of the prey in the end!

Great!

Angela was very happy.

It was at this moment that she realized something belatedly and turned to look at Andrew next to her.

Because she had spent the estrus period last year with Andrew, Angela was naturally familiar with Andrew's hunting skills.

Thinking of the cub's clean and neat movements when hunting just now, she was even more surprised.

Andrew actually taught the cub to hunt!

Andrew glanced at Angela and instantly saw what she was thinking.

He suddenly became proud and swung his tail high.

Of course!

He is a very good leopard, and an excellent leopard should pass on his excellent hunting skills to his cubs!

Andrew was very proud.

Angela snorted softly, then walked past Andrew and walked quickly towards the cub.

What was there to be proud of?

Her hunting skills were excellent, but she got separated from the cub more than a month ago before she had time to teach it.

Hunting is a very time-consuming and physically demanding task.

After each hunt, adult leopards need some time to rest, not to mention the cubs.

Since the cub has successfully hunted, the next task of transporting food will be left to Angela!

Angela stepped forward, first rubbed her head affectionately against the cub, then stretched out her tongue to lick Ye Yunian, and then lowered her head to help Ye Yunian drag food.

Unexpectedly, Ye Yunian suddenly lowered his head to stop Angela.

Angela was a little confused.

Ye Yunian turned his head and called Andrew.

Andrew walked forward and cuddled with his cub as usual, then he looked at the cub expectantly with his eyes wide open.

What's

the matter? What do you want to ask me for?

Ye Yunian called Andrew and Angela, of course, to invite them to eat together!

Recently, Ye Yunian's heart was on Song Yi, and he was thinking about how to visit Song Yi every day.

But Maria did not give Ye Yunian this opportunity. With the prey, Maria no longer needed to go out hunting every day, so in the past few days, Maria has been with her cub.

The mother was right next to the cub, and Ye Yunian could not just go over even if he had ten guts!

There was no other way, Ye Yunian could only lie on the tree and wait.

Who would have thought that he would stay there for a whole week.

Ye Yunian estimated that Maria would go out hunting today, so Ye Yunian came down from the tree at noon and started to wait for prey in Andrew's hunting ground early.

Just before launching the attack, Ye Yunian finally realized that Maria's breath was gradually fading away. This was a signal that she was leaving the cubs!

So now there was no time to delay.

Ye Yunian had to eat quickly, and then take the food he had hunted to find Song Yi!

Andrew and Angela naturally didn't know what their cubs were thinking, but since the cubs had invited them to eat, they certainly wouldn't refuse!

Although Andrew and Angela were reluctant to eat with each other.

But for the sake of the cubs, they could barely bear it.

After all, they all lived in the same territory, so what was the big deal about eating together?

Andrew and Angela are both leopards who love their cubs very much. Before eating, Andrew took the lead in pulling out a piece of zebra's internal organs from the abdomen and gave it to the cub.

Angela also picked out the tenderest heart from it and placed it in front of Ye Yunian.

The two pieces of tender meat were placed in front of Ye Yunian, who lowered his head and picked them up together, and then put them aside.

Andrew tilted his head.

Eh?

Angela was puzzled.

Hmm?

Could it be that the cub is going to eat it last?

Andrew and Angela, who rarely disliked each other, thought of the same thing.

All right.

No matter what the cub thinks, as long as the cub does not refuse their feeding, it will be fine.

The two leopards were very open-minded and happily had a full meal with Ye Yunian.

After the meal, Ye Yunian was the first to lie on the ground and start to groom his hair.

Andrew thought about it and planned to drag the zebra meat to the tree first.

There was still a lot of meat left of this little zebra. Since it was the food hunted by the cub, it must be cherished and must not be discovered and snatched away by the hyenas.

Seeing this, Angela did not go up to help, but came over to lick the cub's fur.

It was getting late.

Today they had a full meal before night, and now they should lick their fur and rest!

Angela likes to groom her cub's hair, and the cub also enjoys the process of grooming his hair.

What she didn't expect was that the cub rejected her today.

Angela was a little confused and looked at Ye Yunian in confusion.

Ye Yunian called Angela affectionately, then turned around and picked up two pieces of dirt on the ground.

Angela understood.

So that's why, the cub hasn't eaten enough.

If it's not full, it really can't lick its fur, otherwise it will be in vain.

Angela stopped looking at the cub and looked up into the distance.

She planned to drink some water. It was getting late, and she could go to sleep on the tree after drinking water.

The cub is big now.

As long as he doesn't run out of the territory, she and Andrew will come at any time if there is danger, so Angela left with peace of mind.

And Ye Yunian lay there quietly and patiently all the time.

He didn't start to move on tiptoe until Angela and Andrew were far away.

First walk towards the edge of the territory.

You can't run too fast suddenly, otherwise the smell will rush to one place in an instant, which will definitely alert Angela and Andrew.

After seeing the edge of the territory, stay here for a while, leaving a strong smell, which is actually a trick.

The strong smell will make Andrew and Angela mistakenly think that the cub is still at the edge of the territory, and they will not come to look for it.

After doing this, Ye Yuanian left Andrew's territory with peace of mind.

As soon as he left, Ye Yuanian started running at full speed in the direction of Song Yi.

In the past few days, although Ye Yuanian did not look for Song Yi, he lay on the tree every day and had already remembered the way to find Song Yi!

In less than half an hour, Ye Yunian found the new stone crevice that Maria had moved with her cub.

It must be said that Maria is indeed an experienced mother.

The new stone crevice they moved to looked narrower than the previous ones.

In the previous stone crevice, Ye Yunian could still stick his head in, but now in these narrow stone crevice, Ye Yunian can only barely stick his paws in.

Alas.

It seems unlikely that I will see Song Yi today.

But it doesn't matter.

Ye Yunian is a very patient leopard.

Besides, he came here today just to bring some food to Song Yi.

This zebra is his own prey!

Ye Yunian was a little proud, and then he jumped to the top of the stone crevice where Song Yi was in a few steps.

The photographers who came to film were still a little surprised to see this scene.

"So Niannian is here to feed the little black panther again?"

"He really did. He walked towards the little black panther as soon as he arrived."

"He even brought two pieces of meat with him!"

"But this time the little black panther seems to be in the same crevice with his brother, right?"

Ye Yunian ignored the muttering photographers.

As soon as he got to the crevice, he began to tear the meat skillfully, and then stuffed all the pieces of meat into the crevice in the same way as before.

Ye Yunian stuffed it in quickly. In the crevice, two leopard cubs lay together, and the little black panther's face was full of vigilance.

He remembered this smell, it was this smell that brought them food last time.

But the little black panther didn't understand, this leopard was not related to him in any way, nor was he their blood brother, why did he feed them food?

The little black panther was still too young, his brain hadn't even fully developed.

It was great that he could think in a simple way!

In comparison, the brothers next to him were much simpler in mind.

Their two leopard cubs were almost two months old.

Leopard cubs of this age could no longer fill their stomachs with breast milk alone.

But the last time they ate meat was the day before.

The little black panther was the eldest of their den, and the brother next to him was the third.

The third was not as cautious and alert as the little black panther, so after seeing the minced meat being stuffed in, he swallowed his saliva, his eyes full of desire.

And as he stuffed more and more minced meat, his willpower was also shaking wildly.

Finally, the third brother couldn't help it, took two small steps forward, and then bit a piece of minced meat with a roar.

The little black panther turned his head instantly and blew at him.

The meaning was very obvious: Don't eat anything randomly!

The third brother didn't care.

He was really hungry, and the minced meat was really fragrant. It was more tender than the meat Maria fed them, and it broke into pieces with one bite!

The third brother even made a roaring sound while eating.

Ye Yunian, who was stuffing the minced meat, was stunned.

Song Yi?

No.

Song Yi is a cautious and vigilant cub!

Even if Song Yi wants to eat, he will wait until he leaves before eating.

So the cub who is eating must be Song Yi's brother.

Ye Yunian suddenly felt a little melancholy.

Although it is not impossible to share some food with Song Yi's brothers, you can't eat too much, brother! You have to leave some for Song Yi, okay?

Ye Yunian wanted to shout a few times, but he was afraid of scaring Song Yi and his brothers, so he thought about it and gave up. He

quickly tore all the remaining dirt into pieces, and stuffed the remaining meat into the hole.

Before leaving, Ye Yunian reluctantly "meowed" into the crevice, and then jumped down the crevice and headed towards Andrew's territory.

Seeing Ye Yunian leave in such a swagger, all the photographers were a little confused.

"Niannian just left like that?"

"So he came here today, just like last time, just to feed the two cubs?"

"What exactly does Niannian want to do?"

Not only the photographers were puzzled, but the little black panther who was hiding in the cave was also confused.

This was the third time he had met this leopard.

Except for the first time they met, when the little black panther was a little scared by him, the leopard was very friendly to him in the next two meetings.

No.

Maybe it can no longer be called friendly.

Even the little black panther's biological father might not come all the way to bring him food, right?

And -

the little black panther looked at the pile of minced meat in front of him. All of this meat was the tenderest and most nutritious part of the prey, and it was also the little black panther's favorite part.

Even Maria didn't know that she liked to eat it, how did this strange leopard know?

Looking at his side, the third brother had already finished the minced meat in front of him.

Obviously, he was not full at this time, and was looking at the pile of minced meat in front of the little black panther with his peripheral vision.

The third brother smacked his lips.

Then, under his expectant gaze, the little black panther lowered his head and bit the minced meat in front of him.

The third brother blinked and took a tentative step forward.

"Awoo--"

Not surprisingly, the little black panther attacked his younger brother.

You have already eaten up your meat, you are not allowed to steal my meat!

The third brother was pitiful, but he did not dare to mess with his brother. He could only move aside silently, and prayed in his heart that his brother would be full soon, so that the remaining meat would all be his!

How could the little black panther not see what his younger brother was thinking?

If it was other food, the little black panther would definitely leave him some.

But these are his favorite internal organs!

And that leopard -

although the little black panther doesn't know the reason, he just has an inexplicable intuition that he thinks these internal organs are brought to him by the leopard.

The little black panther chews, chews, and as he chews, his pink tongue is looming between his lips and teeth.

If Ye Yunian was here at this time, he would definitely not be able to help but hug the little black panther into his arms and kiss him madly. The

pink little tongue is so cute!