Chapter 96 Eric!

Song Yi was so good at hiding his aura that not only Eric, but even Ye Yunian, who was familiar with him, did not notice it in advance.

Almost at the same time when he smelled Song Yi's breath, Song Yi's figure was already close at hand.

Eric was even more frightened. The leopard, who was originally lying on the ground with his belly exposed and acting coquettish, saw the black panther falling directly from the sky, and he stepped back with his hind legs. But

how could it be too late now?

Song Yi had already jumped on Eric's face and attacked him.

Ye Yunian wanted to block him, but hesitated. No. Song Yi did not attack Eric directly, probably because he considered Eric to be his mother's new boyfriend. So even if he was angry, Song Yi only roared at Eric in anger and threats. Song Yi was already jealous, and he just yelled at Eric twice, but didn't hit him yet. If he had gone up to stop him at this time, maybe the fight wouldn't have started at all. Because of his obstruction, Song Yi would have become even more jealous and angry - who would be able to stop Song Yi then? Ye Yunian stood there and thought for only a second before making a decision. Let's wait and see. If Song Yi really wants to beat Eric, it won't be too late for him to stop him then! Ye Yunian raised his eyes and continued to watch the fight, and then he saw Eric lying on the ground, howling at Song Yi aggrievedly for several times, and then he was still slowly retreating with his back feet on the ground. In fact, if Eric stood up at this time, he could still escape or fight Song Yi. Eric's strength is not weak, but perhaps because he has always lived off his parents, Eric took it for granted that as long as he acted coquettishly with his peers, he could get food and preferential treatment from them - whether it was to his mother or Maria, Eric did so. So after meeting Ye Yunian and Song Yi who was angry with him, Eric's first thought was to act coquettishly. So, after realizing that he was not aggressive, Song Yi stopped yelling at him angrily. Eric breathed a sigh of relief and then turned his belly towards Song Yi. Ye Yunian: ??? Ye Yunian has a bad temper! Okay, you lazy and lazy big leopard, you see clearly! Song Yi's boyfriend is standing behind him! How dare you act coquettishly in front of my boyfriend! You stupid leopard, you don't want to live anymore - Ye Yunian directly passed Song Yi and started to speak to the leopard on the ground. As a leopard who particularly likes to use language to communicate with his peers, Ye Yunian's language system is many times richer than other leopards. All the roars that Eric has heard and has not heard of, at this moment, attacked Eric like a rainstorm. Silly Eric stared at his big eyes and froze in place. Yes. He didn't understand. But Ye Yunian's fierce tone didn't seem to be complimenting him, so gradually, the eyes of this leopard with bright eyes gradually became dim, and he lowered his head slightly aggrieved. Aggrieved! You are still aggrieved! Ye Yunian became even angrier. Can you clearly see who you are being coquettish with? I am the one you can be coquettish with! You are a parasite, it is simply unreasonable! You were parasites to Maria when you were in love with her, and now that Maria is no longer in love with you, you are so eager to find the next parasite! You are a gigolo! You have no ambition at all! Ye Yunian's scolding became more and more intense. Song Yi, who was standing by with an angry face, was stunned. Hmm. Why did I feel a little happy for a while? This one-sided scolding war lasted until Andrew's arrival. Eric was not afraid of Ye Yunian and Song Yi because he could feel that he was about the same strength as them, and although the two leopards looked fierce, they had no intention of really hurting him. But Andrew was different. This male leopard had a strong sense of territory! Eric knew that if he really made him angry, his life would be in danger! So after being scolded by Ye Yunian for so long, he did not move. The moment he noticed Andrew coming, Eric ran away. After a while, Eric's figure disappeared in the vast tall grass. Ye Yunian stood there, panting heavily. After scolding Eric for such a long time, he didn't feel particularly tired. Ye Yunian even felt that he could scold Eric for half an hour without repeating himself! It was this weather, and scolding the leopard all the time really made him dry-mouthed. Song Yi noticed Ye Yunian's needs in time, walked up to him and rubbed him, motioning Ye Yunian to follow him. Ye Yunian was no longer angry at this moment. Looking at Song Yi who took the initiative to rub against him, he even tilted his head and glanced at Song Yi, the meaning was very obvious: You are not angry? Song Yi raised his head happily. What's there to be angry about? Eric is just a silly leopard. There is no need for him to be angry with him. And to be honest, thanks to Eric, Song Yi once again confirmed his position in Ye Yunian's heart. At this time, Song Yi was full of joy and excitement. Angry? Jealous? No need. Really not. Song Yi took two steps forward and licked Ye Yunian's head affectionately. Let's go, let's go get some water.

The two leopards met Andrew on their way back.

Andrew stood there and waited for a long time, until Song Yidu went to look for his big cub, he still didn't hear the signal from the big cub.

As time passed, Andrew finally couldn't sit still anymore, so he set out to look for the big cub.

Seeing the two leopards, Andrew sniffed the air again, and found that Eric had run away again!

Andrew felt a little irritated.

But looking at the big cub in front of him, the irritation in Andrew's heart quickly disappeared.

Forget it.

Let's not worry about that shameless leopard for now.

But is his own big cub thirsty?

Andrew walked up to Ye Yunian with small steps, greeted Ye Yunian as usual, and then took Ye Yunian and Song Yi to drink water.

As for Eric.

There is still a long time!

Andrew will always find time to punish him!

After that, Ye Yunian and Song Yi no longer cared about Eric. After all,

this leopard who likes to rely on his parents and lazily wanders around the edge of Andrew's territory every day really poses no threat to Andrew and his friends.

It can even be said that Eric is too late to please Andrew and his friends.

After all, Eric really likes to rely on his parents and eat gigolos.

When Ye Yunian was bored, he observed Eric with Song Yi for a few days.

He found that Eric's daily life was very simple.

After waking up, he would first go to a nearby water source to drink water, then climb up a tree to continue sleeping. When he is hungry, he

would first go to the edge of Andrew's territory to try to find Maria.

After failing to find Maria, he would not leave immediately, until he was too hungry to bear it, Eric would take the initiative to hunt.

Don't say.

Although this freeloader leopard likes to eat free food, he is not vague about hunting. Instead, he has his own ideas -

such as falling from the sky to try to crush the antelope grazing under the tree.

Or to steal the food of African wild dogs.

He even provoked hyenas!

Finally, the hyenas chased them to Andrew's territory. Andrew realized something was wrong and ran over with Ye Yunian and Song Yi who happened to be playing in his territory to chase the hyenas away.

When he turned around, he found that Eric still had half of the antelope meat he had snatched from the hyenas in his mouth.

Ye Yunian: ...

Yeah.

Okay.

It turns out that besides me, there are warriors in this grassland who dare to snatch food from hyenas!

Don't say it.

At this moment, Ye Yunian really looked at him with admiration.

But can you please not bring danger to the territory of my father leopard -

Andrew chased Eric away without Ye Yunian taking action.

Before running away, Eric did not forget to take away the antelope meat he had snatched.

In short.

After this series of events, Eric, like a dog-skin plaster, stuck to Andrew's leopard group and would hang around Andrew from time to time.

In view of the fact that he did not do anything that was too difficult for Andrew to accept, Andrew simply acquiesced to his staying around.

So the distribution of leopards in this area became: Ye Yunian, Song Yi - Andrew, Angela, Maria and Angela's four cubs - Eric.

This situation surprised all the photographers.

Although in some food-scarce areas, there are indeed multiple leopards living in one area, but they have never seen leopards deliberately gathering together before!

As the drought worsens, competition on the grassland will only get more intense.

What new changes will occur next?

The first new change is that Maria gave birth.

Just like Angela, after realizing that she was about to give birth, Maria left the center of Andrew's territory and went to find a cave suitable for giving birth and lived there alone.

Andrew and Angela lived with Maria every day, and the two leopards knew immediately that Maria was about to give birth.

The two leopards took on the responsibility of taking care of Maria without hesitation.

Andrew was in charge of hunting, and Angela was in charge of delivering the prey Andrew caught to Maria.

The day after Maria left, Ye Yunian and Song Yi also knew about it.

So the number of leopards delivering food increased from two to four.

Of course.

In order not to make Maria, who was giving birth, feel uneasy, the task of delivering prey was still handed over to Angela.

In order to allow Angela to travel back and forth between the two places with peace of mind, Ye Yunian and Song Yi simply moved back from their territory to Andrew's territory.

In this way, they can not only take care of Maria, but also Angela's four cubs.

At the end of this month, the four cubs will be one year old.

As early as two months ago, they were taught hunting skills by Andrew.

Now that the four cubs see that Maria is about to give birth, they also want to help.

So every day, in addition to the large prey caught by Ye Yunian and his team, there are also some small birds, rabbits and other food caught by the four little leopards.

The sufficient food makes Maria feel at ease during the birth, and the aroma of the food also attracts Eric who lives next door.

Although Eric wants to come and eat free meals, he really doesn't have the courage to come over now.

What's more, Eric noticed Maria's abnormality a few days ago and knew that Maria should be giving birth these days.

Eric actually doesn't have a very clear concept of giving birth.

He only knew that the cubs born by Maria were his offspring, and that he had the obligation to protect Maria.

So, Eric, who has always been lazy, also began to patrol his non-existent territory.

Every day, he would stroll around the land where he was active and drive away some animals that he thought were threatening in advance.

I don’t know if what he did is useful, but maybe it is a little effective.

During the time when Maria gave birth, this grassland was very quiet.

A month later, Maria returned to the leopard group with her five cubs.

Song Yi was the first to discover Maria.

The moment he saw Maria, Song Yi was very happy.

But after his sight moved to the five cubs following Maria, Song Yi was not happy at all.

How could there be five cubs!

Before, Yu Nian could play with the four cubs for half a day every day, and now there is one more!

Song Yi's face instantly turned sour.

At the same time, Ye Yunian also smelled the scent of Maria and the cubs.

Ye Yunian, who was originally lying in Song Yi's arms, sat up instantly, and then looked forward with his big eyes.

Song Yi turned his head.

Just in time, he saw Ye Yunian's eyes light up.

Song Yi:...

It's so annoying!

But these five cubs are their mother's cubs and their brothers after all. Even though

Song Yi was a little annoyed with them, he still got down from the tree and greeted Maria and his cubs with other leopard group members.

After not seeing each other for a month.

Everyone expressed their miss to Maria.

Then Ye Yunian and Andrew couldn't wait to start petting the cubs.

Wow.

Who knows, the soft and small cubs are so cute!

Ye Yunian held a cub in his arms and started licking it with his tongue.

The cub was not afraid of Ye Yunian. When Ye Yunian was licking its fur, it even lay down on Ye Yunian's arms, butted its head against Ye Yunian's flesh pad, and then turned over.

Ye Yunian's eyes widened with cuteness.

So cute!

Song Yi, who was standing aside and witnessing everything, gritted his teeth.

So when can these five cubs be allowed to go out on their own?

The cubs are so annoying!!!

At this moment, Andrew, who had been obsessed with sucking the cubs, didn't know what he thought of. He suddenly left the cubs and came to Song Yi: "Awoo?"

When are you going to give birth to cubs?

As he said that, Andrew also looked at Song Yi's belly.

Song Yi:?

Ye Yunian, who was sucking the cubs: ...

ahem ahem -

is it possible that Song Yi can't have children at all!

Song Yi looked at Andrew speechlessly, turned around and climbed up the tree.

Humph.

Whether it's these five cubs or Andrew, they both make the leopard upset!

Ye Yunian, who felt a little guilty, discovered her boyfriend's little mood, and immediately didn't care about petting the cubs, and quickly followed him up the tree and began to soothe her boyfriend's emotions.

Ye Yunian licked Song Yi's head hair.

Don't be angry, my favorite leopard is really you!

Ye Yunian bit Song Yi's ear.

I really like Song Yi the most!

Ye Yunian kissed Song Yi.

I... wow wow wow -

Song Yi bit Ye Yunian's tongue.

Of course, it was a very light bite.

Two leopards were crooked on the tree as if nothing was happening. The parents and other cubs under the tree were all confused.

Andrew: "Awoo?"

So black panthers really can't give birth to cubs?

Maria: "Awoo——"

That's my son! What do you think!

Angela: "Awoo!"

It seems so!

Andrew's face fell instantly: "Woo woo woo?"

Then what about the descendants of my eldest cub?

Hmm.

This problem probably has no solution.

Song Yi on the tree soon became easier to coax than Ye Yunian. While Song Yi was in a good mood, Ye Yunian quickly got down from the tree and took the opportunity to pet the cubs.

Seeing this, Song Yi still disliked these cubs in his heart, but he also accepted this fact.

There is no way.

Who said these cubs are his brothers and sisters?

Song Yi is also a responsible leopard.

He will help Maria take care of the cubs.

As the number of leopards continues to increase, the amount of food needed every day naturally increases.

After all, in addition to Andrew, Angela, and Maria, their leopard group also has four one-year-old cubs, which are the right age to eat.

In order to feed all the brothers and sisters, Ye Yunian and Song Yi simply did not return to their territory, but took the initiative to merge their territory with Andrew's territory again.

But as time came to July, the drought continued in the grassland, and even after the two territories were merged, the number of their prey did not increase.

Even because the river that runs through Ye Yunian and Andrew's territory has started to dry up, many prey have started a new round of migration.

However, this year's leopard group is destined not to migrate with these prey because Maria's cubs are still too young.

Migrating with the cubs is too risky. At least until they grow to three months old, Ye Yunian and his friends can only stay here temporarily.

Fortunately.

Although many prey have started to migrate, there are still many prey that stay.

In addition, Ye Yunian and his leopards are numerous and powerful. As long as they hunt together, they can get something every time and still feed their entire leopard group.

Today is the time for the leopard group to go out hunting again.

Maria has to raise cubs, so naturally she will not participate in hunting.

The burden of hunting fell on Andrew, Angela, Ye Yunian and Song Yi. Ye Yunian's four younger brothers and sisters also set out with them.

Andrew's favorite thing is to interact with the cubs, so whether it is Ye Yunian or the second litter of cubs he and Maria have, Andrew will take them out together after making sure that the cubs have reached the age to participate in hunting.

This not only helps foster affection with the cubs, but also teaches them many survival skills during hunting.

The four cubs seemed to know their father's good intentions, so every time they went out hunting, they were very active.

As the drought intensified, many prey living in the Andrews' territory began to migrate north.

In order to catch more suitable prey, the leopards must move at least a dozen kilometers north.

Today was no exception.

After moving forward for more than a dozen kilometers, Ye Yunian and his team finally spotted a group of zebras.

After a few simple eye exchanges, they determined the target and quantity of today's hunt.

One zebra is only enough for Ye Yunian and his team to eat for one day, so in order to make everyone a little more relaxed, they must strive to hunt two to two adult zebras today.

Hunting two zebras is not a difficult task for Ye Yunian and his team, but how to bring the prey back to the territory safely is a troublesome matter.

Two zebras is the safest and least wasteful number.

Eat half of it, and take the remaining one and a half back.

In this way, they don't have to go out hunting for the next three days.

After locking the target, Ye Yunian and Song Yi took the lead in attacking.

Andrew and Angela saw the opportunity when Ye Yunian and Song Yi attacked, and when the zebras were in chaos, they quickly rushed towards the target they had locked early in the morning.

For a while, the grassland was full of dust.

When the dust had completely dissipated, the hunting had also come to an end.

They had all succeeded.

Ye Yunian was the first to look up and call his brothers and sisters.

The four little ones hiding in the bushes immediately showed their heads and happily ran towards Ye Yunian and his friends.

After filling their stomachs, the leopards took a short rest and couldn't wait to drag their prey towards their territory.

After all, Maria was still waiting for them in the territory, and the leopards didn't dare to delay on the road for too long.

I thought that as long as I was careful and cautious, everything would go smoothly.

But many times, accidents always come so suddenly and quickly.

When they were still five kilometers away from the territory, Andrew, who was walking in front, stopped first.

He smelled a very uneasy breath.

Ye Yunian and Song Yi raised their heads in time, and the next moment, the expressions of the two leopards changed at the same time.

Lions!

It's the breath of a lion pack!

In an instant, the faces of all the leopards were particularly ugly.

Why is there the smell of a lion pack coming from Andrew's territory?

There is only one reason -

this lion pack invaded Andrew's territory.

The blood in the body turned cold at this moment.

Where is Maria?

Where are Maria and her cubs?

Song Yi ran forward without thinking.

Ye Yunian was about to chase, and saw Song Yi in front of him suddenly stopped.

Ye Yunian stared at Song Yi in a daze.

Song Yi turned his head, his golden eyes met Ye Yunian's, and Ye Yunian saw deep sadness in his eyes.

Song Yi didn't know the situation ahead, let alone the number of lions.

He could be willful once, but what would Yu Nian do after he was willful?

Yu Nian would definitely not let him go alone, Yu Nian would definitely go with him.

But how could Song Yi bear to let Yu Nian take risks with him?

Song Yi couldn't do it.

So he stopped where he was, staring at Ye Yunian in a daze.

Ye Yunian's heart suddenly ached when he was looked at by Song Yi's eyes .

He opened his mouth, and his brain began to think quickly about countermeasures.

They certainly couldn't go back to the territory directly at this time.

Leopards facing lions are undoubtedly a dead end.

But Maria is not an inexperienced leopard. Before she met them, she had raised cubs on her own several times. She must be more sensitive to danger than them!

So, Maria may not be in trouble!

Ye Yunian was the first to calm down, then lowered his head and began to sniff the surroundings carefully.

Seeing this, Song Yi instantly understood what Ye Yunian wanted to do. He also lowered his head and began to look carefully for Maria's scent.

Andrew and Angela also came back to their senses and joined the team looking for Maria.

The four cubs who had just turned one year old were taken to a safe forest far away and let them stay with the food to protect the food and themselves.

The other adult leopards were led by Ye Yunian, searching for Maria's scent along the way.

When the sun was setting in the sky, Ye Yunian finally smelled a familiar scent.

Before Ye Yunian could speak, a familiar call came from afar.

Song Yihun shuddered and spoke quickly.

Maria's response sounded again.

The leopards' hearts finally settled down.

They quickened their pace and ran quickly in the direction of the sound.

Soon, a pile of rocks appeared in their field of vision.

Maria stood on the pile of rocks and shouted excitedly at them.

Song Yi was the first to rush over.

The other leopards followed closely behind, and they greeted Maria excitedly.

Only when they calmed down gradually did Ye Yunian notice that there were only two cubs left out of the original five.

That's right.

Maria only had one leopard, and it was impossible to safely transfer all the cubs under the attack of the lions.

It was their fault for being careless.

Their leopard group had been entrenched in this grassland for too long, thinking that they would be safe as long as they were within the territory.

But the reason why an accident is called an accident is because its arrival was too sudden and unexpected.

It was a blessing in disguise that Maria was able to escape from the lions with her two cubs.

Ye Yunian and his friends didn't dare to stay around for too long. After a short rest, they took Maria's two frightened cubs to reunite with the four older cubs.

The four older cubs waited on the tree for half a day, and finally saw their relatives when night fell.

They were very happy.

However, when they saw the two cubs beside Maria, they couldn't hide their sadness.

After a busy day, all the leopards were tired.

After greeting each other cordially, Maria took the cubs to eat first.

After they finished eating, Ye Yunian and Song Yi climbed up a tree to rest.

Ye Yunian lay in Song Yi's arms, and Song Yi gently licked Ye Yunian's hair.

Song Yi could sense that Ye Yu Nian was very sad at this moment.

In fact, he was also very sad. Although Song Yi usually hated the five cubs for taking away Yu Nian's attention, they were Song Yi's brothers and sisters after all, and he and Yu Nian had raised them together for three months. How could he not like them?

It was just that Song Yi was used to putting Ye Yu Nian first in everything. When he noticed that Yu Nian was even sadder than himself, he chose to ignore his own feelings and comfort Yu Nian first.

Just as he was licking Yu Nian's fur, Song Yi felt that Yu Nian was a little absent-minded.

Suddenly, Ye Yu Nian stood up abruptly, excitedly, and called out to the distance.

Song Yi was stunned.

Who was Yu Nian calling?

Night had fallen, and the grassland was silent.

Song Yi stood up, walked to Ye Yunian's side, and looked at the tall grass pile in the distance with him.

Then, Song Yi's pupils suddenly shrank.

In the tall grass in the distance, three small figures were jumping and moving quickly in the grass.

Leopards have very good night vision, plus the aura of these three little ones.

There is no mistake! It is Maria's remaining three cubs!

Maria also sensed the aura of the cubs at this time, and she quickly got down from the tree.

But how could these three cubs escape from the mouths of the lions? !

The tall grass pile in the distance shook again, and a somewhat familiar head appeared from it. He shook his ears, wanting to follow the cub, but he seemed to be afraid, so he hesitated and did not dare to move forward.

Ye Yunian stared at the head for only one second, and recognized him -

Eric!