Chapter 97: Everything can only be left to time

If it was Eric, then everything would make sense!

All the leopards present were very excited and came down from the trees to welcome their three lost cubs.

In the tall grass in the distance, Eric showed his big head, staring at the reunion of their group of leopards without blinking.

Ye Yunian and Song Yi stepped forward and checked the three cubs one after another, making sure that they were not injured, but just a little frightened. Only then did they feel relieved.

So what exactly happened?

Ye Yunian and his group of leopards could only rely on speculation and guess what happened, but the photographers who had been following the leopards recorded this thrilling scene completely.

The story started at noon.

Maria is the oldest and most experienced female leopard in this newly formed leopard group.

In addition, she is always extremely vigilant when raising cubs, so when she first noticed the lion group approaching, Maria took her cubs and moved without hesitation.

But the cubs were already three months old at this time, and their size and weight had long exceeded the age where Maria could pick up two in one mouthful.

The lion group was still approaching, and the situation was urgent. Maria could only speed up and move as many of her cubs as possible.

But the power of a leopard is limited after all. After Maria successfully moved two cubs, when she wanted to continue to move the remaining three cubs, the lion group had already arrived at Andrew's territory.

Despite this, Maria did not want to give up her cubs easily.

So she carefully returned to the territory and began to call the cubs constantly near the territory.

Unfortunately,

the repeated calls did not elicit a response from the cubs, but instead attracted the attention of the lion group.

Several female lions were already rushing towards Maria.

Maria could not delay any longer.

If she continued to stay where she was, not only would she not be able to find the three cubs left in the territory, but it was also very likely that the remaining two cubs would also meet with an accident.

Maria could only endure the grief in her heart and run away.

But even so, these female lions were not ready to let Maria go, and even chased Maria for a long distance.

It was precisely because of this that Eric had enough time to move with the cubs.

Yes.

As early as when Maria moved the first cub, Eric had already sneaked into Andrew's territory.

It's not that Eric was idle and wanted to find something to do, but because the group of lions that invaded Andrew came from the direction of Eric's territory!

The moment he sensed the breath of the lions, Eric was scared to death.

He observed from the tree for a long time and determined that there were nearly twenty lions in the group!

Eric couldn't even beat one lion, let alone more than twenty!

So Eric ran away without thinking.

But the direction of escape also has to be considered.

After careful consideration, Eric decided to sneak into Andrew's territory.

Although he might be beaten by Andrew if he went to Andrew's territory, Eric's intuition told him that it was safest to stay with Andrew and his group of leopards at this dangerous moment when the lions attacked.

However, Eric, who sneaked into the territory, never expected that most of the members of the leopard group were out hunting at this time!

Even Maria was not there. She should have sensed the presence of the lions and had moved two cubs.

Eric was standing far away, observing the pile of stones where Maria hid the cubs, and was hesitant whether to go forward.

If he ignored the cubs, when the lions arrived, the cubs would be doomed to die.

But where could he take these cubs?

And could he really leave safely with the cubs?

Eric, who always had a simple mind, was rarely caught up in a brief thought.

Until a small meow broke Eric's meditation.

The sound was very small, probably because the cubs felt threatened and made a warning sound.

Warn yourself?

I am your father!

You actually threaten me!

Eric walked towards the cubs with a little curiosity.

The three cubs hiding in the cracks of the rocks sensed the approach of a strange breath and trembled with fear.

But this situation did not last long, because soon the cubs smelled the same blood scent on Eric as they did. The cubs

were a little shocked.

Eric had already made up his mind. He decided

to run with the three cubs.

Although it would be troublesome to take them with him, they were his offspring after all.

And more importantly, Eric thought these little cubs were cute.

So Eric lowered his head and grabbed the heads of the two cubs in his mouth.

Eric is a lazy leopard with little hunting experience, and his favorite thing is to lie down and eat.

In addition, he was a father for the first time, so of course he had no experience in taking care of cubs!

He grabbed the heads of the two cubs in his mouth and ran away, and this action scared the photographer who was following him.

They were really scared. Before Eric could move the two cubs to a safe place, the two cubs were suffocated to death in his mouth.

Fortunately, although Eric was careless, he was not that stupid.

After running for a distance, Eric jumped onto a big tree, put the two cubs who were almost unconscious on the branches, and then turned back to pick up the last cub that fell.

When Eric returned to Andrew's territory this time, the lion group had already entered Andrew's territory.

The moment Eric approached, the male lion discovered Eric.

But even so, Eric still went in and successfully took away the last cub under the nose of the male lion.

Seeing Eric running away with the cub in his mouth, the male lion originally wanted to chase him out.

But at this point, most of the female lions in the lion group went to chase Maria, and only some underage lion cubs remained.

After hesitating for a while, the male lion decided not to take the risk.

After all, the breath of this land is too strange!

After all, the male lion has been forming a lion group for so many years, this is the first time it has encountered several adult leopards gathered together.

Why did this group of leopards gather together?

Where are they at this time?

After I chase this male leopard, will other leopards suddenly appear and attack its cubs?

The male lion's hesitation gave Eric the opportunity to escape with his three cubs.

Eric ran a long distance with the three cubs until they were too tired to move. Eric stopped and rested with them.

After resting enough, the next thing to do was to return the three cubs to Maria.

Eric, a leopard who just wanted to eat and wait for death, had a very clear self-positioning! Eric knew that it

was difficult for him to support himself, so he did not intend to be responsible for the three cubs, so sending the cubs back to Maria was the best choice for them.

After resting enough, Eric took the three cubs to drink water and fill their stomachs, and then began to look for Maria's scent.

As a leopard who is very good at tracking, distinguishing scent is Eric's specialty.

It was just that maybe he was too nervous when he was running for his life, and Eric accidentally ran too far with the cubs, so it took him half a day to bring the cubs back to the grassland and safely send them to Maria's leopard group.

Watching the three cubs return to Maria, and then looking at the other leopards surrounding the cubs, Eric felt a rare moment of melancholy in his heart.

The previous territory was occupied by the lion group, so where should he go next?

Can he continue to follow Maria?

Just as Eric was lying in the grass and sighing about his leopard life, he suddenly noticed a familiar smell approaching.

Eric raised his head suddenly, and happened to meet Ye Yunian's gaze.

Ye Yunian and Song Yi were walking towards him, one in front and one behind.

Eric's eyes widened instantly, and he looked at the two leopards with some vigilance.

Although Eric also knew that Ye Yunian and Song Yi had no hostility towards him, but the two leopards had attacked him before, and Eric was still frightened!

Just when Eric was hesitating whether to retreat, Ye Yunian took the lead and roared at him.

The meaning was: Don't go.

Eric stopped.

Don't go?

Huh?

Ye Yunian and Song Yi walked over, and the two leopards stood only half a meter away from Eric.

Eric looked at the two leopards a little nervously, and his brain began to think about the meaning of Ye Yunian's voice just now.

Don't go, which means that he can stay?

Eric blinked.

Really?!

Eric was very nervous.

Ye Yunian patted Song Yi beside him with his tail, "Don't scare him!"

Although Eric is a stupid leopard who just eats and waits for food and doesn't know how to read people's eyes, after what happened today, it can be seen that he is a responsible leopard.

Ye Yunian still admires responsible leopards, and most importantly!

As long as Eric joins their leopard group, there will be one more leopard to protect the cubs, and to a large extent, the same thing as today can be avoided.

When he saw Maria and found that there were only two cubs beside her, Ye Yunian's heart was broken.

It's not just Ye Yunian, all the leopards present were very uncomfortable.

Ye Yunian doesn't want the remaining cubs to have any more accidents, he hopes that the cubs can grow up safely.

Of course.

As for whether or not to accept Eric, it all depends on Andrew's opinion.

Andrew, who had been licking the cub, seemed to have seen what Ye Yunian was thinking, and walked towards Ye Yunian quickly.

Eric was ready to run away the moment he noticed Andrew coming, but Ye Yunian and Song Yi blocked his retreat in time.

Eric looked at the two leopards blocking his way in shock.

Wait!

Aren't you guys going a bit too far!

I've returned the cub to you...

"Ah--"

In the blink of an eye, Andrew had walked in front of Eric, and the moment Andrew leaned over to sniff Eric, Eric let out a roar.

The noise was so loud and even sounded miserable that Andrew, who was walking over, jumped up in fright.

Ye Yunian and Song Yi's ears were hurt by the noise, and both leopards took a big step back at the same time.

Song Yi walked up to Ye Yunian and rubbed his ears, as if asking him if he was okay.

Of course Ye Yunian was fine.

He just felt a little pain in his ears, but Andrew's ears hurt the most at this time -

Ye Yunian and Song Yi turned their heads to look at Andrew at the same time.

Sure enough, the handsome male leopard now had a look of pain on his face.

Leopards have sensitive hearing, and Eric's roar was directed at Andrew's ears...

Ye Yunian blinked and silently took Song Yi a step back.

The next moment, Andrew jumped up and ran towards Eric!

Where could Eric run now?

He just fell down holding his head.

It looked a little funny and a little amusing.

But Andrew didn't really hit Eric.

After all, Eric helped a lot today. Without him, the three cubs would not have been able to appear in front of them alive.

So Andrew was very restrained. He just yelled at Eric. When he had vented his anger, he swung his tail, turned around and left.

As for Ye Yunian and Song Yi.

Of course they had left a long time ago.

After all, Eric will have to get along with Andrew for a long time in the future, so it is a good thing to get used to each other more now.

And when Eric realized that Andrew just yelled at him and didn't beat him, he was a little confused.

Realizing that Andrew and Ye Yunian left one after another, but no leopard chased him away, Eric was even more confused.

What's going on!

Could it be that he can really stay like the leopard said?

Eric's eyes sparkled as he began to carefully approach the gathering place of the leopards.

With Andrew's approval, no leopard bothered him anymore.

Even the cubs, who were always vigilant, took the initiative to walk towards Eric.

One of the cubs in Angela's second litter was a very clever leopard. He even took a piece of zebra meat and put it in front of Eric.

Eric looked at the fresh zebra meat on the ground, and then carefully glanced at the other leopards around him.

The leopards were also looking at Eric, and Angela even stood up and prepared to walk over to exchange smells with Eric. The

zebra meat in front of him was so fragrant!

Eric glanced at Angela, and soon his attention was attracted by the piece of meat in front of him.

Just as Angela walked in front of Eric, Eric lowered his head, ignored Angela who took the initiative to greet him, and bit the zebra meat.

Ye Yunian on the tree: ...

Photographers in the distance: ...

Angela standing in front of Eric: !!!

This stupid leopard actually ignored me!

Angela was very angry and slapped Eric on the head.

Eric was not angry even when he was photographed. He bit the zebra meat in his mouth, and his clear eyes revealed a little expectation.

It was as if he was asking: Can you still give me meat after beating me?

Angela turned around and left in anger.

Eric went to see the other cubs again.

The cubs looked up at the tree.

The meat is on the tree!

Eric licked his lips, then moved and moved, and moved in front of Maria.

Maria was of course the happiest to have the three cubs recovered.

So even though she knew what kind of person the leopard in front of her was, Maria rarely had a good face towards him.

Andrew did not stop Eric from approaching them, which meant that he acknowledged Eric.

So the food caught by the leopards could naturally be shared with Eric.

Maria looked up at the branches, and the meaning was very clear.

Although Eric was still a little afraid of Andrew, the hunger in his stomach obviously defeated the fear at this moment.

After hesitating for a while, he quickly climbed up the tree and began his feast.

Ye Yunian nestled in Song Yi's arms, and wanted to laugh when he saw this scene.

"Awoo--"

It seems that we will have to hunt more prey in the future, otherwise we will not be able to keep Eric alive.

Song Yi glanced at Eric not far away, lowered his head and licked Ye Yunian's eyes.

Why raise Eric?

Since he has already joined their leopard group, he must join the hunting team, don't think about eating for free!

Ye Yunian snorted twice.

Of course, he thought so in his heart, but after all, they just lost their territory now. Before finding a suitable habitat, let Eric and Maria stay together to look after the cubs!

When they arrive at the new territory, it won't be too late to let Eric go hunting with them.

Ye Yunian knows Song Yi very well, just as Song Yi knows him very well.

Many times, the two leopards just look at each other and know each other's thoughts.

Song Yi thought about it carefully and felt that what Ye Yunian said made sense.

After all, this lazy leopard had just joined their group, so they could give him some benefits first, and not push the leopard too far.

A group of leopards rested in the same place for another day.

The most unbearable continuous drought caused the lions to lose their territory for survival and began to migrate, and the leopards whose territory was occupied by the lions also embarked on the road of migration again.

Fortunately, there was another adult leopard in the team this time. Although Eric was a soft-hearted leopard who would act coquettishly and cutely to anyone he saw, he still had the advantage of being reliable.

Every time Ye Yunian and his group of leopards went out hunting, he and Maria could protect the five cubs together.

During the half-month migration, the cubs were safe and sound.

Finally, in late August, the leopards found another territory suitable for their survival.

It was also from this time that Eric was "forced" to join the hunting team.

Why was he forced?

Of course it was because Eric didn't want to hunt at all!

Every time he hunted, he would hide far away.

The first few times Ye Yunian was still patient and would go with Song Yi to catch him.

After more and more times, Ye Yunian lost his patience and simply handed the task of hunting Eric to his own father, the leopard.

Don't say it.

Andrew's move really works!

Andrew didn't even have to approach, Eric would run to the team in dejection.

Although Eric looked unmotivated throughout the whole process, he was an adult male leopard after all, with the physical strength and size to prove it.

Lack of experience was not a big problem, as long as he was willing to devote his strength, that was enough.

Ye Yunian, Song Yi and Andrew Angela were in charge of hunting, and the matter of dragging the prey could be safely handed over to Eric and the four cubs who were over one year old.

After Eric followed the main force to hunt five or six times, he gradually understood.

It turned out that he didn't need to charge into the formation every time he hunted, he just needed to wait behind and drag the prey!

There was such a good thing!

Eric was very happy.

Gradually, he went from being reluctant at the beginning to being very happy later.

Time passed in a blink of an eye, and with the fall of a heavy rain with warmth, the rainy season that the animals had been waiting for for half a year finally arrived.

Ye Yunian and Song Yi left Andrew's territory the day after the rain.

Yes.

The two leopards are going to go out and live in the world of two leopards again!

Of course.

Ye Yunian and Song Yi will not go too far this time.

Their new territory is right next to Andrew's territory.

Andrew and Angela can come to visit Ye Yunian anytime they miss him.

And when Ye Yunian misses the cubs, he can go back to pet the cubs anytime.

It's simply the best of both worlds!

It was during this rainy season that Song Yi entered his estrus period.

Ye Yunian's estrus period this time did not coincide with Song Yi's. When Ye Yunian woke up early in the morning, he found that Song Yi beside him was warm all over, like a big stove.

But this big stove was very domineering, holding Ye Yunian tightly and not letting him go away.

Ye Yunian's face was rarely hot.

He would not run away!

Why are you hugging so tightly!

But Song Yi this time was not as easy to talk to as before. No matter what Ye Yunian said, he just wouldn't let go of his claws.

Ye Yunian looked down at Song Yi clasping his pink paws, and his heart softened.

Oh.

Forget it. Let

's just climb the tree!

After all, when facing Song Yi, the longest thing Ye Yunian did was to compromise.

Song Yi's estrus lasted for two weeks. Coincidentally, when Song Yi's estrus just ended, Ye Yunian's estrus came again.

Ye Yunian:...

Well, it seems that neither his body nor Song Yi's body can rest!

So the two shameless leopards made an appointment to check in at many places together in the next half month.

There was even one time when they were rolling around, and one of them accidentally rolled into the water pool beside them.

The cold water instantly submerged Ye Yunian's head, and Ye Yunian was so scared that he floated to the surface and roared at Song Yi.

But Song Yi rarely responded.

He lowered his big head, not daring to talk back, and could only carefully move forward, lick the water drops on Ye Yunian's face affectionately, and then rubbed Ye Yunian with his equally wet head, begging for Ye Yunian's forgiveness.

How could Ye Yunian be angry with Song Yi?

But the necessary steps to get angry were still necessary.

He had to do the whole act!

Yes.

Ye Yunian was just relying on Song Yi's love for him and being arrogant.

Fortunately, Song Yi was also happy about it.

After Ye Yunian's estrus period was completely over, the leopard group welcomed another big event -

the two cubs from Angela and Andrew's second litter left the leopard group one after another.

The two cubs who left were both male leopards.

What surprised the photographers even more was that the two brothers actually left together.

I have only heard of male lions leaving together to form their own lion groups, so how come there are male leopards leaving together!

Do they plan to form a leopard group after leaving together?

Thinking of this, the expressions on the faces of the group of photographers were a little complicated.

Well, don't say it, it's really possible.

After all, they have lived in a leopard group since they were young. The teachings these two leopards received and the leopards they came into contact with are different from other leopards.

In the eyes of the two brothers, leopard groups are what they should strive for when they grow up.

So how many leopard groups will there be in the grassland in the future?

The photographers don't know.

We can only leave everything to time.