The little wolf looked young, with grayish fur, and was probably a cub from a dead wolf pack.
The little wolf had a wound on its leg, its fur turned inside out, revealing a large piece of flesh. Because it had not been treated for a long time, the blood had coagulated into a clot and stuck to the fur.
Perhaps because it was young, or perhaps because of its injuries, it did not participate in the wolf pack's collective activities and luckily escaped.
Fu Bo and others gathered around it curiously.
The little wolf seemed a little scared. Its front legs trembled and it tilted its neck back: "Ah!"
Ren Xiayang turned around and said, "It seems to be very wary of us. Does it think we are accomplices of those who killed the wolf pack?"
"Don't underestimate it," Jiang Ran said, pulling out emergency supplies like medicine and bandages from his backpack. "This little wolf is quite clever."
Jiang Ran said this as he walked forward and squatted down, ready to treat its wound.
The little wolf was very wary and immediately put on a fierce look: "Ouch!"
It's not enough to just yell, it opens its mouth and pretends to bite.
At this time, Jiang Ran was very close to it, and if he was not careful, he would be bitten by it, which was very dangerous.
"Jiang Ran! Be careful!"
"It's going to bite you!"
“Get out of the way!”
Jiang Ran didn't move at all. He just said "It's okay" and gently pinched the wolf cub's leg to disinfect and apply medicine to it.
Everyone was influenced by her calm demeanor and gradually relaxed from their tense mood.
A closer look revealed this little wolf to be quite cunning. Its face was fierce, but its front legs, held by Jiang Ran, remained motionless. It opened its mouth to threaten, but didn't seem to actually bite.
At first glance, it looked fierce, but its actions were very well-behaved. Fu Bo immediately exclaimed that he had been deceived.
"I told you, this little wolf is very smart."
Jiang Ran analyzed, "It's a wolf cub, it definitely didn't just come here. It went unnoticed last night and was killed along with everyone else, which means it knows how to hide."
"We've been here for quite a while now, and it hasn't made any noise, otherwise we would have discovered it long ago. It wasn't until we buried the wolves properly that it made any noise. This shows that it knows how to judge whether humans are good or bad, and thinks it can ask for help from us."
"To sum up," Jiang Ran skillfully wrapped the bandage around the wolf cub and tied a small bow. Then he turned and said to Fu Bo with a smile, "It's very likely that it's smarter than you and won't attack me so cruelly. There's no need to worry."
Fu Bo: “…”
Why the sudden personal attacks?
Fu Bo refused to accept the answer and said with his neck stiff, "Then why does it look so ferocious? How many times has it roared at you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the little wolf howled again. Fu Bo immediately became confident as if he had found evidence: "Look! Look! It's roaring at you again!"
"That's why I say it's smart," Jiang Ran put away the bandages and medicine and rubbed the little wolf's head. "If it obeys us and trusts us completely just because we helped bury its parents, then I can only say it's naive."
"Know how to protect yourself, exercise judgment, place trust in others while remaining vigilant, and be able to display your fangs and claws at the right time to intimidate the other party..."
Jiang Ran sighed: "This is the creation of nature."
Fu Bo: “…”
It seems really powerful?
After helping the little wolf treat its wound, the sun was already high in the sky. It was not too late, so everyone had to continue on their journey.
The little wolf had a leg injury and was very young. If it was left here, it would most likely die, so everyone decided to take it with them.
Jiang Ran had no objection, but simply asked, "Is there anything we brought that it can eat?"
Everyone searched their backpacks and their faces turned pale. "Mostly compressed biscuits, not much liquid food. Probably only enough to last two or three days."
"That's enough."
Jiang Ran nodded and said, "Let's feed it sparingly for the next two days. If you come across something edible for the little wolf on the road, remember to take some."
"What happens next?"
Zeng Pei was still a little worried: "This stage is 20 kilometers long. The second stage will be even more difficult. We have to climb a mountain with an altitude of over 8,000 meters. Two or three days is definitely not enough. What will happen if the little wolf gets hungry?"
"It's okay," Jiang Ran said. "As long as we pass this section of road and continue climbing up to the Pamir Plateau, there will be antelopes. We can then find lactating ewes and feed it with their milk."
This sounds like a very smooth process.
Zeng Pei was a little puzzled: "How do you know there are antelopes on the plateau?"
Knowing the habits of wolves shows that one is knowledgeable and understands biology and history, but humans have been away from Earth for thousands of years, and this place is almost like a deserted planet. How could Jiang Ran know what animals live in which area?
Explaining it with profound knowledge doesn't seem to make sense.
Jiang Ran hesitated for a moment after hearing this.
Just as he was about to answer, Fu Bo suddenly said in a threatening tone, "Where there are wolves, there are sheep. How is that strange? Wouldn't it be even stranger to feed wolves with goat milk?"
Fu Bo muttered, "If I were that lamb, I would definitely scold you to death."
Fu Bo's interruption made everyone laugh so hard that they forgot the previous topic.
Since there is a way to solve the wolf cub’s food problem, there is no need to rush.
As long as we can finish this stage of the race before the food we carry is finished and start heading towards the plateau, there will be no problem, so the most important thing now is to hurry up.
Fu Bo volunteered to take care of the wolf cubs, and no one else wanted to compete with him.
Although wolf cubs are cute, there are always plenty of opportunities along the way as long as you want to pet them.
However, after just two steps, the little wolf jumped out of Fu Bo's arms, then limped after Jiang Ran and tugged at her trouser leg: "Ah!"
Fu Bo was dumbfounded: "What's going on?"
Ren Xiayang was overjoyed: "I dislike you! I want Jiang Ran to take care of me."
Zeng Pei also laughed: "It seems that it really understands human nature and knows who is the most powerful among us."
Fu Bo: “…”
Jiang Ran didn't say anything. After all, she was the one in the team who was most familiar with the wilderness, and bringing a little wolf cub would not affect the speed of travel much.
Fu Bo looked at the little wolf nestled in Jiang Ran's arms with eager eyes, walked forward and bit it, then without wasting any time, he continued on his journey with everyone else.
In the next few days, everyone seldom stopped to rest, and finally caught up with Jiang Wenxue's team in the evening of the third day.
As the sky gradually darkened, Jiang Wenxue and others had stopped to set up camp, and Jiang Ran simply set up his tent next to them.
Jiang Wenxue was almost mad to death.
In order to maintain her first place, she worked day and night and had little rest in the past few days. Her face, which had been taken care of for many years, was a little swollen these days, and she had two big dark circles under her eyes. Who knew that she was still caught up by Jiang Ran, as if all her efforts in the past two days had gone to waste.
Especially since Jiang Ran wanted to camp next to her, constantly hanging around in front of her, repeatedly reminding her of this annoying thing.
If Jiang Wenxue hadn't already set up half of the camp, he would have packed up and continued on his way.
But if she packed her luggage and left as soon as Jiang Ran came, it would seem that she was afraid of Jiang Ran and she would lose her dignity. This was not acceptable.
Consider this and that.
Jiang Wenxue had no other choice but to continue setting up camp and making a fire, pretending that Jiang Ran didn't exist, and then planned to get up early tomorrow to continue his journey.
When the fire was halfway lit, a little wolf with a vicious look on its face suddenly jumped out from the side and was about to pounce on her with its mouth open.
Jiang Wenxue screamed in fear and tried to retreat in panic, but she tripped over a dead branch and fell to the ground.
She fumbled around her body tremblingly, and in panic she realized she didn't have her gun with her, and her face turned pale.
“Help! Help!”
The bodyguards who heard the noise came quickly. They quickly surrounded Jiang Wenxue and helped her up from the ground.
Jiang Wenxue was surrounded by people, and her panic and fear gradually calmed down, replaced by anger.
"Do you have a gun? Give it to me now!"
"I'm going to kill this damn beast..."
"What are you going to do with the little wolf?" Jiang Ran's voice suddenly came out.
Jiang Wenxue felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her rage, but her anger and rage still prevailed: "It wants to eat me! Of course I have to fight back!"
"Did you misunderstand?" Jiang Ran picked up the little wolf and covered its vital parts with his arms to prevent the other party from suddenly shooting. "The little wolf probably just wanted to play a game with you. You don't take it seriously, do you? It's so docile, how could it hurt anyone?"
"Gentle temperament?" Jiang Wenxue was so angry that she laughed, "It just..."
"Ah!" The little wolf howled softly as it nestled in Jiang Ran's arms. As Jiang Ran stroked its fur, the little wolf's tail wagged even more happily.
Jiang Wenxue's questioning words were suddenly stuck in his throat.
This beast had a ferocious look on his face just now, why did he suddenly change his expression now? It seemed as if she was imagining too much and was trying to slander a beast!
Within two seconds, even the bodyguard beside her cast a subtle glance at her.
Jiang Wenxue was about to explode: "What are you looking at! What do you mean!"
The bodyguard smiled awkwardly and said nothing.
Jiang Wenxue's heart sank.
She realized that Jiang Ran's attempt to distort the truth had really worked. Everyone thought she was making things up and deliberately causing trouble.
Now that she was being held here, if she insisted on questioning Xiaolang about his crime, it would only make things worse.
"It's okay, I probably misunderstood."
Jiang Wenxue took a deep breath and forced a smile that was uglier than crying. "But you still have to keep an eye on this wolf cub. If he scares others, he might not be as easy to talk to as I am."
Jiang Ran also smiled wryly: "Don't worry, the little wolf is cute and docile, and there shouldn't be many people who would misunderstand that it wants to hurt people."
After performing a set of Jifeng, Jiang Ran carried the little wolf back to his tent.
Fu Bo and others had already made a fire and set up the tent, waiting for her to come back.
Jiang Ran put the little wolf on the ground, patted its head, and let it play by itself for a while.
Then he turned around and asked, "Did you find the thing?"
"Found it, found it!" Fu Bo excitedly opened his backpack and poured out a lot of things from it. "You know what, Jiang Wenxue has a lot of good stuff!"
Zeng Pei also smiled and said, "Thanks to you and Little Wolf for helping to attract attention, we were able to raid their rear area. There are still a few bottles of milk in there, so Little Wolf will have food for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
"I came up with the idea, so of course I have to attract attention." Jiang Ran said as a matter of course.
Ren Xiayang: "Xiaolang also performed very well."
Jiang Ran said, "Is there a possibility that it wasn't actually an act?"
"You mean..."
"Jiang Wenxue is the one who killed the wolf pack. Little Wolf is also very clear about this, so..."
Jiang Ran said calmly:
"It really wants to kill Jiang Wenxue."
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