Chapter 151: Is the world crazy? Xu Nian: Who? Who wants to be supported? ...
Xu Nian feels that every person...leopard...animal has their own responsibilities. For example, a snow leopard is a wild animal, and feeding itself is its biggest responsibility, while a mastiff's responsibility is to herd sheep.
However, this is the responsibility of domesticated mastiffs. Wild mastiffs naturally do not have these restrictions. But now it seems that this group of mastiffs does not seem to be quite adapted to their wild identity, or in other words, they would rather be domesticated than being stray dogs.
For example, this group of mastiffs have begun to raise the sheep, which can be regarded as returning to their original job. Xu Nian feels that if they are not stopped, these mastiffs will probably start herding sheep.
"Do you think this could just be an isolated incident?" Xu Nian turned to look at Los and asked, "They're not going to create a sheep pen, are they?"
"I don't know." Los really didn't know. He shook his head slightly and said, "I don't know much about mastiffs."
On this point, Los was very honest. He didn't know what he didn't know and wouldn't talk nonsense. Kaie, who knew a little about mastiffs, had already returned to his own nest with his tail in his mouth and started to feel depressed.
Just when it was feeling a little depressed, it suddenly noticed a furry head popping up. It was stunned for a moment, looking at Xu Nian in surprise, and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Alas." After Xu Nian climbed up, he squatted in front of Kai'er and said helplessly: "Ka'er, I think I need your help."
After hearing Xu Nian's words, Kai'e thought he might be hallucinating. He couldn't help but raise his paw to scratch his ears, his eyes a little confused. He said, "You mean, these mastiffs stopped the sheep for you?"
"Yes." Xu Nian nodded.
"And they didn't eat when you were hunting?" Kaie's tone darkened.
"Yes." Xu Nian continued to nod.
"And after you finished eating, they stayed by your side, helping you watch over the sheep?" Kaie paused, then added, "And they even trapped the sheep to prevent it from escaping?"
"Yes." Xu Nian continued to nod.
Kaier was furious and gnashed his teeth, saying, "I don't believe it! How could there be such an obedient mastiff? I don't believe it!"
"Really? I can take you to see it." Xu Nian's purpose in coming here was not this. He gently wagged his tail and said, "I just want to know if there is any way... or if you know where humans exist..."
"I don't believe there's such an obedient mastiff." Kaier maintained his opinion. He raised his paw and walked ahead, saying, "Absolutely not!"
However, half an hour later, it stared at the mastiff in front of it and said angrily, "How could this happen?"
"I think it might be because they were once raised by humans, which is why they behave this way," Xu Nian whispered. "Compared to freedom, I think they probably miss their owners more."
I just don’t know why their owners don’t want them anymore. Maybe they lost them accidentally, or something happened to them, or they were abandoned.
Although Xu Nian actually felt that the third possibility of abandonment was more likely.
"I only know that there are humans where my good friend lives. I don't know about other places." Kaie said, "It's great to be raised by humans. If there are humans willing to raise me, I will be obedient."
"This includes helping humans herd sheep from dawn to dusk, feeding them at regular times and in fixed quantities, and being on the lookout for sudden attacks from wolves, snow leopards, and even bears. You have to desperately protect these sheep and never let them get lost." Xu Nian glanced at Kaie and asked, "Do you still want to be a snow leopard raised by humans?"
"Yes," Kaie said, wagging his tail gently. "At least we don't have to worry about not having food."
Xu Nian: ...
It seems that the lack of food this winter has left Kaier with a psychological trauma.
Xu Nian, who was a human before, never thought about becoming a domestic leopard, but Kaie seemed to want to become a domestic leopard on his own initiative. Xu Nian even suspected that if he really had the opportunity to go to the zoo, Kaie would even bite the staff's trouser legs to get on the zoo car and live a life of plenty with no worries about food and drink.
Kai'e really meant to do this.
"Someone must be taking good care of them, otherwise why would these dogs miss people so much?" Kaie said, half lying on the rock wall.
Xu Nian couldn't refute this point.
Kaie had no way to explain the matter of herding the sheep, so he could only let them do it. Xu Nian simply avoided them when hunting. After all, the behavior of herding the sheep looked a little strange, and Xu Nian thought that he could not feed these dogs. This was not a human society. In winter, they had to rely on themselves to hunt.
He hadn't expected things to develop like this, but from the looks of it, it wasn't a bad thing, it just looked a little strange.
However, this strange feeling did not last long. Soon the mastiffs found that they were rarely seen in the past few years. They squatted at the foot of the snow mountain and barked all the time. Occasionally, a mastiff would use its claws to scratch the rock wall and try to climb up, but they could not walk between the rock walls like snow leopards.
So Xu Nian and Luo Si both looked down with big dark circles under their eyes. Xu Nian buried his head in Luo Si's arms and sighed, "When will they give up? I can't keep a dog!"
"Beat him up?" Ross asked.
"No." Xu Nian shook his head and said, "There are too many dogs. It's too risky to fight them. Besides... it was okay before, but now... I can't bear to bite them. They just want to find an owner and some comfort. As long as we keep quiet, they will calm down."
However, the constant barking of dogs during this period made the wolves in the dense forest speechless. The howling that used to happen every day and at all times of the day and night had stopped. The wolves even looked exhausted with dark circles under their eyes, and they seemed to be very tired from the noise.
"Look, even wolves can't stand a bunch of noisy dogs." Xu Nian said, "I hope that after this incident, the wolves can reflect on themselves. After all, they often disturb people."
"Not likely," Los replied. "They're not a group of wolves that reflect on themselves."
Xu Nian felt that what Los said made a lot of sense. The two snow leopards snuggled together, half-closed their eyes, and Xu Nian said sleepily, "Why don't we go back to the den and sleep for a while? We didn't sleep well last night. The dogs barked all night long."
"Okay." Los nodded slightly, wrapped his tail around Xu Nian's waist to serve as a cushion for him, then turned sideways and hugged him in his arms and continued to sleep.
Xu Nian heard the barking of dogs in his ears. He closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.
In the dream, he seemed to be in a small hut, and then he heard the barking of dogs outside. Confused, he got up and pushed the door open, and then he saw several mastiffs surrounding the sheepfold outside. They were loyal and dedicated. When they heard the sound behind them, they turned around to look at Xu Nian, their tails wagging constantly.
Xu Nian was a little dazed, wondering if he had raised so many dogs. When he returned to the house, he turned his head and saw a snow leopard in the mirror. The snow leopard was covered with fur, and there was a hint of confusion and surprise in its eyes.
Before Xu Nian could react, the door was slammed open with a loud bang. A snow leopard rolled in like a ball and smashed into the mirror, smashing it to pieces. Then it lay on the ground, crying and howling, "I want to be a domesticated leopard. Why can I only have dogs and not leopards? What's wrong with me, a snow leopard?"
Xu Nian looked down at the shattered mirrors. Each one had a furry snow leopard staring back at him. Xu Nian stood still, opened his mouth, and murmured softly, "No, this isn't right. Has the world gone mad? Leopards are raising dogs, snow leopards are being taken away and raised, and... where's my Los?"
"Los——" Xu Nian murmured.
"Hmm?" Los, who was sleeping with Xu Nian in his arms, opened his eyes, looked down at Xu Nian who was sleeping unsteadily in his arms, leaned over and kissed him, and whispered, "I'm here."
Xu Nian then slowly opened his eyes. He turned his head and rubbed against Los, pressing his body against his. His tail also wrapped around Los, and he muttered, "I was so scared. I thought... I had lost you."
"No, I will find you." Los whispered, "Go to sleep, I will be by your side and will not leave."
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