Chapter 29 Emotional Unstable Los: You want to leave?! ...
"Wake up."
"Xu Nian?"
Xu Nian heard Los' voice while he was half asleep. He wanted to open his eyes, but his eyelids were heavy and no matter how hard he tried, it was no use.
He felt something slightly moist licking the side of his face, and then his whole body was pushed. The other party seemed a little anxious and licked him a little harder.
Los was indeed a little anxious. He thought Xu Nian was too sleepy, but in the middle of the night, he was still alert outside. He didn't expect Xu Nian to start humming at this time, and the sound was not loud. At first, Los thought that the other party was sleeping comfortably, but then he found that the sound was wrong. He turned around and saw that Xu Nian seemed to be a little uncomfortable, scratching his head with his claws.
It immediately tried to wake Xu Nian up, but it was no use calling him several times. It even bit Xu Nian lightly, but the other party didn't feel anything. Los' heart sank suddenly, and his first reaction was to look at Xu Nian's head.
It was not sure whether Xu Nian hit his head when he fell, but now it seemed that he might have hit it, and it seemed to be quite serious.
Then when Xu Nian opened his eyes, he was almost scared. He never expected that as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw an enlarged fang approaching him and almost biting him.
He was so frightened that all the hair on his body stood up. He looked at Los who was approaching him in horror, and the snow leopard was almost hanging on the stone wall.
Los didn't expect Xu Nian to wake up at this time. It paused, retracted its tongue, and then licked its paws and sides as if to cover up something, looking very busy.
Xu Nian gradually came back to his senses. For some reason, he felt that he saw a hint of embarrassment on Los's hairy face.
"You wouldn't wake up no matter how hard I tried to call you." Ross explained, "I didn't really want to lick you, I just wanted to wake you up."
Xu Nian nodded woodenly. His head still hurt and his ears were buzzing. Los's voice mixed with the sound of the wind made Xu Nian feel a little more at ease.
"Headache?" Looking at Xu Nian's expression, Luo Si paused and asked, "Not healed yet? When did you fall?"
"It still hurts a little." Xu Nian said it carefully. In fact, it hurt a lot. He felt so painful that he could hardly open his eyes. But he also knew that in nature, companions who had no value and could not protect themselves would be abandoned.
Even between animals that are related by blood, if one is injured, it faces the risk of being abandoned.
Xu Nian tried to shake his head again and said, "I can still bear it. It will be fine tomorrow. Maybe it hit my head when the Snowy Owl kicked me down, or maybe it hit my head when I rolled down with the rocks. I feel a little uncomfortable."
He even suspected that he had a concussion, but now he was just a snow leopard, so even if he had a concussion, he could only endure it himself. This was the world of beasts. If you endured it, you would survive, but if you couldn't, you would die.
Life is the most fragile thing here and can be lost at any time.
"Are you really okay?" Los felt that Xu Nian's voice was not right, so he moved closer and sniffed gently. He didn't smell any blood. He subconsciously rubbed Xu Nian lightly and felt that his body was still trembling slightly. So he simply adjusted his posture and lay on his side beside Xu Nian. He said, "I asked you to practice how to protect yourself when falling, but you just didn't practice. Now you know it hurts, right? We snow leopards... we only have one life."
Xu Nian nodded slightly, and felt a little regretful that he had not put the practice on the agenda earlier, but there was so much he needed to learn and time was too tight.
But a head injury wasn't necessarily a bad thing. He noticed that Los was a little gentler than usual, and he felt a little more at ease. He cautiously asked, "Will I die from the fall?"
He felt the big furry tail wrapped around his waist stiffen slightly, and then it slapped hard, hitting Xu Nian's abdomen. He trembled slightly almost subconsciously.
Then, the movement of the big tail immediately slowed down a lot.
Xu Nian felt that Los was looking at him. In the dark night, there was a howling cold wind outside. In this narrow den that could not even be called safe, the two snow leopards snuggled up to each other.
"No." Los's answer was calm, but resounding, as if every word was carefully considered.
Xu Nian didn't understand why he took so long to think about such two simple words, but his headache didn't allow him to think too much at this time.
Finally, Xu Nian slowly fell asleep under Los's licking.
Los did not sleep all night. After Xu Nian's breathing became stable, he looked outside and thought about why he was particularly tolerant of Xu Nian, and even willing to lick the wound after the other party was injured on the head.
It thought about it for a long time but came to no conclusion, but it twitched its tail as if in resistance.
Xu Nian felt much better the next morning. When he woke up, Los was coming back from an inspection. The snow leopard walked almost silently on the snow, with its big furry tail slightly curled up behind it.
When Xu Nian stuck his head out, he was hit in the face by the blowing snow. The wind and snow were obviously much stronger than he had imagined. However, the howling wind last night was even louder than now, but he didn't feel anything last night. It was not difficult to guess that the snow leopard lying outside used its back to block most of the cold wind and snow.
"You have a bump on the back of your head." Los saw Xu Nian wake up and simply walked over. Its tail dragged behind it. After seeing Xu Nian, it consciously raised its tail. Los just stood on the rock outside the nest. It glanced at Xu Nian and said, "It's okay once you wake up."
"What if he doesn't wake up?" Xu Nian asked.
"Then die." Los said calmly.
Xu Nian sighed deeply. He raised his paw and tried to touch the back of his head, but unfortunately, his body structure was limited, so his paw could only scratch his ears and head at most, but could not accurately touch the back of his head.
"Before I teach you how to hunt, I think I should teach you something else first." Los squatted on the rock, looking down at Xu Nian, who was still lying in his den, and said cautiously, "You must first learn how to protect yourself from falling to your death."
After all, snow leopards usually hunt on rock walls, and if they fall from such a height, there is a very high chance of being disabled or killed.
Xu Nian had seen Los hunting. He would fall from a very high mountain wall while holding the prey in his mouth. It was shocking to watch, but he could still climb up from the bottom of the cliff with the prey in his mouth and return to the top of the mountain.
"Actually, these are what most mothers would say. I don't know why you can't protect yourself at all. Didn't your mother tell you?" Los tilted his head slightly and asked.
Snow leopard cubs usually grow up with their mothers, who teach them many hunting techniques. After staying with their mothers for over one year old, they will go out and fend for themselves.
Xu Nian was stunned. These two long-lost words had not appeared for a long time. Suddenly being mentioned by a snow leopard made him a little overwhelmed. He suspected it was the sequelae of a headache.
"I... I grew up by myself." Xu Nian said half-truthfully.
He was not actually lying. As a human being, Xu Nian had indeed grown up alone, from an orphanage, all the way to university, and then to society. Those short twenty-three years were filled with ups and downs, but he just glossed over them and there was no need to mention them again.
All in all, his life can only be described as "at least he's alive."
Los didn't expect this. He tilted his head slightly, then tilted it back, as if sizing up Xu Nian. After a while, he said, "It's a miracle that you can grow up."
Snow leopard cubs without their mother's protection would basically die early.
But this wasn't the point Los wanted to find out. He suddenly jumped down from the rock, came up to Xu Nian, and said, "But what's even more surprising is that you've been with me for just a month, and I've taught you not only hunting, but many other things. But you've been with Luo Yin for three months, and you know nothing. It didn't teach you anything. You're really useless."
Xu Nian couldn't help but choke and cough as the wind and snow blew into his mouth.
"You haven't even been taught the simplest way to protect yourself." Ross said with a hint of hardness in his tone, "Useless waste."
Xu Nian: ...
"Then should I start learning how to protect myself now?" Xu Nian crawled out and lay obediently in front of Los. He knew that this snow leopard would be attracted by his honest and obedient appearance, so he tilted his head slightly and looked at Los.
"..." Los was just about to go back into the den when Xu Nian came out unexpectedly. His raised paw paused in the air, hesitated for a moment, and returned to its original position. He licked his paw and said, "Rest for two days. Practice again when your head feels better."
Xu Nian nodded. He was really obedient in this regard.
Because of the heavy snow, the vultures that used to like to circle around did not come out. In the biting cold wind, every animal raised its head to look at the heavy snow that would stop at an unknown time.
They have no choice but to keep their heads down and survive, waiting for the disaster to come, and then try their best to survive.
"Xunian." Los stood beside the cliff, his fur fluttering in the biting wind, his tail swaying gently. He suddenly looked back at Xu Nian and asked, "I'll make sure you survive this winter."
Xu Nian was blinded by the wind. When he heard what Luo Si said, he was moved and wanted to nod, but he heard Luo Si continue, "But remember, if you follow Luo Yin, I will not care about you anymore."
"It's not as good as me. It can't protect you." Los added, "But I can."
Los kept repeating himself, but in fact, he had the same idea. Xu Nian finally understood. He was secretly delighted and wanted to stay by Los' side forever. He asked tentatively, "What about after winter?"
As a result, Los immediately raised his tail, obviously a little angry. He glared at Xu Nian and said sternly, "You still want to leave?"
Without waiting for Xu Nian to speak, it quickly jumped off the rock and swung its tail in front of Xu Nian. If Xu Nian had not dodged quickly, he would have been hit in the face by the tail. Looking at Los with lingering fear, he heard the other party say: "Remember, your tail is not healed yet. I won't let you leave. You can't leave until your tail is healed. You can leave if you want."
Xu Nian had long felt that Los's temper was a bit too violent, but the snow leopard in front of him had always denied it.
He only said one sentence from beginning to end, but the snow leopard's mood changed three times.
Aren't snow leopards said to be very emotionally stable? Xu Nian couldn't believe that Los had anything to do with the term "emotionally stable."
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