Chapter 49: Cold-blooded Snow Leopard Los: Today I am the indifferent one...
Seeing his younger brother walking in a friendly manner with a male snow leopard, and even rubbing against each other, Luo Yin felt it was unreal. He found a good visual angle, half-crouched on it, and watched the two snow leopards passing by him one after another.
"Who is stronger, my useless brother or that male snow leopard? It should be my brother, right?" Luo Yin thought for a while. After all, Los looked much bigger than the snow leopard next to him, and the snow leopard next to him looked strong on the outside but weak on the inside, with fluffy fur. He was well-fed, but he didn't know how he was doing in other aspects.
Luo Yin waited for a while, but didn't hear Kaie's answer. He turned his head curiously and looked behind him, only to find that Kaie had not followed him at all. He immediately swung his tail in annoyance.
Kai'e didn't dare to stay in this dangerous place. He took advantage of Luo Yin's inattention and slipped away.
When Xu Nian and Los were about to go back with the prey, they heard the howling of wolves in the distance. Perhaps the previous siege by wolves had left some psychological trauma on Xu Nian, so he wanted to run faster when he heard the howling of wolves.
Los pricked up his ears and listened, then turned his head to look at the place where the sound came from. This pack of wolves howled day and night, and he had been enduring it for a long time.
However, before Los could speak, a howling sound suddenly came from not far away, but the howl was not from a wolf, but from a snow leopard. Xu Nian and Los both paused and subconsciously turned their heads to look towards the side of the mountain.
From their perspective, they couldn't see Luo Yin behind the rock, but they could hear the sound clearly.
"Wolf howling." Los lowered his head, holding the prey in his mouth. As if he hadn't noticed anything, he walked back steadily and calmly, saying, "Let's go back."
Its tail hung behind it, dragging casually on the snow. There was no expression on its furry face, but its eyes were always fixed on Xu Nian. It would turn its head to look at Xu Nian every few steps forward, and finally let Xu Nian walk in front.
Xu Nian's fluffy fur was blown all over the body by the wind. He was walking on the lonely snow-capped mountains with prey in his mouth. From time to time, he could hear the howling of wolves, which made him feel helpless.
Fortunately, their nests are relatively high, otherwise Xu Nian would have to sleep every night accompanied by the howling of wolves. He would really feel that his life was miserable.
Xu Nian naturally also heard the wolf howl, and a barely perceptible panic flashed across his eyes. Fortunately, Los was walking behind him and did not notice how guilty the snow leopard in front of him was.
Of course, he also heard the cry of the snow leopard, and naturally recognized that it was Luo Yin's voice, but Los did not say anything. He pretended not to hear the sound and even found an excuse for himself.
When the two of them returned to the nest, Xu Nian was lying on the ground with his eyes slightly closed. He looked like he had no appetite and even ate less of the meat.
"What's wrong?" Los looked at Xu Nian with some concern. He stood up and walked over, gently nuzzling him and said, "Are you feeling unwell?"
"I have a slight headache." Xu Nian sighed, his tail wagging weakly. He raised his paw and scratched Los's paw. With a panicked look on his face, he asked, "I... I won't have hearing problems again, right?"
There was a hint of panic in his beautiful eyes. Which snow leopard would not be soft-hearted when seeing this? Los looked at Xu Nian, his gaze fell on the other's head, as if he was thinking about how badly Xu Nian's head had been hit, and how he had lost his sense of smell, and now it seemed that his hearing was also problematic.
But Xu Nian was so well-maintained that there was no sign of any problem at all.
Los touched Xu Nian's head and whispered, "It turns out it's a headache."
No wonder Luo Yin's voice was so obvious, but Xu Nian didn't react at all. It was because the injury on his head had not healed yet. Los lay directly beside Xu Nian and licked the back of his head carefully, messing up Xu Nian's originally smooth hair, but Xu Nian could only bear it. After all, this was an excuse he made up himself, so he had to bear it himself.
"Are you feeling better now?" Los asked in a low voice after licking for a while.
Xu Nian was dizzy from being licked by it. When he heard Los' question, he nodded quickly and said, "It's okay, it's completely fine."
After saying that, he shook his furry head and finally became a little more sober. The main reason was that Los licked him a little too hard, and his head kept shaking. He felt a little carsick, and carriage sickness at that.
Xu Nian half-lay beside Los's paw. He raised his head slightly to look at Los, and when he met his focused gaze, Xu Nian subconsciously turned his gaze away and whispered, "Let's go hunting somewhere else tomorrow."
"Hmm?" Los was originally thinking about this matter in his mind, but when he suddenly heard Xu Nian bring it up, a trace of suspicion flashed across his eyes, but he was quickly attracted by Xu Nian's hesitant gaze. He suppressed the feeling that something was wrong, leaned over and licked Xu Nian, and said, "Why?"
"Because there are too few prey here, I want to change to another place, maybe there will be more prey." Xu Nian's words were well-reasoned. He said seriously, "Think about it, we've been hunting here recently. The prey must know it's dangerous here, so they might not come here. Then we have to spend more energy hunting. As you said, food is hard to find in winter, and we need to conserve our energy, so why not change the hunting place?"
Although it was a temporary excuse he made up, it was somewhat believable. Los's eyes fell heavily on Xu Nian, making him shrink back twice with guilt. But in Los's eyes, he just lowered his head and licked Xu Nian, saying, "Headache again?"
Whenever Los started to think that something was wrong, he would always be interrupted by other things, sometimes Xu Nian's tail, sometimes his ears, or even his eyes or claws, or the soft fur on his belly.
For example, now, Xu Nian looks weak and has a headache, and his big tail is shaking everywhere very vigorously.
After a moment of silence, Los simply hugged the snow leopard in his arms, closed his eyes and rested.
During the day, both snow leopards clearly heard Luo Yin's roar, but they pretended not to hear it. One even made an excuse that he had a headache and poor hearing, while the other simply didn't even make an excuse and just said he didn't hear it.
On the other side of the mountain, Luo Yin, who was dissatisfied with the wolves' constant howling that disturbed his rest, started to choke and cough after howling at the wolves for an entire afternoon. His throat became hoarse, and he turned around dejectedly and returned to the den he had robbed last night, holding his tail in his mouth.
There was still Kai's scent in the den, and Luo Yin felt a little disgusted. He quickly rubbed the mountain wall, covering Kai's scent with his own scent, and completely occupied the snow leopard den.
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In the middle of the night, Xu Nian still couldn't fall asleep. He lay on his side on the ground, suffering from insomnia, a rare condition.
The wind and snow outside were very strong, and it was even getting stronger. Xu Nian opened his eyes and looked outside. Los's tail was resting on his waist, so he dared not move, for fear that the slightest movement would wake Los up.
But he really found it difficult to fall asleep, and he almost got caught in the afternoon. He suspected that Los had recognized Luo Yin's voice, but Los never mentioned it from beginning to end. Xu Nian didn't know what the other party was thinking.
He licked his paws and thought about this matter. The moment he heard Luo Yin's voice in the afternoon, his heart beat violently. It has only improved slightly now, but he is still a little panicked.
Although he was motionless, his tail was shaking slightly. Xu Nian immediately stretched out his claws, his eyes fell on Los who was sleeping soundly, and then quietly pressed down his tail that was shaking everywhere and annoying the leopard.
After doing all this, he sighed silently again.
He couldn't sleep, so he listened to the sounds outside, trying to figure out whether the howling of the wolves was mixed with the roar of the snow leopard like in the afternoon, but obviously there was not this time, and Xu Nian breathed a sigh of relief.
His furry ears stood up as he tried to listen to the sounds outside, and occasionally trembled slightly and quickly, with a hint of guilt.
Xu Nian's entire attention was focused on listening, so he didn't notice that the snow leopard sleeping beside him had opened its eyes at some point. Its eyes were slightly half-closed, and its gaze was always on Xu Nian, with a somewhat dangerous look.
However, when Xu Nian lay down, Los had already closed his eyes and seemed to have never woken up. Xu Nian breathed a sigh of relief and his tail shook slightly a few times.
It was not until late at night that Los opened his eyes after listening to Xu Nian's steady breathing and making sure that he was asleep. He stared at Xu Nian for a while, then leaned over and licked him.
"Do you really want to meet Luo Yin?" Los sneered softly, gritting his teeth and saying, "What's so good about it? It makes you prick up your ears in the middle of the night just to listen to its voice!"
Even though his sense of smell was poor due to the head injury and now his hearing was also poor, he still had to prick up his ears to search for Luo Yin's voice. Looking at Xu Nian's cautious and serious look, Los felt his heart was about to break.
But even though it was so angry that it was almost trembling, Xu Nian was still sleeping with his eyes closed, unaware of anything. Los stared at the other's handsome face, then at the other's furry head, and licked Xu Nian hard in revenge, without mercy and not gentle at all.
After Xu Nian hummed softly twice, he seemed to feel a little uncomfortable. He curled up in his sleep and snuggled into Los' arms, even hugging the big furry tail tightly.
That big tail that belonged to Los and was hanging on his body.
Los's strength suddenly became much lighter. He looked down at Xu Nian, clearly slightly comforted by his unconscious actions. His tail was held in his arms, and he only twitched the tip of his tail slightly. He pretended to be indifferent and said, "Besides admitting defeat, running away, acting like a spoiled child, showing your belly, and stretching, what else can you do?"
"It's just that the eyes are prettier, the face is prettier, and the tail is prettier." Los said coldly in a low voice: "You have no good taste at all."
As soon as it finished speaking, Xu Nian, who was originally sleeping soundly, was probably woken up. He opened his eyes drowsily and glanced at Los. He met his gaze and said sleepily, "Are you still awake?"
Los was panicked for a moment, and the tail that Xu Nian was holding in his arms stood up because of the shock.
It immediately licked Xu Nian, held him in its arms, and whispered, "Sleep, sleep."
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