Chapter 70: All's fair in war. Xu Nian: I'm smart...
Because of a fall, Xu Nian hadn't tried hunting for a long time. He felt a little unfamiliar with hunting when he suddenly started. He was also very clear about his own strength, so he didn't plan to choose any difficult prey.
So, he very cautiously set his sights on marmots, which were both delicious and not difficult to catch.
There are a lot more marmots resting here than before. After Xu Nian took a walk around, he found two marmots lying on the rocks basking in the long-lost sun.
The snow beneath them was still very thick. When Xu Nian saw the marmot, he immediately stopped. Los, who was following behind him, also stopped. Xu Nian turned his head and whispered, "Wait here for me. I'll catch a marmot for you."
"Okay." Los didn't stop it. It half-lay on the ground, its tail gently shaking behind it, as if it was really squatting here waiting for Xu Nian to come back with the prey.
If you look closely, you can see a smile in Los' eyes. Although Kaie's trick was not very clever, the effect was indeed good. At least Los was very satisfied. Xu Nian no longer mentioned Luo Yin as often as before. It should be said that since he found Xu Nian, Xu Nian hardly mentioned Luo Yin for such a long time.
On the one hand, Los felt that Xu Nian might have been wronged by Luo Yin during that time, but on the other hand, he was secretly happy that Xu Nian was willing to stay with him forever.
Of course, Xu Nian didn't know that the snow leopard behind him had also started to become more cautious. He just stared at the marmots in front of him seriously, then half-crouched down and approached them very lightly.
Xu Nian tried his best to keep his body low and took every step lightly. Whenever the two marmots moved a little, Xu Nian would immediately stop and use the rocks to block his body. He would wait until they relaxed their vigilance before gradually approaching them.
But Xu Nian didn't notice that a head popped out of the cave behind him. A marmot also stuck its head out of the cave, looking blankly at the sneaky snow leopard in front of it. It suddenly realized something and was about to scream, but it didn't even have time to make a sound -
A snow leopard suddenly appeared from behind and bit its head, breaking its neck.
Los lowered his eyes and looked at the marmot under his claws, licking his furry claws. Its hunting movements were much lighter than Xu Nian's. Its tail was shaking gently. It continued to lean behind the rock wall with the marmot in its mouth, and glanced at Xu Nian who was still lying there observing the marmot.
From Los's perspective, he could just see Xu Nian's tail and his raised back. The big furry tail was swaying gently behind him, and it was difficult to ignore it.
Los had seen many snow leopards, but this was the first time he had seen one as special as Xu Nian.
Just by looking at Xu Nian hunting so seriously, it couldn't help but have a smile in its eyes.
Perhaps feeling that the time had come, Xu Nian prepared to hunt. He pressed his front paws on the ground and moved them gently. After finding the right moment, he suddenly exerted force with his hind legs and pounced directly on it. He was very fast. Because he was afraid that the marmot would escape, he used a lot of strength to push off the ground.
But unfortunately, he still failed to catch the marmot and could only watch it slip away from him.
Because he used too much force on his hind legs, he jumped directly over the marmot and passed over its head. In short, he underestimated the snow leopard's jumping ability.
Not only did he not expect such an outcome, but neither did the marmot. Los, who was leaning against a rock waiting for Xu Nian, saw it and swung his tail behind him even more happily. As he watched Xu Nian get up from the snow and chase the marmot, Los thought for a moment and said to himself, "It's really special."
The marmot was being chased and was in a panic, and was about to hide in a cave. However, although Xu Nian was not good at other things, he was good at digging holes. Thanks to Los's previous injury, Xu Nian had mastered the skill of digging marmot holes directly in order to find food.
So it was the first time that Los saw a snow leopard lying in front of the hole where the marmot was hiding, and stretching out its furry claws very skillfully and reaching into the hole. It was obviously trying hard to stretch its claws, and its furry face was full of a determined expression, as if if it couldn't catch the marmot today, it would tear down the entire marmot hole.
"He's not usually like this." Los watched Xu Nian's actions, feeling distressed but also a little happy. He whispered, "This is all for me."
At least Xu Nian would definitely not go to this extent for Luo Yin.
After Xu Nian failed to dig out the marmot with his claws, he immediately retracted his claws. He lowered his body and looked hard along the cave, as if trying to determine where the marmot was in the cave.
However, although this commotion made the marmot shrink back into its burrow and refused to come out, it aroused the curiosity of the rabbit in the burrow nearby. It stuck its head out, as if wanting to see what was happening outside.
As a result, as soon as it showed its head, it saw the snow leopard digging a hole. The rabbit was shocked, and before it could return to the hole, Xu Nian bit it directly and pulled it out of the hole.
Xu Nian decisively gave up the difficult-to-catch marmot and set his sights on the rabbit. He held the rabbit in his mouth and jumped onto the rock in two or three steps.
Seeing this, Los thought Xu Nian was going to bring the rabbit back, but he didn't expect that Xu Nian had no intention of coming back like this. Instead, he was holding the rabbit in his mouth and lying on the rock above the marmot cave.
He just lay there quietly, motionless, his claws on the rock, the exposed claws hooked on the rock wall, his muscles tense, staring at the cave, looking ready to strike.
Looking at Xu Nian's appearance, Los raised his eyebrows in surprise. He did not move forward, but stood where he was, ready to watch what Xu Nian was going to do.
Although it basically guessed what Xu Nian wanted to do next.
Sure enough, after hiding in the cave for a while, the two marmots thought the snow leopard had left. After all, there was no movement outside, and they also heard the rabbit's last scream before it died.
After hesitating for a while, they quietly crawled out a little, moving very cautiously, as if they would immediately return to the cave at the slightest sign of trouble. If the rabbits were so alert, they would not have been bitten directly by Xu Nian.
After quietly sticking its head out to look several times and finding nothing unusual, the marmot finally felt relieved. It immediately jumped out of the cave and prepared to call its companions to come together.
In the moment it turned around, it had lost its last chance to escape. In the end, it only saw a figure falling from above its head and biting its body directly. The marmot struggled hard but could not get rid of it.
Xu Nian bit the marmot's body tightly. He didn't know many hunting techniques, so he only used the most primitive method to bite the marmot and exhaust it to death.
Blood splattered on his face. Xu Nian waited until the marmot in his mouth stopped moving before turning his head. The only marmot left in the cave wouldn't come out for a while. Xu Nian knew there was no point in waiting any longer, so he simply picked up his prey and shouted in the direction of Los, "Los, come quickly!"
This was the success of his hard work in hunting. As expected, all is fair in war. If he relied on the purest hunting techniques, he might not be able to catch rabbits and marmots, but he was the People's Education Edition snow leopard, so naturally he had to maximize this advantage.
Xu Nian licked his paws proudly, raised one paw and pointed at his two preys, then squatted on the ground proudly, puffed out his furry chest, and looked very well-behaved, with a hint of pride. He said, "I told you I can take care of you, too. Don't worry, I'm here for you."
These words sounded familiar. It seemed that Los had said the same thing to Xu Nian before.
Hearing this, Los paused for a moment, then walked over to Xu Nian, sniffed the bloody scent on him, and licked the side of Xu Nian's face, messing up the fur. Then, he whispered, "I know."
Two snow leopards stood in the snow, two marmots and a rabbit as their trophies. Another marmot hid in its cave, not daring to come out. Los asked, "How did you come up with this idea?"
"I'm smart." Xu Nian smiled and moved closer to Los, nuzzling Los's neck affectionately. He said, "And...it's also thanks to your good teaching."
When it comes to giving emotional value, Xu Nian can be considered top-notch, and his words made Los very happy.
"Hey, why is there another marmot here?" Xu Nian just noticed that Los also brought a marmot. He asked with a little surprise, "When did you catch it?"
"Just now." Los paused, and he lowered his eyes to look at the snow leopard in front of him, whose face was a little dirty from digging a hole. He suddenly remembered that when he was injured in the abdomen before, Xu Nian went hunting and also came back with prey in his mouth. His face was dirty and it looked like he had rolled in the mud. Now that he thought about it, he might have gone to dig a hole like today.
"Just now?" Xu Nian was a little surprised.
"When you were preparing to hunt two marmots, it came out to watch the fun." Los said, "It happened to be right next to me."
"That's just bad luck." Xu Nian glanced at the marmot that was bitten to death by Los. Los' hunting method was obviously much more brutal than his. The wound on the marmot's neck was very hideous, almost bloody. It was a one-shot kill. It was estimated that Los would have killed the marmot with one bite. No wonder Xu Nian didn't hear any sound.
"I want to learn it too." Xu Nian said with some envy, "I will also learn such hunting methods."
Los only looked at Xu Nian's dirty face and bright eyes. His eyes softened and he replied softly, "Okay."
It thought about how Xu Nian hunted in this way, biting the prey's neck and tearing it apart, breaking the neck bones and making the flesh bloody, with extremely agile and fast movements... It thought Xu Nian was very, very beautiful just by thinking about it.
All in all, it's very special.
Los will always dote on Xu Nian unconditionally. In short, everything Xu Nian does is unique and incomparable to other snow leopards.
"Let's go! Let's go back and eat." Xu Nian licked his paws, picked up his prey, and wagged his tail. He said, "It's a pity Kai'e is not here, otherwise we could see how much prey we found."
Before they were about to leave, they had already searched for Kaie in the snow-capped mountains, but there was no trace of him. Los sniffed the ground and guessed that Kaie must have left without saying goodbye. After all, as Kaie said, snow leopards like to live alone and don't like to live in groups, so it is normal for Kaie to look for other places to stay.
What's more, there was an avalanche there before, so it is no longer suitable for survival.
However, with three snow leopards living together in such a lively atmosphere, and suddenly one of them disappeared, Xu Nian was really not able to adapt.
"Think about it?" Los asked with his eyes half-closed, but his tone was no different from usual.
Xu Nian thought for a moment, nudged Los obediently, and said, "I miss you even more."
He had said long ago that Los was much easier to coax than Luo Yin. It only took one sentence, and the snow leopard, who had just been a little unhappy, immediately raised its tail. Although it still looked calm, its tail had already revealed the snow leopard's mood vividly, and it did not allow for any falsehood.
The snow leopard may talk tough, but its tail will never lie to it, and Xu Nian knows this very well.
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