Chapter 71: Doting on Ross: Sure enough, I am also the most special...
Perhaps because of the heavy snow, the marmots could not find much food and were thinner than before, but two marmots plus a rabbit were considered a full meal for the two snow leopards.
After all, they often cannot find food for a long time. In fact, if they had not left their previous residence and followed the migration direction of prey, it would still be difficult for them to find prey.
One of the reasons Kaie left was that it was difficult to find prey.
"Let's rest here today." Los and Xu Nian found a cave. It was a bit simple, but it could be used as a temporary shelter from the wind and rain. As usual, Los let Xu Nian sleep inside, and it half-lay outside to shield Xu Nian from the wind and snow.
Xu Nian was unwilling this time. He shook his head and said seriously, "I'll sleep outside. You have internal injuries and need to stay warm. You can't get cold. You'll be right to listen to me."
Los tilted his furry head slightly, his gaze fixed on Xu Nian. Xu Nian tried to nudge Los to get him inside, but despite his best efforts, the snow leopard couldn't budge even a little. Xu Nian looked at Los in confusion and said, "Los, get up! If you don't, I can't get out... Just let me sleep outside."
Los closed his eyes and lay on his side on the ground. His tail rested on Xu Nian's soft belly with ease. Los closed his eyes, seeming a little sleepy, and said, "Go to sleep."
"Los..." Xu Nian tried to fight for it, but Los raised his paw and held it down. He couldn't move for a moment and could only look at Los who was getting close to him. Los half-opened his eyes and nuzzled him affectionately, whispering, "That's it, sleep."
What a joke. It couldn't let the leopard in its heart shelter from the wind and snow outside.
Kaie, who was strolling outside, couldn't help sneezing. He shook his furry head and chased the herd of blue sheep towards the snow-capped mountains in the distance.
It walked through the woods, occasionally looking up at the vultures flying across the sky.
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"This mountain goat looks delicious."
"Hmm... looks good."
Two snow leopards were behind the rocks, staring at the blue sheep in front of them. They had obviously set their sights on this blue sheep. Although they were following the direction of animal migration, they left too late after all, so they did not encounter many prey along the way, and it was rare to come across a fat blue sheep.
This ibex is a strong adult ram, grazing on the rock wall with its head down. It seems that it relies on its strong body and is not very wary of its surroundings. It is even too lazy to raise its head to look around while grazing.
"It must have fought with other rams and won." Los looked at the obvious scars on the other's body. Those were obviously the medals of this ram, but in the eyes of the snow leopard, it didn't take it seriously at all. Los only cared about how long this ibex would be enough to eat. It licked its paws and was obviously very satisfied with this ibex.
"I'll chase him." During this period, Xu Nian's hunting skills improved rapidly. Maybe it was because he was conscious of taking care of the injured Los and himself, so Xu Nian hunted more desperately than before during this period, which made Los feel a little distressed. Unfortunately, no matter how it said that its injuries were not serious, Xu Nian didn't believe it.
Xu Nian felt that Los was just trying to save face and show off.
"Chase this one?" Hearing Xu Nian's words, Los subconsciously shook his ears slightly. He looked at the rock wall. The rock wall was not very high, so there would be no problem for Xu Nian to chase it.
"I can do it." Xu Nian stepped on the snow, looked back at Los, and glanced at Los's abdomen calmly, which made him more determined to catch a mountain goat to nourish Los.
After all, when he was injured before, Los endured the pain and hunted for him.
Xu Nian is a person who knows how to repay kindness. Now as a snow leopard, he is also a snow leopard who knows how to repay kindness.
Seeing Xu Nian's confident look, Los looked back at the mountain goat, thought for a moment, and nodded in response: "Okay, but if we can't catch it, forget it. We can find other prey. Don't hold on too tightly and don't get hurt."
Hearing this, Xu Nian paused in his steps, turned his head slightly, and said, "That's not what you said before. You said that as a qualified snow leopard, you must learn to hold on to your prey and not let go, otherwise you will starve to death."
"..." Los wondered if he had said this, but Xu Nian's expression didn't seem fake. Most importantly, the words really sounded like Los's tone. Los licked his paws, a trace of guilt flashing across his eyes. He feigned composure and said, "It's different now. Now you... you are the most important."
The last three words were spoken so softly that Xu Nian, who was already preparing to go hunting, did not hear them clearly.
Hunting a blue sheep alone is indeed quite difficult for Xu Nian, not to mention that this is an adult ram. If it were the previous Xu Nian, there would be a possibility that he would be kicked down by this sheep. But now, he is no longer the Xu Nian of the past. He is now a snow leopard who can hunt alone.
So he found the ambush place very accurately, walked over, his belly almost touching the rock wall, his claws hooked on the rock wall, his eyes fixed on the ibex in front of him. He stepped carefully on the rock wall, approaching the ibex step by step.
His paw pads stepped on the snow, leaving behind snow leopard paw prints. However, just when he was very close to the ibex and was about to attack, a vulture flew by and startled the ibex. The ibex subconsciously looked up, intending to look at the vulture, but unexpectedly, it saw a snow leopard.
The ibex was so frightened that it turned around and ran away almost immediately. Xu Nian had no time to think and immediately chased after it.
When neither the ibex nor Xu Nian noticed, Los just looked at them, then took a step back calmly and ran in the other direction at a very fast speed.
Although Xu Nian's hunting skills have become better, he had fallen before and was still a little afraid of heights. It was just the thought of catching prey that temporarily suppressed his fear.
But the ibex ran very fast, completely different from the ibex he had chased before. Its limbs were strong and powerful, and Xu Nian had a hard time chasing it. He underestimated the explosive power of this ibex. It was indeed a leader that could win the battle among its kind.
Just then, the ibex leaped suddenly and jumped directly over the rock wall in front of it. It even increased its speed so that it disappeared from Xu Nian's sight. Xu Nian suddenly lost his direction. He quickly looked around but could not find any trace of the ibex.
The ibex ran in one direction, thinking it could get rid of the snow leopard behind it, but it didn't expect that there was another snow leopard waiting for it in front. Los looked at the ibex calmly and quickly ran towards the other one to chase it. The ibex was surrounded and had no choice but to fight with Los. After that, it immediately found that the snow leopard was more powerful, so it instinctively turned around and ran behind it.
Los chased it slowly, just surrounding it but not hunting it, as if he wanted to drive it away in one direction.
Xu Nian, who originally thought that the ibex had escaped, was walking back dejectedly with his tail in his mouth, but he suddenly heard a sound behind him. He turned around and saw that the ibex that had escaped had run back.
Xu Nian was delighted. He didn't have time to think more and chased after it directly. This time the chase was much easier than before. The ibex seemed to have no idea where to hide and its steps were disordered. Xu Nian found the opportunity and bit the ibex's neck directly.
Only then did Xu Nian discover that there was a wound on the neck of the ibex. He was sure that he had never chased this ibex before, so the wound on the ibex's neck was definitely not caused by his bite.
He subconsciously suspected it was Los, but when he dragged the mountain goat back, he found that Los was still lying there waiting for him.
Xu Nian thought that it shouldn't be Los, because if it was really Los chasing the ibex, with Los's bite force, he would never give the ibex a chance to escape.
"Falling again?" Los stepped forward and licked Xu Nian's disheveled fur with heartache.
"I'm fine." Xu Nian put that bit of confusion behind him, raised his paw, pushed the blue sheep in front of Los, and said proudly: "See, I said I could catch a sheep for you to eat."
"Why are you hunting so hard for me?" Los didn't even look at the sheep. He just stared at the tiny scratches on Xu Nian's body, licked them gently, and said, "Why? Xu Nian."
"...Because you're also very good to me." Xu Nian rarely spoke the truth, and said sincerely: "You are a snow leopard worth my desperate hunting for you."
Los was silent for a moment, then he moved over and rubbed against Xu Nian.
They are snow leopards, and they are all very good to their partners. Los felt that Xu Nian was very good to him, so he felt that he should be even better to Xu Nian.
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