Chapter 8: Howling Wolves Disturbing Leopards Xu Nian: They seem to be cursing...
Day-old argali meat certainly wasn't as delicious as fresh blue sheep. Xu Nian leaned over, glanced at Los, then at the blue sheep, then bared his fangs and touched the blue sheep, asking, "You don't want to eat it? Not even a single bite?"
"Yeah." Los felt that the snow leopard in front of him was both hateful and pitiful. When the pair of eyes looked at it, the timid look made Los feel a little awkward. It originally wanted to squat on the ground, but seeing Xu Nian glanced at it from time to time while eating, Los stood up and moved to the side calmly.
Without the ferocious beast watching him, Xu Nian immediately ate to his heart's content, tearing the mutton with his fangs. The tender mutton was stained with a lot of blood and the meat was very delicious.
There were vultures circling in the sky, but they were being stared at by Los, so they had to land on a rock a little further away and look over here.
After Xu Nian finished eating, Los saw him licking his paws. There was still some meat left, but not much left. He glanced at Xu Nian's bulging belly again. It was obvious that he was very full and his belly was obviously bulging.
"How long have you been hungry?" Ross frowned and asked, "It's not snowing heavily yet, so it's not like we can't even catch any prey. How can you be so hungry?"
Xu Nian had bitten Los, deceived him, and now was eating the prey given by the snow leopard. He felt a little guilty. At Los's question, he immediately stood up and squatted in a very standard posture. He said honestly, "I'm almost hungry... It's been almost a week. I haven't had a full meal since I picked up half a blue sheep and ate some meat."
"Picked it up?" Los heard the key words. His leopard face was expressionless, and his slightly cold gaze fell on Xu Nian. But when he saw that the other party's face was still a little bloody after eating, but his eyes were very innocent, and his big paws stepped on the snow, looking a little uneasy, Los was silent for a while, then turned his head and said, "In this kind of weather, there won't be any half-fan blue sheep on the snowfield. Not to mention other things, the vultures alone can quickly find the food. It's not your turn to pick it up."
"I know." Xu Nian laughed, his beautiful eyes full of smiles. He was obviously very happy that he had picked up half a blue sheep. His long and thick tail swept behind him a few times and said, "I was very lucky that day."
"..." The anger that Los had been brewing for a long time was completely dissipated by Xu Nian's few words. He looked at the miserable snow leopard with an indescribable look, not understanding why he was so happy when it was just half a blue sheep.
It was about to say "That sheep is mine", but after thinking about it, it decided not to mention it. There was no reason, it was just too lazy to say it.
But just as it turned around, it heard Xu Nian's voice coming from behind, saying: "After I ate, I heard the wolf howling. I guess a wolf must have eaten it and left it there."
Los suddenly stopped and turned his head to look at Xu Nian.
"What's wrong?" Xu Nian originally wanted to follow Los, but he didn't expect the other party to suddenly stop and almost stepped on his tail. Fortunately, he stopped in time, raised his furry paws, and looked at Los with some confusion.
"That sheep... is mine!" Los took a deep breath, and the anger that had subsided surged up again. He gritted his teeth and said, "Can't you smell that it's mine?"
Xu Nian opened his mouth and then slightly retracted his neck. He really didn't smell it. He was so hungry that he was dizzy and didn't care whose scent was left on it.
Seeing Xu Nian's appearance, Los knew that the other party must not have smelled the scent, and he patted the ground with his furry paws.
"If I had known it was yours, I definitely wouldn't have eaten it." Xu Nian admitted his mistake and admitted his weakness faster than any other beast could. He immediately said obediently, "I apologize."
"Why won't you eat it if you know it's mine?" Los asked.
"Because you are your brother's younger brother, your brother and I are so familiar with each other." Xu Nian hooked his tail lightly and said, "Besides, you are very good to me."
When Los heard these words, his furry ears trembled slightly. He felt that the snowflakes today were really icy, and guessed that heavy snow was coming soon.
"So you've been hungry since that day?" asked Los.
"Not really, I also catch my own prey to eat." Xu Nian raised his claws and scratched his face very embarrassedly. He licked the blood remaining on his face.
"Then why are you so hungry?" Los obviously didn't believe it. He looked at the embarrassed snow leopard in front of him with some doubt. To be honest, it was quite rare for a snow leopard to get itself into this state.
It would rather believe that the snow leopard in front of it could not catch prey. It found it hard to imagine that it could survive in such a miserable state even if it could catch prey.
Xu Nian felt a little embarrassed. He did catch prey, but they were all rabbits, and it took him dozens of hunts to catch one. He often ran a long way to get one to try. Sometimes he was bullied by vultures, and he would even run away when he heard the howling of wolves, for fear of encountering a wolf pack without even a chance to escape.
This means that even though the prey is eaten, the animal may still lose some fat in the end.
In short, eat less and run more.
Los took a deep look at the snow leopard in front of him, which claimed to be acquaintance of his elder brother. It lowered its head and licked its paws. Its seriously injured tail was dragged behind it. It had used too much force when hunting before. Although its hunting movements were very handsome, the sequelae soon appeared. It looked back at its tail after walking a few steps.
"I will take care of you until your tail heals." Xu Nian was very good at reading people's expressions and immediately expressed his loyalty, saying, "I understand. I apologize to your tail. I apologize very sincerely."
Xu Nian had said everything, and Los couldn't find any words to say in response. So this wild snow leopard, who had no idea of the wickedness of human nature, half-closed his eyes, scanned Xu Nian from head to toe, and finally stopped looking at his big tail. Then he withdrew his gaze, turned his head and looked at the cliff, and said, "As long as you understand."
The tail is extremely important to a snow leopard and cannot tolerate any loss.
Its tail is not only used to keep warm and balance the body when hunting. A beautiful, long, furry tail can represent whether the snow leopard is healthy and more attractive.
Los has been holding his tail in his mouth since he was a child. The tail is very important to him.
From its cub days to the majestic king of the snow mountains today, this big tail is an outward manifestation of its survival ability. It is shameful for a snow leopard to have an ugly tail.
Then Los looked at Xu Nian's tail again and confirmed that the snow leopard in front of him, although its fur was messy, had beautiful eyes. Now with another one added, the opponent's tail was not bad either.
After noticing Los's gaze, although Xu Nian didn't know the other party's intention, he subconsciously curled his tail. He turned his head and held his tail in his mouth, following Los closely, carefully paying attention to the position of his claws to avoid stepping on Los's swollen tail.
The howling of wolves coming from the foot of the mountain could be heard far away in the snow, with occasional wolf howls and occasional responses from one another.
So this snow mountain, where only Los was originally a snow leopard, now has a stray novice snow leopard.
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“Ouch—”
The howling of wolves continued day and night. Xu Nian rolled over on the ground, scratching his ears with his big furry paws, listening to the howling of wolves in the distance with some depression.
"Can't sleep?" Los was calm, maybe because he was used to hearing it.
"Don't the wolves rest?" Xu Nian sighed. He was too hungry before, probably half-conscious due to hunger, so he could fall asleep listening to the howling of wolves, but now he felt that the whole leopard was not in good condition.
"A new group of wolves has arrived." Los's tail swung gently as he lay down beside the cliff. The night fell on him, and he looked lonely as if he was about to merge into the snow-capped mountains.
Snow leopards live their lives in solitude, but Los never thinks about these things. He only worries about the coming heavy snow, how he will find prey, and how he can avoid getting hurt, or get hurt as little as possible, while hunting.
But now there's a snow leopard next to them.
It turned its head to look at the well-fed and well-slept snow leopard, and suddenly felt that if this thing could survive, there was nothing to worry about.
Xu Nian had no idea that he had been classified as "this thing" in Los's mind. He listened to the wolf howling, and from helplessness at first, he seemed to find some interest in it later.
His furry ears twitched slightly when he heard the elongated tail note of a wolf howl.
"What are you listening to? Can you understand a wolf's howl?" Los snorted and chuckled. He looked at Xu Nian, who looked quite serious, and reminded him, "Wolves are different from us snow leopards. They just howl randomly."
Xu Nian nodded in approval.
"So what are you listening to?" Ross asked.
"I heard that the two packs of wolves seemed to be fighting, or maybe cursing at each other. It was different from before." Xu Nian thought for a moment and added, "It sounded like they were cursing each other."
Los: ...
Xu Nian rubbed his furry paws, then put his head on the ground and gently shook his tail out of boredom. Then he remembered Los's tail and asked with great concern: "Brother, how is your tail?"
"Who told you to call me brother?" Los's fur exploded, his eyes turning cold. "Call me by my name."
"Okay, I'm sorry." Xu Nian nodded and said, "Los, is your tail feeling better?"
After a long silence, Los turned his head and said, "You don't have to apologize to me. I'm not going to ask you to apologize."
Its tail moved slightly. It still hurt, but not as much as before. It glanced at its own tail that had suffered so much, then at the culprit with a guilty look on his face, and said in a muffled voice, "My tail hasn't forgiven you yet."
Before Xu Nian could apologize, it immediately added, "So you have to take care of it until it recovers."
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