Chapter 674: The Cute Little White

Now that the consequences of what the two of them said are so serious, let's just forget it.

Four people gathered around the pot to drink soup and eat meat, with dry, hard "hard-crust" buns as their staple food.

"Hard-crust" is a type of dry ration made from flour, thicker than a pancake; although it doesn't look very appetizing and doesn't taste great, its advantage is that it staves off hunger, and eating a small piece can provide the calories needed for half a day of travel.

The pot of ham and matsutake soup was nearly empty, and the four of them were full and satisfied, preparing to continue their journey.

Shi Youxuan felt something furry rubbing against her leg, and looking down, she saw it was that little wolf from earlier!

The little fellow looked at her pitifully, its sky-blue eyes filled with fawning and pleading.

It wasn't fierce at all, it was cute and adorable, and showed no signs of aggression.

Shi Youxuan couldn't help but soften, picking up a piece of meat from her bowl to feed it; the little fellow swallowed it in one gulp, then licked its lips and continued rubbing against Shi Youxuan's leg.

It was as if it were acting coquettishly, saying it wanted more!

Even Sheng Hanyu and Jian Yining were moved by the little wolf's cute appearance.

The two grown men took the initiative to pour the remaining meat from the pot into a bowl for it to eat.

Most of the bowl of ham was swept away by the little wolf in an instant, but it didn't touch the delicious matsutake at all.

As expected of a wolf, it only eats meat.

After it was full, the little wolf was much closer to them, frolicking and rolling around the three of them, and even using its head to rub against their shoes and calves one by one.

Shi Youxuan named it "Xiaobai."

Xiaobai played happily with the three of them.

However, it always remained wary of Nianyin, keeping a certain distance from her.

"Awoo—"

A wolf howl came from the distance!

The little wolf immediately ran toward the sound and soon disappeared from sight.

"Hey, Xiaobai, aren't you being a bit heartless? Leaving without even saying goodbye? Hmph!" Shi Youxuan was a little sad, but she didn't take it to heart, and the matter was soon forgotten by everyone.

It was dark.

After dinner, Nianyin found a large, hollow tree, lit a bonfire, and had the three of them crawl into the tree hole to rest while she kept watch outside.

Sheng Hanyu: "You go rest, I'll keep watch."

Jian Yining also said: "Hanyu Ge will take the first half of the night, and I'll take the second half."

Both of them were people who had received a modern education; it made no sense for two grown men to hide away and rest while letting a young girl stand guard for everyone.

Nianyin was terrified: "No, I am a servant; this is something I should do." The Ji Family had very strict concepts of hierarchy, and the fact that the young mistress's man was doing the work of a Guard made Nianyin feel uneasy.

Shi Youxuan told her not to decline and to listen to Sheng Hanyu.

The tree hole was very spacious, and the three of them didn't feel crowded at all inside.

After a tiring day, they realized their bones felt like they were falling apart once they lay down, and the three of them were soon fast asleep.

The first half of the night passed without incident.

Jian Yining did not wake up for the second half of the night.

So Sheng Hanyu continued to keep watch.

The temperature difference here wasn't large, and the night temperature wasn't much lower than the day; plus, the warmth from the fire was very comfortable, and Sheng Hanyu sat on a large rock, feeling drowsy.

They were all equally exhausted from the day, and having to keep watch at night was too much for even the best physique to handle.

Coupled with the fact that nothing had happened during the first half of the night, he had lowered his guard.

In the pitch-black night in the distance, a pair of greenish lights suddenly flashed.

Soon, another pair appeared.

Four pairs.

Eight pairs.

Countless pairs of eyes.

Sheng Hanyu suddenly woke up with a start, and looking up, he found that the surroundings were already filled with greenish lights, all swaying slightly and staring at him like a tiger watching its prey.

The bonfire in front of him had gone out at some point, leaving only a pile of dark red ashes.

The green lights moved rapidly toward Sheng Hanyu, and soon they were right before his eyes, separated only by the fire pit.

"Get up quickly, grab the guns!"

"A Ning, Xuanxuan, Nianyin!"

Sheng Hanyu shouted loudly to his companions while raising the hunting rifle in his hand to aim at the lead wolf in front of him!

This was a snow-white female wolf, looking very similar to the little wolf from the daytime.

Both had fur that was snow-white all over, without a single strand of another color, and sky-blue eyes that were incredibly pure.

But the difference was—the little wolf was cute and milky.

The eyes of the white wolf in front of him, however, revealed ferocity.

It let out a low growl from its throat—"Awoo!"

Its two front paws began to scrape the ground; this was a precursor to an attack.

Nianyin was the first to rush out of the tree hole, blocking the way in front of Sheng Hanyu, simply because he was Miss Xuan's man, so Nianyin had to protect him.

"Mr. Sheng, go back and protect the young mistress; leave this to me."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shi Youxuan and Jian Yining also came out of the tree hole.

Seeing the scene before her, Shi Youxuan broke out in a cold sweat.

This was truly terrifying; she had never seen so many pairs of frightening eyes, so many wolves.

"Light the fire, wolves are afraid of fire, hurry and light the fire." Jian Yining prepared to reignite the bonfire and threw wood into the fire pit.

He was too anxious; the fire pit had no open flames to begin with, and by throwing large pieces of wood into it, he not only failed to ignite a flame but also extinguished the few remaining dark red embers!

"Awoo!"

The mother wolf gave the order to charge.

The wolf pack began to attack the four people.

"Bang!"

Sheng Hanyu fired the first shot.

He did not hit the alpha wolf, but two wolves behind it were struck, falling to the ground with blood pooling everywhere.

Several adult male wolves immediately lunged forward to drag these two unlucky, shot wolves away, while the other wolves continued to charge wave after wave, each more ferocious than the last.

In the four-person team, the combat effectiveness was only that of three people.

Sheng Hanyu usually enjoyed target practice, his marksmanship was very accurate, and he was very calm, basically managing to never waste a shot.

Nianyin brandished the Dagger in her hand; every strike was fast, accurate, and ruthless!

As for Shi Youxuan and Jian Yining, when it came to glib talk or doing business, one of them could be worth eight.

But at a life-or-death moment like this, the two of them could barely count as one person!

"Ah! Get away, I'm super powerful!" Jian Yining held a hunting rifle in his hands, closed his eyes, and pulled the trigger, his hit rate less than three percent.

Because the distance was too close, there were always times when a blind cat would run into a dead mouse.

Shi Youxuan was about the same; the two of them relied on sheer momentum to fight the wolves!

She began to regret it in her heart, regretting that she should have listened to Nianyin during the day and not provoked that Xiaobai.

No, that wasn't right, it shouldn't be called Xiaobai, it should be called a white-eyed wolf!

She was deeply suspicious.

These wolves were all accomplices called over by Xiaobai, with the sole purpose of snatching their meat.

That's right, there was still the meat!

The backpack was right at her feet; she picked up the backpack containing the meat, untied the bag, and threw it hard into the distance.

Ham, compressed biscuits, mineral water, canned goods... she threw them all out at once, which startled the wolf pack at first.

These beasts probably thought they were weapons.

But upon discovering that the things thrown over had no lethality and even emitted a faint aroma... they immediately swarmed forward again to fight over and devour them.

They were only concerned with fighting over the food, leaving a brief moment of respite for the humans.

"Get up the tree."

Before Nianyin's voice had even faded, she carried Shi Youxuan on her back; she was as agile as a monkey, using vines to "scoot, scoot" and climb up the tree in a few movements.

Sheng Hanyu covered the rear, shielding Jian Yining as he went up first, then followed himself.

The four people reached a thick tree branch and were finally safe.

A single backpack of food was simply not enough to go around.

The wolf pack quickly finished snatching it all up, then rapidly occupied the area under the tree.

"Awoooo—"

The alpha wolf let out a long howl toward the sky, as if in provocation: Come down if you dare!

Only a fool would go down.

Sheng Hanyu aimed his gun at the alpha wolf... it suddenly dodged and ducked into a tree hollow.

Cunning enough; it knew that the gun was a life-taking thing.

"Not good."