Chapter 52

Stop wailing—it’s not dead yet! Are you crying over it like a funeral?

Looking at the dumb bear before him, Xiao Yi, his voice tinged with impatience, called out loudly.

Xiao Yi had seen many online stories of animals expressing true emotion, but he’d never witnessed it himself—today’s two bears had opened his eyes.

Then Xiao Yi fetched new Arctic willow herbs, known for their anti-inflammatory properties, and reapplied them to the big bear.

But the big bear was lucky—its wound hadn’t become infected yet, likely because he’d applied medicine in time yesterday.

As long as there’s no infection, even though it now seems weak and hasn’t fully passed the danger zone, its chances of survival are still high.

Going forward, Xiao Yi planned to apply medicine twice daily; whether the big bear would survive depended entirely on whether it could open its eyes in the next two days.

“Woo! Woo!”

During the medicine change, the injured bear let out low whimpers of pain, much like a dog hurt at home.

Upon hearing the sound, the cub beside it settled down and lay back down.

Soon Xiao Yi brought back bone broth and slowly fed a few sips to the injured bear—he didn’t know how much it could drink.

But every sip it swallowed helped its recovery.

After settling the big bear, Xiao Yi’s lips curled slightly as he turned to look at the cub.

Their eyes met—the cub instantly felt a premonition of doom.

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Meanwhile, in the main live stream, when Bae Ye, Yang Qing, and the others saw the comments flooding the screen, they froze in place.

What had they missed overnight?

And just then they saw Xiao Yi applying medicine to the bear—again, they were speechless.

Was this really the Xiao Yi they knew? And was that lying creature even the cub they recognized?

What the hell had happened to this world?

Soon they accepted reality, especially after searching the music platform for footage of yesterday’s wild battle.

When they saw Xiao Yi take on four wolves alone and force them all to retreat, they marveled again at his personal strength.

The cub’s plea for help, Xiao Yi’s treatment of the black bear—all of it made them feel the world was vast and full of wonders.

But clearly, the three in the main stream were already accustomed to Xiao Yi’s unpredictable antics—after their amazement, they returned to their daily work.

Yang Qing and Luo Han had now grown accustomed to their current roles.

Unfortunately, though they’d adapted, they were about to leave the show.

Aside from Bae Ye, who was a permanent fixture, the show had signed ten major guests, paired in groups of two.

Each pair stayed in the main stream for twenty days—today marked the halfway point of their contract.

Of course, that’s all for later!

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“That’s right—dig like that! Didn’t you eat today?”

“Dig deeper here! How can you be so stupid?”

“Dog Egg, go find some food—we’re nearly out of rations. I don’t keep idle bears.”

“Roar! Roar!”

“Roar all you want! Do you still want to save Black Egg? Do you still want to eat?”

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A normal person would find it hard to believe this scene.

On this lonely, barren, death-laden tundra, such a lively scene had erupted.

Even harder to believe: this lively scene was sparked by one man and one bear—they were, yes, building a house.

Viewers had seen this scene for many days now, yet it still amazed them.

“I’m truly impressed—this is even allowed?”

“Music Platform, I’m reporting you! Wasn’t it promised that each contestant lives alone? How can he bring a pet? Unfair!”

“Is anyone from the Animal Protection Association here? Someone’s abusing an animal—why isn’t anyone stopping this?”

“Today I’ve gained a new insight: if you want your bear to work well, you’ve got to make it find its own grass.”

Dog Egg: “Maybe I’m not human, but you’re definitely a dog.”

I still can’t believe my fierce and hilarious little bear has become someone’s hired bear.

My little bear’s life is so hard!

Haha, what can I do? Who else but my Xiao Shen is so incredibly brilliant, using the injured big bear to threaten my little bear?

Another day of feeling sorry for my little bear—what kind of stupid name did my Xiao Shen come up with?

“Haha, my Xiao Shen is a naming genius!”

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Three days had passed since the great battle between man, bear, and wolf—and much had happened in those days.

Most importantly, both bears were now hired laborers, working to repay their medical bills and daily food costs.

Xiao Yi never made a losing deal!

These two bears consumed enormous amounts of food—the meat from the two wolves had been entirely consumed by the two bears and Xiao Yi in just three days.

Even then, Xiao Yi had mixed in plenty of wild vegetables with the broth; otherwise, the two wolves wouldn’t have been enough.

Yes, two bears and one man—the severely injured big bear, under Xiao Yi’s care, had reopened its eyes two days ago, but its injuries still prevented it from working.

Naturally, the injured bear’s workload fell entirely on the cub.

Hence the scene just witnessed—the cub had indeed considered resisting.

But when Xiao Yi cut off its food and refused to apply medicine to the injured black bear, it chose to return to work.

As for physical resistance, the cub had considered it too—until it saw Xiao Yi lift a willow log and pin it down, forcing it to help carry.

It was the smartest bear on the tundra, unlike its idiotic brother.

Now it only prayed its idiotic brother would recover soon, so it could say goodbye to this hateful man.

No… never see him again!

Second, Xiao Yi, in a moment of whimsy, had given both bears names: the cub was now Dog Egg, the injured big bear was Black Egg.

Xiao Yi himself was very pleased with these names!

He’d even considered naming them Bear One and Bear Two—but ultimately felt Black Egg and Dog Egg sounded better, so he abandoned the idea.

Originally, Xiao Yi had called the cub Black Egg and the injured bear Dog Egg.

But he knew the dumb bear would play tricks, thinking he was tricking it.

Sure enough, when he called it Black Egg, it outright refused.

So Xiao Yi, on impulse, took the name he considered slightly worse—Dog Egg—and took it away from the injured bear and gave it to the cub.

This time the cub didn’t refuse—it reluctantly accepted. After all, when you’re under someone’s roof, you’ve got to bow your head.