Chapter 87

After seeing Heidan rescued, both the main livestream and Xiao Yi’s livestream were buzzing with activity.

After all, whether it was Xiong Zai or Heidan, both had a group of mom fans online.

There’s no helping it—in the eyes of some women in this society, pets rank higher than men.

Men really have it tough; after getting a partner, they not only have to compete for attention with their own son, they might even have to compete with their own dog.

Even the guest on the main livestream, Bai Lin, was a diehard fan of the two bears.

No one could understand how this soft-spoken, beautiful female star could have such an odd taste.

After Xiao Yi rescued Heidan, he directly pulled out his phone and sent ten Dark Castle gifts under the gaze of the main livestream audience.

Fortunately, Xiao Yi didn’t know about livestream tipping; if he had, he would have firmly declared:

“Boss, you’re generous! It’s been days since we last met—you’re even more beautiful. What instructions or arrangements do you have for the two bears?”

Xiao Yi was a man of pride, but bowing to a beautiful wealthy woman wasn’t shameful!

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“Just superficial wounds—you should be able to walk back on your own. Let’s go home; I’ll apply medicine when we get there!”

At that moment, Xiao Yi patted Heidan’s big head and spoke, then turned and walked away first.

Since there were footprints from their outbound path, Xiao Yi no longer needed to painstakingly probe with a stick.

The two bears growled in response and immediately followed Xiao Yi away from the cliff.

There was no need for Xiao Yi to check Heidan’s injuries—even just now, after the trap was removed, Heidan had happily trotted a few steps, completely ignoring the scrapes on its hind leg.

Clearly, Heidan, having endured countless beatings in the wild, didn’t care about such minor injuries.

Going out was fast, but returning was slow; over an hour later, Xiao Yi finally brought the two bears back to the cabin.

Upon returning, Xiao Yi’s first action was to rush over and check the rabbit pen.

Seeing that not a single rabbit was missing, he finally relaxed—otherwise, he’d truly have become “Slicer Xiao Yi.”

He then found the leftover Arctic willow from last time, crushed it, and rubbed it onto Heidan’s injured hind leg.

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Xiao Yi, back from the rescue, was also tired; after applying medicine to Heidan and returning to the cabin, he fell into a deep sleep.

But Xiao Yi had a small plan in mind—he thought those two lynxes were “arrogant!”

You don’t beat a bear without considering its owner! Though Heidan wasn’t hurt, it was still humiliated—that was fact. Xiao Yi always sided with family, never with reason.

So he’d already made a plan for the two lynxes: once his food reserves were complete, he’d stop going out, eliminating the need to leave these two dumb bears on guard.

Then, Xiao Yi planned to target the two lynxes directly—have the two dumb bears kill them, feast, and then hurry back to hibernate.

Though Xiao Yi was “rich and powerful” in this wilderness, he didn’t want to waste his food keeping two extra black bears.

With the return of the man and the two bears, the night of this wilderness grew quiet once more—this was how a wilderness night should be.

But neither Xiao Yi nor Xiong Zai knew that, not far from the cabin’s rabbit pen, a rabbit was staring toward it.

If Xiao Yi and Heidan saw this rabbit, their anger would spike to maximum.

Because this rabbit was their “old friend”—Xiao Yi’s original rabbit-clearing plan had much to do with this very creature.

Unfortunately, Xiao Yi had cleared out snow rabbit dens within a ten-mile radius but never found the one rabbit that once made his blood boil.

Of course, if neither Heidan nor Goudan had been so exhausted yesterday, this rabbit’s visit would never have escaped their noses.

Then, the snow rabbit turned and vanished into the deep night of the wilderness.

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The night passed without incident, and the wilderness challenge entered its thirty-first day.

The sun had risen today, and the weather was still decent; if not for the days growing shorter and the lingering snow on the ground, this fine weather might have made the remaining contestants believe winter hadn’t arrived yet.

Due to yesterday’s exhaustion, Xiao Yi woke up a bit late today.

After rising, he rinsed his mouth with a small amount of salt water, as usual, then prepared breakfast.

Today’s breakfast was still fish soup—the rabbits and grouse were all kept as reserve rations.

In truth, when other food was available, Xiao Yi didn’t want to slaughter them; it wasn’t that he was particularly kind-hearted, but seeing the rabbits gave him a sense of life here.

Otherwise, he’d have turned them all into smoked meat long ago—storing them that way would’ve been simpler and less likely to attract the attention of other large predators.

“Roar! Roar!”

Heidan, smelling the fish, rushed out first; traces of Arctic willow from last night’s application still clung to its hind leg.

After returning yesterday, Xiao Yi had forgotten to feed this big guy—it was clearly starving.

Looking at the boiling fish soup, Xiao Yi picked out a piece of tail and tossed it to Heidan.

The two bears were now used to cooked food and had grown somewhat averse to raw meat.

That wasn’t a good habit—Xiao Yi would eventually leave this wilderness, and no one would be there to cook for them then.

So recently, Xiao Yi had planned to stop feeding them cooked food and let them return to their wild ways.

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“Since Heidan is injured, today you won’t come out with me—so Heidan stays home, Goudan comes with me to hunt!”

“Roar!”

“Roar!”

After the man and the two bears finished eating, Xiao Yi applied more Arctic willow to Heidan, then spoke:

In response came two reluctant bear roars.

Goudan preferred quiet; Heidan loved noise—but Goudan knew this time, Heidan needed to rest and heal.

Still, as Xiao Yi left, he glanced back at Heidan, still uneasy—this guy was never a bear you could trust. He added another warning:

“Today, you stay only near the rabbit pen—nowhere else. If you go anywhere else, I’ll break your bear legs.”

As long as this dumb bear stayed near the rabbit pen, even intruders wouldn’t dare launch a bold attack—what he feared was this dumb bear catching the scent of another hunter and recklessly chasing after it.

“Roar!”

Heidan responded weakly to these words.

Xiao Yi, exasperated, gave the dumb bear another smack and said sternly: “Remember this.”

“Roar!”

Heidan sensed its human master was angry—this time, its roar came out strong and full of energy.

It was reckless, yes, but not stupid! Of course, in Xiao Yi’s eyes, it was just a stupid bear.

Beside him, Goudan also cast an uneasy glance at Heidan.

Just by the way that dumb thing stuck its butt out, Goudan knew exactly what it was planning—just hope this foolish younger brother would behave today.

Otherwise…

Goudan couldn’t even imagine!