Chapter 91: Heidan Leaves!

Heidan roared toward the male lynx, heart full of resentment, eyes bloodshot, yet still chose to turn and leave.

The male lynx watched Heidan flee in panic, its eyes filled with contempt.

Over these two days of pursuit, the bear could no longer feel any fear.

It even thought the black bear was nothing, powerless against it.

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Meanwhile, Goudan continued chasing the female lynx ahead.

But as the distance between them grew wider, Goudan could only watch helplessly.

Once the female lynx vanished completely from sight, the rational Goudan finally stopped chasing.

It then turned south, sniffing Heidan’s scent—it still needed to find Heidan and learn what had happened.

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“Roar!”

“Roar!”

The two black bears met; Goudan gave Heidan a look of frustrated disappointment, remembering how many times that human had warned them.

Heidan, meanwhile, felt deeply embarrassed, its gaze toward Goudan brimming with guilt.

After hearing its brother’s furious roar in the forest, Heidan had already suspected that their camp might be in trouble.

After all, Heidan had seen two lynxes together before, and the one that lured it away was only the male.

But this time, Heidan truly felt wronged—Xiao Yi’s parting words had indeed helped it restrain its temper.

Yet that lynx had repeatedly provoked its dignity, utterly infuriating it.

In the end, the two bears decided to return to Xiao Yi and await his final judgment.

After all, they had grown accustomed to living by Xiao Yi’s side, even if Goudan sometimes acted rebellious.

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“Crack, crack!”

Heidan: “...Brother, let’s run away!”

Goudan: “...Alright, let’s run!”

When the two bears returned to Xiao Yi’s camp and saw what lay before them, both instantly felt the urge to flee.

Xiao Yi was sharpening his axe on a smooth stone; the two bears trembled slightly at the sight.

They knew well the power of that tool in Xiao Yi’s hands—it could kill a bear with one swing.

Xiao Yi, of course, noticed their return, but deliberately ignored them, focusing entirely on sharpening his axe.

Though Xiao Yi was indeed angry, the idea that he was so furious he needed to kill Heidan for revenge was pure nonsense.

Those rabbits, in Xiao Yi’s eyes, were neither crucial nor trivial—just as some netizens had said in his livestream.

The rabbits were merely his last-reserve food, to be eaten only if nothing else was available; mostly, he kept them for companionship.

What Xiao Yi truly valued as food were the large fish in Lake Lyen.

If lucky, one large fish could provide as much meat as ten rabbits.

Seeing that Xiao Yi didn’t even beat them or scold them, the two bears grew even more anxious.

During their time with Xiao Yi, the two bears had learned some of his moods.

When Xiao Yi scolded them or hit their heads, it usually meant he was in a relatively good mood.

But when Xiao Yi fell silent, it meant something bad was coming.

“Roar!”

Admit fault early—whether the knife comes now or later, it’s coming either way.

As long as this human doesn’t kill the bear, it’s fine.

After roaring, Heidan immediately dropped to its belly before Xiao Yi, like a child who’d done wrong, waiting for punishment.

“Hmm! This is your dinner tonight!”

Xiao Yi tossed the five remaining snow rabbit carcasses beside Heidan.

Heidan: “...”

“Roar?”

At first, Heidan didn’t understand—what did this human mean by throwing it these dead rabbits?

“Eat!”

Seeing the dumb bear still confused, Xiao Yi simply said one word: “Eat.”

Xiao Yi believed this dumb bear would finally understand—it was a basic survival skill for a beggar bear.

As Xiao Yi guessed, Heidan finally grasped his meaning.

But staring at the snow rabbit carcasses, Heidan hesitated to eat.

It had grown used to eating hairless, cooked food with Xiao Yi.

Now, suddenly being asked to devour raw, furred rabbit carcasses, Heidan felt strong resistance.

Moreover, these were food already gnawed by a lynx—it was a wild apex predator, and truly despised eating what another animal had touched.

But seeing Xiao Yi’s expression, Heidan ultimately chose obedience, lowering its head and devouring the carcasses.

Watching this, Xiao Yi nodded in satisfaction.

In his past life, as a well-educated, upright youth raised under the red flag,

how could he tolerate food waste? Especially here, in the food-scarce Arctic wilderness.

Soon, Heidan finished devouring all five mangled snow rabbit carcasses.

Rabbit blood still clung to its muzzle—this bloody scene gave Heidan a touch of true wild dominance.

“Finished eating? Then get lost!”

Xiao Yi pointed toward the wild forest as he spoke to Heidan.

Seeing Xiao Yi’s gesture, Heidan grew confused again—until it saw Xiao Yi pick up a stick, ready to drive it away, and then it finally understood.

“Roar! Roar!”

Heidan let out mournful, pleading roars—it hadn’t expected its human master would actually drive it away.

Since Xiao Yi had once saved its life, Heidan had developed deep dependence on him.

Now sensing Xiao Yi’s intent to banish it, Heidan was utterly lost; even Goudan grew frantic.

It wasn’t that Xiao Yi was cruel or had to drive Heidan away, nor was food so scarce he couldn’t feed the bear.

Rather, Xiao Yi feared that if Heidan kept living with him, it would become a domesticated bear.

Heidan now received food far too easily.

Left unchecked, its hunting instincts would atrophy, and it would truly be ruined—no different from a captive-bred bear.

Xiao Yi would eventually leave this land; Heidan belonged to this wilderness—and it deserved freedom.

In fact, Xiao Yi had planned for days to release the two dumb bears back into the wild.

But he’d never been able to make up his mind—after all, having two bears around had eased his boredom considerably; today’s events finally gave him the resolve.

“Go!”

Xiao Yi’s gaze toward Heidan was complex, yet he firmly raised his stick, continuing to drive the reluctant bear forward.

Heidan, sensing the finality in Xiao Yi’s voice, let out one last mournful roar, then walked into the dense forest, pausing every few steps to look back.

Watching Heidan’s retreat, Xiao Yi felt a pang of sadness—they’d spent no small amount of time together.

But he had to do this; otherwise, he’d be dooming the dumb bear.

Eventually, Heidan vanished from Xiao Yi’s sight, and soon, furious roars echoed across the entire forest.

Its cries sent shivers through animals still awake before hibernation; wings flapped wildly in the trees.

Every wild creature that heard the bear’s roar felt its rage and sorrow.