Deep affection knows no origin; remember the polar bear's love for you.

Chapter 102 The Bear Who Delivers Flowers
As the sun rose, Caesar breathed in the fresh morning air and watched the red sun climb over the mountaintop and slowly hang high in the sky.

Slok lazily rolled over, flapped his four paws in the air a couple of times, raised his head and stretched his neck until his head touched the ground, and then a "upside-down Caesar" came into view.

Two days ago at this time, Caesar had already set off for the berry grove, his feet glistening with morning dew, but this morning he has yet to make a move.

A hint of helplessness flashed in Slok's eyes. He rolled to his feet and slowly walked over to Caesar, where he sat down.

"It's so late, why haven't we set off yet?"

The male bear next to him stopped talking and just stared silently at the clouds on the horizon, which were being dyed red by the rising sun.

Slok sighed deeply:

“We’ve followed Guo Mi this far, and although you don’t say it, you’re still uncontrollably paying attention to her affairs. In the end, you couldn’t help but approach her, but then you didn’t say a word to her.”

He rarely became serious and advised Caesar:
"Actually, I don't think you and Guo Mi have any conflict. She's not angry with you either, otherwise she wouldn't have stayed with you in the berry forest for so long with the little bear."

"What you really lack is communication and exchange with each other, so when you go today, have a good talk with her."

What started as a quarrel before summer has, by a series of unforeseen circumstances, dragged on for half a summer.

The anger from the argument has long since dissipated, leaving only the cruel tricks of time.

As if remembering something, Slok muttered something else:
"If we bring some prey or something that Guo Mi wants, the conversation should go much more smoothly."

Caesar was still gazing at the distant sunrise, it was unclear whether he had taken the words to heart or not.

As the sun fully rose, the male bear suddenly stood up and slowly walked towards the berry grove.

Slok watched his retreating figure and sighed deeply behind him.

Caesar was actually quite confused. Slok was right; Gomi truly wasn't angry with him. The only time she looked at him with such anger was on the night of their argument.

Every time they met after that day, Guo Mi remained calm.

For some reason, it felt like there was an entire bay between them.

That day he killed the polar bear, and Guo Mi didn't say anything. Her eyes were calm, without the fear and apprehension that other bears showed when they saw the corpse. Even when they met in the berry grove, there was nothing unusual in her eyes when she looked at him.

Caesar could sense her rejection.

It's hard to describe the feeling precisely—not stopping him from getting closer, not driving him away, but rejecting him.

Lost in thought, Caesar passed by a field of flowers.

This is a bright pink flower, with the color of the petals gradually fading from dark in the center outwards, adorned with pale yellow stamens.

Caesar saw the soft petals trembling gently in the breeze, and a faint fragrance wafted into his nose, inexplicably reminding him of what Slok had said.

Guo Mi is quite a strange bear. Not only can she catch prey in unbelievable ways, but she also likes to collect flowers.

Caesar thought of Slok's words about "having a good talk," his eyes darkened, and he stepped into the flower field in full bloom with one paw, beginning his "spicy bear destroying flowers"!
The best-growing flowers were broken off one by one from the stem by the male bear and piled aside.

Caesar recalled the flowers that Guo Mi had collected, and broke off some more flower buds from the side.

For a polar bear, straightening each broken flower with its mouth and then piling them together is a meticulous task.

Without Guo Mi's help this time, Caesar put in 120% of his patience.

Sharp teeth and poorly controlled force often tore apart the delicate flower stems, scattering the petals. Finally, the male bear looked at the fallen flowers on the ground and fell into deep thought.

After a moment of silence, his gaze returned to the remaining flowers swaying in the wind in the flower field, and he slowly stepped into it.

……

Bada, who had been starving for several days, finally got to eat some fruit. Fearing that Caesar would bite him to death, he reluctantly left the berry grove before dawn, planning to come back for more the following evening.

But Caesar was nowhere to be seen until noon today.

Guo Mi lay asleep in the grass, while the little bear occasionally glanced at the berry grove where Caesar usually stayed, and they whispered to each other:
"Bada left too early; Caesar might not come today."

Fishbone whispered:
"Bada was afraid Caesar would bite him to death."

He paused and then said:
"I'm scared too. What if Caesar eats us?"

The salmon also answered softly:
"I think so, he'll definitely love sucking on bear bones!"

"Suck on bear bones?!"

"Yes, just like when we eat reindeer, we try to bite through the thick bones or make a small hole, and then suck hard!"

Just thinking about that scene made both bear cubs' teeth ache, and Fishbone shuddered.
"Caesar is terrifying!"

Guo Mi appeared to be sleeping in the grass with her eyes closed, but in reality, she was listening intently to the two bear cubs discussing "the bear demon" Caesar, barely suppressing the urge to burst out laughing.

As they were speaking, the bushes suddenly shook again!
The two bear cubs, engrossed in their own stories and trying to scare themselves, screamed at the sound and scurried to Guo Mi's side.
"Caesar is here!"

Guo Mi's nose twitched twice as she smelled that familiar scent; it really was Caesar.

I thought he wasn't coming today.

She turned her head and saw that the male bear seemed to have something in its mouth, and it was awkwardly tilting its head, probably trying to avoid the branches of the bushes.

Guo Mi only saw him clearly when he turned his head.

...A bouquet of flowers?

Caesar stood still and looked in the direction of Guo Mi, seemingly hesitant. After a while, he raised his paw and walked towards her.

Guo Mi stared wide-eyed, dumbfounded, as the male bear walked towards her step by step, carrying the bouquet of flowers in its mouth.

The two bear cubs, having scared themselves with the earlier "sucking bear bones" incident, and already afraid of Caesar, nervously hid behind Guo Mi when they saw him approaching.

Caesar's gaze lingered on the two little brats for only a moment before he looked away. He walked to the opposite side of Guo Mi, lowered his head, placed the bouquet of flowers he had painstakingly collected in front of Guo Mi, and nudged it forward with his nose, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Guo Mi finally snapped out of her daze, looked down at the flowers in front of her, then at Caesar, and asked in a dry voice:
"For me?"

Caesar was also a little nervous, and to avoid being exposed, he simply hummed in agreement.

Upon receiving a positive answer, Guo Mi became confused for a moment.

A male bear brought her flowers?
Do bears have this habit?
Caesar was a human in disguise? Did she misjudge him before? Why is he only revealing it now?!

(End of this chapter)