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

Chapter 143 What?! Your little bear?!
The two bear cubs sat on the spot, their bodies stained with blood, but they turned their heads as if looking at something intently.

Guo Mi's gaze fell on their wounds, silently counting:

One, two, three...

In the end, she couldn't count anymore. A somber aura enveloped the entire bear, and she walked heavily toward the cub.

Hearing the rustling of the grass, the fishbone touched its nose, suddenly froze, then its eyes brightened, and it turned around, exclaiming in surprise:

"Guo Mi!"

The salmon quickly turned around, and upon seeing Guo Mi, its eyes immediately welled up with tears. It excitedly cried out:

"Guo Mi!"

The two bear cubs rushed towards Guo Mi, one after the other, and hugged her front paws tightly, burying their heads in her thick white fur and rubbing against her.

"Oh, Guo Mi..."

They just kept calling Guo Mi's name and trying their best to get close to her, but they never mentioned the hardships and grievances they had endured along the way.

Hearing these calls, Guo Mi felt so heartbroken she could wring out sour water, and her body stiffened terribly.

Being so close, the wounds on the bear's body became even more noticeable.

Wolf teeth have difficulty penetrating the polar bear's fat layer, so once they bite, they will violently shake their heads and tear at it.

The wounds on the bear's body were increasingly gruesome, most of them left by being bitten and pulled forcefully, with obvious traces of tearing flesh.

Guo Mi felt more and more heartbroken as she looked at it; she had never regretted it more than she did now.

He lowered his head and licked the little bear's forehead, then licked its little ears, his voice dry and hoarse:
"sorry."

If they had returned to the bear cubs immediately after encountering the wolf pack, they wouldn't have so many injuries now.

The salmon's little face was hidden in Guomi's fur. Hearing Guomi's apology, it tightened its grip on her front paws, and after a long while, it whispered:
"Guo Mi, Yu Gu and I were very scared and disappointed when we saw the wolves..."

Guo Mi felt a pang of guilt, realizing she truly deserved to be disappointed.

With such an irresponsible big bear like her, abandoning the little bears in danger, neither rushing to their side when they were in danger nor teaching them what to do in a dangerous situation.

To simply abandon a clueless bear cub in an unfamiliar wilderness and try to let the world teach it how to survive is nothing short of shirking responsibility.

Thinking of all this, Guo Mi's eyelids drooped, and the self-reproach in her heart almost overwhelmed her.

The little bear's words were still echoing intermittently:

"We are afraid of pain and disappointed in our own powerlessness."

The moment the words left her lips, Guo Mi was stunned. She lowered her head and stared blankly at the top of the bear's head.

The little one held her paws, raised his little head to look at her, his dark, beady eyes full of seriousness:
“We are disappointed in ourselves. We have been living by your side all this time, but we failed to remember how you went to great lengths to cover up the smell of food. As a result, our negligence attracted the wolves, and in the end, we could only rely on you to escape.”

Fishbone also whispered from the side:
“You’ve always been brave enough to face any challenge, even when facing a male bear that’s bigger than you, but when facing a pack of wolves, all I could think about was running away and calling for help. I didn’t even have the courage to fight back.”

He didn't dare look Guo Mi in the eye like his sister did. Compared to the salmon who later calmly thought things through and bravely resisted, he seemed to have played no role at all.

Even though he was the male bear, and was much bigger than the salmon, he still hid behind her.

Fishbone couldn't hold back any longer and started to cry, choking out:

"I'm sorry, I don't look like a male bear at all..."

I was crying for a while when I realized that crying was a sign of weakness. When I was surrounded by wolves, I couldn't help but keep crying. I tried my best to hold it in, and in the end, my eyes were bloodshot from holding it in.

More painful than the physical wounds was the mental burden on Yugu's heart.

The salmon interrupted him loudly before he could finish speaking:
"How is it not like one? You're a little male bear!"

"Who says male bears have to be braver than female bears? And haven't you been helping me drive away the wolves that were biting me?"

She paused, turned her head, and looked at Guo Mi anxiously:

"Guo Mi, Yu Gu has been helping me the whole time; he hasn't backed down!"

The little bear looked at her pleading eyes. She knew that Fishbone was actually hoping that she could meet Guo Mi's expectations, which was why she was so sad.

To meet Guo Mi's expectations... unfortunately, they failed to do so, and the salmon also felt disappointed, but quickly rallied and spoke earnestly, word by word:

"Guo Mi, we'll be stronger and calmer next time, and we definitely won't let you down!"

Ever since they learned that Guo Mi hadn't left, the two little bears had treated this journey as a test, and both believed they had failed.

Guo Mi paused for a moment, then suddenly realized that the little bear had misunderstood. She lowered her head and whispered:
"You have never let me down, never."

She looked back at the salmon, equally intently:

"Salmon, fish bones, this is not a test. I will never test you. Don't limit yourself because of me. There is no definition of an excellent polar bear. The important thing is that you become the person you aspire to be."

She didn't see this journey as a test; from beginning to end, she was simply afraid that she wouldn't be able to take care of them, so she tried everything she could to ensure the little bears could survive.

But she had never had her own child, and this was the first time she had acted as a guide for Little Bear, so she had to explore on her own, trying to find the right path.

On this shared path of exploration, they all need to work hard to truly see the direction they want to move in.

However, the cost of trial and error varies, and wrong choices will come at a price.

Even though Xiaoxiong never harbored any resentment towards Guomi, she couldn't hide her guilt.

Guo Mi lowered her head and rubbed the teddy bear again and again, carefully avoiding the wounds on their bodies, her heart filled with a mixture of fear and relief.

"Go away——"

The sudden, sharp shout was like a razor-sharp knife, shattering the three bears' cozy time together.

It was Xia Tian's voice. Guo Mi was stunned for two seconds before she remembered that a male bear that shouldn't have been there had just appeared. She cursed herself for being so focused on the little bear that she had forgotten about this and hurriedly turned her head to look.

She was completely baffled after seeing it!

Because summer didn't drive away Caesar, but rather...

Slok?!

The three bears standing not far away have a very strange posture.

Summer held Big White firmly behind her, while Slok stood opposite Summer, raising one front paw as if he wanted to walk over, but Summer stopped him, leaving him in a dilemma.

The male bear's eyes were filled with grievance, yet lingering joy still shone through.

"Summer, we haven't seen each other in so long, why are you being so mean to me..."

However, Xia Tian didn't buy it at all, baring her teeth and threatening:

"Step back, don't come any closer."

Slok could only lower its forward-moving paws, silently taking two steps back. It looked longingly at Xia Tian, ​​its gaze finally landing on the big white dog behind Xia Tian. Its eyes lit up, and it couldn't help but move forward again.

This really enraged Xia Tian. The mother bear charged at him furiously and slapped him several times with her paws!
Slok didn't dodge; he just crouched down, tucked his head in, and took the beating!
Summer didn't hold back either, slapping Slok on the head five or six times in one go!
Guo Mi watched in stunned silence, and quietly asked the two little bears:
"what happened?"

Summer showed no mercy with those claws, the force of which was no less than what Caesar usually used on Sloch. How could Sloch, who is so afraid of pain, have endured it?!

The two little bears also looked puzzled:
"I don't know, we were surrounded by a pack of wolves, and then Slock rushed over to help us drive them away, and then Summer rushed over too..."

what? !

Guo Mi couldn't help but ask:

"Didn't they fight?"

The little bears' expressions immediately became even stranger, and they both denied it:

"No, they drove the wolves away together."

Guo Mi felt speechless for a moment.

Something's not right. Last summer, he only caught a glimpse of Caesar from afar and then disappeared for months. How come Slok is now fighting alongside him?
Even though Slok is notorious for his cowardice, he is still an adult male bear. Putting aside everything else, his physique is much stronger than that of an average male bear. Given Xia Tian's personality, how could he possibly let him get that close?

Is it...

Guo Mi glanced at Slok, then at the big white dog behind Xia Tian, ​​and suddenly remembered some of the things Slok had said to her. A terrible guess almost jumped out of her mind!