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

Chapter 171 The Rumored Mother Bear
Recently, polar bears have been living in fear, and many have suffered brutal attacks!

In the past, when I caught a delicious seal, I couldn't wait to take a bite to satisfy my craving. Now, when I catch a seal, the first thing I do is look around to make sure there are no round-faced bears around.

At first, when they heard that a mother bear with two cubs was stealing food everywhere, many polar bears didn't take it seriously until the mother bear appeared in front of them.

"That bear was very round, with a round face and a round body, and it even had a hole in its ear, like a freak!"

"She yelled at me, and she was really loud!"

"Yes, yes, and it rushed over right away, running incredibly fast, it was right in front of me in the blink of an eye!"

"She specifically bites the bear's nose!"

"She said her favorite thing to eat is a bear's nose!"

"Eat quickly, eat quickly, or they'll steal it again!"

Several male bears gathered together, sharing a seal, swallowing the meat whole without even having time to savor it.

Slok was also given a piece of meat, but he didn't eat it; he just stared in disbelief as he listened to the whispers of his kind.

What does that mean? Is there a mother bear, a mother bear with two cubs, a round-faced mother bear, stealing the prey from the male bear?!
This description sounds exactly like it's about Guo Mi!

How can it be? !
Xiaohe's face was covered in blood from eating. When he turned around, he saw Slok still staring blankly at the meat at his feet, not having touched it at all. He was taken aback.

One seal was hardly enough for several male bears to share, and it was quickly devoured. The bears, still wanting more, licked their lips, and their hidden gazes quietly fell on the meat that Slok hadn't finished eating.

Xiaohe stepped forward and blocked his way, subtly shielding him from the prying eyes.

The male bears could only silently avert their gaze, looking somewhat embarrassed.

They weren't close to Slok; the seal was caught by Little River, and they only got together because he was willing to share food.

Although he wasn't that close to Slok, he was very familiar with his brother Caesar and the others.

Everyone knows that this weak-willed bear has an older brother who is still taking care of him.

They heard that Caesar had just fought another male bear yesterday, and they didn't want to provoke him now.

Now, Slok is a big problem in the eyes of most polar bears. The few male bears that had eaten the meat did not stay any longer and turned to leave after saying goodbye to the little river.

Little River walked over to Slok, raised its paw to touch him, and asked:

"what happened?"

Slock mechanically rolled his eyes and stammered, "..."
"Is he... what they were just talking about... Guo Mi?"

Xiaohe is very close to Slok and is one of the few polar bears who genuinely considers him a good friend. Slok often confides in Xiaohe about things he can't tell Caesar, including some bad things he says about Caesar.

He had also mentioned Guo Mi's story a few times, on and off.

Indeed, Slok's eyes lit up when he talked about the mother bear, and he happily said that Guo Mi was his good friend.

What Xiaohe heard from his description was a magical mother bear who shouldn't exist, who guided Slok to find the life he wanted and was willing to trust him.

More than a friend, he felt that the female bear was another Caesar, a "brother" who could appreciate and understand Sloch.

Unfortunately, Slok didn't notice.

Xiaohe had seen Guomi from afar before, but he hadn't seen her clearly. He harbored countless fantasies about that mother bear and occasionally hoped to get to know her properly.

Until yesterday, he finally had a close encounter with this legendary mother bear...

Thinking of the half of the seal that had been stolen from him, Xiaohe twitched his lips and said helplessly:
"It's her."

Then, seeing Slok's startled expression, he added:
"She stole half of my seal yesterday."

He didn't know how she did it, but she suddenly appeared, and by the time he smelled her scent, she was already very close to him.

First, I spoke to him in a consultative tone:
"Could you give me your seal?" Xiaohe was stunned and looked the mother bear up and down with surprise.

Her expression was so calm that for a moment he wondered if she really didn't know how shameless her words were!

However, after only a brief hesitation, she had already assumed that he disagreed.

The huge, round, furry ball, like a giant snowball rolling on an ice floe, suddenly lunged at his face at an incredibly fast speed. Before he could even react, he had already been struck by a claw!

Xiaohe doesn't really want to recall what happened next.

In short, the mother bear seemed to know everything he did and had already successfully countered him before he could even retaliate with her claws.

If at the very beginning he was even willing to let her off the hook for Slok's sake, then in the end he truly had no choice but to give up his prey.

Who could possibly allow this mother bear to strike his head more than ten times in three seconds?
The claws were so powerful they left afterimages; Xiaohe could only see the first three claws clearly, and could only silently count how many blows he had taken from the back.

After hearing the whole story of how Xiaohe's prey was stolen, Slok couldn't help but swallow hard.

"Does she usually treat you like this?"

Xiaohe looked at Slok with concern.

Slok shuddered and repeatedly denied it:

"How could that be? Guo Mi never bullies me."

Well, I just sometimes tease him.

He almost didn't recognize Guo Mi in Xiahekou anymore, but then he thought about it and it made strange sense; she had indeed always had a fierce personality.

But why fight over food?

Is it because I'm too hungry? Maybe I haven't eaten in a long time...?

Slok shook his head, stood up, and said hastily:

"Little River, I'm going to find Caesar now!"

The little river called out to him, scratching at the seal meat on the ground with its paws:
"Take this with you."

Slok chuckled twice, bent down to pick up the meat, and mumbled:
"I'm leaving!"

Then he jogged away.

Finding Caesar was as easy as ever. Slok felt relieved when he smelled that familiar scent, and quickly followed the smell with meat in his mouth.

Caesar lay in the middle of the ice floe, resting with his eyes closed, bloodstains still visible around his mouth and on his claws.

The meat in Slok's mouth fell to the ground with a "plop," and he asked loudly:

"You got into another fight?"

Caesar lazily opened his eyes, glanced at him, then closed them again, and impatiently turned over.

Slok circled him once, and after confirming that he had no other injuries, he began to repeatedly ask him why.

Caesar was so annoyed by the noise that he simply raised his paw and covered his head.

Slok grew bolder and reached out his paws to paw at him.

Then, a split second before Caesar opened his eyes and swung his claws at him, he skillfully rolled on the ground to avoid the incoming claws, then took two steps back and smiled ingratiatingly at Caesar.

Caesar, frustrated, lay back down on the ground.

"Get away from me!"

Slok heard it but pretended not to, and lingered back next to Caesar, continuing to mutter:
"Why are you fighting? Haven't you stopped fighting in a long time?"