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

Chapter 180 I Don't Make Friends with Brown Bears
The bear with the missing ear paused slightly as it prepared to enjoy its second piece of meat, its expression somewhat sarcastic:

Why should I tell a brown bear my name?

Guo Mi used her claws to pull the flesh below his wide-open mouth back in place:

"Then you shouldn't eat it. I only share food with my friends!"

The bear with the missing ear missed its target, and its upper and lower teeth collided with a loud, crisp sound!

"Snapped--"

The vibration made my gums ache.

He looked at Guo Mi with a shocked and incredulous gaze, as if he couldn't understand how she could have said those words!
He snatched this prey from under the claws of another bear—he stole it! Why is it now that she's giving it to him as charity?!
The bear with the missing ear was so angry he felt dizzy. He tried to hold it in, but couldn't help gritting his teeth.

"What friend? I would never be friends with a brown bear! I've never seen such shamelessness..."

"uh-huh--"

Guo Mi cleared her throat.

The bear with the missing ear froze, quickly sat up from the ice, and looked at her warily.

Guo Mi glanced at him, her face regaining its inscrutable, cold expression, and she "inadvertently" raised her claws!

The brown bear with the missing ear twitched at the corner of its eye. Some not-so-pleasant memories flooded back, gradually overlapping with those of Guo Mi in front of it. In a moment of panic, it blurted out its name without thinking:

"My name is He Dian!"

Upon hearing the name, Guo Mi's heart stirred slightly. She lowered her paws and thoughtfully repeated it:
"Hertz point?"

He Dian was annoyed at himself for blurting it out so easily and without any restraint. Hearing Guo Mi repeat it in a low voice, as if mocking his cowardly behavior just now, his tone turned harsh:
"Correct."

Guo Mi turned her head to look at him, her gaze landing on his eyes:

Because of the eyes?

The blood mole on his eye was very noticeable, and perhaps because of it, the pupil of this eye was smaller than that of the other eye.

He Dian seemed to hate the question; his eyes gleamed with a fierce light, and he held his head high with arrogance.
"That's right!"

Guo Mi subconsciously asked a question that wasn't exactly "polite":

Will my eyesight be affected?

Generally, symptoms that affect normal vision are collectively referred to as "diseases". In the past, if Guo Mi encountered such wild animals, she would begin to assess whether the "disease" was serious enough to affect the animal's survival before deciding whether to intervene.

For Guo Mi, only animals that are so severely injured that they cannot survive on their own need human "domestication" rescue.

For normal wild animals, the reasonable rescue should be to help them and then let them return to their homeland.

Unfortunately, aid often fails to arrive as a timely solution; sometimes it's too late, sometimes it's excessive, and sometimes, what may have started out as genuine love has been tainted by the passage of time.

Human life is changing rapidly, galloping forward on the path of "progress," while other races that were born on this planet at the same time as humans millions of years ago have inevitably been left behind.

Some people see them as ants and dismiss them; others see them as wealth and strive to acquire them; some have long since stopped paying attention to them and turn a blind eye; and some...

Turning our attention to these alternative "companions" that coexist in the world, we continue to explore and refine this "balance," hoping that even as humanity continues to develop and grow, there will still be ways to coexist with them.

Guo Mi's question was probably an offense to He Dian, and he became aggressive and shouted:
"Yes, but it doesn't matter. I love my eyes!"

He Dian was proud of his eyes, and he turned to glare fiercely at Guo Mi:

"Are you also trying to say that my eyes look strange?!"

He bristled, like a giant dandelion covered in thorns, and confronted Guo Mi head-on!

Guo Mi also realized that she might have asked an inappropriate question. After a moment's consideration, she prepared to comfort him:

"Just like yourself, there's really no need to worry about it..."

“Of course I don’t care!” Hertz interrupted her:

"There are so many strangely shaped bears in this world, what's wrong with one more? Besides, you're a weird bear too!"

He was referring to Guo Mi's white fur, which made her completely different from her kind.

Guo Mi was suddenly attacked by the "bear's body" and was speechless for a moment, not knowing whether to be angry or laugh it off. He Dian continued:

"I'm very satisfied with myself. I'm the only one in this world who has the right to judge myself. If any other bear wants to offer their opinion on me..."

His fierce appearance and the murderous glint in his eyes silently conveyed a message:
Then let me ask my claws first!
Now, he no longer hesitated as before, asking Guo Mi word by word:

"Now, would you like to comment on my eyes?"

Even though he was on the verge of attacking, Guo Mi did not respond in the same manner. Instead, she seriously looked into his eyes and said with genuine emotion:
I like the way you are confident and satisfied with yourself.

However, in reality, his current agitated state is nothing more than a bluff stemming from a lack of self-confidence.

However, Guo Mi felt that it was interesting and worthy of respect that small animals could sincerely and passionately appreciate their own beauty and accept their own shortcomings.

So she, like him, openly expressed her feelings.

This was the first time He Dian had heard such an answer. He froze on the spot, staring blankly at Guo Mi, a drool bubble forming at the corner of his mouth.

Guo Mi looked at him with a smile.

The male bear quickly regained his senses, tilted his head, and said irritably:

"Don't think I'll be your friend just because you say that. I hate brown bears the most!"

As he spoke, he lifted one eyelid, squinted at Guo Mi, and then, as if to make amends, quickly added:
"Your fur looks pretty good too..."

He spoke very quickly, so quickly that Guo Mi almost couldn't hear him, but fortunately she still managed to understand, and replied with a smile:

"Of course, I'm also very happy with my fur!"

He Dian stopped talking, lowering his head so low it was almost buried in his thick fur. After a long time, he suddenly used his claws to pull the flesh that Guo Mi had hooked back back and took a big bite!
"I regret it. Brown bears like you are still annoying. I'll only give you half of the food!"

Guo Mi's ears twitched, but she didn't stop him; she just watched him eat.

The intense gaze quickly made He Dian uncomfortable. He chewed his meat slower and slower, and started making small talk, still using the same sarcastic tone:

"You've gained a lot of weight since the last time I saw you. You must have eaten a lot more, right?"

The last time I saw Guo Mi, she and her two little ones were incredibly thin and emaciated. But when we met again in a short time, not only had she puffed up, but her little ones were also plump and healthy.

Guo Mi's answer was very honest:

"Indeed, they snatched quite a lot."

During that cold and hungry period, she almost fell asleep several times, but she was afraid of starving to death in her sleep and that the little bear would be helpless, so she forced herself to stay awake.

Bears hibernate simply because they are hungry and cold, and in order to minimize their energy consumption, they are forced to enter a state of sleep.

Later, when there was enough food, the sleepiness wasn't so bad anymore.

He glanced at her sideways and suddenly said:
"Don't be happy too early."

Guo Mi was taken aback, and then heard him say:

"Those brown bears live in much warmer places than here, and they still hibernate in winter. We're only at the beginning. It will get even colder here in a while, so cold that you simply can't stand it."

He didn't say it explicitly, yet he said everything.

After finishing the last bite of meat, he stood up and said leisurely:
"I still can't be friends with a brown bear. Good luck to you."

Then he staggered away.