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

Chapter 182 The Bear's Instinct
Guo Mi took two steps forward, sighed, changed direction, took two more steps, sighed again, then changed direction once more. She had only walked a little over a hundred meters when she suddenly stopped, unable to bear it any longer, and turned back to ask:
Why are you following me?

Caesar, dragging a piece of seal meat worn beyond recognition from walking, stopped upon hearing this, released it from his mouth, and the seal meat fell to the ground. His flat, emotionless voice replied with the same words as before:

"Follow you."

Guo Mi started to panic, pacing back and forth a couple of times, then jumping up and down in a fit of rage:

"So what are you doing following me?!"

The sight of the round, giant ball of fur bouncing on the ice was indeed pleasing to the bear's eye. Caesar waited for a while, and seeing that Guo Mi had no intention of continuing to bounce, he felt quite disappointed. His questioning gaze then fell on her face, but he quickly regained his composure and continued repeating:
"I'll just follow you."

Guo Mi took a deep breath, suppressing her anger, her teeth grinding together.
"So you're following me just for the sake of following me?"

Caesar's eyes lit up, and he seemed quite satisfied with the explanation she had provided. He said with unusual sincerity:

"Correct!"

Guo Mi's vision went black.

Caesar had been following her for a long time, and she had been getting clawed at so much that she had lost the will to even lift her claws.

The giant ball of fur's resentment had become so intense that it was almost solidifying:
"Stop following me, you've made it so I haven't been able to find anything to eat for two days."

Caesar immediately pushed the piece of meat he was dragging forward:
“Eat this!”

Guo Mi turned her head away and resolutely refused:

"I will not eat!"

Caesar felt wronged:
"why?"

Why did the round-faced bear, who had always readily accepted the prey he caught before, suddenly refuse to accept it?
Guo Mi glanced at him, hesitated for a moment, and then asked him in a low voice:
"Is it because we're friends that we're sharing food?"

"Of course!"

Caesar answered quickly, and Guo Mi felt a sense of relief. Just as she was about to give in, she saw the male bear in front of her seem to think carefully for a moment, and then reject her previous answer:

"That's not right either!"

Guo Mi's heart, which had just calmed down, jumped again. Holding her breath, she asked:

"What's wrong?"

Caesar said earnestly:
"That was true before, but it's not because of that now..."

"...Why is that?"

Guo Mi's voice trembled slightly, but the male bear quickly shattered her last hope.

Caesar's eyes shone brightly, his head held high with confidence, and his voice was loud and clear:

"Of course it's because I want to mate with you!"

He stretched every muscle and bone in his body, wanting to show every corner of himself to Guo Mi, hoping that Guo Mi could see his strength and physique.

Little did he know that all his actions were like playing music to a cow in Guo Mi's eyes.

Guo Mi stared at him blankly.

This guy, it turns out, never gave up.

Hearing this sentence a second time meant that Guo Mi had to face the matter squarely.

Now that things have come to this, Caesar is no longer the "furry little animal" in Guo Mi's heart, and Guo Mi can no longer look at him the same way as before.

"I will not mate with you!" Guo Mi said firmly.

On this issue, she had no possibility of making concessions to Caesar, and absolutely could not accept it!

Perhaps her attitude was too forceful, for Caesar was no longer as relaxed and shameless as before, and looked at Guo Mi with a gloomy gaze.

Guo Mi was not to be outdone, and stared back at him with equally piercing eyes.

Suddenly, everything went blurry before my eyes, and then I was hit hard and lost my balance, lying on my side on the ice.

Before she could react, a heavy body pressed down on her!
Caesar bit down on Guo Mi's intact ear and pressed her down completely. From that moment on, an indescribable feeling surged through his body along with his rushing blood.

This male bear had never felt anything like it before; its heart was pounding, passionate and powerful.

He held Guo Mi's ear in his mouth, wanting to use force, but reason told him he couldn't do that, as it would hurt Guo Mi.

Torn by inner turmoil, he pressed down on Guo Mi's shoulder blades with his claws, attempting to force her to the ground.

He wanted her to submit. Guo Mi was stunned for a moment when she was pinned down, and then her ear was sucked in his mouth. The wet sensation penetrated her fur as if winding down, and the male bear pressing down on her made a very special kind of "hissing" panting sound.

She tried to stand up and break free from her restraints, but a sudden, dull pain shot through her ears.

It didn't hurt much, but it strongly expressed the male bear's dissatisfaction.

When she felt Caesar rubbing against her restlessly, Guo Mi's expression suddenly changed. She turned her body to break free from Caesar's claws that were pressing down on her, and instead raised all four claws upwards. She then raised her left claw and lunged at Caesar!

This is a real, sharp claw strike!

Unlike before, it doesn't leave any room for maneuver at all!

Caught off guard, Caesar took the hit squarely!

My head, which was just spinning from being so excited, is now really dizzy from being hit so hard, and I feel nauseous all of a sudden!
Even so, Caesar had no intention of stopping. He was even more annoyed by Gomi's resistance, and raised his claws again. This time, he pressed down on Gomi's chest, preventing her from raising her head to bite his neck.

After two seasons, Guo Mi once again experienced Caesar's physique and brute strength, which far surpassed her own!
My ears, which had just been freed, were once again enveloped by a warm, moist sensation. This time, the mildness was gone; the sharp, stinging pain carried a sense of punishment.

This is the male bear forcing her to compromise.

He had scratches on his face from Guo Mi's recent bites, and blood was flowing from the wounds, dripping into Guo Mi's eyes and turning her vision blood red.

Guo Mi's struggling movements began to slow down.

The round-faced bear that had been resisting beneath him suddenly fell silent. Caesar felt he had won, and a sense of joy and satisfaction enveloped him.

He lowered his head and hummed in Guo Mi's ear, licked his favorite round ear, and then took it into his mouth again, ready to continue on instinct.

A sudden, sharp pain shot through my abdomen!
Caesar's eyes widened in surprise, and out of the corner of his eye, he only managed to see that Guo Mi's clear, round eyes had already turned fierce and tinged with crimson.

She raised her hind paw and kicked Caesar hard, completely disregarding the fact that her ear was still being held in his mouth and could very well be torn off!

Caesar, however, panicked upon noticing her movement and hastily released his grip, fearing he might actually bite off her last intact ear.

The result was that he completely lost his balance and fell flat on his back!

Guo Mi scrambled to her feet, seizing the initiative, and rushed forward to press down on Caesar's chest, her sharp teeth aimed directly at his vulnerable neck.

Caesar's usually domineering eyes finally showed horror; he realized that Guo Mi really wanted to kill him this time!

It was still the nightmare that had plagued the polar bears for years. The male bear, with its extensive combat experience, managed to avoid Guo Mi's bite at the last moment!

Guo Mi missed her first attack and did not continue.

She still retained some rationality, knowing that after this failure, Caesar would not give her another chance, and if they continued, it would only result in mutual destruction.

"Woo——"

The whimpering of the little bear rang in her ears, and Guo Mi's eyes, which had been stained crimson with murderous intent, gradually regained their clarity.

She cannot afford to be seriously injured at this time, or death will be her only fate.

Caesar stood not far away, watching her, equally panting.

Three scratch marks were clearly visible on his face, the middle one being the deepest, running vertically through the right side of his bear face, and beads of blood quickly soaked his fur and dripped onto the ground.

Guo Mi also had his blood on her.

Caesar looked at Guo Mi with lingering fear, doubt, and grievance, but mostly with bewilderment, like a pet he had been close to for a long time, not understanding why she would suddenly turn violent towards him.

In his eyes, his actions were merely following the bear's instincts, but Guo Mi wanted to kill him.

Guo Mi closed her eyes; she had no intention of asking Caesar why he did this.

She understood perfectly well that he was simply following the nature of bears, using force to suppress everything and to fight for what he wanted.

There was a time when she made excuses for herself, saying that Caesar was just a little animal, he didn't understand human intricacies, nor did he understand why she was angry.

He's just playful.

She always compromised with Caesar for this reason, and then allowed herself to get closer to him.

But this time, it didn't work.

It wasn't because Caesar wanted to mate with her, but because he wanted to force her against her will.

Caesar stared blankly at Guo Mi, and in those eyes that had regained their clarity, he saw something akin to disgust.
That was a look Guo Mi had never shown him before. He was jolted, and then he heard her speak to him in a voice as cold as the howling winds of the North:

"Caesar, we are no longer friends."