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

Chapter 202 The Silent Question

Caesar's mind, filled with a mix of emotions, didn't notice the strange looks in the two bear cubs' eyes.

He always liked to use violence to get what he wanted, and he always hoped that Guo Mi would be close to him and wanted to be with her. He was angry when she rejected him, but he rarely thought about what his behavior had brought to Guo Mi.

Although I can vaguely sense that I do care about Guo Mi's opinion of me, or what she is thinking.

But he had never felt that way as strongly as he did today. So strongly that when he guessed that the little bear might be dead, the first thing that came to his mind was not to shirk responsibility, but that Guo Mi would be devastated to lose her cub.

This made him vaguely realize what was between him and Guo Mi.

Perhaps she doesn't need an ordinary male bear that mates and then leaves, nor does she need a bear that can't empathize with her as a friend.

A faint sneeze drew Caesar's attention back to him, and out of the corner of his eye, he finally noticed the strange look in the eyes of the two bears as they snuggled together.

He was silent for a moment. To be honest, when he first sent the little bears to sink to the ice to find a breather in such an extreme situation, he hadn't considered their safety at all. He even had a bit of a "let's see what happens" mentality. Now, it's understandable that he feels guilty.

The male bear, with his wicked nature, didn't care about the strange looks from those two beady eyes at this moment, and just shamelessly pretended that nothing had happened.

The salmon and fish bones didn't think of blaming him. After all, it was already rare for a male bear to be willing to teach bear cubs how to hunt, let alone a male bear like Caesar who had a bad reputation and was not related to them by blood. Not eating them was already the greatest mercy. Now he was even teaching them how to hunt. Even though they had been traveling together for so long, it still felt like a dream.

Moreover, Caesar's apparent concern for them was so impactful that Little Bear was still reeling from the shock of this possibility.

The three bears, one large and two small, stood frozen in the cold wind. After an unknown amount of time, Caesar finally couldn't hold back any longer and took the lead, lifting his rear end and walking forward.

The little bears huddled together, staring blankly as Caesar walked past them, his huge paws crushing the snow with a "plop, plop" sound.

After walking a short distance without hearing any sound of following behind, the male bear stopped, raised his chin high, turned around, his bear ears twitching slightly, and looked down at the cub with a silent urging.

The little bear then seemed to wake from a dream and obediently followed behind.

Caesar's eyes showed a hint of satisfaction. He turned back and continued walking forward. After taking only two steps, he heard a faint sneeze.

The male bear stopped again, and its hind leg was suddenly bumped by a furry touch.

The salmon took two steps back, looking at the bear's leg in front of her, whose fur had been dented by her collision. It wasn't the first time she had bumped into Caesar's leg, so her tension had almost completely subsided, and she even felt a strange sense of normalcy.

She looked up, puzzled, at the tall male bear in front of her.

Caesar's lowered gaze swept over her for a moment, then landed on the little male bear who was two steps behind.

The little cub looked to be struggling to lift its paws; its ears were drooping, and its fur was still wet, trembling almost imperceptibly in the cold wind.

If he remembered correctly, this little brat was not only timid, but also not very healthy.

As if to suit the occasion, the snow, which had just paused briefly, suddenly began to fall again in a deluge, and the howling north wind picked up again.

A thick snowflake landed on Caesar's nose, and the instant chill made the bear's eyes darken.

They were still just young bear cubs, their small bodies not yet strong enough to withstand the harsh winter cold, and they needed their mother to protect them from the wind and snow.

The little bear seemed even colder, and the fishbone finally caught up and sat down tightly next to its sister, its body, which was a size bigger than a salmon, clinging to her.

Unfortunately, the salmon's fur is also very moist, so it can only provide him with limited calories.

Almost subconsciously, the little bear's eyes darted left and right, trying to find a place to dig a hole.

But this was ice floes, adrift on the sea with nothing to rely on, lacking a thick layer of permafrost. After searching in vain, the little bear could only look disappointed, when suddenly a warm sensation spread across its back.

Caesar lay down on the spot, his broad back blocking the cold wind. His body formed a semi-circle, but he didn't fully retract his limbs; he merely arched them.

Her soft belly, like a warm nest, appeared silently in the wind, its silent protection self-evident.

The bears hesitated for only two seconds before simultaneously burrowing under Caesar's belly.

Unlike before, when she secretly sought warmth with the male bear's tacit approval, this time the warmth was given willingly by Caesar.

The two bear cubs' dependence on each other had reached its peak at this moment. They nestled obediently under the male bear's belly, their small bodies much more relaxed than the previous snowy night, and even their breathing, which had been consciously reduced, was much more noticeable now.

As Caesar listened to the low breathing of the two cubs, a strange feeling stirred within him once again.

Especially beneath the bear's paws lies their tender and fragile bodies, their little bellies rising and falling gently.

That faint yet vibrant life force made him realize once again just how much effort Guo Mi had put in to raise these two little ones to this age.

Time seemed to fly by as they snuggled together, and just as the bear's fur was almost completely dry, the blizzard stopped.

The moment Caesar sensed the storm was lessening, he jumped up and shook off the snow. If the little brat hadn't been sleeping next to him, he would have jumped up a couple more times to ease the strange feeling in his heart.

The little bear fell asleep during the latter half of the snowstorm. When he was awakened, he squinted and looked at Caesar with sleepy eyes.

The sky remained gray.

Caesar inhaled the cold air deeply and exhaled it, then said to the bear in a cold, hard voice:

"It's getting late, and you still haven't caught a single seal."

The salmon and fish bones were a bit embarrassing.

Actually, they had already lost their way shortly after diving under the ice. They had hardly explored the area, and the ice beneath the surface was not flat; instead, it undulated irregularly like an inverted mountain.

The panic made them unable to remember the marks on the long, jagged icicles, as if every single one looked exactly the same.

The short time felt infinitely long, and a suffocating feeling soon filled their chests. At that moment, their only consolation was that they hadn't lost each other.

In her panic and disarray, the salmon forced herself to regain her composure and made a decisive decision to swim back. The fish skeleton unconditionally chose to believe her.

Although they managed to climb out of the ice at the last moment, they did so from a completely different direction, which undoubtedly serves as a reminder that even until the very end, they had not found the right direction.

Thinking of this, sadness inevitably crept into the eyes of the two little bears.

It seems they are still not mature enough and do not have strong enough abilities.

Caesar did not ask them what they experienced underwater; his extensive hunting experience allowed him to guess what was happening underwater.

Those agonizing two and a half minutes left the little bear feeling disappointed and questioning him: how could he so easily guess what the little bear was going to encounter? At that moment, it was as if his brain had been eaten by another bear, and he didn't think of anything.

In a daze, Guo Mi's silent yet questioning gaze appeared before Caesar, and his heart skipped a beat. He quickly shook his head.

However, those round, cold bear eyes seemed to be imprinted on his heart, making his pounding heart still flutter with panic.

The male bear fell silent, hurriedly choosing a direction with disordered steps and heading forward in silence.