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

Chapter 34 Maybe we should just eat the little cub!

Guo Mi turned around and glared fiercely at Caesar!

Caesar was chewing heartily, his cheeks puffed out, his face stained bright red with fish blood, and the fur on his chest was wet with fish slime.

Guo Mi ignored his disheveled appearance, her gaze fixed on the two fish scattered on the ground—

There used to be a pile of fish here.

Noticing the sudden drop in air pressure around Guo Mi, Caesar slowed down his chewing of the fish, watching Guo Mi's forepaws warily.

Who knows when that claw will swing down again.

Guo Mi's sharp claws dug tightly into the snow, but before she could even get angry, a loud burp rang in her ears!
Caesar sat in the snow looking satiated after a big meal, with two drool bubbles hanging from his mouth. As he raised his paw to clean the blood off his body, he burped, and something popped out of his mouth!

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a remnant of a fish tail.

Guo Mi closed her eyes, unable to bear the sight. In just one afternoon, the image of this male bear in her mind had been completely shattered.

The thought of how highly she had praised this male bear before made her feel like it was part of her criminal record as a bear.

Caesar chewed and savored the taste for a while before spitting out his tail. He then casually dug a hole in the snow with his claws, absorbing the remaining bits of food along with the fishbone tail, before covering it with snow again.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, I muttered something:
"Reduce the likelihood that other bears will smell the scent."

Upon hearing this, Guo Mi's expression shifted slightly. When she turned back to look at Caesar, she could only see him calmly walking towards the lake.

The giant polar bear stood by the lake, lowered its head to sniff the surface of the water, a satisfied look in its eyes, and then lowered its entire body and plunged into the water!

Guo Mi then realized that he was very agile when he went into the water, and the splashes and sounds he made were very small, which was completely out of character for his huge body.

Caesar flipped over in the water into a backstroke position, his paws gently combing his fur, which had gotten dirty from eating.

The flowing water washed away the red bloodstains, and Caesar turned around again, swimming freely in the water, his long white hair spreading out like a giant fish.

Guo Mi unconsciously took a few steps forward, sat on the shore, and stared intently at Caesar's swimming figure, trying to memorize those movements.

Caesar seemed quite happy to show off, constantly flipping and maneuvering in the water, appearing very relaxed.

This perfect "water-based swimming" by the polar bear ended with a deep dive by Caesar.

Guo Mi watched him dive into the water, but Caesar did not reappear until the ripples on the lake gradually calmed down.

She blinked, hesitated, then got up and took a few steps around the lake, trying to find traces of polar bears in the deep blue water.

But they still couldn't find Caesar's location.

Unconvinced, Guo Mi sat down again, pressing her nose against the water's surface, trying to use her sense of smell to confirm whether Caesar was still in the lake.

She soon realized that her damaged sense of smell prevented her from performing the action, and she had no choice but to give up.

Just as she was about to sit up straight again, the water in front of her suddenly trembled, and tiny ripples spread out rapidly in an imperceptible arc.

Guo Mi was startled. The moment she stepped back, a huge white figure suddenly broke through the water and emerged!

Caesar braced himself on the shore with both paws, and with a push, his entire body easily climbed ashore using the buoyancy of the water. Guo Mi watched him shake off the water and even jog a few steps, seemingly still having energy to spare, and couldn't help but feel envious.

Caesar seemed to realize why Guo Mi had patted him earlier. He stood on the shore, shook off the water, and approached her, saying in a serious tone:
"If you were a seal, I'd have another big meal now."

Guo Mi paused, looked at Caesar with a puzzled expression for a moment, and asked uncertainly:
Are you demonstrating how to catch a seal?

Caesar tilted his chin up, looking very proud.

"I'm a master seal catcher; very few seals can escape my claws."

As he spoke, he glanced meaningfully at the spot where Guo Mi had just piled up the fish:

"Fish has very little fat, but that's exactly what we need, so fish can't serve as our food for a long time."

"Besides, fish are too small to fill your stomach. The nutrients you get from catching fish in an afternoon might not even be as good as those from a seal."

Caesar's gaze fell on the spot where the two bear cubs were hiding not far away. He looked somewhat reluctant, but still said to Guo Mi:
"Your two little brats..."

Guo Mi couldn't help but be on guard when he mentioned the teddy bear, but then she heard him continue in a muffled voice:
“Your two little calves are growing too fast, and their appetites will keep increasing. You can’t feed them on fish alone.”

He was telling the truth. It had only been a little over a month since Guo Mi met the salmon and fish bones, and the two little bears had already grown quite a bit.

This is the normal growth rate for cubs of large animals like polar bears.

Guo Mi has indeed been finding it a bit difficult to fish these past two days. Not only is she not getting enough to eat, but the two little bears sometimes have their eyes gleaming with greed.

The two little ones just kept quiet and never told her.

but……

The most unexpected thing was that Caesar would actually say this to her. Regardless of whether he had anything to say or not, Guo Mi still began to feel grateful to him because of this.

It seems this male bear isn't as bad as he appears...

"Why don't you just eat those two little bastards yourself? If you really can't bring yourself to do it, then give them to me. I can stomach them!"

It's true what they say: "It's easier to change mountains and rivers than to change one's nature!"
The gratitude and slight goodwill that had just arisen in Guo Mi's heart towards Caesar vanished instantly!

However, the foolish male bear failed to notice the increasingly oppressive aura emanating from Guo Mi and continued his persuasion:

"Anyway, these two cubs aren't your own, so it's no big deal to eat them. This is normal for polar bears; raising them is a lot of work."

Caesar's words gradually faded under Guo Mi's increasingly sharp gaze, and he finally "knowingly" ended the topic.

Even the most carefree man now realizes that this topic can't be continued, and can only awkwardly look around, trying to find something else to change the subject.

His gaze finally fell on the remains he had buried in the snowdrift, his eyes brightening slightly, and he changed the subject:
"Raising those two little ones is really exhausting. Should I catch the fish that ate them again?"

He was about to walk to the lakeside, preparing to go back into the water, when he heard Guo Mi say behind him:
"Caesar, let's not play the chase game today. How about we play something else?"

(End of this chapter)