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

Chapter 60 Distorted Concern

Two bear cubs huddled around Guo Mi, too frightened to move by the sudden appearance of two male bears.

Slok, who was slower than Caesar, quickly quickened his pace upon seeing the situation and discreetly positioned himself between Caesar and the two bear cubs.

In fact, he knew that the biggest conflict between Caesar and Gomi was probably these two little bears.

Caesar has indeed changed a lot during this period, but given his past personality, there's no guarantee he won't try to directly address the root cause, so Slok remained cautious.

Although he hadn't had much contact with Guo Mi and didn't know how she was doing, Slok was certain that if Caesar killed the bear cub, Guo Mi would definitely fight him to the death if she was alright.

Caesar's usual methods of solving problems may not work as he wishes this time.

Besides, he liked the bear cubs and didn't want them to die.

Upon seeing Slok appear, the little bear relaxed slightly and huddled behind him.

Caesar shifted his gaze from Guo Mi to the three-headed bear, who was secretly tense. How could he not know what they were thinking? He couldn't help but chuckle.
"I have no interest in killing little brats right now."

What was meant to reassure the little bear only made him more frightened and caused him to hide behind Slok.

Compared to the two bear cubs, Slok knew Caesar far better and knew he wasn't planning to bite them at this moment. He breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Caesar with a complicated expression:

"If you could speak properly, maybe you and Guo Mi wouldn't have argued."

Caesar was stunned for a moment, and inexplicably remembered that the times Guo Mi had hit him the most were all because he said he wanted to eat a teddy bear.

But now he had no time to calm down and think things through. Looking at Guo Mi, who had been curled up and motionless since falling, Caesar's heart sank.

In the past, if he were this close to the teddy bear, Guo Mi would have already exploded, but now she didn't react at all...

He stretched out his paw and tentatively nudged her:

"Guo Mi, Guo Mi?"

no response.

Caesar increased the pressure of his claws, and his voice rose:

"Guo Mi!!"

The giant ball of fur under her paws suddenly trembled twice. Caesar's heart skipped a beat, and he lowered his head to see what was wrong with her, only to meet Guo Mi's suddenly opened eyes!
Guo Mi's gaze lingered on Caesar for two seconds before she subconsciously looked away. She exhaled and, enduring the excruciating pain all over her body, opened her curled-up body.

As she fell, she instinctively curled up to protect her head. Although she was not far from the ground, her weight and body structure meant that she was still in pain all over when she fell!
It took me quite a while to recover.

Guo Mi struggled to her feet and, despite the pain, took a few steps on the ground.

Fortunately, although my whole body ached, no single spot was extremely painful, so I don't think any bones or internal organs were injured.

Although her walking posture was awkward, Caesar had solid survival experience and could tell that she hadn't fallen and gotten seriously hurt, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Guo Mi took a couple more steps to adjust, and finally, after confirming that she was alright, she turned her attention to the two male bears that had suddenly appeared.

Slock greeted Guo Mi with a cheerful smile:
"Guo Mi, we meet again. Why do you always do so many unusual things?"

Guo Mi was a little embarrassed. She was really starving, and with food so scarce, she had climbed up in a moment of impulsiveness. Now that she thought about it, she was really out of her mind.

Starving to death might give you a day or two longer, but falling to your death means you're gone in an instant. It's definitely not a worthwhile trade.

She turned her head and met Caesar's emotionless gaze, feeling somewhat awkward.

This was the first time she and Caesar had faced each other since their argument. In the past, they could pretend not to see each other when they met, but that approach didn't seem to work now.

After hesitating for a moment, Guo Mi grinned, just about to greet Caesar casually, when she heard his cold, hard voice:

"I thought that the fact that bears don't have wings was the most basic self-awareness of every bear. Now it seems that there are also bears that aren't so normal in their thinking."

Slok stared at Caesar in disbelief, or rather, at his mouth, unable to understand why he could say such cold words when he clearly cared about Guo Mi.

Guo Mi felt a lump in her throat, let out a cold laugh, and squeezed out the words through clenched teeth:

"Is that so? Well then, I'll show you something today." Caesar stared at Guo Mi in silence for a moment, then suddenly turned around and walked away slowly.

Guo Mi snorted heavily, and Slock, who was left behind, felt somewhat embarrassed and forced a dry laugh:
"Guo, Guo Mi, he actually cares about you a lot. He was really worried just now."

Guo Mi disagreed:

"I know."

Slok was stunned:

"……what?"

He didn't understand why Gomi, knowing Caesar had no ill intentions, still treated him coldly.

Guo Mi glanced at Caesar's retreating figure before looking away.

If concern requires harsh words to express, then she doesn't need this kind of concern!

When her body is hurt, she doesn't want her heart to be hurt too, and she doesn't want to have to smile and comfort herself when she's sad and upset because the other person is just concerned!

This is wrong; it's distorted.

If someone expresses concern by using cold, hurtful language, it means they haven't learned to love, or even to respect.

Even if Caesar were a bear, Gomi remained perfectly clear-headed at this moment.

She never engages in internal conflicts, nor does she force herself to compromise.

Although she didn't know if she would have any further contact with Caesar in the future, Guo Mi knew that if Caesar continued to communicate with her in this awkward and unpleasant way, even the friendship they had built up in the past would probably be completely destroyed.

Guo Mi's argument was unprecedented for Slok; he had never heard of it before.

He didn't understand, but deep down he felt that she was right.

Slok was eager to convey these words to Caesar, who had always been smarter than him; perhaps he could understand them?

So Slok hurriedly said goodbye to Gomi and ran off after Caesar.

Guo Mi sat down and rested for a while before feeling much better. She lowered her head and met the bright eyes of the two little bears, and couldn't help but smile.
"Did you understand?"

The salmon hesitated:

"I think I understood, but then again, I don't think I did."

The fishbone replied:

"For the bear that is important to us, we should never harm him, whether through actions or words, or for any purpose. That is the true way to express care, right?"

Guo Mi was somewhat surprised, but then a smile spread across her eyes, and she said gently:

"Correct."

But soon Fishbone was in a dilemma:

"But Caesar always targets Slok, yet you, Guo Mi, said that Caesar actually cares about Slok."

Guo Mi was stunned for a moment, and it seemed that was indeed the case.

Fishbone suddenly muttered something:
"But even though Slok looks scared after each beating, he can't hide the happiness in his eyes. Maybe he likes this kind of care."

Guo Mi twitched her lips, but she understood. Polar bears don't have such strong kinship ties. For Slok, Caesar's patting was no different from playing around with him when they were kids.

Perhaps he is drawing a sense of security from these behaviors, feeling that he is still the same as when he was a child, which is why he enjoys them.

Guo Mi felt somewhat helpless. What exactly did the mother bear teach the two male bears to raise two brothers with such completely different personalities?

But her attention quickly drifted away from these matters. Amidst the cacophony of birdsong, a sudden roar of a bear erupted:
"Where's my goose?!"

(End of this chapter)