I became incredibly cute after dressing up as an animal!

Lan Xiaoxiao felt a sweet warmth in her heart, but still playfully said, "It's only satisfying to ask the other person to do things after winning!"

"What does the baby want me to do?"

"Say sweet nothings!"

Yes, Lan Xiaoxiao wants to hear Chu Yi say sweet words.

Without thinking, the first-year student blurted out: "Xiaoxiao, no matter what animal you become, I will love you very much. I like being with you, I want to mate with you, I want to make you comfortable, I want to make you happy every day, and we will be together forever."

"Aww!"

Even Lan Xiaoxiao, with her thick skin, blushed.

I like it.

In the first year of junior high, he spoke very bluntly, saying things like dating and mating, which made Lan Xiaoxiao extremely embarrassed.

The two elephants were playfully fighting, and tourists captured this affectionate moment on camera.

……

Next autumn, they probably won't be coming to the outer areas anymore; Zhang Wang will have to go into the grasslands to find them.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, Zhang Wang would visit them every year, bringing gifts to see these enormous old friends.

Every year, Zhang Wang is puzzled as to why Xiao Xiao and Chu Yi don't have children yet. They don't seem to be infertile.

"How about I go out and find some veterinarians? You guys can't have any health problems, right? You look pretty strong." Zhang Wang wasn't worried about them being infertile, but he was afraid they might have other diseases.

Lan Xiaoxiao and Chu Yi felt helpless every time they heard him say this.

Later, Zhang Wang actually found a group of veterinarians and gave the entire elephant herd a general physical examination.

Due to limited resources and lack of medical equipment, the physical examination wasn't very thorough, but it was still quite good.

After all, they are the only elephant herd on the African savanna whose entire family has seen a veterinarian.

The physical examination results showed that everyone was in good health, except for my cousin whose eyes were a little inflamed and needed medication.

Zhang Wang stayed on the grassland for an extra half month, applying medicine to the elephant's eyes every day.

My cousin was very grateful to Zhang Wang, and even lay down on her own so that Zhang Wang could ride her around for a while.

The feeling of sitting on the back of an elephant and looking at other animals is very different.

The hot wind blew against Zhang Wang's face, and his heart pounded.

The veterinarian said that Xiaoxiao and Chuyi are healthy and have no offspring, which may be because they did not mate successfully.

Zhang Wang: "???" His face clearly said, "Can't you guys mate?"

At this point, Lan Xiaoxiao and Chu Yi finally couldn't stand him anymore and pushed Zhang Wang away with their noses, showing that they didn't want to talk to him.

Zhang Wang finally ended the investigation, "Forget it, if you don't have children, you don't have children. As long as you are healthy, that's all that matters."

"That's right." Lan Xiaoxiao nodded.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, he hooked his nose.

……

The elephant herd has grown year by year, and with the strong male elephant Chuyi protecting them, almost no male elephant in its frenzied phase can harm them.

The aggressive male elephants will be chased away by the first-year students. Those with good temperaments and good looks will not be stopped by the first-year students.

The male elephant selected on the first day of the lunar month is usually satisfied by the females in the herd, and then they will go on a date.

Unbeknownst to many, over the past decade or so, they may have become the largest elephant herd on the African savanna.

Lan Xiaoxiao and Chu Yi often take the baby elephants out to play, and then return them to the herd at sunset.

Before she knew it, Lan Xiaoxiao stopped going back to the elephant herd to sleep at night. She started sleeping with Chu Yi every night and developed a habit of needing to rest her head on Chu Yi's lap to fall asleep.

The younger elephants in the herd are used to having Chu Yi, the adult male elephant, with them. From a young age, they know that Chu Yi is different from the other male elephants.

When Lan Xiaoxiao was thirty years old, Chief Anqi passed away, collapsing on the migration route.

The following year, Lan Xiaoxiao and Chu Yi picked up Anqi's bones and brought them back to Mary's side.

After Angie left, Anna took over leading the elephant herd.

If each one were to live in the order of birth, and remain healthy and long enough not to die before their elders, then each one would become the patriarch of the elephant herd.

In the end, Lan Xiaoxiao will also become the leader of the elephant herd, leading a group of younger elephants forward.

The passing of every familiar loved one will make them very sad. They can understand death and will miss it.

Time passes, year after year, and death is inevitable.

The familiar elder elephants have left one after another.

Lan Xiaoxiao and Chu Yi would collect the bones and bring them back to Mary.

Before they knew it, they were all fifty years old.

"If I collapse on the migration route first, and you pass by next year, please pick me up and take me back to my birthplace," Lan Xiaoxiao muttered.

"If you fall first, I will stay by your side and won't leave. If you want to go back to your birthplace, I will take you back, and then I will continue to watch over you," Chu Yi said gently.

Lan Xiaoxiao thought about the scene. It was so cruel. Would Chu Yi have to guard her own corpse and watch herself decompose into bones? Just thinking about it made Lan Xiaoxiao's heart ache.

"No, I must walk to my birthplace by myself. I also want to live a long time, preferably like when we were little bear and little dog, we leave around the same time, so that neither of us is sad for too long."

Chu Yi gently touched her forehead and whispered, "We won't be apart for too long."

……

Zhang Wang comes to the grasslands every year to see them and shares the events of the year with them.

Each time I come, I may see that the familiar elephants in the herd are gone, or I may see that there are newborn calves. In short, each time I come, there may be changes, or it may be the same as before.

Year by year.

At the age of fifty-five, Lan Xiaoxiao became the chief of the elephant herd, and from then on, she led the herd on migration routes, including the rainy season habitat and the dry season migration route.

That autumn, Lan Xiaoxiao led her herd of elephants to the outer tourist area.

Decades have passed, but the surrounding tourist area has not changed much: hotels, tour buses, and tour guides.

That autumn was the last time Lan Xiaoxiao and Chu Yi saw Zhang Wang.

Zhang Wang didn't come to the grassland the following year, and Lan Xiaoxiao and Chu Yi probably understood what was going on.

In the third year, Zhang Wang still did not appear, and the facts were already clear.

Lan Xiaoxiao and Chu Yi were sad for a long time.

That's life; it will end someday, and no one can escape it.

Lan Xiaoxiao and Chu Yi are considered long-lived, even living longer than Grandma Mary.

When Chief Lan Xiaoxiao was eighty years old, during the spring rainy season, she collapsed on the grassland where the remains of her entire clan were buried.

The male elephant that had loved her all his life also knelt down and lay quietly beside her.

"Don't be afraid, little bear. We'll meet again when you open your eyes after you close them." Chu Yi murmured to her.

Lan Xiaoxiao has already left.

Chu Yi's nose hooked onto hers, and it began to hold its breath, afraid that if it delayed even a second, it would be sent to its death.

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