I became incredibly cute after dressing up as an animal!

Chu Yi lowered his head and licked her ear.

……

Both bears were panting and sticking out their tongues to cool down.

It's so hot.

It was already 35 or 36 degrees Celsius at the end of May; what would it be like in July and August? Lan Xiaoxiao lay in the cave, thinking seriously for an entire afternoon, and made her decision: "Let's move! It's too hot, I can't stand it anymore, let's move!"

"Meow!"

Lan Xiaoxiao stood up, walked to Chu Yi, and nudged its butt with her head, saying, "Let's move, let's go now, let's go, let's go."

Chu Yi was pushed to his feet by her, looked at the sky, and then at Lan Xiaoxiao. It seemed to understand the signal that it was time to leave.

Indeed, it wanted to move, but the little bear still had fish by the river.

On the first day of the lunar month, they planned to wait until the bear cub had finished eating all the fish before leading the bear cub to migrate.

Since we're leaving now, let's finish eating the fish.

Chu Yi led the way, and Lan Xiaoxiao followed, thinking they were about to migrate and move, but the route turned out to be to the river.

"Huh? I don't want to go for a soak in the water. I want to move to a higher place where it will be cooler," Lan Xiaoxiao explained.

On the first day of the lunar new year, a fish was caught and stuffed into Lan Xiaoxiao's mouth.

With the sweet fish in her mouth, Lan Xiaoxiao chose to close her mouth and eat!

Even if we're moving, we have to finish the fish. This fish was caught for her on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Before they left, they ate all the fish in the pond.

Two bears squatted by the pool, one eating and the other eating, their mouths turning red.

When Lan Xiaoxiao swallowed the last fish, she let out a burp.

I ate all the fish I wanted, and I won't be craving fish for a while.

After washing their red muzzles by the river, the two bears headed up the mountain.

Lan Xiaoxiao thought it was time to go back to the cave to sleep. She was still thinking about how to tell Chu Yi about her idea of ​​moving.

As I followed along, I realized that this was not the way back to the cave, but the way out of the territory!

"Huh?!"

Chu Yi understood; Chu Yi was leading her on a migration!

The little bear was very happy and walked briskly, even bumping its bottom against the first-year student.

Lan Xiaoxiao still misses that waterfall cave, just like she did in the first year of junior high school.

Both bears were looking for a way.

Lan Xiaoxiao remembers that there was a mountain ridge nearby. Standing on the ridge, you could see the road between the two mountains, and the bamboo forest looked like green waves.

But she circled around several times and still couldn't find that familiar road.

That's just how the terrain is in the mountains; a rainstorm or a landslide can change the road.

Lan Xiaoxiao stood on an unfamiliar mountain ridge, looked into the distance for a long time, then turned around and walked away with Chu Yi.

If you can't find it, then forget it.

Wherever they go, that's their home.

The two bears walked uphill along the shady slope, where it was cooler without the sun.

After walking for several days, the higher the altitude, the lower the temperature, and the wind began to feel cool on our bodies.

Lan Xiaoxiao's steps became lighter and lighter, and finally she was no longer hot.

As we passed a high-altitude meadow, a heavy hoofbeat suddenly came from afar.

Lan Xiaoxiao looked up and saw a group of seven or eight takins standing on the hillside, their brownish-yellow fur lowered, their eyes fixed on them.

The lead animal was a bull, over a meter tall at the shoulder, with thick, curved horns and white breath coming out of its nostrils.

Little Blue's fur stood on end!

The takin, a Class I protected animal in China, is nicknamed "the six unlikes" because it looks docile but is actually short-tempered and can be so fierce that even tigers are afraid of it.

Moreover, they are social animals, and if they swarm each other, pandas are no match for them.

Chu Yi saw it too. It didn't growl or bristle. It just took a step forward and stood in front of Lan Xiaoxiao.

Lan Xiaoxiao was afraid of a conflict, so she nudged Chu Yi with her mouth and then turned and ran!

The first-year students understood it instantly and immediately followed along.

The two bears ran sideways along the hillside, and several hot-tempered takins chased after them, but fortunately they didn't pursue them for long.

The two pandas ran a kilometer away before stopping when they realized that no takin were chasing them anymore.

Lan Xiaoxiao grumbled, "Hmph, although we're all protected animals, and it's good to keep things peaceful, we're not afraid of you! I'm a national treasure!" A typical example of someone making threats after the fact.

Chu Yi licked Lan Xiaoxiao's lips, giving them a quick, soothing lick.

Lan Xiaoxiao immediately shut up, her dark eyes staring adorably at Chu Yi.

Chu Yi nudged her and led the way again, deliberately avoiding the area they had just been in.

After walking for half a month, they finally found a bamboo forest in the mountains.

At an altitude of over 2,000 meters, the highest summer temperature is less than 20 degrees Celsius. The wind is cool and carries the bitter smell of pine resin. The bamboo is not as thick as that at lower altitudes, but it is very dense, and the leaves look tender.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, they found a small cave deep in the bamboo forest.

The entrance to the cave wasn't large, but once you crawled inside, the space was quite spacious. The ground was covered with a layer of fine gravel, and it wasn't damp or covered in moss. The entrance faced south, so the morning sun could shine in.

Lan Xiaoxiao went into the cave and circled around, scratching at the cave walls with her paws a few times. "It's very sturdy, it won't collapse."

After completing the initial survey, they went outside.

Lan Xiaoxiao didn't follow; she was hungry, so she immediately rushed into the bamboo forest to eat.

Halfway through the meal, I heard Chu Yi's footsteps returning. I looked up and saw Chu Yi with a large handful of pine needles in his mouth.

Lan Xiaoxiao watched its retreating figure as it went out to fetch pine needles, and felt somewhat moved.

She used to make the bed, and in the first year of junior high, she learned from her. Now, the first-year junior high student already knows what she wants.

Its first step in finding the cave was to make a bed, doing everything exceptionally well.

"Meow!"

I am coming!

Lan Xiaoxiao put down the bamboo she was holding and immediately joined the bed-making team.

The two bears spent the whole afternoon laying out the den.

Lan Xiaoxiao lay down and hummed comfortably.

Chu Yi lay down next to her, and Lan Xiaoxiao rolled into its arms.

"I love it so much~" Lan Xiaoxiao exclaimed.

Suddenly, at that moment, Chu Yi's stomach made a very loud rumbling sound.

"Pfft!" Lan Xiaoxiao laughed, nudging Chu Yi with her head. "Let's go eat bamboo, or we'll have to eat in the dark."

……

Lan Xiaoxiao has been getting familiar with the territory these days. She walks around and finds the mountain scenery quite nice.

Especially a mountain pass about one kilometer away.

Standing on the mountain pass, the view suddenly opened up, with mountains upon mountains in the distance, layer upon layer, until in the farthest place the sky and mountains merged into one, with no clear boundary.

When Lan Xiaoxiao first discovered this mountain pass, she stood on it and looked at it for a long time.

Seeing such scenery always reminds her of the short videos she scrolls through, where she sees people climbing mountains, alpine meadows, seas of clouds, and sunrises.

Isn't this the place? This direction is exactly east, so you can watch the sunrise!

"First day of the lunar month," Lan Xiaoxiao turned to look at Chu Yi, "Let's watch the sunrise tomorrow."

Chu Yi tilted his head to look at her and said, "Meow."

The next day, before dawn.

Lan Xiaoxiao crawled out of Chu Yi's arms and nuzzled Chu Yi's face with her nose.

"Waaaaah! Waaaaah!"

Get up! Get up!

Chu Yi, still half-asleep, opened its eyes to find the cave still pitch black. It didn't understand why it had to get up so early, but it stood up with Lan Xiaoxiao.

Lan Xiaoxiao took Chu Yi with her, and Chu Yi was very well-behaved, following along the whole way.

It's like no matter how much the little bear misbehaves, it will always be there for you on the first day of the new year.

The two bears emerged from the cave in the dark and climbed up the mountain pass.

The mountain wind was strong, blowing Lan Xiaoxiao's fur to one side.

She found a flat rock, sat down, and patted the rock next to her.

Chu Yi strode over with his big paws and plopped down on the stone, which was just big enough for two bears to sit side by side.

The wind blew the two bears' fur, and the sky was already showing some color; it seemed they had arrived at just the right time.

The eastern horizon turned white, first a pale white, then slowly tinged with a faint orange hue.

Lan Xiaoxiao leaned against the first-year student, her eyes fixed on that direction.

The sun is coming out.

First, there was a short arc, bright red and not dazzling. Then the arc grew larger and larger until the entire sun jumped out of the ridgeline, and its light spread out all at once, dyeing the distant ridgeline golden red.

The mountains, one after another, are clearly defined in the morning light.

Lan Xiaoxiao nuzzled Chu Yi's face.

"Ooh~" Isn't it beautiful?

It didn't watch the sunrise on the first day of the lunar month; it just kept watching Lan Xiaoxiao. The morning light shone on the little bear's face, and her eyes shone brightly.

Chu Yi lowered his head and licked Lan Xiaoxiao's ear.

Lan Xiaoxiao didn't dodge; she rested her head on Chu Yi's shoulder and continued watching the sunrise.

The sun had fully risen, its rays changing from gold to white, and the mist on the mountain began to dissipate.

Lan Xiaoxiao yawned widely, and sleepiness washed over her like a tide; she couldn't stay awake any longer.

On the way down the mountain, she walked unsteadily and almost tripped several times. Chu Yi walked behind her and nudged her with his head to help her maintain her balance.

Back in the cave, Lan Xiaoxiao collapsed onto the pine needles, her four paws outstretched, the whole bear resembling a rolled-out pancake, her belly rising and falling, her mouth slightly open, and she immediately began to snore.

Chu Yi lay down next to her, looked down at her for a while, and then gently licked her nose.

Lan Xiaoxiao whimpered in her sleep, turned over, and buried her face in Chu Yi's hair.

In the afternoon, the wind changed.

Chu Yi was lying at the entrance of the burrow, seemingly dozing, when suddenly its ears perked up. It stood up and sniffed intensely in the direction the wind was blowing.

It wasn't a takin, it wasn't a human, and it wasn't any kind of panda I'd ever heard of before.

The smell contained the metallic rust, the metallic tang of blood, and a strange, familiar body odor.

The first-year students were tense.

It glanced back at Lan Xiaoxiao in the cave. Lan Xiaoxiao was still asleep, curled up like a bear pancake, snoring softly.

Chu Yi didn't wake her. It turned around, facing the direction from which the scent was coming, its ears pointing to the front.

Something is approaching from deep within the bamboo forest.