A Young Woman's Heart

The styles are mostly similar to military uniforms.

She skillfully put on the clothes, then picked up a small knife from the table and tucked it into her waistband.

In addition, he also had a small bag hanging on his belt, which contained some tools that he might use for hunting.

"Going hunting today?" Nora's father, who was reading the newspaper, asked as he walked into the living room, lifting his heavily folded eyelids.

"Ah."

"Be careful," the father said habitually, then lowered his head to flip through the newspaper again.

Nora picked up the buttered bread from the table, stuffed it into her mouth, and squatted down by the door to tie her shoelaces.

Before leaving, she opened the wardrobe next to the door. It looked like a wardrobe, but it was actually a weapons cabinet.

Inside were rifles with different functions, including shotguns and single-shot hunting rifles, but none of them could fire in full burst. Even the rifles that used magazines were semi-automatic.

Nora picked up a well-maintained double-barreled shotgun and slung it over her shoulder. She then took a box of bullets from a drawer and put it in her waist pouch. Finally, she took a few loose bullets, stuffed them into her pocket, and went out the door.

Double-barreled shotguns are simple in construction, robust and durable, and are not only easy for hunters to use but also easy to maintain.

"I'm driving off." Before leaving, Nora tossed her long, dark red hair, which was braided into a fishtail braid.

"Row."

Before long, the roar of a pickup truck engine could be heard downstairs.

A gray two-seater pickup truck sped away from the city.

When she's feeling down, she always chooses to go hunting to relax.

The location is in the suburban mountains some distance from Moscow, where various wild animals often roam.

There are bears occasionally.

But there's no need to be afraid—at least Nora has never been afraid of bears, because she knows that bears generally don't choose to fight humans.

Besides, with a gun in hand, even a bear couldn't withstand many shots.

The car sped along at an extremely high speed. To outsiders, the car's continuous drifting looked crazy, and some even suspected that the driver had been drinking.

But Nora remained calm, as if she were simply driving slowly at forty miles per hour.

Two hours later, Nora's car stopped on the outskirts of a small town. There was a path leading directly into the mountains.

Most of the snow was on the cedar trees, and there wasn't much snow on the ground, but the muddy path was still difficult to walk on.

Nora lit a cigarette and put it in her mouth, then walked inside at a leisurely pace.

There are basically no animals around on the outskirts of the forest, so you can relax a bit.

She didn't draw the spear behind her. Unless in a crisis, she wouldn't pull out a gun; its only purpose was self-defense.

In fact, she shouldn't say she came to hunt, but rather to trap.

Although they seem to mean something similar, the latter refers more to capturing someone alive.

She has experience of catching wild rabbits and raising them at home.

But later, when she wasn't home, her father killed and ate the little gray rabbit, which made her so angry that she didn't speak to him for a week.

I also wanted to catch something to take home and raise today.

This is Nora's interest, and it's what sets her apart from other hunters.

Of course, the main reason is probably because she has no worries about food and clothing, which is why she can 'hunt' in such a relaxed way.

As Nora ventured deeper into the mountains, she gradually became more wary.

Most animals will avoid humans, but if you encounter a pack of wolves or a starving bear, things can get complicated.

However, bears should be hibernating at this time, so just don't wake them up.

"Hmm, here it is." Nora found a tree, squatted down, picked up a stick and dug a small hole that wouldn't cause any harm, then laid some leaves down to make a trap.

A net is placed on top. If a small animal falls into the trap, the net will fall down and tighten automatically, making it difficult for most small animals to escape.

This is an interesting little trap.

In fact, Nora quite enjoys making traps; the feeling of outsmarting and outmaneuvering animals gives her a sense of superiority as a human being.

Perhaps it could be called playing a trick.

Of course, she would never make traps that would harm animals, so that even if someone accidentally stepped on a trap, nothing would happen.

Besides making traps, she also enjoys racing with animals.

When they saw rabbits appear, they would catch them with their bare hands.

The little wild rabbit she used to raise was caught by her bare hands.

It's very fulfilling.

Unfortunately, her father killed and ate her.

To others, this is a boring and tedious game.

But for her, everything was full of change and fun.

It's like playing a real-time strategy game.

She likes to anticipate, like a cat stalking a mouse, waiting for the prey to dart out from the area where it might appear, and then catching it in one fell swoop.

"Whoosh—!"

"So it really is here?" Nora narrowed her eyes, not moving. The gray shadow that had darted past earlier must have been a rabbit.

It must be a young wild rabbit that is not yet an adult.

"Salut, rustle—" The cedar tree couldn't bear the weight of the accumulated snow, and a large snowflake fell, startling the little wild rabbit, which jumped high into the air.

Nora found out about it.

She immediately chased after it, leaned forward, and pounced on it.

Of course, it wasn't so easy to catch; it got away.

But the other party is in a panic and will run away indiscriminately. If we chase it for a while longer, we can catch it when it runs out of energy—provided that it doesn't hide in the cave.

"Eee-yah-yah—!" Just then, a terrified scream came from afar, along with some noisy shouts.

There are men and women.

The number of people wasn't large; they were probably all minors.

Without hesitation, Nora abandoned the little hare, grabbed the spear on her back, and rushed off in that direction.

The most likely scenario is that they encountered wolves or bears.

"Whose child is this, going on an adventure in the mountains without any preparation?" Nora muttered to herself, but her steps did not stop.

That group of people seems to be running in this direction.

The footsteps were loud and chaotic, and their breathing was erratic.

Before long, she saw three girls and one boy running towards her from not far away. The boy was running at the back, and he nervously turned his head to look behind him from time to time.

Behind them was a brown bear running wildly on all fours.

Not long had passed, maybe a minute at most, and the bear was already catching up.

The bear's belly was flat, clearly indicating that it had been hungry all winter.

I don't know if it ended its hibernation early or was woken up, but it's now hungry and irritable, chasing after the boys and girls relentlessly.

As they drew closer, Nora realized that all four of them were Asian, a rare sight in Russia. One of them, a girl who seemed to be running out of energy, had beautiful blue eyes and looked vaguely familiar.

"Thud—!" The blue-eyed girl's legs buckled, and she collapsed to the ground, gritting her teeth and shouting—

Nora didn't understand.

Because it seems to be spoken in Chinese.

The distance was already very close. Nora accelerated and rushed forward, then suddenly jumped out of the bushes to the side and slammed the bear aside with her shoulder.

"Click!"

Without hesitation, she raised her gun and aimed it at the brown bear.

Normally she wouldn't kill such a large wild animal, but compared to that, the lives of her own kind are more important.

“уклоняться (avoid/dodge)!”

Although the four didn't understand, they were driven by their survival instincts and quickly ran behind her.

The girl who fell to the ground was also helped up by her companions.

When confronting an animal, you must not look away.

You must keep your eyes glued to it.

Unlike humans, animals can sometimes die from injury.

Therefore, the more intelligent an animal is, the more it needs to avoid getting injured.

This is why even large carnivores primarily prey on small and medium-sized animals that do not pose a significant threat to them.

Animals that act in groups may be more aggressive, but bears tend to act alone.

Therefore, Nora is very likely to be able to intimidate the other party.

"Roar—!" Nora roared in a low voice, stomping her foot as if to walk forward.

The brown bear seemed confused. It glanced at the Asian-looking teenagers and then at Nora, whose face was full of ferocity, and unconsciously took a half step back.

Then, it took several more steps back.

Finally, he turned around and escaped on all fours.

It could even be described as fleeing in panic.

Nora pretended to chase after it a few steps, but it ran away even faster and disappeared in an instant.

"It's alright." Nora turned her head and slung her shotgun back over her shoulder. "Um... hello?"

She said this in Chinese, which sounded a bit awkward, but it was still barely understandable.

"Hello...!" The blue-eyed girl took a deep breath, looking as if she was still in shock. "My name is Mo Xueyao."