Chapter 300 - Ruins of the Plain (5)
Chapter 300: Ruins of the Plain (5)
“Okay!” Everyone stood up cooperatively and walked toward the tents.
Not long after they walked away, a white light quickly emerged from the grass and ran to the place where Leng Ruoxue and the others had been eating, picked up a piece of meat, and started eating heartily…
Uh! So it’s a little leopard! Cold sweat dripped down Leng Ruoxue’s and the others’ foreheads. Alas! They were nervous for nothing.
Leng Ruoxue stood still as she sized up the palm-sized little leopard. This little fellow was quite beautiful. It was snow-white and fluffy, and there was a silver stripe in the middle of its forehead that stretched all the way to its back. Its big black eyes were watery as it looked at them cautiously. Moreover, judging from the expression on the little leopard’s face, it seemed to be in a dilemma. It probably wanted to run but couldn’t bear to part with the grilled meat!
Leng Ruoxue carefully walked toward the little leopard. Alas! She had always had no defense against cute little things, especially when she saw such a cute little fellow. She couldn’t help feeling a little emotional!
“Little guy, don’t be scared! Big Sister won’t hurt you,” Leng Ruoxue coaxed softly.
“Really?” the little leopard asked in his childish voice uncertainly.
“Really. Big Sister never lies to children!” Leng Ruoxue smiled very gently, afraid that she would scare the little thing.
“I’m hungry,” the little leopard said pitifully while staring at Leng Ruoxue with his big, grape-like black watery eyes.
“Uh! Poor child!” Leng Ruoxue’s heart ached. She approached the little leopard and handed him another piece of grilled meat.
“Thank you,” the little leopard thanked her very politely. Seeing that Leng Ruoxue seemed very easy to get along with, he wasn’t so scared anymore.
“Little leopard, where is your family?” Leng Ruoxue asked curiously. If she was not mistaken, this little guy should have just been born! A cub this small shouldn’t be too far away from his mother.
“I don’t know either,” the leopard cub said, a little choked up, tears welling up in his black eyes.
“Don’t cry!” Leng Ruoxue hugged the little leopard and coaxed.
“Wuu wuu… I don’t have a family.” The more he thought about it, the sadder he became, and the louder he cried.
“Grandpa, I’ll leave him to you.” Leng Ruoxue was dumbfounded as she handed the little leopard to Leng Qingtian. Her grandfather was more experienced than her in bringing up kids.
“Thunder Night,” Leng Qingtian called helplessly. This cub was too young, and he couldn’t take care of him well. He had never taken care of Thunder Night during Thunder Night’s childhood.
“Master, this is a newborn snow leopard cub. Send him back quickly. The mother leopard is very fierce.” Thunder Night hurriedly said as soon as he appeared and saw the little snow leopard in his master’s hand.
“Uh, this little guy came alone. He said he had no family,” Leng Qingtian explained.
“Thunder Night, I’ll leave this cub to you,” Leng Qingtian added, and then he put the crying leopard on Thunder Night’s back.
Smelling the scent of his kind, the little snow leopard immediately stopped crying and slowly got up on Thunder Night’s broad back.
After climbing onto Thunder Night’s head, the little snow leopard said in a childish voice, “I’m hungry!”
Thunder Night stretched out his big paw, grabbed the little snow leopard from his head, put him on the ground, and gave him a piece of meat.
“Eat!”
“Thank you, Uncle.” The little snow leopard took the meat, thanked him, and then wolfed it down.
“Grandpa, you are the best,” Leng Ruoxue praised.
“Of course,” Leng Qingtian said proudly while wiping the cold sweat off his forehead. Uhh! He was also forcing Thunder Night to put a square peg into a round hole!
“Look at how smug you are!” Old Man said with contempt.
“You are jealous. I understand,” Leng Qingtian quickly retorted.
“Grandpa, take your time bickering! I’m going to bed.” Leng Ruoxue went directly into her tent, and Freak hurriedly followed.
“Hmph! I’m going to bed too.” Leng Qingtian entered another tent.
“Fine, I’ll sleep too. Who’s afraid of who?” Old Man followed suit.
“Everyone, rest early!” Leng Ruohan said helplessly. These old men would feel uncomfortable all over if they didn’t bicker for a day. But their feelings for each other also improved the more they fought.
After Feng Da and the others went to sleep, Leng Ruohan sat down by the fire alone. Only Thunder Night and the little snow leopard accompanied him.
“Big Brother.” Leng Ruoxue emerged from the tent not long after and sat down beside her brother.
“Xue’er, aren’t you sleeping? Where’s Ye Chen?” Leng Ruohan asked curiously.
“Ball Ball isn’t back yet, so I’ll wait for him. Freak is asleep,” Leng Ruoxue explained simply.
As she spoke, a chubby little body pounced into Leng Ruoxue’s arms.
“Big Sister, I’m back,” Ball Ball said tenderly as he rubbed himself against Leng Ruoxue’s chest.
“Ball Ball, don’t leave anymore. It’s already very late,” Leng Ruoxue warned.
“Okay. Big Sister, quickly take a look at the treasures I brought back.” Ball Ball pointed at the pile of whitish things on the ground.
“Ball Ball, Big Sister don’t know what these are!” Leng Ruoxue said helplessly.
“Big Sister, Ball Ball is worthy of being a treasure-seeking beast. These are indeed good things, but you don’t need them now.” Qing Jue’s voice sounded in Leng Ruoxue’s head.
“Qing Jue, what are these things?” Leng Ruoxue asked curiously.
“Hehe, Big Sister, I won’t tell you now!” Qing Jue kept her guessing again.
“Stinky Qing Jue, you’ve turned bad.” Leng Ruoxue pouted her pink lips in complaint.
“Big Sister, even if you know now, you won’t need them. I’ll tell you when you can use them,” Qing Jue comforted with a smile.
“Alright then!”
Leng Ruoxue was a little depressed as she cut off her connection with Qing Jue and said to Leng Ruohan, “Big Brother, I’m going to bed.”
“Hurry up and go!” Leng Ruohan urged.
Leng Ruoxue stood up and walked toward her tent.
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The next day, everyone woke up, had breakfast, and continued on their journey…