"Uncle Dou, if you haven't come back for so long, will something happen?" Yan Ruocheng looked out the window and asked worriedly.
"It should be okay. He has been living in seclusion for so long, and his ability to survive is stronger than ours." Huang Fengmo said.
"That's right. Husband, let me get some hot water to wash your feet." Yan Ruocheng said, and lit a fire in the kitchen to boil some water.
The valley is particularly quiet after the rain, and any movement of a plant or tree can easily be heard.
Huang Fengmo was sitting quietly on the big bed by the window. He vaguely heard a sound similar to the panting of a beast. Listening carefully, the sound seemed to be moving in the direction of the kitchen.
Yan Ruocheng was lighting a fire and blowing on the stove. She didn't realize that any animal was staring at her.
She suddenly thought of picking some cold-repelling herbs to give Huang Fengmo some cold relief. She picked up the basket and turned around. The animals in front of her frightened her so much that she couldn't hold the basket firmly and dropped it to the ground.
A big white-haired tiger was standing in front of her.
She was stunned, and the white tiger wanted to walk towards her slowly step by step.
Huang Fengmo picked up a small stone and threw it towards the tiger's back. He shouted loudly: "Come on, come to my side!" He wanted to sacrifice himself to rescue Yan Ruocheng.
The white tiger was attracted to him and made a gesture to attack him.
"No, no, don't lure it!" Yan Ruozhen hurriedly ran out and shouted. He wanted to lure the white tiger back and prevent it from hurting Huang Fengmo.
Her voice was not loud enough for Huang Fengmo, and the white tiger suddenly pounced on Huang Fengmo.
"Ah——! Don't bite him!" Yan Ruozhen screamed and rushed over desperately, trying to tear the white tiger away.
The white tiger didn't bite Huang Fengmo, but kept licking his face with his tongue, until his face was covered with smelly saliva.
"A Bao——!" Bo Jiandou shouted loudly.
When the white tiger heard it, he immediately got up and ran towards Bo Jiudou's position like a kitten, rubbing his head against his side. Bo Jiudou stroked it and said dotingly: "I'm sorry for you."
It took you so long, so you are back to see me. You are a naughty kid, be good!"
Yan Ruocheng and Huang Fengmo were both still in shock, looking at him and Bai Hu in astonishment.
"Don't be nervous, it's very docile and won't hurt anyone randomly. Let's talk slowly when we go in." Bo Dundou led the white tiger into the house slowly.
Yan Ruozhen looked at Huang Fengmo who was in a state of embarrassment and hit him on the head angrily. He said, "Did you just die? If it really bites you or disfigures you, what do you want me to do?"
Do it?"
Huang Fengmo turned away and said, "We can't let it hurt you. You are more important than me."
Yan Ruocheng suddenly remembered that the last time he fell off a cliff, he was also seriously injured just to protect her. If she was like a wooden person and was indifferent to him, she was not worthy of being a human being.
She pulled him over and kissed his thin lips that were tightened with anger. After kissing for a while, she said quietly: "Thank you. I won't let you get hurt like this again." Her words contained something else.
It meant, but Huang Fengmo didn't understand the meaning. He thought she was just saying thank you like before.
The two of them slowly entered the room and saw Bo Gendou combing the white tiger's hair with a comb.
"Uncle Dou, what's going on with this white tiger?" Yan Ruocheng asked as she helped Huang Fengmo sit on a chair far away. She was still a little afraid of the white tiger and couldn't get close so easily.
"Don't be afraid, he is my beloved pet since he was a child. His name is A Bao. I occasionally let him out and let him hunt on his own. When he is full, he will come back to me. I'm sorry for scaring you just now.
!" Bo Jiandou said in explanation.
"Abao, does it really not know how to bite? We are so unfamiliar." Yan Ruocheng asked.
"Under normal circumstances, it won't. But if you do something to harm it, it won't necessarily happen. So you have to treat it well. It's best to get familiar with it. Let it get familiar with your scent."
Jiudou said with a smile.
"Boshen Doctor, how do you get to know him well?" Huang Fengmo asked.
Bo Jiandou stood up, led the white tiger to their side, and said, "You all stretch out your hands and give it a sniff, so that it can remember your scent."
Huang Fengmo and Yan Ruozhi had no choice but to obediently hold out their hands, waiting with some fear for the tiger to smell it.
After the white tiger smelled it, he licked the back of their hands, giving them a frosted feeling. They looked quite well-behaved.
"Can you touch its head?" Huang Fengmo said.
"Okay, just follow its hair and touch it slowly. Abao, sit down." Bo Dundou patted the white tiger's back lightly, and it lay down obediently.
Huang Fengmo gently stroked its head and then down its back.
"You are so good, Doctor Bo. You are so powerful that you can tame an obedient tiger." Huang Fengmo said with a smile.
"After being raised for a long time, you will have feelings. The same goes for animals." Bo Jiandou said. After finishing speaking, he sighed. It seemed that he was troubled by something.
"Uncle Dou, what are you worried about? Why don't you tell us, we might be able to help you." Yan Ruozhen noticed the change in his expression and asked more.
"It's not because of Ah Bao. I'm not young anymore. The disciples already have their own belongings and will not come back to live in the forest. If I am gone, Ah Bao will have no one to take care of him. When the time comes, he will really be on his own.
Only in this way can we survive." The only thing Bo Dendou cared about was this white tiger.
As if the white tiger understood what he said, it raised its head to look at him, and then rubbed its head against him.
Huang Fengmo and Yan Ruocheng could also completely see how much thought he put into this white tiger. Just its soft hair was enough to prove that it was well taken care of.
"Don't worry, I can help you take care of it. Anyway, I won't let it be alone. I will help it find a companion." Huang Fengmo said.
"White tigers are very rare. Can we really find a second one?" Yan Ruocheng said.
"Its existence proves that there are others, but I don't know where they are hiding. Hunters outside the city often go to the mountains to hunt this year. If there are, I am afraid they will go to live further away." Huang Fengmo said.
"Po and I understand your thoughts. I just want Po to live here safely. I don't want him to move around for the sake of breeding offspring, and then be bullied by young tigers when he is old."
.In that case, I would rather it stay alone, at least no other tiger will bully it. It's already late, you should go to bed early. Ah Bao, let's go back to the room." Bo Jiandou said.
After saying that, he asked Bai Laohu to get up and follow him back to the room to rest.
Several people returned to the room.
Huang Fengmo had to change his clothes again, and he was covered in mud just now.
Yan Ruocheng helped him bring a towel and asked him to wipe himself.
"Go and wash up first. Don't worry about me. You were covered in mud just now." Huang Fengmo took the towel and wiped the mud on her neck.
"Okay. I'll be back soon." Yan Ruocheng went out quickly.
When she gets clean and comes back.
Huang Fengmo was already sleeping on the bed alone. Yan Ruocheng originally wanted to take responsibility for what he said before.
"Are you going to sleep so soon?" She climbed onto the bed quietly and lay on her side next to him.
Huang Fengmo felt so tired, cold and frightened that he started dreaming as soon as he fell asleep. He murmured to himself in his sleep: "I can't get... you... you go again...
.....”
"You're not leaving, I'm right by your side." Yan Ruocheng heard his words clearly, held his hand, and whispered.
Huang Fengmo kept repeating this dream talk.
Until the early morning of the next day, the sun shone on him and was very dazzling.
He wanted to cover his eyes with his hands, but when he moved, a numbing pain spread into his brain. He reluctantly squinted his eyes to see what was going on with his arm.
It turned out that Yan Ruocheng was sleeping on his arm, so no wonder she was so sore.
"Ruozhi... wake up?" He shook her gently to wake her up. Her arms were so sore that if she didn't hold them still, she might get extremely sore.
"Huh?" As soon as Yan Ruocheng woke up, she turned over and hugged his head, put her smelly breath into his mouth, and gave him a smelly kiss.
Huang Fengmo felt that she was a little enthusiastic today. Normally, she would rinse her mouth and come back to kiss her forehead.
"It's time for you to get up and rinse your mouth." Huang Fengmo said with some disgust.
"If you don't rinse, I'm still sleepy. Let's go back to sleep. Stop making noise." Yan Ruocheng said lazily, then lay on his chest and continued to sleep.
Huang Fengmo felt very helpless and turned into a mat.
Yan Ruocheng slept until noon before waking up again. As soon as she woke up, Abao licked her cheek.
"Wow!" She had not yet adapted to seeing a white tiger in front of her.
Abao squatted beside her bed, seemingly waiting for her to get up.
"Ah... Bao, why are you squatting here and not around your master? Or have you entered the wrong room?" Yan Ruocheng said as he crawled to the bed before getting out of bed.
Anyway, wherever she moved, Po would follow her.
"Why is this tiger following me?" Yan Ruocheng said to himself.
Abao licked her hand, as if telling her to do something.
Yan Ruozhen didn't understand its meaning at all. After washing up, he went to find Huang Fengmo.
Huang Fengmo had already gotten up and was preparing lunch. Bo Jiandou was cultivating a new herb field.
"Are you here to tell me to ask me to go to work?" Yan Ruocheng reached out and touched Abao's head.
Abao nuzzled her leg obediently. Just as Bo and Dou said, this white tiger was really docile. She gradually no longer feared it.
"Come on, Abao, let's go help Uncle Dou plow the land."
One person and one tiger came to the herbal garden area.
"You've been sleeping for so long, help me get some water over there to water the grass." Bo Jiandou said.
"Okay, Abao, let's go get water." Once Yan Ruocheng felt that the white tiger was cute, he walked around with it casually.
