Chapter 106 Loneliness in the Wilderness
The moment he heard this answer, Bada was speechless. As if he was meeting Guo Mi for the first time, he raised his eyes and looked at her carefully for a long time. After a while, he uttered a few words like a sigh:
"Why bother?"
Why bother.
Although he had known Guo Mi for only a short two days, Bada never thought that Guo Mi would be a bear that easily loses his mind.
She adopted these two polar bear cubs. Although he didn't know why, in Bada's eyes, Guo Mi should be a bear who always puts himself first.
But she gave such an answer that was completely beyond his expectation.
The two little bear cubs did not hear the conversation in front of them, but they were sensitive to the unusual atmosphere. Their eyes were unconsciously filled with anxiety, and they looked up at Guo Mi eagerly.
Guo Mi also lowered his head and looked at them, with a trace of gentleness in his eyes, which invisibly weakened the little bear's uneasiness. His voice was helpless and full of smiles:
"What should we do? I have promised them that I will accompany them to grow up..."
When she said this, she was a bit self-deprecating:
“I can’t keep my word, right?”
Bada looked at the two cubs, and then looked at Guo Mi with a look in his eyes. The same admiration for her.
A strange brown bear who keeps his word.
Guo Mi sighed and looked in the south direction Bada said.
Under the moonlight, there was an endless wilderness with only low trees, leaving her with an endless field of vision. A few evening winds plucked the heartstrings in her chest, leaving a desolate scene.
The undulating shadows at the end, Guo Mi guessed were mountains, rising steadily. She guessed that they were not as steep as the mountains in her hometown in her memory.
Guo Mi chuckled twice and said to Bada:
"It seems I will stay here."
Bada looked at her quietly, The bear was clearly smiling, but he couldn't miss the indelible loneliness deep in its round, almond-shaped eyes.
She is not the bear here, and even if she does reach the forest, it is probably not her home.
Bada, who has been wandering away for a long time, understands the look in her eyes too well, which is a symbol of no home.
Bada suddenly realized that the bear in front of her might never be able to return home, and she could only drift with the flow in a strange place.
Maybe one day, she will have a new home, but now, she has no place to belong.
Guo Mi looked at the mountains in the distance quietly, and suddenly heard Bada's voice in his ears. He said:
"Let's go take a look."
Her pupils shrank, and there was a sound of grass blades being trampled around her. The dark bear came to her and sat side by side with her.
Bada was much smaller than Guo Mi. The two bears, one big and one small, looked at the mountain shadows in the distance together. He repeated to Guo Mi:
“It’s better to go and see Look."
Guo Mi lowered his head and looked at him, his eyes moved intentionally, but more of them were confused.
Bada smiled at her before she could ask questions:
"No one knows what will happen. The little cub is still young, maybe he can get used to it. If he goes there and fails, there is nothing he can do."
“Of course if you don’t go, that’s Lifelong regret, you will always wonder, 'If I had gone there, everything would have been different.' In this case, then there will be no regrets."
Bada encouraged Guo Mi:
" You have to go see it.”
Guo Mi looked at him blankly and laughed for a while.
I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but at this time a gust of wind passed through the berry forest, picking up the remaining leaves and flying high, then slowly drifting away.
Bada also laughed, smiling and then gradually stopping, with complicated eyes.
He knew that Guo Mi would most likely return. How could a brown bear that needed to hibernate survive in the far north in winter?
The atmosphere became inexplicably heavy again. The ears on top of Guo Mi's head twitched, and he suddenly raised his paw and patted Bada:
"What's wrong?"
Bada lowered his head, picked a berry and put it in his mouth, his voice muffled:
"Guo Mi, what are you going to do in the winter?"
Even if we set out now, even if the little bear can adapt, Guo Mi won't be able to reach the forest before winter.
Guo Mi approached Bada: "How did you spend your winter?"
Bada thought about his winter, his nose twitched twice, and his voice raised:
“I’m a little bit tired, let’s sleep together to keep warm!”
He and Diandian spent two winters near a human town.
...But there is no Diandian this year, so he has to go find him.
Guo Mi was surprised that Bada and his polar bear friends were quieter than she expected.
She stretched out her paws to gather the two little bears beside her who were listening. The two little fur balls were caught off guard and tilted to the side. Their little heads were tightly squeezed together, and their claws were waving wildly in the air:
"Guo Mi, it's so crowded!"
Guo Mi lowered his head and rubbed it hard, and said with satisfaction:
"Then I also have a little bear cub."
Bada had to remind her:
"These two cubs are not capable of hunting alone. If you fall asleep, they will not even be able to protect themselves, let alone make a living."
In addition to hibernating in caves with their mothers for a few months after they are born, polar bears also hibernate when the mother bears give birth to cubs.
Male bears hardly hibernate.
Forget Guo Mi, whether these two cubs can survive the winter is a question.
There was enough information in today's conversation. Guo Mi took a deep breath and said leisurely:
"It will be straight when the boat reaches the bridge..."
Bada tilted his head:
"Boats? Those iron lumps used by humans? Floating on the water?" What does this mean?
Guo Mi then remembered that bears cannot understand human proverbs, so he changed his words:
"It means that everything is unknown now, so we will tell you when the time comes!"
Bada was defeated by her optimism and could only change the topic:
"Then when are you going to go south?" Set off?"
He paused and reminded:
"The summer is half over now, my suggestion is to start as early as possible."
Guo Mi had already lowered his head to look for the berries hidden under the branches and leaves. While eating, he said eloquently:
"It's better to choose the day than to hit it. Now, have a full meal and sleep, and we will set off at noon tomorrow!"
Bada was stunned:
“So fast?!”
Guo Mi smiled at him:
"Isn't the sooner the better?"
Bada blinked and stopped talking.
Guo Mi lowered his head and looked for berries with great enthusiasm, when suddenly several yellow fruits rolled over next to him.
Looking up, he happened to see Bada break off the branches and leaves connected to the berries with his mouth, and throw all the ripe berries to Guomi's feet.
Guo Mi raised the corners of his eyes and asked silently, aren't you so hungry that you want to eat even the berry vines?
Bada noticed her look, bit off the branches and leaves, and then threw the branch with four berries in its mouth at Guomi's feet, saying angrily:
"What are you looking at, why don't you eat it quickly?" !”
Then transfer He greeted the two little bears over his shoulder:
“Stop playing and eat quickly!”
The two little bears looked at each other, and finally, under Bada’s intense gaze, they hurried over with their heads lowered. He kept silent and began to eat the fruit honestly.
Bada picked up another branch with berries and threw it to Guo Mi:
“Eat this.”
At the end, he didn’t forget to add:
“I don’t have it. Bite the main stem and keep the fruit that can be used as seeds.”
“Pfft——”
Guo Mi finally couldn't help laughing, then quickly lowered his head under Bada's silent glare and began to enjoy the fruits of his labor.
(End of this chapter)