Sorry, My Beloved Is The Motherland - Chapter 9.2 - Finding Sheep Better Than Falling In Love

Finally, after walking and stopping intermittently against the wind and snow, they found the five sheep, huddled together and shivering in the cold wind.

The sheep were found, but the snow was falling heavier and heavier.

Just as Ning Fu was about to tell Muren Chena to hurry back, she saw his expression suddenly change.

Though young, he was already an experienced hunter on the grasslands. When it came to the sheep, he was even more alert than the most vigilant sheepdog.

Almost simultaneously, their horses began to grow restless. This was a sign of approaching danger.

Six gray wolves of the grasslands emerged from the snowstorm.

They had already formed a cunning encirclement, gradually closing in.

Gray wolves were very intelligent animals. They usually prey on small animals like hares and marmots on the grasslands. They knew the danger humans pose and rarely attack proactively.

—But in extreme cold and hunger, there were exceptions.

Ning Fu saw Muren Chena’s fingers slowly moving to the bolt of his rifle.

A sudden flash of inspiration struck her—didn’t she have a title with a built-in Mary Sue aura?

The one for assisting with animal births!—”Animal Affinity”!

Ning Fu moved closer to Muren Chena and whispered in his ear, “Don’t move yet.”

The young man’s nerves were highly strung, as wolf packs were extremely adept at coordinated team attacks, with clear roles—some drive the prey, while others ambush. When encountering wolves in the wild, one must never run in panic or expose their back to the wolves. Experienced hunters use torches and loud noises to scare off the pack.

But now… Muren Chena wasn’t sure if the hungry wolves would still succumb to fear. He could only force himself to stare into the wolves’ eyes, remaining motionless, so they couldn’t predict his next move.

The largest wolf in the pack, nearly the length of an adult man—at least 1.8 meters—stood at the rear of the encirclement, seemingly observing the situation.

That was the alpha wolf.

They were all very hungry.

The low growls seemed like communication among the pack. To survive, they were ready to take the risk.

There was no time for further explanation; Ning Fu silently activated the [Animal Affinity] title in her mind.

Initially dismissed as useless, it now proved invaluable, and fortunately, she could still utilize it. What’s a bit more Mary Sue, anyway? To avoid ending up in the bellies of wolves, she was willing!

One second.

The low growls typical of predators began to subside among the pack.

Two seconds.

The dripping fangs were retracted.

Three seconds.

The massive alpha wolf, with its green-glowing eyes, watched the two humans and their livestock for a moment longer, then finally turned and left.

The gray-furred giant wolf led its pack away. They quickly vanished into the snowstorm, their tracks soon to be covered by the falling snow.

Ning Fu breathed a long sigh of relief.

The system proved reliable after all.

The [Animal Affinity] title would make her favored and approached by animals, but its effect likely only applied to those animals that didn’t already harbor hostility towards her—like the sheep now huddled closely around Ning Fu, nuzzling her affectionately and trying to lick her.

Among them were the ewe Runa and her lamb, both with the same large, wet eyes.

If in the eyes of the grassland wolves there were three types of creatures—green representing kin, close companions and friends; yellow representing non-prey, such as groups of humans or dangerous bears; and red representing prey, as food—then the [Animal Affinity] aura had just downgraded them from red to yellow, sparing them from ending up in the wolves’ stomachs alongside the carcasses of rabbits and marmots.

Distant howls of wolves echoed. On this vast grassland, where life and death cycled endlessly, a sense of awe spontaneously arose in one’s heart.

[Ding—

Host has achieved: Escape from the Wolf’s Mouth

Achievement Description: Having saved lives, do you also understand the sanctity of life?

Achievement Reward: “Animal Affinity” title upgraded to limited title “Animal Whisperer”

Note: When wearing this title, you will have the ability to communicate with animals for 5 minutes. Be careful not to be mistaken for a lunatic~]

Muren Chena breathed a sigh of relief and turned back, “We need to find a place to shelter from the snow.”

A blizzard was coming.

He didn’t know why the wolf pack suddenly left, but he took it as the will of the Eternal Sky.

They were favored.

The city-bred girl knew how to assist in the birth of lambs and foals, knew how to ride a horse and use a rifle, and understood those complex formulas and chemical symbols from books. No one in the Tula Gaqi Livestock Station was worthy of her, even if they held a hundred Naadam festivals.

The two of them found a wooden hut in a sheltered spot. It was a place where people used to stay at night to guard the vegetable garden after the Livestock Station had cultivated it. In winter, it was abandoned.

The five sheep followed them into the hut. —Although they lit a fire, the dilapidated hut was still drafty, and the two of them could only huddle together with the sheep for warmth.

Muren Chena took out some dried beef from his backpack and handed it to Ning Fu along with the water bottle he had been keeping close to his chest.

Ning Fu chewed on the dried beef. The taste was exactly the same as the one given to her by that herdsman boy earlier.

She suddenly asked, “Did you lose in wrestling?”

“I beat all of them, I didn’t lose—”

Muren Chena instinctively shook his head, then realized what Ning Fu had asked.

In the firelight, his face suddenly turned red.