Xiong Gao stood beside the spring, watching his father's departing back. His excitement gradually settled, though the smile at the corners of his mouth remained impossible to hide.
He was happy.
Incredibly happy.
Only after suffering hardship could one understand the taste of happiness. He had often heard of people falling into nihilism, and those who did were usually people with fairly decent incomes. He had always believed that if they were like him in the Boundless Desert of the Great Xia Kingdom, unable to eat their fill every day and worrying about tomorrow's food every day, they certainly would not fall into any so-called nihilism.
When people could not eat their fill, they behaved. Once they were full, they started making trouble.
That was precisely why he was so satisfied and excited about his current circumstances. Put another way, he was the Brown Bear Clan's sole Great Emperor!
Who said Brown Bears had no Great Emperor?
He, Xiong Gao, was one!
"Wait until you play a few more tunes, wait until you return to your homeland, wait until you inscribe your name upon the golden list."
"Oh, little lover, do not grieve. In this life, I shall only roll up my red sleeves for you. After three rounds of wine, the moon climbs the treetops, and my heart drifts on and on."
Xiong Gang pulled out a pair of scissors from his robes and squatted beside the spring. Looking at his reflection in the water, he trimmed his fur while humming a little tune, beginning to look forward to the life ahead.
Everything was slowly moving in a better direction.
From this day onward, he, Xiong Gao, would no longer be an unknown nobody!
"Hehe."
"Hehe."
At this moment, within Peaceful Prefecture of Pingxi Province, a white-haired, weathered old