Scallions

Jian Mo took another look at it and quickly spotted the prey it was carrying in its mouth.

Jian Mo was surprised. "Jiujiu, you can hunt prey?"

Jiujiu, carrying its prey, murmured indistinctly, "Jiujiu."

Jian Mo: "Wu Jiong, come quick! Jiujiu can hunt now!"

Jiujiu sat up even straighter. "Chirp!"

Wu Jiong came over and took a look. "The red-necked bird and the Long-Eared Beast have no wounds. They were probably attacked by Jiujiu."

Jian Mo: "Then I'll cook it into a dish and give it a snack tonight."

Jiujiu and flapped its wings, its voice clearly filled with joy: "Chirp--"

Jiujiu caught its prey, so it deserves a reward.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong helped it prepare its prey and specially made a pot of braised game with little oil and salt for it.

The whole pot was Jiujiu. When Jian Mo put it in the bowl, it looked at the bowl full of meat and Jiujiu happily again.

After feeding it, Jian Mo prepared to go back to eat.

Jiujiu ate the grass given to it first, its eyes constantly watching Jian Mo out of the corner of its eye.

This guy always had the habit of eating the less tasty food first, then the better food, Jian Mo didn't pay any attention to it when she saw it.

Who knew that as soon as Jian Mo turned and left, Jiujiu was sure his figure had disappeared, she also went out stealthily with her food bowl in her mouth.

Jian Mo went home, washed her hands, and was about to eat when she saw garlic-flavored scallops on the table. Remembering that she hadn't given the scallops to Jiujiu yet, she said, "I'll take some more scallops to Jiujiu; they won't taste good if they get cold."

Wu Jiong: "I'll go with you."

The two then went to the backyard again.

The backyard was empty; there was no sign of Jiujiu at all.

Jian Mo, holding her rice bowl, was bewildered. "Where's Jiujiu?"

Where did such a big guy go?

Wu Jiong glanced at it. "Its food bowl is gone."

Jian Mo looked closely. "Hey, it really is! Where did it take the food bowl? Could it be that it's keeping a pet behind our backs?"

As a veterinarian, Jian Mo has seen many cases of cats and dogs keeping pets, and some cats and dogs even became ill from grief after their pets passed away.

Thinking of this, Jian Mo became interested and pulled Wu Jiong: "Shall we go and see what Jiujiu is raising?"

Wu Jiong sniffed. "This way."

The aroma of the braised bird was so strong that it couldn't escape Wu Jiong's nose.

Wu Jiong, leading Jian Mo, followed the smell of the food and quickly caught up with the chubby Jiujiu —mainly because this guy couldn't fly, he walked with his claws, and dragging his chubby body, he couldn't move fast.

Jian Mo watched its slow, sluggish retreat and said curiously, "It's going to the grove. That's strange. I passed by the grove this afternoon and didn't see anything."

Wu Jiong lowered his voice. "They might be in a cave."

Jian Mo: "Then let's stake out for a bit."

Jiujiu arrived in the grove, sat down, but instead of looking for its pet, it raised Jiujiu head and chirped several times.

Its sound is quite loud and travels quite far.

After it called out, it waited patiently in the same spot.

Jian Mo was even more puzzled. It wasn't surprising that Jiujiu was smart; some cats and dogs could be just as smart. But it was a bit strange that all the pets she kept were smart.

With so many people in the tribe, plus the patrolling orcs, what animal could possibly have escaped everyone's notice and been kept by Jiujiu all this time?

Jian Mo, full of curiosity, pulled Wu Jiong to squat behind the tree.

Before long, some animals arrived.

When the animal ran up to him, Jian Mo realized that it was not any of the animals he had imagined, but rather a cub from the tribe.

Jiujiu is raising a cub from the tribe!

Jian Mo felt a chill run down her spine. She exchanged a glance with Wu Jiong, both of them looking surprised.

The chubby little white wolf, Zhou Dao, was the first to run up to Jiujiu, sniffed its food bowl, and happily exclaimed, "It smells so good! I'll have a piece!"

Jian Mo's lips twitched, and she hurriedly tried to go out and stop him.

Before Zhou Dao could even taste it, the Banjiu ran over and smacked Zhou Dao on the head with its paw. "Jian Mo said you're not allowed to eat random things!"

As he spoke, Banjiu met Jian Mo's eyes and instantly shuddered in fright. "Meow?!"

Jian Mo, who had just appeared with Wu Jiong, thought to herself, "..." She should have known better than to come out.

Hearing the commotion, Zhou Dao turned around and was so frightened that his hair almost stood on end. "Jian Mo!!!"

Jiujiu's eyes widened too. "Eek?"

Oh no, we've been caught red-handed.

Chapter 81 Onion

Perhaps hearing the Jiujiu, more little ones happily ran over from behind.

Upon entering the secret forest, they saw Wu Jiong and Jian Mo waiting there and were immediately frightened, turning around to try and escape.

However, none of them managed to escape; they were all caught and brought back by Wu Jiong, who grabbed them by the scruff of the neck.

Jian Mo looked at the little ones lined up, ready to obediently accept their scolding, and didn't know what to say.

Composing herself, Jian Mo the little ones, "Who has eaten Jiujiu's food?"

The little ones looked at each other, then secretly glanced at Wu Jiong, none of them daring to speak.

Seeing their reaction, Jian Mo turned and nudged Wu Jiong: "You go back first, I'll talk to them."

Wu Jiong nodded, then turned and left.

After Wu Jiong left, the cubs breathed a sigh of relief and whispered:

"None of us ate."

"Jiujiu has never brought food before."

We just taught it to fetch its food bowl yesterday afternoon.

"Jian Mo, we just wanted to try it, we didn't mean to steal Jiujiu's food."

Is this about stealing Jiujiu's food?

Jian Mo laughing in exasperation. She turned to look at Jiujiu and asked, "Jiujiu, you really haven't packed any food for the little ones?"

Jiujiu's ears were pressed against her scalp, forming airplane ears, and her eyes looked down, completely unable to look at Jian Mo: "Eek."

That means there really aren't any left.

Jian Mo breathed a slight sigh of relief, then said seriously, "Jiujiu's food is unhygienic, you're not allowed to eat it! If you want to eat it, come find us, come to our house, understand?"