Why Do All the Beasts Want Me?

Chapter 28

Facing the fact that Audiss fed him biscuits mouth-to-mouth, and he himself had a dirty mind about it, Qiao Qixi showed a profound attitude of self-reflection.

Firstly, Audiss's paws were not as dexterous as human hands, so feeding with his mouth was understandable, and he had been chased and fed like that many times before; secondly, Audiss had always doted on him like a cub, which was the most noble and pure love from an elder to a junior, absolutely without any impurities.

Having been a polar bear for so long, yet still accustomed to viewing animal emotional expressions with human thinking, was clearly a mistake.

Qiao Qixi came to his senses and shamefully opened his mouth to accept Audiss's offering. Perhaps in Audiss's eyes, this was a 'parent-child' interaction to enhance their relationship, and as someone who had always received careful care from the other party, he should value their emotional communication.

The Little Polar Bear was very clear in his mind: if this kind of communication made Audiss happy, why not do it?

Putting away all unnecessary over-interpretations, Qiao Qixi nudged his mouth into the biscuit bag. He picked up a new biscuit and affectionately fed it to Audiss's mouth.

The Little Polar Bear's round, innocent bright eyes, on the left, expressed gratitude, and on the right, love for him.

Audiss accepted the cub's kind intention, ate the biscuit filled with genuine emotion, and felt very happy after eating, licking his nose.

Sufficient sleep, a feeling of fullness, and the cub's companionship simply and clearly satisfied all of Audiss's pursuits in his polar bear life; at least for now, he would feel very content.

In his past memories, this polar bear was lonely. Born, grown, leaving his mother, drifting alone, his life had been seen through, with too many examples, largely no different from an ordinary Male polar bear.

Breeding earlier or later, dying in an accident in his prime, or surviving to the end by luck—these were all matters of time.

However, a twist of fate rewrote Audiss's polar bear life, just as a twist of fate rewrote Qiao Qixi's human life. They met, strangely became friends, recovered and were discharged together, and then ventured together across this vast and boundless Arctic continent.

The one-way street turned into a two-way street, constantly intertwining, sparking warm and dazzling flames, not only warming their own hearts but also warming many people who paid attention to them.

After staying in the small wooden house for two more days, Qiao Qixi finally realized that Audiss was going to empty the homeowner's pantry, intending to have a solid vacation here.

However, Qiao Qixi looked at the scattered packaging debris on the floor with a guilty conscience and had to admit that all these foods were wasted by him. Since the first day he arrived and had a full meal, Audiss seemed to have not touched food afterward.

That wouldn't do.

If the other party wasn't eating, he also needed to control his food intake.

The weather outside was hot, so staying here to escape the heat was indeed a good idea. The Little Polar Bear began to count the remaining food, setting aside daily portions, and found that if he ate sparingly, it was possible to last until September.

In autumn, the power of the 'autumn tiger' was a paper tiger here.

Once autumn arrived, the Arctic temperature would drop sharply, but the sea ice would still not be solidified enough, only making the polar bears feel cool.

As the days were counted, there was anticipation.

The Little Polar Bear, full of confidence, rested his paws on the window and looked at the clear blue sky outside. Wow, he sighed, another summer was almost over, what a year, full of surprises but no real danger.

As the saying goes, life needs a sense of ritual, so what should be done in autumn?

Qiao Qixi looked at the pile of dried stinky fish on the table. He hadn't touched them these days, and neither had Audiss.

He then looked at Audiss, who was lying in the shade, bored and scratching an itch. Of course, autumn was the time to fatten up for winter, otherwise, how would they get through the winter?

And Audiss hadn't eaten for three days.

If a human child didn't eat well for three days, it would be easy to handle: a good spanking would fix it.

But if Audiss didn't eat well for three days, then... Qiao Qixi looked down at his chubby arms and legs, shaking his head like a rattle-drum, daring not to think, daring not to think.

Beating Audiss would be a sign of impaired intelligence.

Qiao Qixi thought for a moment, walked to the table, picked up a dried stinky fish, and then went to the cabinet to pick up a bottle of strong liquor. At this moment, walking only on his two hind paws, his plump and endearing figure swayed, his backside wiggling.

Audiss had already noticed the Little Polar Bear's movements. He was still scratching, but his attention was no longer on the itch, but on the Little Polar Bear.

Being watched by those beautiful eyes made Qiao Qixi feel a palpitation, as if the other party's eyes were filled only with him. He could only say that animal eyes were truly pure and sincere.

Qiao Qixi directly stated his intention, stuffing both the dried stinky fish and the liquor to Audiss, as if knowing Audiss would never refuse him, even an unreasonable request.

And it was as Qiao Qixi had thought, under his forceful demand...

Well, it was under the cub's pitiful coquettishness, a wailing tone like a little widow crying at a grave, as if Audiss would die if he didn't eat, that Audiss finally agreed to accept the dried stinky fish and strong liquor brought to his mouth by the cub.

The truly hungry polar bear easily tore open an arm-thick dried fish, chewed it heartily, and paired it with a mouthful of Greenlanders' privately stored strong liquor—it was indeed a delicious and pleasant afternoon tea.

Seeing this, Qiao Qixi diligently brought over three more.

He didn't like eating damp dried stinky fish, but seeing how deliciously Audiss ate, he also picked up one, tilted his head, and began to tear and chew.

The taste was just so-so, but, well... it could fill his stomach.

Perhaps dried fish was a good thing in Audiss's eyes, and liquor was the same. Just as he chased Qiao Qixi to feed him White Whale fat, he tried to feed Qiao Qixi liquor.

To be honest, when he saw the mouth of the foreign liquor bottle pointed at him, Qiao Qixi almost peed himself in fright. Hey—

Isn't that going too far!

This was a scene he had never expected.

It was already enough to have been chased by a polar bear and force-fed fat meat; now to be force-fed strong liquor by a polar bear, that was a bit outrageous.

Was he going to have to cuddle and suffer a hangover together after drinking?

Waaah, he didn't want to.

...

Qiao Qixi immediately shook his head, indicating he wouldn't participate. You just enjoy it yourself!

Really.

Receiving a rejection similar to the other party's aversion to eating fatty meat, Audiss, with his intelligence, should have understood immediately. He didn't force the picky and pampered cub, as if it were common practice, and simply leaned against the wooden house wall and drank stylishly by himself.

It was quite incredible to watch a polar bear holding a liquor bottle and drinking, but Qiao Qixi might have a 'male god' filter for Audiss. He still thought Audiss was very handsome, even when he was drinking heavily, he was still bulgbulg, in short, he was just too good-looking.

To be fair, some animals indeed love to drink.

Social news and online platforms are not lacking in reports about these adorable animal kingdom alcoholics, making people sigh that animals also have a human side, or is it that humans have an animal side?

It's hard to say clearly.

Then, Qiao Qixi realized he had thought wrong about one thing: even if Audiss didn't drag him into heavy drinking, after the other party finished drinking heavily by himself, he would still act drunk towards the innocent him.

Darn it.

When Audiss pinned him to the ground, belly-up, Qiao Qixi felt like a rag doll, small, helpless, and pitiful.

"Woooooo..." He could scream his throat hoarse, and no one would come to rescue him.

However, the little cub, encountering a drunken ruffian's molestation! Still symbolically wiggled his chubby waist, if that could be called a waist.

Audiss lowered his head and licked away the non-existent tears from the Little Polar Bear's eye corners.

Then, he moved to other parts of the cub's body, just as he usually helped clean the other party's fur, only today it was more meticulous and forceful, carrying a certain burning sensation that Qiao Qixi attributed to the alcohol.

His skin, his skin was going to break!

He already said drinking spoils things...

Next time, next time he would definitely, definitely stop Audiss from drinking.

The little cub, who had just thought Audiss was handsome when drinking heavily, after being rubbed against the floor, decisively retracted his previous delusion.

Qiao Qixi kindly reminded everyone here: never, ever choose a partner who loves to drink. Is there a risk of being licked all over and then pressed down to sleep?

Of course! This drunken polar bear wasn't his partner; he was just his buddy.

A companion they relied on each other for survival; he couldn't refuse, could he? And thinking about it, he was the one who had stuffed that bottle of liquor into the other party's arms, which was vexing.

With this lesson learned, Qiao Qixi crossed out the dried stinky fish with strong liquor from their future diet.

From now on, only dried stinky fish, no strong liquor.

When it came to cunning, 1000 Audiss couldn't compare to one Alexander.

When Audiss opened his eyes again after his hangover, all the strong liquor in the wooden house had been hidden by Qiao Qixi.

According to Audiss's somewhat restrained personality, he wouldn't likely go rummaging through boxes and cabinets to find it and drink.

Instead, Qiao Qixi felt cruel. In this season of scarce food, it was bad enough not to eat his fill, but he also wouldn't let him drink.

What a miserable polar bear.

The mischievous little cub, after all, couldn't overcome his conscience. Every now and then, he would take out a bottle of liquor to make Audiss happy.

And then he himself would experience the torment of being licked raw.

And then, again, experience the torment of being pressed down to sleep by Audiss, whose breath reeked of alcohol.

Midway, he secretly struggled, wanting to go to the toilet, accidentally making a noise that the other party noticed, and was immediately bitten by the neck and brought back. It seemed he couldn't go anywhere except into the other party's embrace.

This was the domineering President Audiss after drinking.

He wasn't like this normally.

Holding his urine could be said to be quite uncomfortable. The little tangyuan pressed underneath almost had the idea of peeing all over Audiss.

Fortunately, the second escape attempt was successful. Qiao Qixi found a patch of grass outside the small wooden house and comfortably relieved himself.

Animals always tend to hide their excrement.

However, Qiao Qixi was very perfunctory; he casually raked at the surrounding grass clippings with his paws a few times, which didn't even serve to cover the object, let alone its scent.

The drone, which occasionally hovered around the small cabin, finally captured a glimpse of the Little Polar Bear.

He was very healthy.

Oh, the Little Polar Bear coming out alone to use the toilet was a rare and precious sight.

Entering September, the good news was that the weather turned rapidly cold within a day; the bad news was that all the dried stinky fish had been eaten, all the liquor had been drunk, and the food in the small cabin was declared to be zero.

They had to leave the small cabin.

The only thing Qiao Qixi could take with him was a barrel of hard fruit candies to eat on the road.

Although hungry, having a sweet fruit candy made life feel wonderful.

For a long time on the road, Audiss probably felt that the Little Polar Bear's mouth and face were sweet, because every time he licked him, he would taste sweetness.

And Qiao Qixi also clearly felt that after leaving the small cabin, Audiss's frequency of licking him increased.

Scheming Audiss, trying to get candy!

However, as a kind and loving Little Polar Bear, besides being willing to be licked, could he really eat all the candy by himself?

Later, he found that Audiss was very awkward; he didn't like it when a candy was directly peeled for him, only preferring to lick the sweetness from his mouth.

Qiao Qixi: "?"

Some polar bears really have a lot of bad habits.

The weather turned cold, and walking on the road no longer felt hot; everything was fine except for the lack of food.

Walking, walking, walking, Qiao Qixi had grown accustomed to this rhythm, even optimistically appreciating the surrounding scenery.

How beautiful it was! A layer of misty white fog rose on the Beach in autumn, enveloping a group of massive, corpulent walruses, overlapping like a fantastical realm.

It's difficult for humans to observe such a perfect blend of timing, location, and harmony.

Yet, the polar bear could leisurely stroll through, even coveting these plump walruses... but, they were just looking, right?

Qiao Qixi looked up at Audiss, who seemed to be just passing by, and countless times he sighed, if not for him leading the way, would he dare to pass by these walruses?

He wouldn't dare.

Audiss ultimately did not attack the powerful walruses; their tons of weight and long tusks were threats, and it was difficult to ambush their young.

His target was the fish in this quiet bay; although it couldn't fully satisfy their hunger, it could at least curb the hungry Little Polar Bear's craving.

Qiao Qixi was still in his growth period; he hadn't eaten much since leaving the cabin, so he had consumed some of his body fat, and he was also stretching out, so by autumn, he looked more refined, with noticeably less childishness.

However, for Audiss, he was still a Little Polar Bear who needed care and protection.

The Little Polar Bear came to the water's edge and looked at his current appearance; his face and features had matured somewhat, which was good, he already had the initial aura of an Arctic king, and given time, he would surely awe the Arctic Circle and become a legendary polar bear.

"..."

Oh, well, to be honest, Qiao Qixi still preferred Audiss's cool guy type, truly dominant and handsome, rather than his own creamy Little Polar Bear type, with no killing intent in his eyes.

Of course, he knew that the killing intent on the other party was not innate but accumulated through acquired battles.

What is the only path to becoming a cool polar bear?

Struggle, fight!

Struggle, go catch fish in the water; fight, after eating his fill, practice his paws with Audiss.

The broad, strong back was bumped by the Little Polar Bear; Audiss slowly turned his head to glance, then turned back to continue licking his paw.

Qiao Qixi stomped his feet in anger, but he couldn't give up because of it; he ran to a farther starting point, launched a faster run-up, and pounced—

"Awoo!" He even pretended to bite the other party.

Audiss, with a 'fierce' Little Polar Bear hanging on his back, still showed no reaction.

The reason was simple: polar bears never fight like that.

Qiao Qixi was helpless and had to give up interacting with Audiss, no longer forcing the other party to wrestle with a clumsy polar bear like himself.

His gaze fell upon a reef on the Beach.

He regarded that reef as an imaginary enemy.

When the Little Polar Bear's attention was entirely focused on the reef, the colossal creature quietly observing him from the side, instead, became unwilling to be ignored.

Audiss strolled over, lifted a paw, and pushed the Little Polar Bear to the ground.

Qiao Qixi: "???"

He couldn't believe it, a legendary figure had been defeated just like that!

He lay on the Beach, and in his mind, he recalled that very chuunibyou line: You know nothing of power...

"Woo woo yiyi."

Relying on his secret weapon, the fierce opponent let him go.

The Little Polar Bear climbed up again and pounced on the Male polar bear; the other party only needed one paw to pin him to the ground, rendering him immobile.

"Woo woo yiyi."

Fortunately, his secret weapon didn't require a cooldown time and could be used repeatedly!

Of course, the little bear, eager to improve, also knew that this secret weapon only worked on Audiss.

Audiss is so good.

He liked Audiss.

This 'fight' lasted for a while; whether it had a calming effect or not was unknown, but exhaustion was real, and the Little Polar Bear yawned, then lay in his companion's embrace and fell into a deep sleep.

The greatest benefit of the temperature drop was undoubtedly that the two polar bears, who loved to hug and cuddle, finally no longer feared high temperatures and could comfortably enjoy warm embraces.

At this moment, this vast, cold Arctic continent was experiencing the alternation of continuous daylight and Night.

Overcast days arrived, and these past few days, there was always a layer of unyielding white mist on the water, ethereal and indistinct.

Deprived of sunlight, the once bright Beach was no longer vibrant; gloom and darkness would take its place, heralding the arrival of another 'era'.

Night.

The much-loved Little Polar Bear poked his head out from the warm embrace, blinking his bewildered big eyes.

It was, nightfall.

Qiao Qixi had been in the Arctic for half a year, endured one continuous daylight, and finally welcomed his first Night.

The Little Polar Bear looked up at the starry sky, with a long-lost feeling of awe and sigh, ah, it was Night.

However, when he turned his head to glance at the sea, he was immediately startled by the eerie and ghostly environment, and the fur on his body bristled.

Holy cow, is the Beach at Night this terrifying?

A rush of tide came surging in with a whooshing sound, and for some reason, Qiao Qixi thought of the scene in 'The Ring' where the coffin floated on the sea.

Ah ah ah!

The horror movie plot he imagined scared him so much that Qiao Qixi quickly retracted his head back into Audiss's embrace and buried himself, whimpering and praying, "Please, let it be daytime soon, let it be daytime soon."

Suddenly, he froze and thought, when will it be daytime again?

Woo woo yiyi, it seems to be in March next year.

I can't live anymore.

In contrast, Audiss seemed accustomed to the alternation of continuous daylight and Night, and he didn't care about the arrival of Night.

Then, he keenly sensed the Little Polar Bear's fear.

Why be afraid?

Audiss obviously couldn't understand, but he knew one thing: it was his responsibility to keep the Little Polar Bear emotionally stable.

He liked the Little Polar Bear to exude a joyful aura; as for fear, he didn't like it.

Under Audiss's caresses and licks, Qiao Qixi couldn't help but wonder, was Audiss also afraid of the dark when he was little?

Would his mother also comfort him like this?

With the arrival of Night, the Little Polar Bear would face new challenges; afraid of the dark, he would have to venture into the pitch-black sea to fish.

Qiao Qixi: Stop talking, stop talking.

How much the Little Polar Bear wished that the Night was a dream, and after waking up, it would still be a sunny day; however, after waking up, the sky was still very dark, a pitch-black darkness.

He followed Audiss closely, maintaining physical contact with him at all times, not separating for a moment, just like him and his motherland.

Audiss might have noticed that the Little Polar Bear was very clingy, but he didn't mind; he even felt pleased.

Audiss's recent way of expressing pleasure was to gently bite the Little Polar Bear with his teeth—ears, cheeks, paws, any part.

Even when hunting, he would occasionally get distracted and pay attention to the Little Polar Bear, though not when the Little Polar Bear was staring at him intently.

Fortunately, it was Night now, and the drones had reduced their observation frequency; otherwise, they would have captured a scene of two polar bears squeezed tightly together while fishing.

They were truly too intimate.

Seeing that he couldn't catch a single fish for half a day, the Little Polar Bear finally had some self-awareness and muttered to himself, "Being so clingy and demanding, I'm afraid Audiss will clean house."

What he didn't know was that Audiss liked him more than he imagined.

But then again, if any female polar bear in this Arctic region encountered a cub like Qiao Qixi, she might have long since righteously disowned him, thrown him away, and given birth again.

Thinking about it this way, Audiss's burden was a bit too heavy.

The Little Polar Bear, having a moment of conscience, decided to take steps to overcome his difficulties and go fish on the other side of the water.

However, as soon as he moved his paws, Audiss bit him, then licked his fur.

Qiao Qixi immediately translated a sentence in his mind: "Be good, don't make trouble."

It's an illusion.

It must be an illusion.