After Turning Into An Animal, I Rely On My Face To Make A Living

After walking for a whole day, after the sun went down, the impalas found a place to rest by a large puddle, ready to eat a few mouthfuls of grass before setting off on the road tomorrow.

Shi Qiao followed Klein and found a sausage tree that could just see them as a temporary foothold. The sausage tree is also called the tree of life. It bears many sausage-like fruits and looks heavy from a distance. 

Squirrels, birds, and monkeys come to the tree to drink honey, but instead of smelling sweet nectar, the night-blooming salami tree smells like dead mice.

It's fine during the day, but the smell is very strong after night.

Shi Qiao didn't like the smell. It's a bit like a sewer in the human world. However, there is only one big tree nearby that can accommodate the two leopards at the same time. The others are all thin, not to mention that they have to stay on the same branch and have to find a strong tree.

In the middle of the night, the smell of the sausage tree became more and more pungent, and chirping birds and bats were coming to feed in the canopy.

Shi Qiao took two breaths and was stung several times. She couldn't hold her breath for long before she took another deep breath, and the rat smell rushed directly to her nose.

She was forced to put her face against the boss's back, use him as an air freshener, and breathe on him to barely try to fall asleep.

The little leopard inhaled and exhaled and slapped the other person's fur, blowing the various colored furs that formed the shape of petals until they fell and stood up. No longer sleepy, Shi Qiao just blew hard on the other person out of boredom. She saw that the hair on the boss's side had been blown out of a small hole. She buried her face in it and rubbed it twice, and the fallen hair returned to its original shape.

The bigger the leopard is, the skinnier it gets, and Klein feels that this is the case with his own one.

If she were a child, she would have been put to sleep under his paws by now. It would be uncomfortable to sleep like this.

Unfortunately, the little leopard has grown into a size that cannot be cuddled up on the belly to sleep. The two of them are crowded together on the largest branch.

Klein deeply regrets this.

He still remembered how comfortable it was to hold the little cub in his arms like a leopard doll, and his nose was filled with the scent of the other person's milk. Thinking of this, he turned around and lay down face to face with the little leopard.

Since she can't sleep with his arms around her, lick her fur before sleeping, otherwise he will always feel that the quality of his sleep is not as good as before.

Shi Qiao was forced to move her head away from the boss's fragrant fur. The smell of the sausage tree lingered around again, and the leopard felt bad. It quickly jumped up from where it was, jumped back behind the opponent, and buried its head again.

Klein: "..."

Forget it, let's sleep on the ground.

In this way, the two leopards gave up resting on the tree. Shi Qiao had been sleeping on the tree since she was picked up by the other party, and it was the first time she slept on the ground in the open air.

There was no longer a canopy of trees overhead, and the sewer smell that had upset Leopard just now had completely dissipated.

Shi Qiao turned over and rolled on the damp grass. The dew on the tall grass dripped from the tips of the needles onto her face. The little leopard stuck out its tongue and licked it off, looking up at the stars with its four paws in the sky.

The stars on the grassland are very close to the ground, so close that they seem to be within reach.

Each one is like a diamond with extremely high purity and clarity, shining brightly, the leaves are blown, the water in the puddles is ruffled, and even the soul is swayed by the refreshing wind.

The little leopard got tired of looking at the stars, opened her mouth, yawned widely, and habitually buried her face in the softest belly of the big leopard next to her.

The best place for a feline to feel is the belly.

Even though he is such a ferocious stubble of a prairie bully, the fur on his belly is also light-colored and soft, and the ups and downs are very regular, making the leopard more hypnotic than sitting in a baby cradle.

Shi Qiao was so sleepy that she felt herself being moved to a warmer and more comfortable position. Not only her head but also her paws were placed in her arms.

The little leopard clicked her lips and fell asleep completely.

She thought sleeping on the ground would feel insecure, but she didn't expect that she wouldn't even wake up in the middle of the night and sleep until dawn.

This feeling of not having the pressure of hunting, not having to sleep hungry, and having to think about waking up to hunt in the middle of the night was so wonderful that when Shi Qiao opened her eyes and saw the daytime, she was startled.

She actually slept for so long, and the boss didn't even call her.

Shi Qiao turned around and saw, well, the other person was sleeping more soundly than her.

The big leopard was sleeping more and more deeply beside her. She remembered that when she woke up and moved a little bit, the leopard would be awakened immediately, and then he would hold her down with his paws with a face full of anger.

Shi Qiao felt that there was still weight on her body. Sure enough, she glanced down and saw the big paws on her body. Her whole body seemed to be embedded in the arms of a big leopard.

No wonder she feels so warm when she sleeps.

This sleeping state is not good, and she doesn't know when she can get rid of her bad habit. She will still have to sleep in a tree from now on.

The little leopard scratched the opponent's thick paw pads with its tail, successfully waking up the big brother from his sleep.

The impala herd that was not far away from them yesterday had already set off first. They were much more active than the lazy leopards. There was abundant rain, and they did not have to disperse their teams to look for water and grass. When a large group gathered together, the goal was more obvious.

If you stop to eat in the middle of the road, you will easily be targeted by predators.

Shi Qiao was one of the predators who drooled at them.

Counting all the herbivores named "antelope" that she has eaten, impalas have the most delicious and tender meat. They are also picky eaters and like to eat the tenderest leaves in the middle of tall grass.

High-end ingredients are often made most simply, and they are eaten directly behind the butt. After a good night's sleep, Shi Qiao must also cheer up and follow Klein to start hunting.

A cheetah showed no team spirit and escaped with the zebras two days in advance due to its quick feet.

After thinking about it, he knew that the rainy season was coming and food was no longer in short supply. There was no need to continue to follow the leopard and act like a younger brother.

Without the cheetah, only two leopards, one large and one small, were left, and the hunting action was not affected at all.

Shi Qiao followed the previous tactics and quietly ran in a large circle from the edge in the direction where the boss would chase the prey. She was responsible for waiting for the prey to get closer before rushing out to catch the opponent off guard.

In the panic, the Impala will get into chaos, and the few seconds it delays are enough for Klein, who is chasing closely behind, to use his ultimate kill.

The prey they caught today was not big, it was still an underage male.

There were no trees nearby that could bear the weight of two leopards plus the prey, and Shi Qiao didn't want to climb the sausage tree, so she could only eat on the ground nearby.

Eating on the ground is far less comfortable than eating in the trees, and they have to be constantly wary of hyenas and lions, including two leopards, a mother and her child, that overlap with their route.

The night they went to bed, Madeleine and Colaire had caught up with them.

Don't ask how Shi Qiao knew, a good-for-nothing brother was not good at anything, but his nose was very sensitive. As soon as they started eating, the other party smelled the smell and came over in time, even faster than the hyenas.

Shi Qiao was puzzled.

It's already this season, and there is prey everywhere. Why does he have to follow them to pick up the spoils, does the food they get for nothing tastes so delicious?

Facts have proved that getting something for nothing is indeed more delicious than running around hard to hunt.

Not everyone feels guilty like the little leopard who always sits and waits to be fed. Animals on the grassland are proud of picking up leaks, and sometimes they don't even mind carrion, let alone fresh, hot, and sweet prey.

Not far away was the look of a young male coveting their prey. Shi Qiao glanced at the unmoved boss, lowered her head, and took big bites of the impala meat.

The other party wasn't hungry enough yet, so he didn't have the guts to rush over and grab it. He noted down where they were eating and went back to find his mother.

Madeleine is now six years old and has passed her prime, so the frequency of catching prey has also decreased. To satisfy the appetite of two adult leopards, simple and easy-to-catch small prey is far from enough.

Coler grew up with her and was used to a life where food was available whenever he opened his mouth. No matter where his mother went, he would follow her.

This kind of life has developed a character that doesn't like chasing prey. To put it simply, he is lazy and lacks professional skills. Eight times out of ten times it catches prey but fails.

Instead of wasting time hunting by himself, it's better to eat while he is there.

Shi Qiao thought to herself, that the boss's mother's method of raising cubs is far worse than the boss's, and it's not scientific at all.

In the eyes of humans, proper doting would only be done to the cubs. When the cubs are born later, the Klein in front of her will be forgotten.

She didn't expect that there were such weird animals in the animal world. She thought only humans were like this, so she gained a lot of knowledge.

Corel quickly arrived here with Madeleine who was lagging, and was very proud that he could pick up the leak again. He thought that his brother didn't beat him in the end last time, and simply stared at them openly, waiting for the relay to eat.

A wave of vultures came, and Shi Qiao didn't have time to care about the noisy birds this time.

Trying not to let the leopard watching their every move affect their appetite, the little leopard deliberately chewed the meat until it made a squeaking sound, eating it with gusto and the portion was much larger than usual.

She admitted that she was a leopard who held grudges for the boss.

If she didn't know what happened to Klein in the past, and only knew that the two leopards were each other's mother and brother, Shi Qiao was very willing to share half of their prey. After all, if the other party had not given birth to the boss, he would not be alive and well now. Everything happens for a reason.

It's just that today's big bosa all rely on himself to work hard step by step, and have little to do with a certain mother.

There is no harm without comparison. If Madeleine didn't have a pampered Corel beside her, Shi Qiao felt that she wouldn't be so angry.

The impala caught today was not big, and even the big and small leopards couldn't bear to eat it. After a while, there were only a few scraps left, including the hard-to-gnaw leg bones, neck, and head.

A certain male leopard didn't dislike it at all. When the two leopards finished their meal and went up the tree to take care of themselves, they came forward to pick out the remaining bright red flesh. Madeleine also divided the carcass with the other one, which was not enough to fill her stomach.

Klein didn't care whether the other leopards could eat enough, he was concentrating on helping the little leopard lick its paws.

The little leopard has been eating slowly since she was a child. To eat more today, she learned to wolf down the prey. She held down the prey with her two paws and bit it. There was a lot of blood on her paws and face.

If these blood stains are not cleaned up in time, they will stick to the fur after drying and form strands, making it even more uncomfortable.

Not only does the cub love to lick her fur after meals, but the big cat on the grassland also does the same thing.

Klein took care of himself quickly. After licking himself, he went to help the little leopard who was not very agile. The other person stretched out her right paw that she couldn't take care of, and she lowered her head to lick her left paw. The division of labor was very clear.

When the leopard cub was young, her paws were only a little bit small and felt nothing when licked. Now that she has grown up, licking them feels like eating a large candy.

The sticky prey blood stains on it were even sweeter than the ones he had just eaten. After it was cleaned up, Shi Qiao planned to retract her paw to wash her face. The big leopard who was addicted to licking her paws turned her right paw over and exposed the back to continue licking it. Occasionally, it made his teeth itchy, and even took a few bites.

Shi Qiao felt like a snack to satisfy his craving for teeth.

Humans love to chew chicken claws, and bosses love to chew leopard claws.

The two leopards on the tree were licking each other, and a mother and her son under the tree competed with the vultures for food. In the end, they were only three-thirds full, and the female leopard barely took a few bites.

Shi Qiao could clearly see every move of another young leopard. The more she looked at them, the more she realized that even though they were born from the same mother, this leopard was not good-looking at all. His face was a bit lazy, and his body was far less muscular than Klein's.

The boss's body is full of tendon meat, and his opponent has weak muscles with no explosive power.

Can't blame her for always making comparisons, who allows some foreign leopards to hang around under their noses?

Not satisfied after eating the remains, Corel licked the corners of his mouth, glanced at the large and small animals on the tree, and decided to try hunting by himself again.

When Klein was hunting, he saw something on the tree. The opponent's entire hunting process seemed effortless, as if he bit the prey's neck effortlessly, which easily made other leopards feel confident that they should be good too.

It turned its attention to another group of impalas near a waterhole.

Madeleine also turned around and hid her figure in the tall grass, preparing to step forward and try to hunt. Seeing her mother taking the lead, Corel also followed.

Leopards are solitary hunters. Without understanding and cooperation, it is difficult for them to learn to hunt cooperatively.

He wants to help contain the prey like a little leopard, but the result is that he can't tell where the prey will be chased. Instead, it disrupts the movements of the female leopard, allowing the prey to take the opportunity to escape.

Shi Qiao shook her head as she watched.

Thanks to Corel's existence, she finally knew that she was not the weakest leopard.

Having a powerful and fast boss next to her can put pressure on the cub. Day by day, she suspected that she lacked hunting genes when she came to the grassland. Now she has more confidence in herself.

She turned to look at the boss, who was watching the hunting activities of Corel and Madeleine just like her, with disdain in his golden eyes, as if he had already guessed this outcome.

He had seen Madeline's love for her cubs, and he had also made up his mind that he would definitely be strict and cruel when he had cubs in the future.

Even if he was put away as a young adult like him, it was still a different kind of training.

Nature is a world of the strong, and survival of the fittest, and a leopard that cannot be independent will sooner or later be chewed up by stronger animals, leaving no trace of regret until the day it comes.

Like the little leopard next to him, Klein also compared his useless brother with the little baby he raised by himself, and the result was obviously a different one.

Thea can catch warthogs by herself at seven months old. She is a good helper in hunting even under one year old. When he teaches her skills, she is very good at it and can adapt to changes on her own.

It's no wonder that Klein sneered at his cheap brother.

He doesn't want to continue to watch that failed hunt. If he looks at it anymore, he will just step on the minefield and jump back and forth. In short, it's not fast enough, it's not strong enough, and it's not accurate in prediction.

Weak.

The two leopards, one big and one small, looked away in unison, out of sight and out of mind.

Because she was getting closer and closer to the mother and son, she could no longer sleep on the ground casually. Shi Qiao still didn't trust foreign leopards very much. She had no moral bottom line to discipline them, and she couldn't tell whether they should follow martial ethics.

When sleeping in a tree, she can hear any movement on the ground more clearly, and if other animals want to climb up the tree, the leopard will be aware of it in advance.

This caused her and the boss to face a problem, that is, they needed to stay in a tree each.

There are no tall trees where they are now, and the tree species are all fragile types that cannot withstand the weight. The little leopard also dislikes the smell of the sausage tree and has eliminated all options of sleeping in the same tree.

Shi Qiao didn't mind finding another tree, as long as they were close enough to see each other clearly.

But this proposal was opposed by a certain big boss.

They haven't slept separately since he picked up the little leopard. They even have the same branches, let alone sleeping on different trees.

If the little leopard suddenly disappears from his side while he is sleeping, and he can't hear the other person's gentle and shallow breathing, and he can't smell the familiar smell, he will feel that he will not be able to sleep at all.

Shi Qiao didn't know why the other party was so opposed, but she automatically thought of the scene where those children were going to boarding school. She thought the little baby would be homesick and unable to sleep, but in fact, it was the adults who were even more unable to sleep.

She can't tell who has separation anxiety.

It is inevitable for the cubs to grow up, and they will sleep separately sooner or later. Without waiting for the other party's consent, the little leopard will look for the tree of her choice.

The tree is the leopard's second home, and comfort is very important. Even if she can't sleep for a few nights, she doesn't want to make do with it.

Shi Qiao finally chose a sawtooth tree that was not too thin. The branch in the middle extended out relatively long, and the angle was perfect for lying on it. The view was unobstructed and she could clearly see the big tree.

She climbed up with satisfaction to test the sturdiness: "I'll sleep here."

The little leopard waved its paws at the male leopard who came with her. She sat on the tree and looked at her new home. She felt like she was moving from a familiar environment to a new place for the first time. She was curious about what it would be like to live alone in a tree.

Seeing the little leopard lying down on the tree, a certain big leopard didn't want to go back to its tree.

He felt that the tree was ugly, not tall enough, and not comfortable enough. He chose a hundred reasons to dislike it, and finally reluctantly found a place on the small tree next to the other party.

When Shi Qiao saw the big man climbing up the tree, the small tree shook pitifully a few times. The amplitude was quite large, and the only branch that could bear the weight of the big man was bent.

While watching, Shi Qiao was worried, fearing that the other party would crush a large number of tree branches and cause the tree and the leopard to fall.

She wanted to tell the boss, don't embarrass the tree, it's just a child.

Before she could say anything, the other party jumped down from the tree. The tree was also a bit far away, which made the leopard uneasy. Klein walked to the little leopard's tree and set up camp under the branch.

Shi Qiao exposed her head and looked down at the other person: "If I don't sleep properly and fall, I will hit Boss directly."

The other party raised his head and glanced at her. With such a small weight, he was completely fearless.

It can only be said that there's something else he is afraid of. Just when Shi Qiao finally closed her eyes and counted the impalas until she felt sleepy, his tail swayed behind him, but he didn't catch the other furry leopard. She opened her eyes immediately, was startled by him, and tilted most of her body outward.

Shi Qiao tried her best to hug the tree branch with her four paws, but she didn't expect that the tree's bark was too smooth, and she fell in one slip.

Right below is the boss!

The little leopard used its claws to pull in the air a few times in vain, turned freely in mid-air, and prepared to land with four claws. However, it was still a little late, and it still could not change the fate of hitting the opponent.

She could only remind the other person at that moment: "Klein, run!"

With the male leopard's reaction ability, the hind legs were subconsciously preparing to accumulate strength before the little leopard fell. Considering the height of the tree branch from the ground, after he got out of the way, the little leopard would fall directly to the ground, so he forced himself to be pinned in place.

It is difficult to make the ever-vigilant beast change its habit of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, but the safety of a certain cub still trumps everything.

The expected pain did not come. Shi Qiao exhaled and realized that he was riding on the boss's back in a weird posture.

She quickly got off the other person's body and looked at the other person's eyes for the first time. There was no pain in them, and it didn't look like he was holding on. Then she breathed a sigh of relief.

The little leopard also had to admit defeat.

Leopard's first independent sleep trial in her life failed.

She is not used to sleeping without the other person next to her. Even if she succeeds in forcing herself to fall asleep, she will wake up unconsciously, so she will not struggle anymore.

Thinking about falling and meeting the boss' eyes just now, the other person was not sleepy at all, very awake, as if she didn't intend to sleep, just lying under the tree waiting for him to wake up.

Shi Qiao obediently found a seat next to the boss, rolled herself into a ball, stuffed herself in, and finally rubbed her head against the boss's chest.

Listening to the powerful beating of the heart, like a percussion instrument with a melody, it infects from one end to the other, driving her pulse to beat together. The steps gradually overlap, breathing together, like a stone slowly sinking to the bottom, and in the end, only calmness remains.

After noticing that the little leopard was sleeping deeply, Klein fell asleep with her.

Although they slept deeply this time, they were woken up by the menacing roar of a lion in the middle of their sleep.

The male leopard opened his eyes instantly, followed by the little leopard, and climbed up the tree in confusion. The male lion leader of the pride failed to follow in the footsteps of the lionesses. He walked more and more crookedly and accidentally bumped into the position of the two leopards.

Shi Qiao once again saw her and the boss's rival neighbor passing under the tree, and she no longer had the fear and uneasiness she had when she was a child.

Once you know that the apex predator is not invincible, the opponent's power will collapse because the mystery disappears.

Unable to ignore the gaze behind him, the male lion Sunny turned his head and first captured the smaller female. He looked at it for a long time without moving his eyes away. He noticed that the male leopard on the other side had a look of seriousness in his eyes, so the male lion turned his gaze towards him.

There is a bit of provocation in it: See you in the south.

They will continue to be "good" neighbors.

After the lion slowly walked away, Shi Qiao came down from the tree and recalled the provocative look in his eyes just now. She had a premonition that if they continued to share the same territory in the future, it would probably not be peaceful.

Future enemies include lions, hyenas, leopards, and other animals that have moved on.

Shi Qiao's originally relaxed mood dropped. She glanced at the boss who came to her side and found that he was also thinking about something.

She sighed inwardly.

Even the boss has such a serious face. It seems that life will be difficult in the future. She will either punch a lion or kick a hyena, or be punched by a lion and kicked by a hyena. She must learn to fight quickly.

Little did he know that the little leopard had already imagined the bloody scene in the future and didn't even pay attention to the provocative look. The male leopard had completely different brain circuits from the other one and was just thinking about it.

When they return to the southern territory, he needs to find a bigger tree immediately, preferably one that can lie on the same branch.