Lin Zhen looked at him and saw that his eyes were clear, so he felt reassured.
As for Hasanmu saying he liked Song Wei, it was only natural. His girlfriend was so outstanding that even he had been attracted to her, so it was no surprise others would be too.
Song Wei leaned against Lin Zhen and asked, “You said there’s been another sighting of wolves?”
“Yes.”
Hasanmu had come mainly for this matter.
“This time, the wolf pack’s traces were found not far from here. The wolves must have remembered your scent. They hold grudges, and since they saw you kill several of their pack that day, they’ll definitely try to seek revenge.”
Wolves are highly intelligent animals, and precisely because of their intelligence, they are vengeful.
They remember the scent of their enemies and will track them down for retribution.
Even if their revenge doesn’t involve killing humans, it can still cause significant losses to the herds.
“We herders fear confronting wolves because once we do, we must kill the entire pack. But we don’t kill other wolf packs indiscriminately.”
“Wolf packs are the guardians of order on this grassland.”
The three of them sat on the green grass, and Hasanmu shared many stories about the grassland with them.
He was a chatterbox and couldn’t keep his mouth shut.
“Without wolves, the pikas and marmots on the grassland would overrun the place. They dig holes everywhere, and our horses wouldn’t even be able to run properly.”
“But having too many wolves is also a problem. When there are too many, they fight over territory. Some packs with poor territories often go hungry, and hunger drives them to take risks and attack the herds.”
“With so many fat and delicious sheep in the herds, if I were a wolf, I’d want to eat them too.”
Finally, Hasanmu cracked a joke.
Song Wei’s eyes sparkled as she said, “Why don’t we go find the wolf pack?”
Both Lin Zhen and Hasanmu looked at her.
Song Wei continued, “Instead of waiting anxiously for the wolves to come, why don’t we go after them first and eliminate the danger before it grows?”
Hasanmu immediately shook his head. “No, no, Uncle and the others would never agree.”
“Who said anything about bringing Uncle Yu and the others along?”
Hasanmu’s eyes widened. “You… you’re not suggesting just the three of us go, are you?”
“Exactly.”
Hasanmu: ………
This woman was far braver than he was.
“No way. The three of us would just be adding ourselves to the wolves’ menu.”
His expression was complicated. “Even though you’re really impressive, the three of us can’t take on an entire wolf pack.”
Song Wei said, “If you won’t go, then it’ll just be me and Lin Zhen.”
Hasanmu stared at Lin Zhen. “Aren’t you going to object at all?”
Lin Zhen replied, “Object to what? It’s true that we can go and look. Even if we don’t fight the wolves, knowing where they are would give us an advantage.”
Hasanmu was convinced, so he rode his horse and followed them.
Hasanmu looked enviously at Song Wei’s black horse.
“Your horse king is so beautiful. It’s better than all the horses in our brigade.”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
Song Wei felt that sitting on Da Hei’s back, she wasn’t much shorter than the others.
Lin Zhen was skilled at tracking, but finding the wolf pack’s den wasn’t an easy task.
After a whole day, the three of them had found nothing.
Hasanmu had other matters to attend to, so after having dinner together in the afternoon, he left.
By evening, Song Wei and Lin Zhen clearly heard the howls of wolves.
The sound wasn’t too close, but it was close enough for them to hear.
The herds grew restless because of the wolf howls.
Feng Tingxuan was so worried that he didn’t dare sleep. No matter how much Song Wei and Lin Zhen tried to persuade him, he stayed up all night guarding the herds, afraid that if he fell asleep, he’d wake up to find a large portion of the herd dead.
The next day, unsurprisingly, he had two big dark circles under his eyes.
“Uncle, go to sleep now. It’s daylight, so you don’t have to worry anymore, right?”
Feng Tingxuan yawned.
“I’ll have to trouble you two.”
Finally, he went back to sleep.
Lin Zhen watched over the herds while Song Wei took Little Boss out to hunt.
“Little Boss, follow me. You’re going to be an all-around dog who can both herd and hunt, understand?”
“Woof woof woof~”
The little dog wagged its tail and trotted happily behind her.
On the vast grassland, Song Wei had now learned how to spot the locations of pikas.
These little creatures had tender and plentiful meat, and most importantly, aside from them, there wasn’t much else to hunt, so they had to focus on catching pikas.
Song Wei crouched motionless in the grass.
What was most surprising was Little Boss. Despite his young age, he could also stay still.
He lay at her feet without moving, his big, round eyes darting between the front and Song Wei.
But he didn’t make a sound.
A pika emerged, moving quickly as it searched for food.
Of course, the little creature was also very alert. While foraging, it kept looking around, ready to bolt at the slightest disturbance.
“Whoosh…”
A stone shot out at high speed, and by the time the pika reacted, it was too late to run.
It was taken down instantly by Song Wei’s stone, dying so quickly that it felt no pain.
“Little Boss, go fetch that.”
“Woof!”
The little puppy immediately stood up at the command.
It wasn’t that he understood, but he was very interested in the prey that had been hit. He scampered over on his short legs, grabbed the pika, and dragged it back, panting heavily.
Song Wei took out some meat pellets and fed them to him as a reward.
“Woof woof~”
The little guy was even happier.
After that, the two of them continued to work together like this.
Little Boss didn’t even need Song Wei’s command anymore. As soon as he saw a pika fall, he would dart over to fetch it.
Pikas were small, and after skinning and removing the innards, there wasn’t much meat left. So Song Wei always hunted several at a time.
When she was about to catch the fifth one, Little Boss ran over to fetch it but suddenly sensed danger and turned to run.
As he ran, he let out a series of yelps.
The sound was almost pitiful.
Song Wei immediately ran over.
A rustling sound came from the grass, and some of the grass was flattened.
Song Wei managed to scoop up Little Boss just as he was about to fall into the snake’s mouth, while at the same time pressing down on the large snake that had already opened its jaws and raised its neck.
The snake, now pinned by Song Wei, began to thrash wildly, its thick, long body coiling around in an attempt to constrict and crush her.
The pressure from a snake’s coils could suffocate a person and even crush bones.
Song Wei wasn’t about to give it that chance. She grabbed its head and flung it aside.
The snake was huge, as thick as a grown man’s arm!
Song Wei set Little Boss down and said, “Stay back.”
Then she engaged in a battle with the python.
After being struck on the head a few times, the thick-skinned snake seemed to sense the danger and quickly tried to escape.
But it didn’t succeed. Song Wei grabbed its thick tail and swung it around.
When Hasanmu and Yu Wei arrived, they saw Song Wei swinging a snake thicker than her arm and nearly two meters long, flinging it around and then slamming it down hard.
They felt the ground tremble slightly.
The snake was dead, and it seemed to have died with its eyes wide open.
Hasanmu and Yu Wei were stunned. What had they just witnessed?
It must be an illusion, absolutely an illusion!
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