Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 381 - 380: Cute Bunny and the Silly Roe Deer Who Watches the Excitement Again

Chapter 381: Chapter 380: Cute Bunny and the Silly Roe Deer Who Watches the Excitement Again

Snow had fallen for several days, and the mountain was enveloped in a white expanse, branches encased in ice. When the wind moved the branches, the ice crystals collided and produced a delicate and pleasant sound, like that of wind chimes.

Yuncheng was walking ahead, and Nianhe followed, stepping into his footprints. After a while, she reached out and tugged at the hem of Yuncheng’s clothes.

Yuncheng immediately stopped and turned around to ask her, "Tired? Should I carry you?"

Nianhe looked back at the winding path of some twenty meters and truly couldn’t understand why Yuncheng would suggest she was tired.

She exhaled a cloud of mist, smiling as she said, "Not tired, just afraid of getting lost, wanted to hold onto you."

Yuncheng’s eyes filled with tenderness, he reached out his hand to her, signaling her to hold his hand.

Their hands clasped together, separated by gloves, and Nianhe held on a bit tighter.

The snow under their feet crunched, squeaking as if crying for help.

Nianhe held his hand with one hand, and with the other resting on his arm, she spoke while walking, "Next week, I plan to take Niuwa to visit Uncle Niu; the coast is clear now, shouldn’t be a problem, right?"

Yuncheng thought about it seriously for a moment, then nodded, "There shouldn’t be any issues now. Going on a rest day? I’ll give Uncle Liu a heads-up in advance."

"Hmm, on the rest day, but don’t mention it to Uncle Liu just yet. I’ll make a round to Uncle Wong’s place first, then we’ll talk."

Nianhe wasn’t entirely sure what she wanted to do, but Yuncheng immediately asked, "You want them to meet outside the prison?"

"There really aren’t any secrets with you around," Nianhe said with a complaint, but her face showed no signs of displeasure. She explained, "It’s too crowded in prison, hard for father and son to have a private word, and I also don’t want Niuwa to always be going to prison."

Yuncheng nodded and smiled, "Other people might not be able to pull this off, but it should be fine if it’s you."

Given Wong Xiao’s complete willingness to comply with Nianhe, he would even personally take Uncle Niu out of prison.

The two continued to walk and discuss the details of this plan.

There was a lot of snow on the mountain, enough to cover the ankles. Yuncheng was still forging a path ahead, and Nianhe was following in his footsteps. Occasionally, she would misstep, scraping a white patch onto her boots.

Nianhe couldn’t help but sigh, "It’s not even December yet, and the snow is this deep. In a while, won’t it be impossible to come up the mountain?"

"After a few more snowfalls, the snow on the mountain will be knee-deep. A misstep could bury someone," Yuncheng held onto her hand firmly, "That’s why there are quite a lot of people coming up the mountain recently."

"It seems by tomorrow, I really need to emphasize to my classmates... not to climb the mountain..."

The deep snow made walking extremely strenuous, and Nianhe was somewhat out of breath.

"Hold on."

Yuncheng suddenly stopped. Once Nianhe was steady, he let go of her hand and took out a slingshot from his bag.

Nianhe immediately spotted the white rabbit in the snow. It was almost indistinguishable from the surrounding white, like a mischievous little sprite that had run out.

Nianhe’s eyes lit up, "Such a cute bunny!"

Yuncheng had already pulled back the slingshot. Hearing her comment, his hand veered slightly off target, from the rabbit’s head to its hind leg.

The stone flew out with a whoosh, hitting the rabbit in the leg. Perceiving danger, it tried to flee but couldn’t move due to the injury.

"Stand here, don’t move."

After instructing Nianhe, Yuncheng quickly ran over and grabbed the rabbit by the ears, carrying it back to her.

He presented the rabbit to Nianhe, saying, "It’s just its leg that’s hurt, no big deal."

She had just said it was cute; she probably wanted to keep it. But wild rabbits aren’t easy to keep alive, and if it died...

Su Yuncheng was pondering how to console her if the rabbit died when he heard her say, "Such a cute bunny, it must taste delicious red-braised!"

Su Yuncheng: "..."

Although he didn’t understand what being cute has to do with tasting good, he thought she was right.

Su Yuncheng tentatively asked, "So shall we kill it?"

"Sure, otherwise, what if it runs away?" Lin Nianhe nodded without any psychological burden.

Because he was in front of Lin Nianhe, Su Yuncheng gave up the bloody and brutal methods, turned around, and with a casual twist while his back was facing Lin Nianhe, the cute bunny breathed its last.

The two continued forward when Lin Nianhe suddenly asked, "Brother Yuncheng, you said before that the villagers all go up the mountain before the heavy snow seals it off. Won’t the wolves and tigers on the mountain also come down to hunt during this time?"

The mountains now are not the mountains of the future where even monkeys can become bandits. This place really has wolves and tigers!

Su Yuncheng thought she was scared and comforted her, "I’ve got a gun, don’t worry."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a rustling sound of tree branches shaking from the front left.

Lin Nianhe naturally heard it too. She frowned slightly and looked over, only to see a creature looking like a deer but not quite, and rather silly, peering towards them.

Lin Nianhe recognized it at a glance, "A silly sika deer?"

She had encountered this strange animal the first time she went up the mountain with Wen Lan and Wang Shumei. Later when she had a fever, she heard that the same silly sika deer brought its whole family to join the onlookers... and then the fellow villagers who went up the mountain found them and wiped them out.

Thinking about how this animal would later become a protected species, Lin Nianhe felt she should let it off.

She said, "Brother Yuncheng, it looks so dumb, eating it might make us dumb too, right?"

Su Yuncheng had already taken out a pebble, but hearing what she said, he loosened his fingers, and the stone fell back into his pocket: "Then we won’t shoot it."

"Sure, it’s not really a threat anyway, just let it look."

Lin Nianhe intended to spare it, but the sika deer did not agree.

It was startled by their footsteps and ran away, but after a while... it caught up again.

Its clear eyes seemed to ask them: Why aren’t you guys hunting me?

Lin Nianhe was very speechless, and quietly sighed, "Survival of the fittest."

Su Yuncheng thought Lin Nianhe liked the sika deer and let it repeatedly approach them back and forth without taking action to kill it.

The sika deer was acting proudly as if it had seen a new and interesting species, strutting around near the two of them.

For the first time, Lin Nianhe felt like an animal was treating her like a monkey to watch!

And it didn’t even buy a ticket!

"Should we just kill it? It’s making me dizzy with all its fussing around..."

Lin Nianhe was only halfway through her words when she suddenly stopped.

She heard a sound other than the prancing steps of the silly sika deer.

Heavier, slower, more muffled, like a beast ready to pounce on its prey.

Before she could voice a warning, Su Yuncheng had already drawn his gun, threw the rabbit in his hand to the side, and whispered to Lin Nianhe, "Run back along our tracks, and hurry!"

Lin Nianhe followed the sound and saw a wild boar nearly two meters long, pitch-black, with tusks, staring at them menacingly.

There was no wolf, nor a tiger, but they had stepped into the territory of a wild boar.