Ji Yingran blinked in confusion.
What was going on? Was this wolf… stealing a kiss from her? Or did it want to bite her? Eat her??
Before Ji Yingran could even react, the wolf’s head snapped back in a dramatic retreat.
That blatantly guilty expression told Ji Yingran everything she needed to know. It probably wasn’t trying to bite or eat her. More likely, it had been sneaking a kiss…
Ji Yingran rubbed her eyes and let out a yawn, tears of drowsiness gathering at the corners. “Wolfie, why aren’t you sleeping in the middle of the night? Why’d you lick my nose?”
The Snow Wolf’s expression froze in clear surprise and shock. Who licked your nose? I just rubbed against it, that’s all!
Ji Yingran touched her nose and smiled. “Oh, I get it now. Wolfie likes me. You sneaked a kiss while I was asleep, didn’t you?”
The Snow Wolf’s eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at the human. With a sudden “rub,” she stood up.
Ji Yingran’s head was still pillowed on her paw, so when the wolf abruptly pulled it away and rose, Ji Yingran’s head thunked straight onto the ground with a solid bang.
“Hiss!”
Ji Yingran sucked in a sharp breath, clutching the back of her head.
She had faked the pain from the earlier kick, but this bump to her forehead was the real deal. It hurt so much that tears welled up in her eyes.
The Snow Wolf’s eyes darted left and right. She seemed to realize she’d hurt the human again. Her ears flattened back against her head, full of guilt.
Ji Yingran kept holding the back of her head, now fully awake. She looked at the wolf with a mix of exasperation and amusement.
“A kiss is just a kiss. Own it boldly—it’s fine. I’m happy you kissed me. No need to be shy.” Ji Yingran offered kindly.
The Snow Wolf took a step back and shook her head furiously. She lifted her front paws and stomped them on the ground, gesturing wildly in a frantic, full-body denial: I didn’t kiss you!
Ji Yingran nodded. “Okay, okay, got it. You didn’t kiss me. It was all my misunderstanding. No rush, calm down.”
But the way she panicked after just a couple of words made it obvious. This wolf had snuck a kiss in the dead of night because she really, really liked this human. Ji Yingran couldn’t help feeling a touch smug.
The Snow Wolf wasn’t just panicking—she was getting angry now, embarrassed and furious. A low growl rumbled in her throat as her fur bristled.
Ji Yingran laughed helplessly and raised her hands in surrender. “My bad. I shouldn’t have misunderstood you. You didn’t kiss me—absolutely not. It was all my imagination. Nothing to do with you, okay?”
The Snow Wolf’s bristled fur smoothed down just a fraction.
“Good, good. Topic closed. Let’s sleep—I’m really tired.” With that, Ji Yingran yawned again.
The Snow Wolf pursed her muzzle and let out a cold huff.
Ji Yingran lay back down and patted the empty spot on the blanket. “Come on, time for bed.”
The Snow Wolf didn’t budge.
“Not coming? Then this blanket’s all mine.”
That did it. The Snow Wolf treasured her blanket more than anything. The wolf who’d been keeping her distance moments ago immediately scooted over, trying to snatch it away.
Ji Yingran flopped down on top, pinning the blanket firmly in place.
The Snow Wolf stomped her paws in displeasure.
Ji Yingran didn’t give an inch, stubbornly claiming the blanket.
The Snow Wolf raised a paw to swat her.
But before the paw could even descend, Ji Yingran put on a pitiful expression. “You’re bullying me! You’re such a big, majestic, strong, and beautiful wolf—how can you bully a fragile human like me? If you keep this up, I’m going to cry again.”
And with that, Ji Yingran actually wiped at her eyes, pretending to tear up.
Of course, it was all an act.
The Snow Wolf’s raised paw hovered awkwardly. She couldn’t swat, but she couldn’t just leave it hanging either. In the end, she quietly lowered it.
She was a soft-hearted wolf who couldn’t stand to see humans cry.
The scheming human had noticed this weakness. How could she not exploit it? She had to trick this innocent wolf properly.
Sure enough, under Ji Yingran’s fake crying offensive, the Snow Wolf conceded defeat, and Ji Yingran emerged victorious.
The Snow Wolf gave up trying to steal the blanket and reluctantly shared it with the human.
Ji Yingran naturally pulled the Snow Wolf’s paw over as a pillow again and hugged the wolf like a body pillow.
But that wasn’t enough for her. The pillow was perfect, the body pillow ideal—what she needed now was a blanket.
“Drape your tail over me like last time,” Ji Yingran demanded shamelessly.
The Snow Wolf ignored her.
Ji Yingran reached for the tail. It flicked away nimbly. She grabbed again; the wolf dodged again.
As long as the Snow Wolf didn’t cooperate, Ji Yingran had no chance of catching it.
Ji Yingran’s eyes sparkled with cunning. Time for a smarter approach.
She clutched the back of her head, which no longer hurt, and put on a dramatic show right there. “My head hurts so much… But I don’t blame you, Wolfie. It wasn’t on purpose. I just feel like crying. No blanket to cover me… I want to cry.”
Her voice started hitching with fake sobs.
The Snow Wolf’s head felt like it was about to explode. What’s wrong with this human? Why is she crying again!
Ji Yingran buried her face in the soft fur of the wolf’s chest and kept sobbing.
The Snow Wolf’s whole body went rigid. She instinctively wanted to shove the human away, but… she was crying.
A minute later, Ji Yingran felt a light weight settle over her. The Snow Wolf had fanned out the fur of her tail and draped it over the human.
Ji Yingran stopped crying instantly and grinned.
The switch from tears to smiles was so abrupt that suspicion flickered across the Snow Wolf’s face. It feels like she’s faking it…
Ji Yingran didn’t care. She settled in happily for sleep: wolf pillow, wolf body pillow, wolf blanket. Perfect.
The Snow Wolf was still eyeing the human suspiciously, but the human had already drifted off into a deep slumber.
She slept straight through till dawn, the quality even better than back home.
Ji Yingran stretched lazily and glanced to her side. Her stretch halted midway—the wolf was gone from the blanket.
“Wolf?” Ji Yingran looked around in a panic.
The Snow Wolf, sunning herself in the snow, twitched her ears but ignored her.
Soon, the human came running out of the mountain cave, yelling at the top of her lungs for the wolf.
The Snow Wolf glanced at the emerging Two-Legged Beast and snorted through her nose. Clingy, sticky Two-Legged Beast. Has to hug while sleeping, needs the tail as a blanket or she cries, and now she’s freaking out at dawn because she can’t see the wolf right away. So independent.
Unqualified. Rejected.
The snow was blindingly bright. Bursting out from the dim mountain cave into the glare made Ji Yingran’s eyes ache fiercely.
She raised a hand to shield them, her vision blurry. She vaguely made out a figure in the distance but wasn’t sure if it was the wolf, so she called out, “Wolf? Wolfie, is that you?”
The Snow Wolf grew irritated by the noise. She rolled to her feet from the snow, padded over, and swatted her—once, twice, three, four times. Yell, yell, yell! So early in the morning, and you’re yelling nonstop. Swat you, swat you, swat you!
Ji Yingran still wasn’t sure it was the wolf when the swats landed squarely.
The slight sting on her forehead confirmed it. Yes, the wolf. As long as it was the wolf, it was fine—she’d thought she’d lost her. Relief washed over Ji Yingran.
Rubbing her forehead, Ji Yingran said, “Wolfie, stop swatting me all the time. Your paws aren’t that heavy, so it’s not a big deal. I’m just worried you’ll forget to hold back one day, and then my face will be all patchy…”
Before she could finish, the wolf swatted her again.
Ji Yingran realized something: the more she told it not to swat, the more enthusiastically it did.
“Kidding! I actually love it when Wolfie swats me. You only swat me because you like me. I get it—I understand.”
The sudden shift in tone left the Snow Wolf’s paw frozen midair, unsure whether to drop or not.
The wolf withdrew her paw and backed up two steps, giving the human a strange look. Crazy human. Who likes her? And swatting because I like her? Total nonsense.
“You’re not swatting anymore?” Ji Yingran leaned forward, offering her face. “Go on, swat me. Swat, swat—I love your swats.”
The Snow Wolf retreated two more steps.
Ji Yingran suppressed a laugh. Can’t handle you yet, you contrary wolf. The more I want you to swat, the less you will.
A cold wind blew straight at her.
Ji Yingran shivered and shrank her neck. In her panic upon waking without the wolf, she’d just thrown on whatever clothes were handy and rushed out.
She jogged back to the mountain cave, bundled up properly, added gloves, hat, and snow goggles—the light outside was too harsh, and the goggles would protect her eyes from snow blindness.
Fully geared up, she emerged again and beelined for the wolf lounging in the snow.
Plopping down beside her, Ji Yingran said, “Wolfie, sunning yourself again?”
The Snow Wolf’s tail thumped the ground. She wasn’t happy about the human sitting next to her or chattering away.
Ji Yingran ignored the tail-thumps and kept talking. “I’m sunning with you now, Wolfie. A wolf sunning alone is boring. Together, it’s fun.”
The morning sun peeked through the clouds, bathing them in warm rays that felt wonderful. No wonder the wolf loved it.
Layer upon layer of distant peaks stretched into the horizon, all blanketed in white. The world was nothing but endless snow.
At first glance, the sight was breathtakingly majestic. But trapped in it, living it, she suddenly realized that majesty often meant deadly peril.
These mountains could claim lives without effort. Humans were mere specks of dust before them.
Ji Yingran had researched the mountain before climbing it and knew countless adventurers had perished here.
The death toll was a sobering number, enough to warn anyone off. Yet people kept coming, one after another. Humans wouldn’t believe until they saw the Yellow River, wouldn’t turn back until they hit the wall.
Ji Yingran was just one of those stubborn types.
But fortunately, she had encountered the Snow Wolf and been saved from death, far luckier than most people could ever hope to be.
It was a stroke of luck, yes—but how was she supposed to get out of this mess?
On the morning of the third day trapped there, Ji Yingran started sweet-talking the wolf again. She had no choice; these were the only two paths to rescue she could think of.
Either pick a good day, pack up all her gear, and risk hiking down the mountain.
Or coax the Snow Wolf into retrieving her backpack, then use the satellite phone inside to call for help.
Just those two options, and Ji Yingran much preferred the satellite phone. After all, she didn’t have the courage to try hiking down on her own.
The unknowns were always frightening.
Take today: the sun was shining brightly, but in the distance, thick clouds loomed unmistakably.
That was the harbinger of an approaching blizzard.
Snow Mountain was like that—one moment bathed in brilliant sunlight, the next shrouded in ominous clouds. The weather shifted so unpredictably it defied all forecasting.
She could set out on a clear day, sure. But who could say how long that clarity would last?
Even heading in the perfectly right direction, with her stamina, it would take at least fifteen hours of walking for any chance of rescue. Get the direction wrong, and that time would double—or triple, or worse.
And that was assuming clear weather held. If a fierce storm blew in midway, the difficulty would skyrocket, along with the risk of death.
Plus, she’d be doing it alone, with no companions to encourage each other.
That was the most terrifying part: endless snowfields, no way to gauge direction, trudging along in total isolation. Fear would swallow her whole.
Just thinking about it was enough to make Ji Yingran back off. Hiking down alone was too daunting; calling for rescue was far more reliable.
Right now, the top priority was still recovering that backpack.
Ji Yingran’s gaze settled on the Snow Wolf as she pondered how to coax her.
“Wolfie, the weather’s so nice today,” she began with small talk.
“Grrr.” The Snow Wolf growled at her right away.
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