Tiger, I rejected the iron rice bowl.

For the next three days, Tang Li kept her word and gritted her teeth, refusing to go to the back door to see Wang Yuyu even once. Even though she would turn on her phone every night and remotely play Wang Yuyu's favorite "Tom and Jerry" for him, she never lingered for a moment or showed her face.

She remained defiant, but her anger had long since subsided. Instead, she would occasionally sneakily check the surveillance footage to see if Wang Yuyu was behaving himself.

Wang Yu pretended not to understand, knowing that Tang Li was just being stubborn with him. Although he was anxious and would wait by the iron gate before dawn every day, hoping to see Tang Li, he was unusually well-behaved and did not make any moves.

Quiet and unassuming, never trying to pry open the iron gate, he spends his days gnawing on leftover venison, slowly patrolling the snow, and waiting for cartoons at the door of the wooden house, quietly keeping Tang Li company while she "sulks."

On the morning of the fourth day, the sky was still gloomy. The snow that had been falling for several days had finally stopped, but the sky was still covered with thick clouds, and not a ray of sunshine could be seen.

Wang Yuyu lay on the snow, licking a deer leg, her tongue scraping the last bits of meat off the bone. Her eyes kept glancing at the closed iron gate, a hint of expectation and a touch of barely perceptible anxiety hidden in them.

He was waiting for Tang Li, and even more so, he was waiting for Tang Li to bring him food.

Although staying at this back gate meant he didn't get as much exercise as when he was roaming the mountains and forests in the wild, he expended less energy each day and could last longer after just one meal.

Even so, the anxiety of food shortages still quietly crept into my heart.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the sika deer weighs over 130 kilograms. After removing the inedible internal organs, the thick fur, and the bones that are too tough to chew, the actual amount of meat he can eat is only about 60 or 70 kilograms, barely half of the original amount.

This little bit of meat, if eaten sparingly, will only last him four or five days. Now, four days have passed, and there's hardly any venison left. If he waits any longer, he'll probably go hungry tomorrow.

Wang Yuyu put down the deer bone in her mouth, her amber eyes filled with helplessness as she stared at the iron gate and sighed softly, "Sigh, if Tang Li doesn't come to see me today and bring me food, I'm really going to go hungry tomorrow."

He looked up at the gray sky, his brows furrowing slightly, feeling increasingly depressed.

There wasn't even a sun; even basking in the warmth was a luxury.

Despite his complaints, he slowly tossed the deer bone out of his paws, stood up, shook his somewhat empty stomach, and shuffled towards the cabin, intending to rest for a while before continuing to wait.

But after taking only a few steps, a familiar and cheerful voice suddenly rang in my ears, tinged with a hint of barely perceptible smugness: "A secure job, still not enough to eat, huh?"

Wang Yuyu abruptly stopped, his ears perked up instantly, and the loneliness and depression in his eyes vanished in an instant. He turned his head sharply and looked in the direction of the sound.

Tang Li was perched on the wall, a bright smile on her face, waving at him.

"Awooooo!" Wang Yuyu instantly became excited, lowering her voice to roar, her voice full of joy and eagerness.

He took off running towards the wall, and when he reached it, he kept gently scratching at the cold wall with his front paws. He raised his head slightly, grinned at Tang Li with his tiger-like face, and his amber eyes sparkled with delight and affection, just like a puppy seeing its owner.

Seeing his impatient and overjoyed expression, Tang Li's slight awkwardness instantly vanished, and she smiled along, deliberately drawing out her words as she asked, "Haven't seen you for days, did you miss me?"

Wang Yu nodded vigorously, her head bobbing rapidly, her mind screaming, "I miss you! I miss you so much! I've missed you terribly, and I never want to make you angry again!"

Unfortunately, he could only let out low growls, unable to speak his heart directly, and could only express his longing with his most anxious eyes.

"Hmph, I knew you wouldn't want to part with me!" Tang Li proudly raised her chin, her face full of smugness. Then, she picked up a struggling live chicken from behind her, waved it in the air, and asked with a smile, "Want some? I got this especially for you!"

Seeing the live chicken flapping its wings and struggling in Tang Li's hands, Wang Yuyu's eyes widened instantly, her pupils dilated slightly, and glistening saliva immediately spilled from the corners of her mouth. She nodded repeatedly, her joy almost overflowing: "I want to eat it! I really want to eat it! Tang Li, you're so good to me, I'll never make you angry again!"

"Go ahead and eat if you want!" Tang Li said with a smile, flicking her wrist and tossing the live chicken toward Wang Yuyu.

The live chicken traced an arc in the air, emitting rapid squawks, before plummeting towards the snow.

Wang Yu stared intently at the live chicken falling from the sky, kicking her limbs against the snow as she ran quickly across the soft snow.

He seized the opportunity, leaped up, and his sharp claws precisely hooked the chicken's wing, pulling the chicken to his mouth and holding it firmly in his beak.

After landing safely, the live chicken still refused to accept its fate and kept struggling. One of its wings, which was sticking out of Wang Yuyu's mouth, flapped vigorously, "slap slap slap" at Wang Yuyu several times, making his face numb.

"Holy crap, you're actually this arrogant?"

Wang Yuyu was stunned for a moment, then became somewhat embarrassed and angry. She quickly pressed the chicken down on the snow, firmly holding its body down with her two front paws, glaring at it fiercely, and muttering to herself, "Damn it, it's about to die, and it still dares to slap me? It really doesn't know its own limitations!"

Without further hesitation, he opened his gaping maw and bit the chicken's neck. With a snap, the chicken's squawking stopped abruptly, and its struggling movements gradually ceased.

After dealing with the "arrogant" live chicken, Wang Yu slowly loosened his grip, lowered his head, and began plucking the chicken's feathers bit by bit, occasionally shaking his head to get rid of the feathers stuck to his body.

Tang Li, perched on the wall, couldn't help but laugh at his fierce appearance. She waved at him and said loudly, "Steel rice bowl, take your time eating! I have some things to do, I'll come see you later!"

"Awooooo!"

Wang Yu immediately raised his head and growled softly at Tang Li, his voice gentle as a response, indicating that he understood. There was still a hint of reluctance in his eyes. Only after watching Tang Li's figure disappear did he lower his head again and continue plucking feathers and eating dry rice.

Before long, the chicken feathers were plucked clean, and Wang Yuyu could no longer restrain herself. She lowered her head and began to gnaw on the chicken, wolfing it down yet maintaining an elegant demeanor.

In just four or five minutes, he devoured the entire chicken, leaving not a single bone behind; he swallowed it all.