Tiger, I rejected the iron rice bowl.

I looked up at the sun overhead. The midday sun was scorching and blinding, filtering through the gaps in the leaves and casting dappled shadows on the ground. The air was thick with heat, and even the wind carried a hint of warmth.

Wang Yuyu's mouth was slightly open, with a pink tongue dangling out. She was panting heavily, walking lazily under the shade of the tree. Her tail swept the ground listlessly, and even her usually upright ears drooped down, looking as if she had been wilted by the heat.

"It's so hot! It's so hot!"

He kept muttering to himself, his amber eyes filled with irritation, "Why is it so hot?"

"It's not even summer yet, and it's already so hot I can hardly breathe! This is unbearable!"

"It's so hot! If I can't find water soon, I'll be roasted like a dried tiger!"

Wang Yuyu quickened her pace as she panted.

Its winter coat had long since been replaced by a neat summer coat, and its color had also changed slightly. It was no longer the heavy yellowish-brown of winter, but had become darker, leaning towards orange-red.

Having shed its winter fur, its body looks relatively "thinner".

Just when he was about to suffer from heatstroke, he finally arrived at his destination.

The sound of rushing water penetrated the obstacles and reached his ears.

Not far away, a winding stream was flowing gently. The water was so clear that you could see the smooth pebbles at the bottom. Cool water vapor drifted over with the wind, instantly dispelling some of the heat.

"Water! It's water!"

Wang Yuyu's eyes lit up, and she instantly perked up, forgetting the heat all over her body. With an excited shout, she took off running towards the stream.

"Great! There's water! Finally, there's water!"

He ran to the stream and jumped into the water without hesitation, lying directly on the shallow riverbed. His massive body instantly blocked the narrow stream, and the water slowly accumulated along his body, creating tiny splashes.

The cool stream water enveloped the downy hair beneath her belly, instantly dispelling the heat from her entire body. The refreshing sensation made Wang Yu squint her eyes and hum with pure enjoyment.

"Ah, that feels so good! It's so refreshing!"

"This is what summer should be like!"

But before long, the water he had cut off accumulated more and more, and the water level slowly rose until it reached the corners of his mouth and flowed into his mouth.

"Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey!"

Wang Yuyu suddenly opened her eyes, quickly raised her head, and forcefully spat out the water in her mouth, her face full of disgust, thinking to herself:

"Holy crap, this water's trying to choke me to death! It's so unruly!"

He looked at the stream in front of him, which he had blocked and turned into a small puddle. He quickly stood up, moved his huge body aside, and the stream immediately started flowing again, returning to its former state.

Wang Yu stood by the stream, looked upstream, then turned to look downstream, thinking to himself, "I should go downstream and find a suitable place to make a small pond so I can take a good bath. It's better than blocking the stream here, and I can stay cool all the time."

"It's so hot today, I can't stand it without a bath. I can't let myself suffer like that!"

Having made up his mind, he jumped into the stream again, wading through the icy water, and slowly walked downstream, water splashing up from his paws.

He hadn't walked far when he saw a natural puddle.

The puddle wasn't large, but it was quite regular, filled with some stream water, probably a dozen centimeters deep.

Judging by the size, it can just completely accommodate his huge body, with room to spare!

Wang Yuyu's eyes lit up. He quickly walked to the edge of the pit and carefully put one of his front paws in. The stream water only reached his feet, not even covering his paw.

"The water is too shallow, not nearly enough! Soaking in it is no fun at all!"

Wang Yu frowned, somewhat dissatisfied. "It needs to be raised a bit more, making the puddle deeper, so we can take a comfortable bath!"

He turned to look at the riverbed, where large stones lay quietly.

Wang Yuyu's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly pounced on a rock. He gripped the rock tightly with his two front paws, tensed all his muscles, and pulled hard backward. The heavy rock rolled and tumbled with his movements, and the ground trembled slightly.

With a little effort, he rolled the stone to the edge of the puddle, placed it securely, and blocked the puddle's outlet.

He then went back and forth several times, rolling over several stones of different sizes and arranging them in a circle around the outlet of the puddle, trying to block the flow of water.

Looking at the makeshift embankment made of stones, the stream water still slowly seeped out from the gaps between the stones. Wang Yu tilted his head and muttered:

"It's almost there, the gap is too big, we need to fill it in!"

Suddenly, his eyes lit up as he spotted a sapling beside him. He snapped his jaws open, bit down on a branch, and pulled hard. With a "crack," the branch broke off.

He carried the twig in his mouth, walked to the stone, placed the twig horizontally in front of the crack in the stone, and carefully filled the crack.

Seeing that the outflowing water had noticeably decreased, Wang Yuyu was overjoyed, wagging its tail rapidly: "Make a lot more, let's make a big puddle and have a good bath!"

Next, Wang Yu opened his "ruthless iron mouth" on the surrounding saplings, and with each bite, a branch was neatly torn off.

He carried a twig in his mouth and ran back and forth, carefully filling all the gaps between the stones with twigs and leaves.

After the gap was completely blocked, the water in the stream gradually gathered in the puddle, and the water level rose little by little.

Before long, it rose to half a knee deep, just enough to submerge most of Wang Yuyu's body.

Wang Yuyu could no longer contain himself and eagerly stepped into the puddle. He lay down, and his massive body instantly squeezed out a large amount of water, splashing the area around the puddle wet.

But he didn't care at all. Most of his body was soaked in the cold stream, and his tiger fur was soaked and clung tightly to his body.

He rested his head on a pile of branches on the bank, lazily rolled over, and thoroughly wet the other side of his body as well. He felt the heat in his body being dispelled by the stream water, and he squinted his eyes comfortably, his mouth slightly open, his belly rising and falling with his even breathing.

"Ah, this feels so good! So cool! Now this is what I call enjoyment!"

Wang Yu looked quite pleased, muttering to herself, "Mmm, this is so great!"

After muttering to himself, he completely relaxed and fell into a deep, comfortable sleep in the cool puddle, a satisfied smile on his lips.

The soft snoring sound mingled with the babbling brook, creating a particularly pleasant melody.

He slept soundly until dark.

During this time, he would wake up every now and then, his amber eyes scanning his surroundings warily. Once he confirmed that there was no danger, he would close his eyes again and continue to sleep peacefully.