Tiger, I rejected the iron rice bowl.

His tone carried a hint of impatience, as if urging, "Hurry up, I don't have that much time to stand guard here!"

"If they haven't arrived by dark, I'm leaving, I'm not going to care about them anymore!"

"If those two corpses are carried off and eaten by wolves or foxes in the mountains, I won't be responsible!"

After saying that, Wang Yuyu walked to an open space to the side, lay down on the snow, closed her eyes, and prepared to rest for a while while waiting for the people from the research base to arrive.

The cold wind blew by, carrying snowflakes, but he paid no attention. His fluffy fur, like a thick blanket, wrapped him up tightly, protecting him from the biting cold.

The little ball took pictures of the two people and Wang Yuyu for a while. After confirming that there was nothing else unusual at the scene, it felt that there was nothing to be wary of. So it slowly shrank back to its original little ball form, entered a dormant state, and lay quietly on the snow.

Not long after, Wang Yuyu suddenly raised her head, her ears perked up, and her eyes warily fell on the two embracing "corpses," her gaze filled with doubt: "Wait, I think I heard a heartbeat?"

He quickly looked around, but the forest was quiet except for the sound of the cold wind howling.

He frowned, his doubt deepening: "Could it be my imagination?"

"They're frozen solid, their bodies are stiff, how could they possibly still be alive?"

Wang Yu shook her head, trying to dispel the doubts in her mind, then lay down again, closed her eyes, and prepared to continue resting.

But as soon as I closed my eyes, the faint sound of my heartbeat seemed to echo in my ears again, faint yet persistent.

He sighed helplessly, stood up, shook his head, and walked towards the two "corpses": "Sigh, what can I do? I'm such a kind-hearted tiger."

"I can't sleep until I get to the bottom of this, and my conscience won't let me rest easy!"

He walked up to the two of them, lowered his head, and carefully approached their chests, listening intently.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two faint yet clear heartbeats slowly entered my ears, like a candle flame about to go out, weak yet tenacious, as if it would disappear completely in the next second, yet it never went out.

Wang Yuyu suddenly raised her head, her amber eyes filled with surprise: "She's really alive?"

"You two are so lucky!"

"To have met such a kind-hearted tiger like me is a blessing you've accumulated over many lifetimes!"

He listened again, confirming that both of them still had faint heartbeats, and breathed a sigh of relief, his tone tinged with emotion: "Whether you survive or not depends on your fate!"

"That's all I can do!"

After saying that, Wang Yu lay down on the two of them, hugged them in her arms, and used her body heat to try to give them a chance to live.

Before we knew it, two hours had passed.

Wang Yuyu slowly stood up, stretched out her arms and legs, her fur trembled slightly, and the snow on her body slid off.

He shook his head, clearing away the remaining snowflakes, then lowered his head to carefully examine the two people beside him.

He leaned down slightly and put his ear close to listen to their heartbeats.

Seeing that both heartbeats were much stronger than before, no longer so weak as to be almost invisible, Wang Yu nodded in satisfaction, a hint of pride flashing in his amber eyes.

"Not bad, not bad. Looks like I'm out of danger. My two hours of effort weren't wasted."

He gently touched the woman's arm with his paw, feeling that her body was no longer as stiff and cold as before, and nodded to himself.

"The body is no longer stiff, which means the blood is circulating well, a good sign."

As he spoke, he stretched out his paw and gently pulled apart the two people who had been tightly embracing each other and stiff as stone.

Wang Yu lay down between the two again, letting them gently rest against her warm fur, continuing to keep them warm, while muttering to herself:

"You'd better remember me well, I'm your savior. Don't be ungrateful and forget about me as soon as you turn your backs!"

"I don't ask for much in return. Just bring me a good meal when you wake up!"

"Ideally, it should be one of those grain-fed pigs with five fingers' worth of fat. One is enough, so that my long wait here won't have been in vain."

After a long while, faint shouts suddenly came from afar.

"iron rice bowl!"

"iron rice bowl!"

"iron rice bowl……"

As the shouts grew closer, Wang Yuyu's ears perked up. Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw a nature reserve rescue team in orange rescue suits rushing towards him on a ridge not far away.

The team members waved and shouted at him as they walked.

Wang Yuyu immediately stood up, wagging her tail happily, and gave everyone a kind smile.

His lips parted slightly, revealing sharp canine teeth, and his eyes softened!

But to the rescue team members, the smile was particularly frightening, as if it might pounce at any moment.

The crowd stopped abruptly, their smiles froze, and their mouths gaped open. The words "iron rice bowl" that were on the tip of their tongues just wouldn't come out!

"Oh my god, is that 'iron rice bowl' guy smiling? Why does he look so fierce? I feel a chill down my spine!"

"Is his 'iron rice bowl' (guaranteed job) unhappy? Did we do anything to offend him?"

"Why does he look like that? Does he not like us calling him by his name? Or did we arrive too late and upset him?"

"..."

The team members looked at each other, each with their own thoughts.

They all kept their heads down and continued walking cautiously forward.

Wang Yuyu was slightly taken aback by everyone's sudden reaction. Her amber eyes were full of doubt as she tilted her head and muttered:

"What's going on? Why isn't anyone smiling anymore?"

"Weren't they just calling my name happily? Did my smile scare them?"

He flicked his tail, not really paying attention.

"Forget about all that, now that they're here, I'm free!"

He glanced back at the two people lying on the ground, then his gaze fell on the backpacks carried by the rescue team members, his eyes gleaming slightly.

"I saved two people, which is a great achievement! The reserve shouldn't be stingy; they should give me some reward, right?"

Before long, the rescue team reached the ridge above Wang Yuyu. They paused on the ridge for a moment, carefully observed the terrain below, and quickly found a relatively flat area, carefully descending.

The crowd stopped a few dozen meters away from Wang Yuyu, not daring to get too close!

After all, Wang Yuyu was a wild Siberian tiger. Even though everyone knew that he was intelligent and wouldn't harm people, they still couldn't help but feel a little nervous.