Tiger, I rejected the iron rice bowl.

After accompanying his concubine on her inspection tour for a few days, Wang Yuyu also left.

This time, Wang Yuyu is going to check in at the edge of a territory.

There's a little neighbor there, and he wants to go over and see if the other person is following the rules.

If anyone dares to recklessly venture into his territory, Wang Yuyu will be prepared to unleash a massacre.

Normally, Wang Yuyu patrols between several core territories.

After all, the food here is more abundant, which is his guarantee of survival.

On the edge of his territory, where food is scarce, he would only go there once every two weeks or so to leave a mark and warn other predators not to cross the boundary, indicating that the forest had an owner.

That morning, at the foot of a cliff, several large rocks were squeezed together, leaving a small cave in the middle that could provide shelter from the wind and rain and a place to rest.

An adult female Amur leopard slowly walked along the cliff face.

She is the neighbor that Wang Yuyu mentioned.

Compared to Wang Yuyu, this Amur leopard is indeed a small neighbor.

In terms of weight, this Amur leopard weighs only about 30 kilograms, while Wang Yuyu weighs over 400 kilograms.

In terms of size, there's no comparison. Three or four Siberian leopards combined are not as big as Wang Yuyu, a single Siberian tiger.

The Amur leopard went into the cave and sniffed around on the ground and rocks.

The scent traces left by Wang Yuyu here are very faint.

The Amur leopard can use these markings to determine whether Wang Yuyu has been there, which is crucial for her survival.

After all, she couldn't beat Wang Yuyu.

If Wang Yuyu doesn't show up for a long time, then she is very safe.

If Wang Yuyu has been here recently, she'll have to keep a low profile for a few days.

Once Wang Yuyu leaves, she will be safe.

After sniffing for a while, the Amur leopard knew that Wang Yuyu had not been here, which made her very happy, and the whole leopard relaxed a lot.

She left without marking the place, in a good mood, and leisurely walked away.

As evening fell, Wang Yuyu followed the path that the Northeast Leopard had taken that morning and arrived at the cave.

As soon as he came up, he started sniffing around on the ground and rocks.

Soon, Wang Yu learned that his little neighbor had come here that morning.

Moreover, he knew that his neighbor had a child.

Because the scent left by the other party was somewhat mixed, with several unfamiliar scents.

Every animal has a unique scent.

When a mother leopard has been in contact with her cubs for a long time, she picks up the cubs' scent.

These scents are left behind when they go out hunting or patrolling.

The thought of several small Amur leopards appearing on the edge of his territory immediately stirred murderous intent in Wang Yuyu's heart.

He could accept one female Amur leopard on the edge of his territory, but he absolutely could not accept several.

When these little guys grow up, they will invade his territory and take over his land.

That would reduce the amount of food he could obtain, threatening his survival.

Wang Yu looked in the direction the Northeast Leopard had left, her eyes filled with murderous intent.

"Don't let me find you, or else..."

Wang Yu raised her tail and left her scent mark here, asserting her dominance.

Then, he followed the scent left by the Amur leopard and began his pursuit.

Given the chance, he would definitely kill the other party.

If he doesn't have the chance, he won't stay here for long.

This is, after all, the edge of the territory, and food is scarce. If he stays here too long, he will go hungry.

Compared to the core territory, this place is not so important.

…………

the next morning.

The Amur leopard went out to find food; her three cubs were almost a year old and had grown very large.

"A half-grown boy can eat his father out of house and home"—that perfectly describes the current situation of this Siberian leopard mother.

Their lives are currently extremely difficult.

Without the cover of leaves in winter, this mother Amur leopard has a hard time catching prey.

They both have tattoos, so why is there such a big difference between her and Wang Yuyu?

Her three cubs, on the other hand, felt no pressure from life and only knew how to play.

They climbed trees one moment and played around the next, releasing their boundless energy.

In the wild, on average, half of the Amur leopard cubs do not survive to adulthood.

Moreover, there are natural predators like the Siberian tiger.

Before winter ends, the Amur leopards can only steal meat from scavengers such as crows and vultures.

At the same time, Amur leopard mothers not only have to consider the safety of their cubs' food, but also have to train their cubs to hunt and tear apart prey.

However, apart from the fresh prey caught by the mother leopard, which makes their learning easier, the frozen meat in the snow is not so easy to bite.

Every bite was frozen solid; in most cases, the frozen meat only left you with a mouthful of hair.

It's really tough on the cubs.

But not eating could mean starving to death; there was simply no other choice.

Walking through the forest, the Amur leopard quickly noticed the situation.

She walked to a big tree and looked at the fresh claw marks left by Wang Yuyu when he passed by here last night. She shrank back in fear.

"The Siberian tiger is here!"

She leaned closer and sniffed the tree trunk carefully, smelling the fresh scent mark left by Wang Yuyu last night.

"The Siberian tiger is nearby."

"I need to be careful!"

The Amur leopard is intelligent; she knows her current dangerous situation, but life must go on.

She had no intention of leaving with the cubs; other territories might be even more dangerous.

She has been running this place for at least a few years and is very familiar with the surroundings.

Stay here with the cubs, be careful, and hide; you might not be found by Wang Yuyu.

Moreover, she knew that Wang Yuyu wouldn't stay here long and would leave soon.

If she can just get through these few days, everything will be sunny from now on.

Now, the Amur leopard no longer wanted to hunt; she turned around and took another route back to her den.

When she rushed back to her nest, she saw her three cubs climbing and playing in the trees, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, she took her three cubs and moved to higher ground.

The higher you go, the lower the temperature, the thicker the snow, and the fewer animals there are. Large animals like Siberian tigers basically don't go up there.

They basically only stay in places like the foot of the mountain where the temperature is higher and there are more animals.

It was even less likely that Wang Yuyu would go up there; it would be meaningless for him.

If you run up there and don't catch any prey, you'll go hungry. It's a completely unprofitable trip.

It must be said that this Amur leopard is very intelligent.

Perhaps this is why she was able to survive on the edge of Wang Yuyu's territory—she was clever enough.

After settling its three cubs, the Amur leopard came down from the mountain again.

There was no prey on the mountain, so she had to hunt to feed herself and her three cubs.

Even knowing that Wang Yuyu, her natural enemy, was below her, she still had to take risks for the sake of survival.

The forest is so big, she can't possibly be that unlucky, right?