Translated by Eve

　　Edited by Kara

　　Although the protagonist shou had suffered quite the attack, eventually, he even began to accept having turned into a beast after transmigrating. So what if his partner would also be a beast? You should know, there was no shortage of strange occurrences in the world. He had even heard about pet owners getting married to their pets and vowing to spend their lives together in his previous, modern world!

　　The innocent Zhao Xihe, who was getting shot while lying down: "…………………………→_→"

　　After a moment of silence, Bai very quickly cheered up. Things were already like this. Since he didn’t want to fight it, then he could only accept it. Bai stood up, shook his fluffy, snow-white fur, and headed in Sui Yuan’ direction.

　　Because of Bai’s status within the pack, the female beasts didn’t—or rather, they didn’t dare to treat the pack’s benefactor like they had Xiao Hei. It could even be said that if Bai hadn’t been in his human form all this time, he would have probably been even more popular with all the female beasts than Sui Yuan.

　　As Bai approached, the female beasts retreated. They watched helplessly as he walked over to Sui Yuan’s side and claimed the best position. Bai lied down and stuck out his tongue in a very practiced manner, grooming Sui Yuan’s soft and glossy hair, that had already been tidied by the female beasts. His actions seemed rather possessive and territorial.

　　——After turning into his human form, Bai had always wanted to help Sui Yuan groom his fur out of habit. However, he had always stopped himself at the last moment. So, he was basically getting his wish fulfilled right now….

　　They didn't know why, but the female beasts, who were just fawning over Sui Yuan, involuntarily felt their backs grow cold. They silently retreated and reduced their presences.

　　Since he had unexpectedly changed back into a beast, Bai learned how to control his transformation between his two forms. However, who knew if it was because he thought that using his beast form was easier while in the pack, or if it was because of some other unknown reason, but at this time, Bai used his human form a lot less. He would usually stick to Sui Yuan's side when in his beast form. He was so sticky that Sui Yuan began to feel like something wasn't quite right.

　　Because he had spent some time as a pet before, Sui Yuan was very used to the feeling of being taken care of and doted on in the arms of a human. He just felt that it was to be expected. However, if the person taking care of him had become a beast…Sui Yuan silently turned to look at the female beasts that were eagerly pandering to the male beasts that were wooing them. Sui Yuan suddenly felt like Bai's actions were similar to those of the wooing male beasts….

　　The male beasts shared their food with the female beasts that they liked in order to show their interest and gain brownie points with them while also showing off their ability to provide for a family. Bai also took care of Sui Yuan's meals by himself. He even eagerly fed him, making Sui Yuan not even need to waste any effort to tear into his prey. Just like how the male beasts didn't like other beasts near their mates, Bai liked to keep Sui Yuan by his side and would un.o.btrusively keep the other beasts away. The male beasts also liked to groom the female beasts. When their feelings became mutually deep, they would come together and do this and that. Likewise, Bai liked to groom him. Only—or should he say, fortunately—Bai did not show any interest in the other aspect.

　　Seeing Bai's magnanimous appearance though, Sui Yuan didn't feel right to "a.s.sume despicable things about an upright person's thoughts" in thinking that Bai liked him, so he had no choice but to pretend that he didn't see what was going on and ignore it. Only, the gaze that the rest of the pack used to look at them became increasingly strange, increasingly suggestive. Even the female beasts that used to like crowding around him dispersed, like they were being blinded by their actions. Each and every one of them went their own way to find another male beast to fancy.

　　There were no regulations that said that male and female beasts had to be together. It was just that they only mated in order to reproduce, and that their choice in mates was for the sake of producing the most healthy of pups as well as ensuring that the parental pups would be capable of providing for them. Thus, because of reproduction, very few beasts would be "interested" in those of the same s.e.x. However, since it was not a matter of concern to them, they also would not pay much attention to it either.

　　Towards this, Sui Yuan pretended that he knew nothing. Meanwhile, Bai was very satisfied. It looked like it was also very useful to un.o.btrusively keep the gray pup by his side, display PDA, and push away his rivals-in-love even as a beast.

　　Of course, what Bai didn't know was that the reason none of the beasts disturbed them was because his position and strength were both high up within the pack. If he didn't have those, then he would have certainly ended up like Xiao Hei, beaten half to death by the tough-as-nails female beasts in the fight for mates.

　　Aside from the protagonist shou's incessant "pursuit" giving him a headache, this winter hadn't been bad. He didn't exercise nor did he ever go hungry, so Sui Yuan ended up plump and strong. From afar, he looked like a big round ball that was very cute. What made Sui Yuan even happier than this was that he had not seen the protagonist gong all winter.

　　Although the feline protagonist gong was nimble and cunning, he still had no way to silently infiltrate the cave under the pack's discerning eyes. In addition, it was snowing outside, and the weather was bitterly cold. He could not stay outside for long periods of time, which meant that Sui Yuan did not see even a single cat hair all winter. It was so comfortable.

　　Sui Yuan really hoped that the protagonist gong's interest in him would dissipate this winter, and then, he would never see the other again.