Chapter 25 the Bright Milky Way (1/2)
Long Xi, who felt replete, was in a particularly good mood. Mo Kun feeding her cherries with his lips, gave her a wonderful feeling, it could hardly get better!
Considering all the weird things that had happened today, it had ended pretty well.
For the first time in a long while, Mo Kun felt alive again. The searing pain of the past, however, was still deeply etched in the depths of his soul.
Long Xi looked at the snow leopard lying motionless on the ground, with its eyes closed. The sheepskin and viscera left before it, remained untouched.
The snow leopard must not die.
Long Xi Long Xi grabbed the snow leopard and shook it desperately.
”Hey, I say, are you going to shake it to death?” Mo Kun was unable to stop her.
”Its eyes are closed and it is motionless. Do you think it is dead?” Long Xi asked anxiously, shaking it less violently now.
”It's still alive!” Mo Kun was dumbfounded.
The poor snow leopard that had been shaken so violently by Long Xi gradually opened its eyes and gave her a rueful stare. Long Xi was relieved.
”It gave me a fright!” Long Xi patted her chest.
”You are the one scaring it to death.” Mo Kun pointed out sharply.
”I just wanted to know if it's dead or not!” she whined, sounding like a spoiled child.
”Of course not! It just doesn't want to eat, probably because the wound in its heart hasn't healed yet,” said Mo Kun.
”It must miss its deceased companion badly.” Long Xi said gloomily.
”Yes.” Mo Kun nodded.
Long Xi didn't know what to say. Thinking about the snow leopard's fate that was as fleeting as the falling autumn leaves, she felt a heavy sense of desolation and a deep sense of loneliness.
She cupped the snow leopard's face and asked it in a serious tone.. ”Why aren't you eating? Are you on a hunger strike?”
The snow leopard naturally couldn't reply, even though Long Xi tried to communicate with it; this almost made Mo Kun laugh out loud.
”Although snow leopards are monogamous, once their spouses die, they will search for new mates. You don't have to worry about that.” Mo Kun told her.
”Really? But this snow leopard doesn't seem to be following that rule. Xiaoyang, if you die of hunger, Yinyueliang will also be sad.” Long Xi told the snow leopard solemnly.
”Xiaoyang? Yinyueliang?” Mo Kun had a bemused expression on his face.
”Yes, I named the dead snow leopard Yinyueliang, because it had a silver crescent moon on its forehead. This one, I named Xiaoyang because the sun is always together with the moon! Don't you think that sounds great?” Long Xi said proudly.
”But this snow leopard is a female and the other one is a male.” Mo Kun clapped his hand to his forehead in disbelief.
”What?”
”Female snow leopards don't have that, only males do. Don't you even know this?” Mo Kun lazily teased her.
”Oh, I did not notice that. I can see this one is bigger, so I think it's a male. Is it really a female? Why is it so small? Was the mother leopard malnourished when she was pregnant with it? Then it needs a new name.” Long Xi held her chin and racked her brain.
Mo Kun didn't really care what the snow leopard was called. He stood up and added some more firewood to the fire.
Then he heard Long Xi shouting, ”Kunkun! I'll call it Kun Kun! Well, that sounds great!”
Mo Kun stumbled and nearly lost his footing.