Bai Yao paused.

the wind.

Great noise.

He got up from the bed and looked out the bedroom window. Now the sky outside is basically dark, and the rain is getting heavier and heavier. The forecast said that it will turn into a heavy rain later, and it will be mixed with thunder and lightning.

When there is wind, there are waves on the sea, and tonight's waves are indeed bigger than usual. The sea water rolls up white foam, and the top of the waves washing on the beach is so powerful that it overwhelms the reeds close to the land.

Bai Yao was attracted by something close to the stairs on the beach.

It was a herd of sea otters, the same one I had seen a while ago.

The sea otters held each other's paws tightly one by one, huddled into an airtight group, isolated from the wind and rain, so that no matter how big the wind and waves were, they would not be blown away. From this angle, they are just small gray **** one by one, and all they leave for the wind and rain is their backs with thick fluff.

No matter how strong the wind was around them, a group of sea otters slept peacefully.

Mu Muer felt Bai Yao move, and immediately grasped his fingers tightly, as if afraid that he would disappear suddenly.

Bai Yao lowered his head, his eyes fell on Mu Mu'er's hand, he grabbed all of Bai Yao's fingers, until his knuckles turned white, and it hurt to hold Bai Yao's hand.

At this moment, Bai Yao suddenly understood something.

Those sea otters...have they always rejected Mu Muer?

Did they not treat him as the same kind, but as a strange creature?

Mu Mu'er said that he can't change form, so before he met Bai Yao, he should have been living in the sea, with those sea otters he saw on the beach. And those injuries on his body were not caused by anyone, but by those sea otters who rejected him.

What Mu Muer was afraid of was not the rain, but the wind outside, and those sea otters who were unwilling to hold his paws.

Bai Yao's heart sank, and he complained that he hadn't seen the truth earlier. Mu Muer's wounds actually looked like scars made by teeth and claws.

Animal spirits are very different from real animals. Their smells are completely different, and they cannot be counted as the same species at all. Just as humans do not belong to the sea, animal spirits do not belong to true wild animals.

Similarly, if Bai Yao transformed into a real snow leopard in the snow mountain, he would be repelled, confronted by minions, and might even be torn to pieces.

He didn't need to ask Mu Muer to know that every time the boy instinctively wanted to hold hands with other sea otters, they mercilessly told him to go away, just because his smell was different, tainted with the smell of human fireworks.

I read in that article that day that sea otters are so fierce that even tiger sharks dare to prey on them, let alone a "similar" that is weak and smells different.

The more Bai Yao thought about it, the more angry he became. He couldn't say who he was angry with, it wasn't the wind and rain, and of course it wasn't because of those sea otters. He just thought it was unfair, why should such a good boy like Mu Muer be bullied.

Mu Mu'er sensitively felt that Bai Yao's breath became a little annoyed, and her whole body froze for a moment. He looked down at the hand he had stuffed in Bai Yao's palm, thinking that it was because of him that he was upset, so he immediately took it out, curled up into a small ball, and looked at him in bewilderment.

"Don't hold hands anymore, don't hold hands anymore." He begged instinctively in a low voice, "Don't be angry anymore, Yaoyao won't be angry."

Bai Yao's heart was strangled by the sharp grid, and he began to feel pain. The cuts seemed to ooze blood, but after the pain, he felt a tight numbness.

After all, he still feels distressed. I feel sorry for Mu Mu'er who doesn't understand anything, and feel sorry for him being bullied. He especially wanted to make Mu Muer small, the size of a shell, and put it in his pocket next to his chest, so that he was always close to him, right beside him.

In this case, maybe Mu Muer's body will produce pearls because of his protection and love.

After he opened his mouth, he didn't know how to coax her. He wanted to tell Mu Mu'er not to be afraid, but he couldn't say it after all. How could he not be afraid, there are often storms in Qiaohai Town in summer, just this summer there have been two, and Mu Mu'er has been ostracized and bullied all the time.

Bai Yao suddenly remembered that the two cups of hot cocoa were outside, so he got up and wanted to go out to get them, thinking that the sweet drink might make Mu Muer happier.

"Don't be afraid, Mu'er, I'll be right back." He stroked the top of Mu Muer's hair, and covered him with the quilt again.

But Mu Mu'er didn't seem to hear it at all. Seeing that Bai Yao was about to leave, she quickly climbed out of the bed. She was too anxious and tripped over the quilt on the bed. Bai Yao quickly caught him and didn't let him fall to the ground.

"Don't go... Yaoyao don't go, Mu'er won't hold hands anymore."

"Okay, don't go, don't go." Bai Yao coaxed the boy, took him out of the quilt, and took him to the living room. Mu Mu'er kept her head buried in Bai Yao's chest, not daring to lift it up.

The hot cocoa on the coffee table was already a bit cold, Bai Yao touched both cups, chose a slightly warmer cup and handed it to Mu Muer, "Just drink some, I added marshmallows in it, it's sweet of."

This cup of hot cocoa didn't make Mu Mu'er any happier, he just held it in his hand emptyly, didn't take a sip, and looked out of the window in horror from time to time.

Bai Yao carried him back to the bedroom, tucked him into the quilt, and sat on the edge of the bed to comfort him.

He understands that Mu Muer's reaction is not excessive. In the stormy sea, it is a terrible thing to have nothing to fix yourself. With the wind and waves, you don't know where you will drift, even if a sea otter can swim. Still dangerous.

Normal people can tell that they are in a warm room, and can adjust their emotions even if they are afraid, but the memory in Mu Muer's mind is the scene of struggling in the waves when it rained before. The more I think about it, the more afraid I become.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the room was also a little noisy from the raindrops, and it was raining like water pouring from the sky. It started to flash, and a bright lightning flashed across the sky, instantly lighting up the night.

Suddenly, the storm outside suddenly intensified, and a branch of the banyan tree outside the yard was blown off. The wind picked up and hit the window glass with raindrops, making a loud noise.

The material of Bai Yao's home is very good, there is nothing wrong with the glass, but the sound is scary.

But Mu Mu'er let out a small cry of surprise, her whole body trembled, and she burrowed into Bai Yao's chest regardless of everything, as if she wanted to hide herself in it.

Bai Yao felt that his clothes were a little wet, and touched his face only to find that the boy was crying. Mu Mu'er couldn't stop the tears from falling down, his face was covered with water, Bai Yao wiped it off for him, but the tears continued to flow out.

Without waiting for Bai Yao to comfort him, Mu Muer whimpered, "Why didn't you hold hands with Muer... I'll give you all the scallops Muer found... Don't ignore Muer, Muer is good."