21: The father and son searched for her in the rain.

Nan Zhisui ultimately decided to follow her heart and adopt this Little Wolf Cub that its parents didn't want.

On the way back while riding the Wolf King, the rain suddenly intensified.

With such heavy rain, and carrying a suckling Little Wolf Cub in her pocket, it was clearly impossible to make it back in time.

Nan Zhisui patted the Wolf King beneath her and said, "Little Brother, let's find a Cave nearby to hide from the rain."

"Awoo!" The Wolf King took Nan Zhisui to find a Cave. After carefully sniffing around to ensure the Cave was unoccupied and safe, it accompanied Nan Zhisui to take shelter from the rain.

Nan Zhisui watched the raindrops outside from within the Cave. Estimating that the rain likely wouldn't stop easily, she asked the Wolf King, "Aren't you going back?"

The Wolf King twisted its head while stepping backward, as if to say, "Not going back, not going back; if I don't get Nan Zhisui back safely, my wife will beat me up."

The Little Wolf Cub in Nan Zhisui's arms squirmed around, seemingly hungry. Nan Zhisui took goat milk powder out of her space, mixed it, and fed it.

Rain poured down, and she was trapped in the Cave with only a Wolf King, a Little Snake Beastman, and a newborn wild wolf cub by her side.

For some reason, Nan Zhisui suddenly thought back to her time at the animal hospital on Earth.

In their animal hospital, it was mainly just her and her junior nurse, Xiao Yi.

Back then, she was the same—feeding an abandoned kitten while Xiao Yi complained on the side, "You're saving another kitten? There are so many people abandoning kittens, you can't save them all! We're a pet hospital, not a rescue shelter."

"Oh my god, I have to find adopters for them again. How much information have I posted already? I've posted so many videos on Douyin saying they're for free adoption, and so many people still call me a scammer. It's so infuriating."

Back then, Nan Zhisui could only smile and apologize, "Thank you for your hard work. We do what we can and leave the rest to fate. Besides, look, I'm not the only one doing this; there are so many animal rescuers bringing kittens and puppies to us for treatment every day."

Nurse Xiao Yi would complain while working, but Nan Zhisui knew she was just venting; in reality, she never missed a single rescue task that needed to be done.

Nan Zhisui waited from dawn until the sky grew dim. Yet, the thunderstorm still hadn't stopped.

Nan Zhisui suddenly remembered that she had promised White Fox in the morning that she would try her best to return today. She wondered if the father and son were worried about her.

She took two bags of instant noodles and three Ham Sausages out of her space, found some firewood in the Cave to light a fire, and cooked the noodles and Ham Sausages.

She gave the Wolf King a bag of instant noodles and a Ham Sausage to eat, fed Yanger a Ham Sausage, and ate a bag of instant noodles and a Ham Sausage herself.

There wasn't much dry firewood in the Cave, so the fire soon went out.

Nan Zhisui leaned against the Wolf King's back, and in this rainy Cave, a sudden sense of loneliness washed over her.

Her parents weren't here, her familiar colleagues weren't here, and her home wasn't here.

Her heart suddenly felt empty.

Nan Zhisui looked at the curtain of rain and hugged her knees.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but Nan Zhisui seemed to hear a voice coming from within the curtain of rain.

"Nan Zhisui! Nan Zhisui!! Cough cough... Nan Zhisui!!!"

Nan Zhisui stood up abruptly.

"Am I hearing things?" she asked, puzzled.

The Wolf King suddenly stood up, its entire body tense with vigilance, baring its teeth.

"Pretty Older Sister!"

"Nan Zhisui!! Nan Zhisui!!!"

Little Snake Yang poked his head out immediately, "Hiss hiss hiss hiss!" Pretty Older Sister, it's White Fox and Hu Qi!

Trapped by the heavy rain, confined within the Cave, and hugging her knees in loneliness, she had actually heard someone looking for her!

Nan Zhisui didn't know how to describe her feelings at this moment. She rushed out of the Cave and shouted, "White Fox, Aqi! I'm here!"

Suddenly, with a rustling sound, a snow-White Fox with slender limbs carrying a small fox appeared before her.

The small fox had its head wrapped in a large leaf, but much of its fur was still soaked.

The big fox was soaked through. Before he saw her, his eyes were full of panic, but after seeing her, his eyes calmed down.

White Fox's cold eyes swept across the Wolf King beside Nan Zhisui. The Wolf King seemed to sense some terrifying aura, tucked its tail, retreated two steps, and even made a pitiful whimpering sound.

Nan Zhisui hurriedly blocked the front of the Wolf King and said to White Fox, "It's my Little Brother; it's a wild wolf I've tamed."

"A tamed wild wolf?"

White Fox jumped to Nan Zhisui's side, and Hu Qi jumped down from his body. Both of them shook their bodies, flicking off the water.

Nan Zhisui hurriedly took a few steps back to avoid the water.

Then, White Fox and Hu Qi transformed into human form in front of her.

Nan Zhisui's face flushed bright red instantly. She covered her face with both hands and turned around quickly, saying, "Quick, quick, put on your clothes!"

"Pretty Older Sister!!" Hu Qi put on a beast skin skirt and rushed over to hug Nan Zhisui. "We finally found you. Father Beast and I have been looking for you for such a long time."

Nan Zhisui picked up Hu Qi. For some reason, her lonely heart was instantly filled.

"Why did you come here?" Nan Zhisui looked at White Fox. "Why did you come looking for me?"

White Fox's snow-white eyes looked straight at her: "You promised me you would return. The time came, and you didn't return. Is it strange for me to come out looking for you?"

White Fox sniffed the air beside Nan Zhisui and asked, "What is in your arms?"

"Oh, this..." Nan Zhisui scrambled to take a small wolf cub out of her arms.

White Fox's expression changed abruptly.

Nan Zhisui didn't know why, but she felt a bit scared. She hurriedly explained, "This isn't my cub. It's the cub of this Little Brother of mine and its wife. They abandoned this cub, so I thought I'd try raising it. Wolf cubs grow up very fast; in a few months, it will be grown."

White Fox's expression was strange, and Nan Zhisui didn't understand the meaning behind his strange expression.

Finally, White Fox sighed and said, "Wild beasts are all meant for eating. Are you planning to raise it first and then eat it?"

The Wolf King heard this, widened its eyes, and retreated. This terrifying Beastman wanted to eat a wolf! How terrifying!

Nan Zhisui was stunned. "No, I'm not going to eat it. I'm saving it!"

White Fox's expression became even stranger. The Male Fox Beastman asked, "So, why are you saving a wild beast?"

Nan Zhisui: "...?"

Nan Zhisui was getting flustered. "No, I'm thinking of raising it until it's a bit bigger, and once it has the ability to protect itself, I'll set it free."

Is saving a small animal that hard to understand?

"You purely want to raise a wild beast?" White Fox didn't understand. "A wild beast meant for eating?"

Nan Zhisui: "..."

Crazy! Hahaha!

Nan Zhisui was childish for once, "I just want to raise it!"

"..."

White Fox was stunned for a moment, and after a long time, he said, "Oh."

"..."

Nan Zhisui inexplicably felt that she had subdued him, in a very strange sense.