Did Puppy Pick Up Fluffy Things on the Livestream Today? - Chapter 5

Dong Mo remained buried in his work, fussing over the stones, and did not notice the movement of the kitten beside him.

It was not until the livestream comments had been scrolling frantically for a while, triggered by a special notification sound from a viewer sending a mid-tier gift, that Dong Mo finally looked up in confusion. “Thank you for the gift, boss! But right now I am just moving stones; there is no need to be so lavish.”

Before he could finish his words of thanks, he saw the overwhelming flood of comments.

[You silly puppy! Go look at your kitten! It is awake!]

Dong Mo’s round silver eyes suddenly widened. He turned his head toward the hemp sack against the wall.

Sure enough, at some point, the kitten had struggled from lying on its side to lying flat on its belly. It was currently trying to lift its small head, attempting to use its two front paws to support itself and sit up.

Dong Mo scrambled to its side and knelt on one knee. He gently supported the kitten’s chin with his hand to help it maintain its balance so it would not suddenly fall over again.

“You are awake!”

Dong Mo’s voice was full of joy. The kitten’s eyes remained closed, and its wounds looked terrifying. Yet, its small head leaned obediently into his palm. Its pink nose twitched, and it let out a faint, thin cry, seemingly in response.

“Do not worry; I am awake.”

Lifting its head alone had exhausted all its strength. The kitten’s body trembled uncontrollably. Dong Mo carefully supported its head and lightly tickled its chin with his finger. After a brief struggle, the kitten leaned into his hand and fell back into a drowsy coma.

Dong Mo placed it back on the sack and watched its small belly for a moment. Once he ensured its breathing was stable, he turned toward the floating livestream screen.

“I am sorry to bother everyone, but my wilderness survival skills are truly too weak. Excuse me! If I want to treat the kitten’s eye wounds, do you know which herbal medicine I should look for?”

His handsome eyes blinked, and Dong Mo’s tone was sincere. He insisted on asking when he did not know something, unafraid of embarrassment.

There was no helping it; before transmigrating, he was just a corporate slave covered in the office atmosphere. He knew absolutely nothing about wilderness survival or what “fluffies” should use to treat wounds!

In response to his inquiry, a dozen comments flashed across the screen.

[Momo is so pitiful. Did your parents not teach you these basics when you were little?]

[Momo was thrown out of the tribe at such a young age; he definitely knows nothing.]

[Honestly, if you cannot even keep yourself alive, do not try to raise other things.]

[Momo, Momo! Look at the picture I posted! Look for a plant with leaves like sawteeth! This plant is called ‘Lingxi Grass.’ Its anti-inflammatory and pain-killing effects are amazing! It grows in winter too! Usually, it is hidden under piles of ferns!]

Ignoring the unfriendly remarks, Dong Mo’s eyes lit up when he saw this comment. He quickly and carefully studied the attached picture, memorizing it.

Lingxi Grass was very small and short. Its color was very striking. The leaves growing from the stem were closely arranged in a sawtooth pattern, with four large leaves on a single plant.

“Thank you very much, boss sister! I will go find it this afternoon. You saved the kitten’s life!” Dong Mo responded sweetly, his long eyelashes fluttering.

If he were not on a livestream needing to maintain his “cute and obedient” persona, he would have loved to kowtow to this viewer!

[Momo is so good!]

[Momo and the kitten have to work hard to survive, okay? Okay!]

[Momo, there are other ways. Keep up the good work with the livestream. Later, when the audience grows and a ‘Gold Master’ takes an interest in you, they might send you a ‘Space-Time Gate.’ Then, you won’t even need to go out for food; many good things will just drop right beside you!]

The livestream comments moved quickly, but Dong Mo’s sharp eyes caught the longest one. “Space-Time Gate?” he asked.

[How do you know nothing!]

[Give him a break; he is just a level two streamer who only managed to snag a home today.]

[The ‘Space-Time Gate’ is the highest and most expensive gift on the platform! One costs a million Interstellar Coins, but it opens a gate right next to you for thirty seconds. During those thirty seconds, the gift-sender can directly feed you all sorts of things!]

[If you are willing, the boss who sends the ‘Space-Time Gate’ could even bring you directly back to their side!]

Looking at the explanation, Dong Mo understood. This so-called “Space-Time Gate” was essentially a boss paying to give him a cheat code, feeding him from afar so he would no longer have to work so hard.

He blinked and smiled, revealing two shallow dimples. “There is such a good thing! But before I wait for a boss to feed me, I will first work hard to survive until that day!”

With that, he stood up. He first leaned down to tuck the kitten back into his arms, then waved at the livestream. “I am going to find clean water and Lingxi Grass now. I do not feel safe leaving the kitten in the cave, so I am taking it with me! Big brothers and sisters, wish me luck!”

After saying this, he tightened his beast-skin coat and walked out of the cave, full of motivation.

The cave now held a small portion of his supplies and still smelled of that Great-Toothed Beast. Ordinary small animals would not dare to enter.

The livestream viewers watched his back, and several comments flashed by.

[Momo, seriously, even though he knows nothing, he is so capable!]

[Do not say that. A puppy brave enough to save a kitten all by himself is already very impressive!]

The afternoon temperature warmed up slightly. The snow did not fall continuously, so the thick snow on the ground had melted a bit, making walking less difficult.

Dong Mo pricked up his ears, listening for the sound of running water, while searching horizontally along the hillside for ferns buried and frozen by the snow.

The fact that Lingxi Grass could survive peacefully in winter still surprised him.

The kitten lay quietly against his chest. Because its body was feverish, its hot breath puffed against his chest over and over, making it feel like a natural hand warmer.

“There seems to be the sound of water over there!” His eyes lit up when his ears caught the faint sound of water hitting stone. He quickened his pace toward the noise.

The white snow crunched under his feet. Small snowflakes stuck to his exposed white calves.

He moved through the closely packed pine trees and finally discovered a wide stream where the slope became extremely steep.

It flowed down from the main peak of the mountain. It was likely that the snow on the heights had melted and slid down, forming a natural snow-water stream.

Looking down the hillside, the stream gradually became wider. Perhaps after receiving other melted snow along the way, it would become a high-flow river by the time it reached the plains below.

Dong Mo crouched down while thinking.

Earlier, he had used a scrap of beast skin to make a simple large bowl. Although it looked rough and ugly, with shallow edges that required careful carrying, it functioned as a container.

Dong Mo carefully scooped a full bowl and stood up, swaying as he walked back.

The comments saw him staggering, with his lips pressed tight to maintain balance, and could not help but laugh.

[This is the crappiest bowl I have ever seen in all the beastman livestreams I have watched.]

[The puppy is so pitiful; even his bowl is just a piece torn from his own clothes.]

[I would not have noticed if the person above had not mentioned it! Hahahaha, why does Momo’s beast-skin coat look so strange!]

[Because he literally just wrapped it around himself haphazardly!]

Dong Mo did not pay any attention to the discussion about his appearance. All of his focus was on the precious bowl of water in his hands.

He was finally about to reach the cave entrance. Just as he stepped onto the rock slab, his trailing foot moved forward, and his body tilted.

“Splash!”

The bowl’s edges were too shallow, and half of the clear water spilled out instantly.

Dong Mo was speechless.

Livestream: [Hahahahahahaha!]

Looking at the wet droplets on the stone slab that immediately formed ice crystals, Dong Mo sighed helplessly. He carried the remaining half bowl of water into the cave.

“Half a bowl is still half a bowl. You laugh at me now, but wait until I dig a well for you to see later!” Dong Mo looked at the screen full of “Hahaha” messages and pouted. His silver dog eyes rolled silently.

[Momo rolls his eyes, Momo is good; the bosses in the livestream laugh at Momo, the bosses are bad!]

Seeing this, Dong Mo pursed his lips again. He quickly used the firestone to ignite a new flame among the arranged branches while softening his voice.

“I mean, the bosses are not that bad. I also think I am quite funny.”

After saying this, he touched his frostbitten ears and placed the beast-skin water bowl high above the fire. He stood up, preparing to leave the cave again.

The audience was charmed by this rebuttal, and several small gifts filled the screen.

[If a puppy like Momo were sold to our planet, he would probably count the money for me.]

[Uugh! How can a wife who looks so beautiful and exquisite speak so cutely! What a contrast!]

[Side note: the beast skins on the beastman planet are really useful. They are both waterproof and fire-resistant. The set I bought through the Interstellar Net last year still looks brand new!]

[Why is Momo leaving the cave again?]

“The water needs to boil first. I am going out again to look for Lingxi Grass.” Dong Mo stepped back into the snow and explained to the livestream.

“The kitten’s wounds cannot wait any longer; otherwise, I am afraid it will affect its eyesight.”

As he spoke, he used his long, pale fingers to stroke the top of the little guy’s head in his arms.

He retraced his steps along the previous path. This time, he did not need to be distracted by the sound of water. All of his attention was on the surrounding hidden vegetation.

He repeatedly reached out to clear the cold snow. When he saw the withered yellow vegetation beneath, Dong Mo sighed in disappointment but resigned himself to continuing the search.

When he reached the stream again and saw that this area contained no withered ferns, Dong Mo prepared to search in other unexplored directions.

Just as he lifted his leg, he felt a soft sensation against his chest.

He looked down. The kitten had woken up at some point. It struggled to lie halfway against his chest and lightly pressed its pink paw pad against him.

Dong Mo immediately crouched down and carefully lifted the kitten out, looking it over. “What is wrong? Are you uncomfortable?”

He thought the kitten was expressing physical distress.

The next moment, the kitten still tried to get closer to him. It first lightly touched Dong Mo’s chin with its small paw, then tremblingly withdrew the pink pad and waved it downward.

It seemed to be guiding Dong Mo to look down.

The livestream was charmed by the interaction between the person and the cat.

[So cute! Uugh! Is it kneading?]

[Momo’s collarbones are so white and smooth!]

[The person above is a creep! Reported!]

[Did the kitten find something?]

Dong Mo blinked in confusion, but he saw the kitten repeat these two movements with effort.

In a moment, he followed the small pink and white paw and looked down.

He saw that in the snow he was standing on, frozen vegetation lay twisted on the ground.

And amidst the withered yellow, a splash of vibrant emerald green suddenly made its presence known.

Small branches and leaves were densely arranged, showing the familiar sawtooth pattern.

Dong Mo was silent.

The livestream went wild.

[What the heck? Can the kitten not even open its eyes? How did it find it!]

[Huh?]

[Momo, hahahahahaha! His eyesight is worse than the injured kitten in his arms!]

[How did the kitten find it!]

[I guess it was the sense of smell?]

[By the way, do you think this kitten’s beast form looks a bit familiar?]

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