Chapter 25: Chapter 25 Jinya's Late Night Warning
Little Sen proactively took over his next task, allowing him to go comfort Leopard Sister and her cubs.
Chen Ying didn't even have time to change clothes, carrying a late-night snack tray into the animal shed.
Leopard Sister was lazily lying on the platform. When Chen Ying entered the room, it suddenly stood up, took a deep breath, jumped off the platform, and walked over to Chen Ying, circling him twice.
"Roar, where have you been? You reek like tiger scent."
Chen Ying, who had been dealing with tiger poop and stayed for quite a while in the place where the tigers peed and sharpened their claws, was silent for a moment.
"Is the smell really that strong?"
"Roar, don't you have a clue yourself?"
Leopard Sister circled once, finding no injuries on him, instantly putting the matter behind her.
"Roar, I want to go out for a walk. Come with me to see that big fool."
"That's no problem, but what about Big Baby and Little Baby? Are they coming along?"
Leopard Sister shot a disdainful glance at the two chubby kids, but in the end, her motherly instincts prevailed, and she rushed the two kids out the door.
Before leaving, Chen Ying called over to Panda House to inform them.
These two youngsters were different from the previous female doctor. Instead of worrying, they were excitedly asking Chen Ying if they could have a close encounter with Leopard Sister.
Chen Ying didn't dare agree on behalf of Leopard Sister but said they could say hello to her when she was in a good mood.
Mendun'er, who was dozing off while munching on bamboo, suddenly jolted up straight.
A familiar scent gradually approached. Mendun'er abandoned the half-eaten bamboo, clung to the iron bars, and looked toward the door.
Soon, Chen Ying brought Leopard Sister into the inner shed.
He didn't dare open the iron bars to let them have close contact; he wasn't ready to challenge the nerves of the entire protection center's staff.
Even so, the staff responsible for monitoring felt as if their hearts were tightly wound in a knot.
"Roar, big fool, are you okay?"
"Eek eek, you're the fool. Bringing a cub and still getting your stomach clawed open."
"Roar, talking about that makes me angry! If I hadn't just given birth and hadn't regained my strength yet, do you think I would have let that thing hurt me successfully?"
The two old friends who hadn't seen each other in a while sat facing each other, chatting across the iron bars.
"Roar, speaking of, are you also looking for a mate this year? Got your eyes on anyone?"
"Eek eek, no! That little girl tricked me, saying there were plenty of quality male bears here with the two-legged beasts, but I haven't seen a single one."
Chen Ying, who was subtly eavesdropping nearby, hadn't expected to hear such an explosive conversation. *Subconsciously, he glanced at the surveillance camera.*
The obviously cracked expression on his face left the staff in front of the surveillance screens confused.
"What's with Dr. Chen? He looks at us with a face full of disbelief. Isn't monitoring routine? We didn't even blame him for taking Leopard Sister in there."
"I feel like Dr. Chen doesn't look angry, more like he heard something unbelievable. But does he understand animal language?"
The young people working overtime laughed heartily.
"No way, do you really think he's a modern-day druid, understanding animal language?"
The person who said this raised an eyebrow and spread his hands, "Who knows, maybe he does."
Despite saying this, he didn't actually believe it, so the truth slipped away through their fingers.
Chen Ying looked away from the surveillance camera, rubbed his chin.
The number of giant pandas in their reserve wasn't small, but their distribution was unclear, and it's possible Mendun'er wasn't interested in the bears around.
The idea of wild pandas and base-captive pandas mating wasn't out of the question, but how to promote it? *He needed to come up with an idea to try.*
In fact, there had been successful cases of introducing wild genes domestically, and a healthy male cub was even born.
But Mendun'er was a female bear. *If she wasn't interested in wild male bears, would she really be interested in captive male bears?*
But it's worth a try, isn't it? *What if it worked?*
*What if Mendun'er was just a sucker for good looks?*
After chatting for a while, Leopard Sister felt it was about time to go out for some exercise before sleeping. She gave a casual farewell and left, tail swinging.
"You guys come clean up after Mendun'er, I'll head off first."
Making a gesture towards the camera, Chen Ying jogged to catch up with Leopard Sister.
Leopard Sister specifically stopped to take a look when passing by the red panda Meng Yan's animal shed and activity area.
However, Meng Yan had become a lot bolder recently, or perhaps less vigilant, managing to remain sound asleep without waking up.
They strolled to the area where they'd previously been. The two chubby cubs were chasing a small wild rabbit. A live rabbit!
"Brother Ying, this was what Brother Wang from Forest Station caught in the afternoon, saying it would be perfect for letting the little leopards practice hunting."
Duanmu Lin squatted at the door, next to the new ranger, Little Deng, from next door.
Seeing Chen Ying and Leopard Sister approach, Duanmu Lin moved aside with Little Deng to let them in, pointing at the palm-sized rabbit as he explained.
Chen Ying looked at him speechlessly; how old were the little leopards anyway, starting to hunt living creatures?
Look, it wasn't like hunting at all; it was more like they were treating the little rabbit as a playmate.
One would pounce obnoxiously, missing the rabbit and tumbling to the ground with a crash, only to roll up and start flopping again. *It wasn't hunting; it was full of cute clumsiness.*
With Chen Ying and Leopard Sister's arrival, Duanmu Lin and Little Deng found it inconvenient to continue standing at the door. After greeting them, they ran toward their quarters.
"I'm posting tonight's video on my social media."
Little Deng was very young, from Xiaozhai Village. After graduating high school, he stayed home to take care of his elderly grandmother and recently got a ranger position.
He was just 19, still a lively kid, and admired Chen Ying and Yin Li immensely.
"Brother Duanmu, can you teach me how to edit videos?"
Duanmu Lin patiently guided him on using a mobile app to edit videos and post them, also advising him that he could film some videos during his free time at work and post them online, possibly helping his family sell mountain goods if he accumulated enough followers.
Xiaozhai Village was located deep in the remote mountains of Jiamu Town, where economic development was challenging. If they could leverage the internet for sales, it would benefit both Little Deng and Xiaozhai Village.
Chen Ying didn't interfere with what they did in their free time at work, as long as it didn't break the rules.
He himself wasn't interested in posting videos, so ever since Duanmu and Little Sen arrived, he delegated the updates on the rescue station's work account to Duanmu and Little Sen.
Currently, his account mainly focused on popular science, posting educational articles, answering questions from netizens, or identifying animals in photos to determine if they were national treasures or something.
Duanmu and Little Deng hadn't been gone for long when Chen Ying was about to find something to temporarily house the little rabbit for the little leopards to practice with another day. Suddenly, a familiar animal call came from outside the newly set up wire fence.
"Is that Jinya? Is it in danger?"
With no regard for the little rabbit, Chen Ying dashed toward the direction of the sound.
Leopard Sister also stood on a rock, warily called out, and looked around.
The two little leopards obediently lay in the grass, trying to let the tall grass cover their bodies.
Chen Ying reached the wire fence and saw Jinya standing on a rock, casting a wary expression towards the northwest.
The shadows flickered, the night wind blew, and Chen Ying couldn't see any threats over there.
Just as he was about to ask Jinya, the system suddenly popped up a prompt.