Chapter 172 Golden Monkey Cub

"Yes, I believe it too." Ye Wanxi looked at Gu Shaoling's flushed face, which was red with excitement, and asked pointedly, "You like him?"

Gu Shaoling's blush deepened instantly: "I like him, but not in the way you think. My senior is my idol. He's a very nice person and sings beautifully."

"Don't you think he talks too little?"

"He doesn't talk much because he wants to protect his voice. Besides, what's the point of talking so much? Some people talk a lot, but it's all sweet talk, not a single word of truth. Although my senior brother doesn't talk much, he's a good person. He would never lie to anyone, nor would he use sweet talk, but he would always show his concern for you in a practical way..."

Gu Shaoling was clearly a big fan of her senior brother, and once she started talking about how good he was, she couldn't stop, completely unaware of the doting smile on Ye Wanxi's face.

The viewers in the live stream were quite tolerant of her recommendations, and some of her fans even unexpectedly discovered a different side of their idol and found her to be surprisingly adorable.

[Hahaha, the way Lingling enthusiastically praised her senior brother is just like how I recommend my idol to my best friend.]

[Same world, same kind of idol worship, hahaha, who would have thought that Linglingzi, who's usually so aloof, would be like this when she's a fan? I guess I'm only one idol away from my idol, I love it!]

After talking for a while, Gu Shaoling finally realized her lapse in composure and said awkwardly, "Did I talk too much?"

"No, you're telling the truth. With such a loyal fan like you, your senior brother will become famous sooner or later."

"Hmm!" Gu Shaoling had a good impression of Ye Wanxi, her friend who was willing to patiently listen to her talk about her senior brother. She readily agreed, "Since you know your senior brother and he asked me to take care of you, if you have any questions or don't know how to do anything, you can come to me. I'm right next door, so don't be shy."

Ye Wanxi chuckled, knowing that Nie Yuyang didn't really want her to take care of him. He probably already knew the wonders of the luck-changing talisman and was trying to get her to take care of his junior sister more.

but……

Ye Wanxi glanced at the silly girl who was completely unaware of her senior brother's good intentions. The little girl was quite cute, and it wouldn't be unreasonable to ask her to take care of her a little.

The two separated before entering the venue. As soon as Ye Wanxi followed the staff into the monkey enclosure, she heard the sounds of monkeys calling out. Then she saw two volunteers wearing work clothes and masks.

"These two are the volunteers in charge of the monkey enclosure. Just follow them today. They'll tell you what to watch out for later."

Upon hearing this, Ye Wanxi extended her hand to the two of them and said, "Hello, I am Ye Wanxi. I'm sorry to trouble you two today."

Two volunteers shook hands with her and greeted her, one male and one female, one surnamed Li and the other surnamed Qiao.

Aunt Qiao had just finished shaking hands with Ye Wanxi when she asked with slight surprise, "Young lady, you're not wearing makeup?"

Ye Wanxi paused for a moment, subconsciously touched her face, and smiled, "After all, I'm here to work at the zoo, so I'll definitely have to come into contact with some small animals. I was afraid that wearing makeup would make them uncomfortable, so I didn't wear any."

Aunt Qiao's eyes, hidden in the shadow of her hat, flashed with satisfaction as she praised, "That's true, but you are a celebrity after all, and it's already quite remarkable that you've achieved this. However, I think there's not much difference between you wearing makeup and not wearing makeup; you look equally beautiful."

"Thank you." Ye Wanxi blinked, feeling that this aunt was inexplicably enthusiastic towards her.

Seeing this, the relatively younger Brother Li coughed lightly to draw the two's attention back, and together with Aunt Qiao, led Ye Wanxi inside.

"We have a total of nine golden monkeys in our enclosure, six of which are adults and three are babies. We have just fed them and will let them out after they finish eating. We will then need to disinfect and clean the enclosures."

"The golden monkeys in our park have rather short tempers, especially the mothers who have just given birth. It's best not to get close to them or the baby monkeys unless absolutely necessary. Don't get too close when they're eating either, or they might think you're trying to take their food and they might attack you."

Ye Wanxi listened patiently and took notes, but unexpectedly, something was thrown at her as soon as she entered the door.

A dark shadow flew towards her. Ye Wanxi's eyes narrowed slightly, and she almost instinctively reached out to grab it. Upon closer inspection, she realized... it was an apple?

I looked up and my eyes met those of a golden monkey cub standing empty-handed by the fence.

"..."

"..."

After a brief silence, the golden monkey cub suddenly turned and ran, howling as it ran.

Ye Wanxi couldn't understand what it was calling at all. Just as she was about to hand the apple over to Brother Li and the other man to handle, she heard a faint chirping sound coming from her left.

Ye Wanxi paused slightly in her hand holding the apple, and looked in the direction of the sound, only to find a golden monkey cub with a relatively darker color nestled by the railing on the other side.

The cub was also holding an apple of about the same size as the one in her hand. It stared at Ye Wanxi for a while, then suddenly stretched the hand holding the apple over the railing and raised it high.

"Is this... meant for me to eat?"

Ye Wanxi was both surprised and touched by the kindness shown by the golden monkey cub.

"You eat it, I already have some."

As Ye Wanxi spoke, she waved the small apple in her hand at it. The little golden monkey was quite intelligent and quickly understood what Ye Wanxi meant.

Slightly disappointed, she lowered her hand, her head drooping a few centimeters, looking utterly heartbroken at being rejected by the person she liked.

Ye Wanxi couldn't bear to look at it, and after hesitating for a moment, she reached out to touch its head and comfort it.

Xiao Li, who was stunned by the unexpected development, changed his expression slightly and subconsciously wanted to stop Ye Wanxi, but was stopped by Aunt Qiao.

"husband……"

Aunt Qiao shook her head at him, but her eyes remained fixed on Ye Wanxi, never looking away.

However, Ye Wanxi's hand ultimately failed to land on the golden monkey cub's head.

The golden monkey that had run away while yelling earlier hurriedly returned, followed by several adult golden monkeys.

Brother Li immediately recognized the adult golden snub-nosed monkey running in front as the mother of the little golden snub-nosed monkey and the baby golden snub-nosed monkey in front of Ye Wanxi.

Upon closer inspection, Ye Wanxi was almost touching the golden monkey cub's hand. Little Li's expression changed drastically, and he finally couldn't help but shout, "Watch out!"

But it was all too late. The golden monkey mother leaped to her son's side, grinned, and revealed her two sharp teeth to Ye Wanxi.

(End of this chapter)