Chapter 173: Rain and Dew

Brother Li had almost foreseen the tragedy that might happen next, and with a pale face, he ran over to try to save Ye Wanxi.

But what happened next completely surprised him.

The golden monkey mother bared her teeth at Ye Wanxi twice, her expression suddenly stiffening, and then her gaze towards Ye Wanxi became somewhat unfocused.

A moment later, it pushed its cub aside with its bottom, facing Ye Wanxi directly. With its right paw, it pulled out an apple twice the size of the cub and handed it to Ye Wanxi.

"???" What the heck? Why would she see something like shyness on a female monkey's face? And where did you just pull such a big apple out from?

Brother Li was also a bit bewildered by this unexpected turn of events, and almost tripped over his own feet and fell flat on his face.

"This..." This is truly unbelievable!

Wild golden monkeys do eat some berries, but cultivated fruits contain too much sugar and cannot be eaten by them frequently.

Just like children get candy for good behavior, the zoo regularly gives these golden monkeys some fruit to eat, providing them with balanced nutrition and serving as a small snack as a reward.

Normally, these golden monkeys are very protective of their food, and they will even fight with each other to snatch fruit from their own kind in order to get more.

But what did he see now? Every single one of these golden monkeys took out their precious apples and offered them to Ye Wanxi as if they were offering a sacrifice.

Several adult golden monkeys even argued over who should pass the food first, and soon they were wrestling.

The three cubs, being too small and weak, had long been squeezed into a corner, clutching their little apples, looking weak, helpless, and pitiful.

Not to mention Brother Li, even the cameraman who was filming Ye Wanxi and the viewers who were waiting in the program's personal live broadcast room were all dumbfounded and incredulous.

This script... something's not right!

Aunt Qiao was the first to react and burst out laughing.

"I'd heard before that you were a walking human catnip, with little animals chasing after you wherever you went. I thought it was just the media exaggerating to grab attention, but it turns out it's true."

"..." No, no, no, you misunderstood. It really was those media outlets that deliberately exaggerated it!

Unfortunately, no amount of explanation could be as convincing as the scene before them.

A few minutes was enough for these adult golden monkeys to have a fight, but unfortunately, their fight did not result in any real victory or defeat.

Therefore, they once again handed the choice to Ye Wanxi.

This scene made Xiao Li feel a pang of jealousy. He had taken care of these monkeys for several days, but in the end, he was not as popular as a temporary keeper he had just met.

Brother Li glanced at Ye Wanxi, then touched his unshaven face.

Could it be that even animals judge by their appearance these days?

Aunt Qiao was overjoyed to see the apples that Ye Wanxi and her ex-boyfriend had chosen.

"Why don't you just take them all? Don't be biased and treat them equally. If you only take one, I'm afraid they'll start fighting again."

"..." What the hell is this, spreading her favors evenly? Anyone who didn't know better would think she was choosing concubines!

Ye Wanxi took a deep breath and ultimately decided to put the apple in her hand back into the golden monkey cub's arms, choosing neither of them.

"I don't like apples, you guys eat them."

The golden monkeys: "..." It turns out they'd been fighting over nothing for nothing. Suddenly, the apples in their hands didn't seem so appealing anymore; they wouldn't even take them as a gift. Hehe~

The innocent apple, caught in the crossfire, thought, "..." What did it do to deserve this? It gets eaten and then disliked.

Ye Wanxi won the favor of Consort Monkey as soon as she entered the door, and things naturally became much simpler afterward.

Without Ye Wanxi needing to flatter them, the monkeys spontaneously showed their best side in order to gain Ye Wanxi's attention.

It made Brother Li envious, and it made the viewers in the live broadcast room extremely happy. Who doesn't like well-behaved, cute, and affectionate little animals?

[Absolutely amazing! If my cat could ever be as cute as these golden monkeys when it acts like this, my life would be complete!]

[Hahaha, longtime viewers of the variety show Xiao Yezi participated in before said that their first reaction upon hearing she was coming to the zoo was that she was going to pull off something big. Sure enough, Xiao Yezi tamed the difficult monkey princess the moment she entered, truly living up to her name as a human catnip.]

[What the hell?! These monkeys vying for favor do resemble the three thousand beauties of the imperial harem, but how do you know they're imperial concubines? The snake concubines in the next enclosure would be the first to object!]

[Tsk, a bunch of ugly, mundane creatures, how can they compare to my beloved cat? Tiger Noble requests to join the battle!]

[Da Tuan Tuan: Ha! As long as I live, you will all be concubines! Stop fighting, I am Emperor Ye's darling!]

[You're all so concerned about the beauties in the harem, but nobody cares about Little Li, who's been squeezed into a corner by the monkeys? Look at that inexplicably mournful look in his eyes, doesn't he resemble a lowly palace maid silently standing guard and serving as background in a movie or TV series?]

Why a palace maid? Are you looking down on our Brother Li? He should at least be a chief eunuch!

[You've snatched all the bamboo shoots! You've taken them all!]

The viewers in the live stream were having a great time making jokes and having fun, but some haters and trolls who couldn't stand Ye Wanxi thought that the fans were blindly praising her and that there was something fishy going on!

Golden monkeys are generally friendly animals. It's too obvious that someone hired an online troll army to create a persona. Perhaps the zoo volunteers were bribed by Ye Wanxi to deliberately smear these golden monkeys?

However, these claims were quickly countered by evidence presented by viewers who love the zoo's animals.

Generally, zookeepers have their own accounts to record their daily activities, making it easier for visitors who love these animals to follow along and enjoy their cuteness.

The zookeepers of these golden monkeys are no exception; as can be seen from the videos they released before, these golden monkeys are truly wild.

The zookeepers who take care of them are fine; at most, they just don't pay much attention to you. But the zookeepers who occasionally come to help feed them are in a bit of a mess. They are often teased, and sometimes they even get beaten up if they upset the animals.

Don't be fooled by the fact that these bear-monkeys are currently fighting amongst themselves for attention; when they get into a brawl, they always call on their friends and gang up on each other.

Anyone who has seen these videos will not dare to say that what Brother Li said before was untrue; in fact, they are all a little scared.

If it weren't for Ye Wanxi, they would probably have been wiped out the moment they walked in!

(End of this chapter)