Chapter 30: Zoo vs. the Internet
Si Ran realized something was wrong.
She quickly said, "Ping'an, let her go first. If you have any grievances, tell me. I promise to help you, okay?"
"You have to save your life, you..." Si Ran paused and whispered in the giant panda's ear: "Don't you want to find your mother and sister?"
"I, I do." Ping'an's voice was filled with tears. "But my mother and eldest sister have been killed by humans. In order to protect me, my second sister asked me to hide and lure away the humans. I don't know what happened to my second sister."
"I'll help you find it!" Si Ran lowered his voice and promised, "Ping An, I'll help you, can you trust me?"
"I……"
Ping An looked at Si Ran hesitantly.
Si Ran would come to see her every night.
It felt inexplicably safe staying with this human being. Its subconscious told it that the human being in front of it who often talked to it and played with it was a good person.
But can it really trust her?
The look in the eyes of the human in front of him was so sincere that Ping An found that he couldn't refuse Si Ran no matter what.
"I believe you." Ping An muttered, gradually letting go of Si Nian, and looking at Si Ran with his round eyes pitifully: "Director, I only believe in you."
Si Nian rolled and crawled to his feet from the ground.
Just as she was about to speak, she heard Si Ran's cold voice: "If you don't want to die, get out of here."
Si Nian: "..."
The giant panda suddenly pounced on her, which really scared her, so she rolled and crawled out.
Once Si Nian left, Si Ran could ask boldly.
"Ping An, you are very smart. You should know that I can understand you."
Ping An nodded.
It often sees Si Nian talking to the three giant pandas next door.
"Just tell me what you know, and I'll do my best to help you as long as I can."
Ping An's ears twitched, and the little guy's tone became noticeably more cheerful: "Really?"
Si Ran nodded.
Ping An no longer hesitated and told everything that happened a few months ago.
"We used to live in a very large mountain. Our tribe had an endless supply of bamboo and streams, but humans have moved into the mountains over the years and built high-rise buildings at the foot of our mountain, so our habitat has been changing."
Si Ran's breathing stopped.
Another species is forced to move out of its habitat due to over-exploitation by humans.
Si Ran clenched his hands a little tighter and continued to listen to Ping An's words quietly.
"When my mother gave birth to us, we were almost out of habitat. If this continues, our tribe will just die."
"So we decided to migrate again."
"Not only our tribe, but also several other giant panda tribes have sent their healthiest giant pandas. Mom, my two sisters and I are among them."
"We heard from other animals that there was a suitable habitat for pandas in the neighboring city of Y. Mom took us across a turbulent river. When we were finally about to find a suitable habitat, something unexpected happened."
Ping'an choked up, his voice like the blood-curdling cuckoo's cry: "We found a bamboo forest, but we didn't know it was also human territory. We were so hungry that we bit the sheep they kept. A man with a gun chased us for a long time. My mother and eldest sister fell to protect us, and my other sister led the gunman away to protect me."
Why can't all humans be as good as the headmaster?
Their habitat became smaller and smaller, changing again and again, until finally only scattered fragments of the huge population remained.
They wanted to live, so their mother took them across thousands of miles just to find a place where all the pandas could find a place to breathe.
But it was destroyed by humans.
Animals aren't as smart as humans, so Ping An asked, puzzled and sad, "Director, did we do something wrong?"
"No." Si Ran said without thinking: "You did nothing wrong."
Si Ran held the little guy in her arms, coaxing her like a mother: "I promise you, no matter what, I will try my best to help you find your mother and sister, even if they are corpses."
The way the man and the bear interacted was seen by netizens in the live broadcast room.
It’s a pity that Si Ran had thrown away the recording equipment long ago, and Si Nian’s microphone was smashed to pieces by Ping An’s claw. Everyone could only see the picture but couldn’t hear the sound, and they were so anxious that they were jumping for feet.
"What's going on? Why can't I hear anything?"
"We can't hear it either. It seems Si Ran took off the microphone."
"Holy crap, I just came across such an exciting scene today."
"This giant panda should have been shot for its aggressive behavior. Why didn't Si Ran call the police? Didn't he see that Nian Nian almost died?"
"Haha, if it wasn't for Si Ran she would have really died."
"That's right, giant pandas are wild animals, so you can't just touch them."
"So what did the one-man-one-panda say? I didn't pay for VIP, so I can't listen!"
"This zoo is so unprofessional!"
…
Si Ran actually turned off the microphone, which already made some people dissatisfied. Now the black fans finally found a reason to attack him.
The online abuse was overwhelming.
Si Nian took this opportunity to report his safety online and posted photos of the wounds he suffered from the panda's scratches, which won him the sympathy of many netizens, who said that Si Nian was unlucky to have encountered an emotionally unstable panda.
Si Ran couldn't help but frown when he saw that some people even started criticizing the zoo.
She told her teacher about the giant panda that was shot and killed after it set foot in Y Province, and then contacted Meng Tao.
"Director Meng, I'm planning to open a Weibo account and use the popularity of 'Wonderful Zoo' to clarify things. What do you think?"
Meng Tao is over 50 years old. He was furious when he learned that Ping An's mother and sister were killed, but he was not good at using the Internet and did not know how to explain Ping An's behavior.
He immediately agreed when Si Ran said that.
"Just open the account, and I'll let the higher-ups handle the rest."
Si Ran got approval, opened an account immediately, and posted on Weibo——
"In response to recent online questions about the park, our company stated that staff provide scientific education to guests before they enter the zoo and during daily activities.
Si Nian's sudden contact with the giant panda Ping An without disinfection is already a violation. We would like to say that no matter how cute a furry animal is, it is still a wild animal. Please do not touch it suddenly and then blame it if you get hurt (sweet smile)."
The Weibo post about Wonderful Zoo was quickly forwarded by various official media outlets and was discovered by netizens in less than half an hour. It successfully made it to the top of the trending searches and was discovered by even more people.
The attitude of the Fantastic Zoo is tough and strong.
"Holy crap, the zoo opened an official blog just because of this?"
"This is a hard fight! What the hell!"
"I really like this protective attitude of his child. To be honest, Si Ran has been touching Ping An all the time, and Ping An has never resisted. But when Si Nian touches him, he starts to go crazy. It must be because of improper operation."
"What the official blog said is quite right. Fluffy is also a wild animal. Moreover, Ping An must have had some bad experiences before, and it's very likely that he's been hurt by humans before."
"Si Nian even wanted the police to shoot the giant panda..."
"Nian Nian never said that!"
"Ping An put Si Nian behind him, and he looked so aggrieved. It must be because he had a very unpleasant experience with Si Nian before!"
"How dare Si Nian feel like he's been wronged!"
As public opinion on the Internet began to be one-sided, the fight between Animal fans and Si Nian fans was in full swing.
On the other hand, Meng Tao told Si Ran that his superiors already knew about it and were very angry.
He also said that he would hand over the matter entirely to Qimiao Zoo for investigation, and that they must find the mother panda's body as soon as possible and look for other giant pandas in Y Province.
Si Ran nodded, but remembered that he was still recording the show.
Meng Tao waved his hand and said, "Why are we still recording a program? How can a program be more important than giant pandas?"
Si Ran's mouth twitched, and he said quietly, "But the penalty for breach of contract is 30 million?"
"What's thirty million..."
Meng Tao's mouth was running in front, but his brain was chasing behind. When he realized what he had said, his voice stopped abruptly and he looked at Si Ran with wide eyes.
"Let's forget about the 30 million. We're too poor to pay it back." Meng Tao said seriously, "But let's hurry to Province Y. I'll go discuss this with Director Fan Tong."
Meng Tao is a man of action and does what he says.
He found Fan Tong and said he wanted the guests to go look for giant pandas in the wild.
After hearing this, Fan Tongyi clapped his thigh excitedly and said, "It's good to go to the wild. It's wonderful to go to the wild. Let's go to the wild!"
That evening, Fan Tong announced in front of the guests that his itinerary for the next few days would be to follow Meng Tao to Y Province to photograph giant pandas.
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