Chapter 157 Encountering something scary
"ah"
Xie Yang was obviously slow to react to Lin Ting's explanation.
Lin Ting continued to ask, "When did your Capibara have problems?"
Xie Yang thought for a moment and said seriously, "I didn't notice it when I first came home from the hospital. I only noticed something was wrong in the past few days."
"Uncle Li, you usually feed Pipi and Zhouzhou. Have you noticed that these two little guys don't even eat their favorite apples?" Xie Yang turned his head to look at Uncle Li who was standing beside him. His gold-rimmed glasses reflected a different light under the light.
Butler Li thought carefully and said, "About five or six days ago."
"Pipi and Zhouzhou love apples very much. I have people deliver clean apples to them every day. The amount of apples is always the same. Just five or six days ago, when I came to clean, I found that the apples that were delivered to them were untouched. I thought the servants didn't control the amount and delivered too many, so the two little guys didn't finish them."
"I specifically asked the servants, and they said they delivered the usual amount. I didn't think much of it at the time, but the apples delivered the next day were still the same, and even the fodder was barely touched. So I told the young master about it."
"The young master was still recuperating at home at the time. I took the veterinarian to check Pipi Zhouzhou, but they couldn't find any problems."
"If it's a psychological problem, the recent care has been the same as usual, and it shouldn't cause any psychological problems to the animals." Butler Li couldn't help but frowned as he spoke.
"If they weren't frightened, Capybaras wouldn't have any psychological problems. They have a better mentality than humans."
"How long have you raised these two capybaras?" Lin Ting asked in a gentle voice.
"It's been two years. A friend brought it back for me when he was traveling abroad. I've been raising it in the backyard ever since. Apart from me, Housekeeper Li, and the servants who feed it, no one usually comes into contact with Capibara."
"As for my stepmother, I was afraid she would scare Capibara. When she came in, I warned her not to come to my backyard. I don't think she would have the courage to do that."
When Xie Yang mentioned his stepmother, his brows furrowed slightly, and his tone revealed an indescribable annoyance.
But we couldn't bear living under the same roof, so we had to endure it.
Two years is enough time to raise a little guy. It is impossible for him to become depressed because of being separated from the group. If he would become depressed, he would have been depressed long ago.
Lin Ting nodded without saying anything.
The three of them had unknowingly reached the wooden fence erected for Capibara. Through the fence, they could see two little guys crowded in a small wooden house built with wooden boards.
Even though they saw the familiar Xie Yang, they didn't dare to stick their heads out.
Although they were far away, if you looked closely you could still see the two little guys' fur standing up and their bodies trembling slightly.
"So...so...scary..."
'It's so scary.'
After hearing the two little guys' thoughts, Lin Ting frowned slightly.
Lin Hearing this strange thing, it quickly caught Xie Yang's attention, "Miss Lin, are Pipi and Zhou Zhou really depressed?"
"Just tell me the truth. I'm already prepared."
Under Xie Yang's expectant eyes, Lin Ting shook his head, "Don't worry, it's not depression."
"They seem to be afraid of something."
Lin Ting made a guess based on the two little guys' thoughts.
Xie Yang also frowned in confusion. "The layout in here is still the same as before. It's impossible that I wasn't scared before and suddenly I'm scared now."
"Uncle Li, have you put anything in there again?" He was usually busy with work, so daily meals and cleaning were all done by the servants. Uncle Li would come over to help occasionally.
Hearing this, Butler Li shook his head repeatedly, "No, it's usually the Young Master who orders us to add things in there. Without the Young Master's order, how could we dare to put anything in there casually?"
"What could possibly scare them?" Xie Yang muttered to himself.
Lin Ting glanced at the iron bolt on the wooden fence and asked, "Can I go in and take a look?"
"Of course." Xie Yang personally stepped forward to help open the bolt.
I have to say that the servants of the Xie family have done their best to clean the place where Capibara lives. Even if you get close to him, you can't smell any smell in there.
Xie Yang followed Lin Ting all the way to the wooden house.
I’m afraid Pippi and Zhou Zhou are in such a bad condition that they can’t eat anything.
Lin Ting squatted in front of the two little guys, holding his chin with one hand, and asked in a gentle voice, "What are you afraid of?"
Woo
"A very...long...thing..."
"And it has... wings..."
"Can't...be...bitten..."
Just as the outside world has said, Capybara's thoughts are also very slow, and it takes him a long time to react after he says a word.
Very long? With wings? And can't be bitten?
Lin Ting thought for a long time, but couldn't figure out what the two little guys were describing. He could only continue to ask, "Is it alive?"
"Can it fly?"
While waiting for Capibara to answer, Lin Ting instructed Xie Yang, "First, have Uncle Li take people to look for any extra items near Capibara's residence."
"It could also be a small animal."
Lin Ting added another sentence.
Xie Yang only needed to give Uncle Li a look and he would do it immediately.
'Alive.'
"It doesn't fly...it crawls...and it even crawls into the pig's bowl."
"I can eat pork."
Lin Ting frowned even more tightly.
Xie Yang became increasingly nervous upon seeing this. "Is Miss Lin a troublesome person?"
Before Lin Ting could answer, a shrill scream interrupted their conversation.
Lin Ting and Xie Yang looked in the direction of the sound almost simultaneously, only to see Butler Li fall to the ground in terror, his face pale and his whole body trembling. He was practically crawling backwards on both hands and feet, his teeth chattering with fear. "Snake...cobra..."
"Master, it's a cobra."
As Butler Li's voice fell, Lin Ting saw a cobra crawling out from behind the pool.
The cobra stood up and kept moving forward, with its tongue constantly coming out of its mouth. When it opened its mouth, two sharp fangs could be seen, and its pair of vertical pupils looked at people as if it was looking at prey.
Cobra is the most poisonous species of snake. The toxins secreted by cobra can cause respiratory paralysis, and if not sent to the hospital in time, the snake may die.
Cobra is a general term for the family Elapidae. Depending on their distribution areas, they are collectively referred to as Indian cobra, Chinese cobra and Egyptian cobra. The cobra in front of us can be seen to be a Chinese cobra.
Although Chinese cobras are very common, this type of snake does not live in Jiangcheng, and it is even less likely that they would appear in the villa for no reason.
Unless there was a resident who kept snakes nearby and failed to keep an eye on the cobra, allowing it to escape, it could have been placed there on purpose by someone.
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