Chapter 9

"Ding-ling-ling, ding-ling-ling."

The sudden sound of the alarm startled Mu Ling.

Mu Ling woke up from a deep sleep. She was dazed for a moment, then she slowly glanced at the time, turned off the alarm, and got up from the bed.

After going to the bathroom to wash up as if sleepwalking, Mu Ling first went to the constant temperature storage, took out a bag of dehydrated pork, and then went to the veterinary station.

In the veterinary station, Qilin was also catching up on his sleep. It is conceivable how poor its sleep quality was last night because of Mu Ling's harassment!

"Qilin." Mu Ling called with a smile.

The golden tiger had already smelled her breath, but it didn't move at all, pretending to be still asleep.

"Sister is here to change the bandage for you." Mu Ling placed the dehydrated pork at the door, picked up the medical kit, opened the cage, and walked in.

Feeling the approach of humans, Qilin could no longer pretend, and could only open his eyes faintly, staring at the girl with his cold beast pupils.

Mu Ling was already accustomed to Qilin's world-weary face. She sat cross-legged next to Qilin, and without any sense of boundaries, she reached out to touch Qilin's butt.

Qilin's face was ashen, and his tail was swinging wildly, trying to chase Mu Ling's hand away like chasing a fly.

Mu Ling saw that its tail was moving all the time, so she simply pulled its tail over, stuffed it under her legs, and pressed it down.

Qilin: "..."

Qilin felt uncomfortable, turned his head to look at his tail, and wanted to struggle.

As soon as he moved, Mu Ling pressed his back with one hand and reminded him, "Don't move."

A medicine change took about fifteen minutes. After that, Mu Ling went outside to prepare food.

Qilin's meal in the morning was prepared separately. Mu Ling learned from the side at that time. Now she prepares it herself. Dehydrated pork is the staple food, with some other nutritional supplements, nutritional powder, and nutritional capsules. For selfish reasons, Mu Ling secretly opened a can of snacks for Qilin, which was also mixed in the rice. Then she carried the stainless steel bowl the size of a washbasin and entered the ward. Qilin's appetite was okay

. It finished breakfast. Mu Ling watched it eat with an auntie smile throughout the process. After thinking about it, she simply turned on the computer and planned to take a photo of the little tiger's meal.

As a result, a message came in as soon as it was unlocked.

It was an unfamiliar number and there was no caller ID. Mu Ling was stunned for a moment, but still pressed the answer button: "Hello."

A girl's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Are you Ms. Mu Lingmu, the owner of Bick Zoo, No. 7 Bick Avenue, Fenghai District, Shenwang Star?"

Mu Ling: "..."

Mu Ling was a little puzzled: "Yes, who are you?"

"We are from the Forestry Bureau of Shenwang Star."

Forestry Bureau?

Mu Ling was shocked and said quickly: "Oh, hello, hello, what can I do for you?"

"Please wait a moment, our director is here to talk to you."

There was a slight pause on the other end, but Mu Ling's heart began to beat. What was going on? Why did the Forestry Bureau come to her door just after she arrived at the God King Star? She thought of all the boasts and promises her great-aunt had made to the authorities of the God King Star. Mu Ling suddenly felt guilty. Could they be here to ask her for repayment of her grandson's debt?

After waiting for more than a minute, a middle-aged man's voice came from the other end of the communication: "Hello, is this Ms. Mu?"

Mu Ling quickly said: "Yes, yes, hello."

The middle-aged man went straight to the point: "It's like this, we found out that you just received the property rights of BIKE Zoo a week ago, and now your zoo has been reported. Many people have reported that your zoo is involved in illegal detention and abuse of wild animals. Do you know about this?"

Mu Ling: "..."

Mu Ling was dumbfounded.

"I, I don't know, how could this happen?!"

Mu Ling thought of Wei Li and Xiang Bie at the first time.

Could it be that Brother Xiang and Brother Wei did it?

But it's impossible, Brother Xiang and Brother Wei look like they have thick eyebrows and big eyes, and they are honest and have paid a lot of money to the zoo. They can't be the kind of criminals who would abuse animals!

"Is there any misunderstanding? We only had two old employees guarding our zoo before. They are people who love animals very much and would never abuse animals!"

The middle-aged man sensitively caught the clue and immediately asked: "Tell me the information of the two old employees so we can register them."

Mu Ling quickly told the basic information of Xiang Bie and Wei Li, but the leader said that it was not enough and they needed the exact ID number, which Mu Ling could not remember. She said, "I'll go to the office to check."

She was about to leave but found that she couldn't. She looked down and found that her trouser leg had been stepped on by the Qilin without her knowing when.

Mu Ling is now wearing the clothes of a keeper. This kind of clothes is convenient for work and resistant to dirt. However, the clothes were found temporarily by Wei Li for her, and the size is not very suitable. Mu Ling

's trousers are too long, dragging for a long distance, and Qilin is stepping on this small section. Mu Ling is helpless, patting Qilin's head and saying: "Qilin, lift your legs."

The director of the Forestry Bureau on the other side of the communicator: "?"

... Huh? What did he hear?

"Qilin." The big tiger was only concerned with eating and ignored him. Mu Ling had to call again.

The director of the Forestry Bureau was surprised. He did not hear wrong. It was indeed "Qilin". He also watched the video reported by netizens. The tiger in the video that maliciously imitated the retired meritorious war beast was called Qilin.

The director had seen that this owner had just taken over the zoo a week ago, and he thought she knew nothing about the zoo, and he didn't connect her to the female voice in the video. As it turned out, it was this person.

So this owner is not only the person in charge of the zoo, she is very likely an accomplice in animal abuse, or even the main culprit!

The director immediately became serious, raised his hand and gestured to his subordinates, signaling them to contact the police station near Bic Avenue and ask them to send police officers to the zoo to control Ms. Mu, while he dragged Mu Ling on the communicator: "Who is the Qilin you just called?"

Mu Ling helplessly: "It's the little tiger in our zoo, it... is a little naughty..."

Just because it's naughty, you can abuse it?

The director looked serious but pretended to be gentle: "Really? I haven't seen a real tiger yet. Can you show me the video?" He wanted to monitor the owner through the video first.

Mu Ling was stunned. He was just talking about the zoo being reported. How come this leader was in the mood to see tigers?

But who lets him be the leader? We will have to deal with each other in the future. Mu Ling quickly said, "Of course."

She turned on the camera, and almost immediately, the Forestry Bureau saw the situation over there.

It was a large iron cage covered with a thick mattress. In the cage, a huge and ferocious golden tiger was eating. The tiger was wrapped in many bandages and looked very wolfish. Moreover, it was very thin, as if it had been malnourished for a long time, and its hair was extremely dull.

It really looked like an abused animal!

The director of the Forestry Bureau said in a cold voice, "It's a very healthy tiger."

Mu Ling smiled and said, "Actually, it's not healthy. Its physical condition is below average. It has suffered too much before." Mu Ling said, and bent down distressedly to touch the tiger's head.

The director was shocked when he saw this, and immediately shouted: "Don't touch it!"

What's wrong with this Ms. Mu! How dare she touch the beast while it's eating! Even if it's a domesticated beast, it's still a beast! It's the beast's instinct to protect its food! Even if it's an abused beast, it will never allow humans to touch it while it's eating! They will kill for food!

The director's shouting startled other people in the office.

Many people looked over, and some walked to the door of the director's office and asked: "Director, what's wrong?"

The director did not answer them, and the office was strangely silent at this time.

The staff members were confused. Seeing the director on a video call, they could see the image suspended in the air because the video was not hidden. They all looked at the video.

In the video, a young girl was bending over and placing her hand on the head of a giant tiger with a stiff movement. She turned her head and looked at the camera in astonishment. The tiger she was touching was also looking at the camera coldly. It seemed to be startled by the sound coming from the camera. It was still chewing minced meat in its mouth. The look it gave the camera was lifeless, as if it was looking at a dead person.

The staff members of the Forestry Bureau: "..."

The staff members of the Forestry Bureau: "!!!!!!"

What the hell! How dare a human get so close to a tiger that is eating! Her hand even touched the tiger's head!

Eh, that's not right, why didn't the tiger react? Shouldn't it attack her?

"Leader?" Mu Ling opened her mouth carefully. Because it was a one-way video call, Mu Ling didn't know what happened to the leader all of a sudden. He just roared and scared her!

After being silent for more than ten seconds, the director finally came to his senses and found his voice. His voice was hoarse: "Qilin, Qilin, it won't bite you?"

"Ah?" Mu Ling was a little confused: "Qilin... doesn't bite people. It's a very docile little tiger, but sometimes it has a big temper..."

Mu Ling said, pushing the tiger's body with one hand and pulling her trousers with the other hand. She gritted her teeth: "Qilin, you stepped on me!"

Qilin glanced at the camera, then glanced at Mu Ling, lowered his head and continued to eat.

"You did it on purpose, didn't you?"

Qilin continued to eat.

"Qilin!"

Mu Ling was angry!

"Okay, okay, I can't cure you. If you don't lift your feet, you can't eat!"

Mu Ling stretched out her hand and snatched the food bowl from the tiger's mouth.

The employees and the director of the Forestry Bureau: "!!!!"

Ahhhhhh what are you doing!!!

For a tiger, taking food from its mouth is a provocation and a declaration of war!

You will be torn to pieces by the tiger!

Sure enough, the tiger growled unhappily: "Roar!"

Mu Ling raised the food bowl with both hands and pressed the food bowl against his head, so that Qilin couldn't eat it!

Qilin looked at the food bowl, licked his lips, and stopped eating.

It rolled its body and sat down straight, with its big butt directly pressing on the back of Mu Ling's feet.

Now, not to mention the trousers and feet, even the legs were welded shut by Mu Ling!

Mu Ling: "..."

Mu Ling put down the food bowl, rushed over and hugged the tiger's neck: "I'm going to fight you! You stingy guy, bad woman! Didn't I just press your tail for a while? You have to press it back, don't you! Don't you!"

Mu Ling roared and rubbed the tiger's head. The Qilin felt uncomfortable with her touch, and opened its big mouth, trying to bite Mu Ling's restless hand. While biting, Mu Ling's arm was licked by saliva. She was tired, so she simply stopped moving and let Qilin bite.

Qilin didn't really bite, and its teeth didn't use any force. Seeing that Mu Ling didn't move, it didn't want to bite anymore. It used its nose to push the arm away, then moved its butt, stood up, and walked to the side to drink water.

Mu Ling's legs were finally freed. She rubbed her hands on her overalls to wipe off the saliva, and said to Qilin: "Hurry up and eat. You must finish your meal. Sister will come back to check in a while!"

After that, Mu Ling walked out of the iron cage, closed the door, and apologized as she walked outside: "I'm sorry, leader, I'm going to the office now, but I still think that the old employees of our zoo will not do such a thing as abusing animals. I hope you can clear their name after you have verified the facts."

Director: "..."

The director was silent for a few seconds, then slowly said: "Don't put the blame on your employees..."

Mu Ling paused while climbing the stairs: "Huh?"

The director took a deep breath: "It's obviously you who caused the trouble! Bring me Qilin's information and report to the Forestry Bureau now! Immediately!"

Mu Ling: "..."