Chapter 23
After Wei Li stuffed the two hyenas into the cage and hid them, when he came out of the garage, he saw people in the open space outside still staring towards the forest.
I looked at the time and found that the director had been upstairs for more than fifteen minutes. I don’t know what the situation is now?
"Brother Xiang." Wei Li was a little worried. He walked over to Xiang Bie and asked quietly, "How about I go up and take a look? The headmaster is a girl after all..."
Xiang Bie frowned, and after a long pause, he said hesitantly, "Hmm."
After receiving the approval, Wei Li was about to go to the warehouse to get the protective suit. However, as soon as he turned around, the crowd started to make a noise: "Hey, they're coming down, they're coming down! Look!"
Wei Li quickly turned around and saw that it was indeed the headmaster. She was still wearing the protective suit, but the protection was not very good. She probably felt too hot, so she opened her coat directly, did not wear a hat, and rolled up her sleeves to her elbows.
This...what's the difference between this and not wearing protective clothing?
At this moment, the head teacher probably felt a little overheated, so she took off her protective suit and put it on her arm.
Wei Li: “…”
"Hey, the director took off his protective suit. Did the animals on the mountain leave?"
"It must have left, otherwise how could it dare to take it off? But what kind of animal is that? Judging from the size of its eyes, it must be a ferocious beast, right?"
"Could it be Qing Jiao? Damn it, if I could see Qing Jiao again today, I can't imagine how happy I would be!"
"Brother Wang, aren't you thirty-six?"
"I'm forever young."
“…”
While the tourists were still talking, they saw that the director had almost reached the halfway point of the mountain.
But halfway through, she suddenly stopped and looked back at the mountain.
"Is she looking at the beast?"
"Can you still see it? Aren't they all gone?"
"I don't know... Wait, holy shit, what is that!?"
The tourists were suddenly startled. What did they see? They saw a pitch-black object with a pair of green eyes slowly walking out of the dark jungle in the forest behind Mu Ling.
Take another closer look.
"Leopard! It's a black panther!"
"Looking at its size, it's bigger than the average black panther. Wait, it's not a black panther, it's a fire panther! Fire panther lightning!"
"Is it lightning? Really lightning? How can lightning come down the mountain?"
The tourists were all shocked instantly. Xiang Bie squinted his eyes and watched the scene. For some reason, he was not very surprised. He even had a feeling that it was as he expected...
He had almost confirmed that something was wrong with Mu Ling.
"Brother Xiang, Lightning! Lightning followed the director down the mountain! How, how could this happen!" Wei Li was extremely surprised. There were so many people at the foot of the mountain, and with Lightning's sense of smell, it was impossible for him not to smell them. He knew that he would face many humans whom he hated very much when he went down the mountain, but he still came down. Wei Li didn't understand!
Xiang Bie said at this time: "Take the person into the supermarket and don't scare Lightning."
Wei Li came to his senses, responded quickly, and turned back to drive the tourists away.
The tourists also knew the dangers of retired war beasts. Although they were reluctant, they still cooperated and entered the supermarket, then stuck to the supermarket glass and continued to look outside.
Mu Ling led the black panther down the mountain. Perhaps because the black panther smelled too many unfamiliar smells, it felt a little uneasy and stuck close to Mu Ling.
Mu Ling put her arms around its neck and rubbed its ears as she walked.
Black Panther seemed to be appeased. He rubbed Mu Ling's palm with his forehead and continued to follow her down.
When the man and the leopard were getting closer and closer and had reached the edge of the service area, Mu Ling suddenly stopped and made a gesture to Xiang Bie below from a distance.
What she meant was that she would take the black panther to the veterinary station first. After all, in the entire service area, the veterinary station was the only place that had a cage that could hold such a large panther.
Xiang Bie nodded, and Mu Ling left with Lightning.
The visitors soon lost sight of the zoo director and the black panther, and were immediately filled with regret. After expressing their regret, they discussed with each other. No one had expected to see lightning today. This was truly a pleasant surprise!
On the other side, Mu Ling took Lightning all the way to the veterinary station. The black panther was very well behaved throughout the whole process, but when they arrived at the door of Qilin's ward, Lightning suddenly paused and turned his head to look at Qilin.
The Qilin was originally sleeping, but when it smelled the scent of other beasts, it opened its brown-green eyes and looked outside with a chill.
At this look, the brown-green eyes met the emerald green eyes. Qilin turned over and stood up. It slowly walked to the door and stared at the leopard outside through the railing with a gloomy look.
The black panther also looked at the Qilin. There was no fear in its eyes, only scrutiny, as if it was judging whether it could defeat this big guy.
While the tiger and the leopard were fighting, Mu Ling had already opened the iron cage not far away and said to Lightning, "Lightning, you stay in this room."
When the black panther heard Mu Ling's voice, he finally withdrew his gaze from the tiger and walked towards Mu Ling.
When it left, Qilin was still standing at the door. It was not until the black panther entered the cage diagonally opposite that Qilin sat down and looked at it indifferently.
"You want some canned food? I'll get it for you. Just stay here for a while, I'll be right back."
Mu Ling gently touched the black panther's head, and the black panther obediently let her touch it, being very docile throughout the whole process.
"So good." Mu Ling said, and walked out. She opened two cans and grabbed a few handfuls of meat strips. Then she came back with the rice bowl in one hand and the water basin in the other.
When passing by Qilin's cage, Mu Ling saw Qilin sitting at the door and greeted him: "Hi, Qilin."
Qilin stared at her and saw that Mu Ling did not enter its cage, but the cage opposite, and put the water bowl and food bowl on the ground for the leopard to eat. The tiger suddenly stood up and turned around in place, as if it could not sit still.
The black panther was probably really hungry. It drank water with big gulps first. After finishing half of the basin, it went to eat.
Mu Ling watched it eat and praised it with satisfaction: "It tastes so good. Eat more. There's more left after you finish it."
"Bang!" At this moment, Mu Ling suddenly heard a sound.
She turned around and saw water flowing out of the iron bars of Qilin's cage.
Mu Ling hurried over to check and saw Qilin standing in front of the basin, staring blankly at the water that had been spilled for some reason. When he saw Mu Ling coming, Qilin stretched his head out again to lick the water on the floor.
"Hey, don't drink it, it's dirty." Mu Ling said as she walked in, picked up the empty basin, rubbed Qilin's head, and said, "How could you be so careless? You spilled the water, didn't you? It's okay, sister will pour it for you again."
Mu Ling went outside to pour some water and brought in a dry rag.
While Qilin was drinking water obediently, Mu Ling wiped the floor and spread out the mattress that was partially wet, letting it dry on its own.
After drinking the water, Qilin walked over to Mu Ling and sat down, pressing his big body against Mu Ling's.
Mu Ling turned around and touched its head, then bent down and kissed it.
"Woo..." At this moment, another sound came from behind.
Mu Ling turned her head and saw Lightning in the cage opposite. He suddenly raised his right front paw and kept it raised while walking.
"Hey, what's going on?" Mu Ling quickly let go of Qilin and walked towards Lightning again.
Lightning seemed to have a sore foot. He limped to the corner and curled up into a ball.
Mu Ling approached carefully, not wanting to disturb it, and softened her voice: "Lightning, what's wrong? Are you hurt? Sister, take a look, dear, sister, take a look."
Mu Ling forcibly took Lightning's claw and first checked whether there was any bleeding. Seeing that there was no bleeding, she carefully touched its bones.
Hey, there's nothing wrong with the bones.
"What's wrong?" Mu Ling couldn't make out anything. She touched Black Panther's head and asked, "Does it hurt? Does it hurt a lot?"
Lightning stood up at this time and tried to put down its paw, but as soon as it put it on the ground, it immediately raised its paw again. It held its paw in the same place for two circles, a little at a loss, then shrank back into the corner and curled up again.
"Is it a cramp?" If you can't see the wound and can't feel any problems with the bones, then it might be a cramp.
Mu Ling sat down and rubbed Lightning's paws: "Just rub it, it will stop hurting. Are you feeling better now? You're calcium deficient. We can give you some calcium supplements later."
Mu Ling has been in the veterinary station for more than ten minutes and has not come out yet. The tourists don’t know what the situation is. They are still staying in the supermarket and dare not go out.
Seeing this, Xiang Bie turned around and went to the veterinary station to check.
The door of the veterinary station was open. As Xiang Bie walked to the door of the ward area, he saw Qilin suddenly stand up from the ground in the iron cage opposite the door. It walked slowly to the water basin, and with a "clang", it slapped the water basin with its claws and overturned it.
Category: “?”
Xiang Bie was just wondering what the young lady was angry about when he heard Mu Ling's voice from the other cage: "Qilin, what's wrong?"
Then, Mu Ling came hurriedly from the opposite side. She saw Qilin drinking water from the ground, and quickly moved Qilin's mouth away. She asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Why do you keep drinking water from the ground? Is it too hot? Then sister will pour you some room temperature water. You are injured now and can't drink cold water."
Category: "..."
Xiang Bie walked forward with a frown. He was just about to tell Mu Ling that Qilin was causing trouble. Before Mu Ling arrived, it had not drunk the water on the ground at all. It only started drinking water when it saw Mu Ling coming.
As a result, as soon as Xiang Bie walked in, he saw lightning in the cage opposite.
The black leopard walked from the corner to the door. It stared at Qilin and Mu Ling for a while, then suddenly raised its left foot, made a "Woo..." sound, and began to circle in the cage while shaking its feet.
Category: “?”
Xiang Bie didn't know what happened to Lightning.
Mu Ling, who had just coaxed Qilin, quickly stood up again and rushed to the black panther's cage. She squatted down and rubbed the panther's front paw. "Does it still hurt? Does it still hurt after you rub it like this? Oh, that's not right, Lightning. Was it this paw that cramped just now? Why do I remember it was the right paw?"
Category: "..."
Xiang Bie just watched Mu Ling jump back and forth between the tiger and the leopard...
It is normal for animals to compete for favor in nature. Gaining the favor of the elders can get more food. This is the law of survival that wild animals have understood since childhood.
But it is rare to see someone who is cunning.
Pretending to be rebellious and sick.
Who did you learn this from?
Xiang Bie felt that he needed to have a talk with the former owners of Qilin and Lightning.
"Director," Xiang Bie said, "the visitors are still waiting for you." Mu Ling, who was still rubbing the black panther's paws, said "oh oh" twice and stood up. "Then I'll be out for a while. Brother Xiang, please keep an eye on Qilin and Lightning for me. Call me if they need anything."
Mu Ling wiped her hands and went out in a hurry.
Xiang Bie stood alone outside the ward. He looked at the two beasts, but they didn't look at him. When they saw Mu Ling had left, Qilin circled around and returned to the quilt to sleep, while Lightning lay down and dozed with his eyes closed.
Category: "..."
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"Visiting Lightning?"
As soon as Mu Ling left, she heard Professor Zhou say embarrassedly, "Well, we didn't see the lightning clearly just now, could we take another look? It would be best if Qilin could also take a look."
Mu Ling checked the time. Honestly, according to her previous plan, they should be feeding the birds in the bird forest right now. Thinking that it was because of them that the tourists had left the mountain early and had such a poor time, Mu Ling hesitated and said, "Qilin is fine, because I'm confident I can hold it. But Lightning is really not an option. I don't understand Lightning's temper yet, so I really don't dare let it out like this."
Professor Zhou was surprised: "Not sure? But don't you two seem very close?"
Mu Ling couldn't say that Lightning was just being outgoing. She explained, "Lightning just likes to snuggle in my arms, rub my hands, and have his fur rubbed. That's all there is to it. We've only known each other for less than two hours."
Professor Zhou: “?”
Professor Zhou: “???”
Professor Zhou was suddenly confused. He had just known him for two hours, and a mentally ill retired war beast was already diving into his arms and rubbing his hand?
Do you want to listen to what you are saying?
The other researchers who followed Professor Zhou were also stunned. They looked at each other and were unable to respond for a long time.
Mu Ling suggested to them, "Why don't we just visit Qilin today? Next time you come, I'll let you visit Lightning, and I'll give you a 50% discount on tickets!"
When Mu Ling said this, there was a hint of anticipation in her eyes as she timidly looked at Professor Zhou and the others... Please, please come again next time, please, please don't avoid our zoo because of today's unpleasantness, please, please don't give us bad reviews on travel websites, please! I really beg you!
In the end, Professor Zhou and the others agreed, so let's take a look at Qilin again.
Mu Ling was very happy and said quickly, "It's time for Qilin to have some snacks. Let's have it perform "Princess's Afternoon Tea" for everyone!"
Professor Zhou: “…”
Soon, Mu Ling returned to the veterinary station. Xiang Bie was sitting on the sofa looking at his laptop. When he saw her come back, he asked, "What did you say?"
Mu Ling said, "Qilin has to go out and save the situation. It hasn't drunk the water on the ground yet."
Xiang Bie: “…No.”
Mu Ling was relieved. She hurried into the ward area. Halfway through, she turned back and pointed casually: "Brother Xiang, please help me pull out this tablecloth and prepare a pair of scissors."
Category: “?”
Soon, Mu Ling went in and brought Qilin out. When Lightning saw Mu Ling appear, he immediately stood up in the cage. However, Mu Ling didn't look at him and just left.
Lightning's eyes followed the direction where Mu Ling and Qilin left. After a moment, the black panther's green eyes stared at the iron cage door in front of him, and his gaze stopped at the bolt.
Outside, Xiang Bie had already pulled out the tablecloth. Mu Ling deftly took the scissors and cut a piece of the tablecloth. Then she pinched it for a long time, and finally, she successfully pinched out a bow.
Using a strip of cloth as a bag and tying the bow, Mu Ling put the bow around Qilin's neck, looked at him from a distance, and asked Xiang Bie, "Does he look like a princess?"
Category: "..."
He's hard to judge...
Xiang Bie fell silent for a long while before he nodded awkwardly: "...Yeah."
Mu Ling felt relieved and took Qilin out with full confidence.
It was still the same small pond and the same group of old audiences, but the bathtub in the middle of the pond had been replaced by a pile of snacks by Wei Li.
When Mu Ling arrived late with Qilin, the audience was in an uproar!
“Fuck!”
"This... Qilin is wearing a bow?"
“Oh, oh, so cute!!!”
"No, I just want to know how the director convinced Qilin to cooperate with her performance? Qilin is actually willing to wear something like this? He used to wear armor on the battlefield!"
"But Qilin is the eldest princess of Piccolo Zoo. What's wrong with her wearing a bow? Doesn't she deserve it?"
colleague:"……"
What else can my colleague say? He just shuts up.
When Mu Ling heard everyone praising Qilin for his good looks, she felt a little proud. After leading Qilin to the pile of snacks, Mu Ling asked Qilin to sit down.
The Ripping Tiger wearing a bow sat down obediently.
Mu Ling opened another pack of meat biscuits and fed it to Qilin's mouth.
Qilin immediately licked the biscuit and ate it. After eating it, it licked Mu Ling's palm and ate the biscuit crumbs as well.
The audience below was jealous again: "Qilin is so obedient, it seems like they are playing house wine! I want to play too!"
"Write this down, Tear Tiger loves to play house wine."
colleague:"……"
Remembering everything will only hurt you.
After Mu Ling fed Qilin half a pack of meat biscuits, she opened a box of yogurt for him.
Qilin likes to drink yogurt. With one lick of its big tongue, two-thirds of it is gone. However, it eats a bit dirty. There are milk stains on the tip of its nose, making it look like a little tabby cat.
Mu Ling wiped it off and restored the princess's elegance.
While things were bustling over at the pond, in the deserted veterinary station, the brown deer who had taken painkillers and was sleeping suddenly heard a sound.
The brown deer opened its eyes and saw a black leopard in an iron cage not far away. It stretched out its sharp front paws, passed through the bars, and dug something outside.
After digging for a while, the iron gate opened with a clang, and the black panther ran out quickly. In a blink of an eye, he disappeared.
The brown deer looked in the direction the black panther left, smacked its lips, closed its eyes and continued to sleep.
"Next is an apple. Afternoon tea can't be without fruit."
Mu Ling picked up an apple and fed it to Qilin.
The big tiger opened its mouth, grabbed the food, and ate it in two smacks of its lips.
Mu Ling fed another tooth to Qilin, and Qilin ate it again.
But when Mu Ling fed the third tooth, Qilin suddenly stopped eating. The majestic tiger suddenly stood up from the ground, turned around, and stared deeply in a certain direction behind it with its brown-green eyes.
Mu Ling was stunned for a moment, and the other spectators were also stunned. Everyone looked in the direction of Qilin's gaze, and saw a black fire leopard clinging to the wall next to the building in the distance of the pond, with a pair of green eyes, looking at this side.
Xiang Bie, who was standing outside the pool, frowned: "Why did it get out?"
Wei Li was instantly horrified: "Fuck, Brother Xiang, what does Lightning want to do?"
At this moment, Mu Ling, who was standing in the middle of the pond, also shouted, "Lightning!"
Upon hearing Mu Ling's voice, the black leopard rushed over like a sharp arrow. It kicked its agile hind legs hard, jumped down from the bank of the pool, and in less than three seconds, it rushed in front of Mu Ling.
"Roar!" Qilin immediately stood in front of Mu Ling and took an attacking posture towards the black panther.
The black panther stopped in front of the tiger, bared its fangs, lowered its upper body, and took an attacking posture, staring fiercely at the Qilin.
The distance between them was getting shorter and shorter. Seeing that a battle between the beasts was inevitable, the spectators above were getting very anxious!
Mu Ling suddenly took a step forward and stood between the two beasts, shouting, "What are you doing? Do you really want to fight?"
Animals are very sensitive to tone. The two beasts froze for a moment. Qilin glanced at Mu Ling out of the corner of his eye, and Lightning's roar became a little softer.
Seeing that they had calmed down a little, Mu Ling squatted down and touched the chins of the two beasts, one in each hand.
Seeing that they still didn't relax, Mu Ling grabbed a few more apples and coaxed them to feed them.
After Mu Ling finally calmed the tiger and leopard down after a long effort, she was exhausted. She sat on the ground, hugged her children, and sighed deeply, "Children's conflicts are mostly due to the elders' lack of moral integrity. Their quarrels are my fault. I will reflect on this."
"Pfft." Someone in the audience laughed out loud, and then the tense atmosphere finally relaxed again.
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At 5:30 in the afternoon, a black military truck turned the steering wheel and drove into the main street of Bic Avenue.
In the car, six officers were talking about the two hyenas reported by the Beek Zoo today.
"The boss and his team have already planned to go into the mountains tomorrow. They'll go straight into the mountains from the other side of the zoo. I feel like there are already quite a few exotic beasts in the mountains over there. I heard that this isn't the first exotic beast discovered in Beak Zoo recently. A few days ago, they also found a python."
"What happened to the python last time?"
"It's dead, and has no specimen value. The zoo buried it deep according to regulations."
"The staff at this zoo are quite capable. They kill exotic animals with ease."
"According to the information reported, it seems that the employee didn't kill him, but rather that he was mauled to death by a retired war beast from the park. The employee probably doesn't understand anything, especially since they have so many war beasts here. There are nine retired S-class war beasts alone, not to mention the A- and B-class ones..."
While a few people were chatting, the car had already entered the road up the mountain. Coincidentally, at this time, several buses came down the mountain. The military truck passed by the four buses. Several officers glanced at the buses and didn't take them seriously.
The truck soon stopped at the gate of the Beek Zoo. Officer Lin, dressed in military uniform, opened the passenger door and got out first.
In the open space in front of the zoo, temporary workers were still packing up tables and chairs. Wei Li heard the sound of a car and walked over to see that they were wearing military uniforms. He immediately knew who they were and greeted them: "Are you from the military district?"
Officer Lin shook hands with Wei Li and nodded, saying, "We received a report saying that you have..."
"Yes." Wei Li didn't let Officer Lin say the word "strange beast" out loud. He said, "Follow me."
Six officers quickly followed Wei Li into the garage and threw the two hyenas into cages. Because they were given another injection of anesthetic, both were lying down. However, the lower one was obviously dead, while the upper one was still alive.
Officer Lin nodded and said, "Let's take both of them. We can also help you deal with the dead one to save you the trouble."
Wei Li nodded: "Okay, thank you for your hard work."
As he was about to send them off, Wei Li suddenly remembered something and said hurriedly, "Oh, right, you can get a bonus, right?"
Several officers were stunned for a moment. They looked at each other, and Officer Lin said readily, "Yes, I will report it to you."
Wei Li thought of Brother Xiang's instructions, and also remembered that the director had indeed refunded all the money when he sent the tourists away. So he asked with a stiff upper lip, "Can you report the one that's worth 600 interstellar coins?"
Officer Lin paused, looked at the two hyenas, and said in embarrassment, "Medium-sized exotic beasts are usually around 500..."
Wei Li scratched his head for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you talk to our headmaster? She's just across the street..."
Officer Lin saw that Wei Li was just an employee, and thought it would be better for him to make things clear with the other party's principal, so several officers followed Wei Li out of the garage.
A little further across from the garage was the veterinary station. Wei Li asked the officers to wait while he went in to call for help.
After Wei Li walked in, several officers at the back whispered, "Isn't this director going to be very difficult to deal with?"
"It's hard to say. Looking at that employee, he seems quite scared."
"It's only 500 anyway, and we're all following the rules."
As they were talking, the door opened and Wei Li led Mu Ling out.
Mu Ling started with a smile and said, "Hello, officers. Thank you for your hard work and for taking the trouble to come here."
Several officers were surprised that the zoo director was a woman, and so young at that. However, regardless of who she was, rules were rules. Officer Lin said, "Hello, Director. Thank you for your cooperation with the military in combating exotic beasts. In recognition of your contribution, we will offer you a bonus. As for the level of the bonus..."
Officer Lin hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly saw a golden and majestic tiger slowly walking out from behind the female principal!
Officer Lin saw it, and his colleagues around him naturally saw it too. In an instant, everyone's face changed drastically, and they all took a step back!
"Qilin, why did you come out?" Mu Ling turned around when she heard the voice. She touched Qilin's head and said to the officers embarrassedly, "Don't be afraid, it won't bite."
Several officers looked embarrassed and were about to speak again when they saw another black panther with a dark body and cold green eyes coming out from behind!
"Lightning, why did you come out too?" Mu Ling hugged Lightning with her other hand.
Now, on her left was the Ripping Tiger, and on her right was the Swift Fire Leopard. Mu Ling smiled gently as she looked at the officers who had retreated five steps and asked, "What did you say just now?"
"Gudong."
Officer Lin swallowed hard, sweat trickling down his temples. He said, "I, I mean, I'll apply for a bonus of 600 yuan for you, and I'll also apply for a silk banner for you. Remember to check it out!"
Mu Ling was overjoyed: "Really? You are so kind! Thank you so much!"
Officer Lin: "Yes, it should be..."
Wei Li: “……?”
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