Chapter 9
"Ding-ling-ling, ding-ling-ling."
The sudden ringing of the alarm startled Mu Ling.
Mu Ling woke up from a deep sleep. She was dazed for a moment, then she slowly looked at the time, turned off the alarm clock, and got up from the bed.
After washing up in the bathroom like a sleepwalker, Mu Ling first went to the constant temperature storage warehouse, brought 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. One could imagine how poor his sleep quality was because of Mu Ling's harassment last night!
"Qilin." Mu Ling called out with a smile.
The golden tiger had already smelled her scent, but it didn't move at all, pretending to be still asleep.
"Sister is here to change your medicine." Mu Ling put the dehydrated pork at the door, picked up the medicine box, opened the cage, and walked in.
Feeling the approach of humans, Qilin could no longer pretend and could only slowly open his eyes, looking at the girl with his cold animal pupils.
Mu Ling had already gotten used to Qilin's world-weary face. She sat cross-legged next to Qilin and without any sense of boundaries reached out to touch Qilin's butt.
Qilin's face was ashen, and he swung his tail wildly, trying to drive Mu Ling's hand away like a fly.
Seeing that its tail was constantly moving around, Mu Ling simply pulled its tail over and tucked it under her legs to hold it down.
Qilin: “…”
Qilin felt uncomfortable and turned his head to look at his tail, trying to struggle.
As soon as he moved, Mu Ling pressed his back with one hand and reminded him, "Don't move."
It took about fifteen minutes to change the medicine. After that, Mu Ling went outside to prepare food.
Qilin's meal in the morning was specially prepared. Mu Ling learned from him at the time. Now she prepares it herself. Dehydrated pork is the staple food, and it is matched with some other nutritional supplements, nutritional powders, and nutritional capsules. Out of selfishness, 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 had a good appetite and finished all his breakfast. Mu Ling watched him eat with an auntie smile on her face. After thinking about it, she simply turned on the light brain and planned to take a picture of the little tiger eating.
As soon as I unlocked it, a communication came in.
It was an unfamiliar number, with no caller ID. Mu Ling was stunned for a moment, but still pressed the answer button: "Hello."
A female voice came from the other end of the line: "Excuse me, is this Ms. Mu Lingmu, owner of Beak Zoo, No. 7 Beak Avenue, Fenghai District, Divine King Star?"
Mu Ling: “…”
Mu Ling was a little confused: "I am, may I ask who you are?"
"We are from the Forestry Bureau of Shenwang Star."
Forestry Bureau?
Mu Ling was shocked and quickly said, "Oh, hello, hello, what can I do for you?"
"Please wait a moment, our director will come to talk to you."
There was a slight interruption over there, but Mu Ling's heart began to beat fast. What was going on? Why did the Forestry Bureau come to her door as soon as she arrived at the God King Star? Thinking 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 to pay back her debt of gratitude?
After waiting for about a minute, a middle-aged man's voice came from the other end of the line: "Hello, is this Ms. Mu?"
Mu Ling quickly said, "Yes, yes, hello."
The middle-aged man got straight to the point. "Well, we've found out that you took over the ownership of the Beak Zoo just a week ago. Now your zoo has been reported. Many people have reported that your zoo is illegally detaining and abusing wild animals. Are you aware of this?"
Mu Ling: “…”
Mu Lingren was dumbfounded.
"I, I don't know, how could this happen?!"
Mu Ling immediately thought of Wei Li and Xiang Bie.
Could it be Brother Xiang and Brother Wei who did it?
But that's impossible. Brother Xiang and Brother Wei have thick eyebrows and big eyes. They are honest people. They even paid a lot of money to the zoo. They can't be the kind of criminals who abuse animals!
"Is there some misunderstanding? Our zoo only had two veteran employees guarding it before. They both love animals and would never mistreat them!"
The middle-aged man sensitively caught the clue and immediately asked, "Tell me the information of those two old employees so we can register them."
Mu Ling quickly gave the basic information of Xiang Bie and Wei Li, but the leader said that was not enough and needed their exact ID numbers. Mu Ling couldn't remember this, so 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 saw that her trouser leg had been stepped on by Qilin without her knowing.
Mu Ling was now wearing the breeder's clothes. This kind of clothes was convenient for work and resistant to dirt, but the clothes were temporarily found for her by Wei Li, and the size did not fit her well. The trouser legs were too long for Mu Ling and dragged for a long distance, and Qilin was now stepping on this small part.
Mu Ling was helpless. She patted Qilin's head and said, "Qilin, lift your legs."
The director of the Forestry Bureau on the other end of the communicator: “?”
...Hmm? What did he hear?
"Qilin." The big tiger was only focused on eating and ignored her, so Mu Ling had to call out again.
The director of the Forestry Bureau was shocked. He was not mistaken. It was indeed "Qilin" that was shouted. He had also watched the video reported by netizens. The tiger in the video that maliciously imitated the retired meritorious war beast was called Qilin.
Seeing that the owner had just taken over the zoo a week ago, the director thought she knew nothing about the zoo and did not connect the female voice in the video with her. As a result, it turned out to be this person.
Then this property owner is no longer just the person in charge of the zoo. She is very likely an accomplice or even the main culprit of animal abuse!
The director immediately became serious. He raised his hand and gestured to his subordinates, asking them to contact the police station near Beak Avenue and have them send officers to the zoo to apprehend Ms. Mu. He then dragged Mu Ling into the communicator, "Who was that Qilin you just called?"
Mu Ling was helpless: "It's the little tiger in our zoo. It's... a little naughty..."
Just because it's naughty, you can abuse it?
The director looked serious, but his tone was gentle: "Really? I haven't seen a real tiger yet. Can you show me the video?" He wanted to monitor the property owner through the video first.
Mu Ling was stunned. They were just talking about the zoo being reported, so how come this leader was in the mood to look at tigers?
But after all, he was the leader, and they would inevitably 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 what was happening over there.
It was a large iron cage covered with a thick mattress. Inside the cage, a huge and ferocious golden tiger was eating. The tiger had many bandages wrapped around its body and looked very miserable. It was also very thin, as if it had been malnourished for a long time, and its fur was extremely dull.
It really looks like an abused animal!
The director of the Forestry Bureau said in a cold and insincere voice, "It's a very strong tiger."
Mu Ling smiled and said, "Actually, it's not very strong. Its physical condition is below average. It has suffered too much before." Mu Ling said, bending down and touching the tiger's head with heartache.
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 a wild animal while it's eating! Even if it's a domesticated animal, it's still a wild animal! It's a wild animal's instinct to protect its food! Even a wild animal that has been abused will never allow humans to touch it while it's eating! They will kill for food!
The director's shouting startled everyone else in the office.
Many people looked over, and some even walked to the door of the director's office and asked, "Director, what's wrong?"
The director did not answer them. The office was eerily quiet at this moment.
The staff were confused and saw that the director was making a video call. Because the video was not hidden, they could also see the image floating in the air, so they all looked towards the video.
In the video, a young girl was bending over, placing her hand stiffly on the head of a giant tiger, and turning her head to look at the communication 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, and its eyes looking at the camera were lifeless, as if it was looking at a dead person.
Forestry Bureau staff: "..."
Forestry Bureau staff: “!!!!!!”
Holy shit! How dare a human get so close to a tiger while it's eating! Her hand was almost touching the tiger's head!
Why didn't the tiger react? Shouldn't it have attacked her?
"Leader?" Mu Ling opened her mouth cautiously. Because it was a one-way video communication, Mu Ling didn't know what happened to the leader suddenly. His yell just now scared her!
After being silent for more than ten seconds, the director finally came to his senses and found his voice. He said in a hoarse voice: "Qilin, Qilin, I won't bite you?"
"Huh?" Mu Ling was a little confused: "Qilin... doesn't bite people. It's a very docile little tiger, but sometimes it has a bad temper..."
Mu Ling said, pushing the tiger's body with one hand and pulling her trouser legs hard with the other hand. She gritted her teeth and said, "Qilin, you stepped on me!"
Qilin glanced at the camera, then glanced at Mu Ling, then lowered his head and continued eating.
"You did this on purpose, didn't you?"
Qilin continued to eat.
“Qilin!”
Mu Ling is angry!
"Okay, okay, I can't cure you anymore. If you don't lift your foot, you won't be able to eat!"
Mu Ling reached out and snatched the food bowl from the tiger's mouth.
The Forestry Bureau employees and the director: "!!!!"
Ahhhhh what are you doing!!!
Snatching food from the tiger's mouth is a provocation and a declaration of war to the tiger!
You will be torn to pieces by the tiger!
Sure enough, the tiger growled unhappily, "Roar!"
Mu Ling lifted the food bowl with both hands and put it on her head to prevent Qilin from eating!
Qilin looked at the food bowl, licked his lips, and stopped eating.
It turned its body over and sat down, with its big butt pressing directly on Mu Ling's instep.
Now, forget about the trouser legs, even the legs have been welded shut by Mu Ling!
Mu Ling: “…”
Mu Ling put down the food bowl, went over and hugged the tiger's neck: "I'm going to fight you! You stingy, bad woman! Didn't I just press your tail for a moment? You have to press it back, don't you? Don't you!"
Mu Ling roared and rubbed the tiger's head. Qilin felt uncomfortable with her touch and opened its big mouth, trying to bite Mu Ling's moving hand. As it bit, Mu Ling's arm was licked by saliva. She was tired and simply stopped moving and let Qilin bite her.
Qilin didn't really bite, and its teeth didn't use much 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 some water.
Mu Ling's legs were finally freed. She rubbed her hands on her overalls to wipe off the saliva, then said to Qilin, "Hurry up and eat. You must finish it. I'll be back to check on you later!"
After saying that, Mu Ling walked out of the cage, closed the door, and apologized as she walked outside: "I'm sorry, boss. I'll go to the office right away. But I still feel that our old employees at the zoo would not do such a thing as animal abuse. I hope that after you investigate thoroughly, you can clear their name."
Director: “…”
The director was silent for a few seconds, then slowly said, "Don't put the blame on your employees..."
Mu Ling paused as she climbed the stairs: "Hmm?"
The director took a deep breath and said, "It's obviously you who's causing this trouble! Bring me Qilin's information and report to the Forestry Bureau right now! Immediately!"
Mu Ling: “…”
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