Chapter 12
When trimming the nails on its hind legs, Qilin had already given up resisting. Mu Ling trimmed the nails very quickly. After a few cuts, she did not trim the nails into round shapes. Generally, only domestic pets need to have their nails trimmed into round shapes, not wild animals. The claws of wild animals should be as sharp as possible.
After cutting my nails, the food outside was delivered.
Mu Ling didn't turn the camera to film Wei Li outside the cage. She let the camera continue to film Qilin and went over to take the food bowl. She smiled and called out, "Qilin, eat your meal."
The tiger lying on the ground shook its body, wagging its tail and stood up.
Mu Ling put the food bowl on the ground. Qilin came over to sniff it, then started eating politely.
Qilin eats very politely, chewing slowly and carefully, which is very elegant, unlike other beasts who eat like wolves.
Mu Ling adjusted the camera and filmed Qilin eating.
"Qilin now eats three meals a day, and each meal is about this amount. This is freeze-dried, the white one is nutritional powder, and the red one is calcium powder. The chicken is mixed with yogurt. Qilin really likes strawberry yogurt. It also contains hair-beautifying oil. It is said that it will take effect in seven days. After seven days, our Qilin may become a sleek little beauty, right, Qilin?"
As Mu Ling spoke, she touched the big tiger's fur, which was still a little rough and dull.
The tiger was used to Mu Ling's touching, so it ate its food with a crunching sound, and didn't even turn its head no matter how Mu Ling touched it.
Mu Ling ended the video only after Qilin finished the whole bowl of rice and ate two more cans of snacks.
When the screen turned black again, silence spread endlessly in the small dormitory...
Zhou Qin: “…”
Zhou Qin's roommate: "..."
The two dazed male college students stared at each other in confusion. Finally, it was Zhou Qin's roommate who spoke first: "Wow..."
Zhou Qin: “Ouch…”
Once again, they looked at each other...
“What the hell!!!”
The two screamed in shock and were completely dumbfounded!
What the hell! This must be an illusion! What did they just see? A video of a retired S-rank war beast willing to be caged, willing to be kissed, willing to have its dressings changed, willing to have its nails trimmed, and even willing to be touched while eating?
No, it's impossible. This isn't real. It's a special effect! It's definitely a special effect!
Zhou Qin's roommate, holding on to the last glimmer of hope to expose the fake, clicked on the comment section of the video with trembling fingers.
There must be some expert in the comment section who knows the secret to cracking the special effects, there must be!
When they saw this video, it had just been posted for fifteen minutes. Now, after watching a nine-minute video, the video posting time has become "24 minutes ago".
And the comments section...
The pinned post is a screenshot of the Kirin adoption documents posted by the blogger himself. On it, Colonel Val's signature is so smooth and shocking.
Below that are comments from other netizens.
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[Am I crazy, or is this world crazy???]
[Someone please tell me if this is the power of technology!]
I ran the FOC test software nine times, completely tearing the video apart, but couldn't detect any AI, special effects, or editing in it. She didn't even use the beauty filter... She's really, it makes me cry!
[Family, don't be fooled by this blogger. I've been reading novels for years, and I understood this situation immediately. There must be a human soul living in this tiger's body, otherwise there's no way to explain this situation! Novels won't lie to me!]
"I think it's probably cloning! Was it a cloned tiger? Did they clone a tearing tiger that looks exactly like a Qilin? You're breaking the law!"
So before reporting the blogger and sending him to jail, everyone had already confirmed that this tiger was indeed a ripping tiger? Was it really a Qilin?
[I hate to admit it, but damn... Colonel Val retweeted this video five minutes ago and gave it a like!]
"Okay, okay, you have Colonel Val's endorsement, which is great. I believe your tiger is a genuine Qilin, okay? But you have to explain to me how you did it! Why would Qilin let you cut his nails?!"
[Although I don't know how the zookeepers did it, a friendly reminder: students of the Beast Taming Academy should not try this lightly.]
[Thanks for the invitation. He's already in the infirmary. After watching the video, he used a can of food to coax my war beast into giving him a kiss. Now he has twelve stitches on his arm.]
After reading the comments, Zhou Qin and his roommates were even more confused. Just when they were unwilling to accept the reality, this video had already soared like a starship into the sky, and climbed to the 50th place on the Star Network's hot search list.
Entry name——#Retired Tiger Cuts Nails Scene#
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After Mu Ling posted the video, she stayed next to Qilin and read the comments. As the comments increased and the number of views grew, her face was about to burst with laughter.
Wei Li, who was passing by the door, glanced at her and couldn't help asking, "Director, is your feedback good?"
"Great! Absolutely great!" Mu Ling was overjoyed. "It's already trending number 49! Hehehe, I deliberately chose to post it at night during peak traffic hours. I'm such a genius!"
Wei Li: “…”
Wei Li didn't know what to say, so he could only say politely, "If you're free right now, let's arrange the animal rations for next week."
Mu Ling: “…”
The smile on her face disappeared instantly, and Mu Ling looked at Wei Li stiffly.
Wei Li explained, "If we order now, the earliest it will be delivered is the day after tomorrow. The rations we have left are only enough for tomorrow's feeding."
Mu Ling: “…………”
Finally, Mu Ling walked out of the iron cage like a zombie, followed Wei Li to the office, and then watched Wei Li add a series of purchase orders on the office's computer, click to pay, and show her the payment code.
Mu Ling swiped her card on the bill worth "29,000" interstellar coins with trembling fingers.
As the crisp "Payment successful" prompt sounded, Mu Ling felt like her soul was about to leave her body.
A week's food rations were 30,000 yuan, and with two weeks until reopening, that was 60,000 yuan. She had a total of 200,000 yuan, 100,000 for the protective net, and 60,000 for food rations, leaving her with 40,000 yuan. This 40,000 yuan had to cover all the other expenses of the zoo. How could it be enough...
Apart from anything else, if the business reopens, the service area on the first floor must be reopened, and the small supermarket and cooked food area inside must be opened, otherwise customers will not be able to buy things or have lunch. There is also a ticket office, which must be manned by someone. Once the business opens, Brother Xiang and Brother Wei will definitely have to drive the shuttle bus to take tourists into the jungle. Mu Ling will have to be responsible for the overall coordination herself. They can't take care of the ticket office, and someone has to do other miscellaneous work.
At the peak of its glory, Beak Zoo had hundreds of employees at the same time. Mu Ling certainly wouldn't dare to hire so many people now, and she doesn't have the money to do so, but she has to hire at least ten people, otherwise the zoo won't be able to open.
Thinking about her little remaining savings, Mu Ling forced herself to cheer up and think of a solution immediately!
First of all, you don’t have to pay employees immediately after hiring them. Salaries are paid at the end of the month. If they start working in mid-September, you should be able to earn employee salaries by the end of September.
Secondly, you don’t have to buy things directly from supermarkets and delicatessen sections. You can place an order first and settle the bill at the end of the month.
Manufacturers don't offer credit?
No, no, no, that depends on how we negotiate. As long as her zoo has credibility, customer base, and guarantees, she can sell on credit.
Although Mu Ling owns the property rights of the zoo, she does not have the right to sell the zoo before it has been in operation for three years, so she cannot use the zoo to apply for a bank loan. However, she can use the zoo to negotiate with manufacturers, it all depends on the words she uses.
He was quickly calculating in his mind how to get something for nothing. His thoughts became clearer and clearer. Mu Ling's expression finally turned from cloudy to sunny, and a profiteer's smile slowly appeared on his face.
Wei Li looked at the headmaster's terrifying grin, his hair stood on end and goose bumps appeared all over his body.
"Squeak, squeak..." At this moment, the intercom that Wei Li placed on the table suddenly rang.
Wei Li picked it up and pressed it. A sudden commotion erupted from the other side, followed by an unfamiliar male voice: "Hello, hello, hello! Is anyone there? Does anyone hear me?"
Wei Li was stunned. This seemed to be the voice of Master Zhou who was repairing the protective net.
Wei Li immediately replied, "Master Zhou? Is that you? What's going on?"
Master Zhou spoke quickly, "We encountered two wolves! Xiao Xiang from your zoo led the mother wolf away. He asked me to send you an intercom message, asking you to bring in your zoo director and a first aid kit. There's a dying wolf cub here."
Wei Li and Mu Ling: "!!!"
Mu Ling immediately went up to him and asked, "Is Brother Xiang okay?"
The other side said: "I don't know, he hasn't come back yet. We are in the southwest of the inner circle, at the third pillar of the B-9 protective net. Come quickly, the little wolf is still stuck on the branch..."
Stick it on the branch!
How serious is this!
Wei Li and Mu Ling did not dare to delay. One went to get the first aid kit and the other went to get the tranquilizer gun. Two minutes later, the two gathered downstairs and quickly got on the mountain bike.
When riding a mountain bike yesterday, Mu Ling felt like her brain was about to be shaken out, but today, she was able to overcome it with her willpower!
Sure enough, the human body’s potential is unlimited!
Wei Li was very familiar with the mountain road. He saw that Mu Ling's yang energy was still strong, so he simply did not choose the flat road, but took the shortcut of the small road.
The small road was very efficient, and the noise from cars and searchlights was so loud that the animals in the mountains took the initiative to avoid it. In less than two hours, they arrived at the place Master Zhou mentioned without any obstruction.
Fearing the wolves would come, several workers from the protective net company had been crouching on tree branches to protect themselves. Seeing the car approaching, the most agile of them, Master Zhou, finally jumped down and pointed to the nearby hillside. He said to Wei Li and Mu Ling, "The little wolf was barking earlier, but it's been silent for fifteen minutes. It's probably dead..."
Mu Ling frowned immediately, and she walked over quickly with the first aid kit.
Wei Li was standing next to her, holding the light.
It was not until she reached the foot of the rocky hillside that Mu Ling saw a dark gray, cat-sized wolf cub, bloody and stuck in a fallen, sharp tree trunk.
It should have fallen from the hillside, but it didn't expect there was a fallen tree below the hillside. As soon as it fell, the shoulder and elbow of its right front paw pierced into a sharp tree trunk. This puncture wound would not have been fatal, but because it couldn't get rid of the tree trunk, it kept struggling, causing the wound to become bigger and bigger.
Mu Ling's heart was in her throat. Frankly speaking, looking at this little wolf cub like this, it was no different from being dead.
She approached cautiously, placing her fingertips on the wolf cub's pulse...
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
After waiting for five full seconds...
"It's moving!" Mu Ling exclaimed in surprise: "It still has a heartbeat!"
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