Chapter 324: Boat Ride



At dinner time, Jian Jing met all the staff of the observatory: Professor Lao and his monkey, Mrs. Lao Vanilla, Professor Lao's daughter Fina, forest ranger Chen, reporter Lai, and Dr. Cha Li.

Everyone enjoyed a sumptuous meal prepared by Mrs. Lao.

Chicken fried rice, satay skewers, curry cheese potatoes, bak kut teh, steak, egg sandwiches, and freshly opened coconut juice as a drink.

Everyone sat on both sides of the long table in the restaurant, and outside the window was the primeval forest that was hundreds of millions of years old.

During the meal, Fina mentioned the South China leopard feces found this afternoon and speculated that it was a robbery.

At the same time, reporter Li provided a new piece of information: "Is it possible that there was a gunfight?"

Professor Lao was feeding the monkeys and glanced at him: "Who?"

"Our neighbor." Reporter Li cut the steak and said casually, "Didn't they say they signed an agreement before? Maybe it was a joint action."

"It's possible." Professor Lao frowned, "This is too bad."

This national wildlife park is located at the border of two countries. Relatively speaking, the security in our country is better and the tourism industry is more developed. The neighboring country is different. It happens to be a chaotic area, and smuggling and drug trafficking gangs are rampant.

Every time there is a cleanup operation, there are always some cunning elements who escape the pursuit and go into the jungle. People who are not familiar with the forest dare not go in. After a few months, when the storm died down, they showed up again, one after another, and they could not be cleaned up.

Jian Jing glanced at Kang Mucheng and saw that his face was slightly gloomy. She guessed that he remembered the tragic journey in Paris again, and she couldn't help but feel sympathy.

"Mr. Kang, eat more." She handed over a skewer, "Suppress the shock."

Kang Mucheng: "..."

"Don't worry, even if someone escapes, we are not afraid." Fina pointed to the weapons hanging on the wall, "We have guns. Chen's shooting skills are very good. He even injured a thieving bastard last year."

At the other end of the long table, the ranger lowered his head embarrassedly and stuffed a piece of steak into his mouth.

Jian Jing looked at the knight at his feet, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "I have a dog."

"Yes, this is great." Fina laughed and squeezed the monkey, "More useful than Polly."

Monkey: "Squeak, squeak!!"

"Hey, don't bully your brother." Professor Lao rolled his eyes at his daughter and said to his wife, "Honey, bring me some beer."

Mrs. Lao handed Professor Lao a can of beer and poured a cup of tea for Dr. Charlie.

Polly secretly picked up the bone of the steak, and when no one was paying attention, he raised his hand and hit Jian Jing on the head.

Danger came, and her intuition was triggered. Jian Jing reacted instantly and dodged by turning her head.

Then, the bone hit Kang Mucheng next to him.

Kang Mucheng paused, looked down at the greasy collar of his shirt, and frowned slightly.

"Why did you hit him?" Jian Jing was angry. She immediately picked up the lychee on the table, weighed it, and threw it out.

The monkey's speed was not slow, but compared with the system's aiming rate, it was still too immature. Once the aiming card came out, no matter whether you are an ordinary monkey or a mutant monkey, every hit is accurate.

It felt pain and jumped up immediately.

Jian Jing kept moving. The plate of lychees on the table became her weapons, and each one hit Polly's head accurately.

It covered its head, dodged left and right, but couldn't escape the net of lychees.

In a moment, its head was immediately covered with bruises.

Professor Lao hesitated to speak. He naturally knew that it was his own monkey who was looking for trouble and it was just fighting back, but seeing it screaming in pain, he felt distressed.

"Come to my place." He decided to protect his pet.

"Okay, Jingjing." President Kang said slowly, "If you lose one, you get ten back. We won't lose anything."

Jian Jing glared at the monkey.

A man who knows the current situation is a hero. Although Polly is a monkey, she also knows how powerful she is. She didn't dare to flirt with her directly. She lay behind Professor Lao and complained in a squeaking voice.

"I still have some work to do." Professor Lao put down his fork and ran away with his pet.

Brother Li gave Jian Jing a thumbs up and praised her very much.

Doctor Cha rarely smiled.

Fina: "It should have been taught a lesson a long time ago."

Even the taciturn Chen nodded.

This monkey is so unpopular, tsk.

Jian Jingdun was curious: "Why does Professor Lao dote on Polly so much?"

"Polly's mother was killed by a thief, and he was raised by my father." Fina explained, "Dad always said that he was my little brother."

Mrs. Lao said, "That's not too much, he saved your father."

"What happened?"

"Polly is very smart, and he stays in the trees all day long, so he can see things that we can't notice." Fina said, "Two months ago, when my father was patrolling in the forest, he was shot. Thanks to Polly's reminder, he discovered it in time."

President Kang asked, "Has the person been caught?"

Fina shook her head regretfully.

"A thief?" President Kang guessed casually.

Mrs. Lao said, "Maybe it's the locals."

"Why?"

"Not everyone agrees with animal protection. Hunting was once a major source of income for the locals." Dr. Charlie said, "One kilogram of pangolin scales can be sold for $10,000."

The first day of the vacation was full of ups and downs and was very exciting.

That night, Jian Jing had a strange dream. She dreamed that she was running through the forest, chasing a big leopard. As she chased, the leopard suddenly turned into a monkey.

The monkey picked up a branch, put his hands on his waist and said, "Take a stick from my grandson!"

Then he woke up.

After playing with the phone for a while, the rider urged her to get out of bed, feed her, wash up, and go out to walk the dog.

Breakfast was still prepared by Mrs. Lao, fresh sandwiches, fried eggs, bacon and iced coffee.

She asked Jian Jing: "Lei said she wants to take a boat ride, would you like to go with her?"

"Yes."

The observatory is located upstream of the river. If you take a boat downstream, you will reach the most beautiful river valley in the park, where you can see many wild animals.

Because Professor Lao and his daughter had their own work, Mrs. Lao led the team. She called Dr. Charlie and took Jian Jing and the other two as well as reporter Li. They planned to spend four hours on the round trip and have lunch in the wild.

Considering the complexity of the terrain, they chose the lightest and most flexible motorboat. Of course, this would sacrifice some comfort.

However, President Kang didn't care at all: "I've been looking forward to riding this kind of boat for a long time. The last time I traveled to the Amazon, I always rode a big boat, which was boring."

Kang Mucheng was too lazy to mention her dark history, and just advised: "It's dangerous to sit on the side, you sit in the middle."

"So annoying, your mother is so old, do you want her to nag?" President Kang couldn't stand it, and simply sat with Mrs. Lao, "Jingjing, I have a task for you, keep an eye on Kang Mucheng, don't let him bother me."

Jian Jing was happy, took his arm, pulled him to sit next to her, and hugged the rider with her other hand: "Is this okay?"

Kang Lei quickly took out her mobile phone, took a photo of them, and quickly posted it to Moments.

Brother Li assembled the lens, aimed at the scenery by the river and started working.

The motorboat started and drove into the river with brilliant golden waves.

The breeze brought the fresh breath of the primeval forest.

Jian Jing saw monkeys peeking out

of the jungle, saw small muntjacs drinking water by the river, and even got lucky and saw a rhino with its baby drinking water through a telescope. Reporter Li kept taking pictures. Don’t say that he had a very good eye. He took pictures of many small animals hiding in the forest. He also took a lot of pictures for Jian Jing and President Kang.

At noon, the sun was too hot, so we went into the forest to rest.

We saw a buffalo covered in mud and a little guy who looked like an actor in Zootopia. Mrs. Lao said it was a short-tailed mongoose.

There were also various birds, strange orchids (said to be a new species), and the most classic toxin in the old detective novels.

Curare.

After having experienced the giant tree, the mere curare tree could not scare Jian Jing. She walked around the tree twice, itching to death: "Can you... make something... for me?"

Mrs. Lao: "It's too dangerous."

Jian Jing knew of course, but think about it, if you can put the venom of the curare tree in that room, it would be a great thing.

"Just a little bit, please."

"This can't pass the customs." President Kang laughed.

"I'll just look at it for two days and won't take it back." She said.

Kang Mucheng: "It's very dangerous. What if you accidentally get it on?"

Doctor Charlie also shook his head and disagreed.

Jian Jing didn't dare to cause public outrage, so she had to give up with regret - well, pretend to give up.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, she returned by boat.

Mrs. Lao worked as a tour guide for a day and had no time to prepare dinner, so she decided to have a barbecue. There was no need to prepare anything, just cut the meat into small pieces and skewer them, slice the vegetables, and go directly into the river to catch the fish.

Jian Jing and the rider worked in perfect harmony, chasing and catching several fish.

Turning back, she saw Kang Mucheng holding a fishing rod.

She: "Hahahaha."

Kang Mucheng: "..."

She said: "Mr. Kang, are you old enough to like fishing?"

"Shut up." He said concisely.

"You weren't so fierce before." She complained.

Kang Mucheng: "You weren't so noisy before."

Jian Jing waded ashore, stepped into her slippers, and asked: "So, was the original Jingjing better?"

"It's good now, too." He said.

She smiled and called the knight: "Let's go and eat grilled fish." She asked Kang Mucheng curiously, "When did you learn to fish?"

He said calmly: "At this age, you will naturally learn it."

Jian Jing: "...What a cold joke."

"You said it."

"I didn't say you were a middle-aged man." She said seriously, "Professor Lao will protest, he still plays with water guns."

Kang Mucheng: "..."

"You are just too serious." She said, "You have no interest."

Kang Mucheng finally couldn't bear it anymore, raised his hand and knocked on her head: "Miss Jian Jing, don't forget that you still have a manuscript to hand in."

Jian Jing was shocked.

He sneered.

"I was wrong." The pigeon spirit has no dignity.

Kang Mucheng looked down at her, and after a moment, he couldn't hold back and laughed dumbly.

The evening barbecue was full of wild fun. There was no need for an iron grill. Just cut some wood to make a bonfire, stuck the forked branches in the ground, and added wood skewers to start grilling.

The fat dripped into the fire, giving off an amazing aroma.

Kang Mucheng was teased by Jian Jing and relaxed a little. He grilled with beer and chatted aimlessly with everyone.

Jian Jing not only ate alone, but also had to take care of the dog, so she didn't forget to pay attention to her surroundings: "Where is Professor Lao?"

"Dad is at work, don't worry about him." Fina answered.

Jian Jing didn't worry about it. She was mainly on guard against Polly.

The sky gradually darkened, and the light of the bonfire became brighter. Just as everyone was eating, drinking and chatting happily, Professor Lao suddenly appeared, with a monkey squatting on his shoulder, holding instruments and guns in his hands, and walking out swearing.

"(English) Dad? What happened?" Fina was surprised.

Professor Lao replied: "(English) The surveillance of No. 21 is not right, I suspect it is in danger."

Mrs. Lao raised her head in surprise: "Pseudoryx nghetinhensis?"

Professor Lao nodded.

"It's so dark, I'll go with you." She said.

"Chen will go with me." Professor Lao replied.

Fina had already stood up: "I want to go too. Oh my God, it won't get hurt, will it?"

They strongly requested to go together. Professor Lao couldn't stop them, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, I hope it's just an accident."

Jian Jing looked confused, but also asked: "Are you in trouble? Is there anything we can help with?"

Professor Lao said sternly: "Please stay here, stay in your room, don't walk around. If you hear any noise, don't go out, keep quiet."

Jian Jing was stunned.

However, Professor Lao didn't mean to explain, and called the others: "Take your guns, we'll be back soon."

The four guests were confused, only Polly squatted and turned around, making a big face at the knight.

Knight: "A-choo." My nose is itchy.

The bright moon in the sky is crescent.


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