Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl Chapter 81 – Chapter 81: Chapter 81 The scars on my face are my medals of honor

Chapter 81: Chapter 81 The scars on my face are my medals of honor
 

“I support Old Gao. We all recognize Dr. Chen's capability. The wound cleaning of the bear's paw was completely up to standard, and the repositioning was also very effective. Since that's the case, why not let him continue? If he succeeds in curing it, it could also pave a new path for future treatments.”

“Given the injury, even if an orthopedic specialist were to perform the surgery personally, they couldn't guarantee the results. After all, it's a bear that can't fully accept human medical treatments.”

The three experts hadn't noticed Chen Ying's arrival.

After they agreed, Expert Gao prepared to call their leader to report on the work. He turned around and saw Chen Ying examining Baby Bear's injury in the observation room, holding a metal mesh up to the bear's paw.

“What are you holding there?”

“Teacher Gao, look, this is a protective metal mesh I designed. It's custom-made according to Baby Bear's paw size, and it has removable clasps.”

The flexible clasps could lock and fix the range of motion of the bear's paw, and the specially made metal strips were rust-proof, allowing for direct medication application through the protective mesh.

Putting on the custom-made breathable gloves also prevented Baby Bear from licking the medicinal ointment.

This method came with the skills system provided.

Besides this, there were many homemade tools that could help injured animals heal faster.

The metal material was donated by the family of a victim last time. There wasn't much, so it had to be used sparingly.

After fitting the hand cage, he gently moved the bear's paw and there was basically no impact.

This device was also only suitable for little bears.

Adult bears had an astonishing biting force; they would likely injure themselves further by biting and pulling on it.

After putting the hand cage on Baby Bear and applying the medication, he looked up to see the little cutie staring bewilderedly at its paw.

It instinctively lifted its paw to its mouth, but Chen Ying firmly stopped it.

A wild-born panda cub would weigh around thirty kilograms at about a year old.

This little one also fell within that range, but Chen Ying couldn't precisely determine its age; he could only make an initial assessment based on its height, build, and teeth.

In any case, it was roughly a year old, still a baby being fed milk.

After observing for a couple of days, Chen Ying began trying to let mother and child interact.

Mainly during feeding times, someone had to watch closely, ready to rescue the baby if needed.

Unexpectedly, Mama Panda seemed to know that the object on the child's hand was protecting it.

Whenever Baby Bear got impatient and bit at the metal cage, Mama would gently separate it with her mouth or paws.

After nursing, she would walk away, letting the two-legged beast take the baby away.

Little Sen was moved to tears watching this. He said this was the most loving and gentle mother bear he had ever seen.

Perhaps due to the addition of the giant panda mother and child, recently, Jinya hadn't been as clingy with Chen Ying as before. However, she still slept in the corner of the upstairs platform with Little Jin every night as usual.

Half a month later, as the weather began to cool down, Baby Bear's external injuries had healed significantly, and the shaved fur had grown back fluffy.

Its happiest moments each day were playing and frolicking in the woods with Jinya and Little Jin.

Then, one could see a bear stationed at each of the four directions around the small building.

This could no longer be called a spectacle; it was completely bizarre!

Black Bear Sister was calm, coming each day to ask for an apple, sitting and watching Baby Bear play for a while before leaving.

The street rat was different. With its crafty looking eyes constantly shifting, it was clearly up to no good.

It wasn't necessarily about harming Baby Bear; it was all about provocation, either by suddenly opening its mouth to scare Baby Bear or pretending to charge. When Baby Bear got scared and tried to climb a tree, it would turn and run away.

Mama Bear was infuriated watching this, and even Little Sen was furious. Every day, seeing the street rat made him curse, completely unlike the fear he felt when he first saw the Black Bear.

Great Bai was initially just watching the drama unfold, but after a few days, he also became annoyed by the Black Bear.

Whenever he saw the other bear, he would try to chase it away.

Little Sen often muttered, “Could it be that Great Bai has taken a fancy to Mama Panda?”

Mama Panda's appearance was indeed beautiful, with a round face and fluffy hair, always clean even in the wild, earning her the nickname “Beauty Bear” from anyone who saw her.

Unquestionably, this young female panda, standing next to Mendun'er, was a choice any bear would make.

Thinking this way, it seemed quite normal for Great Bai to be smitten with her.

“But the path to winning her over might be a bit difficult,”

Chen Ying, carrying freshly cut bamboo, returned and heard Little Sen's muttering, then added a sentence.

“Great Bai isn't a White Panda by breed; he is a typical albino panda. In the wild, survival is very difficult for these albino beasts. He has survived until now, not very strong in fighting, which means he must have some undiscovered skills. But when it comes to choosing a mate, ordinary giant pandas won't choose him.”

The long, hopeless road to winning a wife, poor Great Bai!

“Then again, who knows? Great Bai helps this female panda take care of her child, showing his loving and patient nature, perhaps Mama Panda might just fall for Great Bai's warm-hearted traits. Anyway, Baby Bear has at least a year before leaving his mother, enough time for both parties to get to know each other.”

Little Sen sighed, “You'd say I'm a warm-hearted man too, right? How come I can't find a girl who appreciates my inner qualities?”

Chen Ying didn't have a response to that; he was a single dog himself.

“You keep watch here, I'm going to check on the Wolf Mother's situation.”

The rescue dogs have been here for half a month now, mingling as expected.

The Rescue Station didn't restrict the dogs' activities as long as they returned on time for meals and sleep.

Chen Ying had been busy looking after Baby Bear and hadn't checked on Wolf Mother; he had to go look today. If he delayed any longer, with the weather cooling down, Wolf Mother might leave this forest, and then it would be difficult even to inquire about her progress.

When he arrived at the previous burrow of Wolf Mother, he saw no wolf.

Had she gone hunting?

Chen Ying stood up to look around, then switched on a flashlight for a closer inspection of the wolf den.

And indeed, he discovered something!

This fur, judging by the color and length, wasn't Wolf Mother's, so…

As his mind was racing, he heard the sound of leaves being crushed.

Turning around, he saw a spirited rescue dog staring at him.

However, this dog had a scar over its left eye, preventing its eyelid from fully closing.

Chen Ying had read through the files of the three police dogs; this one, injured in the eye, was a fire rescue dog, unfortunately wounded by fragments of a glass bottle that exploded during a fire rescue operation.

Afterwards, it received treatment and recovered, but its vision diminished and its eyelid could no longer fully close, reducing its sensitivity to smells.

It couldn't meet the demands of fire rescue anymore and had to retire after recovery.

Its handler had intended to adopt it, even submitted the reports, but, upon hearing that retired police dogs were being tested for breeding with wolves, after much deliberation, applied for it on its behalf.

“Duoduo, is that you, Duoduo?”

Chen Ying remembered the rescue dog's name, kneeled on one knee, and extended his hand for it to sniff.

Just as Duoduo was cautiously approaching, it suddenly turned its head, bared its teeth toward a certain direction, and then quickly ran off.

（Step aside, don't block my way to find a wife)

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