Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl Chapter 83 – Chapter 83: Chapter 83: The Hidden Danger in the Forest

Chapter 83: Chapter 83: The Hidden Danger in the Forest
 

The medicine wasn't actually hard to smell, but for animals with sensitive noses, the irritation might still be too strong.

Baby Bear hummed and whined in Little Sen's arms, refusing to come down, looking so pitiable that it would melt anyone's heart.

Chen Ying knew that in Baby Bear's eyes, she was now the bad guy, so she didn't try to play with him and instead carried the food upstairs to the third floor.

She had felt sorry for the Big Spirit Cat Mother, who had been forced to hide upstairs to protect her cubs lately.

Once the cubs grew a little bigger, she would be able to take them back to the forest and teach them survival skills.

The Banded Palm Civet curled up among its three half-siblings from different mothers, its small eyes timidly watching Chen Ying.

The Big Spirit Cat Mother had a special sympathy for this little one, always licking its forehead, as if the fur there was getting shorter.

After feeding the Big Spirit Cat Mother some food, Chen Yin checked the window and suddenly discovered that in the birdhouse to the east, in addition to the Long-striped Small Owl, there were two more eggs.

Hearing some noise at the window, the Little Owl looked up alertly. Chen Ying wasn't sure if it saw clearly, but she saw the owl fluff up its wings and pull the eggs back under itself.

Chen Ying found that strange, so she went to check the neighboring birdhouse but didn't find any signs of other birds living there.

Closing the window, she called Dr. Gao for consultation.

“Just a single Little Owl? That shouldn't be the case, these birds usually raise their chicks together, male and female.”

It should be said that the vast majority of birds raise their chicks jointly, unless something happened to the male bird.

“Wait for me, I will come up in a couple of days. We'll discuss the problem when I see it.”

Alright then, she admitted she was clueless about bird rearing; treating injuries was just about manageable. As for helping with raising chicks, better not to add to the chaos.

But hearing Dr. Gao say he was coming, she faced another issue: where would he stay?

Another room on the second floor was currently crammed with Little Chen and Little Sen; she could lay out a sleeping mat in her room, but it wasn't a long-term solution for squeezing in more people.

If it really wouldn't work, maybe partition off a room on the third floor?

It was a headache, but she decided to figure it out once the person arrived.

Descending the stairs, she stood at the corner, not yet finished stretching, when she saw Jinya sneakily climbing down from a tree.

This young Lynx had been acting strangely recently.

It was as if she was avoiding the Giant Panda mother and child, but sometimes she seemed to play quite happily with Baby Bear.

However, for the past few days, she had been stealthily coming and going as if afraid of startling Chen Ying.

After walking a bit, Jinya suddenly turned around, saw Chen Ying with hands on hips watching her, and instinctively stepped back.

“What's going on, spill it.”

With that guilty look on her face, nobody would believe she hadn't been up to some mischief.

Jinya stopped in her tracks, tilted her head to look at Chen Ying with an “I didn't do anything, why are you looking at me?” expression of innocence.

Chen Ying tapped the railing, motioning for her to come down and talk.

Jinya hesitated, but obediently came down after all, sitting with her face opposite Chen Ying's, but her gaze darted everywhere, she didn't dare to meet his eyes.

“Alright, Jin Xiaoya, what have you been up to that's got you so spooked? Don't tell me you've been picking on Little Jin? Hey, yeah, where's Little Jin? How come I haven't seen it come back with you?”

Jinya's body stiffened, and her fur bristled.

Chen Ying was quick to hold down Jinya as she attempted to flee.

Jinya instinctively turned her head and opened her mouth, but despite baring her teeth for a long time, she didn't dare to bite and finally just lay flat on the floor, crestfallen.

“Let me go, can't you see I'm telling you?”

“Yeah, Little Jin and I found a half-grown little cub in the woods, the same breed as Little Jin. We've been teaching it to hunt these past few days.”

“You found a Golden Cat cub?” Chen Ying's expression grew more serious, “Where are its parents?”

“I don't know. It doesn't even know itself. It said that one day it suddenly got separated from its mother, then it was put into something dark. By the time it was let out, it was already in these woods.”

Chen Ying's mind raced, suspecting that they had encountered poachers.

He guessed that the poachers, after realizing they couldn't take the captured wild animals with them, just dumped them somewhere at random.

Pulling out his phone, he dialed Yin Li's number and simultaneously asked Jinya where she found the little cub.

“It was by that big pool. That big black-headed one loves to go there to fish. Little Jin and I went to watch it catch fish, and then we found the little cub. It couldn't even catch a mouse. If it weren't for Little Jin pinning the mouse down for it, the little cub would have starved.”

（Hi, fisherman, can I borrow a round of your patrol?）

The call connected, and Chen Ying directly asked Yin Li if the Forestry Bureau, forest firefighters, and the police station had been capturing poachers recently.

“Yes. After Baby Bear was injured last time, a teacher from the Forestry Bureau confirmed that the animal trap was newly set within three months, so recently there has been a focus on cracking down on poaching. Why are you suddenly asking about this, did you find something?”

“Jinya and Little Jin found a Golden Cat cub in the woods that hasn't reached the age of leaving the nest, without any sign of the mother cat or other cubs nearby. I suspect it was a release by someone.”

It's impossible to have too many predators of the same kind in the same area.

If there really was a female Golden Cat, Little Jin would also sense the presence of the other.

Chen Ying told Yin Li the location where they found the Little Golden Cat, asking them to check it out.

“Old Dragon Pond. Be careful when you go there. Recently, the street rat likes to play in that area. To lead it away, it's best to bring some honey.”

After Chen Ying finished the call, Jinya licked his hand.

“Can I go now? I just came back to check on you.”

Chen Ying gave the cat's head a firm rub.

“Thank you for thinking of me. Go ahead, and if it really doesn't work out, you can bring the little cub here too.”

“No, we found a suitable nest. It's pretty good over there.”

Jinya glanced at the mother and son pandas, leapt onto the trees, and quickly left.

After Jinya left, Little Chen came over and asked what was going on.

“Nothing. Ali just said there might be poachers in the mountains. Be careful when you go out and don't wander too far.”

“Damn it, why don't these people just drop dead!”

Little Sen's anger surged upon hearing the word poacher.

“If you ask me, we should just take them out if we find them.”

“What are you babbling about?” Chen Ying, even if he agreed internally, couldn't let Little Sen speak so casually, “There are laws in this country. If they break the law, there are legal ways to deal with them. Don't talk about taking them out; be careful, walls have ears.”

With such a large forest, all kinds of birds will be found, and their rescue station is quite conspicuous. Who knows if it might attract the attention of poachers.

Especially since they have a Baby Bear here.

The three of them turned their gaze simultaneously to the Giant Panda cub still naively playing.

“No way, I am not going upstairs tonight. I'll camp out next to the observation room.”

Little Sen immediately became worried about the possibility of those villains stealing away Baby Bear while he slept.

“Don't worry, it would be too difficult for them to get a hand on him here.” Chen Ying didn't believe those people would be so bold, but he couldn't underestimate them.

Stealing a Giant Panda was unlikely, and they wouldn't dare to act even if they stole one.

But in case they were cornered, those criminals might very well take the three of them hostage.

Thinking of this, Chen Ying ran to murmur a few words with Panda Mother, then went to find Great Bai, asking it to stay alert during the night.

“Also, we can borrow the rescue station's retired sniffer dogs. Their noses are surely keener than ours.”

This was indeed a good idea.

Forget the other two sniffer dogs, but Wolf Mother and Duoduo could totally change locations for their romance!

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