Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl Chapter 86 – Chapter 86: Chapter 86: Admiring This Talent

Chapter 86: Chapter 86: Admiring This Talent
 

The students who came over to help arrived by noon the following day.

They told me that the school arranged a car to bring them over overnight, and not only did Jiamu Town Rescue Station send people, but the Zhang Muzi and Chaliangzi Rescue Stations also had staff dispatched to assist.

“Brother Chen, before I came here, the seniors instructed me to learn as much as possible from you. Do you think I'm suitable for a career change to a Druid?”

Ah, this little junior is quite the character.

But honestly, he's a natural for this line of work.

When he took care of the injured little animals, a few gentle words from him would calm down the agitated little creatures. Duanmu and Little Deng were astonished; they really thought he was training to be a Druid reserve.

“You're not serious, are there really Druid vocational courses at the Agricultural University?”

“What are you talking about. This kid has a calm aura and a natural affinity with animals. Also, if you pay attention, you'll notice that his way of stroking animals is different from ordinary people. He knows exactly what part each animal likes to be stroked and how much pressure to use. With just a small adjustment, he can make the stroked animals relax.”

Little Deng had already started recording on his phone while Chen Ying was explaining. With just a bit of post-production and editing, this video is definitely going viral.

True talent lies among the people.

First, there was Nanny Mei, who effortlessly stole Baby Bear's first kiss, and now there's the junior with his advanced “animal massage” skills. Chen Ying felt that his little tricks were worthless in front of real talent.

After handing over the clinical case files for each injured little animal, Chen Ying slung his supply bag over his shoulder and hurried back to the emergency station.

He was a bit worried about Little Sen being there alone; after all, Little Sen was only good with pandas, but with bears, it was a bit beyond his capability.

Sure enough, as soon as he reached the emergency station's woods, he saw Little Sen in a fierce battle with the street rat.

“You street rat, give me the honey back!”

The street rat, with a honey bottle in its mouth, made use of its agile dodging skills despite its cumbersome body. Little Sen was exhausted from trying to catch it.

To prevent the street rat from stealing the honey, they even specially used a squeeze bottle, which was a bit of trouble to refill each time, but it was handy for cleanup and didn't easily emit a smell.

But this bear's nose was like a detector. Little Sen looked away for just a moment, and the creature had snatched the squeeze bottle and even knew how to squeeze it into its mouth instead of getting honey all over itself.

Seeing Chen Ying return, the street rat threw the honey bottle away, scrambled furiously on all fours, and dashed into the forest, out of sight.

“This bear, always picking on me.”

Little Sen picked the bottle back up and saw it was ruined; the street rat had bitten several holes in it.

Baby Bear was lying obediently on the platform, occasionally licking its injured paw.

“Why has Baby Bear suddenly taken to licking its paw?”

Chen Ying put down his pack and curiously approached to check on Baby Bear's injured paw, only to see Baby Bear suddenly pull its paw back and try to hide it behind its body.

From its guilty little face, it was clear that it had also been up to no good.

Picking it up by the scruff of its neck, Chen Ying pulled out the injured paw for a closer look and, lo and behold, found a piece of honeycomb hidden in the paw.

The honeycomb wasn't big, about the size of two coins, and it was evidently the handiwork of the Black Bear Street rat.

“No way, when did the street rat give it to him? I was watching Baby Bear the whole time.”

Little Sen yelped in dismay and quickly checked the newly installed surveillance system.

Rewinding the footage, sure enough, around ten in the morning while Little Sen was cutting apples for Baby Bear, the street rat had crawled under the kitchen floorboards and sneaked to the stairwell. It had stuffed a piece of honeycomb it was carrying into Baby Bear's mouth before retracing its path back.

After that, the black bear sneaked in to steal the honey, followed by the chasing scene with Little Sen.

“This black bear, in its last life, surely was a robe thief!”

Little Sen was so angry that he slapped himself twice, his eyes reddening.

Luckily, the street rat didn't do anything to Baby Bear. If it had been a different bear, it might have dragged Baby Bear away without him even knowing.

“Don't be, it's not your fault. I'll think of something and raise the railings a bit.”

They had never planned on keeping a panda here before. The railings on the second-floor balcony were only a meter high, and soon Baby Bear would be able to easily climb over them.

He called the designer who had worked on the house before, and he promised to help arrange for some materials to be delivered and even said he would come personally to install everything.

They talked for a while longer, mainly about any issues they've noticed during the use of the little house that might need fixing, as he could make those modifications when he came over.

After hanging up the phone, Little Sen had already cleaned Baby Bear's hands and was lecturing it not to eat random things.

Baby Bear grunted impatiently and struggled to go play.

“Put it down on the forest floor to let it roam somewhere different. We can't remove the hand cage just yet, but it shouldn't affect its daily activities.”

Little Sen carried Baby Bear down from the small building to play on the tire swing hanging between two trees.

This tire, which Little Sen and Little Chen had brought in with much effort not long ago, was a toy designed to add enrichment for Baby Bear.

After playing for a while, Panda Mother came back.

She sat down with a thump against a big tree, her eyes looking lovingly at Baby Bear.

The little one scampered over, clinging to its mother, wanting to eat.

“By the way, Xiao Xia, don't rush back to the Rescue Station just yet. Wait a couple of days until Dr. Gao comes, you can keep him company, as I'm going up to the snow line for a hike. It'll probably take me several days to get back.”

Dr. Gao didn't always stay here.

He needed to commute between the bird watching station and the emergency station on the mountain, spending over half a month on the mountain.

Autumn had arrived, and with all the migratory birds and resident birds flying around, he was almost too busy to keep up.

A few days ago he mentioned coming but got pulled away midway by Zhang Muzi, to rescue some rare birds that had been injured by hunter's nets.

Every day, one could see him cursing in the chat group; he loathed those bird poachers so much he wished he could just shoot them directly.

“Speaking of which, Great Bai hasn't been back for two days, right? Isn't that guy trying to woo Baby Bear's mother? How come his enthusiasm fades so quickly?”

“Pandas are solitary by nature. He probably felt before that as Baby Bear was injured, a paternal instinct took over wanting to protect mother and cub. Also, I reckon he's out marking his territory. Remember we saw him fighting with another panda? That panda hasn't shown itself, so it's possible Great Bai has gone to find it with designs on taking over this territory.”

Two male pandas, unless it's mating season, will not share the same territory.

However, the territories of a male and female panda may overlap.

For instance, Tiger, the previous king of the mountains, had both his mother and sister living within his territory.

Although Great Bai was quite incompetent in battle, love could inspire him to bravely fight for territory.

While they were chatting, Panda Mother suddenly pushed Baby Bear away and walked over to Chen Ying, then plopped down and reached out her paw to him.

Chen Ying hesitated, then tentatively reached out and held Panda Mother's paw.

“Meow?” Panda Mother looked at Chen Ying in surprise, then down at her belly, wearing an expression of doubt as profound as a bear could muster.

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