Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl

The transshipment cage arrived quickly.

The center also wiped away a cold sweat and decided to relocate for the wild training.

This time's score deduction was also related to their choice.

If it happened again, the wild training would completely fail.

The transshipment cage arrived soon, and the mother bear swiftly entered the cage with her cub, howling to hurry up.

Chen Ying couldn't help but laugh and cry as he saw them off.

After a large group of people carried the pandas away, Chen Ying turned back to look for Mendun'er.

When he found it, several panda monitors were hiding under a big rock, discussing the matter.

"Is Brother Ying back? We were just talking, Mendun'er's wildness with the cubs is still inferior to that of the wild-trained mother bear, should we take two cubs away from her?"

"Leave her be, Mendun'er can handle the kids well."

Chen Ying looked over their records from this period, and maybe knowing humans were helping, Mendun'er spent much less time than expected feeding the babies, and even knew to take turns feeding; those who missed out relied completely on human assistance.

Chen Ying was actually considering this issue too, including the time he spent at River Source talking with Yin Li.

The two had grown up here since childhood, knowing too well the ecological environment and the activity range of the pandas on the mountain.

Unlike the staff who measured entirely through science, Chen Ying felt that being somewhat close to humans didn't impede the survival of giant pandas.

Despite their clumsy appearances, these fellows were actually extremely cunning.

Try harming a baby and see, it would tear you apart.

Including from the records, it was clear that the only people allowed near to feed the cubs were always the same two; trying to switch people, Mendun'er wouldn't give them a chance at all.

Another thing, don't judge Sesame by her size; she has abundant experience surviving in the wild.

Anyone with such a mother has to learn to take care of themselves.

Sesame, unlike Great Bai, doesn't like to look after other bear cubs much, but she's still willing to help her sister keep watch.

So initially the staff worried the nearby Yellow-throated Martens might harm the cubs, but under Mendun'er and Sesame's joint efforts, within two kilometers, it could be said there was no threat.

The three little cubs, after eating and drinking their fill, tumbled into a pile; despite their small size, their voices were truly loud.

It had been a long time since Chen Ying felt the power of the Jiamu Gully Whistle Spirit; the moment it sparked his memory, he instantly put on a mask of pain.

Seeing Chen Ying's expression through the monitoring, several panda protectors laughed until their mouths couldn't close.

Third cub, Cui Shao, was the first to sense Chen Ying's approach; it howled and struggled out from between its siblings, tumbling and scrambling towards Chen Ying.

"Ow ow ow, hurry up, can't live anymore, go."

It rolled off the top of Chen Ying's shoes, looking unable to bear it.

Chen Ying scooped it up for a check.

Its weight had increased quite a bit; holding and weighing it, it was now the weight of a normal panda cub. He pried open its little mouth and saw teeth had grown in, neatly and beautifully white.

He also thoroughly checked from head to tail, not even overlooking Little Lingdang.

Hmm, this little one is a typical representative of indistinct secondary sexual characteristics; Chen Ying looked left and right but didn't dare to determine whether it was a little brother or a little sister.

The oldest and second oldest were still bigger than the third by a circle; their belt lines beautiful, and their puffy skirts quite flashy, especially the second, which even naturally radiated a soft light!

After stuffing the escaped third one back, and warning Mendun'er along the way, Chen Ying could finally return to his own little nest.

However, just as he picked up his backpack left on the table under the raised floor, he heard a familiar cry.

"Two-legged beast, you're back! Why didn't you come to see me? Is it because love has disappeared?"

Chen Ying, with a dark expression, asked, "Where did you learn to say these things?"

"Hehe (#^.^#), I learned them from the other two-legged beasts over by Big Cat. A new female there likes to talk like that."

Chen Ying gave a heavy rub on the cat's head and greeted Little Jin before exhaustedly heading upstairs.

"Little Sen, I'm going to rest for a bit, call me if you need anything."

"You sleep for a while, Brother Ying; I'll call you later for a nighttime snack."

Besides Sesame, there wasn't really any other animal that required his worry now; Little Sen's days were quite relaxing.

He had recently helped two forest musk deer injured in a fight, who were only released yesterday, and he didn't know which fierce animal had benefited today.

Initially, Little Sen was quite conflicted, always hoping the animals he rescued wouldn't get hurt again, and he nearly went mad for a while.

He finally got through that stage.

Do what you can, let fate decide, follow the rules, act from the heart.

That was enough.

Jinya didn't enter the house; it and Little Jin squatted on the passageway between the second floor and the storeroom roof, chatting with Chen Ying.

"Brother's cubs are really fun, I especially like the second one; although a bit small, it's as clever as me, and its fur pattern looks a lot like mine too."

Jinya excitedly described the little lynx, "But I think it's having some issues, I wanted to bring it over for you to see last time, you weren't here, so I took it back."

"What's going on?"

"It seems to really dislike moving; its voice is very weak, and it eats slowly. When Little Jin and I play with them, it always lies down or squats after a short while, looking very tired."

Jinya spoke with a bit of a subdued tone, Little Jin close to it, comforting it by licking its fur.

"My brother said that little fellow might not live long."

"It sounds like a heart problem?" Is this the will of the Snow Mountain Goddess, and he just happened to be researching this subject, so he sent the little one over?"

Actually, many cubs that die young in the wild are mostly due to poor physical function, unable to receive treatment and care, and are abandoned by their parents soon after birth.

Like the lynx brother from River Source, surviving through struggle is definitely a minority.

And had the lynx brother not met Chen Ying, it's estimated that his remaining life span wouldn't have been long.

Not rushing over to check, as so many days have passed, something surely couldn't happen tonight.

If it were to happen, even if he went there, it wouldn't help.

After ensuring Chen Ying was asleep, Jinya glanced at Little Jin, as the two big cats ran into the mountain one after the other.

At eleven o'clock at night, Little Sen woke him up for a midnight snack.

Neither Jinya nor Little Jin were seen, and the other small animals were also gone.

"I see that the aviary upstairs is empty, were there no birds nesting this year?"

"There were, but they left after two days."

Since Old Gao wasn't there, Little Sen didn't know how to feed the birds, so he just let them come and go.

The two of them chatted with Old Gao over a video call while having their midnight snack.

Duanmu had left at noon, and now Old Gao was alone in the sickroom.

He felt much better than yesterday, able to stand on his own, but still shouldn't exert too much effort, the bruise and swelling on his waist were still pressing on his nerves.

"Don't you guys finish all the yak meat, I've been craving for a long time, just thinking about this soup."

"No ambition!" Chen Ying picked up his chopsticks and pointed at the phone camera, "We'll wait for you. I also brought a lot of air-dried yak meat this time, which is marinated differently from ours here. There's also milk tofu, great with milk tea. It's really good roasted over a small fire."

They were now roasting beef and milk tofu on a small charcoal stove, and through the camera's beautification, the color and smoke made Old Gao so salivate that he nearly wet his sheets.

Besides that, there was fried brown tea.

The steaming bone broth, mixed with salt, pepper, and chopped onions in fried brown rice, felt entirely warming when drunk at night.

Don't think it's summer now, everywhere people complain about the heat, but at high altitudes in the mountains, thick blankets are necessary at night.

If it rains again soon, the herders wouldn't be able to sleep without lighting a stove.

Luckily the small building was equipped with an electric blanket, which was better than burning charcoal.

After eating and chatting for a while, it was almost one o'clock.

Sesame had been sound asleep for a while.

After turning on the monitoring alarm, Chen Ying and Little Sen locked the doors and windows and went to sleep.

In the early morning, before it was light, the noise of someone fiddling with the window awakened Chen Ying.

He quickly turned on the light and saw Jinya and Little Jin panting and crouching on the windowsill.

At Little Jin's feet was a small ball of fur.

"Jinya, why did you sneak the little cub out again?"

"I didn't sneak it out, it seemed to be in discomfort. It didn't eat last night and even vomited. Its mother said it wouldn't survive, so I thought I'd bring it to you to have a look."

As Chen Ying spoke, he had already wrapped the small fur ball in a towel.

Such a small creature, a stethoscope wasn't easy to use.

Taking the two cats downstairs, Little Sen also came over to help upon hearing them.

As soon as they turned on the equipment and conducted the examination, the expressions on Chen Ying and Little Sen's faces did not look good.

This little one had a serious heart problem, ventricular septal defect, and patent ductus arteriosus. Surgery was the only way to improve it.

But performing surgery on adult animals and cubs was as difficult as operating on adults and newborns.

As the tests results came out, Chen Ying didn't care that it was still early, he immediately sent them to Professor Bai, along with his initial thoughts.

Congenital heart disease surgery couldn't be completed in one attempt, let alone surgery for congenital heart disease in animal cubs. There weren't many veterinarians in the country brave enough to attempt it.

Most would advocate for conservative treatment, waiting until the individual grows larger before considering surgery.

Of course, Chen Ying wouldn't advocate for immediate surgery; his treatment plan centered around Chinese medicine restorative care, long-term observation of the disease's progress, and then arranging according to the condition.

An hour later, Professor Bai called, asking for a video to see the condition of the little lynx.

"It's good that you applied for the research topic. Add this case to it, and I'll review the subsequent treatment plan."

Days with a teacher backing were truly blissful.

Chen Ying immediately formed a research team with initial personnel including Little Sen, Xiao Song, and Duanmu.

"There's the lynx brother in River Source, and here the little lynx. Though the cases are few, they are typical. Xiao Song, you and Duanmu will primarily handle the lynx brother's treatment and examination, and I'll divide the work here with Little Sen."

The specific responsible personnel were just these four, but Xiao Song had assistants on his side who could also join the research team.

The situation in Jiamu Gully was more complicated, however.

The leopard cat suspected of having epileptic seizures due to a cardiac-origin illness might belong to his research topic, but that still had to be discussed.

Selfishly, Chen Ying did not want to get involved in overly complex projects.

The more people involved, the more troublesome it would be.

After arranging work for Xiao Song and the others, Chen Ying gazed at the computer screen in deep thought.