Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl

Chen Ying recalled something.

The teacher's younger daughter also worked in animal rescue as a veterinarian, studying Traditional Veterinary Medicine. It would be practical to involve her as well, not necessarily relocating her to Jiamu Gully. She could participate from her current position, helping to collect data and case studies.

Another matter had been mentioned by the teacher's wife. During their last visit, they met an elderly leader whose child was studying veterinary clinical medicine at Huannong.

Perhaps this was an opportunity to repay some favors?

Although they had their own connections and didn't need him to add more value, whether they would ask him or mention it was another matter.

Even if he were reclusive and oblivious to worldly wisdom, he knew having more friends meant more options.

Moreover, having that child involved would benefit the animals sheltered in Jiamu Gully.

For instance, treating Mr. Lepus's offspring's heart disease. With the child involved, communication, medication, and equipment management could be entrusted to him.

He quickly wrote several applications, including those for resources and personnel, checked them over, and, along with past research proposals, raw data integration, and other documents, sent them off to Professor Bai.

He subtly hinted at his two preferred candidates in the email, then shut down the computer and went downstairs.

Little Sen had just finished examining Sesame's Qingtuan and was washing his hands and changing clothes, preparing to go to the observation room to take care of the Little Lynx.

The stand outside the first-floor observation room was now fixed in place.

It was the small wooden platform where the Clouded Leopard had watched over its sibling. Now Jinya and Little Jin were lying side by side on it, eyes unblinking, staring at the Little Lynx inside the nursery incubator.

The Little Lynx's condition had improved slightly after oxygen therapy.

Chen Ying approached the incubator, examining the newly installed device.

This device could connect to the nursery incubator's control end and also integrate examination results, making it particularly convenient during inspections.

This was the kind of equipment Yin Li had mentioned to the leader.

"It's from Miss Dao, totaling three units. We have two here, and one kept at the Protection Station."

The unit at the Protection Station was simpler since there weren't many animals needing treatment there; it was left just to facilitate checking when certain animals could be released back into the wild.

In the rescue station, there was one in the first-floor observation room and another in the second-floor data room, convenient for referencing when writing papers or summaries.

"Miss Dao said to temporarily equip us with two units, and once your usage report is submitted, Brother Ying, she'll try to get another one for Brother Gao's place."

Chen Ying wasn't particularly moved by this; such devices were equipped in many places. It was only their remote area that lacked eligibility, relying solely on sponsorship to upgrade their equipment.

After checking on the Little Lynx, he found its condition to be better than anticipated.

Human infant heart surgery was already a complicated matter, let alone for animals.

Plus, based on the information Chen Ying gathered, using conservative methods of Traditional Veterinary Medicine might still grant this little one a chance at survival.

After reviewing the data, some ideas formed in his mind, and he was ready to start the treatment.

Stepping outside the observation room, he reached out and scratched Jinya's ears.

"It's alright, the little one still has a chance for recovery. It just might not be well-suited for life in the wild anymore."

Fortunately, being a Lynx, it wasn't particular about its habitat. Zoos in this province and the neighboring two could accommodate it for life.

If it were a Snow Leopard, however, it probably would have had to be sent to the wildlife rescue center in Qing Province.

Hearing that Little Lynx had no major issues, Jinya breathed a sigh of relief and planned to go back to find her brother and tell him about it so that the child's mother wouldn't worry.

Although, in the natural world, mothers abandon their weaker offspring to focus on raising those that are more likely to survive, Jinya's Lynx Sister-in-law was different; she possessed a very strong maternal instinct.

With the help of Mr. Lepus and Jinya's Little Jin, having one child was just as easy as having several; there was more food than they could eat, and Mr. Lepus helped protect the area around the den, allowing her to rest easy.

Little Jin, feeling sympathy for Jinya's exhausting back-and-forth, volunteered to go and pass the message himself.

"We should also tell Leopard Sister about this."

Jinya earnestly instructed Little Jin, "Big and Small Baby have been a lot of help; the rabbits in my brother's territory were all driven over by them."

Damn, are they seriously starting to herd rabbits now? He wouldn't be too surprised if the next step involved them becoming Leopard Mother.

The crucial issue with Little Lynx had been resolved, and Jinya's mood had greatly improved; then, she dropped a bomb on Chen Ying.

"Leopard Sister said there's been a bit of a baby boom here this year, and word has spread. We're probably going to see even more folks coming here in the fall and next spring looking for mates and to have babies."

It's just like humans finding out which maternity hospitals have better technology and safer birth rates—the animals have their own gossip channels too.

Not to mention the explosion in the breeding rates this year among giant pandas, lynxes, leopard cats, Golden Cats, and all sorts of visible and invisible animals, the growth in family numbers is somewhat exceeding limits.

And don't get me started on the rodents and rabbits—there are too many to eat, simply too many!

Chen Ying, grinding her back teeth, thought about next year and the future when the entire mountain would be bursting with fur, leaving no room to even place her feet, and the entire situation almost numbed her.

It looked like it was time to chase some of these guys away!

Just as this thought surfaced, she saw two dark little creatures marching with a 'stranger to no one' attitude into the emergency station's woods, then they began to tumble and wrestle.

"Big and Small Yueya?"

The two little creatures had already grown quite a bit, their fur smoother and their bodies more rounded compared to their mother and their Street Rat uncle.

Big Yueya floundered about on its own for a bit, then looked up to see Sesame playing up in a tree. It started climbing the tree while still calling out, much like a mischievous child yelling for a neighbor friend to come out and play.

Little Yueya rolled around and ended up under the stilt floor; comfortably lying down, it grabbed a southern squash from a basket and started to munch on it.

At that moment, Chen Ying noticed two red and golden-haired red pandas lying side by side on the wooden animal rack at the innermost part of the stilt floor.

Red pandas are very timid animals, but seeing Little Yueya approach, they were steady as old dogs, not nervous in the least.

"What's up with these two little guys? Why did they come here?"

Little Sen glanced down and said, "Oh, Jin Yan has been very irritable this month, fighting with peers in the park and getting locked up in the isolation room many times, but still couldn't be controlled. The center had no choice but to send them here to see if it would help."

"Has it calmed down since they arrived?"

"Yes, it has been half a month, and not once have they been agitated; they just don't like to move. I thought they might be pregnant, but the checks showed nothing."

Since they took good care of themselves, Little Sen just let them be.

Chen Ying walked over and stroked Jin Yan.

The little creature twisted uncomfortably but didn't completely evade.

"What's wrong? Can you tell me?"

"I'm not uncomfortable," replied Jin Yan's voice, tinged with a bit of grievance. "Why do they all have babies, and I don't?"

So being upset was because of that? Chen Ying almost didn't know how to respond.