Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 120: Grievances Meet Leopard (Extra)

"Brother Ying, what are you doing?"

"Surgery dress."

Chen Ying was covered in sweat, holding his own cotton T-shirt, figuring out where to make the cuts with scissors.

"Leopard Sister just can't stop licking her wounds. It's not good, I'm afraid the wound might get infected. A collar affects her eating, so I thought I'd just make a surgical gown for her to wear for a few days until the wound heals."

He had made similar ones for cats and dogs before, but this was the first time for a Big Cat.

There were specifically made surgical gowns, but Leopard Sister didn't like those. She'd tear them up in no time.

This piece of clothing was still new, sacrificed for Leopard Sister to wear.

She was still particularly disdainful, looking at Chen Ying as if he were a fool.

"Why can't you resist?" Chen Ying tapped on her head, "Choose for yourself, whether to wear this big doughnut or the clothes."

Leopard Sister glanced at it, sighed, and slapped her paw down on the clothes.

Wearing that ugly, big collar, she'd truly become a fool.

With a few snips, Chen Ying managed to make a makeshift surgery gown and struggled to fit it on Leopard Sister, biting his lip to suppress any trace of a smile.

If he dared to laugh, Leopard Sister would make sure his face suffered the consequences.

After lying in the observation room for two days, she was allowed to come down for exercise on the third day.

Leopard Sister was a leopard with restraint. She wouldn't intentionally defy anything Chen Ying had taken care of.

It rained briefly in the morning, leaving the grass damp. Chen Ying forbade her from going down, instead letting her rest on the second-floor platform.

An iron gate separated the activity areas of Leo and Leopard Sister.

Leo, having been beaten up, had become docile. Also, with Little Monkey not around, there was no one to open the gate for him at night, so he generally slept through till morning.

He got a new toy today, brought in by Little Deng, made of fresh tender bamboo strips into various baskets and containers, filled with his favorite shoots and apples.

(Mang Cang grabbed a small bamboo basket for its weekly catch, and everyone said it 'caught' craftmanship.)

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Little Deng had just returned from vacation, beaming uncontrollably.

"Did you win the lottery or something? Why so happy?"

"Hehe, Brother Ying, Brother Sen, my aunt matched me up with someone."

By local reckoning, Little Deng would turn twenty-one next year, reaching the age to start considering marriage.

It's only been better in recent years. Not too long ago, people Chen Ying's and Yin Li's age would already have children attending kindergarten.

The reason Yin Li argued with his dad: firstly, Yin Li disobeyed his dad and insisted on returning to his hometown to become a ranger; secondly, he kept refusing arranged marriages, infuriating his dad daily.

"That's great, what did the girl say?"

"She's still studying. She'll graduate next year and wants to work at the health clinic in our town. My parents are trying to help her with that."

Chen Ying and Little Sen exchanged glances, saying little.

If it works out, that's great; if not, there's nothing to regret.

Little Deng was a decent young man, efficient in his work and not demanding, although he had some difficulties in studies; that didn't mean he was dumb.

He was currently in charge of Forest Station's social media accounts, and his personal media accounts already had seventy to eighty thousand followers.

Ever since Xiao Song arrived at the Rescue Station, he'd been encouraged to read more in his spare time, and they were even considering enrolling him in an adult associate degree program next year. Holding a diploma, the Forest Station might give him priority in hiring or altering his official status.

Little Deng sneakily glanced at Chen Ying, moved closer, and whispered to ask if he was coming back to the village for the New Year.

"I probably won't. I might need to go back to school. Is there something wrong?"

Little Deng scratched the back of his head and quickly shook it, "No, nothing, just asking. My sister said if things go well, we might get engaged during the New Year. I'm a bit nervous."

Chen Ying didn't suspect anything, and patted Little Deng on the shoulder, boosting his spirits.

"Don't be scared. Getting engaged is a good thing. Settling it early means, as soon as she graduates, you can start planning your wedding."

In rural areas, marriage always seems urgent, unlike in big cities.

Here, parents truly wished you'd get your diploma one day and your marriage certificate the next.

After Little Deng left, Leopard Sister curiously tapped Chen Ying with her tail.

"Where's your partner? Why haven't I seen them around?"

Chen Ying looked down. "How are you such a gossip as a leopard? I haven't found the right person yet. Why don't you introduce me to someone?"

Leopard Sister fell silent for a while, feeling that it might not be a bad idea.

The rain paused for a while, and Brother Leopard came over with a lamb in his mouth.

Chen Ying looked curiously. "Where did you catch this? Do we have sheep around here?"

It was impossible for Rock Sheep to come down the mountain; the most common here were Musk Deer and Antelope; the origin of the lamb was quite odd.

Brother Leopard couldn't explain clearly; he just found it in the wild, ensuring he hadn't gone hunting in human habitats.

Chen Ying pulled the lamb from Brother Leopard's mouth and took a photo to send to Yin Li.

Handling these situations, Yin Li was better than him.

The moment the photo was sent, Yin Li's call came through.

"It's one of the lambs born to Uncle Mu from a low-income household. They said it was taken by a wild animal. How did it end up with you? Was it the leopard who took it?"

Chen Ying inspected carefully and confirmed it wasn't Brother Leopard's doing.

"Based on the location and traces of the wounds, it should have been the Clouded Leopard's work, but it's unclear why it caught the lamb and didn't eat it, but took it back to the mountains instead."

The wounds inflicted by a Clouded Leopard when hunting were vastly different from those by other animals; it was evident at a glance.

After asking Brother Leopard where he found the lamb, Chen Ying could almost confirm that the Clouded Leopard who had come seeking his help in finding a mate was the one that hunted the lamb.

Speak of Bao Bao.

From the high treetops, an annoyed cry of the Clouded Leopard was heard.

"You guys are really inappropriate, stealing the prey I caught."

Chen Ying hurriedly said over the phone, "The culprit is here," then switched his phone to video call mode and aimed it at the Clouded Leopard up in the tree, enraged.

Brother Leopard also stood up, roaring at the Clouded Leopard.

"Why don't you come down and say that? You can't even watch over your own prey and have the cheek to argue with me? Come down, let's see who's stronger."

How could the Clouded Leopard possibly come down to fight Brother Leopard one-on-one.

Don't let the fight turn into a four-against-one.

It was furious, but could do nothing to Brother Leopard, only bellowing angrily at Chen Ying who was holding the phone before leaping into another tree and quickly disappearing.

Leopard Sister watched indifferently the whole time.

Being the same species, she didn't have a fondness for the Clouded Leopard.

Just as the Clouded Leopard left, Jiaojiao and Great Bai arrived.

"Baaa, what are you guys up to?" Jiaojiao sat down against a log, keeping a distance from the leopard family.

Even though they could get along peacefully for Chen Ying's sake, no predator preferred to be too close to other predators.

Except for a male and a female.

Great Bai came over, clawed at the edge of the platform, trying to pull Leo down.

Chen Ying hastily went over, opened the gate of the pen, and let Leo go to his mother to be pampered.

At one year old, Leo hadn't weaned yet. Jiaojiao was in a good mood, occasionally letting him suckle more.

After Leo finished eating, Great Bai grabbed Leo's ear, leading him to climb a tree, then followed him up.

Every time Chen Ying saw Great Bai climb a tree, he felt anxious.

Unsure if the tree could withstand Great Bai's weight.

Especially since a few years ago, a two-year-old Giant Panda fell from a four-meter-high tree at the breeding center, unconscious for more than fifty hours before it was out of danger, an event known by almost everyone at the Panda Rescue station.

It's really unpredictable.

Leo, the little one, got excited climbing the tree, scrambling up.

But it had rained that morning; the tree was a bit wet and slippery. He wasn't careful, his front paw slipped, and his whole body leaned backward, tumbling down.

Chen Ying jumped off the platform and hurried toward the base of the tree.