Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 266 - : The Reward Lynx Sister Gave in Advance

Chapter 266 -266: The Reward Lynx Sister Gave in Advance

The reporter’s interview with Chen Ying provided an excuse for him to avoid it.

Back in the car with the transshipment cage, Chen Ying leaned back in his seat, exhausted, pinching the bridge of his nose.

Second Girl Chen went back to the mountains, and it was uncertain if other leopards would bully her.

This little creature could only catch ground squirrels and mouse rabbits, and rock sheep babies were quite a challenge for her.

Chen Ying felt a stifling blockage in his heart.

He remembered how in school, teachers often told him that as a veterinarian, one sometimes needed to “harden one’s heart”; otherwise, one could fall into many troubling predicaments of one’s own making.

The teacher also mentioned that his personality wasn’t really suited for wildlife conservation, and being a plain veterinarian might suit him better. frёewebηovel.cѳm

But Chen Ying didn’t believe it; he was young and passionate, always believing that it required fervor to excel in this field.

But now, if given the chance, he wasn’t even sure if he would end up packing Second Girl and taking her away.

There was still photography and interviews going on outside; it looked like it would be another half an hour before it all wrapped up.

Chen Ying had barely slept last night, having spent most of it with Second Girl, talking to her about so many things, although he wasn’t sure if that silly girl could remember any of it.

The cats at Jiamu Gully were too clever, and Jinya was merely plain enthusiastic compared to Second Girl, who was just a bit sly.

Resting his forehead against the car window, he half-closed his eyes for a nap, when suddenly a pair of eyes popped up from below the window, nearly scaring Chen Ying’s soul out of him.

On closer inspection, it turned out to be Sister Lynx.

“How come you’re here?”

Chen Ying glanced back.

The transshipment car was parked on the edge, with other people and vehicles separated by some distance, and Sister Lynx stayed in a blind spot, invisible unless you specifically looked for her.

Chen Ying looked around and opened the window; Sister Lynx easily jumped in.

“That silly big head you let into the mountains, aren’t you afraid it’ll starve to death?”

“Don’t call her a silly big head; she has a name, Second Girl Chen.”

This was his bit of selfishness.

Like Leopard Sister Jinya and the others, as much as Chen Ying liked them, he never thought of claiming them as his own, because he knew that without him, these fuzzy creatures were free to roam the woods.

But Second Girl was different; she was genuinely silly and a real ‘chicken’.

An animal that could be considered at the top of the food chain yet living as a little pity, probably she was the only one.

Sister Lynx adjusted her lying posture, resting her chin on her front paws.

“I can keep an eye on her for you, but you have to promise me to find the best mate for me. I want to have the best litter of babies.”

Chen Ying had never asked why Sister Lynx was so fixated on having babies.

And to have the best mate to produce the strongest litter of babies.

When this topic came up, Sister Lynx grumbled noncommittally.

When questioned a bit more, she changed her face instantly, stepping hard across Chen Ying’s thigh.

“Don’t ask, don’t ask, and stop asking!”

After Sister Lynx climbed out of the car window, she trotted away angrily for a dozen meters, then suddenly ran back, looking at Chen Ying.

“I won’t forget what I promised you, and don’t you forget either, or…”

Sister Lynx’s teeth were quite clean; she was a clean girl.

Finally, the commotion caught someone’s attention.

A reporter happened to look back and captured the shot of Sister Lynx jumping out of the window and then looking back to make eye contact with Chen Ying inside the car.

Sister Lynx was very sharp; seeing that someone was paying attention here, she turned and ran.

“Dr. Chen, was that a lynx just now? Are you familiar with it?”

“Not really familiar; I encountered it a few times at Zhuonai Lake. It’s quite close with Second Girl, probably came over to say hello because it saw Second Girl being released.”

Chen Ying bullshat in all seriousness, as the reporter, holding a camera and sound equipment, had an expression that screamed, “I’m not stupid, don’t try to fool me.”

Chen Ying smiled at him and started fiddling with his phone.

Soon, the interviews and photoshoots concluded, and everyone returned to the Budong River Protection Station.

The heads of the supervising departments and the reporters left first, while Chen Ying planned to stay here overnight and return to the River Source Protection Station tomorrow.

Just in time, Yin Li and others were withdrawing from 필요한their protection duty stations, detouring to pick him up.

In the evening, Sister Lynx found him again.

Holding a plump rabbit in her mouth, she lay at the edge of the flag platform outside the protection station, tearing it apart while curiously observing people coming and going at the station entrance.

The young men at the protection station were curious, but they did not rashly approach, nor did they think about feeding Sister Lynx.

Uncle Tashi walked by Sister Lynx with a plate of stir-fried meat, glanced at the rabbit under Sister Lynx’s paws, smacked his lips.

“This lynx is not bad; the rabbits it catches are the fattest.”

He placed a big plate of stir-fried meat on the cafeteria table, calling Chen Ying over to eat.

“Our ranch is almost experiencing a rabbit plague, and I heard River Source area is also suffering from severe rodent issues. If we had more lynxes, we wouldn’t have to worry so much about how to harmlessly control the rodents and rabbits.”

Unintentionally spoken, the listener took it to heart.

Since the two other people who were supposed to dine with them hadn’t arrived yet, Chen Ying quickly ran to the flag platform to chat with Sister Lynx.

“Trapping rabbits? Sure, but when will you find me a mate?”

Isn’t that a bit impatient?

“You won’t be ready to have babies until next spring; if I bring someone now, you’d have to share your food with him. Would you like that?”

“We need to check them out first though.”

Lynx Sister leisurely chewed her rabbit meat while giving Chen Ying a blank look.

“If you can’t find anyone from around here, I’ll have to look elsewhere. It’ll be too late to wait until next spring.”

Hey, she’s quite the planner.

Chen Ying had actually been pondering this issue for the past few days.

But the lynxes rescued are usually injured or sick; physically speaking, they wouldn’t satisfy Sister Lynx.

But other lynxes—he hadn’t seen many on this trip.

No, there was one!

He suddenly remembered that when he had gone to rescue a person, there were two lynxes that had watched the scientific expedition team for a long time.

Now, he wasn’t sure if those two were a couple, but at least one of them had the physical features that could meet Sister Lynx’s standards.

Maybe he should go and check again?

After chatting with Sister Lynx, she seemed very interested too.

“Alright, why don’t you come by more often tomorrow? I plan to talk to the people coming to pick me up. We might stroll around if it’s possible; if not, you can come with us to River Source to see if there’s anyone you like there.”

Sister Lynx happily agreed.

No matter whether we find a suitable mate for her to have babies with or not, at least this two-legged beast wasn’t deceiving her.

“By the way, I might mention that I saw a litter of kittens while I was catching rabbits. Do you want to go see them?”

A litter of kittens? With no mother?

“I’ll eat now and find someone to drive there afterward; I’ll need to gather some things too.”

If they were indeed desert cat kittens, he couldn’t forget the cages and food.

And some topical medications must also be prepared, especially external antiparasitic medicine—you don’t want to bring back a litter of fleas alongside the kittens.

While eating, Chen Ying informed Uncle Tashi and the deputy director about this.

The two were on duty tonight and couldn’t accompany him to search for the kittens, but a young man named Anren volunteered to drive Chen Ying there.

The area around the Protection Station was desolate, only becoming frequented in the last two years by tourists who traveled by car, leading to the construction of several makeshift homes and establishments along the national highway, including small shops and a diner.

Owned by family members of the employees of the Protection Station, the diner was essentially an empty room with a stove that remained lit 24/7.

A pot of beef bone soup bubbled on it, and hot water was always available nearby.

There was no other food there aside from the bone broth noodles. Of course, one could buy instant noodles and enhance them with a scoop of beef broth which was quite tasty.

The small shop and diner were places where Protection Station patrol officers could chat, relax, and where passing drivers could replenish food and water and take breaks.

Anren grabbed a thermos of boiling water and two instant noodles from the shop for the road.

After all, once they were out, who knew what the road conditions would be? It was better to be over-prepared.

Upon hearing that Anren was accompanying Dr. Chen to the wilderness to look for cats, another young man stepped forward eagerly to join.

“What are you following for? It’s your turn to go on patrol the day after tomorrow. Get some rest, don’t make your mom worry again.”

Anren shot the young man a glare, but he wasn’t deterred.

“I drive better than you; I should be the one to go. I’ll talk to the Station Chief right now.”

Angered, Anren slapped himself on the mouth.

That’s what you get for boasting.

This wasn’t a task that needed many people, and the boy did indeed have better driving skills. The Station Chief might not let him go instead.

Thinking this, Anren couldn’t sit still any longer. He dashed towards Chen Ying, intending to drag him away quickly.

Chen Ying stumbled as Anren pulled at him, almost dropping the medicine in his hands. He steadied himself on a table and frowned, asking why he was in such a hurry.

Seeing that he had almost caused a disaster, Anren, a burly man, lowered his head in silence, touching the back of his head.

Chen Ying wasn’t upset and quickly packed up, instructing him to carry the cages.

“Dr. Chen, are we really going to kidnap kittens?”

“It depends on the situation. We will leave the ones with mothers alone; if we find those without, we’ll ‘kidnap’ them and let them live nearby,” Chen Ying briefly explained his plan to Anren.

The Protection Station at River Source was newly established; previously, the protective efforts there had been insufficient. The lack of control over grazing by herders had pushed the ecosystem on the brink of collapse.

“In recent years, things have improved a lot. With the new protection station and a new rescue shelter built, it really helps the ecology there. However, in recent years, there’s been a serious rodent problem. The populations of desert Cats along with weasels and foxes, which feed on rodents and rabbits, haven’t recovered as fast as these small animals, so proper reintroduction is also a method to control the rodent problem.”

This reintroduction wasn’t thoughtless—dropping some species in an area they had never lived before.

Chen Ying chose to take rescued desert cat kittens back to River Source because both places were under the same conservation area and had similar terrain, climate, and living conditions.

The protection area here had a more complete food chain at the base level compared to that at River Source.

And for River Source to restore its ecosystem, constructing a base-level food chain was essential.

Talking as they walked, they had just reached the car when that eager young man, backpack in tow, rushed over.