Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 485 - 441: Ungrateful child, what do you want to eat?

Chapter 485: Chapter 441: Ungrateful child, what do you want to eat?

After Little Jin got off the car, the first thing it did was to find Jinya, wanting to share its experiences from this trip.

Especially the litter of kittens, which made this big male cat’s heart flutter.

Since Little Jin left, Jinya rarely went out to play, spending most of her time practicing hunting skills with the little lynx in the back enclosure.

The little lynx knew that its foster mother Jinya would have to leave here sooner or later; it didn’t want to worry her and wanted to become independent quickly.

This time, Little Jin came back wanting to discuss something with Jinya.

It wanted to persuade Jinya to move with the little lynx to the Yarlung Zangbo River Grand Canyon to live.

The environment there is more suitable for their family than Jiamu Gully.

The Jiamu Gully area is still a bit too small, with too high animal density, and too close to humans.

It knew Jinya was reluctant to leave the two-legged beast, but Er Niu didn’t move to Jiamu Gully either, they could accept meeting the two-legged beast once a year, so why can’t they?

Jinya was stunned, moving? To a completely unfamiliar place?

Instinctively, she wanted to refuse, but Little Jin’s words silenced her.

"Jinya, it’s impossible for us to be with the two-legged beast forever."

She wanted to ask why it was impossible, but she was no longer the naive cat she used to be. After her brother and sister-in-law raised a litter of babies, they moved to a deeper part of the mountains in Jiamu Gully, and now it’s impossible to find where her brother is.

The environment of Jiamu Gully First Aid Station can’t make her too comfortable; after all, lynxes with their thick coats need to live in colder montane forests, shrublands, and rocky areas, while the altitude of Jiamu Gully is only about two thousand, which is too warm and humid.

She also liked the cold, vast uninhabited areas, but Little Jin couldn’t handle it, and the environment here wasn’t suitable for the golden cat species.

"Let me think about it, think about it again."

Little Jin did not rush Jinya; it was very clear in its little head that even if Jinya agreed, they couldn’t move there immediately. At the least, they had to wait until the little lynx could live independently. And if they wanted to take the lynx along, he needed to be stronger.

Chen Ying could never have imagined that his rebellious child was trying to coax his little cutie to leave home.

There are many places suitable for golden cats and lynxes to live, although Chen Ying wouldn’t stop them from choosing a place themselves, he certainly couldn’t bear Jinya moving so far away.

What’s the difference between this and a daughter marrying far away? What if Little Jin abandoned her, ran off to have babies with other golden cats; what would happen to his Jinya?

He didn’t mind if Jinya and Little Jin separated, but sometimes reason and emotion can’t always align.

Jinya pondered for two or three days, still unable to decide, and eventually couldn’t resist jumping onto Chen Ying’s bed to rub against him and ask if what Little Jin said about that place was really so good.

The place was indeed good, but Chen Ying felt it was entirely unnecessary to go that far.

"Jiamu Gully is small, but you can go deeper into Old Northern Gully; heading west is also fine. I haven’t even explored that deep mountain area; surely there’s an environment suitable for you there. Besides, you’re both Sichuan Cats, why go there to compete for territory with other cats?"

With just a few words, Chen Ying had coaxed Jinya, and when he held her to sleep, he cast a chilling glance at Little Jin pretending to be asleep on top of the cabinet by the door.

This damn thing is not worth keeping!

Little Jin keenly sensed Chen Ying’s animosity and took off early the next morning, disappearing for the entire day.

Chen Ying angrily vented to Yin Li about Little Jin’s deceptive behavior but got no response for a long time.

"What’s going on, are you busy?"

Even though he asked this, the few words he typed clearly showed he wasn’t working.

"What’s going on, don’t scare me, okay?"

Two minutes later, Yin Li called directly.

"Brother Ying, my teacher had a sudden stroke and is now fighting for his life in the hospital. I want to take leave to go see him, but..."

The teacher Yin Li mentioned was his college teacher who had high hopes for him and intended to take him on as a graduate student. However, due to family pressure, Yin Li chose to work after graduation.

Although the teacher regretted Yin Li’s choice, he respected it. After graduation, Yin Li frequently consulted him on professional issues, and after coming to the River Source, his teacher helped with his research and getting professional titles.

"Then go; what are you hesitating for?"

"This research expedition, the bureau assigned me to be in charge."

This work wasn’t particularly critical, but the timing was crucial. Yin Li had been working here for quite some time, and he was posted as a backup cadre. Barring accidents, he could be transferred to a bureau position in July.

A few more years of work here, and a transfer back to the mainland would follow naturally.

Missing this collaborative research task might create roadblocks for his promotion.

"Can anyone replace you? How about I join the research team for you?"

"Pointless, you and I are in different departments, you joining the team makes no difference to my applying for leave. Forget it, if the promotion doesn’t happen, it doesn’t; I can work a few more years, I’m still young."

There will always be more opportunities for promotion, but possibly only one last chance to see his teacher, and he didn’t want any regrets.

After putting down the phone, he turned around to see the B University doctoral student, Qin Ruobai, standing behind him with a notebook in her arms.

"Qin Bo, do you need something?"

"Um, were you just talking to Director Yin on the phone?"

Chen Ying was a bit taken aback and nodded.

"Do you have something to discuss with him?"

"I want to collect some data on the edge of the uninhabited area and wondered if he could take me."

Chen Ying forced a smile, clutching his phone, "He probably won’t have time, and isn’t in the mood to accompany you. His teacher is critically ill..."

"Ah!" Qin Ruobai gasped softly, "Then, how is he now?"

Chen Ying was baffled by her question; Yin Li’s teacher was sick, how could he be other than saddened and worried?

Realizing her question might have been off, Qin Ruobai quickly added, "I meant his teacher’s condition, is Director Yin going to visit him?"

Chen Ying nodded, and almost mechanically, shared the gist of Yin Li’s words with Qin Ruobai.

"I see, so how long will he be gone for?"

"With flights, it will take at least four or five days."

Provided his teacher survives the surgery; if not, it might take longer.

"Then, maybe I can help with this task."

Qin Ruobai clutched her notebook, feeling a bit uneasy. After a deep breath, she laid out her plan.

"Your research needs to be conducted separately from others at the initial stage?"

"Yes, the original plan was to conduct it together, but the Institute of Ecology decided to directly investigate the area at the edge of the uninhabited area and prairie boundary, whereas I need to survey along this entire line. So we discussed splitting into two teams. Zhao Bin and I would take this line, while the others headed straight to that place with the arranged guide."

Qin Ruobai opened her notebook and brought up the route map for Chen Ying to see.

Two different colored lines represented the path of the two teams. They would finally converge at the marked orange star location.

"Zhao Bin and I can delay our departure by a few days; we still need to gather some historical data, at most buying five days. Is that feasible?"

"Wouldn’t doing this have a significant impact on your part?"

"No, no, no, I’m not playing around. I genuinely have other tasks that must be completed in advance, to better conduct this survey."

"But the others would have to wait five days for you..."

"No, they would only need to wait one day at most." Qin Ruobai held up two fingers, her eyes sparkling with a hint of cleverness, "They were already planning to depart after two days, making a couple of stops to investigate on the way. If everything goes smoothly, they’ll wait only a day for us; if not, we might arrive first."

"Wait, are you planning to fly directly to meet them?"

This girl’s calculation skills—is she a kindergarten graduate?

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