Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 481 - 479: Hosting a Banquet to Announce Property Rights
Faced with Lin Wanwan’s urging, the mother clouded leopard hesitantly pawed the ground in front of her, looking like it wanted to leave but couldn’t bear to go.
Lin Wanwan resolutely pointed into the depths of the forest: "Go on, go on, take your children with you, you’re free now."
The mother leopard tilted its head, its large, round eyes staring straight at Lin Wanwan, and she saw reluctance and attachment in its gaze.
Lin Wanwan took a deep breath, waved her hand, and turned to leave.
The mother leopard didn’t expect Lin Wanwan to leave without hesitation and couldn’t help but chase after her.
Lin Wanwan walked faster and faster through the mountains and forests. The mother leopard was able to keep up at first but gradually watched as the little leopards, left far behind, cried out, ultimately slowing down and watching Lin Wanwan depart.
After running down the mountain in one breath, Lin Wanwan looked back at the forest with reluctance, knowing she would not see the mother and baby leopards again.
"Hope you can adapt to this new era."
Lin Wanwan murmured to herself, turned back, resolutely went to the parked car, opened the door, got in, and headed home.
In the days that followed, Lin Wanwan kept an eye on the local news.
Sure enough, within two days, tourists driving up the mountain photographed traces of the clouded leopard and posted them online.
Experts and police officers quickly got wind of the news and conducted a mountain search and investigation.
The clouded leopard, as a national first-class protected animal, is extremely rare.
There is a clouded leopard nature reserve in the Tea Mountain forest in Yongcheng, a provincial-level wildlife protection zone.
However, Tea Mountain is more than 130 kilometers away from the Jiulong Lake area, so tracing the leopard here was quite unexpected.
Experts and local officials were quite excited; if it could be confirmed that the clouded leopard indeed roamed here, this location could become the second clouded leopard protection zone.
Lin Wanwan watched the news reports, finally easing her tense heart.
The authorities had intervened, so she no longer needed to worry about the released clouded leopard accidentally injuring tourists. With the official attention on the leopard, Lin Wanwan had no more concerns.
After releasing the clouded leopard, Lin Wanwan went straight to the farmers’ market to buy chicken, rabbits, and sheep to bring home to the Great Tang.
Lin Wanwan calmly shot a few arrows at the tightly bound animals from a meter away, drained their blood, and then carried them down the mountain as today’s hunting prey.
Kun Lun showed no surprise at Lin Wanwan losing the leopard, using a sword as a pole to carry the sheep, chickens, and rabbits, and naturally stepped forward with a hearty smile, took the prey, put it in a sack, and carried it on his back.
Lin Wanwan was very satisfied with Kun Lun’s calmness. This loyal slave with little curiosity was one of the people Lin Wanwan trusted most in the Great Tang.
Back home, only little Qingyu lamented the lost leopard. But with her little kitten, she quickly forgot about it.
That night, the sheep, chicken, and rabbit that Lin Wanwan hunted were served at the table.
To show off her successful hunt (actually to have a reason for a feast), Lin Wanwan also gave a piece of lamb to the elders in the clan and close families!
Xiao Chong also received a message from Lin Wanwan via sea eagle the day after the leopard was lost. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
Although the leopard was one of his birthday gifts, he didn’t care; losing it was no concern, but he did worry about Lin Wanwan’s autumn hunt.
In Xiao Chong’s view, with Lin Wanwan’s archery being the skill of a novice, she shouldn’t be hunting alone. If she wanted to play, she could join them next time.
Lin Wanwan showed interest in this suggestion and agreed to join the next autumn hunt.
However, now that the autumn harvest had just ended, farmers were entering their slack season, but the County Government had many things to do, and Xiao Chong couldn’t spare the time.
Recently, because she was raising the leopard, Lin Wanwan spent more time in the past, widening the time gap between the two worlds to nearly five days.
Lin Wanwan decided to spend more time in the modern world to bridge the time difference.
Today, the weather was beautiful, sunny, just right for Lin Wanwan to invite clan members for family wine indoors.
The clan members living in the same neighborhood, Lin Wanwan had visited every household. As for those who stayed in the resettled neighborhood after demolition and those who settled elsewhere for study or work, Lin Wanwan sent notifications in the clan group.
Lin Wanwan reserved two tables at the hotel for these clan members; anyone could come as there was never a need for gifts when drinking family wine.
Besides the clan members, of course, her own family and friends needed to be invited.
In modern times, Lin Wanwan didn’t have much family. The ties with the Gong family were completely severed and no longer interacted, and Uncle Lin Zhantian was already estranged.
However, after her aunt passed, she didn’t have contact with her uncle’s family, but because her cousin Su Yanwei became Lin Wanwan’s employee, the two families reconnected.
Lin Wanwan had no resentment towards her uncle’s family. Although after her aunt’s death, they rarely interacted, Lin Wanwan remembered her uncle being kind to her grandparents and herself, likely out of love for her aunt.
Lin Wanwan still remembered the toys her uncle bought for her, the only source of toys in her childhood.
Today, her uncle’s family also attended the banquet.
Her uncle brought his new wife, cousin Su Yanwei brought his newly established girlfriend from a matchmaking meeting; they were regarded as representatives of Lin Wanwan’s family.
As for friends, Lin Wanwan invited company employees as representatives—primarily those working together in the office building.
In addition, she invited collaborating lawyer Tan Qingwei, regular merchandise buyer Jie Yuting, and the closest friend Lu Shouyue.
Thus, the banquet was attended by high-profile guests.
Before the feast began, everyone first toured Lin Wanwan’s villa.
"Wow, is this all made of hardwood?"
"Wanwan, not bad, you’re doing well, earning a lot of money."
"If your grandparents knew, they’d be comforted seeing their granddaughter doing so well."
As Lin Wanwan greeted and hosted the guests, she continuously heard various compliments.
The porcelain antiques displayed in the villa were mostly incomprehensible to people, but the solid, grand Yellow Flower Pear Wood and Agarwood furniture gave everyone a sense of its extraordinary nature, leading them to appreciate Lin Wanwan’s financial strength.
For a few like Lu Shouyue who had keen eyes, they didn’t ask pointless questions.
The main goal of Lin Wanwan hosting this family wine was to let everyone know that she bought the villa and it was no longer Uncle Lin Zhantian’s. Her attitude was clear by not inviting Lin Zhantian today, and everyone understood.
Since Lin Zhantian had been living in the Ugly Country for a long time, he had become estranged from the clan and hadn’t joined the clan group, so he naturally didn’t know about today’s banquet.
