Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 253: So Beautiful yet Speaks Like a Villain

A few calves were playfully butting heads with their tender horns.

Some of the older juveniles, full of vigor, were racing each other in a competition, running a large circle and then returning, startling a resting adult bull.

The bull wasn't indulgent and let out a bellow before charging at them.

The young lot scattered in a hurry, no longer daring to cause trouble.

Summer was the season for yaks to give birth and rear calves, requiring them to eat a lot of high-quality fresh grass.

The mother yaks, already exhausted, didn't want to deal with the troublesome calves anymore and led the still nursing ones to a quiet spot.

The mothers, tired and sensitive, would startle at the slightest sound and flee with their calves.

Chen Ying didn't approach them too closely and took several photos from a distance, marking the location.

The exact count could wait until they got back, when they could print the pictures for tallying and also categorize the number of adults, subadults, and calves.

The two turned to get back to the car, with Ji Xin muttering to himself as he packed his camera, about to open the car door when Chen Ying pulled him back.

"What's up, Brother Ying?"

Chen Ying didn't say a word, just jerked his chin up, signaling him to look towards the other end of the vehicle.

A snow leopard's head was hidden, its large rump and a good portion of its body still outside, struggling to squeeze into the car.

They were driving a pickup truck from the Protection Station this time.

The kind with a bed in the back, which was convenient for rescuing young Tibetan antelopes.

To allow for ventilation, both side windows were opened halfway.

Now the snow leopard was trying to squirm in through the window.

Chen Ying stroked his chin for a long time, completely puzzled about what inside the truck bed was attracting the snow leopard.

Could it be that Sister Lynx cracked its head, making it dumb?

Earlier, he thought the snow leopard mother caring for her cubs was the dumb one, but it seemed this one was the real doofus.

"I remember now."

Ji Xin suddenly spoke up in a low voice, "Before we left, Brother Li tossed half a piece of meat into the back of the truck bed, saying if we encountered a wolf, I should throw the meat out to hold it off for a while."

The half piece of meat was from a carcass they had collected from a birthing site, already half-eaten by other animals.

Normally, they wouldn't touch it, but there had been talks of attracting wolves recently.

Chen Ying sighed, walked over, gave a strong push, and successfully trapped the snow leopard inside the truck bed.

The window on the other side was much smaller and was stuck, not even the snow leopard's face could squeeze through.

After also securing this side's window halfway, Chen Ying smiled at the snow leopard in the truck bed, which was trying to threaten him.

"Hold on, I'll take you back for a good feast."

He spoke the words, and the snow leopard seemed to freeze for a moment.

Could it have misheard, this two-legged beast offering it a full meal?

It couldn't remember the last time it had eaten its fill.

If it weren't chronically half-starved, could it possibly be unable to defeat even a lynx?

Now the local snow leopard population had spread the word about it everywhere, it couldn't raise its head in dignity.

The mother leopards used it as a bad example, saying that if you don't listen, don't eat properly, and don't learn to hunt, you'll end up as pathetic as this one.

The snow leopard curled up slightly, lowering its big head onto its paws.

Was it not willing? If only its mother hadn't been killed by a brown bear, it wouldn't have been forced to learn independence right after weaning.

Raising itself was almost exhausting it.

As it leaned in, its nose caught a whiff of the scent of meat.

A lick confirmed it, indeed, it was meat.

Without hesitation, the doofus chomped down, its vigor resembling that of a starving ghost reincarnated.

In the front of the truck, Chen Ying and Ji Xin listened to the sound of the snow leopard feeding in the bed, their faces a mix of emotions.

This doofus was really... tragically hilarious.

With a doofus on board, they couldn't continue forward, nor could they just return to the camp.

Chen Ying made a phone call to Yin Li, asking him to come out and help.

Cai Rang was actually monitoring the surveillance when he heard that Chen Ying had picked up a snow leopard. His face showed shock to the point of speechlessness.

"We also came here in previous years, mostly encountering wolf packs. Our luck this year is really exceptional. Except for the golden eagle and the vulture, we've basically seen all other predators of Tibetan antelopes. I have enough to boast about for three months when we get back."

"Not just for three months, but you can also take a close-up photo and brag to your son for three years."

Cai Rang let out a hiss and punched Yin Li in the head.

"Hey, why didn't you say so sooner? I'll go find Dr. Chen now, see if he can help me take a picture with a brown bear, how about that?"

"Come on, I was just saying, did you actually take that seriously?"

"Why wouldn't I? If not now, when?"

Dr. Chen doesn't come here every year.

Even if he came back next year, who's to say the brown bear would too?

He says that, but with work to do, he wouldn't neglect his duties.

Yin Li, carrying his tools, ran out and saw the vehicle parked far away on the hillside.

"What should we do?"

"First, we need to collect some body data; I suspect it's having some health issues."

Chen Ying opened the rear door of the car, and the Snow Leopard suddenly stuck its head out, shook it, splattering blood everywhere.

"Damn, this guy is filthy."

Chen Ying patted its head, encouraging it to get out of the car.

The Snow Leopard obediently jumped down and moved to the other side of Chen Ying, watching Yin Li with a wary yet timid gaze.

"Come on, lie down. I'll give you a health check."

The Snow Leopard didn't understand what a health check meant, but it knew how to lie down. It went to the spot Chen Ying pointed to, obediently lay down, blinked its big eyes, and lazily flicked its tail, looking completely at his disposal.

Chen Ying couldn't resist and went over to vigorously rub the leopard's belly. The touch was really nice.

"Brother Ying, can I touch it too?"

He didn't wash his right hand after touching the Lynx last time, and he wouldn't wash his left hand after touching the Snow Leopard this time!

"You won't wash them? How will you eat?"

"It's fine, I'll be using chopsticks anyway."

"That might not be the case. We're running out of flour and rice. Cai Rang said we're making tsampa tonight."

Yin Li seriously made this up.

"Do you know how to eat tsampa? It's barley flour mixed with butter, pinched by hand and eaten that way."

Ji Xin's face instantly turned pale.

"Really, is there really no other food left?"

Chen Ying kicked Yin Li.

"Alright, stop teasing her, or she'll cry. It's freezing here; a chapped face wouldn't look good, and Xiao Song will nag you to death."

Pampered by Chen Ying's massage, Snow Dope exposed its soft belly without any guard, wrapping its big tail around Chen Ying's arm, purring contentedly, and casting him a flirtatious look.

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Yin Li just happened to see this and was stunned for a second before bursting into laughter.

"Brother Ying, your charm with exotic beasts is off the charts. Look at this; Jinya is going to scratch your face at home."

Chen Ying also felt helpless but complied by scratching its belly and stroking it for a while.

Fortunately, despite looking thin, aside from slight malnourishment, it didn't seem to have any serious health issues.

It's probably disadvantaged by its small size, unable to beat even the Sister Lynx, let alone other leopards.

Since Snow Dope was cooperative, Yin Li didn't have to use the fork gun to control its head; he simply put on gloves to hold down its front paws.

Chen Ying quickly measured it—head circumference, body length, tail length, abdominal girth, and so on.

They couldn't do a regular blood test here; otherwise, they would need to draw some blood to take back with them.

He had just performed an abdominal palpation and, according to his experience, there were no major issues with its bones or internal organs.

"Come on, open your mouth, let me look at your teeth."

Snow Dope obediently opened its mouth for Chen Ying to check its teeth and gums.

"Not bad, it looks to be about three to four years old, has never given birth, still a Snow Leopard lady."

They weren't specially studying snow leopards and hadn't brought tracking collars.

Chen Ying had Ji Xin take more than twenty photos of Snow Dope, capturing all the distinguishing features, to archive and input into a database. If other cameras captured it later, they could perform image comparisons to confirm its identity.

After Chen Ying finished measuring, Snow Dope clung to his arm, acting spoiled and begging for food.

"This one really has a knack for things."

They couldn't keep bringing it half-eaten Tibetan antelope carcasses, so Chen Ying decided to take it towards the birthing grounds. They would pick up any leftovers; the poor kid was almost starved dumb.

Tibetan antelope numbers in this area were already scarce, with no new antelope arriving to give birth from last night to today.

On the grassy shore of the riverbank, patches of broken limbs were scattered.

Chen Ying stopped far away and patted Snow Dope's rump.

"Go on, I'll wait here for you."

Snow Dope glanced at him, looked around for a while to make sure no other beasts were there to steal the meal, then trotted over to find food.

A few minutes later, it was wolfing down the meal, eating in an incredibly rough manner.

"(ˉ▽￣～) Cut it out; why are you so fond of this one?"

The Royal Sister Lynx, appearing as if out of thin air, lay hidden in the grass, nearly impossible to spot without looking closely.

"Why are you here? I thought you followed the Tibetan antelope herd."

"I'll go, but there's no hurry."

The Royal Sister Lynx licked the fur on her chest, stretching elegantly.

"I came to say goodbye."

The Lynx walked over to Chen Ying, rubbing against his pant leg.

"Don't forget what you promised me. I'll come to find you before the next breeding season."

"Hey, it might not work. I don't live around here. My home is far, far away, in the big mountains down south."

The Royal Sister Lynx stared at him with her beautiful eyes for a moment, then shrugged off any concern and walked away.

"Anyhow, I've said it; I'll come find you. I remember the scent of you and your companions; I'll definitely track you down."

Hold on, Sister, why do you sound so much like a villain?