Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 307 - : They All Want to Be Mothers Without Pain

Chapter 307 -307: They All Want to Be Mothers Without Pain

Chen Ying was startled and quickly embraced Little Jin before exiting the tent.

The drone flew out, followed by a group of children running after it. Chen Ying’s mouth twitched, but he remained silent.

At two o’clock and eleven o’clock directions, indeed other Big Cats were lurking.

At eleven o’clock, there was a Lynx with very familiar fur patterns, and behind the snow pile at two o’clock, a large head peeked stealthily.

Isn’t that too impressive for Lynx Sister? To directly traverse dozens of kilometers?

Even if she took a shortcut, it was at least over twenty kilometers. Her endurance really lived up to her reputation as the leading lady of the wilderness.

Er Niu caught a whiff of the scent in the air and seemed a bit confused for a moment. She crouched low, attentively gazing ahead.

She chose to be cautious toward the direction of the unfamiliar Snow Leopard.

On the other side, Lynx Sister sensed the presence of another Snow Leopard. After hesitating for a while, she decided not to give up on her target and continued forward.

Jinya’s sense of the snowfield’s scent was not as acute as Er Niu’s, but her little radar was also perked up high.

Perhaps it was the inexplicable magnetic attraction from a fellow species; instinctively, she chose to sneak toward Lynx Sister’s direction.

Little Jin struggled, wanting to go down and help Jinya, but Chen Ying held on to him tightly.

“Don’t go. Just watch, and if Jinya loses, then you can go help.”

This was a fight between species to establish one’s place on the snowfield; outsiders could not help.

After soothing Little Jin, Chen Ying let him down.

Little Jin brushed anxiously against his leg, walked forward two steps, stopped, and then came back.

“Trust her, she can do it.”

Whether it’s Jinya or Er Niu, they both can make it.

The herders’ children also stopped quietly, bundling up in their fur coats, their little red and black faces, with lips pressed tightly together showed worry, but they didn’t impulsively interfere in the fight.

Two figures dashed out like lightning, pouncing toward their adversaries.

Lynx Sister had already made her move in an instant.

Golden yellow and gray white collided mid-air, and then snowflakes scattered about as if a violent wind had suddenly arisen on the quiet snowfield.

However, on the other side, when Er Niu pounced, she twisted mid-air just before colliding with the other, ran back a dozen meters, and slid, burying herself halfway in the snowdrift.

Chen Ying jogged a few steps, and the drone also locked onto Er Niu.

The strange Snow Leopard behind the snow mound came into view and, instead of launching an attack, watched Er Niu without blinking.

Er Niu wanted to escape, but felt embarrassed to do so with her Two-legged beast watching from behind.

Besides, the fierce battle between the two Lynxes was still ongoing in the distance, as indicated by the flying snowflakes.

Tears almost welled up in Er Niu’s eyes: What to do? Will my new friend think I’m too embarrassing?

The Snow Leopard glanced at Er Niu, then at the distant battle, and finally turned its gaze to the drone hanging in the sky.

It turned and ran off toward the direction of the hills.

Er Niu breathed a sigh of relief and immediately turned towards Jinya’s side.

“Ow ow, I’m coming!”

The Snow Leopard’s dainty voice couldn’t carry far, but the noise of its running disturbed the two fighting Lynxes.

Lynx Sister recognized Er Niu’s scent; seizing the moment of collision and separation with her adversary, she gasped for air and looked towards Er Niu.

Realizing that Er Niu was coming for her, Lynx Sister let out an irritated yowl and turned to run away.

Jinya stopped Er Niu who still wanted to pursue.

During the fight, it had realized that this Lynx didn’t seem to have much malice, it was more like a sparring contest.

Noticing the contempt and speechlessness in its gaze towards Er Niu, Jinya seemed to understand something.

“Don’t chase, I’m so tired. Let’s go hunting.”

Jinya bit Er Niu’s bushy tail, successfully halting her.

Little Jin met them halfway on the road.

The three Big Cats took a detour, planning to dig out a burrow of ground squirrels.

“Let me tell you, although those guys don’t taste great, their burrowing skills are really impressive. Once you find their hole, just scratching a few times will get you a nest big enough to shelter from the blizzards.”

The wilderness wasn’t always covered with such thick snow.

After the snowstorm ended and the sun came out, the snow would gradually melt and become part of the frozen ground in the low temperatures of the night.

Beneath the sand dunes was the Number Two burrow that Er Niu had her eye on, her backup nest.

The burrow here was larger; with a little squeeze, it could accommodate all three of them.

Jinya had never lived in the wilderness.

The terrain of Jiamu Gully Mountain’s high mountain meadows was different from here.

On the mountain, she mostly stayed in caves and cracks in the rocks.

As for burrows, they were indeed a novel concept to her.

As for Little Jin, it was not an animal that lived in cold regions, so it was unlikely to have this experience.

But it had heard from Big Gold Cat in the neighboring territory that when you can’t find a tree hollow in the wild, a burrow is also an excellent place to overwinter.

However, they usually choose burrows that have been hollowed out under tree roots.

The entrance to this burrow was large enough for Snow Leopards to come and go.

The space inside was also good, with a diameter of just over one meter to less than two meters.

There was dry grass inside, probably another animal’s nest that Er Niu had taken over.

As for the original owner, it may have moved away or perhaps found another place to live, like the warm belly of Er Niu.

Chen Ying found them and, at Er Niu’s cordial invitation, used his phone to take photos of the cave’s interior.

Afterward, the three cats crawled in and squeezed together to rest.

Little Jin, pressed against the cave wall, displayed a resigned expression on her face and lay down.

Chen Ying drew a sharp breath and decisively captured this scene that could be described as magical.

He had seen foxes and desert cats cohabitating in a cave before, and even groundhogs sharing space with sand foxes.

But these three cats were not your ordinary cats; released into the wild, each one was a ruler of its domain.

And now, at this moment, they were squeezed together like three furry balls of varying sizes to keep warm—would anyone accuse him of fakery if he posted the photo?

As the sky darkened, it was time for Chen Ying to head back.

He cast a slightly worried glance at the three big cats and then decisively left.

They were wild animals, and even if their prolonged association had fostered a dependence between them and him, their wild nature and survival skills had never faded.

He should place his trust in them.

The wind was loud at night, and Chen Ying tossed and turned for most of the evening, only falling asleep near dawn.

When he woke up, he found three furballs squeezed beside the heater.

The tent flap was lifted, and Uncle Tashi came in with a bucket, pouring water into the kettle piled on the stove.

He did not quiet his movements, and the three big cats only flicked their ears, not even lifting their heads.

Chen Ying got up, tidied himself, and sat down to eat breakfast.

In the winter, the herders would not go out to pasture but instead bring the stockpiled fodder into the animal sheds.

Uncle Tashi and his family worked together, not finishing the feeding of the cattle and sheep until past ten o’clock.

“The three big cats came around six, bringing their own prey.”

Uncle Tashi nodded his chin, motioning Chen to look outside.

A yellow sheep hung on the livestock pen.

Nearby, a few children gathered together, speaking in words Chen Ying couldn’t understand.

“They’re debating who caught the yellow sheep. They all think it was Er Niu’s catch, saying it’s a worthy embodiment of the Mountain God.”

But in truth, the sheep was the joint effort of Er Niu and the Lynx.

Perhaps Little Jin had lent a hand too.

However, the snowy plains were not Little Jin’s home turf; it could handle rabbits, but prey like yellow sheep was a bit too much for it.

The three cats didn’t wake up until noon and after eating most of the yellow sheep meat, they dashed out together toward the snowy plains. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

Before long, Little Jin returned, carrying a semi-grown rabbit in its mouth.

It threw the rabbit at the tent entrance, called out to Chen Ying, and then burrowed back into the tent to sleep soundly.

The snowy plain was really no battlefield for Little Jin.

While its mate and the mate’s best friend hunted big game, it could only catch rabbits and mouse bars—the humiliation was a blow to a cat’s pride.

Little Jin rolled around on the carpet a couple of times, looked left and right, jumped on the bed, nestled into the blankets, and fell asleep in a comfortable position.

After lunch, Chen Ying followed Uncle Tashi on horseback for a stroll on the snowy plains.

They planned to check the hill that the Snow Leopard had crossed over to previously.

To see if the Snow Leopard was merely passing through or planning to settle there.

Before they got close, they saw Er Niu and Jinya standing at the foot of the hill, looking up.

Halfway up the slope, a slightly sturdier Snow Leopard lay on its side atop a rock, looking down.

It seemed to be sizing up Er Niu and the golden cat at its side.

The Snow Leopard remained alert as the drone approached but did not panic and flee.

The hovering drone waited for two or three minutes, then started circling around the Snow Leopard.

“It’s a male leopard,” Chen Ying scrutinized the returning image, “This guy is all muscle; he looks strong.”

But the mating season for snow leopards should be in spring, so it was unlikely that this Snow Leopard had come looking for a mate.

The most likely scenario was that it was expanding its territory or migrating from a place where food was scarce, especially since livestock raised by herders was not far away.

To the Snow Leopard’s eyes, those livestock might as well be a buffet.

The only thing that might deter this Snow Leopard was Er Niu.

However, when it came to battles, the scales were heavily tipped between male and female leopards, not to mention that Er Niu, the silly leopard, was among the least competent fighters in the snow leopard community.

Jinya, having witnessed the antics of playboy Snow Leopards leaving love everywhere, had little regard for the male, and was now buzzing in Er Niu’s ear.

Er Niu’s growth and development had been slow, maturing later than its peers, and to this day, it had not engaged in mating.

But as the saying goes, even if you haven’t eaten pork, haven’t you seen pigs run?

In the animal kingdom, everything is out in the open, sometimes with an audience to boot.

Er Niu had peeped at its species mating before, and the sharp cries emitted by females during mating chilled it to the bone just thinking about it.

“Let’s go back, let’s head back. If you want to find a mate, ask the Two-legged beast for help; he’ll even help you care for the baby.”

Jinya earnestly imparted wisdom, “My baby was raised with his help.”

Er Niu looked down at Jinya’s belly in astonishment, even attempting to sniff under it.

Jinya, embarrassed and annoyed, let out a howl, stood up, and gave Er Niu a few swats with her cat punches.

“Look, what are you looking at? My brother’s baby is also my baby, I saved it, and even if it was raised by the Two-legged beast, I still helped raise it!”

Er Niu didn’t understand and just felt it was all very complicated.

Forget it, if a good friend says it’s so, it must be.

“Then, can you let it call me mom too?”

Er Niu’s sudden question nearly caused Jinya, who was playing with her tail, to choke on her own tail fur.