Chapter 478: Chapter 435: Not much can shock him, but this (asking for monthly votes)

Cats aren’t something you can pet just because you want to.

Among the big cats, Jinya and Lady Lynx took on an aggressive stance, while Er Niu immediately went to protect her cub.

Little Snow Leopard glanced around and followed Er Niu running to the back.

“Who are you, and what are you doing here?”

Just then, Sister Yin Li came out of the kitchen with a bowl of radishes, saw the reckless man, and raised her voice to stop him.

Chen Ying, who was in the room with Sun Qihai, sorting out recent work data, heard the commotion and rushed out.

The sound also roused several interns who had woken up across the hall to continue their gaming.

The boss who drove over stopped in his tracks, feeling a bit displeased.

“Why are you yelling? I’m here to discuss cooperation. Where’s Dr. Chen in charge here? Didn’t he receive a notice?”

Chen Ying stood by and scrutinized him for a while, noting that, although dressed like a successful person, he didn’t act or speak successfully at all.

Earlier, Duanmu mentioned that this guy hadn’t been in the pet food business for long; he had bought a small factory from someone else and then tried to create a trendy pet food brand using Jinya and Little Jin’s fame via online operations.

He had previously contacted the Forestry and Grassland Bureau and been rejected. He then found the rescue center, hoping to exchange donations for animal photos, but was rejected again.

This time, he didn’t know who advised him to come directly to Chen Ying, thinking the animals here were more famous and not strictly regulated. He believed that as long as he threw money at it, anything could be accomplished.

He didn’t consider whether Chen Ying would be in trouble after the ads went out; it wasn’t his concern—he paid for it!

When Chen Ying came out, Jinya and Little Jin exchanged a glance and quickly jumped to the rooftop, leaving the emergency station.

“Hey, stop them.”

Chen Ying frowned, “Boss, what are you here for?”

“To shoot an ad, of course. I’ll pay you, and you get those two animals to shoot an ad. How about three thousand bucks?”

Everyone around was amused; this guy might be here to make jokes. Not to mention if wild animals can make ads, even if they can, with Jinya and Little Jin’s worth, three thousand bucks is like shooing away a beggar.

Some people, with just a little money, think they can do anything.

Fortunately, although this guy had the stinky habits of a nouveau riche, he at least knew he couldn’t directly enter the wilderness.

But he came here looking for Chen Ying, which meant he must have connections; otherwise, someone like him could never make it down this path.

The outcome was naturally a non-starter; Chen Ying could never agree, as he wasn’t shallow enough to dare do something illegal for three thousand bucks.

That boss, however, thought Chen Ying was just trying to make a big demand, believing his money wasn’t churned out by the wind and wondering why he should pay that much.

As he left, the boss quickly glanced around and left with his driver without looking back.

Chen Ying and the others watched the car go away, still discussing whether this boss might use other methods to pressure Chen Ying.

“There’s a big chance he won’t; even if he wants to, the leaders up top would never agree. You say he wants to take a picture with the animals, maybe feeding them or holding them—that’s okay. Doing ads, that’s like telling the world that something illegal was done here at the River Source. His little money compared to a political career—anyone knows not to agree.”

Chen Ying glanced at Yin Li, “Notify the other protection stations so that they pay attention during patrols. I suspect this guy might take shortcuts or use the excuse of public welfare photography to directly go for synthesis.”

To photograph in a protection area, you can’t just walk in with a camera; you need to apply in advance and get permission before entering.

Earlier, the guy from the coast mentioned photography, but it’s basically just taking pictures from viewing platforms on either side of the national road—not an entry into the wilderness.

Are there people who go in secretly? Of course, and every year’s rescue isn’t fake.

But once these folks are inside and face danger, there’s no way to get help; if unlucky, even they might have to stay inside permanently.

This boss likely hires some money-grubbing reckless people to go into the wilderness for secret photography.

“Forget about him; organize the data first and upload it. Based on your data here, I also need to hold a meeting with colleagues from other stations to discuss the patrol route arrangement for later.”

When they go on patrol, besides observing flora and fauna and the ecosystem, they also watch for traces of human activity. Though poaching is less rampant now, it still exists, just not as brazenly as before.

If not for the diligent patrols by the mountain patrol team members, poaching would soon resurge in less than a month.

By the fifth day, Yin Li had to go back to work; her mom and sister and brother-in-law also needed to return home.

Dao Meihua scheduled the driver to pick them up on time to take them to the airport. Once they reached the airport near their hometown, someone else would meet them and transport them back to Xiaozhai Village.

Ji Xin returned with his brother to the rescue center on the third day and didn’t hurry back to Dong Lin’s family because Uncle Duanmu planned to discuss Nici’s photography studies in the mainland with him.

After sending off a group of relatives and friends, staff members on duty at the animal husbandry station and research station also reported in.

The place got lively with many people, especially with newcomers who hadn’t seen the Wangwang Team’s fixed twice-a-day patrol. Upon their first sighting, they were so curious that many followed the Wangwang Team around with their phones, doing nothing else.

Red cotton’s trial training notification also arrived, with the trainer from the police dog squad personally coming to pick it up.

Of course, their purpose was also to observe red cotton first; if its foundations were poor, then the trial training wouldn’t happen.

Fortunately, although red cotton carries Tibetan Mastiff bloodline, its main genes come from Rottweiler, one of the commonly used police dog breeds domestically.

As for the other genes mixed in, that’s unclear.

For now, it appears that although Red Cotton is very smart and has its own little thoughts, its obedience is quite strong. Chen Ying had a pre-chat with it, mentioning many benefits of police dogs’ work, as well as the dangers.

The most important thing is, if it becomes a police dog, it won’t be sent to the stray dog shelter, and the puppy it rescued will also be adopted by kind-hearted people.

After all, the brother of a police dog, even without a dime’s worth of blood relation, adopters will think this dog’s genes are good.

Because it was swayed by Chen Ying, Red Cotton performed seriously when the trainer arrived and successfully earned a trial training qualification.

Puppies start training at four to five months, with a trial period of one year. After a year of training, they can officially take up their post.

Chen Ying has negotiated with the trainer from the police dog squad that if Red Cotton fails its trial, he will bring Red Cotton back. Whether at the River Source Protection Station or the Unfrozen River Protection Station, Red Cotton is welcome to become a part of the station.

Also taken along were Tiancaifu, Guixian, and Tianlu.

Labrador Retrievers are commonly used police dog breeds in the country.

Watching its younger brothers being taken away, Red Lion unusually didn’t make a sound, hiding itself under the blanket of the doghouse.

Black Gold glanced at the departing car, then at its sister, not knowing what to do.

It’s very smart, already understanding from the trainer’s regretful look that neither it nor its sister would be taken away.

Isn’t it quite good like this? It really likes the Two-legged beast, and really likes life here, not wanting to make any changes.

But Red Lion might be different; in its simple little head, there’s only one thought—it was looked down upon, and the unfamiliar Two-legged beast didn’t regard it well. The ever-competitive Red Lion couldn’t quite accept this blow.

When Chen Ying was dragged into the doghouse by Black Gold, he had already learned the reason from Black Gold. He lifted the blanket and took Red Lion out.

“So busy, and you hide and sleep, Red Lion, I’m very angry!”

Upon hearing Chen Ying’s words, Red Lion looked up blankly, not understanding what the Two-legged beast was saying.

“Red Lion, we also need to train. You have a very tough task; you have to protect the rescued young ones before summer arrives, do you understand? Time is not on your side!”

Seeing Chen Ying’s serious expression and gaze, Red Lion tilted its head, its small body surging with energy, barking loudly.

“No problem, leave it to Red Lion.”

No younger brothers, no problem—it still has a brother; sister-brother collaboration, unstoppable strength!

Black Gold followed its sister, helplessly rolling its eyes.

This silly sister, how can she live without it?

Jinya’s adopted lynx has gotten much better; its vision isn’t perfect but can continue to recover, at least hunting rabbits and ground squirrels is no problem.

Little Grey White also learned many hunting techniques from its mom, and the two coordinate hunting efforts, hardly ever missing a day’s catch—not eating too much, but never going hungry.

Jinya’s hunting techniques were mostly learned in the jungle, allowing her to hunt on the prairie, but she falls short compared to Lady Lynx.

Therefore, the teaching of the two young lynxes largely falls on Lady Lynx.

From the eighth to the fifteenth of these few days, Jinya and Little Jin have not appeared; Lady Lynx doesn’t know where they’ve gone, only mentioning that Jinya wanted to wander around before leaving.

Chen Ying doesn’t quite understand; in this freezing, icy season, what’s there to explore?

Though confused, he didn’t worry much, thinking that with Little Jin around, Jinya wouldn’t likely encounter trouble unless they meet an opponent significantly stronger than them.

Could it be? In this snowy world, brown bears are still hibernating, snow leopards are known leopards, wolves are far away, could they be taken down by Tibetan foxes?

On the fifteenth day of the first month, Chen Ying stepped out to the newly built shelter to perform surgery on newly arrived stray dogs.

Upon arrival, he saw a delivery truck leaving.

“This is a local charitable company delivering donated dog food,”

The person in charge led Chen Ying to see the nearly filled storeroom of dog food, with bags printed with the charitable company’s name.

“Local food?” Suddenly, Chen Ying remembered the previous boss, hadn’t heard much about his actions afterward; not knowing if he’s given up or scheming something.

“Yeah. You don’t know, huh? A few days back, that local viral pet food factory was shut down.”

Chen Ying was shocked, “Shut down? Why?”

“It was said they added harmful substances to the pet food, and the boss tried to hire people to take wildlife photos in no-man’s-land but was refused, so tried to find images online to synthesize advertisements, and was reported for infringement. A photographer with the photo rights sued him directly.”

Chen Ying didn’t quite know what to say. Each point seems unthinkable for a normal person, yet they happened. Reality can be stranger than fiction.

The person in charge led Chen Ying into the temporary operating room, with five or six dogs waiting here to be neutered.

Chen Ying looked at them one by one, judging if surgery could be performed.

The first few were normal, but upon reaching the last one Chen Ying’s eyes opened wide in shock.