Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 482: Stubborn Child, Smart Cat

"Meihua, call your family's rescue team and have them search from both sides of the ancient road towards the middle. We will go down from the top. When searching, pay attention to the surrounding bushes and trees."

While Chen Ying was explaining things to her, he took out his cell phone to check the map.

When he was chatting with two bosses in Shennongjia before, he specifically learned about several hiking routes here. At that time, he wanted to find as many wild animals as possible, and now it just happened to come in handy.

Black bears, leopards, clouded leopards and clouded cats are found in this area.

However, the black bear's activity range is still in the valley a little lower, while the territory of the cats led by leopards covers three adjacent hills.

The mountains in the southwest are not like those in the southeast where mountains with an altitude of more than 1,000 meters are considered high. They are long and deep, with an altitude difference of up to two to three thousand meters.

The highest peak in this mountain range is nearly 6,000 meters, while the lowest is 2,000 to 3,000 meters.

The reason why the Dao family's rescue team was asked to search from both ends towards the middle was because they were worried that the two children might have lost their way while running away after encountering a big cat.

"There is another possibility." After listening to Chen Ying's words, Lao Gao suddenly added, "There are monkeys here. Could it be that the two little guys are chasing the monkeys?"

"It's not impossible." Chen Ying looked up at the tree above his head. "Look at this tree. The tender leaves show signs of being eaten. Apart from some birds, monkeys should be the only ones who eat tender leaves and flower buds."

Seeing that they were all looking up at the big tree, the little stray cat climbed up quickly, lowered its head to sniff around, and quickly returned to Chen Ying.

"It smells like something very vicious."

It seemed like what he guessed was true. The two children must have encountered a wild beast and had to change direction temporarily.

Without any hesitation, I followed the golden retriever down the mountain, but when they reached a small ditch, the golden retriever could no longer smell the scent.

The ditch was very small, about one and a half meters wide, and the water was very shallow. Chen Ying tried it and found that it only reached his calf, but not the Zusanli point.

The two dogs couldn't smell the scent here and were so anxious that they kept spinning in circles.

The kitten, who was originally responsible for watching the scene, jumped down and sniffed slowly on the ground, then walked upstream along the stream. After about five or six meters, it made a rapid "meow".

The two dogs reacted quickly. They rushed over and sniffed for a while, then jumped over the ditch, ran a few steps to the northwest, and shouted a warning.

Chen Ying and the others rushed over without saying a word.

"There are footprints here. The two children waded ashore."

Although it was difficult to leave footprints in the woods, they were all people who had been outdoors for many years and they easily discovered clues.

In addition, Chen Ying also found scratch marks on the tree next to him.

The traces are easy to identify, belonging to a cat of the family Felidae, and not a very large cat at that.

For some reason, the image of Da Piaoliang suddenly flashed through his mind.

Although Da Piaoliang was found on the hillside of another mountain, that territory obviously belongs to its mother. It said that its territory is adjacent to its mother's territory. Does that mean that this is most likely the territory of Da Piaoliang?
Just as they were checking for traces, Dao Meihua received a call from the rescue team at home, saying that a backpack left behind by the child was found around the ancient trail.

"The backpack was torn and there were food scraps, and a water bottle was found hanging on a branch."

The other party hesitated for a moment, "We speculate that the two children may have encountered a group of monkeys, and they are relatively naughty macaques."

"But we didn't see the children nearby. I don't know if they ran away to other places."

Chen Ying looked up at the sky, then looked at his phone.

These two kids are amazing, how can they have such good stamina? They haven't gotten tired even after several hours, don't they know where to rest and wait for rescue?
In a cave at the bottom of the mountain, two children were hiding inside.

The elder sister was crying so hard that she could hardly make any sound, and although the younger brother was still young, he was still trying to comfort her.

"Don't be afraid, sister. Those two big cats are helping us. If it weren't for them, those monkeys would have hurt us."

"I, I know, I just can't help it, I'm scared." The little girl cried and hiccuped repeatedly, "Brother, don't go out. If, if those big guys want to eat us, you hide and wait until they eat me. I'm older, much bigger, and I have more meat than you."

Being hugged by her brother's little arms, the little girl bit her lips hard, trying to hold back her tears. "Wow, I'm sorry, brother. I, I can't help it. The tears just keep flowing."

The four-year-old brother had a chubby face without a smile, "Sister, don't cry, you have to be brave. The same applies to home. If mom, dad, grandma or others say something you don't like, you have to say no loudly. You have to work hard to protect yourself first, and wait for me to grow up. When I grow up, I can protect you."

The cave was not big, and the two children curled up in it. Their stomachs rumbled for a long time. When they were about to fall asleep due to hunger, a big beast came over and pulled a bunch of branches full of fruits.

After throwing the branch at the entrance of the cave, it walked over to the side and lay down, with a hint of anxiety in its one eye.

The little boy crawled over, picked the fruit from the branch, hesitated, and put it in his mouth.

It's OK, not as sour and unpalatable as I imagined. Although it has a bit of a woody taste, it has a sweet aftertaste after swallowing.

He held the fruit back to his sister, wiped it carefully with his clothes, and shared half with his sister.

Chen Ying and his companions followed the gradually fading scent to the ancient road. After they reunited with the search and rescue team, they discovered that the clues had been cut off here.

"Now that we know for sure that the two children have been here, I plan to ask my superiors to send more people to conduct a search and rescue operation."

The mountains are dangerous, and the longer you stay there, the more dangerous it becomes.

Many residents of the ancient town had gone up the mountain to help look for people before, but the mountain was high and the forest was dense, and even if hundreds of people went in to soak in the water, not a single bubble would come out.

But now we can focus on the ancient trail area, and with more people the search will be faster.

"Okay then. You guys arrange for someone to follow up. Teacher Chen and I will look for it down there."

After Dao Meihua finished talking to the leader of the rescue team, she was about to call on Chen Ying to continue when she saw him running towards the bushes below the ancient trail.

"Big beauty, it's really you. I guess this is your territory."

Just as he finished speaking, he heard another low leopard roar. Chen Ying looked over and saw that it was Xiaobao and Xiaobaozi.

"How did you get together?"

"Meow, Twolegs, are you looking for the two cubs?" Da Piaoliang didn't like nonsense, so she walked up to him and wrapped her tail around his calves, "They are at the big guy's house."

Xiaobao came up trotting and pushed Dapiaoli aside.

"Beibei is guarding my home. The monkeys were bullying them. It was Zaizai who saved them." Xiaobao, like when he was little, liked to put his big head in Chen Ying's arms. "The two bipedal cubs refused to go back even after we rescued them. They even wanted to go to the mountains. We had no choice but to force them into my nest."

Chen Ying understood what Xiaobao said. It should be that the two children were bullied by monkeys on the road, and Xiaobao and Beibei's cubs saved them. But the two children refused to go home and wanted to hide in the mountains. Xiaobao's cubs had no way to communicate with them, so they could only force them to go to their own cave.

"But I saw some cat paw prints on the mountain. Could it be that they were left by you, Da Meili?"

"It was me. Those two saw me fighting with the monkeys, threw stones at the monkeys, and followed me." Da Piaoliang showed a helpless expression on her face. "Those monkeys are very vengeful and chased after me. I couldn't beat them alone, but luckily this guy helped me."

Xiaobao's son gave a shy smile, and his chubby body was shaking as he ran.

It squeezed over from its father's side, resting its two front paws on Chen Ying's waist, with a smile that was more flattering than a dog's. Dao Meihua had already walked not far behind him, and when she saw Xiaobao and his son and Da Piaoliang, she had an idea.

"Can we ask Xiaobao and the others to help find it?"

"No need. They came here just to inform me that the child is with them."

Da Piaoliang is very smart. It always holds a children's watch in its mouth.

The watch face was broken and it was completely turned off, but there was a child's name on the strap, which matched the missing child's name.

"Notify the rescue team to follow me." Chen Ying left a word, picked up the kitten hiding nearby, and ran down with Xiaobao.

While running, Da Piaoliang looked back at the kitten in Chen Ying's arms.

"Meow, this little guy is so weak. How about you raise me? I can catch lots of food for you."

"Awoo, you silly thing, the two-legged beast already has my parents, as well as Aunt Jinya and Uncle Xiaojin, why would he raise you?"

Xiaobao thought to himself, I have been driven away, do you think you can still go and compete for my mother's favor?

The kitten was stared at fiercely by the big guys and shrank timidly into Chen Ying's coat.

"Okay, Xiaobao, it's just an ordinary kitten, don't scare it."

"Ahhh, that guy was obviously the one who scared me. I won't bully such a small thing."

Xiaobao wagged his tail and quickened his pace.

Xiaobao's cub liked the look of the kitten very much and wanted to pull Chen Ying's clothes to ask him to let the kitten out.

"Be good, baby. I'll let the kitten play with you after this is over. Can I go to your house first?"

"Ahhh, hurry up." The baby voice of the little leopard was heard. When walking in the woods, it didn't seem to be running, but rolling.

Da Piaoliang did not walk on the ground. It jumped and shuttled among the trees, and its big, beautiful tail drew beautiful arcs in the air.

It’s not too far from here, but there are many places in the forest that animals can pass through, but humans have to take a detour.

We went around in circles like this, and without Xiaobao leading the way, we had no idea which direction was going.

Fortunately, twenty minutes later, Chen Ying and the others came to the bottom of a mountain wall. Looking down from above, they saw Beibei lying on his side in front of the cave.

"Beibei, are the two children here?"

Hearing the voice, Beibei stood up instantly and looked in the direction of Chen Ying.

All the way down, it didn't feel like we were walking, it was just sliding step by step to the platform below the cliff.

Perhaps he heard the sound of people talking, the little boy climbed out of the cave using his hands and feet.

"Uncle, are you the one my mother asked to find us? I won't go back, and neither will my sister. Until mom and dad admit their mistakes, neither of us will go back."

Chen Ying looked at the little brat in astonishment, then turned back to look at Dao Meihua helplessly.

He really feels powerless when dealing with children. He can understand what the small animals are thinking, but he cannot understand the thought processes of human babies.

You said they are all primates, so why can't he use his talent to communicate with human cubs?

Knowing that Chen Ying had no way to deal with the child, Dao Meihua slid down the vines and squatted in front of the little boy.

Chen Ying patted Beibei's head, then took it and Xiaobao to the small open space outside the bushes below.

The rescue team had arrived, but they were afraid of disturbing the leopard, so they stayed up there and didn't dare come down.

Chen Ying led them aside to make room for the rescue team and take the two children up.

After hearing from the rescue team that they had found the child, the child's parents rushed over as quickly as possible.

After the two children were picked up by the rescue team, the little boy still refused to follow his parents and insisted that his parents admit their mistake.

"Why is this kid so stubborn? Can't we talk about it after we get home?" Lao Gao sat next to Chen Ying with his knees hugged and tickled Beibei.

"This child is really brave. She is only four years old, but she dared to run away from home with her sister. Fortunately, we met Xiaobao and Beibei, as well as Da Piaoliang. Otherwise, if something really happened, we don't know how it would end."

Chen Ying declined to comment on the child's family affairs. Improving family relationships cannot be achieved overnight or by just a few words.

"Xiaobao, Beibei, are you two planning to stay here for a long time?"

When he came down just now, he looked at the surrounding environment. Most people would not come here, and the road next to the cliff was not easy to walk on, so it should be safe to live here.

"Yes, there is plenty of food here. When the kids are independent next year, we will go somewhere else."

This cave should be the edge of Xiaobao's territory. He chose this place probably in the hope that when the cub becomes independent next year, he can choose a territory that intersects with this mountain.

Da Piaoliang held the kitten by the scruff of its neck and held it in his arms, not allowing it to struggle. The kitten had a look of despair on its face, and its head was wet from being licked by Da Piaoliang.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the child was finally taken back by his parents and the rescue team began to evacuate.

"Brother Ying, let's go too. Wanwan's parents are going to treat us to dinner tonight."

Not only Chen Ying was invited, but also Professor Bai and his wife and Lao Gao.

The clubhouse outside the villa area is not far away, but I still need to go back to take a shower, change clothes and clean up. Besides, I can't go to a banquet too late, which is disrespectful to the host.

On the way back, the three of them talked about the zoo at Dao Meihua's sister-in-law's home.

"The zoo in her family is actually a supporting facility. It is mainly to build a cultural tourism city project, so they applied for this rare animal venue. There are not many animals that can be raised at present, but their family hopes to raise some rare animals in the country, so they want to ask experts to help discuss it. As for you, I guess my sister-in-law's family wants to hire you as a veterinary consultant."

After Dao Meihua finished speaking, she glanced at Da Piaoliang who had followed silently, and the kitten who was forced to walk with her.

"In fact, if necessary, my family can also apply to build a pocket zoo. It's right behind the villa area. The land is ready. We just need to submit a report and wait for approval. And my family has an animal hospital, which also meets the conditions for setting up a shelter."

Seeing her eyes cast towards Da Piaoliang, Chen Ying had an idea. A zoo with a shelter nature might be able to provide some help to Xiaobao's family and Da Piaoliang's family.

"What do you need me to do?"

Dao Meihua smiled and glanced to the side unconsciously.

"You can talk to my brother and sister-in-law yourself tonight. If they agree, it should be fine."

It’s night time... Chen Ying suddenly froze. It’s over. He and Lao Gao haven’t finished the arrangements yet. It’s too late!
(End of this chapter)