Tiger, I rejected the iron rice bowl.

When the topic turned to business, Fan Zhengcheng's expression instantly became serious. He put down his lunchbox, leaned forward slightly, and said earnestly, "Almost there! We've pinpointed the approximate location of those two poachers; they're deep in the mountains to the west."

"The snow is still falling heavily, making it easy to have accidents when going into the mountains, and it's also not conducive to the arrest. We'll organize a team to go into the mountains and make the arrest as soon as the snow stops. We absolutely won't let them escape!"

"That's great!" Tang Li's eyes lit up instantly, and a bright smile spread across her face. "Captain Fan, you guys have to do your best! You must catch those two audacious bastards who dared to try and steal our secure jobs; they must be punished severely!"

"Don't worry! We've got it covered!" Fan Zhengcheng grinned, his eyes brimming with confidence. "Those two bastards dared to harm protected animals on my turf; we won't let them get away!"

Tang Li smiled contentedly, took a bite of rice, then frowned as if she had thought of something, and asked in confusion, "By the way, Captain Fan, I have another question. Do you know why poachers would target a secure job?"

"Our jobs have always been under our strict protection. The patrol teams patrol the area every day. These poachers couldn't possibly be unaware of this, so how dare they still commit crimes against the wind?"

Upon hearing this question, Fan Zhengcheng's expression instantly darkened, and his tone became extremely serious: "To be honest, someone on the dark web has offered a million-dollar bounty for a secure job, and they only want it alive!"

"One million dollars!"

Tang Li jumped up from her seat like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, screaming in disbelief.

She stared intently at Fan Zhengcheng, her eyes wide and her mouth agape: "My God, one million US dollars! That's almost seven million RMB! Is a secure job really that valuable?"

She subconsciously lowered her voice, but couldn't hide the shock in her tone: "I've looked into it before. A normal adult Siberian tiger is only worth a few hundred thousand US dollars on the black market abroad, and that's for a dead one."

"A million dollars for a secure job, and they only want someone alive! That's outrageous! My God!"

The people around were also shocked by this number, and they all stopped what they were doing, their eyes filled with astonishment.

Looking at Tang Li, whose face was flushed with excitement, Fan Zhengcheng put down his chopsticks, gently tapped the table, and said in a slightly stern tone, "Little Tang, I have to remind you, poaching and selling protected animals are serious illegal acts with unimaginable consequences!"

"Captain Fan, what are you thinking!"

Tang Li immediately understood, and waved her hand with a smile, "I love a secure job so much, I cherish it so much, how could I possibly sell it?"

"I'm simply shocked. I never imagined that a secure job could be so 'precious'!"

Seeing that she looked sincere and didn't seem to be lying, Fan Zhengcheng nodded and explained, "Indeed, this price is outrageously high."

"According to our investigation, it is likely that some overseas biological research institutions or private collectors have taken notice of Iron Rice Bowl, feeling that his intelligence and human-like intelligence are different from ordinary tigers, and want to capture him for research, or even keep him as a rare pet."

"Damn it! These bastards!"

Tang Li instantly flew into a rage, slamming her hand on the table, her eyes blazing with fury. "And those traitors who run errands for them, they're truly turning their backs on us!"

"Captain Fan, you absolutely must find these masterminds and traitors behind this! We can't let them take away our secure jobs and send us abroad!"

"Don't worry, it's our duty. We will never let their plot succeed!"

Fan Zhengcheng said with a firm gaze and a cold smile, "Whether they are poachers or those who instigated them, we will not let any of them get away with it!"

The noise in the canteen subsided slightly, and then Ji Yongjun, the leader of the research base, came over carrying a full bowl of food.

With a warm smile on his face, he walked straight to the empty seat opposite Tang Li and sat down, staring intently at her, making her feel uneasy.

Tang Li felt uncomfortable under his overly eager gaze. She slowed down her eating, frowned, put down her chopsticks, and asked bluntly, "Uncle Ji, why are you staring at me like that? Is there something you need to talk to me about?"

Ji Yongjun immediately put on a friendly smile, rubbed his hands together, and said in a slightly ingratiating tone, "Little Tang, there is indeed a small matter I'd like to ask you for a favor."

"What is it?"

Tang Li immediately became alert, her eyes showing a hint of wariness. "Uncle Ji, please make yourself clear first. I need to see if I can help, and I also need to see if I should help."

Their zoo and research base have a cooperative relationship. The research base asks her for help mostly with things like taking samples from tigers and putting collars on them.

After each time she helped, the tigers in the park would distrust her because she felt "tortured," and it would take her several months or even longer to rebuild a close relationship with them.

She's done this kind of thankless task more than once.

Ji Yongjun knew her concerns, so his smile became even more ingratiating as he carefully said, "It's nothing serious. You know, Tie Fanwan is too smart, almost to the point of being a genius!"

"He found all the infrared monitoring equipment we had set up in the mountains and forests, and even covered it up with branches and snow."

"No matter how thoroughly our team cleans up the equipment or how well we hide it, he will find it within three days."

"With this back and forth, we simply can't properly observe and study his wild habits!"

He changed the subject, his tone becoming more helpless, "If he hadn't blocked several key surveillance cameras nearby, those two poachers wouldn't have been able to sneak in so easily, and almost succeed!"

"You should talk to him about his job and tell him not to do this!"

As he spoke, Ji Yongjun quietly kicked Fan Zhengcheng under the table, signaling with his eyes for him to say a few words in his defense.

Fan Zhengcheng immediately realized what was happening, put down his soup spoon, and chimed in, "Xiao Tang, what Lao Ji said is true. The fact that the poachers were able to sneak in this time is indeed a big problem because the surrounding surveillance was malfunctioning."

"Please talk to him about this. He listens to you the most. Tell him to stop messing with those surveillance devices. It's for his own protection."

Upon hearing this, Tang Li lowered her guard slightly and readily nodded: "Is that all? No problem! I'll talk to Tie Fanwan about it later and make sure he won't block the surveillance equipment again."

"Good! Good! Good!" Ji Yongjun immediately beamed with joy, his wrinkles crinkling at the corners of his eyes.

He quickly pulled a yellow collar from his backpack and gently placed it on the table. "Little Tang, since you've already agreed, why don't you do me a favor and put this on someone with a secure job?"