I became incredibly cute after dressing up as an animal!

The two bears ignored everyone all day.

Uncle Wang brought in a basin of milk early in the morning, wanting to apologize to the two pandas.

Although I still can't figure out how the two bears knew what humans were planning, they were clearly angry and needed to be appeased and apologized to.

"Lan Xiao, Chu Yi, come and have some milk. We were wrong yesterday. If you're not angry, we won't separate you. You can live together."

Uncle Wang has white hair and a hoarse voice, clearly indicating that he didn't sleep well last night.

Lan Xiaoxiao held the bowl for a while, and after Uncle Wang repeated it several times, she finally walked over.

Chu Yi followed, hooked the two basins of milk with her claws, pulled them over, and pushed the basins to Lan Xiaoxiao's mouth.

Two bears were drinking milk, making cooing noises.

Da Zhuang across from them was really drooling, staring at the camera with longing eyes.

Uncle Wang comforted Dazhuang, "Your leg is in serious condition; you have to eat special meals for patients."

In the end, Dazhuang still got the bowl of milk.

Life returned to normal, and it was back to a comfortable routine of recuperation.

They even opened up the outer enclosure so they could go out and play.

Of course, Dazhuang isn't allowed to go out. It had major surgery on its leg and needs to recover for a while before it can go outside to play.

Time flew by, and both bears' wounds were fully healed.

Little stubble has sprouted from Lan Xiaoxiao's split fingernails, and the deepest wound on Chu Yi's shoulder has healed, leaving no trace.

Lan Xiaoxiao ran two laps in the yard and her feet didn't hurt at all!

She began to look forward to being released.

Get out of here!

Bears need privacy! It's better to stay in the mountains.

This place is only suitable for retirement; come back when you're old.

It's best to get rid of them in the next few days. If they go into heat here on the first day of the lunar month, that would be terrible. Besides, we'd have to separate them, which would be a lot of trouble.

While Lan Xiaoxiao was eagerly awaiting the release date, the leaders at the center were holding a meeting to discuss the release.

"Boss...do you really want to do this?" Uncle Wang asked, his expression filled with reluctance.

The leader said sternly, "You are a seasoned zookeeper. You should know that this is the normal way to do things, there is nothing wrong with it."

"Um……"

Uncle Wang had nothing to say.

……

In the morning, with a clattering sound, the cage was pushed in.

Lan Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up immediately; they were finally leaving!

Mountains and forests, here we come!

Now that we're back in the mountains, it's the perfect time to eat the bamboo shoots that are just sprouting from the ground!

Because it was something she had been looking forward to for a long time, Lan Xiaoxiao did not hesitate when the cage was connected to the opening and was the first to walk in. The cage door was open, and Chu Yi followed behind, wanting to go in as well.

But just as Lan Xiaoxiao's bottom went in, the gate suddenly slammed shut! Chu Yi was left outside!

Lan Xiaoxiao froze for a second, then exclaimed in shock, "Eek!!!"

She pounced on the cage bars, reaching out her claws to grab the first day of the lunar month.

The first-year student was also stunned, then immediately bared his teeth and banged his head against the railing outside.

"Thump!"

The noise was so loud that the zookeeper took a few steps back in fright.

Lan Xiaoxiao understood; they weren't released together, but separately.

Her throat suddenly became blocked, and she couldn't make a sound. She just stared at Chu Yi with her mouth open.

It's okay, it's okay.

"Waaaaah!"

We can find each other on the first day of the new year!

On the first day of the lunar month, it growled outside, but the gate remained unmoved despite its attempts to push it with its head and paws.

Lan Xiaoxin felt sorry for Chu Yi's head, "Ouch."

Stop hitting your head, it hurts!

She was taken away before she could even say goodbye to Dazhuang.

It took several keepers a lot of effort to put Chu Yi into another cage.

Two pickup trucks, carrying two bears, drove together towards the nature reserve.

The previous location was destroyed by a mudslide, so they chose another location where the slopes had a very low probability of mudslides.

The cars traveled together along the road, but as they approached the nature reserve, they drove in different directions.

Uncle Wang sat in the passenger seat of Lan Xiaoxiao's car and glanced at the cage in the rearview mirror. Lan Xiaoxiao was lying in the cage, not making a sound or moving, with her face buried in her paws.

Uncle Wang's feelings were also complicated, and he sighed silently.

Regulations stipulate that adult male pandas and sub-adult female pandas are not allowed to be released into the wild at the same location and time.

Last year, they made an exception because a five-year-old in the first year of junior high school wasn't actually sure if he would go into heat.

This year, they have to follow the rules and regulations.

……

After driving for several hours, we stopped in a valley.

The small blue cage was carried down and placed on the grass.

The staff retreated to a distance, crouched behind the bushes, pressed the remote control, and the cage door popped open.

Lan Xiaoxiao didn't move. She squatted in the cage, looking at the outside environment. It was a very open mountain, and the wind carried the scent of bamboo shoots, as well as the scent of many people. Humans were hiding in the distance, watching her.

Lan Xiaoxiao stood up and slowly walked out of the cage. Just when the staff thought she was going to go into the mountains, Lan Xiaoxiao took two steps, stopped, and then suddenly turned around and sped up!

They weren't running into the mountains, they were rushing towards the direction where those people were crouching!

She ran very fast, her feet making no sound as they trod on the grass.

"Lan Xiao is here!" someone shouted, and everyone behind the bushes stood up.

The panda charged at them, baring its teeth. They were terrified and scattered immediately, some even losing their hats in the process.

Lan Xiaoxiao deliberately bared her teeth to scare people. She chased after them for a few steps and then stopped, standing still and shaking her fur as she watched them.

"snort!"

That felt so good!

The little bear turned around and walked into the mountains.

Those people only stopped after running quite a distance, panting, looking at each other. Someone laughed, patted their chest, and said, "Lan Xiao did that on purpose, didn't she?"

"It was definitely intentional."

"It's angry that we separated it from the first year of junior high? That can't be that weird, it seems like it knows everything..."

Several people gazed into the distance, watching Lan Xiaoxiao's figure disappear into the bamboo forest.

Uncle Wang picked up the hat and returned it to his colleague, saying casually, "Actually, the two bears weren't far apart; it only takes three hills to get there. If they were willing, they could have found a place together."

"If we part ways here," Uncle Wang paused for a moment, "it's the natural order of things."

However, the first year of junior high school goes against the well-known laws of nature from the very beginning.

One staff member said with reluctance, "Now that they've been released, we don't know when we'll hear from them again."

……

Another mountain.

On the first day of the lunar month, after coming out of the cage, it threw a tantrum, knocking the cage over with its head and digging fiercely at the ground!

Standing amidst the chaos, Chu Yi let out a low growl at the humans in the distance.

Then, furious, he turned and went into the mountains without looking back.

The pine needles were thick, and there was no sound when you stepped on them. Chu Yi started running, his eyes anxious, and his nose was constantly twitching as he sniffed.

Where is its little bear...?

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Author Da Long: A little bittersweet, but don't worry, the two bears will meet soon! And then it'll be incredibly sweet!