Chapter 45

Chapter 45

The big tiger opened its mouth and bit Lin Qianyu’s jacket.

【Little Bear is so obedient, only slapped as told, but it would have been better to kick his belly too.】

【Poachers really deserve to die! Little Bear did well!】

【Still one slap short, someone come lift that blond guy up, don’t hit him inside the bushes, don’t stab my Little Bear’s hand.】

This time, even without brain bleeding, it’s a concussion.

Besides, stuck half-alive in the thorny bushes, Lin Qianyu was too lazy to pull him out.

The blond guy’s companion, seeing the situation was bad, sneaked up and tried to pick up the dart nearby.

Having been hit by it before, “Roar!” Little Bear roared and charged, hitting the man’s head again.

That man immediately stopped moving.

【Phew... felt good. Two slaps, right on.】

【That must have smashed his brain to pieces.】

If not for those anesthesia darts, his skull would’ve been dented.

Lin Qianyu stepped forward to check; indeed, the two poachers had lost consciousness, so she ignored them and stepped back to let the black bear lean on her.

The anesthesia took effect; Little Bear was already drowsy and almost sat down without Lin Qianyu’s support.

Lin Qianyu gently stroked the black bear’s fur, then whispered, “Mr. Feng, could you please contact the island’s veterinarian to do a check-up on Little Bear?”

She wouldn’t feel at ease without an examination.

Feng Jingye nodded, “Sure. Leave these two to me as well.”

Saying that, he casually dragged the nearby one over to the blond guy’s side, dragging them both like two dead dogs and piled them together.

With the roaring of jungle vehicles, several cars sped out.

Su Yuxing came along with them, and as soon as the car stopped, he hurried down, “You’re hurt? Is it serious?”

“I’m not hurt,” Lin Qianyu explained.

“Still saying you’re not hurt? Look at your pale face, almost like a paper effigy,” Su Yuxing said, signaling the rescuers to bring down the stretcher. “Quick, get on.”

Lin Qianyu moved her arm slightly; the fatigue flooding in left her with little strength, so she said, “Put Little Bear on first.”

Even with several people together, it wasn’t easy to lift the black bear directly.

Placing him on the stretcher to carry would be much simpler.

Su Yuxing was still worried, “Are you really okay? Don’t push yourself.”

Despite this, Lin Qianyu insisted, and Su Yuxing had no choice but to follow her wishes. He then glanced at the two poachers, covered in blood and swollen like risen steamed buns, almost looking like giants.

“Tsk tsk tsk,” Su Yuxing spat, “deserved it.”

Lin Qianyu gave instructions, “Leave the stretcher here.”

Normally, after such a long time, the anesthesia should have fully taken effect. Little Bear should have been sound asleep by now, but although he was half-leaning against Lin Qianyu without moving, his eyes showed fatigue yet stubbornly refused to close.Even when the rescuers approached, it still tried to lift its paw.

After placing the stretcher down, the staff stepped back, giving space to Lin Qianyu.

There were too many strangers around; even though the black bear had frequent contact with humans during this time and had lived in human territory, under anesthesia it remained hostile to everyone nearby.

Lin Qianyu stroked Little Bear’s belly, “Come on, Little Bear, lie down.”

The black bear moved slowly, even the action of licking its nose became especially sluggish.

Lin Qianyu applied a little more pressure with her hands and softly coaxed the wary Little Bear onto the stretcher.

At the same time, she covered Little Bear’s eyes with her hand, gently flicking its ears, soothing, “If you’re sleepy, just sleep first. You’ll feel better when you wake up.”

Little Bear opened its mouth slightly but made no sound.

After this, Lin Qianyu looked up, signaling the staff they could come forward.

When the black bear was lifted, Lin Qianyu didn’t let go of its hand. The prairie wolf stood by her side, following closely.

Lin Qianyu said, “Mr. Feng, can you find Big Orange? Little Eagle and Flower should be with Big Orange.”

“Mm. I’ll go find them. Don’t worry,” Feng Jingye said as he was on the phone, then put down the handset and covered it with his hand, “Leave the rainforest to me. You go rest properly.”

Lin Qianyu nodded, then suddenly everything went black before she fell forward onto Little Bear.

At the last moment before losing consciousness, she seemed to hear the director’s panicked shout of her name.

— The pungent smell of disinfectant filled her nostrils.

In the pure white room, on the adjacent hospital bed, the black bear that was spread out like a big blanket was sleeping soundly, even snoring.

Lin Qianyu’s breathing grew slow. The extreme physical exhaustion dulled her brain, making it hard to think. When she opened her eyes and saw the overwhelming whiteness, she was momentarily stunned.

She didn’t immediately realize where she was.

After regaining awareness, she realized this was the island’s hospital.

No one was in the ward; only the furry ones were crowded here.

The red-tailed eagle lay atop her head, and the leopard and little wolf curled up on either side of her.

This hospital bed was different from the ones outside in length and width, much bigger. Even with so many furry ones squeezed onto it, it didn’t feel cramped at all.

However, no matter how big the bed was, the big tiger still couldn’t get up.

Big Orange was pacing on the bed frame, occasionally glancing at the snoring black bear. Seeing Lin Qianyu awake, he twitched his ears, jumped over, and stepped on the bedside call button, pressing it hard twice.

Within a minute, noisy footsteps were heard outside.

Feng Jingye was the first to come in, “You’re awake.”

“Mm.”

The doctor came around from behind him to examine Lin Qianyu.

For a moment, the furry ones lying on the bed all turned their eyes toward the doctor.

Maybe it wasn’t the first time encountering such a situation; the doctor was used to it and calmly examined Lin Qianyu without changing expression.Lin Qianyu cooperated fully, opening her mouth when asked, raising her hands when told, and even patted the leopard’s head when lowering her arm.

However, the physical exhaustion had exceeded what her body could bear, just like when she jumped off the cliff last time.

It wasn’t a big problem.

The doctor put away his stethoscope and said, “I’ll prescribe you some medicine. Don’t overexert yourself during this period. Rest more and move less. You’re not sick, but being weak means you need to recuperate.”

Lin Qianyu nodded, “Okay, I understand.”

After explaining some precautions, the doctor took the medical report and left, closing the door behind him. Inside the room, only Lin Qianyu and Feng Jingye remained with the furry ones.

Looking at the black bear sleeping soundly on the nearby bed, Lin Qianyu broke the silence first, “How is Little Bear? Did the anesthesia harm its body?”

Feng Jingye said, “Nothing serious. It’s just ordinary anesthesia. It will wake up after a nap when the anesthesia wears off.”

Knowing Little Bear was fine, Lin Qianyu’s worried heart settled, then she asked, “What about Director Su?”

“He went to contact Xie Yifei.” Feng Jingye stepped forward and pulled over a low stool under the bed to sit, but just as he moved, the big tiger pretending to look out the window immediately turned its head.

Feng Jingye hesitated, then sat down in front of it.

The big tiger stood up, but after moving its forearm slightly, seemed to reconsider, sighed heavily, and sat back down.

“Xie Yifei?” Lin Qianyu frowned, unsure why the director was looking for him, “Didn’t he quit the competition?”

“One of the poachers said they were hired by the Xie family to teach you a lesson.” Feng Jingye picked an apple from the fruit plate and peeled it carefully with a knife. “They tried to steal the red-tailed eagle but were discovered by the black bear, so they planned to take the black bear as well. They didn’t expect you to arrive so quickly.”

Lin Qianyu swallowed some saliva, the warm water soothing her dry throat, “They know about Big Orange too; they watch the livestream. Attacking the animals on the last day of the livestream—are they crazy?”

Poaching involves illegal criminal acts. If caught and the situation is serious, the punishment can be more than ten years in prison, or even life imprisonment.

Everyone in this line works secretly. The boldest only dare to post one photo in private social circles.

Going in front of a livestream camera to hunt—if that’s not madness, then what is?

While Lin Qianyu was unconscious, Feng Jingye had already thoroughly investigated all the necessary questions. Hearing this, he didn’t answer directly but said, “They came to the island with the second batch of supplies for the production crew.”

“You should know, this island is usually closed to the public and strictly enforced. They’d rather make a mistake killing the wrong person than let poachers escape. Usually, poachers can’t find an opportunity. This time, they sneaked onto the island at night hidden among the production crew’s boat.”

There are so many rare protected animals on the island, plus species never seen outside.

Poachers’ main targets are these. Feng Jingye said this island is like a treasure trove—countless poachers have their eyes on it.

The protection measures are layered, giving poachers no chance to exploit.

They previously caught a few and handled them decisively without involving the police, which served as a deterrent to some potential poachers.

They risk money and life but must earn money to live.

Without this variety show, the poachers wouldn’t have been able to get on the island at all.

Feng Jingye said, “Because it’s the last day of the show, after the crew leaves the island, we will do a thorough island sweep. These two poachers either gambled and acted recklessly or would be caught by our people after the guests left.”

Obviously, they chose the first.

“They have leverage held by Xie Yifei. According to information from my people, Xie Yifei has had contact with a group of poachers for some time, and these two should belong to that group.”

“This time, following Xie Yifei’s instructions, they hid in the rainforest until now. The red-tailed eagle livestreamed before about the protective measures, so they dared not approach directly. Due to time constraints today, they chose a detour to try, but ran straight into the black bear and had to change their plan.”“Xie Yifei even applied for the flight route in advance. As long as the two of them succeed, they could also evacuate smoothly.”

But now…

Evacuation was impossible.

At best, they were just two piles of fertilizer contributing to the rainforest.

“Besides, they didn’t expect you to arrive so quickly. They only acted after confirming your location in the livestream room. They originally thought the tiger would arrive ahead of everyone and were stalling with you while waiting for the tiger.”

The importance of a previously unseen new species of tiger and the red-tailed eagle was either identical or very close.

Maybe they thought since they couldn’t take the red-tailed eagle, they could somehow skin the tiger and bring that back to report.

But Lin Qianyu came too fast. They waited a long time without seeing the tiger, then got beaten up badly and had no mind to think about anything else.

As he spoke, Feng Jingye handed her the peeled apple, “Xie Yifei has probably given up on them. I’ll handle those two poachers.”

Lin Qianyu took the apple but didn’t eat it, asking confusedly, “What leverage does Xie Yifei have over them?”

Those two risked so much, even exposing themselves on the livestream, just to bring the animals back and settle accounts with Xie Yifei.

Feng Jingye didn’t say directly, only vaguely, “Although poachers do terrible things, they still have families.”

The words stopped there, but Lin Qianyu understood what the leverage was.

She bit into the apple, “They harmed the animals on your island; it makes sense for you to deal with it.”

Feng Jingye paused, then chuckled softly, “Mm.”

“Oh right, if those people were sent by Xie Yifei, he must be watching the livestream and naturally knows what happened here. Under these circumstances, would he still come?”

Anyone could see this wasn’t even a banquet of traps.

Calling Xie Yifei here was just to hold him accountable.

Now that Xie Yifei was seriously injured and barely survived treatment abroad, destined to spend the rest of his life bedridden, why would he come here to invite trouble?

After Xie Yifei quit the competition, Lin Qianyu heard he was sent to a hospital abroad for treatment and wouldn’t return. His responsibility couldn’t be pursued.

Most likely, Xie Yifei would stay abroad pretending to be dead and not respond to this matter.

“He definitely will come.”

Not “might come,” but definitely, absolutely, must come.

If the Feng family wants someone, they knowingly send them into a deadly trap from which they won’t return.

The Xie family would also happily send Xie Yifei onto the plane to the island themselves.

That was before, but now… Xie Yifei was a semi-paralyzed waste, having lost the status as heir. The Xie family would be insane to confront the Feng family over a useless trash like him.

Lin Qianyu nodded. Xie Yifei deserved it.

But thinking carefully, if Xie Yifei had contact with the poacher group, although there was no conclusive evidence proving he had directly participated in poaching, at least it showed he had been involved with these matters.

A wilderness survival master who frequently travels the world, a major livestreamer with millions of fans across platforms, backed by the wealthy Xie family.

Who would connect a person like that with poachers?“It’s also about removing harm for the people.”

After a pause, Lin Qianyu added, “It’s for the animals.”

Feng Jingye: “For the animals.”

Their voices overlapped, both were momentarily stunned, then looked up and exchanged a glance, both chuckling softly.

After chatting a bit more, the big tiger on the windowsill couldn’t sit still anymore.

Its tail hanging down behind it flicked irritably, and it slowly walked to the bedside, staring expressionlessly at Feng Jingye.

“Roar…”

It growled softly, clearly urging him to leave, almost ready to claw and toss him out.

“I’m peeling an apple.” Feng Jingye couldn’t understand animal speech, but he was familiar—after all, he had been hit so many times by the tiger that he had practically gained experience from it.

He deliberately waved the half-peeled apple in front of the big tiger’s eyes, “If you chase me away, will you peel an apple for her?”

The big tiger bared its teeth: “Ha!”

Feng Jingye turned and asked, “Is it scolding me?”

Lin Qianyu, trying to hold back laughter: “…”

The smile on her lips hadn’t even faded yet; laughing at someone’s expense right in front of them felt a bit awkward.

“Not really scolding, just… growling a bit.” She stammered the words. God knows, Lin Qianyu had racked her brain, almost flipped through her entire mental vocabulary, but couldn’t find a suitable way to translate what the big orange (the tiger) had just said.

Feng Jingye was quite busy; the matters regarding Xie Yifei and the follow-up handling of the two poachers all awaited his attention.

But seeing the tiger like this now, Feng Jingye sat firmly without any sign of wanting to get up.

“Roar—!”

Seeing Feng Jingye not only refuse to leave but also eat the peeled apple himself, the big tiger immediately got angrier.

If the space were bigger and allowed more movement, the big tiger would have already reached out with its paw.

Stared at like this by the big tiger, Feng Jingye ate even more happily; for the first time, he felt the green apple so sweet.

Seeing the tense atmosphere between Feng Jingye and the big tiger, if it weren’t for Feng Jingye being there, Lin Qianyu might already be laughing until her stomach hurt.

But the more she looked, the more curious she became. She held back several times before finally asking, “How did you offend it?”

The big orange seemed to have quite a good temper. It looked hard to approach but was actually a huge, super soft furry creature.

For it to hold a grudge against Feng Jingye for so long and chase him around angrily didn’t seem like a small matter.

“It’s not a big deal.” Feng Jingye had no intention to hide it; it wasn’t a big deal anyway. He asked, “Do you remember the double-layer simulated rainforest environment room in the rescue station building?”

“Mm.”

Lin Qianyu had a deep impression of that artificial stream and the butterflies flying around. “What does that room have to do with it?”

“The room’s walls visually expand the rainforest. I was being chased by the tiger, trying to take a shortcut, didn’t realize it was a wall, so…”

Lin Qianyu: “...?”If you didn’t reach out to touch it, the wall just looked like a path extending into the rainforest.

Hearing Feng Jingye’s words, Lin Qianyu guessed, “The big orange ran into it.”

Thinking of something, Feng Jingye nodded, “Right. Then I laughed so hard that it got angry at me for laughing, chased me to keep biting, but ended up a bit dizzy, tripped with left foot over right, and fell right in front of me.”

Lin Qianyu carefully said, “Then you picked it up to comfort it?”

Feng Jingye threw the leftover apple core into the trash calmly, “Then I laughed even louder.”

Lin Qianyu: “...”

“After that, the relationship worsened. Didn’t the whole neutering prank thing get popular? Like when you take a cat for neutering, you pretend not to want to hand it over first, let the vet carry the cat away, so the cat won’t hold a grudge against you.”

“My assistant just modified the core idea. The assistant pretended to be a thief and carried the tiger away, then I ‘rescued’ it back, trying to ease the tension between us.”

Lin Qianyu nodded in agreement. That was a pretty good idea; the young tiger was still quite easy to fool.

However, Feng Jingye shifted tone, “But we were discovered by the tiger while talking. Later when the assistant went to find the tiger, it probably thought the assistant and I were working together, so it got even angrier, knocked the assistant down, and came after me again.”

After a pause, the smile on Feng Jingye’s face was barely contained, “It took another shortcut by running into another wall.”

“Pft…” Not just Feng Jingye, Lin Qianyu also couldn’t hold back. When the big orange looked at her confusedly, she pursed her lips, cleared her throat twice, and forced herself to hide her laughter with a cough.

Recalling the scene, Feng Jingye said, “Actually, I didn’t intend to laugh, but... tsk, anyway the grudge grew deeper and deeper. It chased me every time it saw me. Later when it grew bigger and wasn’t released back, it messed up my room, then went to run around the rainforest itself.”

Lin Qianyu’s lips twitched several times; she bit her lip.

Feng Jingye grabbed a tissue, feeling that if he stayed any longer, the tiger’s patience would run out and he’d get scratched, so he stood up and said, “You rest first. There’s millet porridge in the kitchen. If you’re hungry, have some. I’ll message you once there’s a conclusion about Xie Yifei’s matter.”

Lin Qianyu: “Okay, thank you.”

That was no trouble at all, Feng Jingye said, “It’s my duty.”

The big tiger kept staring fixedly at Feng Jingye, following behind him as he walked out the door, then stood up and pressed its front paws against the door panel, and with a bang shut the door.

It then ran to the windowsill to confirm if Feng Jingye had really left.

Lin Qianyu found it funny. The long-standing grudge between the big tiger and Feng Jingye had been building up little by little over many trivial matters; their tussling was actually quite lively.

Half the apple was eaten; Lin Qianyu felt a bit off eating the rest.

The first bite of the sour-sweet apple was the tastiest, but she had just woken up not long ago and had little appetite even for sour-sweet things.

Lin Qianyu put the apple back on the fruit plate, pulled the blanket, and wanted to lie down again to rest.

Turning sideways, she caught a glimpse of something swiftly passing by near the leopard.

Focusing, she realized it was the barrage on the watch.

Her watch had been taken off at some unknown time and placed on the bedside table.

The livestream equipment was also turned off and put aside.

The livestream was not active; naturally, the livestream screen was completely black.

For the fans, except for the director’s reassurance, Lin Qianyu had basically disappeared from everyone’s view.

Moreover, many had seen Lin Qianyu faint before the video cut out. This caused everyone to begin worrying about her health condition.

Even with the director speaking out, everyone would just think the production team was trying to cover up the issue and suppress it.#Lin Qianyu coughing up blood#

#Lin Qianyu injured by poachers#

...

Several such topics appeared on the trending list.

In the livestream chat, some were even reposting content from Weibo.

Though the chat scrolled rapidly, Lin Qianyu still noticed some comments from Svip members.

Seeing this, she turned on the livestream device, pulled a cushion behind her waist, and intended to first reassure everyone.

The moment the livestream picture appeared, fans stopped watching anything else and furiously typed on their keyboards.

“Ahhh finally seeing you, scared me to death, thought something really happened.”

“Weibo says Lin Qianyu was beaten by poachers and rushed to the ICU, condition unknown. I’m already prepared to light incense, sob…”

“Huh? Those who didn’t constantly watch the livestream got it wrong. The condition unknown should be those two poachers.”

“Suddenly fainted, did the doctor say why? Crying, Sister Lin, I can’t live without you!”

...

The red-tailed sea eagle perched on her head flew off because Lin Qianyu sat up.

Just as she settled, Lin Qianyu reached out and grabbed the small eagle on the rack into her arms, “It’s nothing, just overfatigue. The doctor told me to rest well, nothing else.”

“Everyone, don’t worry about me.”

“Oh, so it means you’re just tired from fighting.”

“???”

“Hahaha sisters… such a serious thing, but your translation makes it sound so funny.”

But on second thought, it was kind of true.

Tired from fighting poachers.

Lin Qianyu didn’t hold back while fighting; every punch was genuine strength. Her own hand was a bit bruised, purely from fighting poachers.

She didn’t plan to go out again today. Playing with her watch, Lin Qianyu said, “I came on to reassure everyone. No other matters, I’m logging off now.”

The chat instantly filled with question marks again.

Anything else seemed unimportant compared to Lin Qianyu saying she was logging off.

But indeed, there was no meaningful livestream content, and keeping the equipment on was pointless.

Lin Qianyu waved her hand, “See you tomorrow.”

Today was the last day of the variety show. Tomorrow they would film leaving the island. Although Lin Qianyu didn’t plan to leave, they still needed to shoot a scene for the production team’s post-editing.

Putting down the livestream device again, Lin Qianyu found herself unable to sleep.

Sleepiness surged up but only for a moment. After the livestream interruption, she actually wasn’t sleepy anymore.She opened the thermos and poured a bowl of millet porridge.

The cooked millet porridge had just the right thickness; each grain of millet was cooked until it burst open, with a soft and glutinous texture, and tasting closely revealed the natural fragrance and sweetness of the millet itself.

The red-tailed sea eagle sniffed it, and Lin Qianyu scooped a spoonful to let it try, “Is it delicious?”

Although it was a carnivore, facing this kind of fresh food it had never seen before, the red-tailed sea eagle seemed quite interested.

It pecked once, not sure how many grains it ate, then lifted its head and swallowed the millet broth along with the grains.

The red-tailed sea eagle blinked, “Chiu!”

This meant it liked the taste.

Seeing it liked it, Lin Qianyu poured another bowl and gave the small eagle the bowl she had just cooled down.

An adult red-tailed sea eagle would never lower its head to drink porridge, accidentally burying its own head in the bowl.

She placed half a bowl of porridge on the bedside table, and the red-tailed sea eagle pecked slowly, swallowing one mouthful after another.

Lin Qianyu stirred the millet porridge in the bowl, “Little Huahua wolf, want a bowl?” Then she looked at the big tiger standing guard by the windowsill who wouldn’t move, “Big Ju, stop staring at Mr. Feng. Do you want some millet porridge?”

Millet porridge didn’t have much flavor. Lin Qianyu let them smell it one by one, but the furry ones showed little interest.

After smelling it, the big tiger even opened its mouth slightly and turned its ears away in disgust.

Lin Qianyu: “...It really tastes good.”

However, since they didn’t like it, Lin Qianyu didn’t insist on feeding them.

She kept drinking it herself, spoon after spoon.

It should have been cooked not long ago. Millet porridge in the thermos becomes thicker and thicker until it gels over time, and after cooling down it becomes almost like jelly.

Now was just the right time to eat it.

Lin Qianyu wasn’t very hungry but had already drunk two bowls.

After eating half a bowl, the red-tailed sea eagle flew over and perched by Lin Qianyu’s waist, cleaning its feathers.

“Chiu!”

“Chiu!”

...

Unlike the adult red-tailed sea eagle’s calls, the young bird’s tender voice was very easy to distinguish.

Just as Lin Qianyu was about to put down the bowl and lie down, she suddenly sat up, “I think I heard a young bird’s call?”

But now she was in the hospital. Although still on the island, the young bird likely didn’t have the ability to fly from the cave to the rescue station on its own.

For a moment, Lin Qianyu thought she might be hallucinating, but after calming down, the young bird’s call sounded again in the quiet ward.

She lifted the quilt and got up to check, discovering that next to the bathroom there was another compartment.

There weren’t many people on the island. If not for the variety show this time, there would probably only be staff members, so there weren’t many wards in the hospital. Instead, each ward was divided into multiple compartments.

It was somewhat like the VIP wards of hospitals outside.Maybe because they were afraid the young birds would run around, they were placed in the inner room.

Hearing noises outside, they chirped and called out.

“So you’re here.” Not only the red-tailed sea eagle chicks were inside, but also the small muntjac and the little black snake.

Lin Qianyu stepped forward and put down the young birds, letting them run and play freely inside the room.

“Stay inside and don’t run around or sneak out the door, okay?” Lin Qianyu was worried since people came and went here, and the young birds and the small muntjac were very curious about the outside world.

The door opened and closed repeatedly; if they took advantage of the crowd to run out, the rescue station building was so big, and with surveillance cameras, finding such small creatures would not be easy.

They wouldn’t really get lost, and there was no need to worry about anyone harming these little animals.

Not because she believed everyone was good, but simply because even if someone did take the young birds away, there was no way to leave the island, and getting caught would be inevitable.

Diandian was the first to rush out and responded straightforwardly, “Chiu!”

Having gotten used to the tigers and leopards, the young bird was no longer afraid when bumping into the tiger.

It wandered around curiously inside the room.

Lin Qianyu said, “You all come have some millet porridge too.”

The bowls Feng Jingye prepared were disposable transparent plastic bowls, a whole bag of them.

Having these things in the hospital was convenient. Lin Qianyu even suspected Feng Jingye guessed she would feed the little animals millet porridge, so he purposely brought this kind of bowl.

During the variety show, conditions didn’t allow for such things, but now that they had them, naturally everyone furry would get their share.

Because the young birds had a history of spilling milk from their bowls, Lin Qianyu deliberately poured only a thin layer at the bottom of each bowl.

It cools quickly, so there was no worry about them drowning themselves by drinking porridge.

After finishing the warm porridge, the slight sleepiness that had subsided before now surged again.

Lin Qianyu sneezed, climbed back into bed, and just as she lay down, the furry leopard and prairie wolf who had curled up at the foot of the bed came back close again.

The big tiger stayed on the windowsill, motionless like a statue.

“Big Ju? Isn’t staring like that making your eyes tired?” Lin Qianyu patted the edge of the hospital bed, “Come sleep a while?”

Hearing this, the big tiger turned its head and glanced at her, sizing up the hospital bed.

“Come on.”

“Quick, I saved you a spot.”

“Big Ju?”

...

After Lin Qianyu urged several times, the big tiger finally jumped down from the windowsill, landing on the edge, but there was no place to lie down.

Lin Qianyu hugged the big tiger, smiling, “Be my pillow.”

A ‘crack crack’ sound of something breaking came, trembling and winding upward like a healing wound, gradually becoming clearer.

Just as Lin Qianyu wondered what it was, her body suddenly dropped down.With the overburdened creaking of the hospital bed legs, the bed collapsed to the floor.

Lin Qianyu blinked, lying on the tilted bed with the big tiger, leopard, and prairie wolf, looking at each other in surprise.

This...

There was staff constantly monitoring this ward.

While Lin Qianyu was still wondering if the bed was salvageable, Pei Feng had already knocked on the door.

Seeing the large beasts piled all over the bed, he slowly raised his eyebrows.

Girls all like to pile lots of plush toys on their beds.

Makes sense.

Pei Feng asked, "How about moving to the room next door? It's cleaned daily, just bring your stuff and move in."

Lin Qianyu nodded and patted the bed board, "Deduct this bed’s cost from my salary."

Frequently crowded together with the furry animals, she had neglected the bed’s load capacity.

Having the leopard, prairie wolf, and herself lying there was probably the limit; if Big Ju climbed up too, whether wooden or metal, it wouldn't hold.

After some fuss, they changed rooms. Lin Qianyu didn't have much, only bringing the young birds’ nest to the next room.

Pei Feng helped carry over the unfinished porridge, noticing the chirping young birds running around on the floor, and smiled, "You take good care of these young birds."

Artificially bred red-tailed sea eagles have nearly zero survival rates and mostly die of unknown causes.

A professor specializing in breeding red-tailed sea eagles once said no one could raise a red-tailed sea eagle from an egg into adulthood.

Although unbelievable, since then, aside from Lin Qianyu, no one had achieved this.

Even professional breeders probably couldn’t raise them like this.

Each was round and plump, looking very well fed.

This was without Lin Qianyu deliberately pursuing special food; just feeding them during the variety show filming was enough to get them like this.

Lin Qianyu scooped up a young bird squeezing under her feet, holding it gently with both hands, "Mainly the young eagle takes care of them; I just assist."

The red-tailed sea eagle on her shoulder heard Lin Qianyu call it, lowered its head to nuzzle her cheek, "Chiu..."

Lin Qianyu raised her head and nuzzled back, "It’s all the young eagle’s credit."

"Chiu!" The red-tailed sea eagle spread its wings, all its feathers protesting.

Lin Qianyu laughed watching the anxious eagle trying to spread its wings for a bear hug and quickly reached up to stroke its soft short feathers, "Okay, okay, it’s not just yours or mine, it’s ours, alright?"

"Chiu!"

Ours!

The room was large, but crowded with so many furry creatures, it felt like no blanket was needed; the indoor temperature wasn’t low at all.

After all the fuss, Lin Qianyu rubbed her tired eyes, and Pei Feng put down his things and went busy with other matters.

Lin Qianyu closed the door, curled up with the leopard, and lay down, putting her leg over the leopard’s belly.The leopard, not yet realizing it was being used as a plush pillow, blinked.

Lin Qianyu lowered her head, hugged the furry head, and kissed it softly, her voice muffled, "Sleep!"

—Late at night, the sound of a helicopter landing was loud.

Especially noticeable in the quiet night.

Hearing the noise, Lin Qianyu put on a coat and came downstairs, just in time to see someone getting off the helicopter.

The person walking in front wore staff clothes, followed by a man dressed like an elite, who looked to be in his forties or fifties.

Though having traveled a long way, his hair was still meticulously groomed, his suit crisp as if even the wrinkles had been deliberately smoothed out.

As soon as he got down, his face was full of ingratiating smiles.

Feng Jingye was not there; the one receiving the flight was one of Feng Jingye’s assistants, whom she had seen before.

Behind the elite man, two bodyguards carried a stretcher down. On it was Xie Yifei, paralyzed from the waist up, still struggling, biting with all his might, clawing, trying to make the bodyguards put him down.

But even after biting till bleeding, the bodyguards showed no sign of loosening their grip.

Seeing the situation was settled, Xie Yifei shouted curses, "You’re crazy! I’m the only young master of the Xie family! How dare you treat me like this!"

"Xie Yuan, you’re damn crazy! My dad won’t let you off!"

The man nodding and kowtowing to the assistant glanced back, signaling the bodyguards with his eyes.

The bodyguard who was bitten just now immediately covered Xie Yifei’s mouth with his hand.

With only one functioning hand left, the crippled man fiercely punched the bodyguard’s wrist; his eyes were bloodshot and filled with veins.

But he tried with all his strength and couldn’t even get a proper breath.

"He wants your blood," Feng Jingye’s voice came from behind, sending a chill through the night. "Earlier, when An Lanqing was desperate, he found her and said if he could get your blood, he’d help her repay her breach penalty. That day, An Lanqing deliberately chased you up the mountain just to get the blood."

No matter whether it was a sneak attack or a frontal assault, as long as the dagger could cut Lin Qianyu’s skin and bring back some blood, it was enough for research.

But An Lanqing’s skill was quite ordinary; the dagger never even touched Lin Qianyu once.

Lin Qianyu was stunned. "What do they want the blood for?"

"Xie Yifei wants to investigate why you can talk to animals." Feng Jingye found this hard to believe even saying it.

"…"

If they couldn’t take her away for research, then getting her blood was the simplest way.

Xie Yifei had already become so mentally twisted and paranoid about these matters; he was just a lunatic. Half-paralyzed and with facial paralysis, drooling from the corner of his mouth, yet still trying to manipulate these things.

How could that not be called indomitable will?

Looking at the half-alive Xie Yifei over there, Lin Qianyu, bored, withdrew her gaze, casually took off the somewhat thick coat she had on, draped it over the armrest, straightened the cuffs, and pressed the edges of the clothes to fold along the creases.

Lin Qianyu asked casually, "Aren’t you curious? Or do you think it’s fake, just a script?"

"What’s there to be curious about? Not everything needs an answer, sometimes it’s just over." Feng Jingye spoke casually on the topic. "As for the script… I still don’t know how capable Su Yuxing is."

It wasn’t fake that he got chased by a tiger as soon as he arrived on the island.Whoever questions Lin Qianyu’s authenticity, he would never doubt her and might even personally come forward to dispel rumors when needed.

Compared to curiosity, Feng Jingye preferred to protect talents with special abilities.

After all... since Lin Qianyu arrived on the island, the tiger chased him far less often. It didn’t deliberately target him anymore and only occasionally fought when they happened to meet.

Feng Jingye opened a bottle of warm milk and handed it to Lin Qianyu. “Relax.”

Lin Qianyu sipped the milk. “Thank you.”

Then she asked, “What do you plan to do with Xie Yifei?”

Xie Yuan took Xie Yifei to the place, didn’t even go inside, put him down, and left in a hurry.

His manner was as if afraid that if he delayed putting him down by a second or took a step further into the yard, Feng Jingye would immediately stop him from leaving.

The helicopter landed and soon took off on the same route.

“It’s too late. Let’s talk tomorrow.” Lin Qianyu couldn’t think of how to handle it for the moment. Judging from Feng Jingye’s tone, it seemed Xie Yifei was entirely up to her to deal with.

“Take him back and lock him up first.” Lin Qianyu propped her chin with one hand, pressing her lips when meeting Xie Yifei’s hateful gaze, continuing, “Half-paralyzed but still very agile. If he runs away, there are so many dangers in the rainforest. Before the law punishes him, he’ll disappear in the rainforest.”

The red-tailed hawk squatted on her shoulder, yawning. The prairie wolf beside her bit and tugged on Lin Qianyu’s shirt hem.

It was late and time to go back.

After bidding farewell to Feng Jingye, Lin Qianyu rubbed the little black snake on her wrist and turned back to her room.

The coat she had temporarily folded on the rack was left behind.

By the time Feng Jingye noticed, Lin Qianyu had already vanished at the door.

The assistant had already taken Xie Yifei upstairs.

Feng Jingye reached out to pick up the coat, about to bring it to Lin Qianyu when suddenly the big tiger appeared behind him without anyone noticing.

Quietly, silently, watching him without a word.

Feng Jingye thought it was about to fight.

But the big tiger opened its mouth and just bit Lin Qianyu’s coat from his hand.

“Roar—” Feng Jingye let go.

The big tiger held the clothes, glanced at him sideways as if giving a light “hmph,” then walked away without looking back.

Feng Jingye: “...”

Author’s note: Big Orange: Let go!

Good night, sleep early, love every one of you.