Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl
Chapter 366 - 364: Troubling Jin Yan Twice

After a busy morning, Chen Ying finally returned to the emergency rescue station.

Jinya and Leopard Sister were lying on the platform on the first floor, basking in the sun, and casually chatting.

Beside them was Dong Sheng, who was working hard to learn to support his body with three legs.

Now he was able to stand without a wheelchair for a short while, about five or six minutes, but he couldn't move.

As soon as he tried to take a couple of steps, he would lose his balance and tumble down in all sorts of ways.

Whenever Jinya looked at him, she would always be reminded of how frail Little Jin used to be, and then she couldn't help but go over and support Dong Sheng, acting as his mobile brace.

Dong Sheng had grown a lot taller; when he first arrived, he was about the same size as Jinya; now he was a whole head taller than her.

But his personality was not at all like a tiger's; Jinya thought that the cubs from Tiger Mother in Old Northern Gully were far more formidable than Dong Sheng.

Chen Ying finished the operation, and several little ones still needed to be observed for another three or four hours. The rescue center's transfer vehicle would come up to take them down the mountain after four in the afternoon.

Ruan Mengmeng's lunch was quick and decisive, and she diligently stayed in the observation room.

Chen Ying was upstairs writing medical records, and considering that a lot of equipment had been used today, he planned to have the colleagues from the rescue center bring them up when they came.

The Protection Station didn't have a veterinarian, requiring Chen Ying to check in daily or every other day.

Once the little ones' wounds no longer hindered their movement, they could be released directly.

On the fifth day of her commute to the Protection Station, Chen Ying saw a familiar little one.

"Jin Yan, how did you come here?"

Last year, Jin Yan had failed to conceive cubs. The irritable one had run away from home in a huff after learning that several of her companions had given birth to cubs and lived in the neighboring Protection Station's territory.

There was a small group of Red Pandas living there, not exceeding ten in total.

Nearby, there was a well-growing Arrow Bamboo Forest, facing the sun, and next to the bamboo forest was a rock crevice, very suitable for Red Pandas to hide from the wind and snow in winter.

After Jin Yan and Manman joined that small group, life was quite comfortable.

They lived day by day together with Manman, even within the small group, they were a fixed pair.

Chen Ying took a closer look, Manman wasn't following behind; his heart sank.

"Why only you, where is Manman?"

Jin Yan scratched his pant leg, signaling for a hug.

Chen Ying squatted down and picked her up; Jin Yan rubbed her cheeks, "I, want a baby."

Chen Ying couldn't help but laugh and cry, wanting babies was no good with him; she had to find Manman for that.

After communicating with Jin Yan for a while, he finally understood what she meant.

She seemed to think that she might have cubs and came to find Chen Ying specifically to confirm it.

This little one was clever beyond words.

Chen Ying carried Jin Yan to the medical area and used a portable ultrasound machine for a checkup; it seemed there was a slight possibility that she was pregnant, but it was too early to be sure.

He also collected Jin Yan's blood for comparison with last year's.

Just as Chen Ying was about to carry Jin Yan back to the emergency station, Manman finally caught up.

Her movements had become much slower, having to stop for a rest after running a few meters.

Chen Ying's brow furrowed deeply when he saw Manman like that.

When Jin Yan saw Manman catch up, she hurriedly struggled down from Chen Ying's arms, ran over to hug Manman's head, as if to comfort her.

Without any politeness, Chen Ying took Manman away from Jin Yan's embrace, feeling that Manman needed a thorough physical examination.

The Protection Station's equipment was incomplete; the most up-to-date equipment was only available at the emergency station. He went to borrow a carrying basket from Uncle Zhao, put the two little ones in, and carried them straight back to the emergency station.

As they approached the emergency station, Little Jin Yan began to show signs of stress, clinging to the side of the basket and making "ha-ha" breath sounds, a sign of fear.

Chen Ying, fearing she might startle herself, quickly lifted it out of the backpack and held it in her arms, wrapping it in her clothes as well.

Though Manman was not in good health, it had a big heart and didn't show fear even when it smelled the presence of fierce animals all around. It yawned, curled itself up into a ball, settled at the bottom of the backpack, and soon fell asleep to the rhythm of Chen Ying's walk.

She didn't let Jin Yan wait outside for long and brought both little ones straight into the examination room.

Once the door was closed, it was clear that Jin Yan seemed more relaxed.

"Afraid of what? Like they can eat you?"

She teased Jin Yan and let her find a cage to sleep in.

Chen Ying picked Manman up from the backpack, weighing it in her hand as she did.

It was lighter; after all, living in the wild wasn't the same as having meals served on demand at the Panda Center, and there were also climate and various external factors to consider. That Manman had survived this long was already quite impressive.

It took almost two hours to conduct a full body check-up on Manman.

The heart condition was more serious than before, which was one of the reasons for Manman's increasingly slow movements.

Honestly, Manman's body really wasn't suited for life in the wild.

She looked at Jin Yan, who seemed to be sleeping, but her little ears were alert the whole time, and from time to time, she would sneak a glance at Chen Ying.

Chen Ying brought over a bowl of fruits and vegetables and placed it before them.

"Jin Yan, I want to send you back to the place where you used to live," Chen Ying said.

Jin Yan's body tensed slightly but made no sound.

Manman slowly got up, placed a paw on Chen Ying's hand, and let out a low call.

Manman said it would be fine to go back and asked for Jin Yan to stay here.

Upon hearing this, Jin Yan got angry and instantly got up, pretending to pounce on Manman.

"Jin Yan should go back too. If it really has a baby, giving birth at the center would be safer," Chen Ying suggested.

In fact, Chen Ying was worried that the little cub might inherit Manman's heart condition, and in the wild, there would be no time for rescue if complications arose.

At the center, at least, a veterinarian would be on call 24 hours a day, ready to perform a rescue at any time.

Jin Yan didn't respond, stopped eating the fruits and vegetables, and turned away to hide in the cat bed in the cage.

If it weren't for Elder Tiger and Big Tiger, Jin Yan could have very well stayed at the emergency station to give birth, and even Manman's illness might have been treatable.

But not now.

There were too many fierce animals here. Although Jin Yan was braver than other red pandas, it couldn't overcome its body's instinctive fear, and once it gave birth, maternal instincts would make it extremely anxious.

Haven't you seen the Big Spirit Cat Mother run off into the wild to find a place to give birth to her cubs?

Red pandas are different from Jinya and her kind.

They are typical tree-dwelling animals that, back when they were at the Panda Center, were provided with tree environments to move around in.

In addition, they were given many platforms to sunbathe and play happily.

The conditions here at the emergency station were only so-so, and he couldn't even provide a separate living area for Jin Yan and the others.

They couldn't always be kept locked up in a room.

Chen Ying was worrying in the room when Jinya, at some unknown time, had quietly come to the window and was peering inside by scratching at the windowsill.

Once Jin Yan turned around and saw the big cat head, she was startled and instinctively stood up, raising her arms and making threatening noises.

When Chen Ying turned her head and saw the innocent-looking Jinya, their eyes met.

Narrowing her eyes, Chen Ying came up with a plan.

She carried Jin Yan out the door to the middle of the forest area, and just as she put her down, two little tiger cubs quickly ran over and with a swift tiger pounce, pinned Jin Yan underneath them.

"Squeak!" Jin Yan let out the loudest sound of her life.

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