The staff member shifted the cage slightly backward, swallowed hard, and said nervously, "Teacher Shen, all these viewers are watching. You can't do this!"
"Can't? Why not?" Shen Ranxin looked at the fear in the white-furred monkey's eyes, then sneered and whistled at it. "Hey, look, it understands."
"According to villagers living near Ting Mountain, this monkey often interacts with people and is very intelligent." The staff member glanced at Director Chen. "Teacher Shen, you'll be in prison for life."
Lu Zhi walked over, glanced at the scene, and raised a brow. "Is this the monkey that caused trouble at the camp?"
Shen Ranxin nodded. "Yeah. What a pity—they said we can't eat it."
"Why can't we?" Lu Zhi said. "You want to eat it? Well, this kind of monkey has very tough meat. If it isn't handled properly, it can taste bitter, but it's fine. We have Teacher Cheng."
Hearing Lu Zhi call him out, Cheng Cheng immediately looked over in alarm. When his gaze landed on the monkey, he understood. "It doesn't taste good, but if you insist on eating it, there are ways to prepare it."
The staff member broke out in a cold sweat, while the monkey in the cage trembled in terror and kept letting out pleading cries.
Seeing that the staff member could not handle this bunch of living ancestors, Director Chen had no choice but to step in himself. "This species is protected under the Federal Animal Act..."
Shen Ranxin folded his arms. "So what if it's protected by the Animal Act? I'm protected by the Federal Citizen Act too. It caused me tremendous psychological harm and stole my food. That's illegal appropriation! It ate my food, so I had nothing to eat. If I have nothing to eat, I'll starve to death.