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Shi Wen patted the tigress and said, "It probably just missed us and came down the mountain to check on us. It didn't mean to attack humans or livestock. Captain Zhou, could you please emphasize this point when you write your report?"

Zhou Hongzhong agreed, "Don't worry, tigers are so precious. As long as it doesn't come down the mountain too often, we won't do anything to it."

When the official car arrived at Shi Wen Wenjia Ranch, Yan Kexing had already returned.

The tigress, familiar with the place, jumped directly over the barbed wire fence and ran to find Yan Kexing. She rubbed and snuggled against him, even lying on the ground and rolling over to act cute.

Yan Kexing stroked the mother tiger and softly instructed her.

It wasn't angry at all, and even made various squeaking sounds, occasionally rubbing against Yan Kexing.

Shi Wen Zhou Hongzhong and the others took photos to record the event.

The little ones in the main courtyard seemed to have heard the commotion and ran out from a distance.

The Cong Zai wasn't afraid of its mother at all; it even went over and sniffed her, but the mother tiger didn't react in any special way.

Seeing the scene before him, the little snow leopard hesitated, holding up its front paws about four or five meters Shi Wen, unsure whether to advance or retreat.

Shi Wen walked over, squatted down, and petted the little snow leopard. "Your big sister Tiger is here to visit relatives, go play over there."

Before the snow leopard cub could react further, the mother tiger, who was rolling over on her belly and acting coquettishly, let out a loud, dissatisfied roar.

The sound was like muffled thunder.

Let alone the little snow leopard, even Shi Wen himself couldn't help but shudder.

Shi Wen said to the tigress, "Don't be fierce!"

The tigress glared at him, becoming even more ferocious.

The little snow leopard was so frightened that its body stiffened, and it stared wide-eyed at Shi Wen, not daring to turn around.

Seeing that the snow leopard cub was still in front of Shi Wen, the mother tiger roared again, "Roar!"

The threat was obvious.

This sound was far more terrifying than the squeaking sound from before; it carried a strong warning.

The little snow leopard realized what was happening and immediately put all four paws on the ground, trying to run away.

Unfortunately, it was too panicked and failed to get going; instead, it tripped and fell on the spot.

Shi Wen reached out to help the little snow leopard.

The little snow leopard rolled over on its own and ran straight away.

It hadn't run two steps when it tripped over its long tail and tumbled several meters away.

This time it panicked, hurriedly grabbed its long tail, and darted away.

Shi Wen watched the little snow leopard's retreating figure with a hint of speechlessness.

The tigress stopped being affectionate and instead rubbed against Shi Wen, Shi Wen loudly as if accusing him of keeping another cat.

Shi Wen reached out to touch the tigress, but she immediately turned her head away.

Zhou Hongzhong grinned broadly from the side, "The tigress is just jealous."

Shi Wen at Zhou Hongzhong; without being reminded, he knew the tigress was jealous.

Yan Kexing watched with a smile.

The tigress seemed unwilling to continue her relationship with Shi Wen, so she raised her tail and tried to get close to Yan Kexing, refusing to let Shi Wen touch her.

Big cats are more difficult to deal with than kittens when they get angry.

For the next half hour, Shi Wen didn't even manage to touch the tigress's fur.

Realizing it was truly angry, Shi Wen had no choice but to take it inside. Pointing to the house, he explained to the mother tiger, "You are the most special ones. Like the little snow leopard, even though it wanders around the pasture, we don't let it into the house at all."

The tigress Shi Wen suspiciously and sniffed around the house.

After a while, it was certain that there was no scent of a snow leopard cub in the room, and then it was somewhat satisfied and no longer resisted Shi Wen's petting.

The tigress finally returned to visit her family, Shi Wen and Yan Kexing gave her an extra meal.

The two of them unearthed all the good stuff from the ranch: eggs, pork, goose, steamed pumpkin— Shi Wen even specially prepared honey water for the tigress to drink.

Even after all this time, the tigress still loved the honey water at home, licking it with her tongue and drinking it vigorously.

Shi Wen wonder how it's doing outside. Judging from its muscles, it probably doesn't lack food.

However, food in the wild is never as refined as food at home, Shi Wen squeeze its muscles to encourage it to eat more.

It was already late, and there was no way to take the female tiger back today, Shi Wen and Yan Kexing decided to let her stay at their house for the night and planned to take her back to the mountains the next day, while also checking on the male tiger.

The male tiger must be missing them too.

Furthermore, after the tigress came down from the mountain, they needed to check on the male tiger and give him a heads-up.

As they went to bed that night, Shi Wen sighed to Yan Kexing, "We've been so busy lately. We should have gone to see the two tigers sooner."

Yan Kexing: "It's not too late now. Don't worry, next time we'll have Captain Zhou and the others keep an eye on the two tigers' movements. If the tigers leave their natural habitat, have them notify us in advance."

Shi Wen, "I'll ask tomorrow if we can get a copy of the data. We'll pay more attention and resolve any problems promptly."

Yan Kexing: "That works too."

The two got up early the next morning and fed the tigress a hearty meal, until her belly was bulging.

Yan Kexing postponed the work he had arranged, and then drove with Shi Wen back to the mountains to take the mother tiger back to the forest.

The two men gave the tigress a lecture, promising to visit her often and telling her not to come down the mountain again.

The tigress barked loudly, but it was unclear whether she had responded or not.

After saying goodbye to the mother tiger, the two drove to the male tiger's habitat to see him.

When the male tiger saw them coming, it happily ran down from the mountain, nuzzling and rubbing against them, acting all cute and affectionate.

It was unaware that its sister had already gone down the mountain and visited the ranch.

Compared to the tigress, the male tiger is just a carefree, foolish son.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing took out the meat they had brought and fed it.

It squatted on the ground and began to eat voraciously, making "goo-goo" sounds, with a happy "gurgling" sound coming from its throat.

Shi Wen taught that it was forbidden to come down the mountain, and forbidden to bite people or livestock.