Chapter 159 (continued)

Because of this incident, Shi Wen the latter part of their visit, the male tiger appeared listless, resting his large head on his paws and refusing to move.

Shi Wen could only pat its head and say he would come back to see it in a couple of days.

Back in the car, Shi Wen said to Yan Kexing, "I never expected we'd see a white-shouldered eagle here."

Yan Kexing: "Anything is possible."

Shi Wen, "What kind of accident do you think this could be?"

Yan Kexing: "It's hard to say. Maybe it was injured before migrating and couldn't complete the migration, or maybe its mate couldn't move, or maybe it had already gotten used to the local environment and didn't want to migrate."

Shi Wen, "Do these large birds also act according to their will?"

Yan Kexing: "Sometimes you really can't use logic to guess animal behavior. With a large enough sample size, anything can happen."

Shi Wen, "Is its mate the kind of bird that is particularly loyal to its mate?"

Yan Kexing: "Yes, the white-shouldered eagle is one of the few birds in nature that only has one mate for its entire life."

Shi Wen suddenly heard a faint sound.

He turned his head and looked up at the sky, where he saw an inconspicuous black dot high in the sky.

After watching for a while, Shi Wen suddenly said to Yan Kexing, "That white-shouldered eagle seems to be following our car."

Yan Kexing looked up and asked, "Are you sure?"

"It's almost certain, its shape is very familiar," Shi Wen said to Yan Kexing. "I just saw it, I can't be mistaken."

Yan Kexing: "It probably just snatched food from your hand and wants to snatch it again."

Thinking about the stolen Bress chicken, Shi Wen felt frustrated. "That little thief! No matter how hard it tries, it absolutely can't steal it this time."

Yan Kexing: "I'll drive faster."

This area is sparsely populated, and there are no tourist attractions nearby, so the streets are very empty.

Yan Kexing drove forward at the speed limit, and despite their speed, the white-shouldered eagle overhead kept following them.

Shi Wen kept looking outside, and seeing that it was still there, he couldn't help but say, "Won't it follow us all the way to our ranch?"

Yan Kexing: "Probably not. Birds of prey are very cautious these days; they won't easily approach areas where humans congregate."

Shi Wen remembered. "What level of protected animal is the white-shouldered eagle again?"

"A Class I protected animal in China," Yan Kexing said. "Even among Class I protected animals, it's considered rare."

Shi Wen, "Then I'll tell Zhou Hongzhong and the others first."

He Shi Wen to be very attractive to mammals, but not so much to birds; to be precise, birds are somewhat afraid of him.

He had been living in the pastoral area for almost two years, and this was the first time he had been followed by a large bird of prey.

The white-shouldered eagle flew too high.

From the ground, they could only see a small black dot. At such a height, even if Zhou Hongzhong and his team came over, they wouldn't be able to do anything about this white-shouldered eagle.

Yan Kexing looked at the white-shouldered eagle high in the sky and said, "Sometimes wild birds can behave rather neuroticly, just ignore it."

Shi Wen, "There's nothing we can do about it, even if we wanted to."

They didn't take the white-shouldered eagle seriously, mainly because the weather was already cold, and the pasture outside was all withered and yellow, presenting a desolate scene.

In this situation, they don't let the geese and Bresse chickens out much, so they don't have to worry about white-shouldered eagles attacking the animals on the pasture.

The only danger on the ranch was the little fox.

This creature hasn't grown much; it looks like a tiny, white blob, and could very well be mistaken for prey by a white-shouldered eagle.

As for the other little guys, whether puppies or snow leopard cubs, they are growing at an astonishing rate thanks to the various foods available on the ranch, and are now all in their semi-adult stage.

Although white-shouldered eagles are fierce, they still cannot easily snatch away half-grown snow leopard cubs and small dogs, especially since they are trained and their fighting ability far surpasses that of their kind.

Shi Wen instructed the little fox, "You'll stay in the barn for the next few days. Don't run around outside, or you'll be in trouble if you get carried away."

The little fox understood what she meant, stuck out her pink tongue, licked her nose, and whimpered, giving Cong Zai a sidelong glance.

Cong Zai curled up to the side, fast asleep.

Shi Wen said, "If your fighting strength were as strong as Cong Zai's, I wouldn't have to worry."

Little fox. "Eek."

Shi Wen the protection measures here were quite adequate; the white-shouldered eagles circled in the sky and indeed did not land and cause any damage to their ranch.

Two days later, although the white-shouldered eagle could still be seen in the sky from time to time, Shi Wen had begun to feel a little more at ease.

Until that evening, Yan Kexing cooking, Shi Wen stood in front of the kitchen counter to help him.

While the two were busy, they suddenly heard the pitiful cries of a snow leopard cub and the urgent barking of a puppy outside, followed by the threatening barks of Heiwa and the others.

Upon Shi Wen this, Shi Wen knew something was wrong outside. He didn't even bother to put down the vegetables he was holding and rushed out.

As he ran outside, he saw a white-shouldered eagle fly up to his roof, put down what it was beaking, peck at it, and then flap its wings and fly away into the sky.

Heiwa and the others were standing under the eaves, barking loudly at the white-shouldered eagle. "Woof woof woof!"

The white-shouldered eagle remained completely calm, not even glancing in their direction.

Upon seeing Shi Wen emerge, the little snow leopard rushed over anxiously and Shi Wen, "Meow!"

Shi Wen down and discovered that the wicked white-shouldered eagle had pecked a bald patch off the snow leopard cub's forehead.

The snow leopard cub had thick fur all over its body, and the fur on its forehead was particularly beautiful. After that patch was pecked off, the skin underneath was exposed, which looked quite comical.

Shi Wen quickly squatted down to check its head. "You got pecked? Let me feel it, it doesn't hurt."

The little snow leopard looked even more aggrieved. "Meow!"