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Xi Long said, "To be honest, it's a bit embarrassing. I have a zoo, and there's a giant panda in the zoo, but now there's a problem."

Upon Shi Wen that this was Shi Wen's first time interacting with giant pandas, he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

Xi Long: "It seems to be a psychological problem. Anyway, she can't eat or sleep well. We took her to the doctor, but they couldn't find anything. We're all so worried."

If it were any other favor, Shi Wen might not be willing to help, but since it's about helping giant pandas, Shi Wen has no objections.

Shi Wen said, "Then take us to see it?"

Xi Long said, "No problem, we'll arrange it immediately."

As she spoke, Xi Long said, "Our giant panda is a celebrity panda, but lately it hasn't been eating or sleeping well, and it's lost a lot of weight. It looks listless, and netizens are practically cursing us to death."

Upon Shi Wen immediately knew. "Is it Zhengzheng, the giant panda?"

Zhengzheng, a giant panda, is a very unique panda. He is only three years old this year and has shown a different personality since he was a child. His most famous feature is his stubbornness and headstrong nature.

When we were soliciting names back then, Shi Wen was still at work, so I took a look.

The zoo prepared several names for the giant panda, but the name "Zhengzheng," meaning "unyielding and Zhengzheng," won by a landslide and became the name of the panda.

Shi Wen never imagined that as someone who participated in the vote back then, he would now have the opportunity to personally interact with this giant panda face to face, and he was filled with mixed emotions.

Shi Wen said, "Speaking of which, I haven't paid attention to Zhengzheng's news for a long time, but I think I saw it trending a few days ago. It said that Zhengzheng couldn't eat or sleep. Is he missing the male giant panda?"

Xi Long: "Probably not. We sent in several male bears, but it chased them all away. It doesn't seem interested in male pandas either."

Shi Wen, "What happened? Did its growing environment suddenly change?"

Xi Long: "No, it's always been raised like that."

Xi Long shook her head. "One of the zookeepers resigned before, and that's when it started acting strangely. We thought it might be because the zookeeper was unhappy about leaving, so we brought him back. But after bringing him back, its abnormal symptoms didn't improve at all. Now we're completely baffled and don't know what the problem is."

Logically speaking, if a giant panda has a problem, it shouldn't be a big deal for a boss like him.

Zhengzheng is in the spotlight because of its high profile; netizens across the country are watching, and since Zhengzheng hasn't recovered, people are now suspecting that the zoo might be abusing the panda.

Many netizens are now collecting evidence from various sources, and many self-media practitioners have also joined the discussion.

With the public outcry growing daily, the park management is now worried that if they don't address the issue soon, it might escalate into a public relations crisis.

Xi Long said, "We've tried everything these past few days, but we just can't figure out what's wrong with it. If it's a psychological problem, there has to be some trigger, right?"

Shi Wen, "We'll know once we go and take a look."

Shi Wen was quite confident in dealing with the psychological problems of a giant panda, believing that he should be able to find the issues once he arrived.

Their zoo is quite good to giant pandas; it has an inner enclosure and an outer enclosure.

The outer enclosure is where the giant pandas roam and interact with visitors, while the inner enclosure is where the pandas live and are shielded from the view of visitors.

When giant pandas don't want to interact with visitors, they can stay in the inner enclosure.

The zoo does not have a strict requirement on the amount of time the giant pandas spend in and out of the enclosures each day. Compared to some zoos that force animals to interact with humans, this zoo is relatively conscientious.

Shi Wen entered the giant panda enclosure, I felt a sense of comfort—the temperature, the smell, and the spaciousness were all just right.

In this environment, the giant pandas should be doing quite well.

Shi Wen asked, "Where are the giant pandas? Let's go take a look."

The zookeeper said, "It's inside, but it's been a bit aggressive these past few days, and it even throws feces at people. You'll need to wear protective clothing if you go in."

Shi Wen was at a loss for words. "Why would it throw feces at people? Isn't it the monkey that throws feces? Besides, it seemed to have a pretty good personality before. Apart from being stubborn and headstrong, it didn't have any other problems. Has it developed a new problem?"

The zookeeper said with a sigh, "Yes, we don't know where it picked it up, and by the time we realized it, it already had this problem. We've tried to correct it several times, but we haven't been able to."

No matter how cute giant pandas are, they are still bears, and their fighting ability is much stronger than that of ordinary animals. As a giant panda that is close to adulthood, the zoo really has no way to deal with Zhengzheng.

Now it refuses to eat or drink, and has developed many other irritable habits, which is a major worry for its keepers.

The zookeepers responsible for Zhengzheng are under immense pressure and are being criticized by netizens; they truly have no way to express their grievances.

Shi Wen didn't say much, simply put on protective clothing and followed the zookeeper inside to see Zhengzheng.

Zhengzheng was huddled in a corner, lying there.

It lay there limply, its rear end in the air, looking listless, and didn't react when people came in.

Shi Wen got closer, Zhengzheng seemed to smell his scent, and turned to look at him, but her gaze was weak and listless.

It seems to be just an instinctive reaction, with no other meaning.

After glancing at them, Zhengzheng turned her head away and continued to ignore them.

The zookeeper looked at the scene before him with even more distress. "That's the situation. It's been lying here for days. If it really doesn't improve, we're prepared to give it an injection."

Shi Wen said, "It might be a psychological issue. I'll go over and check on it again."

The zookeeper immediately looked at his supervisor. "It's rather fierce, are you just going to walk over like that?"

Shi Wen said, "It's alright."

Yan Kexing also said, "It's alright."