Chapter 172
Zhu Ji laughed, "They're all carnivores, and they don't eat tomatoes much. You just miss them, don't you?"
Shi Wen matter-of-factly, "After raising it for so long, of course I'd worry about it."
Zhu Ji: "It seems Old Yan has a good idea of what to do. Your two tigers are like your college-aged children; even if they're not home, the bond is still there."
Shi Wen, "What you're saying doesn't seem to make no mistake."
Shi Wen and Yan Kexing planned to visit two tigers and a male snow leopard. They wanted to bring them tomatoes, various kinds of meat, and also some Cistanche deserticola and honey.
Zhu Ji couldn't help but ask, "Can they find mates outside?"
"Of course we can, otherwise how would they have come?" Shi Wen said. "Bring them some good things, see if that helps them multiply."
Shi Wen Zhu Ji stuffing all sorts of nice things into his tote bag, Zhu Ji couldn't help but say, "Why don't you guys take care of me? I'm pretty easy to take care of."
Shi Wen raised an eyebrow. "Would you like to call Yan Kexing your godfather?"
Zhu Ji said earnestly, "As long as the pay is good, I'd even be willing to be his godfather."
Shi Wen took out his phone and waved it. "I recorded it, haha."
Zhu Ji snorted, "Fine, I'll record it then. I've wanted to latch onto someone's coattails for a long time, but I just haven't managed to yet."
Zhu Ji really likes Shi Wen's ranch and can manage the animals well, Shi Wen and Yan Kexing are quite at ease leaving their home in his care.
Early Saturday morning, Shi Wen and Yan Kexing stuffed their bags into the car, ready to head into the mountains.
Zhu Ji came out to help. "You even milked the goats? They're all quite big now."
Shi Wen, "They used to love goat milk, but they probably can't get it now. Let them try some."
Zhu Ji: "Tsk tsk, what a loving father's heart."
Shi Wen and Yan Kexing chatted casually for a bit before setting off in their car.
It gets light earlier now, and the sun rises earlier.
As they drove, sunlight streamed down from behind the clouds, creating beams of light.
In April, the grass and new leaves are a tender green color, which looks very bright and cheerful.
Shi Wen's mood soared just looking at the green grass on both sides of the road and the distant trees.
Yan Kexing gently turned on the music, and the car sped along the highway. The wind whistled in, providing accompaniment to the music, Shi Wen couldn't help but sing along.
He's just an average person, a bit tone-deaf, and sometimes off-key, but the joy he conveys is incredibly infectious.
Yan Kexing beside him, his face beaming with smiles.
They went to see the mother tiger first.
In Shi Wen, the tigress is treated like the eldest daughter in the family, always receiving the best treatment.
As the car drove up the mountain, Shi Wen about how long it had been since he had seen the mother tiger and couldn't help but wonder if she would pounce on them, nudge them with her big head, and roll around on the ground acting cute.
Just imagining that scene Shi Wen's smile grow wider and wider.
Unable to drive the car up the mountain, they had to stop halfway up and carry the meat they were bringing for the tigress up the mountain.
Fortunately, both of them were in good physical condition; otherwise, carrying those several large bags of food would have been exhausting.
Shi Wen the Abilities of today are stronger, and the ability to control the surrounding environment is also stronger.
They climbed the mountain but saw no trace of the tigress.
Shi Wen, "Hey, I clearly saw its footprints, but it's not here. Where did it go? Did it go hunting?"
Yan Kexing checked the location of the mother tiger on the app. "Possibly. She's run to the next mountain area. Let's go to her den and wait."
The tigress's territory is very large, and sometimes she goes hunting in far-off places, which is normal for her to not return for a day or two.
Shi Wen hope today won't be like that, otherwise, I'll have come all this way for nothing.
As parents, the two of them knew where the tiger's den was.
They went straight there.
Before they even reached the cave, Shi Wen heard a faint sound—the sound of an animal cub.
There was clearly something alive in that cave.
Shi Wen and Yan Kexing exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with confusion. "What's that noise?"
Yan Kexing: "It must be the movement of small animals."
From this distance, they could only smell the tigress, not any other creatures.
Shi Wen bristled, "Where did this little animal come from? It's been so long since we've been here, surely that guy hasn't even had Hu Zai by now?!"
They came to visit the month before last, but the tigress wasn't pregnant then.
Shi Wen sensed something was wrong. "Let's go over there and take a look!"
Chapter 172
Shi Wen the lead and charged into the tigress's den.
He ran from the sunlight into the dim cave, his eyes unable to adjust to the darkness and unable to see clearly what was inside.
He simply smelled the strong scent of a tiger.
The cave where the tigress lived was small; you could see the whole thing at a glance.
A faint sound could be heard from Shi Wen, but nothing unusual was detected at first.
Yan Kexing walked in from behind, the heat emanating from his body quite noticeable in the cool cave.
Shi Wen was about to turn around and ask him, he whispered in Shi Wen's ear, "In the cave to the left front."
"Huh?" Shi Wen moment before realizing there was a small cave over there. Because it was too dark and there were rocks blocking the entrance, they couldn't see anything.
Yan Kexing said, "It's not a tiger cub."
Shi Wen actually knew that it was most likely not a tiger cub, as tigers are around three years old before they can give birth, and his tigress was not old enough yet.
He was just a little worried.
Shi Wen sniffed the air and said, "Could it be a cub it brought back?"
Yan Kexing: "It's still a female tiger cub; it's unlikely to be helping other animals care for their young. Let's open it and see what it is."
"You're right." Shi Wen stepped forward. "Let me move the stone aside and see what's inside."