Chapter 172 (continued)
As he spoke, Shi Wen went to move the stones.
The stone was a bit heavy, but that wasn't a problem for him.
He was a little puzzled as to how the tigress had managed to move the stone to the cave entrance; it seemed the tigress was stronger than they had imagined.
Shi Wen this, Shi Wen had already moved the stone away.
After the stone was moved, a murky odor, reminiscent of wild animals, wafted out—definitely not the smell of Hu Zai.
Shi Wen at the round, chubby beast in the dim light, Shi Wen wondered, "Is that... an eagle?"
The animal on the ground, with its white face and black eyes, looked like a weasel.
The Shi Wen uncertainty is that this weasel was too big and rather ugly.
Yan Kexing's voice rang out from behind. "It's not an arowana, it's a weasel."
Shi Wen: "A carved bear?"
Yan Kexing immediately realized he had misunderstood. "The 'mink' in 'mink fur' and the 'bear' in 'brown bear' refer to the genus Willow in the family Mustelidae of the order Carnivora, while the 'weasel' in 'brown bear' refers to the genus Muscat in the family Mustelidae of the order Carnivora. They are related, but they are not the same animal."
Shi Wen nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
Yan Kexing: "I didn't expect to find a wolverine here."
The wolverine in front of them was clearly not in good condition. As they looked it over, it shrank back and let out a soft moan.
I could Shi Wen smell a faint odor of blood when it moved.
"It's injured," Shi Wen said, crouching down to examine it. "Both of its hind legs are bitten; it looks quite serious."
Yan Kexing: "Your judgment may be correct; it might have been kept in captivity by a tigress."
Shi Wen looked at the wolverine that was barely able to move on the ground and said, "The tigress is really clever."
Yan Kexing: "Perhaps it's because the tigress grew up on a ranch and saw many scenes of us raising animals."
"Being able to apply what you've learned is remarkable in itself." Shi Wen looked at the wolverine. "It's a male wolverine, and it's quite large."
Yan Kexing judged, "It's probably a bit bigger than a typical male wolverine."
The male wolverine had two bite wounds on its hind legs, but otherwise there were no other problems.
Its mental state is also okay.
Shi Wen looked at Yan Kexing: "What do we do now? Are wolverines protected animals?"
Yan Kexing: "A Class I protected animal in China."
Shi Wen, "Then we can't keep letting the tigress use it as a reserve food, can we?"
Yan Kexing: "Let's see if we can make a deal with the tigress when she returns."
The wolverine was a bit fierce, Shi Wen stopped squatting beside it after checking its body.
Although he's not afraid of being bitten, it would be quite troublesome to have to get vaccinated if he were bitten.
The air inside the cave was rather stuffy, Shi Wen couldn't stand staying inside, so he simply dragged Yan Kexing.
The tigress wore a tracking device, Shi Wen her access to view the information.
He took out his phone, opened the app, and saw that the mother tiger was now quite far away from them.
If we wait here for the mother tiger to return, who knows how long we'll have to wait.
Shi Wen looked at Yan Kexing, not wanting to wait any longer. "How about we go out and look for it? We can call it back when we get close to it later."
Yan Kexing: "That works too. Let's just treat it as a mountain climbing trip."
They don't need to take the supplies they brought; they can just leave them in the tigress's den. There shouldn't be any person or animal daring to come and plunder the tigress's den.
The two traveled light and moved quickly.
More than an hour later, they crossed the mountain and approached the place where the mother tiger was.
Tired from climbing the mountain, Shi Wen wiped the sweat from his chin with his sleeve and said to Yan Kexing, "I don't want to walk anymore. How about we call for the tigress here and see if we can call her back?"
Yan Kexing: "Okay, you can give it a try."
Shi Wen, "Then I'll call it."
Shi Wen moment, then shouted loudly towards the mountains, "Dinner's ready! Hu Zai, come back quickly!"
This is the sound Shi Wen used to make when he was a child, calling his two Hu Zai home for dinner. They never named the two tigers, and they always called them together.
He wondered if the tigress had forgotten the name.
The tigress is known for her intelligence; even if she forgets the name, she shouldn't forget his voice.
After calling out twice, Shi Wen stood on the hilltop, listening patiently.
His voice echoed through the valley, the wind rustled the treetops, and in the distance, the sound of birds flapping their wings could be heard.
There were no other sounds besides that.
Shi Wen took out his phone and glanced at it. "Where is the tigress now? Is she far from us?"
Yan Kexing: "They're still on the next mountain; they probably didn't hear us."
Shi Wen, "Then I'll call out again."
Shi Wen called out several more times, and on his last call, he heard a tiger's roar coming from the mountains and forests.
"It's the tigress's voice!" Shi Wen's eyes lit up. "It's responding to us!"
Yan Kexing looked at the app. "It's heading this way."
"So good." Shi Wen couldn't help but say as the little red dot representing the mother tiger's trajectory got closer and closer to them, "It was definitely worth raising it for nothing."
Yan Kexing smiled.
The tigress ran very fast, and a few dozen seconds later, Shi Wen could already hear her running towards him.
It raced through the forest, leaped over the bushes, and galloped up the mountain toward them.
Shi Wen that scene, Shi Wen couldn't help but run forward. "I'll go catch it."
Yan Kexing followed Shi Wen, and the two walked down the mountain.
Within two minutes, the two saw a dark yellow figure emerge from the Linzi —it was the tigress!
It's grown a bit since I last saw it.
It created a gust of wind and leaped directly in front of Shi Wen and Yan Kexing: "Woof!"
Shi Wen open their arms and hug them, saying, "So good."
The tigress nuzzled Shi Wen with her round head, leaving her scent on him before rolling over and lying on the ground, acting all cute.