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Shi Wen squatted down and touched its belly with his hand.

After thorough exercise, the tigress's belly was no longer soft; it was covered in firm muscles.

Fortunately, the downy hair on my belly was quite soft; Shi Wen and touched it, and it felt wonderful.

The tigress didn't mind Shi Wen touching her belly at all; she even stretched out her paws to expose her belly as much as possible for Shi Wen to touch.

Shi Wen touched it up and down for a while, and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that it was not pregnant.

The tigress was completely oblivious to Shi Wen's worries. She probably hadn't been petted in a long time, and Shi Wen petted her, she purred loudly.

As a big cat, the tigress's purring was much more noticeable than Cong Zai's.

Shi Wen stroked her for a while, and just as he was about to pull his hand away, the tigress nudged him with her paw, signaling him to continue.

Shi Wen the opportunity to grab the tigress's paw and compare it to his own arm. "Wow, your paws are really thick now."

Mother tiger. "Roar."

Shi Wen turned to Yan Kexing, "Are its claws twice as thick as my arm?"

Yan Kexing: "More than double, a little over twice."

Shi Wen, "It's growing so well, it's really promising."

The tigress has returned to nature; the strong definitely have a survival advantage over the weak.

It grows so well, Shi Wen about the foundation I laid for it when it was a child, I feel a great sense of accomplishment.

The two people and the tiger played there for a while before starting their descent.

The tigress happily led them back to the cave.

Back in the cave, the tigress was overjoyed to find that Shi Wen and Yan Kexing had brought her a large amount of food, and her growling resumed.

Shi Wen about to talk to it, I wondered if we could swap the wolverine out.

Just then, the tigress darted into the secondary cave behind it.

It was so fast that Shi Wen didn't even have time to react.

Just as Shi Wen and Yan Kexing were about to step forward to rescue the wolverine, the tigress had already grabbed the wolverine and dragged the wailing wolverine out.

Shi Wen was about to say something, the tigress dragged the wolverine towards their feet and pushed it with her strong paws, signaling them to take the wolverine away.

This action seemed very familiar to Shi Wen.

In the past, when their Cong Zai came back from hunting, he would push the prey towards them like this.

Shi Wen tried to communicate with the tigress. "You want to give us the wolverine?"

Mother tiger. "Roar."

Shi Wen was deeply moved and stroked its face. "Such a big wolverine, aren't you going to keep it for yourself? You're giving it all to us?"

The tigress hesitated for a moment, looking at them and then at the wolverine, before nudging the wolverine with her paw, signaling them to take it away.

"You're too kind to us." Shi Wen patted its head. "We've taken the wolverine, but you can keep these supplies."

Shi Wen they originally wanted to see male tigers and male snow leopards, and they brought a lot of supplies.

Now that they've encountered the injured wolverine, there's not enough time to go see the male tiger and the male snow leopard, so the two decided to leave all the meat they brought to the female tiger.

The weather is still quite cool, and it's even cooler inside the cave, so this meat can stay for a week without any problems.

As they were leaving, Shi Wen stroked the tigress's neck and said, "We'll head back now, and we'll come see you again next time."

Having experienced several separations, the tigress no longer felt any resistance to parting; instead, she stood still and watched them leave.

Shi Wen quite a distance away and looked back, the tigress was still standing there, stretching her neck and quietly watching them.

"Go back now," Shi Wen called out from afar, waving. "No need to see us off, we'll come see you again next time."

The two men led the wolverine toward the car.

The wolverine may have been overwhelmed by their scent, or it may have been seriously injured and had little will to resist.

It huddled in Yan Kexing's arms, not daring to move.

Shi Wen asked, "Is it heavy? Would you like me to carry it for a while?"

Yan Kexing: "Not heavy, only about fifty jin."

Shi Wen looked at the wolverine and said with slight surprise, "It's not even as heavy Heiwa and the others? Looks like it's just chubby because its fur is long?"

The wolverine was listless and silent.

Yan Kexing chuckled, "It's already the largest terrestrial mustelid; mustelids aren't very big."

They returned to the car and tied the wolverine up, placing it under the back seat.

The wolverine didn't resist at all, Shi Wen sorry for it, so he gave it some water.

Yan Kexing driving Shi Wen, sitting in the passenger seat, called Zhou Hongzhong: "Captain Zhou, we have a wolverine here. Could you send someone over to pick it up later?"

Zhou Hongzhong wasn't surprised that they had found another unfamiliar animal, but the name was unfamiliar to him. "What wolverine?"

"The 'mink' in 'mink fur,' and the 'bear' in 'panda,'" Shi Wen explained to Zhou Hongzhong. "It's the wolverine, belonging to the genus Wolverine in the family Mustelidae, order Carnivora."

Upon hearing "Carnivora, Mustelidae," Zhou Hongzhong understood what it meant. "This is the first time I've heard of wolverines living here."

Shi Wen said definitively, "Yes, I just checked the species distribution map here, and it says there are wolverines."

"That's right, you've all found it, so there's no mistake," Zhou Hongzhong said. "Then I'll wait for you at your ranch. See you later."

Shi Wen they drove back to the ranch, Zhou Hongzhong's men were already waiting outside.

A well-prepared veterinarian came forward to check on the wolverine's condition.

Shi Wen stood to the side and asked, "How's the wolverine?"

The veterinarian said, "Both hind legs have been bitten off. They need to be immobilized and treated, and the inflammation needs to be reduced. It may take quite a long time to heal."

The wolverine lay listlessly on the ground, letting the veterinarian handle it, showing no trace of its predatory nature.

Shi Wen casually patted its head. "Let's treat it. It's already lucky to have escaped the jaws of a tiger."

Zhou Hongzhong, standing nearby, wholeheartedly agreed, "Your tigress is quite ferocious."