Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 213 - Is this something we can watch for free?

Chapter 213: Chapter 213 Is this something we can watch for free?

Chen Ying also dragged a long stool to sit in line with Ape Dad and Ape Mom and eat Guoguo.

Inside, the intern was changing the dressing on the little ape’s wound. Seeing the fierce scars on the child’s body, Ape Mom made a “hoo hoo” sound, her eyes dropping large tears.

“Don’t cry, the wound won’t be a big problem as long as it is well taken care of. However, it must stay here for a while, and you might have another child before it can return to you.”

Ape Mom didn’t understand and growled at Chen Ying with her mouth open.

“Growling at me is useless. Its abdomen was almost smashed, and it took a lot of effort to stitch up properly. It’s a miracle it survived.”

Chen Ying patted Ape Dad’s knee.

“I need to take a walk outside. Do you want to continue waiting here or go first and come back tomorrow?”

Ape Dad glanced at the baby ape, then at his companion, and stood up to leave with Chen Ying.

Once outside, he easily climbed up a tree and swung away rapidly.

Watching it leave, Chen Ying turned to instruct the intern at the door to bring some food to Ape Mom later.

“I guess it won’t stay long, just go about your jobs and ignore it.”

“By the way, do you have classmates on shift who might be free to take me for a walk in the mountains?”

“Mr. Chen, I can,” volunteered a female student nearby.

Chen Ying glanced at her and shook his head, “No, I need to carry weight uphill, and you might not be able to handle it.”

The female student’s face changed, thinking Chen Ying was making excuses to refuse her.

Before she could argue, Brother Xiao Mu, the dedicated driver of the Protection Station, and an uncle each carrying a backpack came over.

The backpacks weighed at least twenty to thirty pounds, containing food, water, veterinary drugs, and essential field survey equipment.

“Brother Ying, all the items you requested are here, check them out. The drone will take a while to arrive, but I’ll bring it up to you in the mountains.”

This time Chen Ying’s target were the monkey groups.

He had already seen the Western black-capped gibbon, now only the Bee Monkey, Bear Monkey, and Grey Leaf Monkey remained.

He had chatted with the Carriage Captain of the medical team, who said there were two overlapping monkey territories within a hundred kilometers around the Protection Station.

“We’ll start by looking for traces of the Bee Monkey and Grey Leaf Monkey at the forest edge, then head up the mountain to search for the Bear Monkey.”

Chen Ying adjusted a camera, checked the number, and packed it into his backpack.

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He had ten packs, totaling twenty infrared cameras.

This was to replace any cameras that might be damaged in the field.

The female student glanced at the heavy backpack and shut her mouth.

It wasn’t that she felt she couldn’t handle the hardship; she genuinely couldn’t handle it!

Then, two students carrying lunch boxes came up, one of whom quickly volunteered after hearing a brief from his classmate.

“Mr. Chen, may I join? I am a senior in veterinary medicine, I often participate in wildlife conservation activities, and I have experience in field trekking and simple scientific investigations.”

Chen Ying looked at him, noticing the young man’s slightly sunburnt skin, crew cut, and the muscular arms and calves showing.

He was the type that wealthy women liked—tall, dark, and handsome—and just what they needed for rigorous research.

“Okay, which professor are you under? I’ll ask for leave on your behalf.”

“No need, Brother Ying, you just take him. I’ll arrange the leave for him later.”

Xiao Mu was eager to help, but Chen Ying declined his offer.

“I’d better talk to him myself. If I’m taking his student, I need to provide a reason.”

Just as they reached the office building, a male doctor in a white coat leaned out from the second floor.

“Dr. Chen, take him with you. There isn’t much for him to do here. If you need more people, you can take two others with you to help teach them how to handle emergencies in the field.”

The two other students, upon hearing this, hurriedly rushed downstairs like gibbons.

“Mr. Chen, please wait a moment, we’ll just grab some stuff and be right there.”

This trio seemed robust, excellent prospects for fieldwork!

While waiting for them, Chen Ying hadn’t forgotten about his real workhorse.

“Feng Xin, where are you now?”

“Mr. Chen? We’re almost at the Naban River Basin Protection Zone. The two Clouded Leopards we are transporting were rescued here and need to be kept in quarantine observation before they can be released.”

Feng Xin was following the Clouded Leopard transport on the highway and would soon join the teachers at the Naban River Basin Protection Zone to examine the two female Clouded Leopards.

After ensuring there were no problems, they expected to release them in about half a month.

Initially, they thought about keeping the thinner female Clouded Leopard to check if she was pregnant.

However, after some discussion, they decided to release her to gestate and raise her offspring in the wild.

Of course, they would fit her with a tracking collar and had already formed a three-person team to monitor the activities of the two leopards.

Listening to Feng Xin report the journey, Chen Ying was relieved that no concerns had arisen.

“By the way, Mr. Chen, wasn’t there talk of keeping that elderly male Clouded Leopard at the rescue center? On the way, I heard they might just wait half a year before bringing it back to Dian Province.”

Chen Ying pinched the bridge of his nose, unconcerned and unwilling to intervene in these matters.

He subtly gestured towards Feng Xin and after seeing the three students approach, Chen Ying gave a few quick instructions before hanging up the phone.

“Mr. Chen, let the three of us take turns carrying the gear, you should rest.”

Chen Ying, without any hesitation, carried his own gear and led them towards the location the Carriage Captain had mentioned.

Though none of the trio were locals, one student had volunteered here in previous years and was relatively familiar with the area.

His wilderness survival skills were decent, especially his sense of direction; he led his companions without taking any wrong turns, directly to the habitat of the Bee Monkey.

These adorable creatures, completely unassociated with that group of unruly monkeys.

Under the flashlight’s beam, cute little elves timidly hid half their faces; their eyes twinkling, filled with slight fear.

(I really wanted to give those old timers from Emei Mountain a beating when I saw these little creatures.)

Seeing its physique, this Bee Monkey wasn’t large and probably not very old.

Chen Ying didn’t disturb it, flashing his torchlight past it and continued towards the previously chosen campsite of the research team.

After they left the tree, the little Bee Monkey, quite dumbfounded, hesitated a bit before actually following them.

The campsite, not far from where the little Bee Monkey was, was clearly cleaned and just the right size for two double tents.

Having someone experienced was useful; Chen Ying didn’t need to instruct much as he just helped his students with the setup.

The three male students had good temperaments and probably saw this outing as more of a picnic.

“Okay, once you’ve settled in, light the stove and cook something. After eating, I’ll give you a lesson.”

Playing the role of a teacher for a day necessitated the attitude and capabilities of a teacher.

He was, after all, a Druid with encyclopedic knowledge—this entire forest was his domain.

Since all three students specialized in veterinary medicine, Chen Ying focused particularly on emergency animal care and even distributed a simple presentation to them.

Just after explaining a small point, a little fuzzy creature fell from the sky.

Chen Ying extended his hand, and the little one comfortably hopped onto his arm, tenderly snuggling against his cheek.

Hey, isn’t this the little Bee Monkey we saw by the roadside earlier?

Chen Ying was slightly surprised and quickly started to check its body.

Normally, wild animals don’t approach humans unless they need something.

Bee Monkeys feed on plant sap and are typical nocturnal and arboreal animals.

From a distance, the Bee Monkey appeared to have gray-black fur, but up close, it was actually a lighter reddish-brown, not very different from its gray-white belly.

The little fellow clung to Chen Ying’s arm, stretched a paw to touch his chin, then emitted a high-pitched whistle.

Chen Ying’s face darkened instantly.

The student with field research experience paused, then hung his head biting his lip, staying silent.

“What’s wrong?” a classmate gently nudged his arm, asking quietly.

Chen Ying glanced at the speaker, noticeably annoyed as he explained,

“When Bee Monkeys court, they emit these high-frequency whistles to attract females. This little guy probably hasn’t mated before and mistook me for a female.”

What? Is that even a thing?

The inexperienced duo exchanged glances, sheepishly looking down.

Chen Ying stroked the little Bee Monkey’s head with two fingers, “You little fellow, you’ve really got poor eyesight. I’m not your species, off you go, find yourself a little girlfriend.”

He attempted to send it away, but the Bee Monkey refused to leave, clinging to his arm, continuing to whistle.

The piercing sound gave Chen Ying a headache, forcing him to grimace and reluctantly pull the little creature off his arm.

Just then, Chen Ying looked up and caught a glimpse of another Bee Monkey peeking out from the treetops.

These little creatures had no distinguishing features easy to discern visually, one had to evaluate their anatomy.

Curious, Chen Ying picked up the little creature for a closer look, confirmed it was a male, then placed it back on the branch.

The Bee Monkey seemed a bit aggrieved, not understanding why this nice-smelling human refused its courtship.

It hesitated whether to try again, then another Bee Monkey of similar size climbed down from higher up.

What happened next was the bashful beginning of their mating process.

Although its body responded honestly, the Bee Monkey visibly divided its attention because of Chen Ying and, after quickly finishing its task, was pushed away by the female disapprovingly.

Chen Ying, the old rogue, brightly under the guise of scientific research, recorded the entire awkward courtship of the two Bee Monkeys—definitely the sort that required blurring.

He then processed the footage and sent it to the medical team’s Carriage Captain.

The Carriage Captain, also a local vocational school veterinarian teacher, had a research topic precisely on the breeding habits of Bee Monkeys.

Such high-definition, unblurred footage was tremendously helpful to their research.

In the following two days, accompanied by the physically mature but still somewhat confused little Bee Monkey, they witnessed several mating battles.

The three black-skinned students progressed from initially blushing to gradually pointing and discussing, gaining a serene sense of having seen it all.

By the time they had nearly completed collecting footage on the Bee Monkey, they successfully encountered another target of their trip, the Grey Leaf Monkey.

At that moment, a very rare hunting scene unfolded before them.