Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 35 Guidance from the Old Leader

Chen Ying took a closer look, realizing that the head of the local Forestry Bureau had arrived.

This senior leader had originally started his career at the Jiamu Gully Forest Station and valued these mountains more than his own children.

"Today there's a district meeting, and the senior leader was also present. He heard that you had rescued a lost panda cub here and said he wanted to come and have a look."

Brother Liu rapidly briefed Chen Ying with a few words.

Chen Ying didn't push forward; at that moment, the leaders from the center and the Forest Station were gathered in a circle, listening to Group Leader Li report on the work, and it would be inappropriate for him to force his way through the crowd.

"Little Chen, come here."

He was just discussing with Brother Liu when he heard the leader calling his name.

Director Bai was also behind them, and it was indeed Director Bai calling him.

"Little Chen is our rescue center's star veterinarian; netizens all call him Druid. Both the giant panda Mendun'er and the panda cub were rescued under his care."

Director Bai introduced Chen Ying to the senior leader.

The senior leader looked at Chen Ying for a while, then turned to his colleagues with a smile, "The Druid from the rescue station, I've heard about him. My granddaughter told me, she particularly likes his interaction with that lynx."

Chen Ying hastily explained that it was just the netizens having fun; he was merely treating the wild animals, and that was why those animals were gentle with him.

He said this, but the others just smiled and didn't continue the conversation.

Many leaders among the group hailed from a veterinary background. Weren't they treating wild animals too? Yet no wild animal had ever shown such intimacy with them as they did with him.

Chen Ying wore a smile but felt miserable inside.

He had chosen to work at the mountain rescue station precisely to avoid dealing with people, complicated interpersonal relationships, and office politics. Seeing the feigned smiles on the leader's faces, he regretted not having gone up the mountain that day.

Fortunately, Director Bai knew his personality; after a brief introduction, he let him continue with his work.

It was inappropriate for Chen Ying to linger outside, so he simply went into Leopard Sister's animal shed to brush and massage her.

"Roar! There's a lot of noise outside, what's happening?"

"Leaders are inspecting the work."

"What are leaders? Other people? I don't like it too noisy; it's making Leopard restless."

Not just Leopard Sister was restless, he too was feeling agitated.

He just hoped that Mendun'er's illness would quickly improve and that the rescue station could return to its usual calm.

After finishing combing Leopard Sister, accumulating a full bag of fur, Chen Ying planned to ask Apple from the center to help make a small felt accessory of Leopard Sister.

He hadn't conducted any live streams, but his personal social media account had many followers.

Especially his account for science education, many followers had known him since his senior year of college, and he wanted to collect the fur from Leopard Sister and Jinya to make a few small accessories, and then offer them as gifts in a fan giveaway.

After allowing Leopard Sister to return to her platform to rest and rounding up the little leopards for Leopard Sister to watch, he prepared to give the animal shed's floor a good scrub.

Since the little leopards had started practicing tearing meat strips, the room's floor needed scrubbing once or twice every day to be remotely walkable.

Just as he finished cleaning the floor and was dismantling the fabric mats in the cat den, Director Bai came looking for him.

Of course, Director Bai didn't dare enter the animal shed and called him out by knocking on the door.

"Today the senior leader came ostensibly to inspect the work, but in reality, he wanted to understand the current situation of the rescue station. The report you sent up regarding the construction of the forest cabin for rescue work is stuck at the District Forestry Bureau. The district leaders believe that the rescue station is now adequately equipped to handle the work and doesn't need to build a separate rescue cabin."

Director Bai looked at Chen Ying's face, then fell silent for a moment.

"If it's not feasible, we can only try to raise private funds. But, you know, management is very strict nowadays. Introducing private funds will make us face many restrictions in later stages."

Chen Ying pinched the bridge of his nose, "I understand. Thank you, Director."

"Don't be polite with me. I know you want to provide better aid to wild animals, but you have to consider the thoughts of other units too."

After exchanging a few words, Director Bai left. Chen Ying leaned against the wall and zoned out for quite a while before returning indoors to continue cleaning.

"Roar, what's wrong? What did that human say to you? You seem very upset."

"No, Leopard Sister, not upset, just a bit disappointed."

Chen Ying pulled out the mat from the nest, dusted it off, stuffed it back into the cat bed, and then moved the cat bed to another corner away from the water pool.

"I originally wanted to rebuild that cabin in the forest, which would be more suitable for animals like you to recuperate. And many of the animals are not severely injured or sick; they need not enter human territories. But the boss said there's no need. The money for the cabin's repairs would be better spent on more food for wild animals."

Leopard Sister didn't quite understand what money was, but buying food?

They could hunt themselves, and even though the food provided by humans was nice, their own prey tasted better. Why buy it?

Leopard Sister could not understand humans, but it wanted to comfort Chen Ying.

"How about, I give you my tree hole?"

Chen Ying cracked a smile, unable to contain his laughter.

That tree hole wasn't even half as big as a cabin, what was it for, playing hide and seek?

He vigorously rubbed Leopard Sister's head until she pushed him away impatiently.

"Don't worry about me. I'm just a bit melancholic; I'll have money soon. When I have the money, I'll fund the construction myself."

If that didn't work out, he thought of asking Yin Li for help to convince the villagers to help rebuild the cabin, and he could pay for it from his account.

Thinking about it, those protagonists in novels could rely on their animal friends to find precious herbs. That was something far beyond his capabilities.

This forest was a reserve; collecting rare medicinal herbs from the mountains was impossible, but he could guide villagers to domesticate those rare herbs.

He had learned from his fans that other reserves in the country had examples he could refer to.

Domestication required finding the appropriate parent plants and performing scientifically-based, protective transplants. Only after successful domestication could large-scale planting be conducted.

In this regard, he was a novice, and Yin Li wasn't too sharp either. To successfully implement the plan, they would need outside support.

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While chatting with Leopard Sister and working, time passed quickly. By mealtime, the leaders were ready to leave the mountain, and all the rescue station staff, except those on duty, made an appearance.

Just as they were about to reach the gate, an older leader suddenly stopped, turned around, and called Chen Ying over.

"Little Chen, come here for a moment."

Chen Ying glanced at Director Bai, who was equally puzzled, and hurriedly took off his work gloves and jogged over.

"Little Chen, I've read the report you guys sent up. The bureau has its difficulties."

"Leader, Director Bai has already relayed the message to me. I abide by the bureau's decision."

"Ha, you, kid." The old leader patted his shoulder, his voice lowering, "I'll point you to a possibility, you can try it out. The Ministry of Forestry has a new five-year plan that includes many topics on the protection of rare animals and plants. I've heard your teacher is also trying to secure it. You could join your teacher's project team, or you could proactively apply for a sub-project. I'll have someone send you some information to your email, take a good look at it."

Chen Ying looked up, slightly startled. The old leader patted his shoulder again but didn't say more before getting into his car and driving away.

Someone from the Panda Medical Team wanted to approach Chen Ying to ask what the old leader had discussed with him, but before they could, Group Leader Li hurried them back to the medical area to continue working.

Once everyone had dispersed, Yin Li finally came over and pulled him back to the dormitory to talk.