Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 43 Why don’t you hunt, is it because you don’t have a wife?

At the stone cave entrance, there was a strong scent of giant panda, and Mr. Lepus seemed a bit anxious as he paced back and forth.

Seeing Chen Ying step back, he couldn't care less about the irritability that was inherent in his nature and squeezed in past Chen Ying.

The stone cave, which seemed rather spacious for the little lynx, suddenly felt as cramped as a shabby little room once Mr. Lepus got inside.

Judging on its own, the little lynx wasn't actually that small, but next to the strong and sturdy Mr. Lepus, it suddenly felt like a father leading his daughter.

Jinya, driven by curiosity, followed and also wanted to squeeze in to take a look, but she was dragged away by the butt by Chen Ying.

Such a tiny stone cave, with Mr. Lepus inside there was no room to turn around; if Jinya was added, there would be no need to rescue the little lynx—it would be buried instead.

It wasn't long before Mr. Lepus came out again, carrying the little lynx in his mouth.

Chen Ying had already taken out the emergency first aid kit awarded by the system and prepared the emergency medication.

Seeing Mr. Lepus emerge, he put on gloves and took the little lynx to start an inspection.

Pupils, teeth, fur, anus—he checked everything, and the little lynx didn't seem to be sick.

When he felt its belly, it was so empty and sunken that it appeared to be just two layers of skin sticking together, with ribs clearly visible.

Obviously, this little lynx's survival skills were lacking; it was likely starving like this.

Unable to perform further checks in the wild, but based on Chen Ying's judgment, the child was not ill, just starved and passed out.

He mixed the milk powder, stuffed it directly into the little lynx's mouth, and took another clean stainless-steel bowl to mix a bit more milk powder, soaking snack pieces to make a mush to feed the little lynx.

The poor child was so hungry that it couldn't eat a lot at once, nor food that was hard to digest.

Mr. Lepus was smart; seeing Chen Ying busying himself with mixing milk, he understood the situation. He turned around and left, and in less than half an hour, he came back with a super fat wild rabbit.

Jinya joyfully went to greet him, but her brother ruthlessly scraped her face with his paw.

Whine! Brother, am I not your favorite little sister anymore?

A stunned Jinya's pupils widened in shock, her face unbelieving as she watched Brother circle around her toward the little lynx.

When Mr. Lepus arrived, Chen Ying had just finished feeding the little lynx its milk powder and was spoon-feeding it with mush.

Seeing the fat rabbit, he hurriedly called on Yin Li to help, cutting off the tenderest big piece of meat and organs, then chopping them into small pieces for the little lynx to try eating on its own.

After drinking a bottle of milk, the little one finally had some strength. Smelling the meat and organs, it struggled to stand firmly but still tore at the prepared meat with a ferocious attitude.

While chewing, it also whined defensively over its food.

Chen Ying supported it; when he saw it had nearly finished eating, he quickly took away the meat.

The little lynx's eyes turned red, and with a howl, it bit down on Chen Ying's finger.

Fortunately, the gloves offered protection, but he still felt a pang of pain; the little one had bitten hard.

Seeing this, Mr. Lepus came over and licked the little lynx a few times, helping it clean its face.

On the other side, Jinya, sullenly eating the rabbit, took a bite and glanced over, her eyes red too.

It was unclear if it was out of anger or sadness.

Chen Ying didn't disturb Mr. Lepus as he cuddled the little lynx and groomed it, sitting down next to Jinya.

Jinya silently turned away, not looking at Chen Ying, chewing with more force.

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"Jinya, when you find yourself a boyfriend to make your brother jealous."

"Rarr, no want!"

Those tomcats were all scum who put on their pants and walked away; she didn't want any of that.

"Look at Brother Ying, all interested in the opposite sex but not caring about his sister, what a jerk!"

The time was about right, and Little Lynx had finally relaxed. She hid cautiously by Mr. Lepus's side, observing Chen Ying and the others.

When she saw Mama Panda, Little Lynx let out a whimper and clung to Mr. Lepus, trembling.

Jinya, upon seeing this, snorted and approached Mama Panda with an air of not recognizing any relatives, even deliberately rubbing against her.

Mama Panda stopped chewing her bamboo and looked down at Jinya, her face full of confusion as if to say, "What are you doing, got a problem?"

Their two objectives for entering the mountain this time were successfully completed. Now they had to decide whether to return the same way or take a detour to the neighboring conservation area's Forest Station, then take a ride back to the Rescue Station from the other side.

The drone had surveyed the terrain within five kilometers, and after considering the advice of Mr. Lepus and Mama Panda, they decided to take a slight detour. They would head south from Mr. Lepus's territory into another mountain valley and eventually get back to Cangxi Village before crossing through Bamboo Forest Gully to return to the Jiamu Rescue Station.

This detour meant an extra two days of hiking, but it would take them past a Bird watching station where they could get some supplies.

Most importantly, the mountain road was steep and narrow. Unless there was an urgent project, they rarely visited, probably only about once or twice a year, and even routine forest patrols were mostly conducted using drones and lookout towers.

About five hundred meters from the Bird watching station, Mama Panda and Mr. Lepus stopped to forage for food.

Jinya was sulking all the way, sticking to Chen Ying closely until they reached the Bird watching station, where Chen Ying finally managed to coax her away.

Mr. Lepus didn't know what to do with Jinya, his sister, but he couldn't leave Little Lynx, who was still underage. For the first time in his life, his heart was in turmoil.

The Bird watching station wasn't very big, just a wood house of about thirty square meters set up on a cliff face.

The elevation here was over 3000 meters, an observation spot for rare bird species.

Currently, only one doctoral candidate from the Agricultural University was stationed here. His research focused on Highland pheasants. Last year, he even planned to go to Snow Mountain in the neighboring province to observe the White-tailed Rainbow Pheasant but couldn't make it due to health reasons.

His current observation target was the Green-tailed rainbow pheasant, and his project was nearing its end.

After giving his excess food supplies to Chen Ying's team and exchanging contact information, Dr. Gao planned to return and complete the first draft of his paper before deciding whether to continue the pursuit.

Out of respect for this researcher content with solitude, Yin Li offered up his cherished beef jerky from the bottom of his backpack.

The group ate beef jerky with instant noodles in the Bird watching station room, downed a glass of mountain spring water, and then parted ways in the afternoon.

The descent began from the Bird watching station.

The mountain was high and steep. In several places, they practically slid down on their behinds, scraping their skin raw.

They stumbled down to a slope at an elevation of about a thousand meters, too exhausted to continue.

Mr. Lepus was very pleased with this place and took his underage sister off to hunt.

Jinya sat squatted and looking dejected for a while before heading off in another direction.

"Brother Ying, do you think Jinya is jealous?"

It took three days for Yin Li to catch on, staying true to his label as a straightforward guy.

They had just sat down and hadn't even started preparing for the night when Mama Panda approached, plopped down, and started rummaging through Chen Ying's backpack.

"Enough, enough, will you keep it together? The bowl of milk is for Little Lynx to build up her strength. You're already this big, what are you drinking it for?"

It wasn't that he was reluctant to share; it was just that Mama Panda was too fond of the milk. Seeing Little Lynx getting her daily bottle, she wanted some too. If she didn't get it, she would howl and deliberately scare Little Lynx.

Mama Bear!

Mr. Lepus had no interest in bottled milk or bowl milk. He spent his days diligently hunting, giving two-thirds to Little Lynx and one-third to Jinya.

Only the leftovers from Little Lynx were his to eat, the perfect image of a loyal hound.

And here he was, returning with his prey in less than ten minutes after sitting down.

What are you looking at? Are you not hunting because you don't have a wife?