Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl

Children grow up and leave their parents, especially since Jinya isn't his biological parent.

Both went hunting today and ate a lot, so they didn't need to go out for a walk tonight.

It had been a long time since Xinxin had slept in a warm room. He yawned, closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep.

Hajimi hopped around a bit but then calmed down, lay down next to Xinxin, and after a while changed positions, laying on his back with his belly exposed; his left forelimb still hugging Xinxin's neck, not fearing that he might not be able to move his arm in the morning.

The next morning, after breakfast, Chen Ying took them and Black Gold on the road home.

Black Gold wasn't afraid of them at all; he sat in the passenger seat, curiously looking back between the two seats.

The journey was peaceful, and when they got back to the rescue station, the doors opened, and they jumped out one after the other, surprising the Red Lion who had come to greet Chen Ying and was about to scold his brother.

The Red Lion made a purring noise, showed his milk teeth, lowered his body, and got ready to attack.

Black Gold was the last one to jump down from the car. Seeing his sister's reaction, he helplessly walked over, rubbed his forehead against hers, and then lay down biting her ear.

The Red Lion, disrupted by his brother like that, didn't know what to do and started calling anxiously, and stretched his paw trying to subdue his brother.

Jinya lay on the storeroom roof sunbathing and got so excited seeing Xinxin and Hajimi return that he almost rolled off.

He leapt down from the roof and came to Xinxin, nuzzling his cheeks, neck, and ears affectionately, even licking them with his tongue, then wrapped his arms around Xinxin and rolled on the ground.

Little Jin, who disliked the cold, only appeared at the warmest time at noon; otherwise, he was always sleeping in the room.

But now, hearing familiar voices, he ran out to greet Xinxin.

In an instant, the space between the rescue station and the highway was filled with several fluffy animals; onlookers across saw them and rushed to the roadside, amazed.

After lunch, Chen Ying drove, taking Dao Meihua and a car full of cats and dogs to the mountain where Er Niu lived.

The Dog Wet Nurse, who usually insisted on working and rarely left the rescue station, was forcefully taken out this time by Chen Ying, along with her three puppies.

The two fox cubs didn't come out; they spent most of their time sleeping in burrows they had dug and didn't interact with other animals except for the dogs they fed with. They were especially afraid of the Red Lion and Jinya, darting away quickly at their sight.

Black Gold, Red Lion, and the three puppies frolicked in the meadow while the Dog Wet Nurse, after running for a bit, found a slope and lay down watching the kids play.

Little Jin also came out but didn't climb the mountain; he chose a sleeping spot not far from the Dog Wet Nurse; the slightly yellowed grass barely concealed most of his body.

Chen Ying and Dao Meihua took Jinya, Xinxin, and Hajimi up the mountain to see Er Niu.

But before they reached Er Niu's family's crevice, Dao Meihua grabbed Chen Ying's arm and pointed up the slope for him to see.

Chen Ying widened his eyes in astonishment, his heart almost stopping for a few seconds.

He hurried over and only when he got close did he realize the little one hadn't gotten into trouble but was simply asleep.

Above the stone where it was sleeping, Er Niu was also lying asleep, with her long tail hanging down and two little ones tucked underneath her.

This family of four really could make one's blood pressure rise!

Chen Ying sighed, holding his forehead, just about to wake Er Niu when he saw her quietly open one eye, sneakily observing his expression.

What had this guy done again?

Chen couldn't help but suspect the worst; mainly because Er Niu's composure had vanished with time after the snow leopard cubs turned a month old; the goofy Er Niu was back.

Yin Li had weakly complained in the group chat that not only human females did "three years of foolishness" with pregnancy; animal mothers also exhibited various hilarious and frustrating behaviors.

For example, Er Niu's current favorite activity was using Big Zai as her pillow.

Seeing Big Zai fall onto a pile of rocks still deeply asleep, one could tell how unreliable a mother he had, troubling her still growing child.

Poor Big Zai, bearing a "weight" in life he couldn't handle!