I raise furry animals and fly them to my motherland.

Chapter 65: Meerkat Encounters a Scam
A small spark of hope suddenly ignited in Qiao Yuxi's heart.

[After opening the can, it had gone rancid over the days, so I threw it away. I still have the keys, but the meerkats stole the gloves, and I'm too lazy to ask them for them back; they're really mean to birds.]
Mo Bailing gave the key to Xu Ying and took her to find the discarded can.

Xu Ying opened the sealed bag he brought specially and put the two items into the sealed bag while wearing gloves.

Mo Bailing was very curious about Xu Ying's move. "Can this small bunch of keys and a can of food that's been sitting there for ages send that nasty man to jail?"
Xu Ying briefly explained the DNA test to Mo Bailing: "Anything this man has touched or used will leave DNA. DNA can prove that he has been to the desert, and it can prove that he is lying."

But she is not sure whether DNA can be detected on these two items, and she needs more evidence.

Mo Bailing suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. No wonder he threw everything, including the tent and the used mineral water bottles, into the fire. He was afraid of being caught with evidence!"
Xu Ying asked hurriedly, "Where did he burn it? Do you remember?"

Mo Bailing actively led the two to find the location where Shi Wenxuan destroyed the evidence.

The traces of the fire have been buried by sand, but the traces of burning can still be seen when dug up.

[Sister, this looks like the remains of a cell phone!]
The little sand cat dug out the remains of a cell phone that had been burnt beyond recognition.

"Of course it is. With it burned like this, there's no telling what useful items are left. Let's put them in the evidence bag first."

Xu Ying planted a small flag here to mark the spot where Shi Wenxuan burned the evidence.

She said to Mo Bailing, "Can you take us to find those meerkats?"

[sure!]
Mo Bailing shrank his neck: [But I'm a little afraid of them. I'll hide after I take you to their nest.]
"it is good!"

After following Mo Bailing for about 2 kilometers, Xu Ying and Qiao Yuxi heard a noisy sound coming from the front before they reached the meerkat's nest.

Three or four meerkats are fighting with a bird!

The bird was a gray drongo, which relied on its ability to fly and its sharp beak to gouge several bloody holes in the meerkat's body.

The meerkat was furious and used its long, curved claws to tear off its feathers. The scene was extremely intense.

Xu Ying thought that meerkats and drongos were not natural enemies, so how could it come to this point where both sides were at risk?

Moreover, the meerkats were at a disadvantage, and one of them had lost too much blood and collapsed on the ground.

"Children, stop fighting! If you have anything to discuss, talk it over."

The appearance of Xu Ying stopped the fighting between the two sides. The gray curly-tailed croaker flew into the air at once and was very afraid of humans.

The meerkat also jumped far away, stood up straight and looked at her vigilantly.

Meerkats are thin and slender, like an elongated mouse, with a pointed little nose and big round eyes, which makes them look smart.

They have two round black ears and two dark circles under their eyes, just like pandas, but they don't have the national treasure status of pandas.

Xu Ying kept a safe distance from them. She showed her work ID and said softly to the meerkats, "I'm an official animal rescuer and a senior veterinarian."

"Your companion has lost too much blood and is dying. How about I take a look at it?"

The little sand cat crouched beside Xu Ying, sending friendly signals to the meerkat. The meerkat noticed the five-star red flag on Xu Ying's work ID card—a flag they occasionally see at base stations in the desert—and glanced back at the little sand cat.

After a while of whispering, the three meerkats dispersed to make way for Xu Ying, revealing their unconscious companion behind them.

Xu Ying quickly tiptoed over to stop the bleeding and disinfect the wound of the fainted meerkat. Qiao Yuxi stood by as an assistant, handing things to Xu Ying. Although anxious, he didn't dare to say a word for fear of disturbing the communication between the young stationmaster and the animals.

When the meerkats saw Xu Ying treating their companion seriously, they relaxed their guard a little.

[So there are animal rescuers in the desert?]
[Can we ask her for help?]
[Besides curing illnesses, what else can she do for us?]
[She is a human being. It would be easy for her to shoot that annoying gray drongo to death with a hunting rifle!]
Xu Ying quickly shook his head upon hearing this: "No, this is not possible. The desert management area is a hunting-prohibited area. Shooting birds at random is illegal and you will be arrested and punished."

Shooting birds is now illegal and considered a crime against wildlife. Serious offenses can result in up to three years in prison and a fine. Even hunting the common sparrow is illegal.

[But we've seen several people randomly shooting birds with hunting rifles in the desert, and not just birds.]
[Wait, you, you can understand us?]
The three meerkats turned their heads in unison to look at Xu Ying. It was a strange and magical scene.

"Yes, I am the only rescuer in this desert who can understand the speech of small animals."

Xu Ying showed a friendly smile on her face. She was suspicious about the people who casually fired hunting rifles as mentioned by the meerkat. Were these people ignorant of the law who were shooting birds for fun, or were they poachers?
Could it be that the mother of the little fennec foxes was captured by these people?

Xu Ying was full of doubts, but the most important thing at this moment was to establish a good relationship with the meerkats and gain their trust.

"What kind of conflict did you have with the Gray Curly Tail?"

"If you tell me, maybe I can help you guys communicate. After all, you two aren't mortal enemies."

After Xu Ying stopped the bleeding of the unconscious meerkat, he waved to the other three meerkats, "Come here, don't be afraid, I'll help you treat your wounds. Your companion needs to rest for a while before he wakes up."

The leading meerkat came closer tentatively, and Xu Ying used iodine and cotton swabs to disinfect its wound very gently.

The meerkat gradually relaxed and felt like talking.

[That gray drongo deceived us!]
The meerkats make a cooing sound, a bit like a duck, and they make the whole story clear with a series of "cooing".

Xu Ying was very surprised after hearing this. She didn't expect that small animals would also fall victim to Fetion scams.

It turns out that this gray drongo and the meerkat used to have a cooperative relationship. The gray drongo has very good eyesight and can see the situation within a radius of 2 kilometers from the tree. It is more powerful than the sentries on duty in the meerkat family.

When the meerkat sees its natural enemy, a bird of prey such as an eagle, it will sound an alarm, and the meerkat, which is digging in the sand for food, will run and hide in its underground nest.

Meerkats cannot store fat, so they need to dig for food in the sand every day, spending most of their time digging in the sand.

With the gray drongo as an aerial sentinel, the meerkat family has avoided attacks from natural enemies several times.

However, during this time, when the meerkats were working hard to dig out juicy scorpions or insects from the ground, the gray-tailed drongo would sound the alarm, and the meerkats would have to abandon their food and run away.

When the alarm was lifted, I went back to the ground and found that the food I had worked so hard to get out of was gone.

At first they thought the scorpion had escaped, but after this happened five times and the food disappeared, they discovered that the gray drongo had actually made a false alarm!

(The cunning gray drongo)
(End of this chapter)