Live Cat Appraisal: Starting with a Beast That's Got a Long Prison Record

After Chapter 234, remember to run when you see someone!

The days slipped by quietly in warmth and sweetness.

With Lily by his side, Yingzai's changes were obvious.

It was no longer the big guy who often showed unease and timidity. The gloom in its eyes had been dispelled, replaced by the vigorous confidence and vitality that an adult male lynx should have!
It was as if the wild blood dormant within him was being awakened little by little.

What surprised Chen Nian even more was...

Driven by the power of 'love', Yingzai actually went out hunting on his own initiative!

Although only one pika was caught.

It's not even the size of Lily's paw.

But Yingzai was also very excited. He carried the little trophy in his mouth and ran back to Lily's side, jumping and hopping around Lily who was lying lazily.

Chen Nian was amused by his silly appearance.

"It seems that Yingzai has been secretly learning from Aotian during his classes! He can even catch a mouse and a rabbit now."

"Yes, yes!" Xia Qiyue laughed as well.

"If Yingzai had this skill before, he wouldn't have gone hungry nine meals in three days!"

"Hahaha!"

"The power of love is truly amazing!"

Lily did not disappoint Yingzai's good intentions.

It didn't look down on Yingzai just because it caught a tiny pika that wasn't even enough to fill a tooth gap. Instead, it ate the whole thing seriously, which gave Yingzai the greatest encouragement and confidence.

As the leader, Lily naturally wouldn't just sit back and reap the benefits.

If it eats a pika, it will eat a goat in return.

This is called "giving a rabbit as a reward for a sheep"!

As a result, Chen Nian quickly stopped Lily after discovering that it had set its sights on a flock of sheep in the neighboring ranch.

"You can't arrest them! They're someone else's pets!"

Lily also saw the protective fence.

Its experience tells it what this is.

'Don't eat the sheep surrounded by this thing, or you'll get caught!'

So Lily had to leave the courtyard for half a day and go to a farther place to catch it.

This really worried Yingzai!
After Lily left, it became restless, pacing back and forth at the gate of the small yard, sniffing the fading scent of Lily in the air, and making anxious low growls in its throat.

It looked again and again in the direction where Lily had disappeared.

He leaned forward, looking like he wanted to catch up immediately but was holding back, hesitant and indecisive.

Even the Xiaomi cat food is no longer effective.

Yingzai just sniffed listlessly and then went back to the door.

Like a door god, he lay there motionless, not eating or drinking for the entire morning.

Chen Nian felt both sorry for it and amused by its dejected appearance, but she couldn't do anything about this lovestruck creature and could only let it be.

Fortunately, Lily eventually came back.

And they brought back a large wild rabbit.

Um.
It is about five or six times larger than a pika.

When Yingzai saw Lili return, he had no concept of 'living off a woman'. He happily jumped around Lili for a while before eating the rabbit clean.

This heartwarming scene shows them feeding each other and caring for one another.

Xia Qiyue captured it all on camera.

It has become an extremely valuable source of video footage for studying the social behavior of lynxes.

however.

Just as the moon waxes and wanes, so too will the moment of parting eventually arrive.

Chen Nian thought this kind of life could continue for a few more days, but on the morning of the fourth day, Lily began to become somewhat anxious.

It frequently stood up, walked to the edge of the yard, pricked up its ears, and gazed at the distant, layered mountains and forests, as if listening to a call from afar that only it could hear.

Then she would rub her head against Yingzai and make low noises.

It seems to be a farewell.

Yingzai seemed to sense it too, and became sullen, sticking close to Lily.

Is it time yet?

Chen Nian used Best's Ear to 'eavesdrop' for a moment and understood everything.

Lynxes ultimately belong to the vast mountains and fields.

Lily's wildness calls her back to her own territory.

While Yingzai received meticulous care and a sense of security here, the instinctive longing for its kind and the wilderness awakened by Lily deep within it was perhaps just as intense, yearning to run freely in that world with its beloved mate.

At lunchtime, Yingzai ate very little.

Its gaze remained fixed on Lily.

Lily was even more decisive. She glanced at Chen Nian, then at the distant mountains, and ultimately didn't touch a single bite.

He stood up slowly but with unusual determination.

He strode forward and walked straight towards the courtyard gate.

Woohoo——!
Yingzai called out anxiously twice, trying to call Lily back.

But Lily didn't stop walking or look back.

Yingzai suddenly became uneasy. It circled around in place, turning its head to look at Chen Nian sitting in the rocking chair, its eyes filled with attachment and reluctance, while also looking eagerly at Lili's resolute back, filled with a desire to follow her.

It was caught in an unprecedented contradiction and struggle! "Chen Nian." Xia Qiyue gently tugged at Chen Nian's sleeve, her voice filled with reluctance.

Chen Nian nodded: "I understand."

He got up from the recliner, walked to Yingzai's side, squatted down, gently hugged its big head, and stroked the downy hair behind its ears.

"Yingzai~" Chen Nian's voice was very gentle.

With a hint of reluctance, but mostly encouragement: "You want to go with Lily, right?"

Yingzai raised his head.

The image of its savior was reflected in its round, clear eyes. It looked at this different human being with a mixture of attachment and conflict.

"Go ahead!" Chen Nian smiled gently at it.

Then, she pushed Yingzai towards Lili.

“You don’t belong here. You should go and pursue your own life and love. Go with Lily to the mountains. That’s your real world.”

He then looked at Lily, who had already reached the gate of the courtyard, and loudly instructed her:

"Lily! I'm leaving Yingzi in your care!"

Lily seemed to understand, and the tip of its ear twitched.

Then he squatted down by the door.

Clearly, they were waiting for Yingzai to catch up.

Yingzai understood Chen Nian's meaning. It almost bumped into Chen Nian, let out a whimper-like farewell, and then resolutely turned around and ran lightly after Lily's figure.

Seeing that Yingzai was following, Lily started walking again.

It stopped and headed towards the wilderness.

The pace is getting faster and faster.

Chen Nian only looked away when the two lynxes disappeared into the bushes and a unique lynx howl came from deep within the bushes.

He glanced at the location information on his phone.

Then he took a deep breath and looked at Xia Qiyue.

"I'll go see them off."

Chen Nian originally planned to drive them there directly, but then she thought that Yingzai and Lili could take the opportunity to get to know each other on the way, so she gave up on that idea.

Instead, they switched to providing covert escort.

Anyway, since Lily was able to run back on her own, he wasn't worried that they wouldn't be able to get back.

Xia Qiyue could sense Chen Nian's reluctance and nodded.

Be careful and come back soon.

"it is good."

Chen Nian checked the location and, after confirming that the two lynxes had gone far enough, got into the SUV and carefully followed them along the mountain road.

On the way, he also told Xu Dafei about it.

Xu Dafei agreed to Chen Nian's plan.

"They'll be released sooner or later anyway, so as long as we make sure their destination is okay, that's fine."

"I'll pay attention."

After saying that, Chen Nian began to focus on tracking.

He dared not get too close, but only followed them from a distance using binoculars and positioning signals, so as not to disturb them.

Through the gaps in the trees and the open meadows.

Chen Nian could see the agile figures of the two lynxes walking side by side.

Lily was clearly very familiar with the road. She led the way with steady steps, stopping from time to time to look back and wait for Yingzai, who was a little unfamiliar with the road and needed to figure out the direction.

Yingzai tried his best to follow.

Learning from their partner the skills of finding paths and stealth in complex mountainous terrain.

Sometimes they move cautiously in a line, one after the other, and sometimes they run side by side at full speed.

It took Chen Nian a full half day to walk a distance of several dozen kilometers!
Lily's destination was the territory where she had been released earlier.

Looking at the familiar surroundings, Chen Nian smiled and shook her head.

"I never thought I'd have to come back."

Chen Nian slowly parked the car on a high slope with a great view and turned off the engine.

In the distance, Yingzai and Lili, who had already arrived at their territory, seemed to have noticed the large vehicle that had been following them from a distance.

They stopped and stood on a protruding rock, turning around in unison.

They gazed in the direction Chen Nian was from afar.

Even from a great distance, Chen Nian seemed to be able to sense the calm in their eyes.

They showed no panic, nor did they seem to want to approach; they simply gazed at each other quietly, as if bidding a final, silent farewell.

Chen Nian nodded with some satisfaction and murmured softly, "That's right."

"From now on, remember to run when you see people, don't be silly and get caught by them again."

He watched the two tiny dots standing on the rocks, like silhouettes embedded in the vast天地 (heaven and earth), and watched them finally turn around, leap gracefully off the rocks, and completely merge into the vast wilderness that belonged to them, disappearing from sight.

Chen Nian just stared in that direction for a long, long time.

The autumn wind carried his final blessings slowly into the distance.

"You must take good care of yourself!"

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(End of this chapter)