Tiger, I rejected the iron rice bowl.

His footsteps were extremely light, his paws leaving only shallow marks on the snow without making a sound.

As he approached the hillside, he quietly climbed to the top, revealing only half of his tiger head, his amber eyes fixed on the scene below.

On the open ground below the slope, five young men sat around a campfire, holding skewers of meat in their hands, laughing and talking loudly as they ate the skewers, creating a lively atmosphere.

Five brightly colored tents were pitched beside them, and a telescope sat quietly nearby.

The firelight illuminated their faces, and their voices and laughter, mixed with the crackling of the flames, were exceptionally clear in the quiet night.

They were completely unaware that a pair of vigilant eyes were watching them from the hillside.

At this moment, the tall and thin Han Tianyi added a piece of firewood to the fire, glanced uneasily at the dark forest around him, and leaned closer to the burly Sheng Weihao beside him, his voice filled with obvious worry:

"Brother Hao, if we camp in this desolate wilderness, what if we really encounter a Siberian tiger?"

"I checked before I came, and it said this area is the territory of a wild Siberian tiger!"

"What will we do if we really crash into it?"

Before Sheng Weihao could even speak, Cheng Zhiyong, wearing black-rimmed glasses, hurriedly put down his meat skewers, adjusted his glasses, and chimed in with an air of "I know what I'm doing":

"I know, I know! This is the territory of the super popular internet celebrity tiger 'Iron Rice Bowl'!"

"I've been following 'Tiger Commander' Xiao Lizhi's Su Yin account for a while now, and I see her posts about her stable job every day!"

Cheng Zhiyong became more and more excited as he spoke, patting his chest and guaranteeing, "If I really come across a job with a secure future, I'll just open and play Xiao Lizhi's videos, and that job will definitely be attracted!"

"Let's take advantage of him watching the video and run away quickly. We can definitely get away!"

"Hahaha! Cheng Glasses, you're kidding me!"

Sitting next to Cheng Zhiyong, Yu Xuewen laughed so hard he slapped his thigh, teasing, "I think when the 'iron rice bowl' really catches up, you won't even have time to post videos; you'll just be kneeling on the ground begging for mercy!"

Beside Yu Xuewen, Lu Bochao, a retired soldier who had been looking serious and fiddling with a gleaming dagger in his hand, frowned upon hearing this. He looked at Yu Xuewen earnestly and asked in confusion, "Why did you kneel down and call him 'Dad'? Shouldn't you fight back or run away when you're in danger?"

Seeing Lu Bochao's serious expression as he explored the "logic of begging for mercy," the other four were amused, and the laughter around the campfire grew even louder.

Yu Xuewen laughed and put his arm around Lu Bochao's neck, pulling him closer to him. He teased, "You wouldn't understand, would you?"

"There's an old saying, 'Even a tiger won't eat its cubs!'"

"If you call him 'Dad,' then you become his son, right? He can't possibly eat his own son!"

"Hahaha……"

Lu Bochao's face darkened instantly. He slapped away Yu Xuewen's hand from his neck and said in a serious tone, "What time is it? Why are you making jokes like this? The mountains and forests are dangerous. We need to stay vigilant and not let our guard down."

Cheng Zhiyong suppressed a laugh and teased Lu Bochao, "Brother Chao, you've been in the army for the past two years, you've really become completely out of touch with society!"

"These are just internet memes, just a joke to lighten the mood!"

"Alright, alright, stop laughing, let's get serious."

Sheng Weihao's smile faded, and he looked around at everyone before saying in a calm tone, "If we're really that unlucky and end up with a secure job, we can only hope for the best."

"Let's pray he's just eaten and isn't hungry yet; maybe he'll let us go, and our chances of survival will be better."

"No, no, no! Brother Hao, that's not the right way of thinking!"

Cheng Zhiyong quickly shook his head and retorted, "If we really run into them, we need to stand up straight, look serious and angry, spread our arms wide in a threatening posture, and shout, 'Come and eat me if you dare!'"

He became increasingly agitated as he spoke, standing up and gesturing his famous pose: "That way, even if I really die, I'll die with dignity!"

"If I'm lucky enough to survive, I'll have something to brag about for the rest of my life!"

"We're men who faced the 'Mountain King' head-on and survived, aren't we amazing!"

Sheng Weihao rolled his eyes and laughed, saying, "You're really something!"

"Following your logic, should we throw some catnip out too?"

"Maybe it'll give them a couple of 'iron rice bowl' days to lower their guard!"

"Hey, Hao-ge, this idea won't work!"

Yu Xuewen immediately chimed in, with a "you don't understand" look on his face, "Catnip attracts cats. Tigers are big cats, but what if the catnip we brought doesn't work?"

"Besides, even if it worked, we'd be covered in that smell, like 'self-spiced sashimi'!"

"They've smelled the scent of a secure job; they might get even more excited and pursue it even more relentlessly!"

Upon hearing this, another burst of laughter erupted around the campfire. Even Lu Bochao, who had been serious all along, couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly, and his eyes softened a little.

Han Tianyi was also caught up in the cheerful atmosphere and added with a smile, "According to you guys, when I find a secure job, should I quickly pull out an ear pick and clean my ears?"

"My mom always told me that no one could touch me when I was cleaning my ears."

"Maybe even those with secure jobs wouldn't dare touch me if they saw me picking my ears!"

"Hahaha! Tianyi, you've got it even better!"

"What kind of strange tiger-avoidance remedy is this?!"

"Hahaha……"

Everyone laughed so hard they almost fell over, forgetting to flip the meat skewers in their hands, and almost burned them.

Just then, Lu Bochao suddenly spoke up quietly, his tone unusually serious: "Actually... we can match our expertise with our jobs. When we come across a secure job, we can shout, 'Please, let the tiger-slaying hero Wu Song possess me,' and maybe that will intimidate it."

The laughter around the campfire stopped instantly after those words were spoken.

The other four were stunned, their eyes wide with shock as they stared at Lu Bochao, as if they couldn't believe these words came from his usually serious mouth.

Who would have thought that a retired soldier who just said to stay vigilant would actually say something like "I wish Wu Song would possess me"!

Yu Xuewen reacted the fastest, abruptly taking half a step back to distance himself from Lu Bochao. He even exaggeratedly stretched out his hand, making a gesture resembling an "exorcism" for Lu Bochao, and deliberately shouted in a high-pitched voice:

"What kind of demon dares to possess my brother Chao's body? Show your true form at once!"

"I'll spare your dog's life out of consideration for your arduous cultivation!"

"Otherwise, don't blame me for using the Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon to subdue you!"

"Hahaha! Xuewen, you've got the wrong channel!"

Cheng Zhiyong laughed so hard he couldn't stand up straight, pointing at Yu Xuewen and saying, "The Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon is Fahai's move. He's a monk, not a Taoist! You've got your identity all mixed up, and you still want to exorcise evil spirits!"