Tiger, I rejected the iron rice bowl.

Upon hearing this, Wang Yuyu immediately beamed with joy and stuck out his tongue to lick Tang Li's face, full of flattery.

"Hey! Don't lick it!"

Tang Li quickly reached out and pressed down on his tiger head, wiping the wet drool from her face as she said with disgust, "You licked my face all over, it's sticky and uncomfortable!"

Wang Yu knew that Tang Li was in a bad mood, so he obediently withdrew his tongue, nestled in her arms and didn't move. He even stretched out his fluffy tail and gently swayed it in front of Tang Li's eyes, occasionally rubbing the tip of his tail against her cheek, trying to cheer her up.

Wang Jianjun walked forward with a smile, closed the iron cage door completely, and locked it.

Then he climbed onto the cargo compartment and, together with Wang Weiguo, covered the cage with a waterproof tarpaulin.

The tarpaulin was only halfway up when Wang Yuyu suddenly reached out her claws and grabbed it tightly, preventing them from covering it any further.

Tang Li immediately understood his meaning and shouted to Wang Jianjun, "Uncle Wang, don't cover it up! He likes to enjoy the view, leave a crack for him to see outside!"

Wang Jianjun frowned and said worriedly, "This won't be very effective at blocking the wind! Once the car starts moving, the wind will make it very cold!"

Tang Li patted Wang Yuyu's tiger head and said with a smile, "With this 'big heater' here, do you think I'll still be cold?"

"Hahaha...that's true!"

Wang Jianjun laughed, "Okay! I'll drive slower later. If you feel cold, just tell me, and I'll stop again to make sure you're all covered up properly!"

"Yes!" Tang Li nodded.

Wang Jianjun secured the waterproof tarpaulin and carefully inspected the iron cage again to make sure it was firmly fixed in the truck bed and wouldn't loosen due to bumps. Only then did he feel relieved enough to get out of the cargo box and climb into the driver's seat.

Tang Li pushed Wang Yuyu, who was pressing down on her legs, and said helplessly, "You're a secure job, stop pressing on me, my legs are going numb, move away a bit."

"The cages are all locked, I can't escape!"

Wang Yu immediately obediently moved aside, squeezed to the edge of the cage, stretched her neck, and curiously looked at the gradually blurring city outline in the distance, her tail still swaying gently.

Tang Li rubbed her numb legs, then rearranged the dry hay at the bottom of the cage, making herself a comfortable little nest.

Looking at Wang Yuyu, who was engrossed in admiring the scenery beside her, she couldn't help but complain, "I'm really impressed with you! I'm probably the first human in the world to be locked in a cage, and with a wild Siberian tiger no less! Nobody would believe it if I told them!"

"Roar!" Wang Yuyu turned his head and grinned at Tang Li.

"What are you laughing at!" Tang Li reached out and gently tugged at his tiger-like face, but there was not much anger in her tone. Instead, there was a hint of helpless doting.

At that moment, Wang Jianjun, in the driver's seat, leaned out and shouted towards the cargo box, "Xiao Tang, sit tight! We're about to set off!"

After saying that, he started the car, and the pickup truck slowly drove down the mountain.

When they reached a fork in the road, two police cars that were waiting there immediately started up and followed, forming an escort formation.

One vehicle led the way with its police lights flashing slowly, while another followed behind the pickup truck to keep watch and ensure safety throughout the journey.

When the police officers in the police car behind saw the scene inside the metal cage in the pickup truck bed through their car windows, they were all stunned.

Not only was there the famous Siberian tiger in the cage, but there was also a young woman!

The police officer in the passenger seat immediately picked up his walkie-talkie and asked urgently, "Mr. Wang, stop the car immediately! Miss Tang is still in the cage! This is too dangerous!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianjun, in the driver's seat, immediately smiled and explained into the walkie-talkie, "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, it's alright! Xiao Tang is just keeping it inside to keep an eye on things, to prevent it from wandering off on the road. It's fine, perfectly safe!"

"Oh, oh, oh!" came a response of sudden realization from the walkie-talkie.

All the police officers who heard this felt a surge of genuine admiration: "Truly a professional Siberian tiger keeper, so dedicated! He actually dared to live in the same cage as a wild Siberian tiger!"

Tang Li, inside the iron cage, heard the conversation on the walkie-talkie clearly, and her cheeks instantly turned as red as a ripe apple.

She was so ashamed that she wanted to disappear. She quickly hid her petite body behind Wang Yuyu's broad back, burying her head deep in his thick tiger fur.

If this gets out, she'll become famous!

Wang Yuyu, however, didn't care at all. Instead, he grinned and showed a smug smile, constantly looking around and curiously observing the scenery along the way, as if he was enjoying this special "parade".

Fortunately, the police in Linan City had taken control of the road leading to the protected area in advance, prohibiting unrelated vehicles and personnel from approaching. Otherwise, Tang Li would have been completely "dead" today, with no way to escape.

After the car had traveled a while, Tang Li's shyness gradually faded.

She peeked out from behind Wang Yuyu and simply lay down on his furry tiger head, peering out at the scenery with him.

She reached out and gently tugged at Wang Yuyu's tiger ear, asking in confusion, "Iron Rice Bowl, what are you looking at? Why are you laughing so happily?"

Wang Yuyu's gaze was fixed on the skyscrapers in the city not far away, and a low growl came from his throat, as if he were telling a story: "I'm reminiscing about the past."

"When I was alive, I always complained that life was too tiring, and said I never wanted to be human again in my next life, because being human was too bitter and difficult!"

"But after I actually became a tiger and no longer had to be human, I realized... this life is just too awesome!"

"Eat and sleep all day long, sleep and eat, without having to worry about anything—isn't this the life I've always dreamed of?"

He paused, a small glimmer of hope rising in his heart: "If you could take me into the zoo and give me a government job, my life would be completely perfect!"

Tang Li couldn't understand the true meaning behind Wang Yuyu's roar, assuming it was just curiosity about the distant city, and continued to instruct him, "Do you want to go and see the distant city?"

"Let me tell you, that's not a good place!"

"Do you know? In that city, there lives a group of people who are like cattle and horses."

"They work themselves to the bone all day long, giving it their all, just to earn a few coins to make ends meet."

"The worst thing is that when they get old and lose their value as workers, they will be abandoned by the city and return to their hometowns with a lot of illnesses."

"Do you understand what home is? It's like here, with fresh air and nature where you can run freely—that's a person's home!"

As Tang Li spoke, she gestured with her hand, her tone extremely serious.

"You absolutely mustn't go to a place like that! The people there are filled with resentment; their negative emotions are enough to support several evil sword immortals!"

"You probably don't understand what an Evil Sword Immortal is, that's okay. Just remember, that's not a good place, and you absolutely must not go there!"

"Moreover, the people there are full of technology and ruthless skills, a whole bunch of random things."

"If you accidentally bite them, you'll definitely get a stomachache! You don't want to get some weird disease, do you?"