Tiger, I rejected the iron rice bowl.

"Hahaha, they really came up with something!" Wang Jianjun laughed out loud. "Making a tiger a 'forest ranger'—that's a novel idea!"

"It's a last resort."

Tang Li explained with a smile, "The reserve is too big. Relying solely on manual patrols will inevitably lead to some blind spots."

"But a secure job is different. He spends all his time wandering around in the mountains, and his range of activities is much wider than ours. If we ask him to help with the investigation, we'll definitely find the right person every time."

"This is also a good thing for him, at least it reduces the risk of falling into a trap."

Wang Jianjun shook his head and joked with a smile, "I doubt it. With that lazy, good-for-nothing attitude, it's questionable whether he'll actually cooperate!"

"Hmph, he's so easy to fool!" Tang Li raised her chin, her tone tinged with a hint of smugness. "A few pieces of fresh meat are all it takes to appease him. Just say a few nice words to him, and there won't be any problem."

Then, she complained helplessly, "Tigers are supposed to be majestic kings of the forest, but look at him, he's lazy, cunning, and loves to whine and act spoiled. He's not a tiger at all, just a clingy big cat!"

Wang Jianjun's lips twitched, both amused and exasperated: "Little Tang, this is how I treat you."

"If it were us, let alone feeding him meat, if we got even a little closer, his tail would bristle and he might pounce on us and scratch us."

"They're just showing you favoritism; they consider you one of their own, you know?"

Tang Li blushed slightly at what was said, smiled shyly, softened her voice, and her eyes became gentle: "Actually, these animals are all very simple."

"Their feelings were pure, without any complicated calculations, just instinctive sincerity and directness."

"In the animal world, if you're good to me, I'll be good to you. They don't say 'I love you' with words, but they'll show you 'I trust you, I need you' with their actions!"

"This is their unique way of showing 'love'!"

Wang Jianjun burst into laughter: "I dare not accept this 'love'! I'm afraid that if I get close, this 'love' will turn into a claw slapping me, and I can't take that!"

Tang Li's face darkened, and she rolled her eyes: "So that's why you can only be the security captain! Look at the principal, those old tigers are all obedient and submissive when they see him!"

"That's different!" Wang Jianjun immediately retorted, his tone tinged with resentment. "My dad raised a tiger king from a young age. With the tiger king in charge, the other tigers naturally wouldn't dare to act recklessly. That's called 'using the emperor to command the princes'! I don't have that kind of luck in raising a tiger king."

"Hahaha..." Tang Li suddenly remembered something and laughed so hard she couldn't stand up straight. "Uncle Wang, I heard from the headmaster that you were scared to tears by that tiger king when you were little. Is that true?"

"No! Absolutely not!" Wang Jianjun's face flushed instantly, his hands unconsciously tightening their grip on the steering wheel. His tone was a mix of embarrassment and stubbornness. "How could I possibly be scared to tears by a tiger? My dad made that up!"

"Hahaha!" Tang Li laughed so hard she lay down on the back seat.

On the other side, Fan Zhengcheng led a dozen villagers, trudging through the thick snow, making their way into the mountains.

The cold wind whipped up snowflakes that stung my face, and the mountain path was rugged and slippery, requiring extra caution with every step.

After a great deal of effort, the group finally found the large pit that Wang Yu had fallen into.

Wang Yuyu was curled up next to the ball at the bottom of the pit, resting with her eyes closed, when suddenly the sound of footsteps and voices from above her head exploded in her ears like thunder.

He suddenly opened his eyes, his amber pupils instantly filled with ferocity, his muscles tensed, and he let out a deafening roar towards the pit opening: "Roar!"

The tiger's roar was incredibly intimidating, echoing through the forest and making people's eardrums vibrate.

The villager leading the way was startled and stumbled, immediately stopping and shouting back to Fan Zhengcheng in the group, "Captain Fan! We found it! The tiger is in this pit!"

Fan Zhengcheng's heart tightened, and he hurriedly pushed through the crowd and ran over. Following the direction the villager was pointing, he saw a large, dark pit.

He immediately raised his hand to signal everyone: "Stop! Rest where you are, don't go near this pit!"

After giving his instructions, he turned to the villager and said, "Come with me to see what's going on."

The villager nodded nervously, "Okay!"

Suppressing their unease, the two bent over and moved very lightly towards the pit.

Wang Yuyu, at the bottom of the pit, heard it all clearly. The approaching footsteps felt like they were hitting a nerve, making him incredibly agitated. He kept letting out low moans and growls: "Awoooooo!"

"Don't you fucking come any closer! Take another step and I'll tear you all to shreds!"

"Get the hell out of here! Get out!"

He paced anxiously at the bottom of the pit, his eyes fixed on the opening, every muscle in his body tense. If anyone dared to show their face at the opening, he would pounce on them and swat them with his claws.

On the ground, Fan Zhengcheng and his companion had moved to the edge of the pit. They could clearly hear the furious growls coming from inside the pit, but they couldn't see what was happening at the bottom.

He turned to the villagers beside him: "You stay here, don't go over there. The 'iron rice bowl' is acting very irritably right now. I'm going to go check on the situation!"

The villagers nodded nervously: "Captain Fan, you'd better be careful!"

Fan Zhengcheng took a deep breath, carefully approached the edge of the pit, slowly bent down, and poked his head out to check if Wang Yuyu was injured.

"Aww!"

Just as his head poked out of the pit, a furious tiger roar suddenly erupted from the bottom of the pit!

Immediately afterwards, a tiger's head covered in black stripes suddenly leaped up, its blood-red mouth wide open, its sharp fangs gleaming coldly, rapidly enlarging before his eyes!

"Holy shit!" Fan Zhengcheng was so scared that his soul almost left his body. He instinctively pulled his head back and leaned back, falling heavily onto the snow with a "thud." His butt hit the frozen ground, and the pain made his vision go black.

"Captain Fan! Watch out!" The villager cried out in fright, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab Fan Zhengcheng's clothes and drag him back.

It turned out that Wang Yuyu was completely enraged the moment he saw the head that had been poking in.

He suddenly leaped up from the bottom of the pit, bracing himself against the pit walls with all four limbs, and pounced on the head that had poked its head in. At the same time, he raised his right front paw and slammed it down hard with a whoosh!

The tiger's claws snapped out, incredibly sharp, but unfortunately, they weren't far enough away. They landed heavily half a meter away from Fan Zhengcheng's head, slamming onto the frozen soil at the edge of the pit with a "thud."

Immediately afterwards, four deep scratch marks extended down the edge of the pit, leaving clear marks on the snow, even cracking the hard frozen soil.