Tiger, I rejected the iron rice bowl.

Seeing his reckless behavior, Wang Weiguo frowned in anger, raised his leg and kicked him in the shin, his tone full of disappointment and scolding: "You good-for-nothing, are you in such a hurry to be reborn?"

"With so few people and such a small force, you dare to rashly go and arrest poachers?"

"Those people are professional, stealthy, and might even be armed. Are you trying to get yourself killed?"

Tang Li stood aside, watching Wang Jianjun's embarrassed look, and couldn't help but laugh. She quickly stepped forward to smooth things over: "Uncle Wang, you're too late. Those poachers have probably already run away. We're not in a hurry now."

Wang Jianjun was kicked back a step, rubbing his calf. The excitement on his face vanished instantly, and he looked at Tang Li with a puzzled expression. "Huh? They ran away? Then why did you call us here? Just to have wasted our time?"

Tang Li bent down and gently touched Wang Yuyu, who was still sulking beside her, and explained with a smile, "It wasn't all for nothing. Tie Fanwan just sensed something was wrong and indicated that there was something going on in the woods."

"We were afraid of encountering danger if we went alone, so we called you over."

"Many hands make light work. Let's all go and check it out together. Maybe we can find some clues."

"Oh, I see!" Wang Jianjun immediately smiled again, his tone becoming excited as he rubbed his hands together. "Then let's hurry up and go, don't waste time, maybe we can still find traces left by the poachers!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Yuyu immediately stood up, staring intently at everyone present, his tail swaying slightly, looking as if he was ready to set off at any moment.

Strangely, everyone stopped what they were doing, turned to stare at him, and unconsciously shone their flashlights at him, showing no intention of moving.

Wang Yuyu was instantly dumbfounded, her amber eyes filled with confusion. She muttered to herself, "Weren't we supposed to be doing an investigation? Why are they all just standing here, staring at me? Is there something on my face or something?"

He tilted his head, looked at Tang Li, then at Wang Weiguo, his face full of confusion, even his ears drooped slightly.

Tang Li couldn't help but laugh at his confused and adorable look. She reached out and ruffled his hair, saying softly, "Come on, you're so lucky! Why aren't you moving? Hurry up and lead the way!"

"I'm leaving?" Wang Yuyu was even more puzzled, a huge question mark forming in her mind. "Why would I leave? Didn't you say we were going to search the woods? Why should I lead the way?"

The more he thought about it, the more confused he became. He simply squatted back down on the ground and remained motionless, his eyes filled with even more doubt.

Tang Li laughed even harder at his clueless expression, poked his head, and said helplessly, "You rascal, stop sitting there and get up to lead the way!"

"The forest is so vast and pitch black, how are we supposed to know where you're pointing, or what you've discovered? We can only rely on you to lead the way!"

"You want me to lead the way?" Wang Yuyu seemed to have heard something unbelievable, paused for a moment, then immediately shook his head like a rattle drum, shaking it rapidly, inwardly complaining:

"I'm not leading the way! I'm the poachers' target. If I go first, I'll just be handing myself over to them. Only a fool would do that!"

"You're the ones who said you were going to investigate, not me who volunteered. If you want to go, go yourselves. I'm not going, and I'm not leading the way!"

He made up his mind, stood up, turned around and walked towards the cabin, his steps quite fast, as if he wanted to "hide quickly and get away from danger".

Seeing this, Tang Li quickly reached out and grabbed the tiger skin behind his neck, gently pulling him to stop him from leaving, her tone full of helplessness and teasing:

Why are you going back inside?

"I asked you to lead the way to the place where you noticed something was wrong, not to hide inside like a coward!"

As she spoke, she stared suspiciously into Wang Yuyu's eyes, deliberately drawing out her words and chuckling softly:

"Are you scared?"

"Are you afraid of poachers and dare not go any further, so you want to hide back inside?"

Wang Yuyu, having been exposed, didn't try to hide it and nodded heavily. Her amber eyes showed no remorse, only self-righteousness. She thought to herself, "Yes, I'm scared! What's there to be afraid of admitting?"

"I'm walking at the very front, isn't that being a pioneer?"

"I won't let anyone rush at me first if there's any danger!"

"I'm a Class I protected animal in China, I'm extremely precious!"

"Logically, you should be protecting me, not me protecting you and shielding you from danger. Don't even think about it!"

Seeing Wang Yuyu's "I'm scared, so what? I'm right" attitude, which was not only shameless but also proud, Tang Li mercilessly mocked, "A secure job, oh a secure job, I really misjudged you. I didn't expect you to be such a coward!"

"You're afraid of such a small thing? Do you deserve the 'King' character on your forehead?"

"Does it live up to your imposing tiger fur and your enormous size?"

"You're a Siberian tiger, the king of the mountains and forests, the ruler of the jungle!"

"Can't you act a little more like a tiger? Stop being such a coward, okay?"

As she spoke, she deliberately poked the tiger stripes on his forehead, her tone full of teasing.

But Wang Yuyu remained unmoved, staring intently at Tang Li with unwavering determination in her amber eyes. She silently resolved, "Don't try to sweet-talk me; I won't fall for it!"

"I only have one life, and I can only live for another ten years or so. Asking me to take risks is absolutely impossible!"

"Life is more important than saving face!"

Tang Li talked on and on for a long time, but seeing that Wang Yuyu remained unmoved, squatting on the ground, she knew her words were useless. She sighed helplessly and turned to look at Wang Weiguo.

"Director, look, that guy with the iron rice bowl absolutely refuses to lead the way and keeps trying to hide back inside. Should we still go into the woods to search?"

Wang Weiguo pondered for a moment, glanced up at the dark woods, then at Wang Yuyu who was crouching on the ground with a wary expression, and slowly nodded, "We still have to go and take a look."

"Although the poachers have most likely escaped, we might be able to find clues they left behind, which could help the forest police with their follow-up investigation. We can't let this trip be in vain."

"Okay!" Tang Li nodded, then turned to Wang Yuyu, reached out and ruffled his hair, her tone full of teasing, "Look at you, you coward! I really can't count on you when it matters!"

"From now on, I won't call you 'iron rice bowl' anymore, I'll call you 'cowardly tiger'!"

"Anyway, you deserve that name!"