I became incredibly cute after dressing up as an animal!

Lan Xiao's amused and smug look was all too obvious.

Uncle Wang called her "Little rascal".

Lan Xiaoxiao lay on the railing, grinning at them.

The staff lifted the panda, which had been put in a cast, off the cart and placed it on the ground in the enclosure.

The accommodation was arranged right across from Lan Xiaoxiao's first year of junior high school, separated by a three-meter-wide walkway.

The panda across from us is probably still under anesthesia; it's lying on the ground, not moving.

Its skin was completely shaved from the waist down, revealing a pinkish-white complexion. Its hind legs were in plaster casts, thick and heavy, lying on one side of its body, unable to move, in an extremely awkward position.

Lan Xiaoxiao felt sorry for it, but couldn't help laughing at the same time.

This pose with his pants down is really funny.

Chu Yi walked over, stood next to her, and glanced across the street following her gaze.

The first-year student didn't understand what was so interesting about this; what was the little bear looking at?

Chu Yi lowered his head and licked Lan Xiaoxiao's eyes, not letting her see.

"I can't open my eyes!" Lan Xiaoxiao shook her head to avoid it, but Chu Yi hugged her and rolled over to pin her down.

"Waaaaah!"

The usual playful cuddling and rolling around was about to begin, and Lan Xiaoxiao immediately started playing with Chu Yi.

Chu Yi was satisfied when he managed to draw the bear's attention back to himself.

The two bears rolled around, butted heads with each other, hugged, and bleated happily all the while.

They were playfully fighting on one side, while the panda on the other had a blank stare and a piece of its tongue sticking out from the corner of its mouth.

Half an hour later, the panda across from us seemed to wake up.

It twitched its ears first, then slowly raised its head, its eyes unfocused, as if it didn't know where it was.

It tried to stand up, but the plaster cast was too heavy, and after a brief struggle, it collapsed back down, letting out a muffled hissing sound.

The zookeeper saw the footage on the monitor and immediately came over. He first gave the panda a general check and made a preliminary judgment that there was nothing wrong with it.

The zookeeper crouched down and said softly, "Dazhuang, don't move. Your leg is broken. Lie down properly."

Dazhuang? Lan Xiaoxiao silently repeated the name in her mind. A panda with a name, was it bred at the center? Or was it from the wild?

Dazhuang seemed to sense someone staring at him from the other side. He turned his head with difficulty and saw a black and white furry panda lying behind the railing. It was a particularly beautiful bear.

Da Zhuang stared blankly, still a little dazed from the anesthesia.

When her eyes met Da Zhuang's, Lan Xiaoxiao suddenly became polite. She turned around and walked back to the food area, picked up a piece of apple, which she had secretly hidden away to have as a late-night snack.

Lan Xiaoxiao pinched the apple slice and threw it over with great force!

The apple flew across the aisle and rolled to Da Zhuang's face.

The zookeeper was startled, thinking it was Blue Little Smash Big Strong, but when he saw it was apple chunks, he was stunned.

"Lan Xiao, don't you really like eating apples? Why did you throw them out? You're not going to give them to Da Zhuang, are you? You're too kind!" The zookeeper was a man nearing thirty, but now he spoke with a childish voice.

Dazhuang looked down at the apple, then looked up at Lan Xiaoxiao.

Lan Xiaoxiao proudly raised her chin and said, "Ew!" Eat up, this is the treatment a patient deserves.

Dazhuang lowered his head and ate the apple, his eyes fixed on Lan Xiaoxiao as he chewed, and he continued to look at her even after he finished chewing.

Chu Yi, with his big feet, slowly blocked Lan Xiaoxiao's path, his dark eyes staring at the person and bear opposite him.

Zookeeper: "...Chu Yi, are you upset? Did Lan Xiao take your apple and give it to Da Zhuang?"

Lan Xiaoxiao shook her head. No, it was her apple. She didn't steal Chu Yi's. Is she that kind of bad bear?

The little blue bear was completely hidden from view at the beginning of the month, and the zookeeper couldn't see the bear shaking its head at all.

Lan Xiaoxiao buried her face in Chu Yi's fur: "Give it a piece of food. Its leg is broken and its butt is shaved off. It's so pitiful."

Chu Yi lowered his head and licked her ear.

The days at the center were very comfortable. The indoor temperature was just right, and they had food and water. Uncle Wang would also apply medicine to their wounds, and they recovered very quickly.

Lan Xiaoxiao's feet gradually scabbed over, and walking no longer hurt. New hair started growing on the scratches on Chu Yi's body, and the pink scars were hidden under the black and white hair, so they couldn't be seen unless you looked closely.

Da Zhuang across the street has been in good shape these past few days; he can even stand up with his leg in a cast.

It seems that Chu Yi and Da Zhuang don't get along. Chu Yi occasionally bares his teeth and makes threatening noises. Lan Xiaoxiao doesn't understand what happened and why Chu Yi is angry.

Lan Xiaoxiao didn't know that whenever Dazhuang looked over, Chu Yi would give it a threatening look.

Lan Xiaoxiao is woken up every morning by the sound of the zookeepers cleaning her enclosure.

She braced herself on the floor with her front paws, sticking out her rear end to stretch, and yawned to wake herself up.

Two zookeepers stood in the corridor, one holding a broom and the other a water basin, chatting as they worked.

"How old is Dazhuang this year?"

"He's over six years old, an adult now. This time, he was in heat and went out to find a female bear. He encountered another male bear, and they fought. He rolled down the hillside and broke his leg."

Upon hearing this, Lan Xiaoxiao realized that Dazhuang was also a wild bear.

"Fortunately, it had a locator on it. The center found that its location had not moved, guessed that something had happened, and promptly went into the mountains to find it."

"The surgery lasted more than three hours. I hope it recovers well and doesn't leave any disabilities, otherwise how will I live in the mountains in the future?"

"Male bears in heat are all aggressive, and Da Zhuang suffered because of his younger age."

"Besides fighting over territory, the most common reason for fighting is when people are in heat."

Lan Xiaoxiao listened intently, repeatedly hearing the words "heat period".

She suddenly remembered something: her heat cycle hadn't started this year yet. It was springtime now, and last year, her heat cycle started around this time!

You can't be in heat here on the first day of the Lunar New Year, can you?