I became incredibly cute after dressing up as an animal!

It's clear that Chu Yi chewed up the camera, and it was intentional!

"We were watching when we installed it, and it didn't bite into anything right after we left. Why would it suddenly bite into something so early in the morning?" Xiao Zhang didn't understand.

Professor Xu, thinking from a human perspective, said, "Maybe the bear also wants privacy. This is taking pictures of it facing into the cave, too close, and it got angry."

Xiao Zhang almost asked if animals also have the concept of privacy, but remembering that these were two particularly intelligent animals, he swallowed his words.

Xiao Zhang managed to squeeze out a sentence: "Yeah, it's a bit too close."

Two days later, they discovered that the shooting angles of several infrared cameras had changed.

The reason was finally found in a video recording: it turned out that Chu Yi had kicked one of the cameras out of place.

Xiao Zhang: "..."

Professor Xu: "Hahahaha, this is hilarious!"

"Professor, are you out of your mind?"

"No, what's there to be angry about? They're adorable and very interesting. This is the most interesting pair of pandas I've ever tracked." Professor Xu smiled, his face full of wrinkles, but his eyebrows were lively, and he looked several years younger.

The more research you do in this area, the more you'll discover that animals really do have their own thoughts; they are intelligent, have their own tempers, and are very cute.

Professor Xu said, "There's no need to go up the mountain to adjust it. Let's leave it as it is. If we can get a shot, great; if not, then so be it."

It's probably impossible to capture the mating scene.

But you can also capture the daily lives of the two bears.

Both pandas are this age, and if they stay together this spring...

Since Chu Yi and Lan Xiao didn't run away from home and no other pandas came, it proves that these two bears are a pair!

We just need to wait for good news in the fall.

Lan Xiaoxiao also discovered that Chu Yi had tampered with the camera, but she remained silently supportive.

Lan Xiaoxiao knows what humans want to observe, but even if they don't film them darting into the bamboo thickets, just filming their daily lives is enough for humans to study.

Xiongxiong supports human scientific research, but Xiongxiong also wants to protect her own privacy.

That's how a balance was achieved.

The two bears' mating season was over, but Lan Xiaoxiao noticed that Chu Yi would still occasionally look at her longingly, wanting to invite her into the bamboo thicket.

Lan Xiaoxiao: "..."

She didn't know enough about pandas before!

Occasionally, Lan Xiaoxiao would agree and follow along shyly.

In summer, the temperature here is quite nice, so there's no need to move.

In autumn, the two bears became lazy and did not move.

Even in the winter snow, this panda-themed outfit can withstand the snow, but the bamboo here has become a bit sparse after being devoured by these two big eaters for so long.

Lan Xiaoxiao finally made a migration sound. On the first day of the lunar month, she shook the snow off her fur and went out with her little bear on a sunny day.

Infrared cameras captured their departing figures.

Professor Xu can confirm that "Lan Xiao is not pregnant."

If she's pregnant, she should be giving birth by now.

Xiao Zhang: "They didn't mate successfully?"

In spring, Lan Xiao and Chu Yi stayed together, not going far away, and no other bears visited them; it was just the two of them.

Professor Xu: "I don't know."

Watching the two bears' migration route, they came down the mountain again, but this time they didn't visit the foot of the mountain on the apple orchard side. Instead, they crossed several mountains and went to the foot of the mountain on the other side.

There are no villages at the foot of the mountain, and no roads have been built there; it's a quiet paradise.

The two bears rearranged their home.

Lan Xiaoxiao and Chu Yi never compromised.

Bears do nothing but eat and sleep all day long, and they don't do anything else but decorate their caves. It's not tiring at all.

Moreover, I'm always happy to decorate a new place, imagining how it would feel to lie down there and how blissful it would be to live there!

Two weeks later, the research team returned and installed a new batch of cameras.

This time, Professor Xu personally led the team.

Professor Xu is over forty years old, and he had an old injury that prevented him from climbing the mountain, so Xiao Zhang had to lead the team.

Now, the two pandas' territory is near the foot of the mountain. Although the road hasn't been built to this side, it's easy to walk there without having to climb steep cliffs.

The cameras were installed very well this time; they weren't pointed at the pandas' caves, but only at the places where they passed by and where they ate bamboo.

While the camera was being installed, the two bears were eating bamboo nearby.

They would occasionally glance up at them, clearly used to it, and wouldn't chase them away at all.

Once they finished, Lan Xiaoxiao immediately put down the table, rushed over, hugged Professor Xu's leg, and sat down on the ground, sobbing.

Professor Xu was still a little confused, but Xiao Zhang had already figured it out: "I brought you some beef jerky. I thought you didn't want to eat it because you didn't come over earlier."

Professor Xu: "..."

Xiao Zhang dumped the fruit and beef jerky from his backpack onto the ground.

Lan Xiaoxiao then released Professor Xu's leg with satisfaction, picked up the food on the ground, and called Chu Yi over.

The first day of the lunar month, he immediately came over, licked the little bear's nose, and praised the little bear.

Professor Xu took a few photos and then quietly led his men down the mountain.

During the Spring Festival, Professor Xu posted a nine-grid photo of Lan Xiaoxiao and Chu Yi on social media.

The first photo was taken by the webcam, and the second photo was taken by him.

The nine-square grid brings together their spring, summer, autumn and winter.

"Is this a Chinese New Year gift for us?! Lan Xiaochu, Mom loves you both!"

"Spring, summer, autumn, and winter—the two babies are still together! That's wonderful!"

"Why does my child seem to have grown even bigger in the first year of junior high? Is that reasonable?"

"Lan Xiao is the same; she sits on the ground eating bamboo, and all the bits and pieces fall onto her stomach, never actually hitting the ground."

Lan Xiao: Is my belly making me feel uncomfortable?

"May the two pandas stay together forever!"

"They're together through spring, summer, autumn, and winter at this age; they're definitely a couple! This panda couple is real!"

"Won't this collar be too tight?"

"Upstairs, no, no, this collar was specially designed."

"I remember the collar would fall off after a year and a half when the battery died, so it'll probably fall off this summer too?!"

……

Yes, in the summer, two bears were playing in the stream when the collar around Chu Yi's neck suddenly fell off.

The first-year student was still a little confused. Seeing the collar sink to the bottom of the water, he quickly fished it out and showed it to the little bear.

"Huh?"

Lan Xiaoxiao remained calm and told Chu Yi, "It's okay, don't worry about it."

Chu Yi understood. He put the collar on the shore and then turned to nibble on the collar around Lan Xiaoxiao's neck!

It feels so comfortable not wearing them!

Don't wear the teddy bear anymore!

Chu Yi took a bite and it fell off. Lan Xiaoxiao looked down and saw that there were signs of detachment, so it wasn't Chu Yi who tore it off.

If no one continues to go up the mountain to put the amulets on them, then the observation is over.

Lan Xiaoxiao guesses that no one will go up the mountain anymore.

After all, a year and a half of observation period is enough.

They are wild animals, and humans should minimize their disturbance.

Lan Xiaoxiao's guess was correct; she didn't know because she didn't have a phone.

A week ago, the research team announced the end of their field observation work on giant pandas.

[This special field research and observation work on the two wild giant pandas, Lan Xiao and Chu Yi, has lasted for a year and a half. Due to the restriction of their collars, the Beidou GPS positioning devices on the two pandas have reached the expiration date, and this scientific research and observation period has been officially announced to end.]

The data obtained from this observation, including information on wild habitat, activity patterns, and foraging habits, will be used for giant panda habitat protection planning, wild population breeding research, and to support the ecological protection of wild giant pandas…

"I understand. It's over. The two babies are returning to nature completely, and we probably won't hear from them again."

"Sob, although I'm very reluctant to leave, I know that a undisturbed life in the wild is the right thing to do."

"Lan Xiaochu, why don't you come to the apple orchard every winter to eat apples?"

"They didn't come to the orchard last winter, but the apples there were already very popular, and sales were excellent last year."

"My two babies, I hope to hear from you again many years from now, that you're doing well in the wild!"

Goodbye, Lan Xiaochu! May you all be safe and sound every year!

Is this a farewell post? I feel like crying.

I've cried; I can't bear to part with them.

……

Lan Xiaoxiao doesn't have a cell phone and can't see these blessings.

She's been having lots of sweet dreams lately. Many people are praising her for being cute, saying they like her, stroking her fur, and chattering around her.

No scientific expedition team came looking for them until autumn.

Lan Xiaoxiao and Chu Yi moved away again.

This time, humans really couldn't find any trace of them.

"First day of the lunar month, will we be able to find the big waterfall this summer?"