Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl-Chapter 204 - Who Says Tomcats Lack Fatherly Love (Extra Chapter, Seeking Votes)

Chapter 204: Chapter 204 Who Says Tomcats Lack Fatherly Love (Extra Chapter, Seeking Votes)

The group held their breath as they watched the leopard escape not far from their side.

Its pathetic state resembled that of a defeated dog.

After a bout of chaotic screeching, the macaques’ gathered courage dissipated.

On the ground, they might have been able to gang up on the leopard and take revenge.

But against the sky’s ruler, the group of macaques became easy prey, only able to be butchered by the eagle.

The great battle ultimately didn’t unfold, and the crowd looked at each other wordlessly, relieved but also surprised by a question.

How did the golden eagle come to fixate on this group of monkeys?

After all, this was a mid-to-low altitude area with broadleaf forests, and even if the monkeys had forced the leopard into a small open forested area in their attack, it shouldn’t have attracted the golden eagle’s attention.

With the vast highland meadows and all those sheep and cattle, weren’t they enough for its talons?

Chen Ying even wondered if the group of monkeys had somehow offended the golden eagle.

Unfortunately, compared to other species of monkeys, macaques ranked lowest in terms of favorability.

They had called so many people over, thinking they’d be busy for a while, but ended up with nothing to do.

As the group was packing up to leave, the young man with tattooed arms gently tugged Chen Ying’s arm.

“Mr. Chen, look over there.”

Chen Ying looked up and saw the leopard standing in a tree, blood still dripping from the corner of its eye, coldly observing them.

“You guys back away slowly; I’ll hold it off.”

This leopard didn’t seem easy to communicate with, its demeanor utterly different from Leopard Sister and her family, projecting a “society-beware-the-leopard” vibe.

Duanmu pulled Little Sen and the tattooed young man away, while Old Gao stood behind Chen Ying with a wooden stick in hand.

Seeing the number of two-legged beastmen decrease, the leopard seemed to relax a bit.

In the end, it gave Chen Ying a cold glance, leaped down from the tree, and after a few agile jumps, it was gone.

“This leopard is injured, and it seems to harbor great hostility towards humans,” Chen Ying muttered, lifting the first-aid kit, “Old Gao, you go back with the others; I’ll take a look.”

“You’re not serious, right? This leopard doesn’t feel…”

“It’s fine; did you not see its attitude relaxing a lot in the end? I’ll go take a look; I don’t necessarily have to get close to it. Mainly, I’m concerned it might have other injuries.”

Chen Ying didn’t heed Old Gao’s advice and stubbornly followed the leopard.

Chen Ying had never been to the direction the leopard had left in; there were no animal trails here, almost entirely wet, slippery slopes.

Chen Ying picked up a stick, carefully forging a path ahead, and after a while of staggering steps, finally spotted the leopard.

Could there actually be more than one leopard?

He climbed up a tree, and from a distance, took out his binoculars to look carefully.

Beside the injured big leopard was a little leopard, which seemed no older than six months.

Could this leopard actually be a mother?

Chen Ying was greatly shocked.

He continued to observe for a while, and an even more shocking scene appeared in the binoculars.

That little leopard had only one eye; the other eye was just a deep, recessed cavity.

Chen Ying’s expression turned grave in an instant.

Could the little leopard’s injury have been caused by humans? Was that why the big leopard hated humans so much?

But why would it go after the macaques? Shouldn’t a mother with a little leopard be more cautious and avoid unnecessary dangers?

Unless the little leopard’s injuries were also related to the macaque.

Don’t think that monkeys wouldn’t attack leopards.

If they’re dealing with leopard cubs, macaques can also be very cruel.

Thinking this, Chen Ying felt restless, deliberately rustling a bit before making his presence known to the big leopard.

The big leopard pinned down the little cub immediately, lowered its forelimbs, and assumed an attack posture.

“I’ve come to check on your injury,” Chen Ying raised his hands, carefully turning around in place, “I mean no harm, you can sense that, right?”

The big leopard did not relax its posture but also did not continue to make threatening sounds.

The little leopard squeezed its little head out from under its chest, curiously watching Chen Ying.

Perhaps due to its youth and sharpened senses, it picked up on the pleasant scent of Chen Ying, struggled out, hopped down from the tree trunk, and took two cautious steps forward before retreating one step, then turned its head to look at the big leopard.

Chen Ying sat down where he was, reaching out his hands towards the little leopard.

The little leopard took a few steps, looked back, took a few more steps, and looked back again, finally approaching Chen Ying hesitantly and rubbing against him.

Chen Ying didn’t make any sudden moves, simply extending his hand for the cub to sniff and even gave it a lick.

The cub seemed to really like Chen Ying’s scent. Within a few minutes, it started cuddling up to him.

Taking advantage of the cub’s twisting and turning on him, Chen Ying quickly stroked it from head to tail.

Fortunately, besides the serious injury to its eye, there were no major issues with the body; the biggest problem seemed to be malnutrition.

When Big and Small Baby were little, they felt like a bunch of solid flesh lumps, but this little thing felt like nothing but skin and bones.

Chen Ying glanced at the big leopard, tentatively unzipping his backpack.

As expected, the big leopard’s muscles tensed instantly.

The little leopard, however, curiously popped its head over, even pawing at it a couple of times.

Chen Ying took out the milk powder and bottle, along with the thermal water he habitually carried.

He quickly made up a bottle of cub formula, also mixing in the baby formula that Little Sen had newly purchased for the little cub, then tentatively offered it to the little leopard.

The cub paused, awkwardly sucking on the nipple. After tasting a bit of the milk, it licked its lips, then lay in Chen Ying’s arms, all four paws tightly hugging the bottle, swallowing eagerly.

The bottle of milk was finished quickly, and the little cub still seemed to want more, its watery, large eyes looking at Chen Ying, the pretty, clear pupils reflecting his face.

Unfortunately, of those beautiful eyes, only one remained.

Chen Ying felt a pang of sadness, his nose tingling, and a layer of moisture clouding his eyes unwillingly.

As a veterinarian, he could tell from the little cub’s wound that its eyeball had been gouged out alive by another creature.

That it wasn’t dead was the cub’s good fortune.

After a lot of mewling, Chen Ying didn’t feed it more milk, instead taking out a stainless steel bowl from his bag, pouring in hot water, milk powder, and nutrition blocks, stirring it into a creamy paste for the little leopard to lick.

From what he’d seen earlier, although the little leopard should have been of weaning age, congenital insufficiency compounded by injuries meant it was suffering from severe malnutrition.

A half-year-old little leopard compared to the ten-month-old Big and Small Baby only had half the physique.

After Chen Ying finished feeding the little leopard, he looked up to find the big leopard had disappeared at some point.

In a panic, he stood up holding the little leopard, and moments later, saw the big leopard returning with a fat rabbit in its mouth, tossing it in front of him.

The little leopard happily pounced on it, trying to rip it apart like a grown-up, but after much effort, it only managed to pull off a few strands of meat.

At this time, Chen Ying was in utter shock.

Just now, when the big leopard had approached him with the rabbit and lay down smoothly, he clearly saw the big leopard’s bell.

This damn thing, could it be the Leopard Dad with his cub?

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So, the little leopard, which clearly had just reached weaning age, where was its mother?