Chapter 7.2

During this time, the ripper tiger, Qilin, nudged Mu Ling’s hand with its nose, then shifted its body, turning its rear in the opposite direction.

“Alright, alright, I won’t bother you anymore, you little grump,” Mu Ling muttered, finally leaving the tiger alone.

Only then was Qilin satisfied, lazily sprawling out its limbs and lying down, too lazy to move even slightly.

After confirming that Qilin’s wounds were fine, Mu Ling spoke to Wei Li, who was outside the cage. “Brother Wei, Qilin is doing great. Are you here to take over my shift? What time is it now? It’s only six o’clock.”

Glancing at her wrist light brain and seeing how early it was, she suggested, “Brother Wei, why don’t you go back and get some more sleep? I’ll stay here and keep watch. Come back at eight when it’s time to change Qilin’s medicine.”

Wei Li: “…”

Colonel Val: “…”

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

The awkward silence lingered around Wei Li for a full three seconds before he finally found his voice. His throat dry, he asked hoarsely, “How are you inside?”

“I…” Mu Ling’s fingers weren’t idle, still curling the tiger’s ear as she casually replied, “Well, when Qilin woke up, she was restless and wouldn’t settle down. I was afraid she might move and disturb her wounds, so I went in to hold down her legs. Then, as I was holding her down, I guess I dozed off too.”

Feeling quite embarrassed, Mu Ling hesitated to admit the full truth. In reality, Qilin’s bedding was far softer than her own. Her bed had only one layer and felt hard, but Qilin’s bedding had two layers—soft and fluffy. She had slept so comfortably.

Moreover, the veterinary station had air conditioning on. Mu Ling thought that if she went back to her own room to sleep, she probably wouldn’t turn on the air conditioning. Even though it was summer, the nights were still quite hot, but staying at the veterinary station meant she could enjoy Qilin’s air conditioning. How cost-effective!

Of course, Mu Ling would never say these things out loud. After all, she was the zoo director. Saying such things would make her lose face. She really wasn’t the kind of director who took advantage of the animals’ air conditioning and bedding.

Wei Li: “…”

Wei Li was completely speechless.

This wasn’t the Mu Ling he knew.

Wei Li stood there dumbfounded, unable to process the situation before him. It was Colonel Val on his communicator who seemed to finally understand something and had a sudden epiphany: “This must be fake, right?”

The adoptive father still couldn’t accept that his Qilin would share a bed with a human.

And not eat her.

How could this be possible? This was Qilin, the mentally unstable ripper tiger.

Even before Qilin retired, or even when she was young, she wouldn’t be this intimate with people.

Impossible.

He didn’t believe it. It must be special effects. This had to be some kind of trick.

Mu Ling heard the stranger’s voice and looked towards the camera floating beside Wei Li, surprised. “Brother Wei, are you on a call?”

Wei Li swallowed and nodded stiffly. “Mm.”

Mu Ling suddenly felt extremely embarrassed. She quickly put on her hood, covering her face, and said, “Don’t film me, I haven’t washed my face.”

Wei Li: “…”

That wasn’t really the point right now.

When Wei Li came out of the veterinary station, he was still in a daze.

Xiang Bie glanced at him. “Have you seen enough?”

Wei Li: “…”

Wei Li’s lips trembled as he struggled to find words. Finally, he asked, “Brother Xiang?”

“Yes,” Xiang Bie replied directly.

Wei Li: “…”

Wei Li asked again, “Then she…”

“She can approach Qilin,” Xiang Bie answered again.

Wei Li: “But Qilin…”

“Qilin doesn’t bite her,” Xiang Bie gave his final answer.

Three sentences, three deadly blows.

Wei Li was even more stunned.

Xiang Bie then said to the floating camera, “Colonel Val, Qilin is very healthy now. You can rest assured.”

On the other end, Colonel Val opened and closed his mouth several times, seemingly at a loss for words. Finally, he managed to say with great difficulty, “Mm.”

Then he questioned again, “But is it really not special effects? Is Qilin already dead? You’re not trying to deceive me, are you? You’re not that kind of person, right?”

Xiang Bie: “…”

It wasn’t until Wei Li had gone upstairs in a daze that Xiang Bie looked at the door beside him again.

Heaven knows how complex his feelings were when he rushed down from upstairs around 5 o’clock after hearing the tiger’s roar, only to see Mu Ling chasing after Qilin to kiss her.

He had only just recovered from the shock.

That new zoo director was very strange.

While the three men outside were questioning their reality, Mu Ling, still inside enjoying Qilin’s recovery room, had come up with a new idea.

She lay down on the bedding, looking at the peacefully sleeping tiger opposite her. She decided to open her light brain’s camera and started filming the tiger from a first-person perspective, providing commentary as she recorded: “Hello, everyone! I’m here to give you an immersive look at our zoo’s little tiger. This little tiger is called Qilin, and she’s an eight-year-old baby. She was injured yesterday. Look how many bandages she has on her body. But fortunately, she’s now out of danger…”

As she was speaking, the tiger suddenly opened its eyes. Those cold and emotionless beast eyes stared coolly at the human in front of it.

Mu Ling pushed the camera closer, filming the tiger’s face up close. During this time, the tiger remained motionless, only its eyeballs following the movement of the camera.

“Qilin, say hello to everyone!”

The fierce tiger licked its nose with its tongue, lazily closed its eyes again, and continued sleeping, completely ignoring her.

Mu Ling felt awkward. “Our little Qilin is quite aloof, but she has a very gentle personality. Oh, and she’s a girl, you know.” As she spoke, Mu Ling leaned in and gave the tiger another quick kiss.

Qilin seemed to have gotten used to it and didn’t even open her eyes.

Mu Ling stroked the tiger’s head again, feeling there wasn’t much else to film. She decided to wrap up, “Qilin is asleep now, so let’s sleep too. Do you all like our zoo’s little tiger? Please let me know in the comments.”

The last sentence was a bit calculated on Mu Ling’s part, trying to bait some comments.

After finishing the video, Mu Ling opened the StarNet and uploaded the video to the “Bi Ke Zoo Official Account” that she had created just this afternoon, which currently had zero followers.

Looking at the “Video Under Review” status displayed in the backend after the successful upload, Mu Ling felt pleased. The first video of their Bi Ke Zoo was now created!