Chapter 34.2

Mu Ling felt overwhelmed. “Wait, Brother Xiang, although war beasts understand commands, isn’t it a bit much to expect them to comprehend stories?”

Xiang Bie put down his light brain and looked Mu Ling in the eyes, speaking earnestly, “I just think that instead of playing environmental sounds that may not help, playing your voice might relax them more. You mean something different to them.”

Mu Ling was speechless.

Today, she realized Brother Xiang had such blind faith in her. She didn’t know what to say. She had thought only Brother Wei praised her excessively, but it turned out Brother Xiang had also been influenced.

Mu Ling felt awkward. If her voice turned out to be useless, wouldn’t that be ridiculous?

However, seeing Brother Xiang’s determination, Mu Ling scratched her head and said, “I’ll give it a try.”

At that moment, Wei Li looked up and said, “The speakers have been bought. They’ll be delivered shortly.”

So after lunch, Mu Ling sat in her room, silently reading from a children’s book.

After reading a ten-minute passage, Mu Ling took the speaker down and handed it to Xiang Bie.

Xiang Bie pressed play, and immediately, people started gathering around.

Mu Ling’s face flushed bright red. She quickly turned it off, shooing the others away, “No listening! You guys aren’t babies! I’m reading this for Moonlight. I’ll go install it myself.”

With that, Mu Ling, hugging the small speaker and her face still red, hurried toward the veterinary station without looking back.

Wei Li covered his mouth, stifling a laugh. “The director’s embarrassed, huh? But if we go to the vet station, won’t we still hear it? Right, Xiang—”

Before he could finish, Wei Li met Brother Xiang’s icy gaze.

Wei Li: “…”

Wei Li swallowed, immediately retreating from teasing the director. He picked up his tray and headed to the kitchen.

In the afternoon, Wei Li took Lin Xuan and Li Yan up the mountain to feed the animals.

Meanwhile, Mu Ling and Xiang Bie were planning the space for the “animal dormitory.”

At the same time, in the ward area…

A soft, gentle female voice flowed out from the Silver Snow bear’s ward. The sound soon filled the entire ward area, reaching every animal in each room.

“Every day, the little lamb would play on the lawn. One day, it met a bird with a wounded wing. It asked, ‘Why is your wing hurt?’ The bird replied, ‘I just learned to fly, but I’m not steady yet, so I fell.’ As the bird spoke, it started to cry. The little lamb quickly comforted it and bandaged its wing with some gauze. It encouraged the bird, saying, ‘I don’t have wings, but you do. You’re already much more amazing than I am. You’ll definitely fly higher and higher, so don’t be discouraged.’ Later, the bird’s wing healed, and it flew up to the sky. It saw the blue sky and white clouds, and heard many stories. It always brought those stories back to tell the little lamb. And so, the little lamb and the bird became the best of friends. Children, do you have a best friend too? Do you help your friends and share stories with them?”

“Grumble, grumble, grumble…” The golden tiger had only been pretending to nap, but as that voice reached its ears, it couldn’t resist falling into a deep sleep, making comfortable sounds from its throat.

In the next room, Pimi licked its lips, its large head rubbing against the soft bedding. It opened its eyes to glance at the Silver Snow bear’s room in the distance before closing them again, drifting into sweet slumber.

Lightning had already been fast asleep, but hearing that familiar voice, it unconsciously flicked its long black tail while sleeping.

Qingjiao and the little wolf had also fallen asleep. Qingjiao slept modestly, but the little wolf sprawled out on its back, its small body curled up against its mother, looking especially tiny and cute.

The entire ward area fell into a peaceful silence. Even the brown deer stretched its neck and closed its eyes.

In the Silver Snow bear’s ward, being closest to the voice, the sound almost enveloped it in a three-dimensional space. The Silver Snow bear, which had remained tense and alert even while sleeping, suddenly rolled over. It hugged its short bear legs, stuck out its bottom, shook its ears, and its sleeping posture gradually softened.

After the story of the little lamb and the bird, there came stories of a little fish and a frog, the gentle breeze and light rain, the rainbow and thunder…

Five short stories in total. After they finished, they looped back to the story of the little lamb and the bird.

Throughout the entire afternoon, the animals in the ward area slept exceptionally soundly. It wasn’t until 2:30 PM, when the effects of the medication wore off, that the Silver Snow bear slowly opened its eyes.

The freshly awakened bear seemed somewhat dazed. Just as it was about to stand up, its ears caught that warm, comforting voice again: “So the mother fish told the little fish, ‘When making friends, you must respect others. You can’t just think about yourself. That’s not good behavior.’ Children, have you learned how to respect others?”

The Silver Snow bear groggily looked up towards the ceiling. As it kept looking, it fell back onto the bedding, then kicked its two legs, scratched its bottom, rolled over, and pressed its belly against the ground. Slowly, its eyes closed once more.

It didn’t sense any danger or pain. Its instincts told it that now was a safe time to rest, so it did. This time, it wasn’t because of medication—it genuinely wanted to sleep.

After an entire afternoon, Mu Ling and Xiang Bie finally determined the approximate area for the “animal dormitory.” Mu Ling looked at the rough sketch on her light brain and immediately contacted the manufacturer.

After negotiating for half a day and sending over a holographic video, the other side seemed to discuss for a long time. It wasn’t until half an hour later that they contacted Mu Ling, saying they could accept this custom order.

Mu Ling said she needed it urgently, before the 16th. The other side pondered for a moment and said it was possible.

So, Mu Ling placed the order, then started ordering necessary appliances like air circulators and air conditioners.

By 5 PM, Xiang Bie went to the kitchen to cook, and Mu Ling returned to the veterinary station.

As soon as she entered, Mu Ling was shocked.

Why were they all sleeping?

Usually at this time, the little ones would already be waiting for their food.

Mu Ling passed by the brown deer’s room and saw that it had opened its eyes. Seeing Mu Ling come, it stood up, walked to the front of the cage, and stretched out its head towards her.

Mu Ling stroked its nose, then went to check on Qilin and the others.

It wasn’t until Mu Ling entered Qilin’s ward and touched it that Qilin was startled awake. Seeing it was Mu Ling, it licked its mouth again, slowly closed its eyes, stretched its four limbs forward, and yawned.

Mu Ling couldn’t help but laugh. She bent down to kiss it and said softly, “Sleeping so much during the day, will you be able to sleep at night?”

Qilin stood up, shook the fur on its body, turned around, and went to the water bowl to drink.

At this time, hearing the commotion, the other animals also woke up.

Lightning wagged its tail and walked to the gate, looking at Mu Ling across the way. Qingjiao lowered its head to lick the fur of the still-sleeping wolf cub, and Pimi rolled over.

“Now that you’re awake, it’s time to eat,” Mu Ling said as she walked out to prepare their food.

But when Mu Ling came in carrying the food bowls for Qilin and Lightning, she was shocked to find that the Silver Snow bear had also woken up!

The bear was now sitting on the cushion covered with sterile cloth. Its two paws were scratching its two feet. Under the white fur, its ears moved, and a pair of small black eyes looked in Mu Ling’s direction.

Mu Ling immediately tensed up, not moving.

At this time, the small speaker above was still reciting bedtime stories.

Mu Ling wasn’t in the mood to listen to the content of the story. She just watched every move of the bear, afraid it would suddenly start banging against the wall again.

The Silver Snow bear didn’t bang against the wall. It just turned around, crawled on all fours on the ground, then crawled to the furthest corner, curled itself into a ball of fur, and huddled together, not looking at anyone.

Mu Ling: “…”

Mu Ling didn’t know what it was up to now. She gently put down the food bowls for Qilin and Lightning, then walked back outside, her head full of questions as she prepared food for Qingjiao and Pimi.

After feeding Pimi and giving it medicine, Mu Ling saw that the Silver Snow bear was still curled up in a ball. She finally couldn’t resist her curiosity and carefully walked over.

Mu Ling crouched outside the railing, staring at the bear.

The Silver Snow bear noticed her too. It quickly burrowed further into the corner, then buried its head deeper into its chest fur.

Mu Ling: “…”

What’s going on? From mania to depression?

Mu Ling scratched her head and called out, “Moonlight.”

The polar bear didn’t move.

But at this moment, the little speaker in the sky was telling the story of the rainbow and thunder: “On the dark night without moonlight, there was only lightning and thunder.”

“Moonlight,” Mu Ling called out again.

The bear suddenly paused. Its round head turned back again. It looked at Mu Ling, then looked up at the ceiling, thought for a moment, lowered its head, and slowly started scratching the soles of its feet, not making a sound, but no longer curling itself up.

“Moonlight, what’s wrong? Are you calmer now?”

Moonlight did seem a bit calmer. Mu Ling was amazed. What kind of miraculous sedative was that brand? The effect was so good. She thought it only had a sleep-inducing effect, but didn’t expect it to be so powerful in calming emotions.

While thinking that she must stock up on more of it later, Mu Ling called out again gently, “Moonlight, are you hungry? Do you want to eat something? Sister will bring you food.”

Mu Ling went outside and opened two cans of fish, hiding the evening dose of medicine inside, then placed the food bowl at an angle through the railing.

Moonlight didn’t approach the food bowl. It still stayed in the corner, scratching its feet, but from time to time, it would look up at the ceiling.

Mu Ling noticed this and thought for a moment. Suddenly, she had an idea. Could it be that this voice had accompanied Moonlight to sleep, and Moonlight now recognized it?

But wasn’t she the source of this voice.

No, she didn’t sound so soothing in person.

Mu Ling’s eyes rolled. She walked outside, opened the ward area’s surveillance while using a remote program to turn off the small speaker and switch it to recording mode.

When the small speaker suddenly stopped, the Silver Snow bear kept staring at the ceiling. Then it seemed to become anxious again, its paws starting to scratch its skin.

At this moment, that voice sounded again, still soft and gentle.

“Moonlight, Moonlight, it’s time to eat. Moonlight, be good and go eat, okay?”

Just this one sentence, repeated over and over.

The bear heard the voice again and looked at the distant food bowl.

It understood the command “food.”

Its nose twitched. Even from far away, it could smell the scent of fish.

“Moonlight, it’s time to eat. Moonlight, be good and go eat, okay?”

Finally, after the voice from above repeated three times, the bear stood up and slowly walked to the front. Hesitantly, it lowered its head and took a bite from the canned food in the bowl.

Mu Ling, watching the surveillance outside: “…”

It actually listened to that voice!

You little rascal, you won’t listen to the real person standing in front of you, but you eagerly obey a virtual voice actress?

So the real sister isn’t as good as the cyber sister, huh?

If you were human, you’d definitely get scammed out of 8 million in online dating.