Chapter 11: The Adorable Fox Cub Begs for Food Online~

“The truth is actually like this.”

Tan Yuyan wore an expression filled with grievance.

“We and Xu Ying split up to find a way back. She said her motorcycle didn’t have enough fuel, so she wanted to ride ours and swapped motorcycles with us.”

“She also said she was younger and that we should yield to her, or else she would report us to the authorities. So, we exchanged motorcycles.”

“Later, when we found the way back to the desert, we thought Xu Ying had already returned to the 032 Rescue Station ahead of us. We felt her moral coercion was excessive, so we got angry and didn’t contact her, not knowing she was still stranded in the desert.”

Tan Yuyan hurriedly woke Tan Ming beside her: “Look at the chili oil around my brother’s eyes. She deliberately hurt him yesterday—poured hot pot base on his eyes and even shocked us with an electric baton.”

Xu Ying inwardly sneered; truly a clever one, she cleanly denied everything and then turned it back on them!

Tan Yuyan must have been the spirit of a non-stick pan in her past life.

Xu Ying ignored Tan Yuyan and instead turned to Chen Su: “Brother Chen, we have evidence here. We’ll take you to the scene, though it’s a bit far.”

Chen Su nodded: “No problem. We came in an off-road vehicle, which is faster than your motorcycles.”

Xu Ying and Chen Su got into the off-road vehicle. The leader of the three Gobi bears also insisted on coming along to identify the scene; its round body barely fit into the trunk.

Tan Yuyan sat in the backseat of the vehicle, receiving the bear leader’s deadly stare, not daring to move.

There was limited space in the vehicle, so the other two officers stayed at the 028 Rescue Station to await further orders.

With the Gobi bear leading the way, after two and a half hours, Chen Su’s vehicle accurately reached the Gobi bear’s territory.

The bear leader’s wife and sister were together and looked startled when they saw the car, but after the leader got out and called out a few times, the two bears calmed down.

The bear sister even took out the dagger Tan Ming had used to scratch the bear leader and handed it to Chen Su for fingerprint analysis.

Chen Su photographed the footprints at the scene, confirming that Tan Yuyan and her brother had indeed been there.

They then found the scene where the motorcycle was stolen; the bear’s keen nose helped locate Xu Ying’s bloodstains at the site...

One piece of evidence after another was gathered.

When Tan Yuyan and Tan Ming were handcuffed, their expressions still showed disbelief.

Tan Yuyan panicked and questioned her brother Tan Ming: “Didn’t you say there wasn’t enough evidence and we would be released?”

Tan Ming was at a loss for words: “This… doesn’t even happen in TV dramas. Damn bears actually keep evidence and bring the police to identify the scene!”

Tan Yuyan turned back, unwilling to accept defeat, and shouted at Chen Su: “Officer, Xu Ying really did intentionally harm us at the rescue station last night!”

Chen Su gave them a cold glance: “Where’s the evidence?”

—“There isn’t any, but she really did it!”

—“It’s true! She even played horror movies to scare us!”

Tan Yuyan and her brother were put into the police car.

Chen Su slammed the police car door shut, not bothering to spare them another look.

At last, peace returned to the world.

Chen Su turned his gaze to Xu Ying, who was examining the bear leader’s wife with a stethoscope.

Focused on her work, she seemed to be glowing.

Chen Su glanced at the blood sample in his hand, taken from Xu Ying’s hand when she was scratched by Tan Yuyan while tampering with the motorcycle.

Thinking of Xu Ying’s account of being bullied by those two terrible colleagues, Chen Su felt a pang of sympathy.

A young girl just graduated, dedicated and kind-hearted, yet left stranded in the desert, struggling for three days and nights.

Chen Su walked over to Xu Ying with a bottle of Yunnan Baiyao and some band-aids, squatting down beside her and patiently waiting until she finished examining the Gobi bear.

“How’s the Gobi bear doing?”

Xu Ying gave an OK sign. “Don’t worry, it’s fine. Now we’re just waiting for new life to arrive~”

The bear leader finally breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Xu Ying’s words: [Little sister, thank you! You came all this way for the checkup!]

Xu Ying shook her head: “It’s nothing. I should thank you for helping identify the scene.”

After packing up her tools, Xu Ying received a notification from the system: [Host is helpful and has assisted new animal companions; reward: gain a Beast Language skill~]

She was surprised. So it wasn’t just completing missions—actively helping animals in need also granted Beast Language skills!

Lost in thought, Xu Ying was interrupted when Chen Su handed her the band-aids and Yunnan Baiyao.

“Give me your phone.”

Xu Ying snapped back to reality, a little puzzled but obediently handed over her phone.

Chen Su fiddled with it for a moment, then returned it to her: “This is my number. If you encounter any emergencies, you can call me.”

He added, “Anytime.”

“Got it!”

Xu Ying’s eyes widened. She had really hit the jackpot!

She smiled sweetly: “Thank you, Brother Chen!”

“Oh, right!” Xu Ying suddenly remembered something important: “Do you know where I can get milk powder or fresh milk? The fennec fox cubs have been weaned for three days!”

Chen Su thought seriously before replying: “There’s a village about a hundred kilometers away. If you need anything, you can tell the village chief. When they go to the county, they can bring it back for you, but I don’t know how long that will take.”

“I’ll ask the village chief when I pass by.”

“Thanks!”

Xu Ying sincerely expressed her gratitude.

After bidding farewell to the Gobi bear couple, the two returned to the 028 Rescue Station with the “suspects.”

“Oh, a livestream!”

Xu Ying slapped her forehead, realizing she had been so busy reporting the case that she forgot this crucial matter.

She hurriedly got out of the car.

Chen Su shook his head at the young girl’s flurry and helped her carry the medical kit.

He and his colleagues still had to escort the suspects back. After saying goodbye to Xu Ying, they drove away.

“Director, you’re finally back!”

Inside the rescue station, Ning Zexi greeted Xu Ying as if she were a lifeline.

“These little ones wouldn’t cooperate with me at all! I had to wait for you!”

Ning Zexi had already logged into Xu Ying’s account at nine o’clock and started the livestream, but the fennec fox cubs only listened to their “big sister” and refused to come out of their crates, much less act cute on camera.

Viewers were calling for the director’s return because they wanted to see the cool and capable director with the fox cubs.

Seeing the audience’s love for the fennec fox cubs, Xu Ying thanked them and addressed the livestream seriously: “Hello everyone, I’m Director Xu!”

“Thank you all for your support. However, we are currently facing a difficult problem.”

“The desert restoration area lacks supplies. The rescue station doesn’t have anything these little ones can eat, and they haven’t been fully weaned yet. They need milk powder, or cow’s or goat’s milk. The nearest village is 100 kilometers away, and there’s no guarantee they have dairy products. We’ve asked the village chief for help, but it will take at least a week to get anything.”

She clasped her hands together: “Dear netizens, is there any way you can help us?”

Xu Ying posted the rescue station’s coordinates in the chat.

The fennec fox cubs, seeing Xu Ying, instantly turned from aloof little foxes into clingy little ones. They had already slipped out of their crates.

Hearing Xu Ying asking for help online, they all scrambled onto her, some resting on her head, others nestled in her arms.

Mimicking Xu Ying’s gesture, they clasped their two paws together and blinked their big watery eyes, begging the viewers for help.

Who could resist such a scene?