Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl

No other reason—the moment nighttime came, Chen Ying's bed suddenly sprouted several Big Cats.

Little Jin, Jinya, and a little lynx cub would all squeeze onto the bed. Occasionally, Little Grey White would also come and snuggle.

In the big cardboard box by his bedside, Red Lion and Black Gold squeezed together, and in another box, there were three little puppies.

The Dog Wet Nurse was taking care of two little fox cubs in a doghouse, while another corner of the doghouse contained a tightly huddled family of Desert Cats.

After three days of heavy snow, the sky finally cleared, and the sun shone on Bai Xue, making it easy to get hurt without sunglasses.

While the cats continued to sleep soundly, the dogs began their day's patrol.

Leading the team, Red Lion barked and the patrol began its day.

They would run around the large fence to check if any small lambs had escaped and to see if any other animals had invaded.

Just as they had started out, two little foxes came chasing after them, each with a half-grown rabbit in their jaws.

"Ying Ying Ying!"

The little fox cubs said they had found traces of other animals while catching rabbits, and the scent was making the foxes uneasy.

"Is it a wolf?"

"I don't know, I don't know what a wolf smells like."

Little Fox shook his head and asked Red Lion if they should go after them.

Red Lion was about to nod without thinking but was stopped by his brother, Black Gold.

The scrutinizing gaze from Black Gold made the two little foxes nervously step back a few steps.

"How did you find it? Where did you find it? Usually, you don't want to come near our siblings, why come to us now? Have you told Aunt Bu Bu?"

The barrage of questions left the two little foxes unable to answer, they looked at each other, dropped the rabbits, and ran off.

"Why did they run away? Are we still going after those intruders?"

Black Gold barked twice, looking at the rabbits that were left behind.

He walked over, lowered his head to sniff, and squinted as he recalled.

"Let's go, I know where they caught these rabbits, let's check it out."

After all, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, not to mention that Red Lion and Black Gold were Tibetan Mastiffs with incredibly brave natures, daring to fight with bears and wolves as adults, their bloodline knows not the word fear.

The five dogs ran for several minutes, and suddenly Black Gold came to a sharp halt and sniffed.

Tianlu and his two brothers also imitated and sniffed around.

While Red Lion did not do the same, he instead guarded the surroundings very seriously.

After sniffing for a while, Tianlu looked up, saw Red Lion on guard, thought for a moment, ran behind Red Lion, and watched around back to back with him.

"Woof woof, Brother Black Gold, there's poop here!" Fu Gui barked twice, sniffing over a lump of semi-dry poop.

The poop was not completely covered by the snow, half-exposed, but it didn't look fresh.

Black Gold walked over, circled the poop, and finally lifted his head to look towards the northeast side of the large fence.

That direction was exactly where they planned to go.

The two little fox cubs ran back to the Dog Wet Nurse, diving under her belly to hide.

"Woof, what's wrong with you two?"

The little foxes didn't make a sound, guiltily hiding themselves.

They huddled together, glaring at each other.

"Ying Ying Ying, it's all your fault, I said not to do it, but you insisted, now Black Gold is definitely going to beat us."

"Ying, you agreed too. You were the one who dragged that poop over."

As soon as Hu Er finished speaking, Hu Da bit his ear.

"It was your idea, phew phew phew!"

The two brothers instantly started fighting, wrestling into a ball.

The Dog Wet Nurse watched them fight with a smile, stood up, shook her fur, and trotted off to the research station across the street.

Those students over there eat a lot and even like to feed them. Since they have nothing else to do, grabbing some snacks is not a bad idea.

Before they realized the amulet had left, the two fox cubs rolled halfway and bumped into something.

Hu Er instinctively tried to bite, but just as he opened his mouth, he caught sight of a face capable of haunting a fox's nightmares.

"Ying, Ying, Ying, when did you get here, Black Gold?"

"Woof, woof, is the poop tasty?"

Upon hearing this, the two fox cubs grimaced, lowered their heads, and fell silent.

They actually hadn't intended to prank Black Gold; their original target was Red Lion. Who knew Black Gold would be so clever to see through their little scheme?

But they couldn't say this, or Red Lion would definitely kill them.

Just as the situation was turning tense and Black Gold's expression was becoming dangerously grim, Chen Ying arrived with a simple snow plow.

"Black Gold, Red Lion, come on, let's play something fun."

The two Tibetan Mastiff cubs, although only three or four months old, were already about the size of a medium-sized adult dog.

Chen Ying planned to see if they could pull this plow.

With the cold, icy weather leaving them nothing much to do, they needed to find some entertainment, or life would be too dull.

However, after setting down the snow plow, Chen Ying noticed that neither Red Lion nor Black Gold approached it, and that's when he realized the atmosphere was off.

Two fox cubs and three dog cubs, along with two fierce-faced Tibetan Mastiff cubs formed a triangle.

But the three dog cubs looked a bit uneasy, while the Tibetan Mastiff cubs glared at the fox cubs as if they were about to skin them and swallow them whole.

Although Red Lion and Black Gold didn't like the foxes, they had never harmed the two fox cubs they grew up with at home. They usually just ignored them. What had the little foxes done this time to make the usually calm Black Gold so angry?

Usually, Chen Ying didn't interfere in the animals' conflicts.

And his little clever pets also knew to resolve issues privately without escalations.

"Are you guys gearing up for a big fight? Did the fox cubs do something wrong?" Chen Ying asked Black Gold with a smile.

Upon hearing Chen Ying's question, Black Gold's gaze softened a bit, but it was still filled with anger.

"These two brought in dung from a ferocious animal and threw it near our home, trying to lure us into a fight with wolves."

Chen Ying knew that among the house pets, Black Gold was the smartest. However, he hadn't expected the little fox cubs to also play such tactics, even though it was unsuccessful. Just the thought of considering such a plan already surpassed their dog brothers.

Patting Black Gold's head to calm him, Chen Ying asked him not to be angry yet. He then grabbed the two fox cubs by the scruff of their necks and placed them on the sleigh's cart, crouching down to ask them why they had done so.

The two little ones huddled together and shivered for a while before Hu Er mustered the courage to point at Red Lion.

"It's all because of him! He insisted that we listen to him. We disagreed and went out to dig a hole to live on our own. But he wouldn't leave us alone. The day before yesterday, during that heavy snow, he came out and collapsed our tunnel entrance and piled up a lot of snow trying to freeze us to death. It was only because my brother hugged me and blocked the snow with his body that I didn't freeze."

Red Lion looked bewildered, looking at the two little fox cubs for a while, before anxiously denying he did such a thing.

"It was you! I can recognize your scent, and your fur, only you have that color!"

The little fox sobbed pitifully.

The more anxious Red Lion got, the less coherent he became, finally resorting to barking indiscriminately in desperation.

At that moment, the house's big cats also gathered around, and after hearing the little fox's accusation, they all turned their gaze toward Red Lion.

Red Lion felt wronged and crashed into Chen Ying's arms, wailing loudly.

Little Jin, who had appeared at some point, listened to the little fox's complaint, thought for a moment, and spoke up for Red Lion.

"The one who did the mischief the day before wasn't Red Lion. He overate that day, had a tummy ache, and slept in the dog house for a long time. Then, he hid and slept by me for a long while until called for a meal."

Red Lion's expression froze, he seemed too embarrassed to look up. Fortunately, his thick, fluffy fur concealed his beet-red face.

It was because he had greedily snuck snacks meant for the three little ones that he felt unwell and didn't dare to say it. So, he hid until his stomach settled on its own, and now Uncle Little Jin had spilled his secret. There went Red Lion's reputation.

Black Gold hadn't expected his sister to have such drama, but quickly, he steered the conversation back.

"Then, if it wasn't sister, who was the culprit?"

Having watched the scene unfold, Lady Lynx suddenly thought of something, "Is there any chance the culprit was a stray dog that looks just like Red Lion?"