Chapter 120

The fake thing is actually me?

The panda round round expressed doubt, looking pitifully at Ling Yue: 'Da Mo Wang, I'm not fake, I'm real!'

Ling Yue rubbed its little head, amusedly looking at this noisy group of foreigners: 'Fake panda?'

The latter was arrogant: 'Isn't that so?'

His companion nodded confidently: 'We've never seen such a panda before; it's definitely fake!'

Upon hearing the whole story, the police couldn't help but laugh—let alone the fact that Capital Zoo is a legitimate zoo; could a fake panda be this agile?

These people still clung to their idea, but for Ling Yue, proving it was truly too easy.

Ling Yue: 'Fake panda? What evidence do you have? You're just spouting nonsense; I could sue you for defamation!'

These foreigners looked at each other, suddenly hesitating, but this completely exceeded their normal impression—how could there be a panda so……so……indescribable.

They timidly rebutted Ling Yue: 'But how could it——know martial arts?'

Ling Yue had already guessed this: 'You doubt it just because round round knows martial arts? But our round round has been live-streaming for a long time; these skills were practiced bit by bit.'

After all, everyone in our country knows martial arts.

She suddenly laughed, and several foreigners' scalps went numb—after all, besides foreigners' stereotype of our people being backward, there's also the notion that everyone here knows martial arts!

That girl whose smile makes people feel uneasy is truly frightening!

Otherwise, come and verify it yourselves.

Several people stared at her, dumbfounded: 'Verify it ourselves?'

Hearing Da Mo Wang let these slanderous humans enter, the panda round round held its paws, nibbling tender bamboo shoots, looking utterly endearing.

That adorable appearance made several people's hearts flutter—even if it were a real panda, they wouldn't lose out this time, and could even get close to the national treasure!

So, several people nodded: 'May we?'

Ling Yue also smiled: 'Why not?'

She looked around at the visitors: 'Everyone, help bear witness—it's them who doubt, they want to go in, and they bear the consequences.'

Several people nodded, completely unaware of what they were about to face. Full of anticipation, they clenched their fists, and the next moment, the panda pavilion doors opened.

Ling Yue assured the police: "Don't worry, Tuantuan knows its limits; it definitely won't cause any deaths."

The police looked puzzled, wondering why the more he heard it, the weirder it sounded.

While thinking, he suddenly heard several people's miserable screams.

Half a minute earlier, several people walked in; Tuantuan the panda lay motionless on a rock, its outstretched black-and-white body looking like a giant black-and-white pancake. As they approached, the keeper nearby warned them: "You can only look, not touch; Tuantuan has a strong sense of territory."

Unexpectedly, they foolishly asked: "Hey, are you real or fake?"

Saying that, they actually sneaked closer, trying to touch it; the keeper's eyes widened: "No way!"

Tuantuan was startled awake by that shout; it had been about to doze off, but suddenly opened its eyes and gave a tsundere grunt.

Tuantuan suddenly realized these humans were getting more and more outrageous, even wanting to pet its head—no way, only the Demon King could do that.

It sprang up unexpectedly, and the few people froze in terror on the spot. Don't be fooled by its usual "heng heng heng" sounds; when it truly roars, that's a real roar. Its thick, huge paws lightly slapped the man's body—before even touching his flesh, the claws snagged his hip-hop hoodie, instantly turning the sturdy hoodie into shredded rags!

The male student rolled his eyes and fainted completely.

Tuantuan moved especially fast, grumbling with hums: "Who's the fake panda? Who's the fake panda? You're talking nonsense!"

It plopped down onto another person, who instantly passed out; the sole escaping foreigner sprinted madly toward the door, frantically pounding and shouting: "Help! Help! Help!"

The panda dashed over, holding a soft, slender bamboo twig, and suddenly noticed that when the boy got hit, he would spin—just like a top—how fun!

The earlier two had merely fainted from fright or from being sat on; the awake person was practically wishing for death, as the thin bamboo twigs lashed especially painfully. Tuantuan pursued and blocked them from behind, completely a one-sided rout.

"I'll hit you, I'll kill you! Who's the fake you're talking about!"

The foreigner who didn't understand animal language and was being whipped to the point of wishing for death: "Ow ow ow!"

"Help! The panda's beating people!"

If at first the onlooking tourists were shocked and wanted to rescue the victims, now seeing this dramatic scene, they all exchanged glances and pulled out their phones to start recording.

"Holy crap, awesome!"

Finally, the three were rescued by the police, and the worst-off one kept muttering: "Really, really, it's a real giant panda, waa waa waa..."

A man's tears are not lightly shed—he just hasn't reached the point of heartbreak yet.

He never wants to see a giant panda again in his lifetime!

At the same time, the controversy over the real vs. fake giant pandas at Capital Zoo spread online, instantly attracting millions of views, and as it continued to go viral, the full video was also released.

It opened with a high-cuteness blow; Tuantuan gripped bamboo and flung out trails of afterimages, its dazzling martial art leaving viewers dizzy and awestruck.

【Holy crap, proven! The giant panda at Capital Zoo has become a spirit!】

【It could rely on its looks, yet insists on earning a living by skill—it works so hard, seriously, I'm crying!】

【Even a laid-back panda can strive like this—what excuse do we have to slack off?】

When the later few foreigners' clamor appeared, countless barrage comments flew like machine-gun fire: "Fake, fake panda?"

Without missing a beat, the fans of Tuantuan who watched every live stream said they had something to say!

Later—

Ling Yue appeared on screen: "... I didn't want to either, but they were so insistent I had to open the cage and let them check themselves."

The scene shifted; Tuantuan took care of two people in a flash, while another screamed and ran wildly around the venue—the panda's whipping was utterly brutal!

Viewers watching the screen expressed deep sympathy, saying it was truly awful… hahahaha, they deserved it!

How dare they doubt the authenticity of our national treasure panda—whip them!

Visitors who had been to the zoo said: "Not only is Tuantuan the panda amazing, knowing martial arts, but inside there are also three eternally single tiger brothers, a star tiger dad who's great with kids, an old social monkey on Monkey Hill who remembers to have someone help toss a banana peel into the trash!"

"Especially not recommended to visit the bear house, especially since the bear king and queen there abuse dogs, mistreating single dogs QAQ"

Below, a sea of comments: hahahaha.

Many more people deeply remembered the name of Capital Zoo, thinking they'd bring family and kids to visit on weekends and holidays.

Moreover, they simply go there, after all, it's right at the doorstep.

Capital Zoo has gone viral, an indisputable fact in the industry; thus, the previous behind-the-scenes black hand is even more furious.

West Mountain Zoo Director's office.

With a bang, the table was slapped hard, thumping.

The pot-bellied zoo director looked at his subordinate: "This is the sure success you promised?" "Yeah, they succeeded completely."

The subordinate trembled all over: "I—I don't know why this happened. Sorry, director, please give me another chance."

The zoo director coldly looked at him: "A chance? I already gave you one, but you're useless—forget about a promotion this time; just go back and behave yourself."

The subordinate's heart jumped: "But, Capital Zoo they……

Upon hearing that name, the director felt a tightness in his chest; he had long guessed that Capital Zoo would surely become his rival, even sending people ahead to suppress it—yet he ended up losing the rice to gain the chicken.

Clearly previously far inferior to me, yet now they suddenly became the zoo boss—what do they rely on? The director is just a female internet celebrity; surely they got famous through hype!

He snorted coldly, and now he only knows flashy, useless things!

As for the kung fu panda spreading online now, it's fake, definitely fake—those few disabled foreigners must be shills hired by the director!

Just then, the office door was suddenly knocked: "Director, it's me, Ling Ling."

"What's the matter? Come in."

A flamboyantly dressed girl rushed in, anxiously saying: "Director, something's happened—the dolphin Smile at the oceanarium has suddenly gone mad!"

The previously laid-back zoo director instantly tensed: "Gone mad?"

The girl took a few steps, revealing her bruised elbow, a patch of purple, and with seductive eyes she looked at the zoo director: "I just wanted to tease Smile today, but I never expected it to suddenly go mad—it almost bit me, I jumped in shock and knocked myself on the swimming pool, it really hurts!"

That last sentence, all coquettish, was practically just acting cute.

The zoo director suddenly laughed, thinking of an excellent idea: if we could bring down Capital Zoo, sacrificing a dolphin would be nothing!

He pulled the woman into his arms: "It must be you teasing it again—Smile is our zoo's current star attraction; if you provoke it and cause a loss, how will you compensate me?"

West Mountain Zoo, as an old-established zoo, although it has gradually declined in recent years, it has managed to last this long, so it must have some outstanding qualities.

The dolphin Smile is West Mountain Zoo's marine animal star; its ocean show each year draws crowds of students and parents, bringing in considerable revenue.

The woman also knew, but seeing the man's attitude, she seemed not to care much, immediately realizing it wasn't a big deal, feeling regret—if she had known, she wouldn't have hurt herself.

Yet she coquettishly said: "I'm entirely yours; you can do whatever you want with me!"

Those words made his heart flutter and his mind wander; after a long while he reacted, coughed, and said: "Forget it, forget it."

"Go back and keep observing whether Smile has depression——"

Before he could finish, the woman's startled cry cut him off: "Depression?!"

Actually, almost all the dolphins living in the oceanarium suffer from severe depression; they ought to be children of the sea, yet they are forced to live in the oceanarium, in a cramped square swimming pool, from day to night, also forced to learn various performance techniques, facing all kinds of noisy sounds.

Such a life, indistinguishable from □□, once begun, lasts a lifetime.

In the ocean, a dolphin's lifespan is usually sixty to a hundred years, but in the oceanarium, they mostly live only to twenty.

Moreover, during those twenty years they remain under depression's shadow, and the vast majority of dolphins choose suicide.

They do not die from a violent impact in the pool with blood splattering on the spot; instead, they silently stop breathing.

Because there is an argument that each breath a dolphin takes carries its own conscious will; when life becomes unbearable, it holds its breath until death.

Humans can never imagine how desperate it must be to choose this way of death, killing itself.

When a dolphin's depression becomes severe enough to harm a human keeper, that means its depression is already uncontrollable; no matter how humans try to rescue it, it will die by some means.

So, when the zoo director learned of Smile's condition, he decisively decided to give up!

Such an animal can no longer bring him profit; on the contrary, its death can help him achieve his goal.

He told the keeper: "Use every possible means—absolutely do not let it die now!"

The other, face full of doubt, instinctively asked: "Why? In this state it can't even perform, can't earn money—why keep it? Might as well buy another dolphin."

"Heh, you don't understand anything."

The zoo director, in a rare good mood, explained: "Isn't the Capital Zoo director selling her persona online, claiming she can communicate with animals and has saved many? Then I'll invite her to come and treat a dolphin that is surely doomed!"

"Go quietly ask a doctor; this must never be leaked, otherwise——"

His gaze was sharper than a knife; the woman instantly shuddered: "I understand!"

Perhaps in a good mood, he even joked: "The former Capital Zoo director invited Ling Yue not long ago, and the zoo became hers—this time I don't know if my West Mountain Zoo will also become hers."

The woman giggled: "Of course not! Maybe after she's disgraced, Capital Zoo will become yours."

"Ahchoo!" Ling Yue held a tissue to her nose and mouth; she was in a villa, surrounded by small animals, testing the newly obtained Cute Halo—she didn't expect that in just a few minutes, the area around her would already be filled with small animals.

Xunbao Shu Duo Duo lay before her; amid Ling Yue's questioning, surrounded by a crowd of cats, it actually showed a relaxed smile: "Nervous? Afraid?"

Xunbao Shu Duo Duo shook its head: "No, none at all!"

"I don't know why, but being beside Yue Yue makes me feel so comfortable, like lying in a mother's embrace—I have no mother, so sniff, can I call you mom?"

Ling Yue: "……"

Can we get a grip, please?!

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Never mind Xunbao Shu Duo Duo; even the usually aloof Black Cat Queen was now sprawled on Ling Yue's head, lazily flicking her long tail, pupils half-closed: "I feel like I've returned to my master's side, sleeping at his feet, carefree."

Other animals also gave feedback, recalling their happiest days, their whole bodies warm and cozy, their mood wonderful—as if an invisible big hand had slowly smoothed away their past hurts.

According to Ling Yue's conclusion, the closer the distance, the stronger the effect; within a thirty-meter radius centered on her is the covered area, and moreover, sleeping beside her yields the best effect.

She took a pen and recorded all this in her little notebook; Ling Yue thought of the zoo's circus animals, drew a star in the back, marked the key point, and decided to visit the zoo more often to comfort those small animals.

Without realizing it, she even fell asleep alongside the small animals.

When Ling Yue woke up, the sky was completely dark, the room pitch black; she instinctively reached into her pocket and felt only a clump of fluff—turns out it was a little star, which had actually ended up in her pocket.

The phone screen lit up, light flickering on the carpet—an unknown call.

She frowned as she answered; in an instant, heavy breathing sounded in her ear, mixed with a young man's clear voice: "I'm Lin Yang."

Ling Yue instantly woke up; the boy who had been stolen, whose life was also changed.

Ling Yue: "Do you believe me now?"

A wry laugh came from the other end of the phone: "I believe you."

His voice suddenly grew faint; Ling Yue, using her sharp hearing, heard other voices from the other end of the phone.

"Holy shit... where's that little brat? How did he run so fast?!"

"He couldn't be hiding, could he? How am I going to explain this to the boss?"

Ling Yue instantly clamped her mouth shut.

On the other end of the phone, which she couldn't see, above the narrow, dim alley, the boy gripped his phone, propped up on a shaky safety net about to collapse, and completely merged with the darkness above his head.

Fine sweat beaded on his forehead; only his eyes shone bright as stars.

Ling Yue waited quietly for the commotion to fade, then spoke: "What's wrong with you?",.,.