Chapter 2600: Magical Creatures in the Zoo 07

Hearing the director's request to open the door, Amu took out the key and unlocked the fox enclosure.

The little fox is also under his care now; there's no choice—there are only a few proper keepers in the zoo, and everyone has to hold multiple positions.

Hearing the movement outside, a graceful, agile red fox reluctantly crawled out of its comfortable nest.

Hu Cai Cai was extremely unwilling to see these annoying humans.

But now he is injured and inexplicably unable to turn back into human form, so he must temporarily rely on these humans' feeding to survive.

However, he never imagined that these people today were actually not here to deliver food!

Jin Chen lay in Bai Rendong's arms, curiously sticking out his head to scrutinize the fox before him.

He had to admit that this fox was indeed extremely well‑born.

Its reddish fur was oily and smooth, its large, pointed ears stood alert, and its big, fluffy tail swept back and forth behind it.

It was an appearance that really hit humans' cute spot.

Hu Cai Cai looked up and first saw the big tiger Hu Gu approaching.

He disdainfully raised his paw to bat away the tiger's head trying to rub against him, then his gaze swept past Hu Gu and fell on Bai Rendong standing at the doorway.

Hu Cai Cai immediately bared his teeth, letting out a threatening low growl from his throat, looking very fierce.

Unfortunately, his overly beautiful appearance greatly weakened this ferocity, making him look more like he was throwing a tantrum and acting cute.

Jin Chen would not buy that.

He lifted himself from Bai Rendong's arms and also snorted at Hu Cai Cai, even more fiercely.

Hu Cai Cai was startled; the whole fox instinctively shrank back a bit.

The keen sense shared among monsters let him feel from this little white lion an ancient pressure.

This sense of oppression was even stronger than that of the nearby tiger, the king of beasts.

He alertly looked at the snowball‑like little white lion.

Jin Chen twisted in Bai Rendong's arms, first nuzzling his chin affectionately, then pushed off with his hind legs and lightly leapt onto a nearby low stone.

Hu Cai Cai's nose twitched slightly as he sensed the monster aura of his own kind.

His eyes shifted, and he deliberately used a form of communication understandable only to monsters with sufficient cultivation.

Such a communication method, let alone humans, even the tiger Hu Gu, who had just awakened his spiritual wisdom not long ago, could not understand it at all.

"Hey, you little runt," Hu Cai Cai probed, "Are you also captured by that bad person and locked up here?"

Jin Chen replied: "No."

He was a bit surprised; it seemed that in the early plot, this fox had not yet fully turned dark.

The little white lion growled a few times: "The director is not a bad person; you are the bad fox. You scold people, while I came here willingly."

Hu Cai Cai's beautiful fox eyes were filled with disbelief.

"Why? How could a monster voluntarily run into a human zoo?"

"You little monster must be an idiot, right?"

Jin Chen tried to reason with him: "Don't you know how dangerous it is out there now? Staying here is safe."

Hu Cai Cai simply didn't believe it,

He moved closer, carefully sniffing the little white lion's aura, "You must have been tricked! You stupid monster!"

"Where is your mother? Why isn't she coming to rescue you?"

Jin Chen raised his paw and gave the fox's head a tap.

He didn't use much force, but it was extremely humiliating.

"You're the stupid fox! Anyway, you're not allowed to have any bad ideas about the director, nor to harm him, otherwise I won't be polite with you!"

Hu Cai Cai felt the pain, but instead he broke into a giggle; the fox's laugh was high‑pitched and his expression became especially obvious.

Amu saw this and thought they were getting along well, happily telling Bai Rendong, "Director, look! The little white lion can play with anyone!"

Bai Rendong nodded, but his eyes never left the little white ball, his tone worried: "I'm worried the little fox has a bad temper and will bully it."

He stood in place, not moving an inch, guarding it, afraid the handsome fox would suddenly lash out with its claws.

Hu Cai Cai paid no heed to Jin Chen's threat; after laughing he said,

"You're so tiny; I'm far stronger than you—I don't believe you can do anything to me."

Jin Chen: "..."

Again! Damned size discrimination!

The little white lion pushed off with his hind legs, leapt high, and landed precisely on Hu Cai Cai's head.

His claws ruthlessly slapped the fox's head, simultaneously releasing the monster power pressure from his bloodline.

"What's the use of being big? Weak!"

Hu Cai Cai's limbs went limp, and he almost collapsed.

For monsters, this sense of suppression stemming from bloodline and rank is especially obvious.

His big, fluffy tail uncontrollably started to tremble.

Hu Gu, although he couldn't understand what they were communicating, could see that Hu Cai Cai was being bullied and immediately let out a low growl and lunged over.

"Pretty fox! I'll help you!"

"Roar!" The little white lion stood on Hu Cai Cai's head and snorted at the tiger without any restraint, full of momentum.

"No helping! Get back and stay there!"

Hu Cai Cai and Hu Gu: "..."

This little nose‑ga has quite a temper!

After the warning, Jin Chen also felt a bit tired.

He trampled Hu Cai Cai's beautiful fur into a mess, then jumped down and lifted his head to look at the fox.

"You better have a better temper, otherwise I'll still beat you."

"Smart foxes won't cling to immediate victory."

"Hu Cai Cai agreed very readily, 'Good good good!'"

"Afterwards, it angrily licked its paws, struggling to tidy the fur messed up by being stepped on; no one knows what it's thinking."

"After scolding the fox, Xiao Bai Lion felt satisfied, stretched out a paw toward Bai Rongdong, indicating it wanted a hug."

"But Bai Rongdong just got a call; it was the forestry bureau staff and the convoy transporting the newly admitted animals arriving at the Main Gate soon, delivering twenty peacocks."

"The staff there also needed to inspect the zoo's environment."

"Bai Rongdong privately didn't really want Xiao Bai Lion to be overly noticed by the outside world now."

"After all, its breed hasn't been confirmed yet, and its origin is also somewhat special."

"He crouched down, embraced the rubbing Xiao Bai Lion, and softly coaxed: 'Bao Bao, would you like Ah Mu to keep you company for a while?'"

"'I'll go to the Peacock Garden first; after I'm done this afternoon I'll come pick you up.'"

"Jin Chen knows the zoo is busy now; his wife is definitely swamped."

"But he still couldn't help acting coquettish, rubbing Bai Rongdong's cheek hard and licking it, letting out a purring sound from his throat."

"Bai Rongdong wasn't new to handling various mammal young."

"But the thing that could make him this soft-hearted was truly one of a kind; he even felt a bit reluctant to go to work."

"He rubbed the little lion's soft ears, hugged it, then got up and hurried away."

"Ah Mu had long been envious of the interactions between the zoo director and the little lion."

"Once the zoo director left, he immediately squatted down, full of anticipation, reaching out his hand, also wanting to experience the feeling of being relied upon by a little cutie."

"Xiao Bai Lion completely changed from its earlier coquettish, cute behavior in Bai Rongdong's arms, ruthlessly swatting his hand away with its paw, refusing to be held."

"Xiao Bai Lion nimbly turned and crawled back onto the tiger's big head, its tail giving the tiger's ear a light flick."

"'Come on, no more going to play with the fox.'"