Chapter 2633

Bai Rongdong nodded, then looked at the excited and nervous Old Zhou, and asked gently: "Master Zhou, were you previously the caretaker of Big Flower?"

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Old Zhou quickly nodded, wiped his Tears with his sleeve: "Yes, yes, it was half-grown when I brought it back from the wilderness with my own hands, and I've raised it until now…… But I retired last year, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of it anymore……"

Bai Rongdong: "Master Zhou, you have the most experience caring for Dahua; Dahua is now physically and mentally wounded, and also most needs the companionship of someone familiar."

"I would like to formally hire you, and return with us to Zhenyang Zoo to continue as Dahua's dedicated keeper. Are you willing?"

Old Zhou froze, then disbelievingly widened his eyes, his hands trembling with excitement as he tightly gripped Bai Rongdong's hand, "I'm willing, I'll go!"

Bai Rongdong politely refused several other zoo directors nearby who were still trying to test Jin Chen.

After he finished handling those, he turned around and saw Jin Chen squatting again beside the calmed leopard.

The leopard lay down gently on the ground, still a bit wary but no longer aggressive.

Jin Chen poked the leopard's forehead with his finger, trying to make this unruly leopard call him 'boss'.

The leopard went from initial fear to helplessness, and finally simply lifted its two front paws, covered its ears, and buried them in the crook of its arms.

The leopard listened.

Jin Chen returned to Bai Rongdong's side, whispering in his ear, "I haven't had breakfast; after all this fuss this morning, I'm starving."

Ling Gun Gun: 【Exactly, exactly.】

Bai Rongdong chuckled, took his hand, "Let's go now."

That morning, as they prepared to depart for Zhenyang Zoo, Bai Rongdong went early to Daoguan Zoo to handle the final handover procedures and verification work before the animal transfer.

These matters were relatively tedious, requiring communication with the zoo, the forestry bureau, and other parties, so he had Jin Chen stay at the hotel to rest and, incidentally, pack their luggage.

Jin Chen leisurely folded his and Bai Rongdong's clothes and placed them in the suitcase.

After finishing, he walked to the window-side single Sofa, sat down, picked up Bai Rongdong's laptop left on the table, and booted it up skillfully.

Jin Chen stared at the screen, his long fingers tapping the keyboard, trying to search for keywords about the Monster Management Bureau, but publicly available information online was scarce, like a stone sunk in the sea.

Finding nothing, Jin Chen immediately gave up, deciding to toss the technical task to Ling Gun Gun.

Having eaten and drunk his fill, Ling Gun Gun bounced out, 【Received Host, wrapped in the Great Pixiu's body!】

Just as Jin Chen was about to get up to pour a cup of water, the computer screen flickered, and the chat window of the Zhenyang Zoo work group jumped, discussing… the director's friend?

The previous message was sent by Amu.

Amu: "【Director, a visitor came to the zoo today, saying he's your good friend, or perhaps a former colleague from when you worked at the research institute; he still has a joint photo with you from back then on his phone!】"

Amu: "【I told him you're still away on a business trip and haven't returned; he asked me to pass along a message, saying he'd like to meet you when you return and catch up.】"

Jin Chen looked at these two messages, his eyebrows slightly raised.

Friend, research institute colleague, and even specially came to the zoo, waiting for his wife to return to meet?

Something's off. Very off.

Bai Rongdong rarely mentions his past at the research institute, and never said he still had any good friends there.

Jin Chen thought it over, then replied using Bai Rongdong's account.

Bai Rongdong: "【What friend, male or female, good-looking or not.】"

After a while, Amu's reply finally popped up,

Amu: "【???】"

Is this the director's way of speaking! Could the account have been hacked!

Jin Chen then saw three question marks come from the other side, and received no further reply.

Jin Chen pursed his lips.

Coincidentally, Bai Rongdong finished his business and returned; upon pushing the door open, he saw Jin Chen sitting by the window, frowning at the computer, looking utterly miserable.

Bai Rongdong walked over and asked, "What are you looking at? Your expression is so serious."

Jin Chen lifted his head, turned the computer screen toward him, then reached out and pulled the approaching Bai Rongdong onto his lap.

Bai Rongdong fell into his embrace unprepared, then relaxed his body against his chest, lowering his head to look at the computer screen.

Seeing the chat log, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, "You…… asking like that, Amu must think my account was hacked."

He could easily picture Amu on the other end, flustered.

Bai Rongdong took out his phone, preparing to explain, "It wasn't hacked; just now a friend of mine was using my computer, he's rather curious and asked offhand……"

"Boyfriend." Jin Chen interrupted him.

Bai Rongdong's finger pressing the voice key froze for a moment, then he turned his head to look at Jin Chen, who was right before him.

In that stunned second, his finger unconsciously loosened, and the voice message was sent just like that.

Bai Rongdong sat sideways in Jin Chen's embrace, lifted his eyes, his gaze soft with a smile, and whispered, "Boyfriend?"

Jin Chen solemnly, "Mm."

Jin Chen cupped Bai Rongdong's face, "I declare, you've caught me."

"So you can't act like those humans who start and then abandon; you now have a boyfriend."

Bai Rongdong laughed through tears, wrapped his arms around Jin Chen's neck, his fingertips lightly playing with the soft white hair behind his ear, "There's no such thing as starting and then abandoning here; with me, no one can compare to you."

Jin Chen satisfiedly narrowed his eyes, like a big cat comforted by having its fur smoothed, his high nose bridge rubbing against Bai Rongdong's cheek.

"Then kiss me."

Bai Rongdong's eyes softened further with a smile, he leaned in and kissed him.

It was a gentle, clinging kiss, endless tenderness and a gradually rising flutter.

Jin Chen reversed the roles, his warm, powerful lion tail flexibly wrapping around Bai Rongdong's slender waist, tightening dominantly.

Like a lion on the savanna circling its most precious mate with its tail.

Bai Rongdong's nature is warmth and tolerance, especially evident when facing the one he loves.

He practically allowed Jin Chen to take as he pleased, letting him deepen the kiss and even tacitly accepting that slightly aggressive binding.

Even when Jin Chen's kiss became too intense, his teasing overly harsh, Bai Rongdong merely furrowed his brow slightly, his body shifting a little in his embrace, yet offered no resistance at all.

This lingering kiss drained all of Bai Rendong's strength.

When finally released, Bai Rendong's eye corners were already stained with a moving vivid hue; within the warm and moist demeanor faintly showed a hint of fragility, breath quick, cheeks crimson.

He leaned softly into Jin Chen's embrace, his damp eyelashes trembling slightly.

Because the landline phone in the room rang, it was the front desk calling, politely reminding them that checkout time had arrived.

Jin Chen gave a brief response and hung up.

He lowered his head to gaze at the rippling look in the embrace, the breathless Bai Rendong, and delightedly pecked once more at his wet kiss-soaked lip corner, "Wife."

Bai Rendong's eyelashes trembled again.

He lifted his feeble hand, gently pinching Jin Chen's ear tip, "You... really are bad." In this regard.

But even this sentence is indulgent.

Jin Chen tugged at the corner of his mouth and said confidently, "That's also fine."

【Detected Villain Heartthrob Value +10, total 100!】