Chapter 1346

The environment at the Shancheng Zoo is very well done. Except for the giant panda pavilion, which is fitted with soundproof glass due to the caution required when dealing with national treasures, the other animals are kept in a free-range mode as much as possible.

There are fixed enclosures, semi-open visitor walkways, and living environments built according to the habits of different creatures—for example, in the red panda pavilion, the visitor path is unremarkable, with a half-wall built to waist height beside it. On the inner side of this half-wall, however, is a lush, verdant jungle.

The simulation of the wild environment is quite outstanding.

Every few steps, there are enrichment toys fixed with hemp rope wrapped around tree trunks. Watching the red pandas walk and climb, and interacting with them at close range, is a great experience.

Although most people are currently crowding toward the giant panda pavilion, there are still quite a few visitors leaning against the fence, watching the agile, round, and chubby red pandas in the jungle, and another wave of suppressed exclamations breaks out:

"So cute!!"

"The big tail is so fluffy!"

"This color has a hint of orange-red, I really love it!"

"Look at its face, it's so round, ah, I really want to pet it!"

"It's coming, it's coming! Will it let us touch it?"

The red pandas at Shancheng Zoo are veteran employees.

Although there are many visitors now and it's very noisy, it isn't flustered in the slightest. At this moment, it jumps from a nearby tree onto the half-man-high fence with practiced ease, wiggling its little butt as it walks forward. It walks in a way that makes the visitors next to the fence ecstatic, unable to resist reaching out to sneak a touch.

The guide nearby is still saying: "Our red pandas are very sensitive. When touching them, you must be gentle, do not touch their heads, and do not startle them suddenly, or they will bite..."

Although the guide explained it very clearly, isn't the red panda walking back and forth on the fence like this really just seducing people?

Pet it, pet it again, stroke it again...

Several hands brush over its soft yet slightly coarse fur, and the red panda doesn't change its expression, instead hooking the people like fish on a line.

The girls who followed also spoke up bravely: "Can we feed them?"

The staff member smiled and said: "We follow the principle of voluntary participation. As long as the red panda is willing to eat, you can feed it—the feeding program here starts at 300 yuan, and for 2000 yuan, you can enter the interaction area to enjoy the fun of being surrounded by red pandas."

Hiss!

The girl who asked immediately fell silent.

"What an expensive 'voluntary' act!"

"300 only allows one person to feed them? Forget it, forget it, 300 is almost enough to order a single set meal at Chang Le Ju..."

"Wuwuwu, my fun isn't worth 2000..."

Song Tan listened from the side, finding it interesting, and discovered that Qiao Qiao's new friends were really quite amusing, so she turned to ask Lu Chuan: "Billionaire, were you going to say that 2000 isn't expensive?"

A hint of a smile appeared in Lu Chuan's eyes: "2000 is indeed not expensive. However, based on your consumption philosophy, money is best spent on the highest cost-performance ratio for food, clothing, housing, and transportation; as for spending it on emotions, that depends on the individual."

"For example, if Qiao Qiao had to pay this 2000 himself, he would probably be heartbroken to tears, right?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Qiao Qiao nodding heavily: "300 is really too expensive! Miss, don't be sad, I can feed them! Wait a moment, you can watch when I feed them!"

The new friends: "..."

Not sure what to say, let's praise him for being considerate first.

Qiao Qiao indeed took the carrots and went to find the staff.

Before long, the staff helped process the carrots, and while taking him to the fence, they said: "That boldest red panda is called Orange. It likes sugar oranges best. Sugar oranges are almost out of stock lately, so it can only eat one a day, and that's what we prepared—I don't know if it likes the carrots you have."

Qiao Qiao became confident: "It likes them! Mao Mao loves them too!"

Although giant pandas and red pandas are vastly different in size and appearance, their diets are quite similar. The staff member laughed upon hearing this: "Alright then, let's try."

Everyone in the zoo's small group knew that today there were bamboo shoots at 20 yuan a jin specially supplied for the pregnant Rong Rong, and carrots and cabbage at six yuan a jin for Mao Mao. It turns out their red pandas can eat them too!

At this moment, Qiao Qiao is already holding a stainless steel basin, inside which are pieces of carrot, with the bright green, fluffy carrot tops placed to the side, looking exceptionally attractive.

The boldest one, Orange, indeed climbed down from the enrichment prop nearby at the first opportunity. Its chubby tail swept across the visitors' hands along the way, making them feel itchy with desire.

And Qiao Qiao followed Lu Chuan's advice strictly when feeding: don't be proactive, don't force it, don't be sudden.

At this moment, the basin is held in his hands, and the carrot pieces are held in his palm, quietly extended. Orange stared at it for a while, then reached out its paws to hold it—during which its tail was quietly touched by the girl next to it again.

Red pandas eat as delicately as giant pandas, and they are even very good at using one hand to grab the carrot pieces and then stuffing them into their mouths to chew with a crunch...

The only difference is that their mouths are smaller and they eat more slowly.

The staff member on the side was a bit surprised—these 6-yuan carrots really have something to them!

You have to know that for the red pandas at Shancheng Zoo, their staple food is mostly a mixed apple meal, and they aren't deliberately fed poor-quality food or left hungry just to make them win the favor of visitors—you can tell just by looking at their round bodies; they eat quite well.

For Orange, carrots aren't actually something it's particularly fond of, but now it's grabbing the carrot pieces with one hand and gnawing on them in small bites, not only with patience but even ignoring the harassment of several hands touching it nearby...

You really get what you pay for!

The staff member's heart was itching—actually, those apples aren't cheap either, right? Adding some carrots wouldn't be bad, right?

The next moment, another red panda was seen darting across the fence.

Qiao Qiao's eyes lit up, and he immediately reached out to hold another piece of carrot there. Who knew that as soon as the other one approached, Orange stood up instantly, its fur bristling, its sharp teeth bared, scaring the girl next to it so much that she didn't dare to sneak a touch anymore!

"Ah! Are they going to fight?"

"No way? I've been here before and even watched the official videos; don't their red pandas often eat from the same plate?"

"Yeah, is it in a bad mood and wants to beat someone up?"

"Don't say that, it's really possible. Red pandas are very fierce when fighting, and they are also very—"

The voice stopped abruptly.

Because Orange had already flown forward and started fighting with the newcomer on the not-so-wide fence!

The most ridiculous thing is that neither of them opened their mouths—because they both had a piece of carrot in their mouths!

Just, four paws kicking, fur flying everywhere, twisting and turning like cats, but they just wouldn't open their mouths!

Finally, Orange couldn't help it anymore and opened its mouth to bite—

"Plop."

The remaining quarter of the carrot fell directly into the grass behind the fence, and Orange instantly froze.