Chapter 75: I’m Not a Veterinarian
The three of them spotted the three leopards, and the leopards noticed them at the same time. Naturally, animals have a sharper and keener sense of danger than humans. Before the family could get close, the three leopards had already detected their presence.
However, tempted by the fresh prey and driven by hunger, the leopards ignored the humans for the moment, focusing on filling their bellies first.
Before the family could react, the largest leopard, with a piece of tiger meat in its mouth, lunged straight at them!
Leopards are naturally fast. Fortunately, Yu Luo’s finger had been resting on the crossbow trigger, ready for anything. When the leopard was just about a meter away, her finger pressed the trigger. With a “thud,” the leopard collapsed to the ground!
Before Yu Luo could send a finishing shot, Ye Jiamei and Yu Haojie had already raised their arms, aiming at the other two leopards pouncing toward them and pulling the triggers!
Leopards, being large and fierce beasts, were as dangerous as tigers. To be safe, the three of them fired several more arrows into the leopards, making sure they were dead before Yu Luo hurriedly approached and stored the three leopard corpses into the system.
“Oh my gosh, my back is covered in cold sweat! Thinking about it now, our transmigration is way more dangerous than most people’s.”
“Others get to farm peacefully in the countryside with warm and loving families or live comfortably in grand mansions at worst, dealing with a bit of scheming and plotting. But us? We start off being exiled, and if that wasn’t enough, we have to fend off wild beasts!”
“First it was wolves, now leopards. And I’ve heard there are even more fearsome and unknown beasts in the frontier. When will this end?”
With the danger passed, Ye Jiamei plopped down on the snowy ground, ignoring how the snow would wet her clothes. Her legs were weak after the ordeal, and she couldn’t help but babble to ease the lingering fear.
“Yeah, these wild beasts are even harder to deal with than bandits! They move as fast as lightning. Fortunately, our family works seamlessly together. Xiao Luo, did your system give you a mission again? The way you dragged us over here was too precise for it to be a coincidence.”
“Mm, Dad, you guessed right. I should probably store the tiger’s corpse too. Even though it’s been half-eaten, the pelt is still valuable. I heard tiger bones are also good medicine. We might not be able to sell them, but who knows when they might come in handy.”
The dim torchlight illuminated the half-devoured tiger carcass. Yu Luo was a bit disgusted by the sight, but since the system could store it, why leave it behind?
Besides, if they left it there, it would surely attract more wild beasts.
“Yeah, store it quickly. The smell of blood here is too strong—we need to get out of here fast.”
Ye Jiamei extended a hand, and Yu Haojie, understanding her intentions, quickly helped her up. They prepared to head back.
Yu Luo stepped forward, swung her arm, and the tiger’s corpse vanished into thin air.
As she was about to scan the surroundings for the tiger cub, she noticed a small, barely-breathing cub curled up beneath where the tiger’s body had been.
[Congratulations, Host! Mission complete. 500 system points awarded. Current total: 1,100 points. Would you like to convert them into growth points?]
“Convert!”
Yu Luo, delighted, bent down to pick up the feeble little cub, her mind responding to the system’s prompt.
“Xiao Luo!”
Not hearing Yu Luo’s footsteps behind them, her parents turned back, only to see her holding something furry. Ye Jiamei gasped in shock.
“Mom, this should be the tiger’s cub. The system wanted me to adopt it. But looking at it now, it seems to be in bad shape. Could you check if it got crushed when the big tiger tried to protect it? It looks like it was just born a few days ago.”
“Huh?”
Ye Jiamei’s mouth twitched, but her legs moved on their own as she approached. She quickly took the cub from Yu Luo’s hands.
“Oh my, it’s completely snow-white! That’s rare. The big tiger’s fur wasn’t this color, though.”
“Maybe it took after its father,” Yu Haojie speculated, intrigued. He couldn’t resist reaching out to pet the little tiger’s head.
The cub, tiny and fluffy like a kitten, was warm to the touch but lay motionless in Ye Jiamei’s arms.
“Oh no, what do we do? I’m not a veterinarian—I don’t even know if it can be saved. I’ll try CPR on it first. It looks like the big tiger might have accidentally suffocated it while trying to protect it.”
Faced with such a cute and helpless little thing, no woman could resist, especially not Ye Jiamei, who had a kind heart.
She gently laid the cub on the ground, using her thumbs to perform a sort of CPR on its tiny chest. Watching this, both father and daughter exchanged glances, their eyes full of skepticism.
“Mom, are you sure about this? What if you make it worse?”
“Right, Xiao Luo’s right! What if its ribs are broken from the big tiger crushing it? Pressing on it might kill it faster!”
“Nonsense! I can tell if its ribs are broken or not. Stop your yapping—you’re distracting me!”
For such a tiny cub, no bigger than a kitten, Ye Jiamei was being very cautious with her strength. Hearing her husband and daughter’s doubts, she snapped at them irritably.
Father and daughter exchanged glances again and reluctantly shut up, though they couldn’t help but sweat nervously for the little cub.
“Hey, it moved! I saw its paw move!”
Before long, the once-motionless cub suddenly twitched its little paw. Yu Haojie, excited, lowered his voice in disbelief.
“What are you doing here?”
Before they could celebrate, Yu Zhengqing’s voice suddenly echoed from halfway up the slope, making the three look up in shock.
Under the bright torchlight, they saw Yu Zhengqing leading several men down the slope, torches in hand, heading straight for them.
