"Xiao An, it's time to prepare for dinner!"
Aqing, who just came out from helping in the kitchen, walked over to the little fox on the sofa, placed her hand on his body, and gently shook the round little fox as she spoke.
"Dinner?"
Ansheng stretched out his arms, let out a soft whimper, raised his paws to brush his face, and glanced toward the kitchen area. Seeing Mo Yiqing cooking over there, he was a bit stunned:
"Mo Mo... is cooking?"
"Aqing, don't scare me. Can you really cook with your skills?"
Aqing always ate fast food at home. When she did cook, it was just boiled meat in water. If Ansheng remembered correctly, the only time she cooked at home was for a barbecue.
As for Mo Mo cooking, it wasn't that Ansheng had any prejudice against Mo Yiqing.
It's just that he had never seen a rich girl who could cook.
"Mo Mo, Ansheng says you're trying to poison him!" Aqing said with a smile, calling out to the busy Mo Mo.
"Not at all, I won't poison anyone." Standing at the stove, Mo Yiqing glanced at the ribs simmering as the sauce reduced, replied casually, picked up the iron pan with her left hand and started shaking it, while holding a spatula with her right hand.
When the color was there, Mo Yiqing put down the pan, touched the edge of the spatula, tasted some sauce, and checked the saltiness of the braised ribs.
Because she loved to eat, she specifically signed up for a cooking class to understand how to cook.
But.
Besides her family, Mo Yiqing never mentioned to outsiders or admitted that she could cook. Food was enjoyment, and cooking was a pastime. She didn't want her hobby to become a repetitive daily task.
"Alright, come on, let's eat!" Mo Yiqing called to the two in the living room and Tang You lounging in the rec room.
"Mo Mo, where did you buy that creamy white keyboard? It feels so smooth to the touch..."
Sitting at the dining table, Tang You looked at Mo Yiqing curiously and asked.
She also had a porcelain key keyboard, but because she was staying in a dorm, Tang You didn't bring such friendship-breaking keyboards. She used a relatively quiet membrane keyboard instead.
The porcelain keyboard was very beautiful, but the downside was if your hands were wet or sweaty, it would slip, not suitable for intense FPS games.
"I don't know. The keyboard belongs to my boyfriend," Mo Yiqing responded.
The keyboard wall was a decoration. She asked Mo Shengjie, when overseeing construction at the site, to put some second-hand keyboards in the display cabinet to make it look like a teen addicted to the internet lived there.
"Can you ask for me? I want to get one too," Tang You said eagerly.
"Sure," Mo Yiqing nodded in agreement.
"... Tastes pretty good."
The little fox picked up some food from the plate, tentatively put it in his mouth, chewed, and not tasting much, took another piece and chewed greedily, one piece after another.
......
After a satisfying meal and drink.
The originally planned nightlife was canceled.
The four of them lazily lounged on the sofa, reading materials sent by the counselor in the group chat, and understood the reason for the early school start was due to the neighboring sect head causing trouble.
The crested ibis, known as "giant pandas of the bird world," was in the nesting season, and the local forestry bureau in Qinling would go to their habitats to drive away snakes and birds of prey, while also building artificial nests in trees for the young birds.
At the most critical time in the Qinling, the crested ibis population was only 7.
But after years of effort, their numbers have grown to around 5000.
From near extinction to a thriving community, it's not just about animal protection but also generations of people restoring the surrounding habitat, and agronomists promoting wetland restoration and ecological practice.
The crested ibis hatching.
Was a classic conservation case jointly achieved by zoologists, agronomists, and local people.
Reading through the entire material.
The core message, in simple terms, was.
School of Animal Science students would be nesting birds and handling snakes.
College of Agriculture students swimming freestyle in wetlands, and all ag students banned from picking mushrooms in the mountains.
If a mushroom opens its mouth and guarantees it's not poisonous or promises to cook itself, seek medical attention immediately.
And, students from the School of Animal Science, do not believe any agriculture student who claims something is edible.
"... Crested ibis!?"
Listening to Aqing and their conversation, Ansheng's little fox face froze, expressing shock and disbelief.
"The principal... predicted my prediction? How did he know the indirect factor of Qinling's mutation was from the crested ibis?"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible...."
"If they knew that, Wang Qiqi wouldn't have agreed to bring over two bags of potions."
Ansheng pondered for a long time, unable to figure it out, planning to ask Wang Qiqi at night.
Because they needed to prepare supplies for an early morning trip to the school to catch a bus, everyone stayed overnight at Mo Mo's house, getting ready to buy essential medicines at the pharmacy and load up on thick stockings or pantyhose at the supermarket.
In the mountains.
If you can't closely observe your surroundings, you'll never know what surprises lie beneath your feet or what wonderful chemical reactions might occur from unfamiliar plants beside you.
Wearing stockings under pants equals an extra layer of protection.
This was Aqing's tried and tested practical experience from years of observation activities.
......
At night.
After everyone fell asleep, Ansheng turned off the cartoon playing in front of him and quietly snuck out of the dorm room, quickly running to the balcony, and leaping off from the thirteenth floor to head home.
Landed on the ground.
Ansheng pressed the intercom button for the relevant floor, asking the nanny to press the elevator for him.
Although the elevator in the building was shared.
But the elevator button on the penthouse floor was removed. Visiting required card access or climbing the stairs.
"Huh? Why are you here at my house?"
As soon as he entered, Ansheng suddenly saw the dazzling golden light from the elevator, almost blinding him.
The well-nourished and strong Golden Leopard was lounging on the living room sofa, watching TV, with a tabletop full of raw meat food.
"Hey! The honorable An Fox is back?" Golden Leopard glanced at Ansheng and greeted him, "Isn't it because you were all mysterious and vague over the phone about what you discovered, so we decided to stay at your place to get first-hand information."
"By the way, the third level of that site, thanks to our expert team's efforts, should be fully opened for archaeology in two days. Didn't you say you were interested in the site before?"
"... I was wondering why there were so many raw meat packaging bags on the table."
Ansheng looked at Golden Leopard with a face full of black lines and then threw a sympathetic glance at the nannies in the kitchen.
Goodness!
You guys didn't get a moment's rest, endlessly looking after this fat leopard.
"Let's not talk about that first. Do you know what Xinxing Agricultural Science College is up to, suddenly saying they're starting early to conduct some crested ibis observation activity?"
"Oh, are you talking about that? It's related to the site. We're about to open the ceramics factory site, and the subsequent research will occur beneath the Xinxing Agricultural Science College."
"Having the students start early is primarily to get them out of the way."
Ansheng: "........"
Out of the way?
It feels like you're throwing people into the fire pit.