Beast Taming: I'm Really Just a Forest Ranger - Chapter 185 - 137: The Missing Little Taotao! (Part 2)
Chapter 185: Chapter 137: The Missing Little Taotao! (Part 2)
“Awoo awoo awoo!”
Cola suddenly raised its head, sniffed around, its eyes gleaming with light.
This is the scent!
And it carries a very familiar smell.
“Found something?” Chen Yuan’s eyes lit up.
“Awoo!”
Cola responded loudly, then approached the ground, focusing its mind. In the next moment, the unique scent of Little Taotao seemed to transform into a faint red stream of light, hovering in the air, guiding the direction.
Cola immediately chased after the red stream of light, continuously sniffing the ground, adjusting its direction accurately, and finally arrived at a pitch-black cave.
“Is it here?”
Chen Yuan turned on his flashlight, the bright light instantly illuminating the cave. He could faintly see two figures lying deep inside the cave.
With a thought, the Spiritual Protection Shield enveloped his body, while Cola stepped in fearlessly.
After a while,
“Awoo awoo awoo!”
Cola let out an excited sound.
Chen Yuan stepped forward to look, only to see Little Taotao soundly asleep on a Little Star Moon Deer.
Without much thought, Chen Yuan quickly said, “Spark, quickly go and tell them I found Little Taotao.”
“Coo!”
Spark spread its wings and flew out of the cave.
Afterward, Chen Yuan squatted down, carefully examining the sleeping Little Taotao. Finding no signs of injury, he breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time,
The Little Star Moon Deer under Little Taotao caught his attention: “This… seems to be that very bold Little Star Moon Deer?”
This Little Star Moon Deer was the one that, unlike the other Star Moon Deers that were wary of Chen Yuan, boldly approached to eat snacks and tried to rescue its companion when it fell off a cliff.
How did it end up here?
And with Little Taotao?
Moreover… the Little Star Moon Deer bore several wounds of varying sizes.
Various doubts surfaced in his mind. Recalling recent rumors, Chen Yuan’s pupils shrank as he murmured, “Snow Cloud Wolf.”
Thinking quickly, Chen Yuan gently patted Little Taotao. The latter rubbed her sleepy eyes, and upon seeing Chen Yuan’s figure, exclaimed in surprise, “Chen Yuan brother, why are you here?”
Chen Yuan ruffled Little Taotao’s hair, smiling, “Because I came specifically to find you.”
“Oh no, don’t mess up my hair, or grandma will scold me later.” Little Taotao pouted and tidied her braids again.
Chen Yuan gazed at Little Taotao, his expression gradually becoming serious: “Little Taotao, you should first tell me what happened. Otherwise, not only grandma will be angry, but we’ll also give you a lesson.”
Little Taotao suddenly woke up and quickly looked down at the Little Star Moon Deer: “Right, how is the little deer?”
“It’s fine for now. You should first tell me what happened.” Chen Yuan said.
“Oh oh.” Little Taotao responded, then lightly tapped her head, making a pensive gesture, and slowly said, “Earlier at the village entrance, I heard a strange sound, so I went to see.”
“And then?”
“Then… I saw this injured little deer. I wanted to take it to the village for treatment, but it wouldn’t listen and just ran forward.”
“It ran and ran, and I chased and chased until it got dark.”
“I wanted to get home for dinner quickly, but it got too dark to find the way, and then I ended up following the deer here, and accidentally fell asleep.”
Chen Yuan did not voice criticism for Little Taotao’s recklessness, finding her was a relief; they could educate her later.
After all, a scolding from Mrs. Li was unavoidable.
“You, you.” Chen Yuan tapped Little Taotao’s forehead with his finger, smiling, “You worried us sick; the whole village came out to find you.”
“But it’s good you’re safe.”
“Yeah, I didn’t mean to, I just couldn’t remember the way home.” Little Taotao said with a grievance, then quickly held Chen Yuan’s hand, pointing at the sleeping Little Star Moon Deer, “Chen Yuan brother, you’re the best, quickly heal it.”
“Okay.”
Chen Yuan nodded, then gently patted the Little Star Moon Deer’s head. When it slowly awoke, he said, “Little one, do you remember me?”
“Yo…..”
In the first moment of waking, the Little Star Moon Deer thought of attacking, but upon seeing the person opposite, it secretly breathed a sigh of relief, its body collapsing.
It remembered this human.
“Not in great shape, huh.” Chen Yuan muttered, then had the Twin Flower Concubine tear off a petal, placing it before the Little Star Moon Deer’s mouth, “Eat this, it will help you recover quickly from your wounds.”
The Little Star Moon Deer didn’t refuse and gulped it down.
Soon, a strange energy flowed through its body, its condition rapidly improving, with even the wounds visibly beginning to heal.
“And you are…..”
Just as Chen Yuan was about to ask the Little Star Moon Deer about its ordeal, noises suddenly erupted outside the cave. He turned to see a crowd pouring in.
The limping Mrs. Li quickly approached Little Taotao, hugging her tightly, muttering non-stop: “You child, you child…”
“If anything happened to you, how would I explain to your parents, how would I continue to live…..”
The crowd fell silent for a moment, and the village chief immediately voiced, “It’s good that everyone is safe, let’s take Little Taotao home first.”
“Everyone, thank you for your hard work, go home and rest.”
As the crowd withdrew, Little Taotao turned to look at the Little Star Moon Deer, now cowering in a corner with a wary look from the people, and asked, “Chen Yuan brother, what about the little deer?”
Chen Yuan waved his hand, “You go back and rest, I’ll handle it.”
Meeting Little Taotao’s worried gaze, he added, “Don’t worry, it will be okay.”
Once Little Taotao also left the cave, only a few people remained.
Chen Yuan explained Little Taotao’s ordeal to the others, Song Guohao nodded slightly, then looked at the Little Star Moon Deer in the corner, hesitating: “Let it stay at the rescue station for now.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan glanced at the wary Little Star Moon Deer, hesitating, “Never mind, let it stay at my farm for now, this little one probably doesn’t trust others.”
Hearing Chen Yuan’s suggestion, Song Guohao nodded.
The village chief approached Chen Yuan, speaking slowly: “Chen, in this area you’re more qualified than us, please help figure out what happened and whether it affects our village.”
“If there’s anything you need help with, just say the word.”
“If there’s any potential threat to the village, we need to prepare in advance.”
“Don’t worry, village chief.” Chen Yuan nodded firmly.
At this moment, the Little Star Moon Deer’s emotions were unstable, so Chen Yuan refrained from asking for details directly.
The village chief and Song Guohao gradually left, and Chen Yuan urged Zhang Hao, who had been prepared to stay and help, to leave as well, leaving him alone in the cave.
Only then did the Little Star Moon Deer relax its guard.
Chen Yuan couldn’t help but laugh, “When you ate snacks back then, you were bold, weren’t you? Why so shy around strangers now?”
The Little Star Moon Deer didn’t respond. Feeling much better than before, it slowly got up and walked towards the cave exit, with Chen Yuan following tightly behind.
Leaving the cave, the Little Star Moon Deer faced east, taking slow but steady steps.
After not walking far, it clearly felt pain in its limbs, followed by one leg buckling outward, causing its entire body to fall.
Chen Yuan quickly approached to check the situation.
The injuries were more severe than he had imagined.
Not only were there external injuries, but also concealed internal ones.
The petals of the Twin Flower Concubine were not omnipotent and couldn’t target every type of injury.
For ordinary flesh wounds, the petals could quickly aid rapid healing, but for internal injuries, the recovery speed would be much slower.
“Yo….”
The Little Star Moon Deer tried to struggle up, but Chen Yuan, with a serious expression, stopped it: “No, you need to have a good rest now.”
“Yo…”
Meeting Chen Yuan’s determined gaze, the Little Star Moon Deer lifted its head, gazing deeply at the east, shrouded in the night, and eventually lowered its eyes, falling into silence.
Seeing the Little Star Moon Deer no longer resisting, Chen Yuan had Spark quickly call Zhang Hao back.
He needed to bring the Little Star Moon Deer back to the farm, and couldn’t do it without the help of the Gray-armored Wild Boar.
