Chapter 33 Stealing Feed
"Zhang Yuan, I suspect that the Imperial Capital Zoo is abusing animals!"

Why did Liu Qianqian say that?
Looking in the direction of her finger, Zhang Yuan was also stunned.

In the elephant house, I saw several huge Asian elephants walking by the river, but strangely, all of them looked pale and thin, and their steps were unsteady.

You could even clearly see the ribs on the sides of two of the elephants, they were so thin.

"This……"

Zhang Yuan thought, as a capital city with abundant funds and many tourists, the animals should not starve.

Moreover, although I didn't look carefully while walking along the way, other animals did not have the "low body fat" state of these elephants. Instead, they were all fat and bloated, lazily basking in the sun.

But soon, the appearance of a person answered all their questions.

I saw a keeper carrying half a bucket of sugarcane in one hand and half a stick of sugarcane in the other, chewing them as he walked out of the barn where the elephants lived at night.

The breeder walked unsteadily, his bloated body swaying with every step, and his big belly rumbling loudly, as if it could cover his feet!
Zhang Yuan was stunned. He recognized the fat man who weighed more than 300 pounds as soon as he appeared.

"Isn't this Sun Yue?"

He remembered Xiao Yueyue whom he met in a restaurant some time ago. This fat guy became Xiao Yue's golden partner in the future.

Oh, yes, he should be in the Imperial Capital Zoo at this time, there is nothing wrong with that!

Jiang Kun has a partner named Li Wenhua, who happens to be the uncle of Sun Yue’s mother.

Teacher Guo always says that Sun Yue is Li Wenhua’s grandson, which is actually not accurate.

The job of feeding elephants at the Capital Zoo was introduced by the old man with the help of Jiang Kun. To be honest, the job introduced by Mr. Jiang was very ordinary and could only be considered a not very lucrative iron rice bowl.

People say crosstalk is made up, but looking at the half-chewed sugarcane in Sun Yue's hand, Zhang Yuan felt that the "stealing feed" incident might be true!

"Look at that fat guy!" Liu Qianqian also noticed Sun Yue and laughed wildly with her hands covering her mouth.

Zhang Yuan didn't have time to care about her. He took a few steps forward and greeted Sun Yue.

As an animal manager, the thing he is most familiar with are animals. Zhang Yuan took the elephant as the starting point and gradually became familiar with this "stranger".

"Don't underestimate elephants because they are animals. Elephants are very smart, with the intelligence equivalent to that of a 10-year-old child." Sun Yue usually interacts with colleagues at work. Occasionally, if a talkative young person is willing to communicate with him, he is happy to share.

"A few nights ago, this elephant used its trunk to open the barn door and stole several bags of feed." Sun Yue said, pointing to an elephant.

The elephant with its ribs exposed looked back at him aggrievedly, its eyes seemed to say...

"Why would I steal feed in the middle of the night? Don't you have any idea?"

The two chatted for a full half an hour. Seeing that Zhang Yuan and the breeder had become familiar with each other, Liu Qianqian came up to them with her hands behind her back.

"This fat brother."

Sun Yue turned his head away angrily. He couldn't stand the word "fat".

But when he saw that the person who was speaking was a pretty girl who looked like a fairy, his expression changed in an instant and his eyes narrowed into slits with joy.

"Hello, hello. What's up?"

"Can I..."

Sun Yue thought, this little girl wouldn't want to ride an elephant... It's not impossible, after all, she was having a good chat with her companions.

But Xixi pointed to his feed bucket and said, "Can I have some sugar cane?"

Zhang Yuan: …

The elephant on the side showed a resentful look, another one came to steal the food!
Not long after, Zhang Yuan and his group left the elephant house, each holding a piece of sugarcane.

Before leaving, Zhang Yuan left Sun Yue's phone number on the grounds that he liked animals and wanted to ask for advice.

This also leaves a way out, so we can still get in touch when needed.

As they walked along the Lion and Tiger Mountain, Deer Park, Hippopotamus Pavilion, and Monkey Mountain, Liu Qianqian's mood became increasingly high, and she had apparently put most of her unhappiness behind her.

When they arrived at the bird park, Liu Qianqian was circling around various rare birds, and Shu Chang could hardly keep up with her.

After being tired from strolling, everyone sat on the benches by the river to rest.

From time to time, people came forward to take photos with Chen Kun and Dong Jie.

"Wow, it's Chen Kun!"

"Dong Jie, I've read your "White Collar Diary"!"

Zhang Yuan could only serve as a background board or a guy who helped take photos.

"Brother Yuan, it won't be long before you have a lot of fans." Shu Chang handed him a bottle of water.

Shu Chang is really good and knows how to comfort people... But Zhang Yuan doesn't care, because he knows that the time is not right yet.

"Xixi, drink some water too... You were so happy just now, why are you unhappy now?" Shu Chang also handed a bottle to Liu Xixi, but found that the other person's expression had become much darker.

"Oh, it's so annoying. My mother has been meddling in my affairs more and more recently. I'm under so much pressure. I want to play here forever and don't want to go back to the crew." Xixi held her chin up, looking very helpless.

Then she complained again. Going to school, acting, dancing, every aspect was arranged clearly by her mother, leaving her no room to breathe or rest.

After a while, when she finished speaking, Zhang Yuan spoke calmly. "Xixi, have you read The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes?"

Liu Qianqian didn't understand why these two stories were mentioned, and nodded: "I've seen the Hong Kong version, it's not bad."

Not only have you seen it, you will also perform in it in the future... Zhang Yuan suppressed the words in his heart.

"Do you remember Huang Rong in the movie?"

"Of course I remember."

"So who do you think is better, Huang Rong from The Legend of the Condor Heroes or Huang Rong from The Return of the Condor Heroes?"

"Of course it's the one from The Legend of the Condor Heroes. She's so smart and cute. The Huang Rong in The Return of the Condor Heroes is so bad and annoying!" Liu Qianqian's judgment is very subjective, but it's the same as most people's.

"But why do I feel that Huang Rong in The Return of the Condor Heroes is better?"

"Ah!" Xixi and Shu Chang beside her looked at him in surprise.

"In fact, in these two stories, Huang Rong has always been Huang Rong. You think she has changed, but it is not her who has changed, but the world."

"In The Legend of the Condor Heroes, she is the daughter, the apprentice, and Rong'er of Brother Jing. She only wants to travel around the world and spend the rest of her life with him."

"But in The Return of the Condor Heroes, she is a mother, a master, and the wife of the hero Guo. She has parents and children, and she is pregnant."

"At this moment, she is already worried about her daughter, husband, and the people of Xiangyang City. How can she still have the spirit she had when she was young? It's good enough that she doesn't have any resentment."

"If you say Huang Rong in The Return of the Condor Heroes is unlikable, it's because you look at her from Yang Guo's perspective, thinking she is petty, cautious, and defensive at every turn."

“But if you put it in her perspective, with the son of her enemy by her side, a cruel person would have probably tried to make Yang Guo die accidentally to eliminate future troubles!”

"After all, everything she did was just to maintain the harmony of the family, the future of her children, and the dignity of her husband."

Liu Qianqian and Shu Chang nodded slightly. After Zhang Yuan's explanation, they did discover the differences of this character.

The adult world is not that easy, and the same goes for female heroes.

"Xixi, actually your mother is the same as Huang Rong."

After hearing Zhang Yuan's words, Liu Qianqian slowly raised her little head.

"She was once as young and beautiful as you are now, and she could forget her troubles as soon as she turned her head."

"But she is different now, because she has you, just like Huang Rong has Guo Fu."

"She has to think about you, force you to move forward, and help you block the malice in society."

"From an outsider's perspective, she may have done that sometimes, but as a mother, she is strong and you have to understand her."

Although Zhang Yuan and Liu Xiaoli do not get along, one has to look at the matter separately. From the perspective of being a parent alone, the efforts Liu Xiaoli has made in Liu Qianqian's education and life planning far exceed 99.99% of Chinese parents.

Xixi held her chin up and looked at Zhang Yuan. After a few seconds, she smiled widely and then replied softly, "Yeah."

Shu Chang didn't expect Zhang Yuan to say that.

She always believed that Liu Xiaoli was prejudiced against Zhang Yuan and her attitude towards him was just average, so Zhang Yuan should hold a grudge against her.

But he could actually consider the problem from the other person's perspective!

"Brother Yuan is so great." Shu Chang muttered softly.

Liu Qianqian had the same idea as Shu Chang. She thought Zhang Yuan would help her say bad things about her mother.

From childhood to adulthood, countless boys surrounded her. In kindergarten, several children even fought for the nap spot next to her.

Her mother would often block these kinds of boys, just like she did when she was on guard against Zhang Yuan.

Some smart boys would say bad things about her mother and instill ideas of "freedom", "independence" and "rebellion" into her, trying to sow discord between mother and daughter and "kidnap" Sissi.

But Liu Xixi is not one of those silly girls. This approach has no effect other than making her dislike her.

But over the years, Zhang Yuan is the only one among her peers who praises her mother, which is completely the opposite of those boys!

[Received thanks from Liu Xixi, appearance +8, mentality +2! ]

In fact, she had been in a bad mood recently. In addition to the death of the parrot and the pressure from her mother, there was another reason that she didn't tell anyone.

That is, after that night, Liu Xiaoli often criticized Zhang Yuan in private and showed her extreme displeasure.

Every time her mother made negative comments about Zhang Yuan, she felt very conflicted and always wanted to defend Zhang Yuan, but she didn't dare to talk back to her mother.

But now she understands.

Mom was right, she just wanted to protect me.

Liu Qianqian's face was full of smiles. She looked at Zhang Yuan with gentle eyes, her toes swaying in her sandals. She felt happier than ever.

She felt very comfortable, but she didn't feel comfortable singing.

After seeing the look that Xixi gave Zhang Yuan at this moment, Shu Chang's heart sank for no reason.

In a few days...

(End of this chapter)