Oh no, she forgot that the police station could also do video forensics!
If she’d known, she wouldn’t have told them about the video evidence. Jiang Miao regretted it deeply. Her dark, round eyes darted around nervously, when she heard a voice from behind:
“What else could it be? Of course it’s because she was wearing a realistic panda mascot costume!”
Qin Che came to the rescue, and Jiang Miao immediately breathed a sigh of relief, nodding in agreement.
“Right, right, right! That’s exactly it! I was just wearing a mascot costume, and I sent all six of them flying with one punch each!”
Lin Xiaoyao: …That still sounds absolutely ridiculous!
“What about the tiger then? The tiger can’t be wearing a mascot costume, can it?”
“The tiger is a real tiger. Xiaoguai couldn’t beat me, so I gave it a good beating, and then I took it in as my little brother. Is there anything wrong with that?
The law doesn’t say you can’t have a Siberian tiger as your little brother.”
Lin Xiaoyao: !!
So, this soft-looking young girl in front of her, with her bare hands, subdued a Siberian tiger, and then, wearing a clumsy panda mascot costume, rode that tiger to take down six dangerous criminals armed with guns?!
The entire squad of special police officers at the station began to question their lives. Their gazes toward Shen Miao carried a hint of envy and awe.
Isn’t she even more impressive than Wu Song?
Who would’ve thought that a little potato from the south on vacation would be this formidable!
Lin Xiaoyao scratched her head at this point, at a loss for words.
Although Siberian tigers are protected by law, Shen Miao hadn’t poached or caged the tiger—she’d just ridden it to fight criminals. Not only was that not illegal, it would even earn her commendation…
Thinking about it, Lin Xiaoyao’s lips twitched a few times, but soon she was even more confused.
Because this incident had been livestreamed and was now drawing public attention. The higher-ups were waiting for them to release an official statement quickly, but the key issue was—how were they supposed to write it?
No matter how they wrote it, it would sound absolutely absurd!
…
While the police station was still racking their brains over how to write a statement that sounded reasonable, Shen Miao was counting money with Xiaoguai.
With the livestream tips plus the ginseng she’d sold recently, she’d earned five thousand yuan in one go!
That was way more than hauling bricks for Chiyou in the ancient times!
Back then, hauling bricks for Chiyou, a panda could only trade a hundred bricks per trip for one corn bun. And in modern times, the brick-hauling business wasn’t doing well either.
She’d just gone to ask—hauling bricks for a whole day only earned a hundred fifty yuan, not even enough for one meal for a panda like her!
Livestreaming was where the real money was!
After cashing out, Shen Miao immediately planned to head down the mountain and spend all five thousand yuan on food!
Five thousand wasn’t even enough for her to eat well for a few meals, and she also wanted to buy bamboo shoots to stock up. Not to mention Xiaoguai was a bottomless pit waiting to be filled!
But just then, the system poured salt on the wound for a panda like her:
[Congratulations! You have successfully conquered ten humans. Keep it up!
New mission issued: Conquer Stray Animals
As the Panda Overlord, we must not only conquer humans, but also win the hearts of little animals. Before winter arrives, please rescue as many stray furballs in the city as possible!
Mission reward: Each animal rescued restores a wisp of spiritual energy.
Mission failure penalty: All your black-and-white patterns will be swapped. Black becomes white, and white becomes black.]
Shen Miao: !!
She used her phone to photoshop what she’d look like with the colors swapped, and immediately felt disgusted with herself.
So ugly—how could such an ugly creature exist?!
Fine, then. Puppies and kittens still had to be rescued. But the five thousand she’d just gotten hadn’t even been spent on food yet, and now it wasn’t going to be enough again?
No big deal—she’d rescue them and make them all work to earn money for her!
Shen Miao sighed and scratched her furry ears. She then decided to head down the mountain and rent a place with a yard.
She’d originally planned to sleep in a tree to save on rent and spend it all on food.
After moving into the new house and catching a few stray kittens and puppies, Shen Miao’s food budget quickly ran dry again.
“It’s all your fault! You eat so much every day—go dig up some ginseng!”
Xiaoguai whimpered a couple of times, wanting to say that Shen Miao ate more than it did every day.
But afraid of getting beaten, the tiger could only grumble and obediently head up the mountain to continue its hard labor. Meanwhile, Shen Miao took two black-and-white cows to the pet hospital for their vaccinations.
There were still people waiting in line at the pet hospital, so Shen Miao had to sit down with her two black-and-white cows and wait.
The humans in the hospital were all quiet, but the four-legged animals were raising absolute chaos.
Shen Miao covered her ears in discomfort, but the wailing and howling in the hospital still tore through her eardrums.
“Woof woof woof, dogs don’t want shots! They’re killing dogs, killing dogs, awoooooo!”
“Meow meow meow aooow it hurts so much! Meow, so tasty, so tasty!
The cat treat is so good, aooow it hurts, butt hurts, cat butt!
Hurt tasty, tasty hurt, aooow!”
“No, no, no! Poop-scooper, you get back here! You actually dared to neuter me!
Cutting off a dog’s proud balls, just you wait!
A dog’s revenge is never too late! When I get home, your house is gone!”
“Woof woof woof, I’m not sick, I’m not sick, I’m really not sick, I was faking it, he’s lying! I don’t want shots or surgery, awooo!”
This cat-crying and dog-barking sound was contagious, and soon even the cats and dogs waiting in line began to tremble.
The two tuxedo cats in Shen Miao’s arms started going crazy and yowling, but were quickly silenced by a glare from Shen Miao, who gave each of them a smack on their cat butts:
“You’re both black and white spotted—don’t you dare throw a fit and test my patience!
Don’t embarrass the black-and-white spotted clan!”
Under the intimidation of the great black-and-white boss, the two little tuxedo cats quickly quieted down, obediently lying in Shen Miao’s arms waiting to go in for their shots.
Shen Miao took the opportunity to pet the fluffy fur and enjoy some cat therapy.
Gotta say, the feel of their black-and-white spotted fur was something else! So satisfying to pet!
When her turn finally came, Shen Miao had just stepped inside when she ran head-on into Zhou Xingyao coming out of another examination room.
Seeing it was Shen Miao, Zhou Xingyao instinctively flinched at first, but then gave her a once-over, his expression turning somewhat strange:
“Shen Miao? It’s you again? Did you find out my whereabouts again?”
Shen Miao didn’t want to deal with him, but the corridor was narrow, so she quickly noticed bite marks on Zhou Xingyao’s hand, while his other hand held a medical slip.
Seems he’d been bitten by a cat and came for a rabies shot.
[Meow meow, this meow bit him! Hehe meow]
At that moment, the tuxedo cat in her arms proudly raised its cat head, swishing its black tail back and forth, seeking pets and praise.
Back when it was lurking outside the restaurant waiting for food, it had seen this awesome big sister slap that man flying with one palm.
Cats also admire the strong, so when the tuxedo cat saw Zhou Xingyao again, it charged up and bit him—all to earn merit in front of the black-and-white spotted king.
Sure enough, hearing the scheming cat’s account, Shen Miao was very pleased and gave it a stroke:
“Good job, I’ll give you an extra chicken leg when we get back!”
“Meow! Chicken leg, yay!”
The one human and one cat chatted very happily, while Zhou Xingyao, left aside like air, wore a very displeased expression.
He had just thought Shen Miao had followed him here to apologize, but now watching her stay silent for so long, he looked at her with suspicion.
“Shen Miao, what exactly are you here for? Don’t tell me it’s a coincidence!”
But Shen Miao didn’t even listen. As a human, one should be polite and answer questions, but now that she was a panda, there was no need for irrelevant words about Two-legged Beasts to occupy space in a panda’s brain.
She gave Zhou Xingyao a once-over and said to herself:
“Your face is swelling down pretty fast.”
Could it be she hadn’t slapped hard enough?
Dammit, having too much strength was really hard to gauge!
“…What, are you trying to apologize to me?
Fine, go ahead and apologize. I’m listening.”
However, before Zhou Xingyao could finish speaking, he saw Shen Miao treat him like air, step past him, and grab the arm of the doctor ahead.
…What exactly was she trying to do? Was this also to get his attention?
Zhou Xingyao frowned and stepped forward disapprovingly:
“Shen Miao, what nonsense are you up to? Let go of the doctor!”
Smack! Shen Miao viciously slapped away a hand that came from who-knows-where. Then she tightly gripped the doctor’s hand and said:
“You’re committing murder for money against this dog! This dog isn’t sick at all!”
“What are you talking about? Let go of me!”
“Wuwuwu, a good person! Finally someone understands what woof is saying!
Quick! Save woof, save woof! Woof doesn’t want to die, wuwuwu!”