I have a wildlife zoo

At the rescue center, Black Whirlwind and Maymay, the two wild boars, now also live together.

Fang Ye had submitted an application to the Forestry Bureau to have these two boars temporarily housed at the zoo.

Rescued animals that can be normally released don't need to report, but if an animal needs to stay at the zoo for a long time due to injury, disability, or various other reasons, then a report must be made to the authorities.

Although these two boars are healthy, they are prone to causing human-animal conflicts and must be released with caution.

If it were just one, it might have been released already to avoid impacting reproduction, but now that they have paired up, they might as well have their babies at the zoo.

Now that the two boars are penned together, it is common to see Black Whirlwind lying on top of Maymay doing some shameless things.

Fang Ye also had some personal reasons, as zoos that keep wild boars are very rare, mainly because they are not valued and even if one wanted to introduce them, there are none to bring in.

But wild boars are animals that live close to people and are often misunderstood, so he wanted to breed a few piglets, raise them in the zoo for long-term educational purposes, and then release them.

Even if it is for educational or breeding reasons, a zoo can't just keep animals, especially the more rare species, without sufficient necessity.

The original purpose was to help the wild populations recover, and if you keep them carelessly, the wild populations will only decline.

Therefore, on one hand, Fang Ye sent out public relations staff to do wildlife protection outreach for the villagers around Linhai City, and on the other hand, he helped villagers set up boar-repelling loudspeakers and flashlights.

The outreach staff reported that the villagers were quite indifferent to the educational campaigns; if they hadn't started by approaching the village secretary and head, they wouldn't have paid any attention at all and even mocked them for valuing pigs over people.

Even with the promise of free wild boar-repelling loudspeakers and flashlights, their attitude didn't improve much.

Fang Ye encouraged them to keep it up!

Such efforts were always a grind; if one campaign didn't work, they'd do several more, visit dozens of times a year, constantly frequenting farmers' homes, persuading them with emotion and reason.

It's not just about reason but also about legal consequences; discussing the legal consequences of capturing wild animals, and then coordinating with the police to drive the point home. After a few years of such campaigns, attitudes would definitely improve.

...

Early morning.

Lin Hao scrolled through his phone in bed, lingering for a while before getting up.

He flipped through the chat history of the Linhai Zoo Enthusiasts group. Daigo was volunteering at the zoo again today, took a selfie in his little green vest, and boasted with several photos of the aviary, looking very pleased with himself.

It seemed he was finding joy in volunteering. Read exclusive adventures at My Virtual Library Empire

By the time it was ten thirty, feeling a little hungry, he lazily got up, pulled open the curtains, and opened the window.

The weather was actually nice today, the air had a fresh scent, and a few leisurely white clouds drifting across the sky made one unable to resist wanting to reach out and touch them.

"How lovely..."

Lin Hao raised his head to look at the blue sky and white clouds, took a deep breath with his eyes closed, and showed a contented expression on his face.

Although he was an intern and had a much easier time compared to other newly employed office workers, and his supervisor hadn't assigned him too much work,

work was still very tiring! And he still had to do his final project, so exhausting!

Doesn't want to go to work! Doesn't want to go to work!

On days off, he could sleep in late, scroll through his phone while in bed.

Then order some takeout, play King of Glory in the afternoon and evening, and have a fulfilling day just pass by.

Just getting off work he was honestly tired, too lazy to move, staying in the house all day, then taking a trip to the zoo the next day to relax and prepare for the new week.

This kind of life had become Lin Hao's favorite.

He loved this simple yet blissful lifestyle!

Having witnessed the intense competition within internet jobs, he was already pretty tired. Will he still be able to relax with games and visit the zoo every week once he starts working officially?

And there's a chance his parents will soon be pressuring him to find a girlfriend and get married... Just thinking about it felt overwhelmingly stressful...

Well, he figured he might as well enjoy the good days while they last.

With that thought, Lin Hao felt an urge not to waste his life and decided to go down for a run, but the hunger in his stomach snapped him back to reality. Better to order some takeout to fill his stomach first.

"The weather feels nice today. Why not take a stroll around the zoo?"

But Lin Hao decided against it, simply lacking the energy. He still hadn't recovered from the fatigue of working.

Besides, he liked to wander around for a whole day, and by the time he finished eating and got there, it would already be afternoon. Running back and forth for just half a day seemed like a waste.

"Let's just wander around the rooftop."

Thinking this, Lin Hao put on his clothes, brushed his teeth, freshened up, and headed upstairs.

Working away from home, of course, he was renting a place.

His rented room was in a shared apartment with communal bathrooms and kitchen, one room per person.

The room, less than twenty square meters, cost 1500 yuan a month. And that was still considered cheap.

The location of the apartment was close to the technology park, but it was an old-style building without an elevator.

When he moved in, he lugged his luggage up to the seventh floor, sweating so much he nearly collapsed from exhaustion.

Moreover, there was another downside: the place was rife with rats. He had planned to cook for himself to stay healthy, but the noodles he bought and left outside got gnawed by rats. Even placing them higher up didn't work; they got chewed there too. It was so irksome that he eventually resorted to ordering takeout instead.

At night, when it was quiet, the rats would scurry across the ceiling, making loud "thump thump thump" noises.

From far to near, from near to far, it sounded like ghost children running above, very creepy to listen to...

Since the seventh floor was the top floor, there was no one living above it.

If he took a clothes rack and banged it hard, the noise would get even louder, and the rats would scurry faster.

Sometimes, when Lin Hao heard a loud "clang" from outside and looked back, he could see rats scampering up the pipes at high speed.

For him, it was bearable. The sound of rats "running thump thump thump" was annoying before he slept, but once he fell asleep, he was a heavy sleeper, and no amount of rat racing could disturb him.

The other tenants had it worse, constantly troubled by them. One roommate went on a business trip and came back to find his protein powder and snacks in the closet had been chewed by rats, and the whole room smelled of rat droppings, a total mess.

They complained to the landlord, who came to check several times and even set up glue traps, but never caught a single rat.

...

Lin Hao, wearing slippers, made his way to the rooftop!

On the rooftop, gazing at the clear blue sky and drifting white clouds, breathing in the fresh air, his mood improved greatly.

Raising his hands above his head, he stretched and yawned, then opened his arms and did some chest-expanding exercises.

Some residents grew vegetables and flowers on the rooftop, where several pots were placed.

As Lin Hao walked around on the rooftop, he suddenly caught sight of a glue trap in the corner that seemed to have caught something.

"Huh, the landlord set up glue traps on the rooftop too?"

Thinking he might have finally caught a rat, Lin Hao felt a surge of excitement.

You've been so rampant, running around on the ceiling every day, huh? Finally, you got caught!

Taking a quick couple of steps to take a closer look, to his surprise, it wasn't a rat stuck there, but a bird!