Blocking Jiang Feng's path was none other than the golden leopard that had left the day before.
Since Jiang Feng's live stream the previous day was relatively short, the online friends didn't know about the golden leopard's visit to Jiang Feng's home.
When they saw the golden leopard suddenly blocking the way, they were all startled.
"Whoa, where did this leopard come from? It scared the hell out of me."
"The host is about to get wrecked by a panda."
"This leopard looks so familiar, seems like I've seen it somewhere before."
"Hey, isn't that the golden leopard the host encountered a few nights ago?"
Quite a few online friends recognized this golden leopard.
At this moment, Jiang Feng also spoke in the live stream room, "Don't worry everyone, this is Leopard Bro, we're good friends."
After Jiang Feng finished speaking, the online friends were speechless.
This was because they had never seen anyone refer to a leopard as "brother" before.
More importantly, this leopard seemed to genuinely acknowledge Jiang Feng and didn't attempt to harm him.
"Leopard Bro, why aren't you going to find your relatives? What are you doing here?"
"Have you forgotten your aspiration?"
Jiang Feng curiously asked the golden leopard in front of him.
Aww~
The golden leopard stared blankly at Jiang Feng, let out a deep growl, then jumped straight into the back of the tractor cart and lay down.
Bun and Yuan Xiao in the cart looked puzzled at the golden leopard, cocked their heads, and began whispering quietly to each other.
Meow meow meow?
Meow?
Jiang Feng also turned his head and looked perplexedly at the golden leopard in the cart.
What's up with this guy today? Seems like he's in a bad mood.
"What's wrong with this leopard?"
"This is a leopard? You must be kidding me."
"Hey, the guy above, stand in front of it and you'll know if it's a leopard or not."
"This leopard's situation seems off, maybe it's injured?"
The online friends in the live stream also raised their questions.
At this moment, Jiang Feng turned off the engine and got down from the driver's seat, walking to the back cart to check on the golden leopard.
"What's up, Leopard Bro? Are you feeling down?"
Jiang Feng asked.
Aww~
The golden leopard raised its head, let out a deep roar, then lay back down.
Jiang Feng didn't know what to do now.
However, when he looked at the golden leopard's body, he noticed some scratch marks on its leg.
It seemed to have been clawed by some animal, with the flesh torn open and bleeding.
"Leopard Bro, have you been bullied?"
Jiang Feng asked in surprise.
But the leopard lying there clearly didn't want to say much more.
It just kept lying there motionless, its eyes devoid of spirit, looking utterly disheartened.
"Whoa, this leopard is injured?"
"There shouldn't be any animals in the mountains that can injure a leopard, right?"
"Yes, a tiger can totally beat up a leopard!"
"Nonsense, there haven't been tigers in the Qinling Mountains for a long time."
Like the online friends in the live stream, Jiang Feng was also very puzzled about what animal could have injured the golden leopard.
But Leopard Bro didn't seem to want to talk about it.
Jiang Feng sighed helplessly.
Since the golden leopard didn't want to tell him what happened, he couldn't ask further.
He placed some feed in front of the golden leopard, then returned to the front.
Bun and Yuan Xiao also sensed the golden leopard's dejection.
The two little ones exchanged a glance and stopped meowing, instead staring curiously at the golden leopard.
"Don't worry, everyone. The fact that the golden leopard was able to come back means that whatever it was, it wasn't too powerful."
Jiang Feng reassured the online friends, then started up the tractor again.
For the rest of the journey, aside from the online friends, neither Jiang Feng nor Bun and Yuan Xiao spoke.
The golden leopard in the cart licked its wounds by itself, looking utterly forlorn.
Jiang Feng glanced back, sighed helplessly once more.
In its current state, there was really nothing he could do to help the golden leopard.
After driving for about half an hour, the online friends in the live stream suddenly let out a chorus of exclamations.
"Oh my god! Oh my god! Host, look! The golden leopard jumped out of the cart!"
"Is this leopard feeling suicidal or something?"
"Is the leopard going to kill itself?"
"What are you thinking? It's probably going to take revenge."
Jiang Feng, who was driving in the front, also heard the commotion from the back.
He stopped the tractor and turned around to see the golden leopard had indeed jumped out of the cart and was heading towards the forest on the side.
Jiang Feng got out of the vehicle and couldn't help but shout, "Leopard Bro, where are you going?"
Aww~
The golden leopard in front paused, turned its head and growled at Jiang Feng, looked at him for a moment, then quickly dashed into the forest.
"Leopard Bro! If you have anything, come find me at my home!"
Watching the dejected back of Leopard Bro, Jiang Feng shouted loudly.
He didn't know if Leopard Bro had heard him or not.
At least he had done what he could.
Meow meow meow!
Bun then stretched out its little paw and meowed in the direction that the golden leopard had left, eyes filled with puzzlement.
Jiang Feng patted Bun's little head and sighed, "Leopard Bro has his own things to take care of!"
Meow meow meow?
Bun didn't understand and just tilted its head to look at Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng didn't explain further. He stroked the two little ones' heads, then started up the tractor again.
For the rest of the journey, Jiang Feng didn't speak, and neither did the online friends.
Because everyone was quite worried about the golden leopard.
But they couldn't help it either.
This is the way of nature's survival of the fittest.
...
Around half an hour later, Jiang Feng drove the tractor into the town.
This time, Bun and Yuan Xiao didn't cause as much of a stir.
After all, Bun had already come here before, so the people on the streets had gotten used to them.
However, as they walked down the street, there were still quite a few people staring at the two little ones.
Bun by Jiang Feng's side was looking around nonchalantly on the street.
Yuan Xiao, on the other hand, was very shy and hid in Jiang Feng's arms, unwilling to come out.
After arriving in town, Jiang Feng started his shopping.
This time, he mainly came to buy some things for going up the mountain, like tents and such.
As well as some prepared food.
It wouldn't go bad if kept in his Personal Space, so he could just take it out and eat it whenever he wanted.
So Jiang Feng simply bought quite a lot.
"Bun, Yuan Xiao, what do you two want to eat?"
Jiang Feng asked the two little ones when buying things.
Meow meow meow!
Meow!
Bun and Yuan Xiao shook their heads.
They didn't want to eat anything right now, only liking to eat the feed.
Jiang Feng smiled and stroked the little heads of the two, then headed to the next store.
Time passed quickly, and by the time Jiang Feng had finished shopping, it was already afternoon.
Seeing that it wasn't early anymore, Jiang Feng hurried back to Longmen Village with Bun and Yuan Xiao.
He didn't want to return home in the middle of the night like last time.
And when Jiang Feng was driving the tractor back, he thought of the golden leopard that had jumped out of the cart and left.
Jiang Feng was very worried about the golden leopard at this moment.
He didn't know what animal had injured the golden leopard.
He also didn't know if the leopard would be okay after leaving like that.
Sigh...