Chapter 336 - 334

But her uncle wasn’t here yet.

Yun Jiao nibbled on her finger, trying to think of a solution.

"I’ll go find something you can eat."

First, she searched in the lake.

She ended up catching some shrimp and a few sea urchins.

She put them in a bowl and used a rock to mash everything into a paste.

She scooped out the sea urchin roe and mixed it in.

Once the bowl was ready, she used a spoon to feed the baby killer whale one scoop at a time.

For the killer whale, this was basically an easily digestible liquid meal.

"It’s good, right?"

As it ate, the baby killer whale happily slapped its tail in the water.

The incision Ying Chengye had made on the killer whale’s belly wasn’t actually that large, and considering the little guy’s size, it was even smaller relative to its body.

The stitches were well done, so eating some meat paste was no problem.

"Alright, that’s enough. You just had surgery, so you can’t eat too much."

Although the baby killer whale wanted more, it wasn’t as hungry anymore, so it was very obedient.

Yun Jiao played with it by the lake for a while before her dad and Third Martial Brother walked over, their bodies smeared with green plant juice.

Besides the color of their skin, they were covered in the green of the juice. It was quite a sight.

’Good thing their skin is dark.’

Then Yun Jiao felt another wave of relief. ’Thank goodness I don’t attract mosquitoes. Otherwise, that green juice on my fair, delicate skin would probably be an even more spectacular sight.’

Ying Chengye checked on the baby killer whale. When he learned that Yun Jiao had fed it some meat paste, he nodded in approval.

"Wild animals have strong recovery abilities. As long as they can eat, they’ll slowly get better."

The small surgical incision he’d made was nothing. The wild was never a safe place, and the same was true for the ocean—some animals suffered severe injuries, having huge chunks of flesh bitten off, but as long as they could eat and pull through, they’d live on just fine.

It was time to change the baby killer whale’s dressing. With Yun Jiao there, it didn’t make a fuss even when lifted onto the shore, lying obediently as Ying Chengye changed the dressing.

Ying Chengye couldn’t resist petting it a few times. ’Animals really are cute, as long as they don’t bite.’

’But the little guy is too thin. It would be better if it could fatten up a bit.’

He preferred dealing with animals over people.

After they finished applying the medicine to the killer whale, Yun Linhe arrived.

This time, Yun Chen Nan and Yun Chenbei came with him, carrying pots, bowls, seasonings, blankets, a plastic rain tarp, and other supplies.

Evidently, the two women of the family had packed all of this.

Taking the opportunity while they needed to move things from the boat, they once again used a bedsheet to carry the baby killer whale out to see its family, which also served to reassure its pod.

Sure enough, when the other killer whales in the pod saw the baby being carried into the sea, they were overjoyed.

They swam circles around the little one. The baby killer whale also chirped happily, though it didn’t dare to swim too fast for fear of the pain.

Yun Jiao watched over it in the water, taking the chance to dive down and find some things to eat and bring back.

’They brought the pots, so we definitely have to cook something fresh.’

The others were busy moving things from the boat.

"Jiaojiao, should we give the baby killer whale some milk formula?"

Yun Jiao nodded. "Yes."

She tossed a few tiger prawns, each wider than her palm, onto the shore.

Then she threw up some scallops, sea scallops, Babylon snails, large and small conchs, hermit crabs, and some large, beautifully colored noble scallops.

As she went back and forth, constantly tossing things up from the sea like a busy little bee, Ying Chengye was left dumbfounded.

’Wait, is this stuff really that easy to find? Are the ocean’s resources this abundant?!’

"What kind of shrimp is this? It’s huge!"

"This fish is so ugly. Is it edible?"

"What kind of crab is this..."

Ying Chengye wasn’t from the coast. He had previously studied under Elder Xu in other places before going to the Northwest as an educated youth. When he was recommended for university, he resolutely chose to study veterinary medicine and headed straight back to the Northwest after graduating.

So he really couldn’t name any of these creatures.

Yun Linhe and Yun Linhai answered his questions as they picked up the seafood.

In the end, the group had a seafood hot pot feast on the island.

The baby killer whale was brought back again.

Not wanting to stay on the island and be bored, Yun Jiao slung on her small bag, which was filled with snacks, and decided to go exploring.

She wouldn’t even let her dad and the others follow.

Little Yun Jiao refused quite firmly. "If you come with me, you’ll only slow me down."

The group of adults: ...

"Then maybe you shouldn’t go."

Yun Jiao shook her head. "No, I’m going."

’This is an island I’ve set my sights on. I have to go take a look and patrol my territory.’

"Don’t worry, Dad. Jiaojiao is strong."

She puffed out her small chest, and then her short legs marched resolutely into the woods.

The environment on this kind of island was rather humid, so there were many venomous snakes and insects.

But some of the insects were quite cute.

For example, a big, fluffy blue spider in a tree that was larger than her hand.

Yun Jiao had never seen such a big, beautiful spider before.

’It’s so fluffy it looks like a toy.’

She wasn’t afraid of poison. Her curiosity got the better of her, and she grabbed the big spider and placed it on her hand.

Startled at first, the spider scrambled all over her.

As long as it didn’t crawl inside her clothes, Yun Jiao let it be.

When the beautiful, big spider finally settled down on her head, Yun Jiao plucked an insect from the ground and offered it.

The big spider was motionless at first, but then, probably not as scared anymore, it actually peeked out and snatched the insect away.

Yun Jiao clapped her hands and continued her exploration.

"MEEEOWWW~"

Suddenly, she heard a cat’s cry, but the sound was sharp and thin, almost like a bird’s call.

Yun Jiao didn’t rush toward the sound. Instead, she hid behind a tree to observe.

It didn’t take long for a big cat to appear in her line of sight.

Actually, it couldn’t be called a cat. It was clearly a leopard.

However, Yun Jiao didn’t know much about land animals, aside from well-known ones like tigers, wild boars, deer, and bears.

She knew a little about leopards, but only from what she’d seen in popular science books.

There were many types of leopards. Yun Jiao didn’t know the name of the one before her. It was about the size of a full-grown dog, with a very long tail and golden fur covered in cloud-like spots.

It had just climbed down a tree trunk. Its tail was so long it looked almost the same length as its body.

After landing, the leopard glanced around warily for a moment before leaving.

Yun Jiao didn’t give chase. Leopards were fast, and she wasn’t confident she could match its speed on land.

After the leopard left, she was also about to leave when she turned her head and came face-to-face with a huge, ugly snake head.

The python instantly opened its mouth wide and lunged at her.

Yun Jiao leaned back. This was where the benefits of her flexibility training with her master became apparent.

After dodging with a backbend, she did a side bend and a slide, getting completely out of the python’s attack range.

When the creature turned to coil around her again, Yun Jiao was prepared and didn’t dodge.

Pythons have immense constricting strength. They aren’t venomous; they usually kill their prey by coiling around it, crushing its bones and organs until it suffocates.

But what a coincidence—she was also very strong!