Yang Lin knew that Director Song would keep his promise and send the two panda cubs over, but he hadn't expected it to happen so quickly.
The moment Lele and Yaya arrived at Xihong Zoo, the two little ones followed.
By the time he received the news, the entrance was already swarmed with tourists.
"My goodness, what luck today! Besides Lele and Yaya, we even get to see two panda cubs."
"You're wrong, they're not just cubs, they're baby pandas!"
"Are they Tuan Tuan's offspring? What do they look like? I'm so excited."
"Director Yang, hurry up and unpack the express delivery! We want to see the panda cubs!"
"I never thought my little Ningnan would one day have six giant pandas. We've made it big!"
"Director Yang is coming!"
Amidst the eager anticipation of the tourists, Yang Lin, the director of Xihong Zoo, slowly walked towards the large truck.
At this moment, a staff member from Diannan Zoo also stepped forward.
"Director Yang, the two panda cubs have arrived. Please sign for them."
Upon hearing the staff member, Yang Lin's face lit up with a hint of excitement.
Then, he seemed to recall something.
"Oh right, I forgot to call Tuan Tuan over. These are its cubs. Perhaps we should let it personally welcome its children."
Everyone around found Yang Lin's suggestion quite reasonable, except for a panda house staff member at Xihong Zoo, who looked troubled.
"Director, we've thought about this. However, it's Tuan Tuan's sixth feeding time, and we can't get its attention."
"This father," Yang Lin said, shaking his head helplessly, and then whistled towards the side.
In the next second, a black lightning bolt came galloping from the side.
It was the director's personal mount, Amon.
"You all wait here. I'll go call Tuan Tuan."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Lin made a stylish leap onto the horse and galloped away.
In less than ten minutes, he rode his horse to the outside of the panda house.
Before he even got close, he saw Tuan Tuan inside the panda house, feasting ravenously.
A large pumpkin in its left paw, a large watermelon in its right, it devoured them whole, skin and all. When thirsty, it would smash open a coconut and gulp down the water.
While Yang Lin was lost in thought, it finished its afternoon tea with great satisfaction and then leisurely rested its head on the railing, observing the tourists outside.
Occasionally, if it spotted food in a tourist's hand, it would roll over or strike a heart shape with its paws, and the tourist would obediently pass food through the feeding channel.
"My word, not a single grain of food is eaten in vain!"
After sighing, Yang Lin dismounted and entered the panda house through the staff passage.
The moment Tuan Tuan, who had just received food from a tourist, saw Yang Lin enter, it immediately pushed the food back.
"Director, I think you need to manage these tourists. Feeding animals must be done according to regulations."
"I am a national treasure. I can't eat just anything."
"Exactly! Fine them."
As it spoke, there was no hint of panic on Tuan Tuan's face, clearly indicating its familiarity with such situations.
Yang Lin didn't say much about Tuan Tuan's behavior. While he genuinely worried about other animals suffering digestive issues due to indiscriminate feeding by tourists, he had no such concerns for Tuan Tuan.
With its "soul of eating" talent, its digestive system was as robust as titanium alloy, and its digestive capacity was comparable to a Pixiu.
"Alright, I'm not here to supervise your diet. I'm here to take you to pick up your child."
"Child? What's that? Can it be eaten?"
Picking up a bamboo stalk from the ground, gnawing on it briefly before spitting it out, Tuan Tuan asked with a puzzled expression.
"Eating, always eating. You're a father now, have you forgotten?"
Saying this speechlessly, Yang Lin patted Tuan Tuan's head, signaling it to follow him.
Perhaps recalling something, Tuan Tuan was unusually cooperative this time. It walked over to the panda house door, unlocked it, and then swaggered out in front of the astonished tourists.
The tourists were dumbfounded by this sight.
"What the heck? Is Tuan Tuan off work?"
"It's only four o'clock. Do animals at Xihong Zoo get off work this early?"
"Where is Director Yang taking it?"
"Let's follow and find out."
Amidst the tourists' chatter, Yang Lin drove out an electric tricycle from a nearby tool shed.
Tuan Tuan then skillfully hopped on.
The moment it sat down, the three tires, which had been fully inflated, deflated by half, causing the tourists great concern.
Even more amusing to the tourists was that after getting on, Tuan Tuan pulled a rope from the side and tied it to itself. At the same time, it placed an iron washbasin on its head.
Only after completing this series of practiced actions did Yang Lin slowly twist the accelerator.
Everyone expected the electric tricycle to immediately zoom off, and the tourists in front braced themselves to move out of the way.
But to their surprise, after a rumbling sound, the tricycle remained stationary.
The atmosphere in the square instantly became awkward.
"Director, why aren't we moving? I've got my seatbelt and safety helmet ready."
Tuan Tuan, from the back of the cart, urged as it accepted a purple sugarcane from an enthusiastic tourist.
Hearing its urging, Yang Lin immediately tried to give a little more throttle. Seeing the vehicle move a bit, a smile appeared on his face.
But the next second, the vehicle stopped again.
Yang Lin's smile also vanished.
He glanced at Tuan Tuan leisurely chewing sugarcane behind him, then at the electric tricycle he had recently bought specifically for Tuan Tuan, and sighed helplessly.
"Electric ones are just unreliable. I won't buy from this brand again. Junk!"
With that, he turned to the tourists beside him and said:
"Two strong young men, please help push the cart to the zoo entrance. You'll each get a ticket."
As soon as he spoke, over ten sturdy young men emerged from the crowd of onlookers.
"Me, me, me!"
"Director Yang, pick me! I'm a sports student, strong!"
"Pick me! I'm a fitness coach, I'm strong too."
"Pick me! I don't want a ticket, I just want to push a panda!"
Seeing the enthusiastic tourists, Yang Lin finally selected five male tourists who were the tallest and most muscular.
The reason for choosing five instead of two was his concern that if he only asked for two, they might be exhausted to death.
In fact, it turned out to be much as he had suspected. When these five burly men, who claimed they could push an elephant, pushed Tuan Tuan to the zoo entrance, they were on the verge of collapse.
Given this, the reward of one ticket was immediately increased to two by Yang Lin.
Meanwhile, the tourists waiting at the zoo entrance to see the panda cubs became visibly more excited and thrilled as Tuan Tuan finally arrived.
On the other hand, Tuan Tuan, the father, looked at the large truck carrying the panda cubs with a bewildered expression.
"What kind of pandas are those? I didn't get such a nice vehicle when I arrived."