In Bear Ridge, Yang Lin watched Xiao Hu's retreating back like an old father sending his child away.
However, Xiao Hu hadn't gone far before he suddenly thought of something.
"Wrong, wrong, the direction is wrong, you can't get out that way."
Shouting, Yang Lin chased in the direction the white tiger had left.
Ten minutes later, he pulled the little white tiger, covered in thorns, out of the bushes.
"Why are you so stubborn, kid? I told you you couldn't get out, but you insisted on drilling in. You're almost a beehive."
Shaking his head, he cast a medium-level healing spell on the little white tiger.
In the blink of an eye, all superficial wounds were healed.
"Let's go, I'll take you outside first."
Saying that, Yang Lin carried the embarrassed white tiger towards the outside of the park.
When they reached a secluded spot, he placed the white tiger on the ground.
"Remember, you'll walk through this forest from here. Don't let anyone see you along the way."
"If anyone sees you, turn and run, understand?"
"Okay, I remember. I'm leaving now, Director."
"Go!"
After a second farewell, the tiger and the man set off again on the journey home.
Not long after Xiao Hu left, Yang Lin found Niu and Ma, who were preparing for a new film.
"Old Yang, you've come at the perfect time. We wanted to discuss something with you."
"That's right, we've lost our inspiration. Why don't you give us a general direction?"
As soon as they finished speaking, Niu and Ma looked at Yang Lin expectantly.
Facing their expectant gazes, Yang Lin smiled slightly.
"How did you know I was looking for you to shoot a film?"
"I do have a new project to give you this time."
"What a coincidence! Tell us, Old Yang, what genre and theme are we filming this time?"
"I think sci-fi is very popular lately, how about we film something scientific?"
"No, no, no, this time we're trying a brand new genre," Yang Lin shook his head.
"Let's film a documentary."
"A documentary?" Niu and Ma fell into deep thought at Yang Lin's answer.
After about five seconds of contemplation, both of them showed excitement.
"Documentary is great. This is a very challenging path. Many international famous directors started out filming documentaries."
"Old Yang, you really have ideas."
"Tell us, what documentary are we filming this time?"
"This time, I plan to film something different..."
As Yang Lin revealed his ideas to them, Xihong Zoo's first filming project for 2023 was officially approved.
An hour later, a van with the Xihong Zoo logo drove out of the main gate.
At the same time, a majestic figure soared into the sky and headed northwest.
Yang Lin couldn't rest assured that Xiao Hu would travel to Medog alone.
For this reason, he specially arranged for Niu and Ma to provide ground escort, while Li Shuangying would provide aerial escort and be responsible for transmitting Xiao Hu's situation to Niu and Ma on the ground via the camera attached to him.
This way, he could monitor Xiao Hu's movements at all times from the zoo to ensure its safe arrival in Medog.
Just as he was thinking this, he received a message from Niu and Ma on his phone.
"Old Yang, we've found traces of the little tiger."
Upon seeing this message, Yang Lin immediately switched his phone interface to Xihong Live.
After some searching, he found a live stream called "Xiao Hu Returns Home."
"Xiao Hu Returns Home, that's a good name."
As he muttered to himself, an image appeared before his eyes.
In this image, a mountain forest of unknown origin was shown.
A white figure was running within the forest, it was the little white tiger that had just left Xihong Zoo.
After leaving the zoo, it had clearly become much more excited, and everything around it was so new.
It would sniff flowers and dig at some grass.
Looking at the scene, a smile appeared on Yang Lin's face.
Just then, a group of people suddenly flooded into the live stream, apparently attracted by this new channel.
"Huh? Isn't that Da Mi, the little white tiger Director Yang was always holding? Where is it?"
"Yes, this doesn't look like the scene in Xihong Zoo."
"Xiao Hu Returns Home? Is this a nature reserve? Did Director Yang release this little tiger back into the wild?"
"It looks like an aerial shot, I'm not sure, let's keep watching."
As this new batch of viewers became curious about the live stream, a message was instantly pinned at the top of the stream.
"Dear viewers, this live stream is the official live stream for the documentary 'Xiao Hu Returns Home'."
"We are following the entire process of the little white tiger returning to its home in the Medog Nature Reserve from Ningnan alone."
"All footage is real-time."
As soon as the pinned message appeared, the live stream erupted in an uproar.
"Is it true? Letting a little tiger return to Medog Reserve by itself?"
"Are documentaries this competitive now?"
"If that's the case, it's quite interesting."
"But the little tiger is so small, can it really make it back to its hometown on its own?"
"It's okay if it gets lost, isn't the production team following it the whole time? Are you afraid it will encounter any danger?"
"Director Yang probably did this to train the little white tiger."
"It should be trained. This little white tiger is too mischievous in the zoo. It should be sent out to experience some setbacks and hardships."
"Exactly, how can the descendant of the king of the forest not see the scenery outside the zoo?"
"It's like after I graduated from high school, my parents sent me to work in an electronics factory for two months during the summer vacation."
...
As everyone chatted, the live stream's popularity quickly soared.
News of the little white tiger embarking on its journey home alone quickly spread from Xihong Live to other channels.
As a result, the number of viewers in the live stream exceeded five million five hours after it began.
Just as the entire internet was paying attention to the little white tiger's journey home, it arrived at a small river.
As it was about to drink some water by the river, it was interrupted by a familiar sound.
Looking up, it found that there was a group of white geese by the river.
Seeing these white geese, which looked quite similar to the swans in the zoo, Xiao Hu was about to greet them.
But the next second, all the white geese lowered their heads and stretched their necks.
"Gua!"
With a cry from the lead goose, the group of bullies flapped their wings and attacked the little white tiger.
On its first day out of the zoo, Xiao Hu learned a harsh lesson.
ps: I just checked, "Xiao Hu Returns Home" started broadcasting in 2000 and didn't end until 2021. Unfortunately, I didn't have the conditions at home when I was young and could only watch it on TV at 6 o'clock every day. Sometimes I would miss an episode if I was late from school, and I still haven't watched it completely.