Chapter 2039 — Feeding the Tigers
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"Tigers eat alone. Once one has seized its food, the others keep to the rules and won't fight over it. Of course, one can't rule out the possibility of a tiger king—but there's none here." Uncle Yan explained, "Now, who's next?"
"Bai Weituo, why don't you go first?" Zhang Duopan laughed heartily. "Though from the look of you, you surely wouldn't dare—so I'll do it myself!"
Bai Weituo was furious, yet there was nothing he could do; he truly was a little nervous.
"It's fine, let him show off!" Wei Zhao patted Bai Weituo and smiled slightly. "Even men stumble and horses trip. Once he gets bitten in a moment, he'll stop strutting."
"Ha, bitten? You're far too timid!" Fan Ganhe glanced at Wei Zhao and said mockingly, "Generally speaking, girls don't like cowards!"
Wei Zhao paid him no attention at all, which made Fan Ganhe's words amount to nothing. Fan Ganhe was instantly annoyed but had no way to vent it, thinking to himself: in a moment I'll show you what it means to be humiliated and frightened!
Zhang Duopan picked up a chunk of beef and tossed it toward the two tigers. Because one tiger was already eating, the other—the one that had missed out before—got there first and caught the meat in its jaws. It was rather amusing.
"How about it? Meiyue, why don't you give it a try too?" Having finished his performance, Zhang Duopan said smugly to He Meiyue.
"I... all right." Seeing that Zhang Duopan had come to no harm, He Meiyue nodded in agreement. This way of feeding the tigers by hand was rather interesting, and she found herself intrigued.
"Just do it like me—pick up a chunk of meat and toss it over!" Zhang Duopan gave a brief demonstration.
"All right." He Meiyue nodded, picked up a chunk of meat, and threw it toward the tigers. But perhaps because girls have less strength, the meat landed rather close, and the two tigers came darting over in a flash!
It was as if they were lunging straight at He Meiyue, giving her a terrible fright. She let out a sharp cry and shrank back in alarm...
In fact, this too was Zhang Duopan's doing. The two tigers had been acting all along on the keeper's instructions. These tame tigers were different from free-roaming ones—even when hunting, they were controlled by the keeper; if the keeper did not let them eat, they would not eat.
So the two earlier snatches at food, which had seemed like their own spontaneous behavior, had in truth been carried out under the keeper's covert direction. All of this Wei Zhao—who had spent years dealing with wild beasts—saw perfectly clearly!