Chapter 26
Walking Out of the Shadow
“Bao actually came out. I thought he wouldn’t come to the outer field anymore.”
“It must have been brought out by the lady caretaker. It still looks very timid and is unwilling to come down and walk around.”
“Bao must have been scared out of his wits by what happened last time. I heard that the zoo is preparing to set up a blacklist system. If anyone dares to hurt animals in the zoo again, they will be permanently blacklisted.”
“Sigh, I hope Bao can quickly walk out of the shadows and become a happy panda like Pipi and Dodo.”
“Keep your voices down. Xia Xin just posted a new video yesterday, reminding tourists not to make too much noise when watching animals to avoid causing a bad influence on the animals.”
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Although the visitors were very emotional, everyone tried to speak as softly as possible. No one shouted when they saw a panda like before.
For the next few days, as long as the weather was clear, Xia Xin would carry Bao out to bask in the sun and chat with him.
Most of the time, Bao would not respond to Xia Xin, but Xia Xin knew that Bao would listen to every word she said.
Xia Xin could also feel that Bao’s mental state was much better than the first day he came out.
In the past few days, Pipi and Dodo had only watched Xia Xin holding Bao in the sun from afar. The two pandas’ eyes revealed envy because they had never been coaxed by Xia Xin into her arms.
However, both Pipi and Dodo knew that Bao had met with an accident some time ago, so they did not mind that Bao had received extra attention and love from Xia Xin.
Today, after Pipi and Dodo rolled a few rounds on the grass, they slowly walked toward Xia Xin.
Seeing Pipi and Dodo approaching, Bao suddenly tensed up and Xia Xin caressed its body, comforting its emotions.
Fortunately, Pipi and Dodo stopped a few meters away. Then, one of the two pandas lay down and the other sat down to scratch the itch.
Xia Xin guessed that Pipi and Dodo were also concerned about Bao, but Bao had been too introverted and never communicated with any pandas, so naturally, Pipi and Dodo had no chance to get close to him.
Xia Xin’s heart skipped a beat. She stood up, carried Bao to the lawn beside Pipi and Dodo, and sat down beside Dodo.
Dodo turned his head and looked at Bao, who was in Xia Xin’s arms. After a few seconds, he moved his round and fat head over, as if he was sniffing Bao’s scent, and then gently rubbed Bao with his nose.
At first, Bao was very nervous and scared, but under Xia Xin’s comfort, he did not have too serious of a stress reaction. After feeling that Dodo did not have any malicious intent towards him, Bao timidly poked his head out of Xia Xin’s arms and looked at Dodo for a while.
The situation seemed to have changed since that day.
The next day, Xia Xin tried to put Bao on the lawn. Bao did not resist leaving her arms anymore and instead crawled two steps forward.
Xia Xin gave Bao’s old ball to it and deliberately fed the three pandas at the same time.
Xia Xin wanted to slowly let Bao know one thing. It was indeed a disabled panda, but like other pandas, it had the right to bask in the sun, roll on the grass, and eat the small apples given by the caretaker.
The netizens also noticed the change in Bao. Bao was actually willing to play with Pipi and Dodo.
Moreover, Bao, who used to stay in the corner for an entire day, now ran to the bottom of the climbing frame and tried to climb up the wooden frame with his two front claws.
Although it failed again and again, Bao did not give up. He got up and continued to practice.
Beside Bao, Pipi had been watching it patiently. It would hold it when it was about to fall or show it how to climb up.
Some netizens posted the video of Bao trying to climb on the Internet, and the popularity quickly rose to the hot search list. When the netizens saw it, they were deeply moved.
[Wow, Bao is awesome! He really walked out of the shadows!]
[A disabled panda like Bao deserves to be loved. I hope everyone can pay more attention to them.]
[The lady caretaker is really an angel! She was the one who brought Bao out of the shadows bit by bit. She was the one who encouraged Bao to make friends with Pipi Dodo. I really cried when I saw her!]
Along with Bao’s transformation, Xia Xin’s care and gentleness in taking care of Bao also made more and more netizens like her. The number of fans on her video app’s homepage quickly exceeded 280,000, and the number of likes and comments on each video was comparable to that of a popular celebrity.