When Li Ran returned home, the sunset had just faded away.
Hanhan was perched quietly at the very top of the orange tree by the door, calmly admiring the last lingering glow of the evening sky.
The scene was quite picturesque, almost breathtaking.
Li Ran felt a slight stir in his heart and immediately commanded his drone to take a scenic photo from a high angle.
"Wow, this photo is absolutely stunning!"
"Really beautiful!"
"Didn't expect the streamer to have top-notch photography skills, love it!"
"How did the streamer know I wanted a boyfriend who can take good photos?"
Li Ran was a bit confused—he only casually snapped a scenic photo, hardly any special photography skills.
Soon, a comment in the chat clarified his confusion.
"The division of light and shadow in the sky, the outline of the distant mountains, the fading sunset, and the tranquil panda… so many visual elements combined, it can't not be beautiful!"
"Translation: The reason this photo looks good is just because the scenery itself is beautiful, nothing to do with the photographer."
"I didn't say that…"
"But that's obviously what you meant!"
"…"
Just as the two sides were about to argue, there was a crisp snapping sound.
The thinnest branch at the top of the orange tree finally gave way under Hanhan's weight and broke.
The panda fell from nearly four meters high.
With a loud thud, it crushed a dry branch on the ground, sending wood chips flying far.
But then, as if nothing happened, Hanhan got up on its own.
"Phew, that really scared me!"
"Honestly, why climb so high? It's scary just to watch!"
"Luckily, Hanhan is tough and thick-skinned, so the fall didn't hurt."
"I think I finally understand why the giant panda became a national treasure…"
Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief—he had genuinely been worried that his little one might have gotten hurt.
"Don't climb so high anymore, okay?"
"What if you accidentally break an arm or leg?"
"Even if you're fine, what if you damage the plants?"
Li Ran scolded him a few times, and Hanhan just listened with an innocent expression.
"Ran's back!" The grandmother came out when she heard the noise.
"Uh… Grandma, I caught a few eels. I'm going to peel some potatoes and braise them later."
The old lady was startled: "Wow, such big eels. Where did you catch them?"
"I just went to the fields and caught them on the way back."
"Tomorrow when you go down to the market, bring some to Uncle Liu's family. Otherwise, people might say I didn't bring anything when my grandson came back."
Uncle Liu was another resident in the mountains, a few hundred meters from Li Ran's house, basically a "neighbor."
But a few years ago, Liu uncle saved up money and bought a house in town, moving the whole family there.
Li Ran felt the two families had grown somewhat distant, so he hadn't prepared gifts this time.
Unexpectedly, his grandmother still cared about these social niceties.
"No need, Grandma. I set bait in the fields just now; I should catch about ten pounds of eels early tomorrow morning. I'll give a few pounds each to Uncle Liu's, Huang village chief's, and my Aunt Second's families."
Hearing Li Ran's plan, the old lady nodded.
After Grandma returned to the kitchen to cook, Li Ran took a small stool and began processing the eels by the front door.
He gutted them, cleaned the inedible parts, rinsed with clean water, then cut each eel into short sections about four to five centimeters long.
After dealing with the eels, Li Ran realized they were out of potatoes, so he grabbed a hoe and went out to dig some.
The vegetable garden, built just that afternoon, had grown lush and vigorous in half a day.
The recently planted potatoes had rooted and sprouted vigorously.
This was the effect of the growth solution!
Li Ran casually dug up a cluster, shook off the dirt, and pulled out four large potatoes.
Each weighed at least over a pound, with tender yellow skin, looking plump and delicious.
The chatroom immediately became suspicious.
"These potatoes were planted just this afternoon, right? Do they grow that fast?"
"I noticed earlier that the garden looked a bit different, almost like a garden that's been growing for months!"
"Did you see that loofah on the trellis? It was only half a palm-sized this afternoon, now it's over ten centimeters long!"
"Isn't it not even the season for loofah yet…"
Li Ran hurriedly laughed it off: "My grandmother moved some new plants over while we were away this afternoon."
"But how come the garden's layout looks exactly the same as this afternoon?"
"Don't mind those details…"
While Li Ran was dodging questions and heading back, he suddenly froze.
Hanhan was lying on a pile of dried straw, and its paws were just pulling out a fresh green bamboo shoot from the pile…
"OMG, the bamboo shoot I hid at noon has been found by Hanhan!"
"Haha, streamer's awkward moment!"
"This is what self-reliance looks like!"
"Go Hanhan, good job!"
"Although I really love this stream, it's still satisfying to see the streamer get a bit of trouble…"
Li Ran's expression didn't change, but the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
"You've all probably heard that the giant panda is also called the 'iron-eating beast.' But do you want to know just how strong a panda's bite really is? Can it really bite through iron?"
"Next, let me show you a live experiment about a panda's bite force!"
"Wait, what does that have to do with Hanhan finding bamboo shoots and eating iron?"
"Looking at the streamer's expression, I'm getting a bad feeling…"
"Me too, something bad's about to happen…"
Snap!
Hanhan eagerly bit down on the fresh bamboo shoot.
Juice flowed from its mouth.
But the expected look of enjoyment never appeared.
The panda just chewed casually a few times, then looked confused.
It gently spat out two broken iron rods from its mouth.
Li Ran's expression grew serious.
"This experiment proves that a panda's bite force is indeed very strong. With full strength, it can really bite through iron rods!"
The chat exploded—
"Ahhh, streamer, why so cruel, hiding iron rods in bamboo shoots!"
"This has to be premeditated, bamboo shoots were just bait, streamer is so sneaky!"
"Feeling sorry for my Hanhan for three seconds!"
"OMG, streamer's torturing the national treasure again…"
[From 'Yukinoshita Is My Wife': Frustration +40, Money +200]
[From 'Mid Lane King': Frustration +50, Money +250]
[From 'Chubby Teen': Frustration +50, Money +250…]
Li Ran nodded in satisfaction.
Very good, the experiment was not in vain.
Not only did it solve the question in his mind,
But also replenished a fresh round of frustration points…
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