The iron gate closed behind him.
"How'd it go?" Chen Ze immediately came closer to ask.
Old Lin also looked over nervously.
"I communicated a bit with the male bear, and he's in a slightly better mood," Yang Qi replied. "The female is still furious and won't listen to me."
Old Lin sighed. "I told you. The female won't listen to anyone right now. She even ignores us when we try to feed her."
"But the male is willing to eat now," Yang Qi added. "I just convinced him that he needs to be healthy to have a better chance of fathering cubs. He took it to heart."
"Really?" Old Lin's eyes lit up, and he quickly pressed his face against the glass wall to look inside.
Sure enough, the male bear had moved out from behind the rockery. He was slowly walking to the food trough, where he bent his head, sniffed, and then picked up a carrot, starting to nibble on it in small bites.
He wasn't eating with much enthusiasm, but at least he was eating.
"That's great!"
