It wasn't that he was reluctant to part with the Strengthening Pills or Vitality Nutrient Cream.
It was that the highway was covered in surveillance cameras, and getting filmed would lead to trouble down the line.
The lion cub gradually calmed down. Though it remained curled up in the patch of grass, it no longer let out threatening low growls. It just occasionally raised its big eyes to look at Yang Qi, then at the empty highway, its gaze timid.
About twenty minutes later, the wail of sirens grew louder as they approached from the distance.
A police car with flashing lights and an SUV from the forestry department pulled over onto the emergency shoulder one after the other.
Several police officers and staff from the forestry department hurried over. Upon seeing the little lion trembling in the grass, they all gasped.
"It really is a lion cub!"
"How did a lion get onto the highway?"
"Easy now, take it slow. Be careful not to startle it, or it might attack someone."
"..."
