Chapter 213 No More Pretending, I Am the Unparalleled Master!
Entering the activity area through the employee passage, there were seven or eight ring-tailed lemurs in the small exhibition hall, clustered in small groups of three or two, grooming each other with their tongues.
The two closest to Fang Ye, one slightly smaller, closed its eyes while the other extended its pink tongue and licked around its black eye rings and white cheeks, its head bobbing gently back and forth.
After finishing with the cheeks, the smaller one even lifted its head to allow its companion better access to its white chin fur, and, taking advantage, opened its eyes to look towards them, blinking twice with its brown-yellow eyes.
Because of the "Heart of Nature" energy emanating from Fang Ye, it still seemed very relaxed!
However, when looking at Lan Li, it stared at her, appearing a bit wary. But since Lan Li was standing a few meters away, after watching her for a while and feeling no threat, it lowered its head again, burying it in its friend's legs to let it lick the back of its head.
"Woo~"
After its buddy had licked its fur, it let out a light trumpet-like call, and the smaller one started to groom its friend's fur as well, showing a very friendly relationship.
Fang Ye squatted down and gently touched the head of the ring-tailed lemur, "This grooming behavior among ring-tailed lemurs is very frequent! It is also a way of socializing among them, and during grooming, their relationships tend to improve."
"Wow, this must feel very comfortable to touch!"
"Fluffy, like a cute plush toy!"
"Just watching them groom is so healing."
"Woo~"
The ring-tailed lemur raised its head and called out to Fang Ye as if echoing his words.
It then enthusiastically licked his hand a couple of times.
Fang Ye felt the friendliness of the ring-tailed lemur and couldn't help but smile, scratching its chin with his finger, "Thank you, that's enough."
"Haha, is the director being considered one of their own now?"
"It's apparent that ring-tailed lemurs truly have a gentle nature."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
A question came from the netizens, "I see that macaques mainly use their claws to groom each other, but ring-tailed lemurs seem to prefer licking. Do their tongues have papillae like those of tigers?"
"Actually, ring-tailed lemurs groom not with their tongues but their teeth," Fang Ye continued to stroke the ring-tailed lemur before withdrawing his hand and explained, "The six slender teeth of a ring-tailed lemur's lower jaw are neatly aligned together, like a small comb. When you see them grooming, their mouths are pressed against the other's body, and their heads move back and forth in tandem.
Their nails are also slim and hook-shaped, quite similar to Wolverine's claws. They typically rely on these lower teeth and claws to groom their companions and themselves."
While grooming, the ring-tailed lemur leaned back against Fang Ye's leg, stretched its arms as if stretching lazily, looking quite content, then started to lick the inside of its own arm while turning its head to look around.
Fang Ye stood up, "Alright, let's go check out Lemur Island now!"
On the edge of the small exhibition hall, the gray-yellow artificial rock wall had two openings, each half a meter in size, with a wobbly rope ladder from the upper opening connecting to a perch in the center of the hall.
Fang Ye rotated a handle on the rock wall, and a door of the same gray-yellow color opened.
There was a step over a meter wide at the doorway, and beyond that, a wide, clear body of water glimmering with light.
A log bridge stretched across the water surface, from which one could see ring-tailed lemurs jumping and moving about on the island across the water!
Watching this scene, the netizens suddenly asked in curiosity, "Eh, how is the director going to get across?"
"On the log as well? But that log is for the ring-tailed lemurs, right? Plus, it looks so twisted and unstable, walking across it seems too dangerous."
"Even if one could cross, it would be so inconvenient for animal keepers to use that log bridge to go back and forth to the island all the time."
Fang Ye smiled mysteriously, "Hehe, do you want to know how I'm going to get across? Keep your eyes wide open!"
"Okay, please start your performance!"
"Sunflower seeds and cola are ready!"
Fang Ye walked to the edge, shook his sleeves, crossed his arms behind his back, and exuded the aura of a peerless master!
Then he burst into a valiant song, "A laughter in the vast sea, the tides surge on both shores~"
Next, his feet clad in slippers, he stepped directly into the water.
In the water, he walked as if on flat ground, taking big, easy strides as his singing voice and his cool, suave figure gradually receded into the distance!
Viewers were left with their eyes wide and mouths agape, and the live chat exploded in an instant!
"Damn! I've always felt that the park director was no ordinary person, and today he's finally shown his true colors!"
"Who would have thought the director knew martial arts? This must be the legendary 'crossing the river on one reed stalk'!"
"What 'crossing the river on one reed stalk'? In that, you throw a reed into the water and step on it. The director didn't break any reeds, so this must be walking on water!"
"Eh, but in TV dramas, doesn't walking on water involve holding your breath and running quickly across the surface? If you slow down, shouldn't you sink? Why isn't the director sinking even though he's walking so leisurely?"
"Maybe it's because the distance is quite short?"
"Master, please accept your disciple's bow. Teach me martial arts!"
However, after the initial shock, some viewers slowly came to their senses: "There must be steps or wooden posts under the water!"
"Right, what lightness skill, it's impossible if you think about it!"
"I'm shocked, so that's how it is! Watching you guys discuss it so seriously, I almost believed you."
"Uhm... mostly because the director usually acts so miraculously, and just now his pose had such a master's flair, I subconsciously thought it might be true."
"Yeah, yeah!"
"Hey hey, watching these silly comments is killing me."
At this point, Fang Ye walked back from Lemur Island on the opposite shore, smiling, "Eh, let's be honest, no more pretending, I am a peerless master!"
The viewers couldn't help but tease, "Still trying to trick us, toy with our feelings; director, you're really bad!"
"Pssh, we all know there are wooden posts under the water, right!"
"Ah, you found that out?" Fang Ye glanced at the live chat and couldn't help but burst into a joyful laugh!
He then explained, "That's right, there are concrete posts under the water, about 15 centimeters from the surface. Animal keepers usually use this path to get onto the island."
To Lan Li, he said, "Let's go, we'll go up to the island together."
Lan Li pointed at her sneakers, somewhat embarrassed, "Director, I'm wearing sneakers, so I'd better not go up there. I'll film you with the drone from here, otherwise, I'd have to take off my shoes and socks."
The viewers instantly got excited, egging them on, "A princess carry! A princess carry!"
"Assistant Miss must be pretty light, the director can just carry her over!"
Fang Ye also smiled and gestured to her, "It's fine, you don't need to take off your shoes. Come here."
Lan Li's face instantly turned red, her ears burning as if feverish, and she stammered, "A princess carry!?"