Chapter 365: Chapter 362: The Three Runaway Zebras and Red Hare’s Inside-Outside Collusion!

Jiang Feng returned to the ranch.

He saw Hadan and Bugude walking over, chatting and laughing, their eyes full of joy.

The two also noticed Jiang Feng.

Hadan immediately walked over and said with a smile:

"Manager, there’s a circus performance in the city this weekend. Do you want to go?"

Hearing Hadan’s words, Jiang Feng asked, a bit puzzled:

"Circus?"

"Yeah, it’s a big domestic circus. They’ve already set up tents on the prairie, built a campsite, and will be performing here for three weeks."

"A lot of people are going."

"We barely managed to get tickets."

Bugude responded.

Jiang Feng knew about circuses, which were animal performances.

Like lions jumping through rings of fire, monkeys riding bicycles, or tigers running obstacles, and so on.

There were also some acrobatic performances mixed in.

It was part of folk acrobatics, having an early origin.

However, Jiang Feng was not interested in these.

Some people find joy in watching animal performances, while others only see the pity of trained animals.

Different people have different views.

Jiang Feng couldn’t care about others, nor would he interfere.

"I won’t go."

Jiang Feng waved his hand.

"Manager, don’t you like wild animals? There are many animals in the circus, like tigers, lions, monkeys, bears, even hyenas and zebras!"

Hadan continued.

Jiang Feng responded, "You two go ahead."

Seeing Jiang Feng wasn’t interested, the two didn’t say much more, bid farewell to Jiang Feng, and left.

Jiang Feng acted as if nothing happened and went back home to see his wife and kids.

Outside Xilinhot City.

The Friends of Animals Circus camp.

The circus set up many tents here, with iron cages inside where animals were kept, and keys were properly secured.

There was also a temporary horse stable with a few zebras inside.

Foul odors wafted from the tent.

Several keepers, bored, went to feed the animal feed.

The circus employees were tired, worked hard, but managed to make a living.

There were also two monkeys, dressed in custom tight suits, moving around the circus.

The monkeys didn’t need much management as they grew up in the circus, familiar with human life.

These two monkeys were personally raised by the boss, and there were no issues.

Anyway, all the animal cages were locked, and the locks were checked daily for security, as well as the compatibility of the keys.

Everything was as usual.

At night, one monkey, for some unknown reason, sneaked out quietly.

It couldn’t release the animals in cages, but there was one kind of animal not caged.

That was the zebra.

There were three zebras here, tied in the open-air enclosure.

For some reason today, the monkey ran into the tent and untied all the zebras.

Freed from the rope, the first reaction of the three zebras was to run.

They immediately ran out of the tent, heading into the vast depths of the prairie.

The surveillance recorded this scene.

The circus people would find out the next day that the zebras had run away.

Late at night, Jiang Feng’s ranch.

His ranch was enclosed, with iron fences all around.

Even the gate of the ranch was closed.

Some animals in the ranch were not confined.

Like dogs, donkeys, and the Red Hare.

The stable door of the Red Rabbit Horse was open, meaning Red Hare could leave its pen at any time.

At night, without warning, Red Hare suddenly woke from its slumber.

It stood up, slowly trotted out of the stable and then out of the ranch.

The black cat resting in the stable was awakened, opened its eyes to glance at it, but didn’t bother much and continued resting.

Red Hare ran out, in the darkness, through the iron fence, it saw the zebras outside.

The zebras also saw Red Hare.

Both sides let out a series of soft calls.

Then, Red Hare signaled them to follow it, running toward the gate.

At this moment, the gate was closed.

However, due to recent good security, there was surveillance at the gate, and it was only bolted shut, not locked.

Red Hare nudged the bolt with its mouth, moved it a few times, and managed to pull the bolt open.

Once the bolt was undone, the door could open.

Under the cover of darkness, the three zebras ran into Jiang Feng’s field.

However, they didn’t run to the ranch area but continued deeper inward.

Jiang Feng’s field was vast, with rolling hills as far as the eye could see.

It was currently the spring grazing prohibition period, and the pasture had been sown, so no one from the ranch would enter the pasture for now, nor was there anything to see.

The three zebras went in, and for a while, no one would notice.

After finishing everything, Red Hare closed the gate again.

But it didn’t close the latch.

Then, Red Hare ran back to the ranch.

No one would have expected that in the darkness, there would be a horse and three zebras collaborating from inside and outside.

Although the surveillance at the ranch captured this scene, who would casually check the previous day’s footage when nothing happened?

Everything was as usual.

The next day, Jiang Feng woke up, and everything was as normal.

After breakfast, he started the livestream to capture scenes of the spring lambs.

At the same time, on the circus side.

In the morning, upon waking up, the Horse Trainer found the zebras missing and immediately reported it to the circus owner.

The owner was anxious too and immediately checked the surveillance footage.

Through the footage, they saw a monkey had gone in to release the zebras, then the zebras ran off to the prairie.

The circus owner promptly reported it to the police.

The call was received by the on-duty officer, Bater.

"What? The zebras ran away?"

"Okay, we’ll send someone over to investigate right away."

Bater was a bit bewildered after receiving the call from the circus.

Being a police officer, these bizarre cases really do happen every year.

They’ve searched for cows, they’ve searched for sheep, and now they have to search for zebras.

But with such a vast prairie, where do you even start looking for zebras?

If they got eaten by wolves, it’d be near impossible to find any remains, let alone the zebras.

Soon, the police arrived at the circus, obtained the surveillance tape, and then they started driving across the prairie looking for the zebras.

It’s the grazing ban period now, and the grasslands are particularly fragile, so they couldn’t drive onto the grass; at best, they could ride horses to search.

But the search range on horseback is limited too.

The police could only help as much as they could by asking the surrounding herdsmen if they had seen any zebras on the prairie.

At this moment, Jiang Feng was bathing Red Hare.

He held a soft brush, dipped in soapy water, continuously scrubbing Red Hare’s body.

Red Hare’s coat was especially beautiful, and under the sunlight, its water-dappled skin showed a faint red hue.

The viewers in the livestream were pleasantly surprised to see Red Hare being bathed.

Just then, Jiang Feng received a call from Bater.

He put on his Bluetooth headset and answered the call.

"Hello?"

"Jiang Feng, have you seen three zebras running onto your grassland?" Bater asked directly.

"What? Zebras?"

"Where would zebras come from on the prairie?"

Bater sighed, "The circus zebras ran off at night, deeper into the prairie, and no one knows where they went."

"We need to help look for them."

Upon hearing Bater’s words, Jiang Feng understood.

"They can’t be here, my grassland is fenced. They probably went to the uninhabited areas."

Jiang Feng replied.

"Alright, I’m just asking you to keep an eye out and let your staff at the ranch look out too, with your numbers, someone might spot them."

"No problem."

Jiang Feng hung up the call.

Then he opened his livestream microphone and told the viewers:

"I just received a call reporting a zebra sighting, the circus zebras ran off."

"That’s quite unusual."

"I’ve never even seen a zebra in real life, where would I find one?"

Upon hearing Jiang Feng’s words, the viewers laughed.

[Rancher, why don’t you go look for them, if you find them, you might as well raise them.]

[Hahaha, now that you mention it, I suddenly want to see a zebra!]

[The world is full of wonders!]

[Maybe they really ran onto your grassland!]

Seeing the comments, Jiang Feng smiled.

He didn’t take it to heart, and at most, he would tell Old Yang and the staff to keep a lookout.

He continued bathing Red Hare.

Red Hare enjoyed bathing in the spring sunlight, feeling warm and comfortable.

Red Hare seemed happy, and Jiang Feng no longer restricted its freedom, allowing it to roam freely.

Beside Red Hare, there was a pair of mini little donkeys.

These two little ones wanted a bath too.

After bathing Red Hare, Jiang Feng gave the two mini donkeys a bath too.

The mini donkeys let out "awoo awoo" cries, looking particularly cute, making people unable to hold back their laughter.

The atmosphere in the livestream room was always joyous.

Jiang Feng continued living his leisurely life on the ranch.

However, such a life always welcomed unexpected changes.

On the other hand, the circus, unable to find the zebras, could only wait for news from the police.

Nonetheless, the show would go on, as the absence of zebras wouldn’t greatly affect the overall performance.

After all, zebras were just a part of the tropical prairie performance.

At this moment, the three zebras were running freely on the deserted prairie, enjoying the prairie wind.

The grass here had just started to grow, and it was particularly tender.

The climate didn’t feel hot, and there was a lake to drink from.

To them, this place was like paradise.