I raise furry animals and fly them to my motherland.

Chapter 124: Forcing the Sleeping Hedgehog to Turn on the Computer

Feng Qingdai became interested when she heard Jeff's words: "What script?"

"I heard from a friend in the desert that when Xu Ying fainted in the desert, it was a fennec fox that found her water and fruit to eat. However, netizens don't know about this."

Jeff stroked his chin. "Inspiration just struck me, and a script took shape in my head. You're shooting footage in the desert, lost, short of food and water, and exposed to the sun. You pass out on the road. Then a hedgehog appears before you, carrying sea buckthorn berries and dates on its back to replenish your water."

"You were successfully rescued. I took a series of photos of the hedgehog. The text accompanying the photos tells a story about how the hedgehog saved you when you were lost in the desert."

Jeff said with great joy: "By then, we will have the official Lingsi Photography account to help you promote it. You will definitely be a big hit!"

After Feng Qingdai heard this, she also had an expression of great interest on her face. "This script is good, let's give it a try!"

Seeing that Feng Qingdai was satisfied with his idea, Jeff also became happy. "I saw on my mobile browser that the hedgehog is a melon thief who likes to steal watermelons to eat."

He turned to Wang Hao and asked, "Big-eared Hedgehog is also interested in fruits, right?"

Wang Hao nodded: "Yes, but there are no watermelons in this desert."

"It's okay, we have watermelons in the car." Jeff waved his hand to indicate that it was not a big problem. "Brother Hao, go find the hedgehog and bring some desert fruits to stick on its quills."

Wang Hao looked troubled. "Hedgehogs are nocturnal and are sleeping in the house right now. They only have the energy to come out at night."

——"The lighting is bad at night!"

"And how can you show that I fainted from heatstroke in the desert and it came to save me?"

Feng Qingdai crossed her arms over her chest and raised her chin slightly: "It's sleeping, not dead. Can't we just wake it up?"

"And we have watermelon. It's never had watermelon in the desert, so it's sure to enjoy this fresh and delicious food."

"Do you still want this 10,000 yuan bonus?"

——"Okay, I'll try."

Wang Hao nodded helplessly, feeling that this was not a good idea, but when he thought of the ten thousand yuan, his emotions were immediately replaced by joy and anticipation.

"Big-eared hedgehogs usually live in rock crevices or in places with abundant vegetation and insects. Let's start looking around here now!"

Jeff began to make arrangements: "Leave two people here, and we'll go look for it with the guide. Ms. Feng, can you see if you can take some good photos while we're looking for the hedgehog?"

Feng Qingdai glanced at the gradually growing sun, nodded reluctantly, and urged Wang Hao: "Let's go, let's go! Let's see if we can finish work before noon. The ultraviolet rays are too strong."

After searching for about an hour, Feng Qingdai became a little impatient. She asked Vivian to hold an umbrella for her and sat in a shady place to rest.

——"I found it, come quickly!"

More than ten minutes passed, and just when Feng Qingdai was becoming extremely impatient, Wang Hao squatted in front of two desert rocks and let out an excited howl.

Feng Qingdai quickly asked Jeff to hold her big camera and go with her.

In the shade of the rock crevice, the hedgehog curled up and slept soundly.

Its body is tightly rolled into a furry ball, and its back is covered with short spines.

The hedgehog's soft belly rested lightly on the ground, rising and falling slightly with its breathing.

Its long pink ears were drooping relaxedly at this time, and the tips of its ears occasionally trembled slightly, as if it was catching the subtle sounds nearby in a dream.

Feng Qingdai saw the hedgehog's front paws resting gently against its face, as if it had found a comfortable pillow. Its hind legs were curled up beneath it, and its tail was tucked close to its body, almost invisible. Sunlight filtered through the cracks in the rocks, casting a faint halo on it, making it appear particularly lazy and relaxed.

She couldn't help but sigh: "It's really cute, so I took this photo!"

Feng Qingdai first carried her camera, adjusted the equipment parameters, and took a few pictures of the cracks in the rocks with the lens.

After realizing that the light in the cracks of the rocks was too dim to fully highlight the cuteness of the hedgehog, she turned on the flash.

"Click——"

The flash lights kept lighting up, illuminating the entire crack in the rock. The lights kept lighting up and dimming again, which made Wang Hao, who was squatting nearby, feel a little tired.

The hedgehog sensed the changes in the surrounding environment, and just as it opened its eyes, which were narrowed into two slits, it closed them again uncomfortably due to the strobing of the flash. Its small body became flustered, and the thorns on its back stood up, making it extremely defensive.

The hedgehog curled up into a small ball of thorns, wrapped itself with thorns, and hid in its own little world, trying to block out the humans who disturbed its sleep.

But these pesky humans have no sense of proportion.

Feng Qingdai thought this hedgehog was quite interesting, so she went to find Wang Hao. She bit a thin, retractable stick and kept poking the big-eared hedgehog's ears and nose.

The hedgehog quickly buried its face in the sand, and Feng Qingdai increased the strength of her poking of its body. She became more and more excited. She thought this thorny ball was so cute.

The sleep-deprived hedgehog was annoyed by the constant attacks from the outside world and wanted to escape. It ran around in the narrow crevices of the rocks, and in a panic, its head hit the hard sand and gravel, making a squeaking sound.

Hedgehogs generally do not make calls. They usually communicate by sniffing with their noses, which makes a sound a bit like a cough. Their sharp squeaking means they feel unwell.

"Hahahahaha!"

Feng Qingdai burst into laughter, feeling a sense of pleasure in manipulating the fate of the weak.

"It sounds a bit like a screaming chicken, but it's more fun."

Seeing that the eldest lady was happy, Jeff and Vivian also became happy.

"If Miss Feng really likes it, you can catch it and take it home to raise."

"No thanks." Feng Qingdai shook her head, lowering the telescopic rod in her hand with a look of disdain on her face. "It's just fun for now. What if it pricks me when I take it home? This wild thing is bound to have germs."

"Okay, get it out now, and hurry up and shoot. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can call it a day."

Wang Hao and Jeff worked together to pick the hedgehog out of the crevice of the rock using special clamps.

When the hedgehog was picked out, it was still a ball of fur, looking stubborn and desperate.

Feng Qingdai asked Vivian to take out the watermelon from the car, cut a small piece, and put it in front of the hedgehog.

The hedgehog remained motionless, pretending to be dead.

Wang Hao had fresh sea buckthorn berries and sand dates in his car, so he didn't have to go to the desert to pick them. He took advantage of the hedgehog curling up into a ball and pressed the berries onto its thorns.

Feng Qingdai frowned: "What should I do? Why doesn't it eat the watermelon?"

Wang Hao poked the hedgehog with a stick and found that although it was curled up, it was not very hard to poke, but rather soft. Perhaps it was because it was tired and unable to raise its mental defenses. "Maybe it was too sleepy and had no energy to eat."

Feng Qingdai turned to the photography assistant, Vivian, and said, "Don't you have some amphetamine? Give this hedgehog a shot!"

(End of this chapter)