Then let the witch offer her loyalty

Upon seeing the second round of tasks, Chen Moxin was immediately amused.

Why did I become an animal tamer?

However, judging from Wolf Moon's previous containment reports and Zhou Yan's feedback, these habits do exist and are very serious.

Although Wolf Moon has completed socialization and can communicate with people without barriers, her experience of growing up with the wolf pack since childhood is too profound, and those habits are already ingrained in her bones.

These behaviors are perfectly normal in real wolf packs; that's how animals live.

But she will eventually have to face humans.

Just because she stood too close to her while eating, she was relentlessly chased and bitten... Who could stand this kind of thing for long?

Even without this mission, Chen Moxin had originally planned to help her correct it.

However, Chen Moxin had one major headache.

He is indeed a psychology major, but he studied human psychology, not animal psychology.

He only gained a superficial understanding of things like wolf pack habits after consulting with experts later on.

As for how to correct these habits, Chen Moxin didn't know yet.

"Hmm... I can't do this by myself; I need to ask a professional animal trainer."

...

After finishing her workday, Chen Moxin went home for dinner. The kitchen was already filled with an enticing aroma, and the dining table was, as always, piled high with dishes prepared by Dong Xiaobai.

After dinner, Chen Moxin went out for a walk by the lake on her family's estate.

It was the transition between autumn and winter, and the lake water was no longer the clear, emerald green it was in spring and summer. Instead, it had taken on a thin layer of grayish-blue, and the surface was as calm as a mirror. Occasionally, a withered leaf would fall, creating a light ripple.

The fallen leaves piled up on the tree-lined path along the lake, their brown and red hues intermingling like an oil painting spread across the earth. Several ginkgo trees, not yet completely bare of leaves, swayed gently in the cold wind, making a soft, chiming sound like wind chimes.

As she walked, Chen Moxin suddenly stopped and looked towards the other end of the tree-lined path.

Dong Xiaobai was dressed in a maid outfit, the black and white fabric swaying gently in the wind. She was carrying a wooden bucket and feeding the small animals at the edge of the pasture.

Under the cool night sky, her figure seemed to blend into the lakeside scenery, much like a pastoral oil painting by an artist.

This ranch was specially built by Chen Wenzhe after Chen Moxin entered high school.

At that time, Chen Moxin was studying and had to live at school. Old Chen was always lonely at home alone, so he started raising all kinds of animals.

Although Chen Moxin no longer lives at school and goes home every day, the ranch has been preserved as part of the estate.

The ranch is home to all sorts of animals, big and small, including pigs, cows, sheep, horses, sika deer, and roe deer. Basically, as long as an animal can be legally raised and is not dangerous, Old Chen bought a few to play with.

And of course, the most common pets, like cats and dogs, are also available.

At this moment, Dong Xiaobai was adding dog food to the food bowls of a group of huskies.

These huskies are incredibly lucky to be born into Old Chen's family. They have a large fenced-off lawn where they can run wild as they please, and they eat freshly made wet food.

With good nutrition and plenty of exercise, these huskies are all muscular and incredibly strong.

They are already large, and the husky looks like a wolf. It can even howl with its head tilted back like a wolf. From a distance, someone who doesn't know better might really think that there is a pack of wolves living in the enclosure.

"Sister Xiaobai."

Chen Moxin greeted them, walked over to a husky that was eating, and casually scratched the back of its head.

The husky raised its head, gave Chen Moxin a wise look, wagged its tail, and continued eating.

"Huh, I remember dogs being possessive of their food, how come Dudu and the others are so well-behaved?"

Dudu is the name of the husky that Chen Moxin was scratching earlier. He doesn't dislike pets, but he's not particularly interested in them either. He just occasionally comes to the ranch to take a look.

He only noticed now that this large group of wolves-like dogs were sitting obediently on the ground, quietly waiting for Dong Xiaobai to feed them.

During this time, no one tried to steal the food. Only after Dong Xiaobai added more dog food and clearly said "eat" would they obediently eat the food in their bowls.

Even when disturbed by outsiders while eating, like just now, Dudu didn't bark or threaten; instead, she wagged her tail, being incredibly well-behaved.

Dong Xiaobai looked at the husky named Dudu and smiled slightly: "Actually, Dudu was the most mischievous one when it first came. It had many bad habits, including guarding its food."

"However, I later used some methods and have almost completely corrected its bad habits."

"Oh? I really didn't know you were such a dog trainer." Chen Moxin immediately became interested. "Teach me, how do you train dogs?"

Dong Xiaobai blinked, assuming that the young master was just interested for a moment, and then explained seriously, "It's like this, although everyone thinks that dogs are very loyal and smart, they are still animals, and different from people."

"Dogs have their own set of innate habits, some of which conflict with human views on life. Dog training is actually about removing these habits from their bones."

Chen Moxin nodded: "So, how exactly do we do it?"

Dong Xiaobai tilted his head slightly and thought for a while before saying, "My approach mainly relies on building trust and obedience."

"Because dogs don't know what is right and what is wrong, they need to be taught, and that's when trust becomes very important."

"We need to teach dogs right from wrong, and to do that, we first need to make them trust us."

"For example -"

Dong Xiaobai looked at Dudu, who had finished eating and was scratching an itch on the ground: "Dudu, come here."

Dudu got up from the ground, stuck out her tongue, and came to Dong Xiaobai.

"sit down."

Dudu plopped down on the ground, looking at Dong Xiaobai with a wise expression.

"shake hands."

Dudu stretched out one of its front paws and placed it on Dong Xiaobai's hand.

"Dudu is so good."

While praising Dudu in a gentle tone, Dong Xiaobai took out a piece of jerky from her pocket and fed it to Dudu.

After doing all that, she stood up and said to Chen Moxin, "Like what we just did, that's how you build trust."

"Dogs are born without knowing what 'sit' or 'shake hands' means, so you definitely can't teach them directly."

"But as long as you make it believe that it will get something good to eat if it follows your instructions, it will eventually develop a conditioned reflex and believe it without a doubt."

"This method is very effective whether it is for training instruction or changing bad habits."

Chen Moxin said thoughtfully, "Hmm...it's actually about using a reward mechanism to establish a system of rewards and punishments, thereby establishing authority."

"When your dog misbehaves, do you hit it?"

Dong Xiaobai nodded without hesitation: "Yes, hitting is actually a way to establish authority and make the dog obedient."

"However, you have to be very careful when you hit it. Our goal is just to make the dog realize its mistake, not to actually hurt it."

"So when you hit a dog, it's best to make a lot of noise but not much damage. For example, you can use a paper fan made of folded newspaper. It won't hurt when you hit it, but it will make a lot of noise, so that it will be scared but won't get hurt."

"In addition, it is essential to catch them in the act. If you don't catch them in the act, the dog will feel like it's being hit for no reason and will have a hard time understanding what it did wrong. This can lead to misunderstandings, and the more you hit it, the more wrong it becomes."

When Dong Xiaobai was explaining things to Chen Moxin, Dudu's mischievous side kicked in again. It peered at its companion's food bowl, trying to snatch the other dogs' food.

Upon seeing this, Dong Xiaobai immediately took out a paper fan from his pocket.

Dudu was startled and shrank to the side, too scared to move.

Dong Xiaobai waved the paper fan in his hand and smiled at Chen Moxin: "When Dudu was little, I often used this paper fan to spank its bottom when it made a mistake. Over time, it learned that when I take out this paper fan, it means it has done something wrong."

"The so-called 'dog-beating stick' is based on this principle: if you use the same thing to punish a dog for its mistakes over a long period of time, the dog will recognize that thing."

"Next time the dog makes a mistake, just take it out, you don't even need to hit it, and the dog will realize that it did something wrong and correct itself."

Chen Moxin patted his palm in satisfaction: "Wonderful! I've learned it all. I'll try it out at the bureau tomorrow."

Dong Xiaobai asked curiously, "Does your department train dogs too? What kind of dogs are they?"

Chen Moxin chuckled: "Anyway, she's the kind that's really wild and fierce. Sometimes when the operators go out on missions, they'll take her with them and let her out to bite people."

Dong Xiaobai nodded thoughtfully: "Oh... those must be police dogs or military dogs. Special breed dogs should be trained more rigorously than pet dogs."

"But if it's very fierce, you have to be careful, or you might get bitten."

Chen Moxin smiled brightly and nodded repeatedly.

Chapter 212 Socialization and Adaptation

Strictly controlled area, shelter number 4.

Wolf Moon huddled in the tree hole, hastily brushing his messy hair away from his face, and slowly crawled up from the haystack.

She lay on the ground, stretched out her limbs, pressed her waist and did a comfortable stretch, her back cracking a few times.

"Phew... I haven't eaten for two days, I'm starving..."

She muttered to herself as she shook her head and peered outside.

The next second, his eyes turned cold.

In the shade of a tree not far away, sunlight dappled onto a sitting figure.

Zhou Yan was holding a steaming hot boxed lunch, eating it spoonful by spoonful with relish, making satisfied noises as she ate, completely immersed in the deliciousness of the food.

Wolf Moon's eyes widened instantly, and he was so angry that his teeth itched.

"You damn bastard!!!"

Wolf Moon leaped into the air and charged out like a beast pouncing on its prey.

Zhou Yan had just looked up when he saw a dark shadow flying towards him. Then, the lunchbox in his hand was kicked away by Lang Yue, flying through the air in an arc, spilling food everywhere.

"How many times have I told you, you're not allowed to eat before me!" Wolf Moon was furious, her eyes blazing. She grabbed Zhou Yan's collar and shook him violently. "You can only eat after I've eaten, that's the rule! Don't you understand human language?!"

Zhou Yan's eyes widened, his face full of shock: "No, you've been lying in the tree hole like a corpse these past two days, going on a hunger strike, you can't expect me to starve with you, can you?"

"So what!" Wolf Moon angrily kicked Zhou Yan to the ground and stomped on him wildly, cursing, "So what?! I'm asking you, so what?!"

"You're not allowed to eat until I've eaten, that's the rule! Don't you dare make excuses!"

Zhou Yan reacted swiftly as always, shrinking back and instinctively crouching down to protect his head with both hands, muttering under his breath, "You've already lost to Chen Moxin, you're no longer the Wolf King..."

The moment the words were spoken, the air seemed to freeze.

Then came an angry roar: "What did you say?!"

"Bang!!!" Wolf Moon delivered a powerful kick, sending Zhou Yan flying.

She flew backward like a kite with a broken string, rolling several times on the grass before finally crashing into an old tree and coming to a stop.

"I lost to him, not to you, so what are you babbling on about?!"

Wolf Moon was completely enraged and couldn't control his anger at all. He rushed over and rode Zhou Yan to give him a good beating.

"He beat me, so he's my boss! You didn't beat me, but I'm still your boss! If you're not happy, come and fight me!"

Zhou Yan was completely dumbfounded.

What the hell? !

So that's how it's calculated?!

She naively thought that from the moment Lang Yue was defeated by Chen Moxin, she had completely lost her aura and her qualifications.

From then on, this grumpy little wolf cub would keep its tail between its legs, speak softly to everyone, and control its temper. It might even smile and say to her while eating, "You eat first, I'm not hungry."

To everyone's surprise, after losing, Wolf Moon was simply demoted from "the main Wolf King" to "the deputy Wolf King".

He remained the same lowly, powerless, and perpetually downtrodden man who had no achievements, no status, and could never earn a decent living.

Just as Wolf Moon kicked Zhou Yan to vent his anger, the heavy armored isolation door slid open with a "whoosh".

Someone trespassed into her territory without prior notice.

Wolf Moon's eyes suddenly sharpened, his teeth bared instantly, and a low, warning growl escaped his throat.

But the moment her gaze fell on the newcomer's face, her previously agitated state vanished as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over her head.

Chen Moxin stood with his hands behind his back and walked in slowly. His pace was unhurried, and his lazy yet dignified expression was like that of a superior on a routine inspection.

Upon seeing the "Wolf King," Wolf Moon's pupils twitched, and its two furry wolf ears on its head snapped back, turning into airplane ears.

"The boss is here, get up now." Wolf Moon yanked Zhou Yan, who was lying on the ground groaning, up and made him stand there obediently.

Wolf Moon smiled broadly, appearing more obedient than ever before, his smile both fawning and stiff: "Boss, hehe...you, you're inspecting the territory?"

Chen Moxin suddenly shouted, "Wolf Moon, shake hands!"