I have a wildlife zoo

Pheasant Forest, at this time, was also covered with a layer of pristine white snow!

Behind it, the small hillside had places where the snow was thicker and other places where grass was still visible.

A golden pheasant had slowly taken a few steps at the top of the hill.

Its red belly and brilliant feathers, shimmering with golden crowns on its head, seemed even more dazzling against the backdrop of pure white snowflakes, looking much more beautiful than usual!

Reaching the edge of the cliff, it gave a light push with its two feet and leaped into the air.

Its claws then tucked in front of its belly, wings flapping, with its long tail feathers trailing behind, quivering and shaking, they were stunningly captivating!

It landed on a pine tree branch, which sagged a little from the weight of the golden pheasant but then gently bounced back up, quivering a few times, causing the snowflakes lodged on the pine needles to "flurry" down.

Next to it, on a roost, a Lady Amherst's pheasant, seeing the golden pheasant flying over, seemed unwilling to stay together.

Turning its head, it flicked its head feathers, resembling a tuft of red tassels, in a dashing and handsome manner.

Its bright and spirited eyes looked straight ahead, lifting one of its front claws in a golden rooster standing alone pose.

Suddenly, it broke into a run with long strides, its movements agile and strong, like a short-distance sprinting athlete!

After two steps for momentum, it pushed hard off the ground, flapped its wings, and flew off to another place, brushing past the golden pheasant!

Its teal scale-like feathers also reflected a dazzling light, and its black and white large tail, like an ink painting, exuded a sense of simple, unadorned beauty.

If the golden pheasant were a blazing fire, then the Lady Amherst's pheasant would be the transcendent white clouds above the sky!

Both were beautiful in their own right; set against such a gorgeous snowy backdrop, their crisscrossing flight added a dreamlike, ethereal quality.

The visitors "clicked" away with their cameras, excitedly discussing!

"Wowee!"

"Damn, that's incredible! 'Beautiful' hardly does it justice!"

"I've seen golden pheasants on videos, but this live one is even more vivid! The colors are so accurate, and it looks like the feathers are glossed with sheen! The belly color reminds me of glorious morning clouds."

"I told you, you just can't get the full experience unless you come to the zoo in person. But it also depends on the zoo, the vibrant feathers of these pheasants here show they're well taken care of and the environment is lovely!"

"It truly has a Chinese aesthetic beauty, the quiet mountain forests, the snow-white snow, and the flame-like golden pheasant."

"Your turn after mine, the golden pheasant is beautiful, but the Lady Amherst's pheasant holds its own too!"

"It's like a painting! No wonder the ancients adored them so much, even using them in designs for second-rank official robes!"

"I have to capture this, it's going to be my wallpaper when I get back!"

Anzu's eyes widened: "Wow, seeing them in the snow is a completely different experience than usual! So impressive!"

Suddenly remembering something, she couldn't help asking, "Kokoro, they're so conspicuous in the snow, doesn't that make them easy targets for hunters?"

The zoo's information boards were originally all in Chinese, but recently, with more foreign visitors, they have been considering making a new batch with English translations.

Benefiting from her father working in China, Amamiya Kokoro had started learning Chinese at an early age and was very proficient in it!

Therefore, she could understand the educational boards at the zoo.

Anzu, however, wasn't very good at Chinese and struggled with the lengthy text on the boards, so whenever she visited the zoo with Kokoro, it was Kokoro who would explain things to her.

"The female golden pheasant is actually quite plain, dusty in color. This kind of sexual dimorphism is very common in birds! The male looks so ornate mainly to attract a mate better. If a predator discovers the pheasant family, the flashy male can more easily draw attention to divert the predator! That way, the female and the chicks are safe," explained Kokoro.

"I see! You're so knowledgeable, Kokoro!"

"It's not any profound knowledge; if you visit the zoo often enough, you naturally pick up on these things!"

Amamiya Kokoro suddenly saw a tourist next to her, hands pressed together, eyes closed, earnestly muttering something, "I hope the fund I bought soars this year, with a villa by the sea... I don't need a huge rise, just to break even is fine, please no more losses…"

After watching coal prices fall for several days, I felt it was time to get in, but as soon as I bought in, it started falling again!

In my mind, I wondered if it had hit bottom and was due for a rise, but it kept on falling!

You want to catch the bottom, while others want to strip you clean! Died halfway up the hill.

Although I couldn't hear exactly what he was mumbling, his gestures made it clear he was making a wish.

Seeing beautiful scenery, some miraculous animal, or even an airplane, a dinosaur skeleton in a museum—almost any unexpected or unimagined place can turn into a wishing well, and that's quite a trait of our people.

In the Asian forest tortoise exhibition area before, there were tourists carelessly throwing coins onto Tortoise's back, and they got blacklisted.

I don't know where they picked up such bad habits, but a sign had to be erected forbidding coin tossing.

You have to be civilized even when making a wish.

The golden pheasant, already a symbol of good luck, coupled with such a beautiful picture of Lady Amherst's pheasant, makes wishing there quite fitting.

After making a wish, the tourist felt consoled, their expression brightened a bit, and they scanned the QR code next to them, donating 10 yuan.

Amamiya Kokoro found it amusing and struggled to stifle her laughter, nudging Anzu next to her.

"Hey, Anzu... Anzu?"

She turned around and was instantly stunned!

Anzu also had her eyes closed, hands together, whispering her own wishes!

"O mighty pheasant, please bless me, I hope I don't fail any courses this semester... I hope I don't fail any courses this semester..."

"Pfft!"

After Anzu finished making her wish, she scanned the code and donated one yuan.

She then began egging on cheerfully, "Kokoro, why don't you give it a try? Pheasants are the original models for phoenixes, a symbol of good luck! Making a wish here must be very effective!"

Amamiya Kokoro retorted, "You remember that quite clearly. All these superstitious acts won't help; the only way to avoid failing is to study hard."

"Ah well, it's just for a bit of good luck."

Getting dragged by Anzu with no other choice, Amamiya Kokoro reluctantly made a wish, "I hope I stay forever eighteen, young and beautiful..."

Another student from Xinghe University visiting the zoo scratched their head at the sight and made their own wish, "Bless us pheasant, hope EDG cheers on and wins the championship..."

"Let's go, EDG! If they win the championship, I'll come back to fulfill my promise!"

For a while, the visitors in the pheasant forest started making wishes one after another.

It was quite a spectacle indeed.

Amamiya Kokoro and Anzu enjoyed the pheasant forest for a while and then moved on to the red panda exhibit.

For red pandas, apart from basking in the sun and eating apples, snowy days are definitely among their favorite things!

Last year when a few red pandas saw snow, they practically went wild, chasing and frolicking in the snowy fields, jumping up and down, playing nonstop.

For Brown Sugar and Hawthorn, it was their first time seeing snow!