HLM -Chapter 1111 The Arrival of the Mouse Deer

In the morning, the group would stay in the pavilion at the castle gates, drinking coffee or tea, eating breakfast, and of course enjoying the sea of clouds that lingered around them.
In the late morning, the rich second-generation youths would head into the mountains and forests to search for and dig up black truffles.

In the afternoon, they would either take a trip through the starry wormhole or go to the lake to view freshwater coral.

In the evening, everyone would gather in the pavilions and towers on the hills, enjoying a delicious dinner while tilting their heads back to admire the brilliant yet tranquil starry sky.

The rich second generation stayed in Sunset Town for more than ten days. Wang Bo accompanied them on the first day, then dumped them afterward—after all, he still had to go to work.

The small animal park formed by dwarf livestock turned out to be unexpectedly popular. Many families brought their children here to play, and townspeople also liked bringing their kids along.
These little dwarf livestock had gentle temperaments. They were cute and clumsy-looking, loved playing with children, and every noon you could see families eating together with a small livestock animal by their side.

Noticing this, Wang Bo quickly issued regulations strictly prohibiting people from feeding the small livestock at will—doing so would kill them!

However, he was also quite crafty. Some children wanted to feed the animals, so he set up fodder sales points inside the animal park. The price wasn’t expensive—ten dollars for a small bundle, only enough to make one small animal half full.

With the Heart of the Animal Park in place, there was no need to worry too much about the animals’ health.

Seeing how popular the small livestock were, Wang Bo continued to introduce more. He arranged for the cowgirl Kosi to be specifically responsible for this project, and the number and variety of small animals kept increasing.

Recently, Kosi had taken a fancy to some miniature deer, scientifically known as mouse deer—very cute little fellows.

Mouse deer belong to Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Tragulidae. Even as adults, their body length is under half a meter, their tails only five or six centimeters long, and they weigh around three to four jin. Their appearance looks like a mix of deer, mouse, and rabbit.

They are the smallest deer species in the world, petite in size with slender limbs, naturally brave yet cautious, mainly living in East Asia, and are extremely popular small animals.

After reading the introduction, Wang Bo was also very interested. He invested 1.2 million New Zealand dollars to purchase fifty pairs of adult mouse deer and fifty pairs of juvenile mouse deer from Malaysia.

Buying mouse deer was no simple matter. They have already entered an endangered state worldwide, because not only are they cute—they’re also especially delicious.
In Indonesia, Cambodia, and Laos, mouse deer are top-tier delicacies used to entertain guests and are highly sought after.

Wang Bo personally contacted several sellers to buy mouse deer, but failed. In the end, Alexander stepped in to help contact two zoos in Malaysia and Indonesia, as well as an animal breeding and conservation institution in Laos, and only then did he manage to secure the purchase.

With the Industrial-Green Alliance coming to power, the Green Party finally benefited as well. Many policies began favoring the tertiary sector, and Sunset Town was set up as a model example.

That was the benefit of political investment—once successful, the returns were astonishing.

Under normal circumstances, importing rare animals from abroad would probably take at least a year.
But because of Sunset Town’s and Wang Bo’s special status in New Zealand and even within the Green Party, after he made the request, the first batch of ten pairs of adult mouse deer arrived in Sunset Town just one week later.

The mouse deer were delivered in dog cages. The little creatures huddled together in pairs, and after arriving in Sunset Town, they looked at Wang Bo with pitiful big eyes, evoking instant sympathy.

Their eyes were huge. When they saw Wang Bo approach, they quickly lowered their heads, shaking their little heads while making whimpering sounds, as if begging Wang Bo to let them go.

When Dale saw this, she was deeply moved, hopping and jumping, insisting on releasing the small animals.

At the animal park, Wang Bo gave permission. As soon as Dale opened the door, the mouse deer immediately darted out. Their movements were extremely agile—when running, they hopped like rabbits. Once they plunged into the grass and bushes, they quickly vanished without a trace.

Dale stared blankly at Wang Bo. “Teacher, where did they go? Don’t they like Dale anymore?”

Wang Bo laughed. “See? This is what happens when you don’t study properly. Mouse deer are nocturnal animals. During the day, they hide in the grass and only come out at night. And they’re especially good at hiding—now you won’t be able to find them.”

However, with so many tourists around, some people still spotted the mouse deer—because the little guys were very hungry…

Mouse deer mainly forage for flowers and fruits that have fallen to the ground. They love fruit, though they also eat grass. The high-quality fresh pasture grass produced by the ranch attracted them. Some tourists tempted them, and these silly little fellows fell for it.

Not long after Wang Bo left, he received a call from a tourist saying they had found a mouse deer that seemed to be in trouble, lying on the ground and not moving.

Upon receiving the news, Wang Bo hurried over. When he arrived, Kosi was also there, soothing a trembling little creature.

“What happened?”

Kosi smiled. “It’s nothing, boss. Mouse deer have a characteristic—they seem to get dizzy from water. Once they fall into water and climb back out, they become so nervous that they go into shock. This little guy was startled while drinking water and accidentally jumped into the water. It’s fine now.”

Seeing so many people appear, the mouse deer darted back into the grass and disappeared once again.

When the mouse deer arrived, there were also two other pieces of good news: the first phases of the airport and the Christmas Park had been completed almost simultaneously, and they were about to enter the second phase.

With the first phase of the airport finished, small passenger planes could already take off and land. For Sunset Town, this airport was more than sufficient. But for Middle Eastern tycoons, it wasn’t enough—they needed large aircraft to transport cattle and sheep.

Compared to the flat and barren airport, the Christmas Park was naturally far more interesting.

Wang Bo went to inspect it. First, he entered the Land of Polar Night. The small canyon had been enclosed, blocking out the sky, and many ice huts had been built inside.

These ice huts were small and exquisite, built as scaled replicas of Nordic ice houses. Using gauze projection technology and 3D restoration technology, at specific times, auroras would appear above the huts.
Of course, to truly experience the aurora atmosphere, one had to wear VR goggles, and a 3D version of the aurora would appear.

The Christmas Starlight Show had also been completed—a long tunnel of lights featuring various Christmas legends and fairy tales. The tunnel was surrounded on all sides by brilliant starlight as the main background, making it very beautiful.

As for Christmas houses and Christmas elves, they were of course indispensable. Finland even provided Santa Claus himself, making everything completely authentic.

After experiencing the Christmas Park, Wang Bo nodded. The project was progressing quickly and smoothly. With two more months of finishing touches, it would be ready for use by this year’s Christmas.

There was also a small chapel. The structure was basically complete. Building a chapel was relatively simple—the complicated part was the interior decoration, which needed to create the feeling of God’s presence.

Wang Bo had previously drawn the Heart of the Chapel and had already used it. Now, upon entering this chapel, believers felt an overwhelming sense of comfort, all believing that God was blessing this land.