The salt could attract the deer, but it could not keep it. If Zhang Zian tried to approach the deer, even if he only took a few steps back, he might scare the deer away. Moreover, deer were vigilant animals. No matter how much they liked to lick salt, they would not value it more than their lives. So once they were frightened, they might run far away and never come close again.
So Zhang Zian could only pretend that nothing had happened. He knew that the deer was in the woods about 50 meters behind him, but he couldn't act too anxious. He couldn't act like a fool who had never seen a woman before. If he talked about whether he wanted a four-piece set made of silk or pure cotton on the bed after meeting for the first time on a blind date, the girl would probably be scared and run away, and the deer would be the same.
