It was understandable for Yang Lin to be a police dog handler, but his debut as one was somewhat puzzling.
"Director Yang, our TV station is currently preparing a pet variety show. We originally planned to collaborate with the criminal police unit, but after seeing these dogs in your zoo, we think they would be more suitable," explained a reporter holding a microphone while petting Li Goudan's head.
After hearing his explanation, Yang Lin finally understood.
In the past, he might have agreed just to promote the zoo's reputation.
But these dogs weren't ordinary dogs to him anymore - they were his family, his beloved ones. They'd have to pay for their services.
These people wanting to get something for free? No way.
"I'm sorry, they're still young, so we're not considering it at the moment."
Seeing Yang Lin's refusal, the TV station staff member wanted to continue persuading him, but Lin Feng immediately interrupted:
"It's clear that Director Yang truly loves animals, so you shouldn't keep trying to convince him."
"Let's just take a group photo with them, and then we'll leave."
With Lin Feng stepping in, the reporter couldn't say much more.
After taking the photos, Lin Feng extended his right hand again.
"Director Yang, your reward money is being processed and should be transferred to your account in a few days."
"Also, if you encounter any problems in the future and need our help, we'll do our best to assist you."
Hearing Lin Feng's words, Yang Lin quickly extended his right hand as well.
"Of course, turning to the police for help is always the right thing to do."
"Although they can't become police dogs, if you ever need their help, I'll make sure they assist you."
After some pleasantries, Lin Feng soon left the zoo with the reporters.
The visitors, seeing this, also began to disperse.
After all the visitors had left, two elderly men wearing zoo uniforms appeared before Yang Lin.
They were Wan Fuxing and Ma Weiguo, who had previously volunteered to work at the zoo.
At this moment, one held a broom and the other a police baton, looking nothing like the photography master and martial arts master they were.
"Director, I've finished cleaning the monkey enclosure. When should we clean the tiger enclosure?"
"Director, I just dealt with an unreasonable visitor. What should I do next?"
Hearing their words, Yang Lin couldn't help but show a surprised expression.
He hadn't expected these two elderly gentlemen to be so enthusiastic.
After thinking for a moment, he casually said:
"Why don't you come with me to the artificial lake? There's been an unusual amount of trash appearing there lately."
He then headed straight toward the artificial lake.
As the central area of the entire zoo, this artificial lake was quite large.
According to his grandfather, it was once a large mining pit long ago that had filled with water after the mining stopped, with the deepest part being nearly forty to fifty meters deep.
It had been fine before, but recently, trash kept mysteriously appearing.
However, before Yang Lin could reach the lake area, he heard chaotic noises and cries for help.
He immediately sensed something was wrong and quickened his pace.
When he arrived, a middle-aged woman was anxiously pointing at the lake surface.
"Xiao Bao, my Xiao Bao!"
Hearing her heart-wrenching cries, Yang Lin immediately sensed serious trouble.
Seeing the clothing faintly visible in the middle of the lake, he jumped into the artificial lake without a second thought.
Once in the water, he quickly swam toward the bubbling spot in the center of the lake.
At this moment, he was truly anxious.
If something happened to a child in his zoo, not only would it affect the zoo, but he would also feel personally responsible.
However, when he reached the center of the lake, what he saw made him both relieved and angry.
"Damn, what's going on? Why would you name a poodle 'Xiao Bao'?"
"If I had known it was just a dog, I could have had Li Shuangying fetch it."
"Well, whatever, let's just rescue it first."
Though somewhat frustrated, Yang Lin still held the drowning poodle in his arms.
However, just as he was about to swim back to shore, a massive dark shadow slowly emerged from the lake bottom.
Yang Lin couldn't see it, but the visitors on shore could see it clearly.
Immediately, these visitors began shouting frantically.
"There's a water monster! Swim! Swim!"
"Director, run!"
Hearing the shouts from the shore, Yang Lin's face showed a puzzled expression.
"Water monster? Where would a water monster come from in this lake?"
Though somewhat skeptical, Yang Lin still looked back.
In an instant, he felt chilled to the bone.
In the green lake water below, a dark shadow larger than a person was rapidly approaching him.
"Holy crap!"
After this exclamation, Yang Lin immediately increased his swimming speed to the maximum.
A distance that would normally take over a minute to swim, he covered in just over ten seconds.
Just as the dark shadow was about to catch up with him, a long wooden pole thrust into the water with tremendous force.
Then Yang Lin felt two hands pulling him ashore.
Looking up, he discovered it was the two elderly gentlemen who had pulled him to safety.
"Director, you jumped in so quickly earlier, we didn't even have time to tell you before you leaped."
"Yeah, we didn't expect Director to be so selfless for a little dog. It seems you really do love dogs."
"The Director has such a kind heart."
"What was that dark shadow just now? It looked terrifying."
"Could it be an alligator? Can alligators dive? Can someone knowledgeable please explain?"
"Could it be the legendary water monkey?"
"Wow, if it really is a water monkey, that would be exciting!"
"Don't tell me this is also something the Director keeps?"
"Yeah, right, everything must be the Director's pet."
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Hearing everyone's discussions, the still-shaken Yang Lin couldn't help but look back at the artificial lake again.
The lake had now returned to its calm state, with no trace of the water monster from before.
"How could a water monster suddenly appear? I hope it won't affect the zoo."
As soon as this thought crossed his mind, Yang Lin realized he was overthinking.
Because right now, the visitors' faces showed no fear at all, but rather excitement.
And when the recent events were uploaded to the internet, netizens were even more excited than the actual visitors.