Yang Lin, the police dog, made sense, but Yang Lin the debut was a bit baffling.
"Director Yang, our television station is currently preparing a pet variety show. We originally planned to cooperate with the criminal investigation team, but after seeing these dogs in your zoo, we think they are more suitable."
A reporter holding a microphone petted Li Goudan's head while explaining to Yang Lin.
After hearing his explanation, Yang Lin finally understood.
If it were before, he might have agreed to boost the zoo's reputation.
But these dogs were no longer ordinary dogs to him. They were his family, his beloved family and friends, and they deserved compensation.
These people wanted to get something for nothing, absolutely not.
"Sorry, they are still young and not considering it for now."
Seeing Yang Lin refuse, the television station staff member wanted to continue persuading him, but the next second, Lin Feng directly interrupted, "It can be seen that Director Yang truly loves animals. Don't try to persuade him anymore."
"Let's quickly take a photo together, and then we'll leave."
With Lin Feng's intervention, the reporter couldn't say anything more.
After the photos were taken, Lin Feng extended his right hand again.
"Director Yang, your bonus is being processed and should be deposited into your account in a couple of days."
"Also, if you encounter any problems in the future and need our help, we will do our best to help you solve them."
Hearing Lin Feng's words, Yang Lin quickly extended his right hand.
"That's for sure. It's only natural to seek help from the police."
"Although they can't be police dogs, if you need them, I will definitely let them help."
After a brief exchange, Lin Feng led the reporters away from the zoo.
The tourists also dispersed upon seeing this.
After all the tourists had left, two elderly men in zoo uniforms appeared before Yang Lin.
They were Wan Fuxing and Ma Weiguo, who had voluntarily asked to work at the zoo earlier.
Now, one held a broom and the other a police baton, looking nothing like master photographers or martial arts masters.
"Director, I've finished cleaning the monkey enclosure. When can I clean the tiger enclosure?"
"Director, I just disciplined a tourist who was being unreasonable. What should I do next?"
Hearing their words, Yang Lin couldn't help but show a surprised expression.
He hadn't expected these two elders to be so enthusiastic.
After thinking for a moment, he casually said, "How about you come with me to the artificial lake? There's been a lot of trash appearing there recently for some reason."
After speaking, he walked directly towards 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 mine pit. After the mining was completed, it became a lake, with a depth of at least forty to fifty meters in the deepest parts.
It had been fine before, but recently, for some unknown reason, trash kept appearing.
However, before Yang Lin could even reach the area of the artificial lake, he heard a commotion and cries for help.
He immediately felt something was wrong and quickened his pace.
When he arrived, a middle-aged woman was anxiously pointing at the lake and saying,
"Xiao Bao, my Xiao Bao."
Hearing her heart-wrenching cries, Yang Lin knew something was seriously wrong.
Seeing the clothes faintly visible in the center of the lake, he jumped into the artificial lake without a second thought.
After entering the lake, he immediately swam rapidly towards the spot where bubbles were appearing in the center.
At this moment, he was extremely anxious.
If a child were to have an accident in his zoo, it would not only affect the zoo but also weigh heavily on his conscience.
However, as he swam to the center of the lake, a figure that appeared before him made him breathe a sigh of relief while also filling him with anger.
"Damn it, what's going on? Why would a Teddy dog be named Xiao Bao?"
"If I had known it was a puppy, I would have had Li Shuangying fetch it."
"Never mind, I'll save it first."
Although a bit exasperated, Yang Lin still held the drowning Teddy dog in his arms.
However, just as he was about to swim towards the shore, a huge dark shadow slowly emerged from the bottom of the lake.
Yang Lin couldn't see it, but the tourists on the shore could see it clearly.
Immediately, these tourists started shouting frantically.
"There's a water monster! Swim, swim!"
"Director, run!"
Hearing the shouts from the shore, Yang Lin looked confused.
"A water monster? Where did a water monster come from in this lake?"
Although he didn't quite believe it, Yang Lin still looked back.
Instantly, he felt a cold sweat break out.
He saw a dark shadow larger than himself rapidly approaching him from beneath the green lake water.
"Holy crap!"
With a startled cry, Yang Lin immediately increased his swimming speed to the maximum.
A distance that would normally take over a minute to swim, he covered in a dozen seconds, reaching the shore.
Just as the dark shadow was about to catch up to him, a long wooden stick with great force was thrust into the water.
Then, Yang Lin felt himself being pulled ashore by two hands.
Looking up, he saw that the ones pulling him ashore were the two elders.
"Director, you jumped in so quickly. We didn't have time to tell you before you jumped."
"Yes, I didn't expect the Director to be so brave for a little dog. It seems the Director truly loves dogs."
"Director is so compassionate."
"What was that dark shadow just now? It looked so terrifying."
"Could it be a crocodile? Can crocodiles dive? Please, experts, answer."
"Could it be the legendary water monkey?"
"Damn, if it's really a water monkey, that would be exciting."
"This isn't also something the Director raised, is it?"
"Yes, yes, everything is something the Director raised."
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Listening to the chatter, Yang Lin, still somewhat shaken, looked back at the artificial lake.
The artificial lake had already returned to its calm state, with no trace of the water monster from before.
"How could a water monster suddenly appear? Will it affect the zoo?"
As soon as this thought crossed his mind, Yang Lin knew he was overthinking.
Because the tourists' faces showed no fear, but rather a hint of excitement.
And when the events that just transpired were uploaded online, netizens were even more excited than the tourists.