I Go to the High Seas for Fishing But Get Hunted by an Aircraft Carrier
Chapter 313: Sir Zhou, Is There a Bonus?

Chapter 313: Chapter 313: Sir Zhou, Is There a Bonus?

"The owner and his wife of the new Haina Baichuan Fish Pond must have changed locations. Ye Chen wouldn’t have gone there to celebrate today, right?"

"Could this case be related to that kid Ye Chen?"

Zhou Tao forced a wry smile.

Probably just being overly suspicious, he immediately brought his colleagues along to rush over.

By the time Zhou Tao arrived at the scene, a group of fishermen with dark skin, surrounded by their fishing gear, were gathered together.

What was odd was that although these fishermen were equipped for fishing, they weren’t actually fishing, not even preparing to do so.

After all, if fishermen were about to fish, they would typically be prepping their fishing spots, yet Zhou Tao’s sharp observation noted that these fishermen hadn’t even started that process.

This caused Zhou Tao a great deal of confusion.

Before Zhou Tao could figure it out, a familiar voice reached his ears.

"Zhou sir."

Zhou Tao looked up and saw old acquaintance Liao and the others waving at him.

Zhou Tao chuckled bitterly. If these familiar faces were here, could it be that kid Ye Chen was also around?

"Make way, sir is here."

Liao’s voice was full of vigor.

The fishermen around all made way for Zhou Tao.

Upon seeing Ye Chen at the center of the crowd, the corner of Zhou Tao’s eye twitched.

It was indeed that kid!

But it made sense, who else but Ye Chen could have bizarrely fished up the drowning Tiger Head Eagle.

He should’ve trusted his gut instinct.

However, the next moment, Zhou Tao saw Ye Chen holding the wing of the Tiger Head Eagle, carrying it like a chicken, and the corner of his eye involuntarily twitched fiercely.

"Do you even know what animal you’re holding in your hand?"

"Yeah, it’s a Tiger Head Eagle. My live stream room friends have already clued me in," Ye Chen replied very calmly.

"And still, you’re holding it like that?"

"You wanna be brought in for tea at our place?"

Ye Chen scratched his head, looking innocent, "Zhou sir, if I don’t hold onto this silly bird, it’s gonna run away."

"Look, my live stream room friends tell me it’s a gunshot wound, there might still be bullets inside, I definitely can’t let it get away."

"So I’m just holding it, waiting for you guys to come and take it for a check-up."

Ye Chen and Zhou Tao were well acquainted by now, explaining everything with composure.

Zhou Tao rolled his eyes, clearly annoyed.

"Do you realize how much psychological trauma you could be causing it?"

Ye Chen blinked innocently, feeling as if he’d heard this somewhere before.

Liao Xuexue immediately started to explain.

"Zhou sir, you can’t blame Teacher Ye for this. The Tiger Head Eagle, once released, immediately tries to fly away, and now the moisture on its feathers is almost all dried up."

"Moreover, if we put it in a fishing net, it will struggle desperately, making the wound bigger. Teacher Ye is just looking out for its well-being."

"If you don’t believe us, we’ve recorded everything. You can watch it later."

At this moment, Zhou sir looked at Liao Xuexue and Ye Chen with an odd expression in his eyes.

This kid and this girl are progressing so fast?

They’re already starting to defend him!

Liao Xuexue seemed to understand the look in Sir Zhou’s eyes, and thinking of something, couldn’t help blushing.

But old man Liao didn’t seem to realize it, still vigorously speaking up for Ye Chen.

"Exactly, Sir Zhou, you know Mr. Ye’s character, he’s not someone who would do that sort of thing."

Although old man Liao hadn’t realized, Zhang and the others sure did.

They all secretly sniggered, lowering their voices so old man Liao wouldn’t see.

"Old Liao, it seems he hasn’t noticed his precious granddaughter is about to be whisked away by Mr. Ye."

"I reckon there’s a nine out of ten chance Mr. Ye is going to be Old Liao’s grandson-in-law."

"If only I had introduced my beautiful granddaughter to Mr. Ye, being close to the water gets you the moon first."

"Old Li, forget about your granddaughter."

"Yeah, your granddaughter is still in grade school, you’re not thinking of sending Mr. Ye to prison, are you?"

The men laughed secretly, and old man Liao suddenly turned and stared at them, scaring them into quickly hiding their smiles.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing, the weather is really nice today."

"Yeah, today is a great day for fishing."

Hey, isn’t your topic shift a bit too blatant?

Even though he thought this, old man Liao didn’t say it out loud.

Old man Liao felt that something was off about Old Li and the others; they were definitely hiding something from him.

With the situation as it was, even if he pressed them, they wouldn’t speak up, better not to expose them and listen to what they will say next.

While Old Li and the others were teasing, Zhou Tao had already learned the whole story from the fish pond owner, their spouse, and the other onlookers.

It seems the Tiger Head Eagle had been targeted by poachers before, but luckily it did not fall into their hands and its wounds had healed considerably.

However, even if the wounds had healed, the bullet still inside its body made flapping its wings deeply painful for the Tiger Head Eagle because moving could jostle the bullet inside.

During the latest hunt, the Tiger Head Eagle likely aggravated the bullet inside, which is why it couldn’t control its speed and plunged into the fish pond.

You have to understand, with its dense plumage and inability to swim, diving headfirst into water would have meant certain death for the Tiger Head Eagle if not for the coincidence of Ye Chen fishing at the time and his hook catching onto the eagle’s talon; it would have drowned for sure.

Additionally, Zhou Tao found out that when Ye Chen first pulled up the Tiger Head Eagle, he didn’t know it was a national first-class protected animal, and thought that the eagle had swallowed the fish he’d caught, only to spit it out again, so he patted the Tiger Head Eagle’s head a couple of times.

But these were minor issues.

After all, Ye Chen did save the Tiger Head Eagle’s life.

Zhou Tao was already experienced with such situations; on his way here, he had already called professional personnel to deal with it.

The professionals arrived almost as soon as Zhou Tao got the full picture. They took the Tiger Head Eagle for a checkup and to treat its wounds.

As for investigating the poachers, Zhou Tao could only postpone that.

After all, right now there’s no clue, not even knowing where the Tiger Head Eagle lived before. If that was known, an investigation could be conducted.

So, it’s best to wait until the Tiger Head Eagle’s wound is healed and it can be released back into nature before any investigation can happen.

For now, the only option was to investigate the surrounding area, but Zhou Tao’s experience told him not to have too much hope in that.

"By the way, Sir Zhou, I did save this Tiger Head Eagle’s life, is there a pennant and a reward for me?"

As he spoke, Ye Chen made a hand gesture.

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