874 Flipping the Whale (1/2)

”Dad! What should we do? Shall we go to the pharmacy for Band-Aids?” Xiao Zhi asked nervously after he saw that the whale was bleeding.

Huang told him in concern, ”What good can Band-Aids do? We can't even see the wound. Let's wait for the Fishery Administration's boat. They'll figure something out.”

”We can push and flip it so that the wound will be visible?” Xiao Zhi proposed again, still unwilling to give up.

Huang shook his head. ”Boy, did you forget? We tried it just now. It wouldn't move at all.”

”This time there are three of us! Besides, we are not pushing it back to the sea, just helping it flip…” Xiao Zhi mumbled in dissatisfaction. Unable to get an answer from his dad, he looked at Zhang Zian.

”I think we can try,” Zhang Zian said without much confidence.

There were three of them, but there were really only two and half––Xiao Zhi was only half a man.

”Dad! Come help us!” After getting Zhang Zian's support, Xiao Zhi ran to the minke whale's side in excitement, waving at his dad to hurry up.

Zhang Zian also walked next to Xiao Zhi. He picked a location and stood there.

Huang's back was hurting a little. He didn't want to help, but he was too embarrassed to refuse under such circumstances. He had to drop the plastic container and stand next to them.

The three of them posed the same way: They pushed their arms against the minke whale's body and bent their bodies to about a 45 degree angle with the ground.

”Are you ready?” Zhang Zian asked.

The other two clenched their teeth and nodded.

”One, two, three!”

As ”three” was uttered, the three people breathed and shouted at the same time. With a shout in one voice, all their muscles tightened, and their feet sank deep into the sand.

Xiao Zhi's face was all red. Veins popped on Huang's forehead.

Under the combined strength of the three of them, the minke whale's body tilted slightly, but not enough to make it flip.

Their strength drained quickly. The whale's skin was too slippery, making it hard for them to find an appropriate spot to push.

”Ah!” As Huang yelled, his hands slipped. The two others could not support the whale's body. It fell back heavily to its old position.

Maybe it fell on the wound. The minke whale screamed sharply in pain; its body quivered vigorously.

Zhang Zian had good reflexes. He grabbed Xiao Zhi and Huang immediately to step back, one in each hand, in case the swinging pectoral fins swept them. The force was as strong as being hit by a hammer.

The three people stepped back to a safe distance, terrified.

The minke whale only struggled a few times before it used up all its strength. Plus, the more it struggled, the higher its body temperature became. It stopped moving, exhausted, and in worse condition than before.

”No! It's my fault! My hands slipped!” Huang sighed.

”Shall we try again?” Xiao Zhi asked with his head up.

Zhang Zian shook his head and told them, ”It's not your fault. We don't need to try again. We overestimated our strength. Even if you didn't slip, we still couldn't move it.”

He wasn't saying that for the sake of comforting them––they really were using all their strength. Even if Huang didn't slip, they could not last more than a few seconds. Three Zhang Zians might do the job, but Huang and Xiao Zhi were not strong enough.

They were all sweaty, scared, and tired, especially Huang. His sweat would not stop; he almost passed out.