878 Old Sailor (1/2)

As Huang and Xiao Zhi walked further and further away, only the goldfish kite could be seen as the wind blew it up from time to time. Someone said slowly, ”I wish there were more people like them.”

Zhang Zian looked sideways. It was the lead officer of the Fishery Administration. He was in his 30s, right in his prime years, and was strong and muscular.

”Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet. My last name is Ke. I'm Ke Shaohui.” He came over to shake hands. ”In fact, I can tell that you did most of the work in saving that minke whale. The father and son only helped you a bit?”

His eyes landed on Zhang Zian's sleeves. Both of Zhang Zian's sleeves were tainted red by the whale's blood. Blood spots splashed on his clothes. He might not be able to wash them clean again. Luckily, his shirt was not an expensive designer brand.

In comparison, there was barely any blood on Huang and Xiao Zhi's clothes. They were clean, just soaked wet by the ocean.

An observant person would be able to tell right away who the real player was, while who the cheer leaders were.

”Without them, I never would have found out that there was a stranded minke whale in the first place,” Zhang Zian said. He also introduced his own name.

”Well… Forgive me if I was wrong. Why do I find you familiar? Have we met somewhere?” Ke Shaohui gazed upon Zhang Zian's face and glanced him over in suspicion. ”The name sounds familiar too…”

Zhang Zian was certain that he had never met him.

”Oh! I remember it! You are the one who won an award in Berlin with the dog…” Ke Shaohui suddenly remembered that he had seen Zhang Zian's news while browsing on the internet.

Zhang Zian smiled and did not deny it.

”Wow! No wonder you are so familiar with animal treatment. Had it been someone else, I bet the whale would be dead already…” Ke Shaohui said, sucking air into his mouth.

”Chief! Are you there?” There came a voice from the walkie-talkie.

Ke Shaohui put the walkie-talkie over his mouth and said, ”What's the matter?”

”I just received a report that there is a fishing ship that hit the reef and is leaking. It's about to sink. The higher office asked us to help. It's an emergency,” the voice from the walkie-talkie said.

”Okay, got it. You can drive the boat here…” Before Ke Shaohui finished the sentence, he frowned as he looked at the tow boat.

The Fishery Administration staff on the tow boat was worried that the suture might break open as the minke whale swam. Therefore, he drove the boat and followed it for a while. He stopped only after making sure that it had dove deep into the ocean safely. Now the boat was already far away. Only a black dot could be seen fluctuating over the horizon. It was at least a dozen kilometers away from the shore.

It would take a long time to drive the tow boat to the shore, lower the inflatable boat, then pick up Ke Shaohui and take him back to the tow boat. The sinking fishing boat was in great emergency, and allowed for no delays.

Then, Ke Shaohui changed his words immediately, ”You should go rescue the sinking fishing boat immediately. Don't come back for me.”

”But officer, you…”

”I'll get a taxi home. You should hurry up.” Ke Shaohui gave the order, loud and clear.

”Okay. We are going there.”

As the engine rolled up the waves, the tow boat turned around slowly and drove in the other direction at full speed.

In fact, part of the reason why the minke whale left without looking back was that it was afraid of the tow boat. It could not tell the difference between the tow boat and the boat that injured it. Zhang Zian simply didn't share that information with Huang.

As Ke Shaohui spoke, Zhang Zian rolled down his pants and put back on his socks and shoes.

As Ke Shaohi put down the walkie-talkie, Zhang Zian asked, ”Oh, you mentioned that similar incidents had happened in the past, right? Could you tell me more about it?”

”Oh, okay.” Ke Shaohui nodded. ”Lately, there have been a lot of whales in the ocean around Binhai City. Do you know about this?”

”Yes. It was in the news.” Zhang Zian thought that he might have been the first person to discover that information because of Sihwa.