882 Not a Minke Whale? (1/2)

Zhang Zian and Huang exchanged a few casual greetings. As they far apart in age, experience, and character, they ran out of topics after only a few words. As they heard Xiao Zhi shouting, they both looked back.

”What? Where?”

Huang stretched out his neck and looked around, but the sea was so vast. Where was the minke whale?

”There! Right there!”

Xiao Zhi's face turned red with anxiety; he thought his father didn't trust him. He then pointed in one direction, jumped, and shouted with all his strength.

Zhang Zian also looked over, but as Xiao Zhi had only pointed towards an approximate direction, he had no idea how far it could be. He gazed attentively for a while until his eyeballs turned rigid, but he still didn't see the minke whale.

Huang didn't see it either. He asked skeptically, ”Where is it? Are you mistaken?”

Ever since they had saved the minke whale, Xiao Zhi had been in a state of extreme excitement. He told the whole story to his mother a few times, then while he ate, before he slept, and even in his dreams. It was a shame, however, that the minke whale had swam away just like that. He had insisted on visiting the beach again since earlier that morning. Therefore, Huang thought that his son made a mistake, as he was too eager to see the minke whale.

”It's real! Right there, just now! You missed it because you were too busy talking!” Xiao Zhi spoke angrily, as Huang's skepticism was hurtful.

Zhang Zian didn't see it either, but he didn't rush to deny it. Instead, he glanced over the sea and asked, ”Xiao Zhi, did you see it clearly? Did it surface, then sink?”

Xiao Zhi shook his head. ”I saw it spraying water.”

”Is it a whale spraying water?” Zhang Zian asked again.

”Yes!” Xiao Zhi nodded.

Zhang Zian made a subtle frown. He hinted to Huang with his eyes, then asked him to come to the side.

Xiao Zhi was still staring at the sea in perseverance, waiting for the whale to spout water again.

”Bro, what's the matter?” Huang followed him and asked him in a low voice. He had taken the hint that Zhang Zian had something to say to him in the absence of Xiao Zhi.

Zhang Zian replied in a low whisper, ”Huang, do you really think that Xiao Zhi has really seen a whale?”

Huang took a deep breath and told him hesitantly, ”Xiao Zhi barely lies. I'm not willing to believe that he was lying. But… I didn't see any water spraying. Did you see anything?”

”No,” Zhang Zian murmured. ”Actually, I don't think Xiao Zhi was lying. But there's a problem… If it's that half-grown minke whale, then we've all seen it spouting water. The spray is quite thin, and is only visible when it's very close by. If it's that close, it will not be able to dive very deep, as the sea bed is quite flat in this area…”

Huang was lost. He didn't understand Zhang Zian at all. He smiled bitterly and asked, ”Bro, what are you trying to say? Please talk straight. I can't understand what you are saying at all!”

Zhang Zian had to explain simply. ”I mean, either Xiao Zhi's eyes lied to him, or… what he saw was not that minke whale, but a bigger, fully grown whale.”

He tried not to suspect Xiao Zhi as a liar.

To further confirm, he came next to Xiao Zhi, bent down, and asked: ”Xiao Zhi, how far was the water spray from the beach we are standing at?”

”Very far. It's almost at the end.” Xiao Zhi pointed at the horizon, where the sea met the sky.