896 Lending Umbrella (1/2)

The nice, sunny weather that had been there since the spring had started finally ended.

It had been cloudy since the day had started. The temperature dropped again. It seemed that the first spring shower would be arriving soon.

Zhang Zian and the elfins got up at their usual time, then headed downstairs after washing up. Like all of the same old mornings, the shop was buzzing with noise after a long night's silence.

He pulled open the shutter door to start the new day's business.

Old Time Tea turned on the television. The same old morning news started at the same old time.

Zhang Zian took the vacuum to clean up the pet hair in the shop. He could vacuum enough hair to knit a pair of gloves a day.

Fina stared at him. Normally, he would use the vacuum right before the store closed at night. Vacuuming in the early morning was too noisy, which made Fina unable to go back to sleep.

But he couldn't do anything about it. A customer stayed late last night, so he had to close up quickly, which left him with no time to vacuum the shop.

”A whale was stranded in the shallow water near Yanshui Village beach. After getting the villagers' telephone, Fishery Administration officers sent the employees on duty near to the scene immediately for rescue. Construction teams working nearby also sent their crane to offer help for free. Under the help of the Fishery Administration, diving coach, and warm-hearted citizens, this whale finally got rescued. However, due to its severe injury, it died a few hours after the rescue. Here is a detailed report.”

There came the familiar voice of a news reporter on the television once again.

Zhang Zian stopped to watch. He turned off the vacuum temporarily so that the noise would not cover up the television's sound.

The news was recorded with a drone.

In the lens overlooking from above, a large-sized adult whale was stranded in water around two meters deep. As the tide was high during the filming, it was not possible to tell what kind of whale it was; only the rough size was visible.

About a dozen men were busy working around it. Some wore navy police uniforms, some were in police border patrol uniforms, while some divers were emerging out of the water in full diving gear and oxygen tanks. They were attaching floatation devices to the whale. As the news had reported, a crane was waiting on the beach. Unfortunately, it was too far to reach it with the arm. Even the experienced operators could not do anything to help.

A few boats floated on the water, including fishing boats and Fishery Administration's boats.

On the beach further away, a few dozen villagers were watching.

As it was not an important news, the reporter ended the story by interviewing a few villagers and some Fishery Administration officers, asking them to briefly describe the story.

It was all very unfortunate, but not surprising.

As many whale pods were gathering near Binhai City and the outer sea, there would surely be more and more events of whale stranding for all sorts of reasons. It was unavoidable.

The news report was not detailed enough. He didn't know if the whale was injured before or after the stranding, nor did he know the severity of the injury. It didn't specify if the whale had died of injuries or because of the stranding. After all, the reporter was not very professional. It was an intern reporter. Maybe they decided to send him for practice, as they figured the report was not that important.

The rescue team did everything they could, yet they were unable to save its life.