1050 Calling a Cat a Leopard (2/2)

”Maybe it was a leopard? Look at this paw print. It must have been a leopard!” the villager pointed to the ground and said.

The camera zoomed in, letting the audience see the paw print on the ground for themselves. Actually, the pawprint was not very clear, as it was very messy. After all, the villagers did not know that they had to keep the crime scene protected. There was no need for that.

”This is the paw print of a leopard?” the reporter asked.

”Isn't that crazy? How can a cat's paw print be so big?” the villager thought that he was being doubted and asked back angrily.

Zhang Zian carefully observed the television screen. Although there was no reference object to properly compare the print to, it was possible that a cat had such a big paw print… For example, some especially big orange tabby cat.

The villagers did not keep cats and perhaps were not clear about that.

”What about these paw prints?” the reporter pointed at the nearby paw prints that were slightly smaller and asked.

”A young leopard's!” the villager said confidently.

The young female reporter felt that there were some strange things in the case, and just wanted to confirm. ”Did you see clearly that it was a leopard?”

”Of course!” The villager nodded hard, stretched out his arms, and gestured. ”What a big one! I was almost scared to death! Others saw it too! Our guess is that a group of wild leopards passed through our village last night and attacked the dogs that were watching the house. Now our families are strengthening the doors and windows to prevent the leopards from coming back…”

He described it in such a lifelike way that it was like he actually saw it, which caused the reporters that were doubting him to believe the story.

The villagers blushed and argued roughly. ”By the way, the government has to compensate for our losses, right? We know that leopards are protected animals, so we let them attack our dogs. We are very aware of this. The government cannot just watch us suffer losses, right?”

The young reports coughed awkwardly, and said to the camera, ”Are there leopards near Binhai City? We are really not clear, so we will need the experts to tell us. Please cut back to the broadcast room now.”

The image changed back. The host beamed and said, ”Although they have suffered some economic losses, we should give some praise to the villagers' awareness of environmental protection. We hope that this matter can be properly resolved. Up next––”

Zhang Zian was confused. Even though he thought that the pawprints were obviously a cat's, the villager seemed so confident, causing him to doubt his own deduction. Perhaps he was still a bit lacking in knowledge… Perhaps some leopards' paw prints were similar to those of cats…

When Vladimir heard the news, the side of its mouth trembled with the hint of a smile. It had really underestimated the villagers' ability to change a bad circumstance into a good one…

Zhang Zian continued to clean and casually used the mop to chase Richard.

After a while, the employees came to work one by one.

Wang Qian and Li Kun were complaining that their master had no sense of uprightness. They had waited until they were finished working the day before, but he never came back. He had said that he wanted to play with the luxury car, and in the end, he returned it overnight.

Of course, Zhang Zian would not admit that it was his mistake. He could not let the two idiots drive that kind of luxury car! If anything happened, he would have to sell his shop.

They chatted as they would normally, and the morning passed quickly.

At that moment, the doors of the shop separated to the right and left, and a person that was normally a little hunchbacked shakily came in.

”Zian, I have some good news for you!” Grandma Gu from the residents' committee happily said in a loud voice. She wore a red armband.

Richard did not miss its opportunity and called out, ”Ga ga! Congrats! Is it a boy or a girl?”