There are two keepers in charge of taking care of Huahua, one named Wang and the other Zhou. Huahua mentioned before that it hated the keeper named Zhou because he was very impatient with it. Although he would not abuse it, his care for it was perfunctory and he often gave it stale food.

"I haven't asked that question." Director Liao shook his head. "Is there any problem?"

Kan Qingqing noticed Jiang Shiyan's hesitation and took the initiative to explain: "It's like this, Director Liao, our project team consists of selected scientific researchers. If we temporarily add a member, we need to report the situation to the higher-ups and conduct a simple inquiry."

Director Liao immediately expressed his understanding.

After he contacted the zoo, without further delay, the other team members stayed in the hotel to rest, while Jiang Shiyan and Kan Qingqing went directly to the zoo with Director Liao.

Jiang Shiyan went to see Huahua first.

Because the weather was getting colder, Huahua was also moved indoors to hibernate. The indoor temperature was kept at around 20 degrees, and fresh food was replaced every day to ensure that the turtle had something to eat when it woke up occasionally.

But when Jiang Shiyan arrived at the place where Huahua was hibernating, the breeder who was supposed to be cleaning was sitting in the room with a cigarette in his mouth, crossing his legs and playing games, cursing under his breath.

When he took a puff, he shook off the ash, and the ash happened to fall into the mud and soil where Huahua was hibernating.

The door of the room was closed, and the keeper seemed to be wearing headphones, so he didn't hear the sound of someone coming.

The room had glass windows, so one could clearly see what was going on inside. The zoo director, who had been chatting and laughing with Director Liao, suddenly turned green in the face, and Director Liao's expression also darkened.

He seemed to have thought of something, glanced at Jiang Shiyan, and a hint of suspicion flashed across his eyes.

Does this young animal expert know something?

The person in charge wanted to push the door open, but found it was locked. He could only knock on the door hard. The "dong dong dong" sound attracted other keepers.

"What's going on? Why is the director so angry?"

"It's obvious that Zhou Li is playing games in his room with the door closed again. He probably didn't expect the director to come over, right?"

"It's Zhou Li again..."

The sound of whispered discussions reached their ears.

Zhou Li reacted slowly. He took off his headphones and looked outside the house. His face turned pale instantly!

As soon as he opened the door, the person in charge angrily yelled at him: "You are so bad, Zhou Li, you are neglecting your duties during working hours!"

"Director, please listen to my explanation. I'm just tired and need to rest for a while..."

Jiang Shiyan immediately ran in to check on Huahua's condition.

The spotted softshell turtle is a turtle. Its living habits are the same as those of ordinary turtles. When hibernating, it needs to immerse itself in mud or wet soil with a suitable temperature. At this time, the mud in the water tank was covered with a layer of ash, and there were even two or three cigarette butts.

Jiang Shiyan quickly dug out all the mud and sand that was stained with cigarette ash.

If Huahua didn't weigh almost 210 kilograms, Jiang Shiyan's thin arms and legs would have made it impossible for her to lift it. She really wanted to get Huahua out of the dirty water tank as soon as possible.

"Just wait for me!" The person in charge warned Zhou Li angrily, and then called other staff for help.

Huahua, who was originally in a light sleep, slowly woke up.

It stretched its neck and sniffed Jiang Shiyan's palm. The unfamiliar smell made it panic subconsciously, but it was soon attracted by a familiar fragrance.

"Huahua, it's me. Do you still remember me?"

Jiang Shiyan called its name softly, took the initiative to talk about the scene of the two of them communicating across the fence, and mentioned what he had promised it before.

Huahua tried hard to open her small eyes as big as green beans, and tilted her neck to identify Jiang Shiyan.

It’s just that Ban Bie’s eyesight was not very good, so it didn’t see Jiang Shiyan’s appearance clearly before, and now it couldn’t recognize her even though she was right in front of it. However, the ability to communicate with her left a deep impression on it.

The keeper couldn't understand its complaints and mutterings, but this human with a faint fragrance on his body could.

[Is it you?]

"Yeah, I promised to come see you, big turtle."

[It's a turtle!]

However, after this rebuttal, Huahua finally confirmed that this human was the one who had promised to come and see it and find a partner for it.

[Have you helped me find a partner?]

Huahua couldn't help but ask.

Jiang Shiyan cleaned the dirt off its shell and whispered, "Not yet. It's the dry season recently. I wanted to take you with me, but I checked the weather forecast. The temperature will be below zero soon and it might snow."

So on the way here, Jiang Shiyan discussed this matter with the team members, and finally they unanimously decided to change the plan. However, he thought that since he had come to Sucheng, he must say hello to the other party and take a look at this turtle that might have hibernated.

Huahua felt a little disappointed, but since Jiang Shiyan kept her promise and came to see it, she believed that she would help it find a new friend.

Director Liao had heard the rumors about Jiang Shiyan, but now seeing her whispering to a turtle, a strange expression appeared on his face.

It turns out that the rumors on the Internet are all true!

Originally, Jiang Shiyan, Kan Qingqing and others came to see the Ban turtle and chat with the zoo and the staff who kept it. However, they accidentally discovered that the keeper Zhou Li was slacking off at work. The person in charge fired him without saying a word and even issued a notice within the industry to make it known.

Fortunately, although Zhou Li was often perfunctory in taking care of Huahua, nothing happened. The Suzhou Zoo also did not sue him because of his several years of work, but just let him go on the spot.

Zhou Li left the zoo in disgrace that day. It is conceivable that it would be difficult for him to continue working in this line of work in the future.

Jiang Shiyan didn't sympathize with him at all. After all, Huahua was the only turtle in the territory of China. If anything unexpected happened, he would not be able to save himself even if he spent the rest of his life in jail!

"Although it is the dry season now, considering the temperature, Huahua should continue to hibernate in the zoo. However, I hope that when we recruit new staff in the future, we must examine their work attitudes carefully." Jiang Shiyan conveyed Huahua's thoughts, "Huahua said that he likes Nanny Wang very much."

"Thank you, thank you, otherwise we wouldn't know about this." The person in charge kept thanking Jiang Shiyan. Even he himself was still frightened. If something went wrong with Ban Bie because of trivial daily matters, he, as the person in charge of the park, would definitely not be able to escape the responsibility!

After leaving Suzhou Zoo, Jiang Shiyan and Kan Qingqing returned to the hotel, called together other team members who were resting, and took out some information and recorded videos brought from the zoo to discuss the next itinerary and work plan.

Someone couldn't help but ask: "We originally planned to use this turtle to attract other turtles, but if it doesn't go, we won't be able to find other turtles, right?"

"We can find help." Jiang Shiyan said, and pulled up a video.

In the video, a chubby Yangtze finless porpoise is deliberately spitting water at the humans on the shore. Seeing the humans' unprepared and embarrassed look, a smile of success flashed in its little eyes.

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