Super Zoo

Chapter 56: 56 Today is a good day

"Why can't I have it?"

Mr. Song looked a bit bewildered at Suming and said, "To be honest, the last 'Employee of the Month' was somewhat to encourage you, but this time it's completely different, you truly deserve this honor."

Mr. Song pointed to a big pile of documents in front of him and said, "I won't even mention the lifesaving incident. The revenue from ticket sales at the zoo has stabilized with an increase of about 20% because of your boat business—that's a great achievement! Second, the honor you brought to the zoo led to recognition from our superior units and even got us funding! Third, Mr. Peng and Mr. Zhou are long-time employees of the zoo with tough family situations. Li might be young, but he's also a key person, and his family's rural background isn't great. You hired them, which increased their income and indirectly contributed to the zoo. Fourth, leasing Shuijun Lake generated a one-time income of over seven hundred thousand for the zoo. Fifth, your own work has been excellent; the pregnant she-wolf in Wolf Pen now only recognizes you..."

"Director, Director, let me interrupt a moment!" Suming quickly cut off Mr. Song, who was listing off his accomplishments. What does he mean the pregnant she-wolf only recognizes me? It's not like I got her pregnant!

"Go ahead."

"My dad taught me a saying, 'Don't just look at the path ahead but also the road behind. The more successful you are, the more you mustn't lose your bearings,'" Suming said.

It was somewhat cryptic talk, but people of Mr. Song's age could understand the subtext in Suming's words.

However, he hadn't expected someone of Suming's age to say such things, so he was a bit surprised. After staring at Suming for a few seconds, he said, "Are you afraid of others getting jealous and causing trouble behind your back?"

"That's not it. Our colleagues in the park are all pretty easy to get along with. But I think it's best not to challenge human nature. I've made money now, received honors, and my business is doing alright. Why hoard all the good things? For a hollow reputation, a few hundred bucks, always blocking the ways of other colleagues. Nothing might come of it in the short term, but over time, inevitably, it might lead to dissatisfaction among others," Suming said.

"Did you come up with these thoughts all on your own?" Mr. Song looked at Suming with an even stranger expression.

Suming's insights possessed a certain wisdom of the workplace. It would seem reasonable coming from a workplace veteran who had been around for decades, but coming from a twenty-something like Suming, who had just graduated from school, Mr. Song found it quite unexpected.

Even Mr. Song himself hadn't thought so deeply before; he merely felt that Suming truly deserved the honor.

Suming chuckled, "There's knowledge to be found in everything, isn't there? Just like that old saying goes, no matter what you do, you need to think it through."

The wind blew, and a large patch of dark clouds drifted from afar, obscuring what was already a dim moonlight.

Tonight was without light!

"What a perfect night for thieving!" Suming stretched languidly, dispersing his spiritual power into the lake.

At the bottom of the artificial lake, the mud roiled violently, and crabs and lobsters, eels and loaches emerged from dark corners, either twisting their bodies or waving their large pincers, gathering into dozens of small squads.

Among them, some that had been in contact with spiritual power several times, being slightly superior in strength and intelligence to their peers, naturally became squad leaders. Suming channeled all his spiritual power into these squad leaders, who then commanded their own teams.

Rows of shrimp soldiers and crab generals, like an army, entered the passageway in succession, burrowing into the tunnel leading to Huating Reservoir on the opposite side.

Soon, these uninvited guests passed through the tunnel, emerging one after another from the exit on the Huating Reservoir side, lining up and stopping beneath the exit in the water, quietly waiting for something, like a series of solemn military formations!

The alligator turtles were too big to squeeze through the tunnel; leading the rear this day was a bighead catfish. It emerged from the exit, wriggled a few times, then swam to the very front of the formation.

"Let's get to work!" Suming snapped his fingers, issuing the order to the bighead.

The bighead flicked its tail, swimming forward, and the entire team moved as well, following the bighead's lead, towards the distant fish nursery nets.

Half an hour later, the gigantic fishing net surrounding the fish nursery had been torn open at the bottom by five large holes, big enough for a person to pass through. Pairs of shrimp soldiers and crab generals charged through these holes into the net!

Suming's fish and shrimp, following the 'rehearsals' of the past few days, lined up in columns, like a giant whirlpool, simultaneously enclosing an area of water about an acre in size, then continuously shrinking the space, herding the enclosed nursery fish towards the center.

The arrival of these unwelcome guests immediately caused intense panic among the nursery fish; the entire body of water boiled over, and consequently, the surface rippled, occasionally bursting with sprays of water.

Baldy and a few others were playing cards inside the shack when they heard noises outside. Grabbing flashlights and clubs, they rushed out.