The person speaking was the zoo leader who had just stopped Lin Yi.

His name was Gao Weiyi, the vice director of the zoo.

The person he referred to as Little Zhang was named Zhang Kaicheng, the zoo’s full-time veterinarian.

Almost all work in this area was handled by him.

"I’ll go now."

The zoo’s vehicles stopped one after another by the roadside.

Zhang Kaicheng got out of the car, climbed onto the small truck at the back, and carefully checked for more than ten minutes, his expression not looking good.

"How is the situation?"

"That kick seems to have injured its internal organs, and it has multiple facial fractures. For complete recovery, it will take at least half a year and at least a hundred and twenty thousand. Our losses are not small."

"It’s actually this serious!"

Gao Weiyi looked displeased. Such a big incident couldn’t be explained away to the top leader.

But he had to report it truthfully.

Soon, the group drove back to the zoo.

After getting out of the car, Gao Weiyi went straight to the top leader’s office.

The zoo director’s name was Ma Zhengqing, about the same age as Gao Weiyi, not very tall, slightly overweight, wearing glasses, giving a very shrewd impression.

"You handled this well, but we must strengthen management from now on. If something like this happens again, both of us will be disciplined." Ma Zhengqing said.

"It was inconvenient to talk on the road just now." Gao Weiyi said:

"There was a problem during the capture, and the black bear was injured. Little Zhang said that the treatment cost is at least over a hundred thousand, and it still needs six months of rest. Our losses are not small."

"Oh?"

Ma Zhengqing was stunned for a moment, "What happened?"

Then, Gao Weiyi explained the situation to Ma Zhengqing, whose face showed a trace of anger.

"How did you handle this? Why didn’t you stop him at the time?"

"I did stop him, but the leader in charge of the operation was someone with real authority, someone I can’t offend, so I couldn’t stop him at all." Gao Weiyi said with a bitter face:

"Moreover, the situation is already like this, we have to find a way to solve the problem."

"The problem is that this is impossible to solve." Ma Zhengqing said:

"Little Zhang said it would take at least half a year to heal, but no one can say exactly how long. When it finally recovers, it will be time to return the bear that was leased to us. We haven’t earned a penny, and we’ve lost over a hundred thousand, and they will definitely know about this and demand compensation. Adding up all the expenses, it’s definitely not a small amount."

"I’ve thought of that too, but I can’t think of a good solution." Gao Weiyi sighed.

"Since it was caused by him, let him take responsibility." Ma Zhengqing adjusted his glasses and said:

"Look up his information, sue him, and make him pay."

"Huh?"

Gao Weiyi was dumbfounded upon hearing this.

"He works for the fire department; we don’t have the authority to sue him, and even if we did, it won’t have any result,"

"I didn’t say to sue the fire department, but to sue him personally." Ma Zhengqing said:

"Sue him for not following regulations, causing us tremendous loss, the court will definitely give us an explanation."

After hearing Ma Zhengqing’s instructions, Gao Weiyi’s eyes rolled.

According to normal procedures, they should have used an anesthetic gun during the capture.

But they used such a violent method to solve the problem, so they indeed have to bear some responsibility.

"I know what to do now."

"Remember, the lawyer’s letter must be sent to him personally, otherwise we don’t stand a chance."

"I understand."

...

After finishing all the work, the people on shift three returned to the detachment.

Ding Fei went to see the leader immediately to report and wanted to apply for a Third-class Merit for Lin Yi.

Lin Yi went to find Yan Ci, planning to buy him another ring.

On the way there, Lin Yi pulled up the system panel.

After this police call, the system task was now 1/5 completed, and at this rate, the task could be completed in at most two weeks.

The night was getting deeper, and when he saw Yan Ci, it was already past six in the evening, so they had dinner together.

"You’ve become famous now; today alone, I’ve seen at least ten posts about you."

"Is the news about me capturing the black bear trending online again?"

"You’re quite self-aware; you actually guessed it." Yan Ci laughed and said:

"But it’s a bit strange; the flow peaked at five o’clock but now seems to be dropping off. Feels like someone is manipulating this from behind the scenes."

"It’s the Internet Monitoring team."

"Huh? Internet Monitoring? The official ones?"

"They don’t want my identity to be too exposed, so any information about me will be blocked immediately." Lin Yi said:

"But whether they can completely stop it is another matter."

"Oh, oh."

Yan Ci suddenly fell silent, eating quietly, seemingly lost in thought.

"What are you thinking about? Why aren’t you talking?"

"The officials protect you like this? Is it because you’ve caught many bad guys, and they are afraid someone might retaliate secretly?"

Lin Yi paused for a moment.

"It’s not as serious as you think. This spare rib is quite good, have a piece."

Hearing this, Yan Ci also sensed that the topic could end.

After dinner, the two went to the mall, but Yan Ci didn’t buy a ring, instead just stood outside the window watching for a long time.

"Why stand outside watching? Did any catch your eye? I’ll buy it for you."

"No need to buy, just looking is fine." Yan Ci said:

"I’m not like those young girls; these things don’t have much meaning for me."

"You didn’t say this before." Lin Yi smiled and said.

"Although the ring you gave me before had issues and you took it back, for me, the process is important."

Yan Ci turned around, smiling as she looked at Lin Yi, "As long as you gave it, I’m content, nothing else matters."

In that instant, Lin Yi understood Yan Ci’s meaning.

What she wanted wasn’t material satisfaction, but a pure psychological comfort.

As someone whose name and status don’t match, this feeling was crucial to her.

It was also her only source of security.

Lin Yi didn’t say anything else, wrapping his arm around Yan Ci’s waist, offering her gentle strength.

After strolling a bit on the street, the two went back. After an internal struggle, Lin Yi drove home, and Yan Ci went to sleep.

The next day, Lin Yi spent the whole day at home accompanying Ji Qingyan and the child, then went to work the next day as usual.

"Lin Yi, come over here."

As soon as he drove to the entrance, the security guard uncle stopped him.

"Uncle Zhang, what’s up?"

"Here’s a package for you."