Super Zoo

"He should thank you, you've made a contribution to the zoo," Mr. Song said with a chuckle.

Mr. Dong had been following Mr. Song for a long time; hearing the hint in Mr. Song's words, he added, "What the director means is, Su not only dealt with the beehive promptly, preventing a bigger incident, but also showed bravery and determination during the process, putting others before himself to protect his colleagues. We should not only thank Su, but also put forward a commendation for him."

Suming was taken aback. What did this mean? As a member of the leadership team, Mr. Dong using the word 'commendation' represented, to some extent, the zoo leadership's intent.

Looking somewhat perplexed at Mr. Song, Mr. Song, however, appeared nonchalant and unfathomable. He stood up, nodded slightly at Suming with a smile, and said, "Alright, alright, as long as you're fine, we're relieved. You rest up; we'll be going back now."

With that, he led the group away from the pavilion.

Mr. Peng, walking at the end, whispered some advice to Suming, "You young man, don't be so impulsive in the future. Always think of safety first!"

"Don't worry, I'm fine," Suming reassured him, tugging at Mr. Peng's sleeve and quietly asking, "What did Mr. Dong mean by 'commendation' just now?"

"Commendation is just that, commendation. The leaders value you! Keep up the good work!" Mr. Peng said with a smile.

Suming could only shrug in an overdone way to express his bewilderment. The leaders had valued him for not just a day or two; was there any need to be so secretive about it?

After seeing off Mr. Song and the others, Suming closed the doors to the pavilion and called Er Gouzi out. He then used his spiritual power to summon a few cats and the alligator turtle, one by one, inside.

Hei opened his big eyes, curiously staring at Er Gouzi, seemingly considering Er Gouzi an intriguing toy. He even swiped at him twice, trying to catch Er Gouzi.

Er Gouzi buzzed around to avoid him; he didn't want to play with this 'big fellow'. One careless move could pulverize him into ground meat.

Undeterred, Hei leaped with astounding agility, jumping over half a meter high, in a you-can't-escape-until-I-catch-you attitude.

Er Gouzi obviously wouldn't comply!

Even though he had become a turncoat, that was only because Mr. Su, his boss, was too fierce, not because he himself was a coward. As an Asian Giant Hornet, Er Gouzi was the very definition of ferocity. Sticking his butt out, he exposed his sting, ready to fiercely strike back at Hei.

Before he could sting Hei's paw, Suming harshly jolted him with spiritual power, and Er Gouzi had no choice but to obediently fly behind Suming, buzzing around, to express his discontent with Hei.

"Can you stop buzzing?" Suming felt a chill. This creature flying around him was one thing, but the buzzing, it always gave him an unpleasant sensation, like flies swarming around, you know.

The alligator turtle, however, didn't show much surprise at Er Gouzi's arrival, barely deigning to give Er Gouzi an extra glance, with an air of seeing-no-hornet.

In the alligator turtle's proud heart, he was the fiercest one there, besides Mr. Su, of course.

In fact, nature has its own wondrous rules of creation. Even though the alligator turtle had the size, strength, and lethal potential, it still wasn't a match for the cats, nor for Er Gouzi.

"Alright, alright, get to know each other. From now on, you're all family. No friendly fire!"

Suming like an elder, had the animals acquaint themselves with one another.

However, as soon as he said that, it felt somewhat off.

In front of me was a crocodile turtle holding its neck high and looking at the sky, a few cats hopping around, and an Asian Giant Hornet that could kill a person with its sting—in no way did they look like 'one family.'

They were clearly just a bunch of animals!

"Great, I've really become a big animal!" Suming slapped his forehead.

...

The next morning, after feeding the animals, Suming went to Xiongshan.

As soon as Suming got to Xiongshan, he saw the black bear family twisting and turning on their stroll inside Xiongshan, with the bear parents leading the way and the little black bear following behind, nosing half a watermelon as he walked, eating it with juice splashing everywhere.

Indeed, they were a heartless bunch of foodies—just yesterday they were chased all over by bees, nearly causing the death of a keeper, and today they acted as though nothing had happened, leisurely enjoying their little life.

Under the innocent appearance of these foodies usually lay a smart heart.

After communicating with spiritual power yesterday, the black bear family had recognized Suming. With their keen sense of smell, as soon as Suming approached Xiongshan, they sensed his scent, immediately raised their heads, and stood up outside of Xiongshan, vigorously waving their big bear paws at Suming; the white V on their chests was especially striking.

The little black bear even held half a watermelon in its arms, showing it off to Suming as if asking him if he wanted to eat together.

However, before Suming could do anything, the little black bear seemed a bit reluctant to share, quickly withdrew its paws, took a big bite out of the watermelon, eating seven or eight tenths of it, and then once again held up the remaining bit in its paws, showing it off to Suming.

"Look how stingy you are—no one's competing with you for a busted watermelon!" Suming rolled his eyes in irritation.

"Mr. Su, you're here! Look, great stuff!" Li came over from behind, carrying a wooden bucket and shaking it at Suming.

In the bucket were the beehives that had fallen yesterday. These hives were originally the size of basketballs, but they had fallen from the trees and been smashed by the black bear, breaking into fragments, which neatly filled a bucket.

Li's eyes were still swollen as he said squinting, "Thanks to your help yesterday, this is for you. I heard from Mr. Peng and the others that beehives can be sold for money; it would be a waste to throw them away."

Beehives could indeed be sold for money, not just the hives but also the honey and bees within them, including the royal jelly.

However, they weren't worth much; a hive of this size, along with royal jelly and such, would fetch at most around one or two thousand yuan, and these hives had already been shattered, with the royal jelly and honey mostly licked clean by the black bear.

"Still, that's not bad, it can sell for a few hundred yuan, which is like a month's bonus."

Li, upon hearing Suming's explanation, wasn't disappointed, but rather laughed happily.

He also came from the countryside, and his family wasn't wealthy. With just that fixed monthly salary, a few hundred yuan seemed like quite a windfall to him.

But Suming didn't want to sell them for money. For one thing, a few hundred yuan didn't mean much to him at this point—to put it arrogantly, it couldn't even be counted as money, and it would be a hassle to find a buyer, making it not worth the effort.

Secondly, seeing these hive fragments actually reminded Suming that they had other uses, which were much more important than a few hundred yuan.

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