Super Zoo

There was no need to see a face; just by the voice, Baldy knew it was Suming! He was all too familiar with this hateful sound, as it seemed every time he heard it, he was in for some bad luck.

Suming walked through the pack of dogs with a chuckle, approached the dumbstruck Baldy, squatted down beside him, patted his cheek, and said, "Baldy, what brings you to my place in the middle of the night?" After that, he glanced at Baldy's still-bleeding hand and laughed, "Next time, give me a heads-up before coming, so you don't have to suffer getting chased by dogs and bitten by turtles."

Baldy originally wanted to talk tough or make some excuse, but when it came to it, he somehow couldn't bring himself to speak, instead feeling a surge of sadness from within.

What followed was quite a bizarre scene, as Baldy stared at Suming for a few seconds and then suddenly burst into tears!

This even baffled Suming completely, "Come on, you're a grown man, and you've been a tough guy who's hacked people as a city manager. I didn't hit you, I didn't curse at you, so why the hell are you crying?"

"Hey, hey, Baldy, don't be scared, don't be scared, I'm not going to hit you, not going to hit you," Suming scratched his head, thinking, this isn't how it's supposed to go, you're supposed to wait until after I've tortured you before you start crying.

Ever since Su Meng had followed Zhu Chenggui and found out that he went straight from the zoo to Huating Reservoir, Suming had been sure that it was Zhou Jin's doing. Of course, he couldn't predict exactly what Zhou Jin would do next; he could only spread bee sentries around Shuijun Lake: Even though Er Gouzi was not around, there were still plenty of other bees in Hundred Flowers Valley.

In the middle of the night, the bees didn't notice anything unusual, but the dogs playing in the back mountain discovered Baldy's tracks. The German Shepherd brothers immediately informed Suming.

At that moment, Suming considered the situation. In the dead of the night, in the wilderness, it would have been quite easy to kill Baldy.

But such an action, other than providing personal satisfaction, would hold no real significance. Instead, it could put him in a disadvantageous situation. Even if Baldy died, Zhou Jin could easily come up with other schemes. There was logic to a thief fearing every day, but no logic to expecting someone to guard every day. Explore stories at empire

Besides, in all the skirmishes with Baldy and Zhou Jin, they were always the ones to suffer losses, while Suming didn't suffer even the slightest. There was absolutely no need for 'getting even.'

It would be better to use Baldy for something else. He had deliberately arranged for the dogs to scare him first, and then discuss other matters. He didn't expect Baldy to break down so quickly, which left him at a loss for words as all the threats and bribes he'd prepared were left unsaid, and he just watched Baldy cry.

The guy was usually tough, but once he started crying, he was like a woman, sobbing while mumbling incessantly.

"Mr. Su, to tell you the truth, I really didn't want to oppose you... it's all that bastard Zhou Jin forcing me..."

"I feel miserable, so wronged... I've been stung by wasps until I'm barely recognizable... My butt still has a row of cuts from glass... wuwu..."

"That bastard Zhou Jin... Despite me risking my life for him, he doesn't have a single word of praise..."

Baldy was sobbing and babbling, which left Suming at a loss for words too. If it were a woman crying, he might have had some way to handle it, but with a man, and an ex-gangster who had been an enemy no less, crying like this in front of him, it was totally awkward.

"Should I offer him a tissue or something?" Suming thought about it and decided against it, finding the thought too dreadful to contemplate. It was just too creepy!

After waiting a while longer, with Baldy still sobbing non-stop, Suming finally couldn't stand it anymore and slapped him on the forehead, "Damn it, if you keep wailing like this, I'll bury you today!"

And believe it or not, that worked. Baldy stopped crying immediately.

He looked at the dogs around him, then at Suming, and finally deflated like a punctured ball, "Ah, Mr. Su, at this point, there's nothing I can't say. I realized last time that you're no ordinary person! I've long since wanted to stop causing you trouble, it's all that bastard Zhou Jin..."

"Get to the point!" Suming said.

"Here's the thing..." The bald man spilled the beans and narrated everything about the situation.

...

"Damn it, I knew this bald-headed guy was unreliable, can't even manage to steal a couple of fish properly!"

The next afternoon, Zhou Jin was furiously berating everyone. The bald man had vanished since last night, and by now, nearly twenty hours later, he still hadn't returned. Not only was he physically absent, but he also wasn't answering calls or replying to text messages, as if he had disappeared from the face of the Earth.

"Mr. Zhou, could it be that the bald brother got caught by the zoo and was sent to the police station?" one of the underlings wondered.

"Who's talking nonsense out there!" Suddenly, the bald man's voice came from outside the door, swiftly followed by the door being flung open. The bald man entered, sopping wet and carrying a large snakeskin bag, which he dropped heavily on the floor.

He glared at the person who had spoken before turning to Zhou Jin with his head held high, "Mr. Zhou, I've got the fish back!"

"What took you so long?" Zhou Jin asked, frowning, his gaze landing on the thick bandage around the bald man's palm.

"Mr. Zhou, you have no idea, I almost didn't make it back. It was so bizarre, luckily I was smart and prepared! Last night, while I was catching fish, guess what I ran into?"

"Cut to the chase, stop beating around the bush!" Zhou Jin said impatiently.

"You remember that alligator snapping turtle, the one that was reported before, right? It's in Shuijun Lake! I got bitten by the damn turtle, and my phone fell into the water too. So I went to the hospital first to get a couple of drips to prevent infection before coming back here," the bald man explained.

Zhou Jin didn't care whether the bald man had caught an infection or not and asked, "You didn't get caught by the zoo staff, did you?"

"No chance, I took the route you told me, going through the back mountain. It's really safe there, not a soul in sight."

"Alright, enough talk. Get those fish out; I need to have them checked to see if there's anything wrong with them!"

Not long after, a small car drove out of the villa, with Zhou Jin and the seven or eight fish 'stolen' by the bald man leaving Huating Reservoir, heading towards the city's animal quarantine agency.

The bald man and a few other underlings stayed behind at the villa, with nothing to do. The bald man fired up the computer to play online cards, but before he had played many hands, he slammed the mouse down on the table and cursed, "What the hell is with this shitty internet connection, can't even play a game of Fight the Landlord without it lagging!"

A fellow underling who was in charge of managing the company's computers snickered and said, "Bald brother, it's probably because you've downloaded too many videos, must've got a virus."

"Fuck!" the bald man stood up, annoyed, and said, "Hurry up and fix this damn computer. What's the password for Mr. Zhou's office computer, I'll go use his to play?"

The underling hesitated for a moment but then said, "123456."

"Fuck, how do you manage computers with that kind of password, it's as good as having none!" the bald man cursed and then went upstairs into Zhou Jin's office.