Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 933 - 508

Chapter 933: 508

No matter how many mistakes Zhou Dalian had made in the past, this time most people stood by his side, including the opinion from the township.

The village secretary’s reliance was on the fact that there were many villagers, and since the township was afraid of causing a mass incident, he dared to disregard everyone’s face. Even the mayor or town chief had no say— he wasn’t worried about the consequences because the village cadres were elected, and as long as he successfully defended his boy this time, not only would he not worry about losing his office, but he would also significantly increase his reputation in the village.

If the universally perceived unreasonable village secretary won this time, it would start a bad trend. Conversely, if the village secretary backed down this time, it was believed the town’s streetlights would no longer worry about being "considered damaged."

Zhou Shiliang didn’t stay long at Yan Fei’s place, offered a torrent of thanks, and then took his leave— this matter involved owing a favor, not something a few words could settle.

No sooner had the guest left than Heizi and a few others sprang out, "Brother Fei, what are you planning to do about this? We’ve all checked it out, that old guy is also very bossy in the village, what he says goes. He even said that for breaking his son’s leg, he’s willing to spend money to make sure Zhou Dalian gets ten years in prison."

"Exactly!" Li Fang was also a bit indignant. "That kid’s a good-for-nothing. Why smash streetlights for no reason? He had it coming getting beaten up, and Old Zhou was out of his mind this time. If he’d wanted to beat someone up earlier, he could’ve caught the guy in the middle of the night, put a sack over his head, and beat some sense into him anonymously. Why do it right outside his own home? Isn’t that just asking for trouble?"

"Right, Brother Fei, how many people do you need to accompany you? Should I give Director Lin or Old Pan a heads up right now?" Old Ou reminded from the side.

Heizi’s crew got a lot of information, even down to how many people were in the village secretary’s family, how many brothers, and how many relatives; they were all waiting for Yan Fei to come back and "enforce justice."

Yan Fei looked at the group of indignant guys, thought about it, and felt pretty good— if these guys hadn’t come to work on his cattle farm, it might have been their own doing that damaged the streetlight. Now they all despised the act of smashing streetlights, all thanks to him.

He smiled and said, "Alright, get some sleep everyone! It’s just a small matter, look at how worked up you all are. Later Heizi will call the village secretary and ask to have a meal together, just Heizi and I will go. Let’s wrap this up quickly, I’ve got to attend meetings in the county and city in a few days! I’m going to check on the animals at home..."

As for why he wasn’t calling himself, making the call himself would be giving the other party too much face.

Both Director Lin and Old Pan believed that the village secretary should be kept in check, not allowed to make more trouble, so there was no need to give him much face.

"Hey, right, Brother Fei, you’d better hurry over there!" As soon as Yan Fei said this, Heizi remembered something. "Anyway, go take a look! I think that tiger and blind bear are almost becoming shrewd, you’ll know once you see them!"

As soon as Yan Fei heard this, he picked up his pace, hopped on his motorcycle, and headed straight for the bamboo forest.

Normally, he was a bit worried when others fed these creatures. They all had wild natures, and it wasn’t an exaggeration to say that if left unchecked for three days, they could cause havoc.

Take the two Golden Eagles, for instance; without proper supervision for a few days, they’d swoop low over the village, scaring the local chickens and ducks—anyone experienced in the countryside knows that even a domestic dog behaves when the owner is present but can turn mischievous and destructive as soon as the owner is away.

And when it came to the wild animals Yan Fei was raising, they were naturally difficult to tame, now almost sentient, and besides Yan Fei, no one else could intimidate them.

Upon returning, Yan Fei was both annoyed and amused—no wonder Heizi had been so evasive in his description, what he now saw was indeed beyond words.

When he wasn’t at home, those tigers and black bears were of course tethered, and even the Sable was locked in a cage. The Sable was docilely staying in its cage, but at the base of the posts where the tiger and black bear were tethered, there was a big hole dug.

It was clear that these animals had planned to "break out" taking advantage when he wasn’t around.

However much they wished to escape, they couldn’t have guessed that the posts Yan Boss had installed appeared to have branches above ground but were buried really deep underground.

They had probably just started digging over the last couple of days, nowhere close to escaping; otherwise, Heizi would’ve reported it already. It was just that when he wasn’t there, even if others saw them digging, they dared not confront them.

In fact, digging like they were was even less efficient than directly biting the pillar off. However, as soon as they dared to bite the pillar, they would get a severe beating from Yan Fei, so they subconsciously didn’t dare to use this method. They didn’t even know how they came up with the idea to topple the pillar by digging it out.

They really had become cunning!

What made Yan Fei cry and laugh at the same time was that upon seeing Yan Fei return, the three tigers obediently lay down on the pit they had dug, attempting to cover their "crime" traces with such childish methods like burying their heads in the sand.

The two blind bears, on the other hand, were somewhat stupider. Upon seeing Yan Fei come back, they stood up straight, ’ao ao’ crying out to welcome him. They even foolishly stood on the pile of dirt they had dug up, as if afraid Yan Fei wouldn’t see them.

"Get lost, get lost, get lost!" Yan Fei went up and gave each bear a slap, knocking the two black bears aside, and commanded pointing at the dirt they had dug. "Fill it back in yourselves."

The two blind bears didn’t get angry even after being hit; they continued to crawl towards Yan Fei, so they got hit again. Anyway, they were all thick-skinned creatures, and Yan Fei couldn’t really hurt them.

It wasn’t until after Yan Fei had finished hitting them and saw that they were still cluelessly not knowing what to do that he helplessly demonstrated for them a few times before they understood what they were supposed to do.

Watching them feebly scrape the dirt back into the pit, Yan Fei turned his head, genuinely not knowing what to say.

The three tigers, seeing the situation was bad, were still lying on the ground, but while they looked like they were just lying there, their bodies were moving. Upon closer inspection, they were actually using their two front paws to scrape dirt back into the pit beneath them!

Even when lying down, their heads, which touched the ground, were higher than one’s waist. Such big tigers, yet all trying to look innocently guilty. If one ignored their enormous size, they might resemble cats that had sneaked some food from the kitchen.

If it were anyone else, they might have let them off because of their silly and cute behavior. Unfortunately, Boss Yan had a heart of stone and knew them too well to be moved by their performance. He went up and gave them several hard kicks.

After a few kicks, the three animals could no longer pretend to be stupid and cute. They got up and scrambled around, and within moments amidst the flying dust, they had refilled the dirt they had painstakingly dug out.

The two golden eagles, upon seeing them get hit, actually had the nerve to gloat. Flapping their wings, they perched on the sable’s cage, joining in the sable’s mockery. One could tell from their voices how delighted they were.

Yan Fei couldn’t be bothered with them. As long as they didn’t cause trouble outside, they could go wild at home—the villagers all knew that Boss Yan was generally reasonable. If the two golden eagles caused trouble outside, someone would naturally come to complain. Now, since he had not heard any complaints upon his return, he guessed there were no issues.

The next day, when Yan Fei was at the field dealing with some chores, he received several phone calls in a row. There were calls from Old Xu, Xu Xiaoyan’s father, from Ma Yongming and others inquiring about news, including his two classmates, Yang Qian and Jiao Bing, who took advantage of the morning exercise break to give him a call.

All the questions were about Zhou Dalian, which indicated how much turmoil the incident had caused.

By lunchtime, when Yan Fei arrived at the restaurant with Heizi on their motorcycles, he noticed that the area around the restaurant seemed to have gathered quite a few more people. As soon as they saw Yan Fei arrive, they all began whispering and pointing, and a few who considered themselves somewhat reputable came up to greet him and then returned to their boasting with an air of shared glory.

Whenever there was the smallest commotion in the small town, some gossipy idlers would sniff out the news, as if knowing the news early on was a matter of prestige.

It’s the idleness!

In fact, the reason he had made this trip was also due to idleness; if that kid hadn’t been so bored out of his mind, why would he have foolishly tampered with a streetlight?

All caused by idleness, people just cause trouble when they have nothing to do!