Su Zhou raised an arm, and the golden eagle landed directly on it. She took the new clothes from the eagle's beak. The clothes were brand new and had never been worn before.
While watching the children, the zoo's water temperature was kept constant, but being soaked and clinging to their skin was quite uncomfortable. Despite being a little pale from the novel experience of being lifted up by seahorses, the children seemed to be in good spirits. The parents, however, were nearly terrified and quickly draped their own clothes over their children.
Su Zhou squatted down and said to the child's parents, "This was our mistake. Could we talk in private for a moment?"
With so many people around, it's best to settle some matters privately if possible.
The child's parents were reasonable people; they knew that the zoo couldn't be entirely blamed, and they nodded.
The young parents looked to be only in their early twenties and should be highly educated. Both the mother and father had a refined demeanor. Their failure to take good care of the child was partly their own fault, and they looked at Su Zhou with gentle eyes.
Su Zhou took him directly to the office and brewed the best tea leaves.
The room was filled with the aroma of tea as the young parents sat in front of Su Zhou.
The child, Su Zhou, was taken to the restaurant kitchen, where a chef made ginger soup to ward off the cold. The child was dressed in nicer clothes and was in a stable mood. Although he was naughty, being lifted up by the hippopotamus was enough to excite him for a while.
Su Zhou apologized directly: "This was indeed our zoo's fault. We'd like to ask what kind of reward you would like."
Unlike other officials who are prone to making excuses and changing the subject, she doesn't use bureaucratic jargon. She simply says directly, "We will definitely strengthen our management in this area in the future. As for the hippopotamus, the zoo will definitely add fencing."
The child's parents exchanged a glance.
The child's father: "Don't do that."
The child's mother: "Don't do that."
The couple coughed awkwardly twice before saying, "We were partly to blame for this. We didn't watch the child properly. I know your zoo always pays great attention to this kind of protection, and it's really nice that you can let visitors interact with the animals."
The couple considered their words carefully, then scratched their heads: "I don't think the child is seriously injured, it's just... it's really hard to book a room at your zoo hotel. The child keeps asking to stay at the zoo, but it's really difficult for us to get tickets during our holidays. So... could this compensation allow the child to stay at the zoo for two nights?"
This request is also reasonable.
The hotel at Wanling Zoo has no rating. Although the accommodation is much better than some five-star hotels, the price is similar to some chain hotels. As for price fluctuations, it is normal during the Spring Festival. Even if you stay for three days, it will cost at most around two thousand yuan, and the room is quite large.
Su Zhou nodded: "Okay, I'll have the hotel front desk reserve two thousand rooms for you right now, and we'll also offer a year's free admission to the zoo. Do you think this compensation is reasonable? If not, I'll have my staff drive the child to the hospital to get checked out."
That makes sense, since the child is really young.
The couple was very satisfied with the result. Wanling's attitude was very clear: "It's great to be able to interact with the animals. I think... I'm less likely to bite than the animals in your zoo. Director, we will definitely keep a close eye on our child from now on."
Su Zhou nodded, then called Tang Yu and asked him to temporarily put aside his work and take the child to a nearby hospital for a checkup.
When the test results came back, the child was only a little frightened, but otherwise fine.
This matter has now come to an end.
The video of the hippopotamus rescuing a child from drowning has unsurprisingly gone viral online again.
Two days later, Su Zhou's zoo received a banner.
It reads: "Helping others brings joy; harmony between humanity and nature."
Su Zhou posted the banner online, where it garnered hundreds of thousands of likes.
Chen Xuan's son has been studying diligently at the zoo. He can often be seen studying in the cafeteria or the staff canteen library. This has attracted many students from the real estate industry to study there as well. For a time, the strong learning atmosphere at Wanling Zoo attracted the attention of major media outlets.
With Lunar New Year's Eve approaching, Su Zhou realized that it had been a long time since she had seen her parents since she took over the zoo.
After arranging everything at the zoo, she drove home with 200 kilograms of feed for the zoo's low-grade carnivores.
Of course, Su Zhou also specially changed to a slightly better box.
The quality of the meat at the zoo was indeed good. Su Zhou also bought a lot of seafood at the mall. Su Yunhai liked to cook and would cook for himself whenever he had free time, but it was a rare occasion for him to do so.
The sky was overcast and dark, with light snow falling.
The car window was slightly ajar, allowing the winter wind to flow directly into the car, so it wasn't cold at all.
Our family didn't have much contact with those relatives after that, but we still had a family banquet every year during the Lunar New Year.
Su Zhou didn't have a good impression of her relatives; they were all greedy and opportunistic. Since Su Yunhai only had one daughter, they practically fantasized every day that the Su family's wealth would belong to them.
As soon as the door opened, the nanny called out, "Miss."
"Where are my parents?" Su Zhou stood in the entryway, changing her shoes into fluffy ones.
The nanny said, "They're probably upstairs. I'll go call them."
Wang Xingyue came downstairs with a smile and said, "Why didn't you tell me you were coming back beforehand? I could have had your dad prepare the food in advance."
"Isn't tonight New Year's Eve? I'll definitely be coming back. Where's my dad? What's he doing?"
"We'll be putting up the Spring Festival couplets soon; I'm writing them upstairs right now."
Su Zhou nodded: "I bought some vegetables and meat. Can you have someone take them to the kitchen first? I'm craving my dad's cooking. Hehe, Mommy, I'm going upstairs now."
“We have everything we need at home, why would we buy anything else?” Wang Xingyue seemed to be complaining, but her tone betrayed an undisguised pride.
My daughter is just so lucky.
It has virtually no flaws.
Her birth led to the family business growing bigger and bigger, and she has never caused them any worry since she was a child. Now she runs a zoo, which is thriving, so they don't need to worry about her at all.
It's well known that there's a lot of competition among wealthy women, and Wang Xingyue was the envy of many of them.
My husband is handsome, and he hasn't gained weight in middle age; he's also successful in his career.
The daughter is beautiful, highly educated, and also very successful in her career.
Looking at Wang Xingyue herself, she opened a studio, which has grown bigger and bigger.
Su Zhou went upstairs to find her father. Su Yunhai was standing in front of his desk writing Spring Festival couplets. He was using a gold-lacquered brush and had already written two couplets in bright red. Su Yunhai's handwriting was quite good and looked quite professional.
Su Yunhai writes the Spring Festival couplets for our family every year, and this year is no exception.
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