Xia Zhining was immediately interested and nodded quickly.
Just then, the crow boss came flapping his wings. [We found the witness bird, what a discovery!]
[Follow me now.]
Xia Zhining and Ji Shuyun looked at each other and hurriedly followed the crow boss.
Boss Ya glanced at the fish bucket in Ji Shuyun's hand and said, "Hide this bucket first. I'm afraid these guys will start snatching the fish away before I ask anything."
After hearing Xia Zhining's "translation", Ji Shuyun immediately found a hidden place and hid the fish bucket.
When Boss Crow brought Xia Zhining to the mudflats downstream, a group of night herons were having a "night tea party".
These guys look like the penguins of the bird world.
Its round gray-blue body and two short legs poked out of the mudflat. When its neck was tucked in, it looked like a bowling pin that could stray.
The most amazing thing is the tufts of white hair on their heads, which twitch up and down as they talk, just like some moving hairs.
Night herons are the most common birds near water, and birdwatchers never return empty-handed.
Xia Zhining felt that the silly hair on Ye Heron's head and his round little eyes gave people the feeling that he was shrewd but couldn't figure it out.
Xia Zhining squatted down, trying to look friendly. "Dear friends, I'm a police detective. What did you see the night before last?"
The flock of night herons suddenly became agitated. They were whispering to each other, and the aho-hair on their heads trembled with their movements.
Finally, the largest night heron was pushed out by its companions.
The "speaking bird" cleared its throat solemnly, folded its wings behind its back, and assumed the airs of a negotiation expert: [Ahem, I'm the manager of this area.]
It tilted its head and looked at Xia Zhining, with a high attitude: [But... the information we, the Night Heron Clan, provide isn't free.]
A clueless night heron nearby interrupted hastily, "That's right! At least one clue for three fish!"
The speaking bird immediately slapped its head with its wings: [Idiot!] Then it turned to Xia Zhining with a pretentious tone: [We can't let these humans get away with it!]
It turned around and said to Xia Zhining arrogantly:
[Three clues for a fish!]
[Did you hear that? If not, I won’t do it!]
Xia Zhining's eyes widened, and the bargaining lines she had prepared were stuck in her throat.
Wow, is he bargaining in reverse? This is the first time I've seen someone bargain and then cut their own price.
This bird really doesn't understand...
[etc...]
A night heron, looking a bit more clever, suddenly rushed out, flapping its wings. "Boss! We got it wrong! Three fish for one clue!"
The speaking bird tilted its head and thought for a moment, its hair curling up into a question mark: [Is there a difference?]
The young night heron stamped his feet anxiously: "What a difference! We'll lose everything this way!"
The speaking bird suddenly realized: [Oh...]
The queen said to Xia Zhining firmly: [Then five clues in exchange for a small fish!]
Xia Zhining's shoulders were shaking from trying to hold back her laughter as she watched these idiots push themselves further and further down the road to bankruptcy.
"Chengdang!"
Before Xia Zhining could ask, the speaker started talking like a peacock: "It happened the night before yesterday! According to your human way of counting time... well... it was before the sun rose twice!"
It flapped its wings and described vividly: [There's a broken fishing boat! Two strong men are holding down a white-haired old man and forcing him into the water!]
As he said this, he exaggeratedly used his wings to imitate the action of pressing someone. [That was so cruel! Our whole family saw it!]
An elderly night heron nearby nodded: "We're familiar with this ship. We often visit this area."
It lowered its voice mysteriously, "They look like they're fishing, but we watched them several times and it seems they're looking for something else..."
Suddenly, its mouth was covered by the speaking bird's wing.
The speaking bird looked around nervously: [Shh! This thing costs money!]
[But you absolutely cannot tell her that the fishing boat is just catching some cans.]
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