I'm a junior in college this year, and I've linked my fishing check-in system.

Female?

Jiang Qian was greatly shocked. A female giant softshell turtle!

At the same time, he understood why they valued taking photos so much...

The female Yangtze giant softshell turtle—how important is that? It's very important in the context of wildlife conservation, but it will take at least several years to see results.

Moreover, just having male and female doesn't guarantee offspring.

but!

The female Yangtze giant softshell turtle could definitely be a very important piece of promotional material...

Director Zhang smiled, "So you know how valuable the female Yangtze giant softshell turtle is, right?"

"We plan to put this female Yangtze giant softshell turtle into the pond at Saionji Temple, together with the male one."

"The province also attaches great importance to this, and there may be a formal commendation later. Today, we'll just go through the formalities at the bureau and finalize your bonus."

Okay, okay, so I'll be dragged out and promoted no matter where I go, huh...

Jiang Qian nodded, "Thank you, leaders."

After all, they've given us face, so we should at least show them the respect we deserve.

Deputy Director Chen felt quite favorable impression of Jiang Qian, who appeared as calm and composed as a mountain.

These days, there aren't many young people who would voluntarily hand over anything they find, let alone someone as composed as him.

"Come on, let's take a picture first," Director Zhang invited.

He had no time for such fantasies; he only knew one thing: almost no ordinary person could survive Yang Kai's lab and recover their mental health...

The publicity team had already set up their cameras, with a banner and a display board in the background that read "Protecting Ecological Diversity" in large characters.

Jiang Qian stood in the middle, with Deputy Director Chen on his left and Section Chief Zhang on his right, each of them shaking one of his hands.

The shutter clicked a few times.

"One more picture, smile!"

After the filming was finished, Deputy Director Chen pulled him to sit down and chatted for a few minutes, asking if he was a student at Suzhou University and what his major was.

Jiang Qian explained briefly.

Upon hearing "School of Life Sciences," Deputy Director Chen's eyes lit up even more: "Then you must know a lot about aquatic ecology, right?"

"I know a little about it."

"Okay, okay, we can invite you to be a science volunteer for any future events. Young people should participate more."

Jiang Qian smiled and said, "Sure, just let me know when the time comes."

The group chatted for a bit more, and the atmosphere was very pleasant.

Deputy Director Chen patted him on the shoulder: "Xiao Jiang, the finance department will transfer your bonus to your account shortly, and it will arrive within five working days. If there are any commendations from the province later, we will notify you in advance."

"Okay, thank you, Director Chen."

Jiang Qian got up to leave, still quite satisfied with his gains today.

But he didn't notice that a pair of eyes were staring intently at him from the corner of the corridor by the door.

……

Twenty minutes ago.

Yang Wensu took a taxi to the Ecological and Environmental Protection Bureau building. The receptionist glanced at the materials she handed over and looked up: "Oh, you're with Professor Xie, right? Please wait a moment. Director Zhang is receiving guests; it'll be quick."

Yang Wensu nodded and sat down in a chair in the reception area.

He knew that Director Zhang was extremely busy, after all, Director Zhang and his father were master's classmates and later went on to pursue a political career.

Yang Wensu came by himself, and most of the time he would just make a brief appearance. He understood how busy Director Zhang was.

However, after waiting for a while, she said she subconsciously glanced into the conference room.

This is quite something.

Yang Wensu was stunned, staring at the familiar figure in the conference room.

She paused for a moment, then rubbed her eyes.

"Jiang Qian?"

She froze in her chair, thinking she might be hallucinating. She stood up, walked around, and took another look.

There were no hallucinations.

That's Jiang Qian!

She also recognized the man in the dark suit—Deputy Director Chen, the man her father had taken her to dinner once, and the man her father had to toast during the meal!

Although the weighting seems a bit low, but...

As a biology student, if you want to take on horizontal projects, you'll need plenty of orders from these kinds of companies!

Yang Wensu was stunned. How could Jiang Qian be with them?

"Didn't she give up on herself?"

Yang Wensu couldn't understand why Jiang Qian would be commended by someone of Deputy Director Chen's caliber.

Shouldn't he have given up on himself after leaving me, and only been able to vent his emotions by fishing?

Why is this happening?

Not long after.

"Yang, classmate?"

Director Zhang's voice came from behind.

Yang Wensu snapped out of his daze, composed himself, and turned around: "Uncle Zhang."

"The materials your dad asked you to deliver? Here, let me take a look."

Yang Wensu handed over the file folder, hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help asking, "Uncle Zhang, what was that student about earlier?"

Director Zhang took the materials, flipped through them, and casually said, "Oh, Jiang Qian, he caught a wild female Yangtze giant softshell turtle and voluntarily handed it over. The whole province knows about this, and they're going to promote it as a model of ecological protection."

He looked up at Yang Wensu and asked, "What, you know him?"

"From the same school."

"Oh? Your institute has produced some talented people." Director Zhang chuckled. "This young man is quite good, calm and composed, neither arrogant nor humble. Director Chen admires him very much and said that the bureau can cooperate on a long-term basis for science popularization activities. Moreover, there are follow-up publicity matters that need to be handled by him."

Long-term cooperation?

Yang Wensu stood there stunned. Didn't this mean that Jiang Qian would have many more opportunities in the future?

She knew this better than anyone else; having a standout opportunity was the most important thing.

……

The next morning.

At this moment, Jiang Qian, the most mysterious free agent who was unaware that Yang Wensu was beginning to regret his actions, slowly woke up from his bed.

He had been looking forward to it all night, and now is the time.

[Inquiry] Initiated!

With a thought, he activated the system function [Inquiry].

Soon, new content appeared on the panel in front of them:

[A new check-in point has been added.]

Location: An abandoned pond on the shore of Yangcheng Lake.

[Task: Fish here for more than three hours to receive a special reward.]

Yangcheng Lake?

Jiang Qian's eyes lit up. Was it Yangcheng Lake again?

He still remembered the last time he went to Yangcheng Lake to rescue a senior female student who had fallen into the water, "but I don't know how she is now."

Yangcheng Lake.

Jiang Qian rode his electric bike eastward along the cement road by the lake, the navigation pointing to a place he had never been before.

This isn't the same body of water where we rescued people last time; the water here is much more normal this time...

The road narrowed, turning from a cement road to a gravel road, and then to a mud road. The reeds on both sides were taller than a person, rustling loudly in the wind.

Turn the last corner.

Jiang Qian stopped the car and froze.

A row of people sat densely packed together by the wild pond in front.

I roughly counted them, and there were more than a dozen.

Some people were using umbrellas, some were setting up tents, and some were sunbathing shirtless. Fishing rods were stuck one after another along the shore like a fence.

Jiang Qian frowned.

The system gave us a check-in point, but there are so many people here?

Looking at the people in front of him, Jiang Qian felt a sense of absurdity.

"—These are the immortals, lined up like hemp, aren't they...?"

This place is a fucking den of villains...