"Wow! Mommy, the sea turtle is waving at me!" Yuan Xiaoxu exclaimed excitedly, lying on the glass as if he wanted to crawl into the fish tank.
Yuan Xiaoxuan, on the other hand, was particularly interested in the jellyfish. He stared at the glowing jellyfish without blinking. "Mommy, these glowing jellyfish are so beautiful. Can I take them home?"
"No, these are all very precious marine creatures. They are protected, and you can't just take them home."
Yan Yincheng couldn't see. He could only listen to Xu Zixi's description with his ears and visualize this colorful world in his mind. He thought that when his eyes got better, there would be one more place he could go with her.
The aquarium in Haicheng Zoo displays more than 9,000 rare fish of 430 species. Xu Zixi's goal was the only "Golden Amber". She took the two kids and Yan Yincheng, patiently following the order of the exhibition areas while teaching them to carefully identify the fish according to the pictures on the signs. When they reached the endangered species exhibition area, she finally saw the sign with the words "Golden Amber".
She quickened her pace slightly and walked towards it. Through the glass, under the dim blue light, the area where the "Golden Amber" was housed was made into a simulated coral reef ecosystem. Some common shallow - sea fish they had seen before were swimming in the water, but there was no sign of the "Golden Amber".
Yuan Xiaoxuan tugged at Xu Zixi's hand and asked, "Mommy, what kind of fish is kept here?"
Xu Zixi said, "The fish on display here is called the 'Golden Amber'. It's a very precious fish that has disappeared from the sea for twenty years. This Golden Amber here might be the last one in the world."
"Then why can't we see it?" Yuan Xiaoxuan asked curiously.
A tourist who also came to watch the "Golden Fish" beside them said, "You're here for the first time, right? This 'Golden Amber' here is old. It's lazy and doesn't like to come out. It's probably hiding somewhere sleeping. I come to the aquarium every month just to take a look at it, but I never can."
"Me too. This is my eightieth time here, and I've never seen it once." Another tourist said. "You're only here for the first time. It's normal not to see it. If you did see it, it means you're going to have great luck!"
Xu Zixi frowned. Was she going to make this trip in vain today?
Suddenly, Yuan Xiaoxu pointed at the fish tank and said, "Mommy, there's a fish swimming over there!"
Xu Zixi looked in the direction Yuan Xiaoxu was pointing. She saw a light - purple fish with a slender and gracefully streamlined body slowly swimming towards the tourists from behind a coral reef. The color of its scales changed with the light, from light purple to golden - tinged orange - red, and then back to light purple. Its fins were like two transparent ribbons, looking elegant and beautiful.
Suddenly, she was pushed aside by someone. Those tourists rushed to the tank one after another, taking out their phones and cameras to snap pictures frantically and exclaiming one after another:
"It's the 'Golden Amber'! It really is the 'Golden Amber'! Quick, take pictures!"
"I've been here eighty times! I finally get to see it! You're so precious, fish master!"
"Come on. It's the last one. Of course it's precious! You've only been here eighty times. I've been here hundreds of times!"
Yuan Xiaoxu put his hands on his hips behind them and said, "Humph! My mommy saw it on her first visit!" You losers are no match!
Xu Zixi had already seen what the fish looked like. She wasn't really angry about being pushed aside. She was reliving the sight of the fish and was quite tempted. Hu Yuankang had said that this fish would no longer secrete the golden liquid. If it were a mature "Golden Amber", the golden - like liquid it secreted would surely be even more beautiful, right?
Yuan Xiaoxuan tugged at Xu Zixi's finger and said, "Mommy, Uncle Yin is gone!"
Xu Zixi suddenly came back to her senses. She looked back, and sure enough, Yan Yincheng was no longer there.
Oh no, where is he?
In the polar exhibition area, the "lost" Yan Yincheng was on the phone with Pei Mingyuan at this moment.
"Third Master, the research institute just sent a message confirming that the solidified object is indeed the secretion of the 'Golden Amber'!" Pei Mingyuan on the other end of the phone couldn't hide his excitement.
Yan Yincheng was extremely calm. He said in a deep voice, "Since it's confirmed, then contact the media and hold a press conference. Release the news actively. This matter is of great importance and can't be covered up. We might as well make good use of it and create momentum for the project in advance. Also, pay attention that after the news is released, the value of the project will surely increase. We snatched the land from the Zhao family. We need to prevent the Zhao family from causing trouble behind our backs."
"Okay, I understand. Third Master, please rest assured. We will definitely handle this matter well!"
After hanging up the phone, Yan Yincheng leaned on his blind stick, frowned, and stood still patiently waiting for Xu Zixi to come find him. The dim blue light shone on him, making his fair and handsome face look even more angular. The cold yet somewhat vulnerable aura on him always seemed to set a boundary between him and others. But it was precisely this aura that was so alluring. None of the little tourist girls passing by could take their eyes off him. Some bold ones even stepped forward and asked:
"Sir, are you lost? Do you need help?"
Yan Yincheng said coldly, "Get out of the way."
The rejected girl walked away awkwardly, but soon another girl came and asked, "Sir, are you not feeling well? Do you need me to call a doctor for you?"
Yan Yincheng said in a cold voice, "I said, get out of the way."
When Xu Zixi arrived, she saw Yan Yincheng being pestered by several little girls. They were standing very close to him, holding up their phones and wanting to take pictures with him, as if they were about to throw themselves into his arms. She immediately felt uncomfortable. It was like the feeling when the most beloved and cherished book of hers from her past life was randomly rummaged through by the naughty kids of the relatives she disliked the most, leaving dirty fingerprints on it.
"Brother Cheng!" She called out and walked towards him. When Yan Yincheng heard the voice, the cold and impatient look on his face was immediately replaced by joy. The familiar fragrance wafted into his nose. His left hand was tightly held by someone, and their fingers intertwined. His right hand was held by the little hand of the kid.
He heard Xu Zixi say:
"I've found you. Let's go home."
He paused for a moment, smiled, and said softly, "Okay."
The pestering girls beside them gasped. One of them even let out a small excited cry, "He's even more handsome when he smiles!" Xu Zixi gave those girls a cold look and walked away proudly, leading the others.