Closer to Revealing My True Self-Chapter 317 - 237 What kind of silly b..._1

Host She’s phone clearly captured the sight of the large python slowly approaching, writhing, and its flickering tongue brushing past his face. free𝑤ebnovel.com

After the initial tension subsided and confirming that the python was quite gentle and not interested in him, Host She adjusted his phone to several angles to get the right shots.

There was close-up footage where every fine pattern and sheen on each scale was crystal clear.

He also captured the changes in the muscles of the beast as it crawled.

Host She even raised his arm, angling the camera downward, to include both himself and the python in the frame.

What a rare opportunity!

Knowing his snake-handling skills couldn’t compare to Feng Yi’s, he had to find another way!

This spur-of-the-moment idea actually led him to the code for riches.

Seeing the continuous flow of large tips in the live broadcast, Host She was too excited for words, temporarily forgetting to thank the generous donors.

With this one broadcast, he might really make a name for himself.

After the broadcast, editing the video could also bring in a lot of discussion and viewership; it would be best to apply for funding to find a top-notch editor to make the video more thrilling.

Thinking so, Host She felt both joy and bitterness in his heart.

It’s not easy to make a name for oneself in this business!

Meanwhile, Feng Yi followed Assistant Wu around two corridors and came to another section of the snake exhibit.

The production team wasn’t here, and this wasn’t the focus of the day, so the management was a lot more relaxed.

The indoor lighting was previously adequate, and wearing sunglasses didn’t hinder him. He hadn’t taken them off earlier simply to avoid unnecessary trouble.

However, the lighting in some parts of the old section wasn’t as bright. After Assistant Wu asked irrelevant personnel to leave, Feng Yi took off his glasses.

Assistant Wu pointed to a park employee not far away: "It’s that employee over there. He was watching the live broadcast until his phone ran out of battery. He left it on a bench while he looked for a power bank, and when he returned, the phone that he left on the bench was gone. Upon asking nearby employees, some said they saw a child who had been sitting here for a while."

Feng Yi’s eyebrows twitched, "A child?"

Assistant Wu had a look on his face that didn’t know quite how to comment, "Yes, about five or six years old. Apparently, he’s a relative of someone in the park management; a young couple brought him over. They came especially today to see the pythons and were excitedly taking pictures, saying they wouldn’t usually get this chance. Now, they’ve been called in by the park director for a chat."

Taking a moment, Assistant Wu shook his head and sighed, "Some parents these days really are too careless!"

With the current situation, there were show recordings, restocking, and employees cleaning the glass enclosures - some enclosures and cages might not be properly secured.

This area is full of pythons!

Non-venomous doesn’t mean they’re not dangerous, right?

Especially the larger ones - adults might not be on their menu, but that doesn’t mean kids are safe!

Even the smaller pythons, some of which are quite aggressive, can be threatening to people.

What kind of reckless parents would bring their child here at a time like this!

And to top it off with taking photos!

Bragging about how brave the child is, even laughing!

Is that bravery?

This is sheer ignorance and fearlessness!

Assistant Wu felt extremely frustrated.

"Let’s not talk about management loopholes for now. The park has indicated they’ll handle it. For now, you start looking for the phone; the child said he threw it in one of these two glass rooms. He wasn’t clear, and the employees standing outside the glass rooms didn’t see it either."

"Is the phone switched off?" Feng Yi asked.

"Yes, it powered off automatically when the battery died. If we still can’t find it, we’ll have to use some more complex methods," said Assistant Wu.

"What about the surveillance?"

"The surveillance coverage is limited; we only know which areas he moved around in. The snake exhibit is closed today, and we have people filming for a show, so some of the surveillance has been adjusted and turned off. Only a few main pathways are recorded, which don’t cover every corner."

"Alright, I got it. Those two glass rooms that the child mentioned, are these the ones?" Feng Yi pointed to two adjacent glass enclosures nearby.

"Yes. It was thrown during a brief cleaning interval, but no one saw exactly where it was thrown, and they couldn’t find it when they returned. It’s a bit chaotic inside."

Feng Yi looked around. Indeed, these couldn’t compare to the newly built ones.

This side also had glass rooms, but they were old versions from before the zoo’s renovation, not very large. Most noticeably, both the exterior and the interior were very plain and somewhat cluttered.

"They’re cleaned every few days, but due to things happening in the park today, they haven’t had the chance to finish. Also, the park plans to upgrade and renovate this batch of old glass rooms soon, planning to transfer the snakes to new glass rooms first, so the old dens aren’t cleaned as thoroughly. The smell is a bit strong."

"Doesn’t the park have anyone capable of handling this?" asked Feng Yi.

For someone a bit more professional, looking inside wouldn’t be too difficult a task. Or they could remove the snakes first and search carefully.

Assistant Wu helplessly said, "There are, but they were assigned other duties today, all busy in the new section with the film crew. There’s a lack of staff here. The people who were cleaning just now weren’t proficient enough and didn’t follow the proper procedures, otherwise, that child wouldn’t have had the opportunity."

In any case, no one was currently available for this area, and since Feng Yi was nearby and available, the person who lost their phone sought help here.

With the expert here, it would save a lot of trouble.

For Feng Yi, it really wasn’t a big issue, so he agreed to it and took the opportunity to observe the condition of the other snakes in the area.

"Are you going to catch them first?" Assistant Wu asked.

"No."

Feng Yi distinguished the scents in the air, traces of people who had recently been here, young and old. He could roughly discern their paths of movement.

He approached a glass room.

"Where’s the key?" Feng Yi asked.

"Here."

Assistant Wu handed Feng Yi a set of keys, each with a label corresponding to a glass room.

Feng Yi used a key to unlock the glass door before him.

The scent inside made Feng Yi frown slightly, but he still carefully focused on the information it contained.

It’s not this one.

After closing the glass door, open the one beside it.

Then stand silently at the doorway.

"What’s the matter?" Assistant Wu asked. "Isn’t it here either?"

"No, I was just wondering what kind of idiot wouldn’t even leave a mobile phone alone!"

Feng Yi reached in, lifted the bothersome branch aside, and revealed an olive python hiding inside.

Spit it out!

In that instant, the hand Feng Yi extended inside exuded a slightly oppressive aura.

The snake resting inside, startled, regurgitated its food, spitting out the item it had just swallowed.

It was the lost mobile phone!

Feng Yi didn’t grab it immediately; he took the gloves Assistant Wu passed to him, put them on, and then retrieved the phone.

"This?"

The mobile phone had a fluffy case on it, with the frame around the edges for heat dissipation, leaving the back of the phone uncovered. However, at the top of the case’s frame, there was a cartoon version of a fluffy raccoon head the size of a fist.

Judging by how the olive python just regurgitated, it indeed started swallowing the phone "head-first."

Feng Yi handed the phone to Assistant Wu, "I don’t know if it still works."

"Even if it can’t continue to be used, the owner will definitely be reluctant to throw it away. After all, this is a phone that’s been swallowed by a python; maybe they’ll keep it as a souvenir."

"...Is that necessary?" Feng Yi found it hard to understand this mentality.

But Assistant Wu thought it was normal, "People have different preferences."

As he thought, the owner took the phone back, expressed thanks, and was heard telling colleagues about keeping it as a collectible while leaving.

Assistant Wu shared a look with Feng Yi: See, just like I said.

No longer dwelling on the issue, Assistant Wu glanced at the olive python inside the glass house.

"Snakes are indeed not very smart."

Because Feng Yi wasn’t as blindly in love with snakes as Steve, Assistant Wu felt comfortable telling him this.

"I’ve heard that some snakes can have cognitive disorders, occasionally choosing the wrong targets to swallow, welcoming anything that comes their way. Now I believe it."

Feng Yi was silent for a moment, then said, "Is there a possibility that it was actually smelling the scent left by a human infant on the fluffy phone case?"

Assistant Wu choked.

That was possible, but he didn’t really want to hear it.

It gave him the chills just thinking about it!

"I’ll tell the park to be careful, to keep children away, and just have them watch through the glass," Feng Yi said.

"Yeah, I’ll talk to them about it."

Not wanting to discuss the python’s fondness for the scent of human infants anymore, Assistant Wu changed the subject, "It’s good it was only a mobile phone. If it had swallowed something with spikes, it would have been fine swallowing with the spikes, but if it got startled and tried to spit it out, it could end up spearing itself to death."

There was a new message alert on the phone; Assistant Wu opened it and said to Feng Yi:

"Steve has just settled that boa over there, and the TV crew wants to shoot a segment... a joint bath with the boa, asking if you’re interested in participating."

Feng Yi: ???

Feng Yi: "Joint what?"

"You know, soaking together. The park arranged quite a large pool for that fat... robust boa, big enough for two adults to squat in."

Feng Yi: "..."

That’s not a matter of whether we can squat down or not!

"Why would they have such an arrangement?" Feng Yi asked.

"It was suggested by the TV crew, they got the idea while talking to Steve. They said that through this interaction, it would reduce people’s fear of these creatures. The boa’s appearance is indeed not very friendly, and coupled with its huge size, most people aside from reptile enthusiasts would inevitably feel fear and aversion."

The boa that people often talk about should actually be called a green anaconda.

With both "water" and "anaconda" in the name, it just sounds scary.

A big snake + water, that’s a perfect recipe for a horror film!

Putting those two keywords together makes people unconsciously recall or imagine some terrifying scenes.

However...

Feng Yi said, "Steve will definitely be very cooperative."

Assistant Wu said, "Steve is quite willing; he also wants to use this opportunity to prove something to everyone."

Feng Yi didn’t reply immediately.

Prove something through this way?

Prove its "gentle foolishness"?

Feng Yi also received a message from Steve about this, explaining that both the TV crew and the park had agreed to this interaction between man and snake. One reason was to allow people to learn more about green anacondas up close; the other was for the zoo to take the opportunity to show how much effort and money they put into building these snake enclosures.

"Let’s go take a look first."

Feng Yi decided to see the situation first before deciding whether to cooperate.

After a short while, Feng Yi arrived at the glass house where the water anaconda was kept.

Steve, who had already settled into the pool next to the massive green anaconda in the water, waved cheerfully at Feng Yi:

"Come on, Feng Yi! Join us in the water!"