Chapter 283: Chapter 282: Found a Clue

The little otter cooperatively let out a “wooo,” even bowing in Qi Xiao’s direction, flooding the bullet screen with messages like [Too cute!] [I want to steal the otter].

The afternoon’s live broadcast was scheduled to showcase the beauty of the glacier ecosystem, but the unexpected incident that occurred allowed the audience to experience the awe of the glaciers more profoundly.

As night fell and the crew wrapped up, Director Shao and the team came over with a small cart.

Director Shao handed Xu Ying a bouquet made of red envelopes: “Little Xu Station Chief, your search operation on the ice today has brought our show’s ratings to a record-breaking high!”

“This is a surprise gift from the crew especially for you!”

A bouquet made of red envelopes?!

Upon receiving the bouquet, the exhaustion from filming disappeared from Xu Ying’s face.

The red envelope bouquet gleamed under the lights, with hundreds of plump red envelopes skillfully folded into blooming peonies, the stems wrapped with golden threads marked with 999 pure gold.

The most brilliant was the largest red envelope in the center, folded into a three-dimensional koi shape, with its mouth holding a pure gold ingot, and a gold foil card engraved with “Record-breaking Grand Prize” in flamboyant script.

Such a heavy-hitting bouquet must have been a joint effort by the sponsors and Snow Wave Video.

Xu Ying couldn’t hide her smile as she held the bouquet of red envelopes: “The crew is too thoughtful, they even guessed that my favorite flower is money flowers.”

[Little Xu Station Chief, you’re killing me]

[Xu Ying, you deserve it!!! (cracks voice)]

Director Shao: “Before we call it a day, Little Xu Station Chief, why don’t you say something to the audience in front of the camera!”

Xu Ying gazed gently at the camera, her eyes sparkling with gratitude: “Everyone must have seen it, today while I was retrieving the equipment, so many adorable little animals came over to help, like little angels who understand human hearts.”

She gently patted the baby otter beside her, whose belly was now full, her voice warm and sincere: “These kind little lives provided us with the purest help and trust.”

“I hope that when everyone enjoys nature, if you encounter an animal friend in need, you can extend your warm hands. Maybe your little kindness can change their lives forever.”

Today’s live broadcast concluded with Xu Ying’s speech.

The live video clip of Xu Ying retrieving the avalanche warning equipment created a warm wave on the internet.

Within just a few hours, topics like #Ice Lake Heroine Xu Ying# and #Animal Rescue Team# quickly topped the trending charts.

The heart-wrenching scene—Xu Ying’s thin figure arduously crawling on the ice, her exhaled breath forming ice crystals on her eyelashes, yet still moving forward with determination—brought tears to countless netizens’ eyes.

What moved people the most were the unexpected “reinforcements”: The 潘美鱼 fish gathered to push the equipment, the otters dove underwater to look for it, while the Golden Eagle observed the ice conditions from above…

These soulful interactions were edited into short videos, set to warm background music, and spread wildly across major platforms. The comment sections were filled with touching messages: “They understand gratitude better than humans,” “This is the most beautiful relationship between humans and nature”…

Donations to the rescue station also surged, with the newly opened Snow Mountain Rescue Station receiving more than a million in donations overnight.

The official channels even shared Xu Ying’s video on the ice, captioning: “In the frigid Ice Lake, we witnessed the warmest miracle of life.”

The video views soon surpassed fifty million, and it quickly went viral overseas, with even foreign animal protection organizations giving it a thumbs up.

After wrapping up, Xu Ying returned to the Ice Lake, accompanied by the otter family of three, also present were Chen Su and Ji Xuehui from the West Mountain Police Station, the area near the Ice Lake had been sealed off, and they were now set to investigate the identity of the underwater corpse.

“Little Xu Station Chief, I didn’t expect we’d meet again so soon.”

Ji Xuehui smiled wryly.

Xu Ying also gave a wry smile and shook her head: “I wish our meetings were less frequent.”

Chen Su held an underwater camera in his hand: “With the ice still covering the Ice Lake, we can’t proceed with retrieval work yet.”

“If we can use the underwater camera to capture the facial features of the corpse, our police can make a facial recognition comparison, and see if we can identify the corpse.”

Xu Ying looked at the otter family of three beside her: “Can I ask for your help again?”

The otters nodded eagerly: [Of course, Little Xu Station Chief, we’ll stick with you for life!]

Not only do they get plenty of fish to eat with Little Xu Station Chief, but if they fall ill, they get treated, how wonderful!

Xu Ying was not comfortable letting the otter family just dive in, “I’ll call in some extra help to keep an eye out for any items that might have fallen around the female corpse, and ask them to inquire among the other organisms in the Ice Lake if they have any info about the body.”

She carefully approached the ice hole on the lake’s surface, then shone her flashlight into the water, a signal she had arranged with the 潘美鱼 fish school.

The light could travel underwater, and the 潘美魚 fish would gather when they saw the light.

Soon, three or five 潘美魚 fish of varying sizes swam up to Xu Ying.

[Little Xu Station Chief, what trouble have you gotten into again~ Are you looking for something once more?]

“We now need to investigate the identity and cause of death of a corpse at the bottom of the lake. Can you help the otters check if any items are scattered near the female corpse?”

Xu Ying patiently asked: “And while you’re at it, see if any creatures in the water know how the female corpse ended up in the lake?”

The 潘美魚 fish swayed their tails: [Sure, leave it to us!]

[Don’t worry, we’re definitely more reliable than the otters!]

Hearing the 潘美魚’s words, Xu Ying quickly glanced at the otters. Fortunately, the two species didn’t share a language and could only communicate through gestures, otherwise they’d definitely start fighting as they were originally competitors for prey.

Xu Ying fixed the underwater camera onto the otters: “Thank you so much!”

Otter Dad smacked his belly: [It’s no trouble, the all-fish feast you humans prepared is delicious, living for it is worth it~]

With that, they dived into the water with the underwater camera to find the place where they found the female corpse.

The 潘美魚 fish school followed to escort them.

Fifteen minutes later, the otter pup brought back the underwater camera.

Seeing that 潘美魚 fish school and Otter parents didn’t appear, Xu Ying couldn’t help but worry.

“Baby, where are your mom and dad?”

Just as she finished speaking, she saw a huge ripple coming from under the water.

潘美魚 and the otters rushed over to Xu Ying, vying to see who could reach her first.

Otter Mom called out while swimming: [Little Xu Station Chief, we found something shiny!]

The lead fish of the 潘美魚 fish school wouldn’t be outdone: [We found something too!]

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