The news that sturgeon had appeared in Yucheng had drawn enormous attention overnight.
And it wasn't just Qinglin Villa and the diving platform where sturgeon had been spotted. Someone had even found sturgeon in a stretch of river ten kilometers away and uploaded a video.
Clearly, some of the sturgeon Qin Lin had released at that spot had wandered there.
After all, the tributary of the Min River connected to the reservoir stretched a long way. Once the fish were released into the river, Qin Lin couldn't control which direction they swam.
The biggest hit was naturally the video of a sturgeon rescuing a middle-aged man who had cramped up while swimming.
Everyone was stunned watching the sturgeon carry the man back to shore.
"See? Everything has a spirit. Even sturgeon know how to save people now."
"Is it really that strange for a sturgeon to save someone? Isn't that something dolphins are supposed to do?"
"Person above, you're so naive. Everyone knows dolphins are the sea's golden retrievers."
"Now that you mention it, I get it. Did the sturgeon cheat, or did the dolphin fall out of love?"
"..."
The video had clearly drawn enormous attention, even though the middle-aged man in it repeatedly insisted that he was a good swimmer and had only cramped up because the huge fish startled him.
Qinglin Manor.
Qin Lin was following the story from his office, too.
After all, he was the one who had brought the sturgeon there. While everyone else was marveling at them, he had already caught some more in the game in his mind.
If he wanted, he could make the sturgeon so abundant that they'd be everywhere, let alone prevent their extinction.
Nearby, Minister Lu and the old master Chu Qingfeng sipped their tea, still savoring it.