The Civil Servant's Job is to Raise The Furries!-Chapter 288 - 287: Conned Until Crippled

Su Zhining leaned back, screaming as she rolled down the dirt slope.

All the way down, she rolled into the area where Lu Jinyu had just laid out moss squares.

Lu Jinyu, who was busy working, heard the scream and quickly stepped aside, and the pikas scattered!

Lu Jinyu watched in disbelief as his newly laid moss squares were crushed into a mess by the rolling Su Zhining.

His hair almost stood on end with anger. "Damn! Su Zhining, you annoying pest!!"

He pinched his own philtrum as he cursed angrily, "I just coaxed these pikas to cooperate! Now my hard-earned work has been ruined by you!"

"And you scared away the pikas too!" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Su Zhining felt pain all over after rolling down the slope, covered in dirt and looking very disheveled.

Having taken a fall, she was already annoyed. Hearing Lu Jinyu’s questioning made her even angrier: "Ever heard of gentlemanly behavior?"

"Saw someone fall and didn’t even think to help? Personal safety comes first."

Lu Jinyu’s eyes widened in shock as if hearing a joke: "Help you?"

"All my labor went down the drain because of you."

"I donated 200,000 to the Snow Mountain Rescue Station and personally laid so many squares of grass!"

He became more and more agitated as he spoke: "From the start of the show, you’re all talk, all show! Only interested in flaunting your wealth and spinning your fame!"

"And now you still have the gall to say this? I’m really impressed by your thick skin!"

Feeling provoked by Lu Jinyu’s words, Su Zhining put her hands on her hips and started arguing and cursing back at him: "I donated one million to the Snow Mountain Rescue Station, plus an additional 500,000 to hire professionals to lay moss squares in the Ice Mountain Protection Zone!"

"Leave specialized work to the professionals. I just take responsibility for using my public profile to help promote the Ice Mountain Protection Zone!"

Xu Ying, the host and guest, heard the in-fight between these two influential participants and initially intended to mediate.

But upon hearing them bicker about who did more, who donated more, she slammed on the brakes, pretending to crouch to inspect the moss squares laid by Jia Yao and his team, giving a pat on Jia Yao’s shoulder: "Not bad, not bad, this time you might just win first place!"

"Jia Yao, your transformation in the second phase is really remarkable!"

Netizens burst into laughter: [Little Xu Station Chief’s super subtle fake act.]

[Little Xu Station Chief: That was close, almost missed out on a few million in donations! Can’t mediate this fight!]

[Is this the battle of the wealthy? Throwing money to crush each other.]

[Seems like Xu Ying is having a hard time holding back laughter, her mouth corners are harder to control than an AK.]

After making her bold statement, Su Zhining didn’t forget to take a jab at Lu Jinyu: "You donated only 200,000, that’s just the price of one of my jewelry pieces!"

"You’re so stingy. Such a cheapskate."

"Me, stingy?" Known as the "Prince of the Esports World," Lu Jinyu, had never been called stingy before, especially not in front of so many netizens. His lips trembled: "I’ll donate another 2 million!"

Su Zhining scoffed with sarcasm: "Ha, who knows if you’re serious or issuing empty promises."

"After all, even car keys you’ve handed out, you took back in less than 15 minutes."

"I’m making my donation right now on the spot." She called out to Xu Ying: "Station Chief Xu, send over the donation account for the rescue station!"

Xu Ying looked troubled: "Both of you, calm down! While it’s true large donations can earn naming rights to the glacier observation deck, a heart that loves nature can’t be measured in amounts donated..."

She ’anxiously’ mediated while urging Director Shao to share the rescue station’s bank account details and charity donation poster in the guest group.

Netizens burst out laughing: [Is this mediating? This is adding fuel to the fire, isn’t it?]

[Little Xu Station Chief really nailed it with this move.]

[Thanks to Little Xu Station Chief; without you, we wouldn’t know that big donations earn naming rights!]

Receiving Xu Ying’s message, Director Shao immediately understood and sent three messages in the group:

[Official Donation Channel for Snow Mountain Rescue Station]

[Scan to donate instantly, electronic certificate delivered immediately]

[Large donations can receive honorary naming rights]

Though it’s necessary to save face for these two influential guests, you can’t ignore the fact that their squabble is bringing popularity to the show and donations to the ecology protection zone!

This isn’t any of our business as workers~

"What? Donations can get you naming rights to the observation deck?!" Su Zhining’s eyes lit up; this has far more prestige than buying a limited edition purse: "I donate 2.3 million, and the observation deck must bear my name!"

Lu Jinyu chuckled, casually presenting a black card: "Another 200,000! ’Jinyu Observation Deck’ sure sounds commanding."

"You nutcase!" Su Zhining stamped her foot in anger, her limited edition sneakers sinking deep into the frozen ground: "2.7 million!"

With their back-and-forth, the scene suddenly turned into a charity auction.

"3 million!"

"5 million! Name the entire rescue station after me!"

"Uh, the rescue station is an official national asset, so it can’t be named." Xu Ying ’anxiously’ rubbed her hands: "Oh dear, it looks like both of you really want the naming rights..."

She shifted her tone: "How about this? Our protection zone has three observation decks, 3 million each, why not each take what you want?"

The air suddenly went quiet.

Su Zhining and Lu Jinyu looked at each other, finally realizing—weren’t they here for an environmental program recording, how did it suddenly become a naming rights war?

And in this barren Ice Mountain Protection Zone, besides the researchers bundled like dumplings, where are the tourists?

"Um..." Su Zhining stared at the transfer amount already inputted in her phone, suddenly feeling her fingers stiffening up.

Lu Jinyu silently slipped the black card back into his wallet, tactically coughing twice: "Actually, I think... participation is key to protecting nature..."

The comments were going wild with laughter:

[Station Chief Xu is a business genius!]

[Two fools got royally duped]

[This should be renamed ’The Charity Auction Show’]

[This isn’t an observation deck, it’s an intelligence test platform!]

[These two were fighting with such flair just now; are they chickening out?]

Xu Ying’s phone suddenly buzzed, and upon seeing it, she broke into a wide smile: "Wow! The rescue station just received a 3 million donation!"

She excitedly waved at the production crew, "Director, bring up the electronic certificate for the audience to see who won the first observation deck naming rights!"

A gold-embossed electronic certificate unfolded slowly on the live screen, and Xu Ying looked up with anticipation, only to widen her eyes in surprise upon seeing the name: "Congratulations... Mr. Qi Xiao, enthusiastic citizen, for becoming the first donor to win the observation deck naming rights!"