With only one day left before Hong Feifei's battle to salvage her reputation, Suming spent a few hours addressing the aftermath of the sunken ship incident.
There wasn't much to deal with, to be honest. It mainly involved giving a statement and providing evidence, pinning everything firmly on Wu Dacheng. This local hoodlum from Baihe Town became a prisoner overnight, a target of public scorn, saddled with a notoriety larger than an Overlord Turtle's shell—without any chance of redemption.
For the rest of the time, he continued fishing on the river with Zhao Yun.
In his heart, Suming still harbored a sliver of hope that he might find the Reeves' shad, so while he was ostensibly fishing, he secretly controlled the Overlord Turtle to search in the river.
As it turned out, the Reeves' shad was probably truly extinct. At least, after half a day's search, where the Overlord Turtle scoured every inch within two kilometers, not a single trace of the fish was found.
