start with a pet store

Chapter 990 Looking for clues

But my uncle was willing to buy it so much that even if it was twenty kilograms, it was enough to fill everyone up, because he not only cooked shrimps, but also a whole table full of other dishes.

Finally, everyone touched their bulging tummies, feeling satisfied.

After dinner, they chatted for a while. Lu Chen, who was playing games on Lu Jingxing's phone, ran over and said, "Brother, someone sent you a message."

Lu Jingxing picked it up and took a look, then gave Xi Wenxin a look: "There's work."

My aunt is a person who knows how to read people’s faces. She smiled and said, “Is there something going on with you two? Go and do your work. Be careful…”

Lu Jingxing stood up with a smile: "Before we came here, a boy's dog was lost, and he asked us to help find it..."

"Oh, then go quickly, go quickly..." My uncle also followed and chased people away.

Xi Wenxin followed him out with a smile, while Lu Chen and Lu Xi looked at their brother reluctantly.

"Why are you so sad? Well, the holiday is coming soon, and we will go out during the holiday..." Lu Jingxing half-knelt and rubbed Lu Chen's head. Lu Xi also came up to him, looking like she was about to cry.

"What's going on? The two siblings miss their brother so much..." Grandma said with a smile as she walked over.

This made Lu Jingxing feel a little reluctant to leave the two siblings. He was indeed very busy during this period and had not been able to spend much time with them. He guessed that the two siblings really missed him.

"Well, today is Friday, and your brother will pick you up the day after tomorrow. I don't know if I can play with you for a whole day, but at least I will pick you up to the store, and you can stay in the store for a day, okay?" Lu Jingxing said.

Lu Chen and Lu Xi looked at each other and narrowed their eyes: "Deal..."

"Hey, hey? What do these mean? What is this playing on me?" Lu Jingxing was amused by the two little guys.

"Haha, we just want to go to the store to play. We miss Heihu, Jiangjun, Xiao Zuanfeng, Jiaziyin and the others." Lu Xi's face no longer had the pitiful look just now, but a sly smile on her face.

“Haha…” The aunt laughed first: “I was wondering, I’ve never seen them like this before. How could they be so reluctant to leave Luo? Turns out they’re waiting here.”

Lu Jingxing smiled and shook his head: "Okay, then it's a deal. I'll pick you up the day after tomorrow morning, and you can pick up that Ba Mao too. I'll go directly to find the dog and won't come back to the store." After saying that, he squatted down and stroked his Ba Mao.

When the little fellow saw Lu Jingxing petting him, he immediately fell to the ground, exposing his belly. Lu Jingxing smiled and rubbed him: "Okay, I don't have time to pet you today, maybe next time..."

A few people smiled and sent the two people downstairs together. Only when they saw the car driving away did they reluctantly go back.

Lu Jingxing got in the car and called Yang Pei immediately.

"I was just about to call you when the boy called me and said he was waiting for us at the gate of the community. I'm in the store now. Where are you?" Yang Pei started talking as soon as she answered the phone.

"Then we'll come directly to the store to pick you up..." The car happened to be open, so we could go there together.

Lu Jingxing hasn't taken on the job of going out to look for cats and dogs for a long time. Usually, that small team does it, and then, if there is an emergency in the store, Xiaopang and Ji An will go. Today's situation was a bit special, and he had no plans for the evening, so he went on his own.

After picking up Yang Pei, the three of them quickly arrived at the community where the boy had sent his location.

The boy was tall and very eye-catching standing at the entrance of the community. Yang Pei saw him from a distance.

"Here we are, here we are, he's there... Hey..." Yang Pei said as she opened the window and greeted him.

The boy obviously saw them as well and immediately ran towards them.

Then, two people in their fifties came out from behind the security room. They seemed to be the boy's parents.

Seeing Lu Jingxing stopped the car, the two of them walked over quickly.

"Dad, Mom, these are the people from Chongai Youjia. They are willing to help us find the treasure. Please tell them how we lost it that day." The boy pulled his mother.

The boy's face looks more like his mother, but his height is more like his father. When the mother stands between the two of them, she looks particularly short.

His father took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to the three of them. Lu Jingxing waved his hand: "Thank you, I don't smoke..."

Yang Pei took it with both hands.

Xi Wenxin also waved his hand, and the three of them looked at their family.

"It's hard to talk in this place with so many people coming and going. Why don't you come over to our house and sit for a while?" said the child's father.

"Why don't you get in the car and we'll drive straight in and tell us the details." Lu Jingxing called to the three people.

So, the three of them got into the car, and Lu Jingxing slowly drove the car into the community. Then he listened to them while observing the surrounding situation.

This is a closed community, and there aren't many stray cats and dogs to be seen, so it's unlikely that Qibao will continue to stay in the community.

"My daughter..." The family's surname was Bian. Uncle Bian choked up when he talked about his daughter. Lu Jingxing and the others did not interrupt him and waited for him to slowly recover.

"Qibao was brought up by my daughter. After she left, Qibao has been listless and eats very little. In a month, he is completely different from before and has lost a lot of weight. Usually, he is unwilling to move when we call him to go out. So that day, we didn't pay attention to him. I was going out to buy groceries, so I thought I could throw away the garbage with him, so I opened the door and went in to take out the garbage without closing it...

Then I took the garbage and went out. Qibao usually stayed in his nest. When I went out for the first time, I greeted him and he responded by swiping his tail. But when I went out again, I didn’t pay attention to him. When I came back, I found that he was gone. Two hours had passed. I hurried downstairs to look for him. I also checked the surveillance camera at the gate. I saw him leave the community, but I didn’t know where he went after leaving the community.

Xiao Bian's mother recounted what happened, and she was very upset as she spoke: "That was my daughter's favorite treasure, how could I have lost it? As she spoke, her eyes became red..."

Xiao Bian patted his mother's back gently. After he knew about this situation, he got angry with his parents when he came back. But he immediately realized that this was not what his parents wanted. His temper would only make his parents feel more guilty. So, now he was just anxious, worried about how to get Qibao back.

Lu Jingxing frowned as he listened to Xiao Bian's mother explain the situation. He also saw the missing dog notice leaflet that Xiao Bian had printed out.

They are not allowed to post these stickers at will in their community, but when passing by the guard room, Lu Jingxing still saw some posted on the door of the guard room.

Therefore, it can be proved that they should have searched this area in the past two days.

Then they don't need to look for this area anymore for now.

When Lu Jingxing received Xiao Bian's call, he told Luo Yi to send the message to their platform immediately. In such matters, the power of netizens is sometimes very strong.

Seeing that Xiao Bian's parents looked a little haggard, Lu Jingxing said, "How about this, you two go back and have a rest first, and let Xiao Bian take us out to look for it. We want to go to the community where Xiao Bian's sister used to live." Xiao Bian's parents looked at each other and nodded, "That's too much trouble for you. Don't worry about the fee. We will pay it. As long as we can help find the strange treasure..." said Xiao Bian's father.

Lu Jingxing nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, we will do our best."

Long'an does not have professional pet-finding teams like some big cities. All in all, Lu Jingxing and his friends are relatively professional because they have more experience. However, when it comes to finding pets, Lu Jingxing has never charged a lot in terms of price, especially in the case of Xiao Bian. If his parents had not brought it up, Lu Jingxing would never have thought about it.

The first reason was his family's situation, and Lu Jingxing couldn't help but empathize with them. The second reason was because of Qibao. He didn't know what the little guy was doing now, and he was really worried.

To be honest, when he first opened the store, he was looking for something to do, and then by chance he got into the pet business. However, since he had money and came up with that magical APP, rescuing animals seemed to have become his mission. He couldn't bear to see the little guys suffer, and he felt that he had the responsibility and obligation to help them.

When he asked Xiao Bian to come back and ask his parents for their opinion, it was not because Xiao Bian's parents said there was no need to look for the baby and that if it was lost, then he would really not care. Instead, he wanted to confirm whether the baby was really lost. If it was because the child's grandmother was allergic, and the parents gave the baby away, that would be another matter.

Now that he has met Xiao Bian's parents, they have confirmed that the rare treasure is lost, so Lu Jingxing will definitely help find it.

After separating from Xiao Bian's parents, they went to the place where Xiao Bian's sister had originally rented.

According to Xiao Bian, he also came here once yesterday, but because the tenant changed, he couldn't even get in the door.

Lu Jingxing and the others did not plan to disturb the new tenants because Sister Xiao Bian had just left not long ago. Since the landlord had rented out the house, generally speaking, the tenants would not be aware of it and would not have any concerns.

They don't want to cause trouble for no reason. Although the landlord is actually being dishonest, there is nothing they can do about it. People die for money.

They first found the property management company, opened a cigarette for the man, and then explained their purpose.

The property manager was quite open-minded. Although he didn't know about Sister Xiao Bian, he was happy to help since they were here to find a rare treasure.

When Qibao was mentioned, the property manager immediately said, "I know the Qibao you are talking about. The little girl often takes Qibao out for a walk. The little dog is very generous and anyone can touch it. However, it is not generous to other dogs and especially likes to fight with other dogs. However, it is also very well-behaved. As long as its owner calls, it will immediately obey. You should be talking about it, right? Doesn't it live here? Has it moved?"

It seemed that he was completely unaware that Sister Xiao Bian was gone.

Lu Jingxing didn't exaggerate, just said briefly: "Master Qibao, the little girl you mentioned is his sister. She died in a car accident last month..."

"Ah..." The property manager was stunned: "Such a good girl, how could this happen? What a pity..."

He patted Xiao Bian on the shoulder: "Alas, what a pity..."

Then he turned to Lu Jingxing and said, "Do you have your ID? I can talk to our captain and ask you to check the surveillance to see if Qibao has returned to the community..."

Lu Jingxing nodded repeatedly: "Thank you so much, we have proof..."

After hearing this, Yang Pei immediately returned to the car, took out the store’s ID and handed it to the property manager.

When Yang Pei went to get the certificate, the property manager also told the company leaders about the situation, and they agreed without hesitation.

So, the property uncle greeted his classmates and enthusiastically took them to the property monitoring room.

Lu Jingxing didn't need the help of the property staff to adjust the surveillance operations, he could do it by himself.

Yang Pei and Xi Wenxin went to the community with Xiao Bian to look for clues.

The three of them took the flyers to meet people in the community and asked them one by one if they had seen Qibao. Some people recognized Qibao, but said they hadn't seen it for a long time.

Lu Jingxing also saw their situation in the monitoring room.

He called Yang Pei and said, "You probably won't get any information by asking with this flyer."

"Why?" Yang Pei asked curiously.

"Look at the photos. These are Qibao's old photos. Xiao Bian's parents said that Qibao hasn't eaten or drunk much in the past month, and he must have lost a lot of weight now. Although he is still a golden retriever, he is definitely different from his original appearance. Moreover, if he had run over from Xiao Bian's house, his body would definitely not be so clean now." Lu Jingxing said as he watched the video.

"That's right, the problem is that we don't have any photos of it now." Yang Pei patted his head, feeling as if his imagination had been opened up.

This should be common sense, why didn't I think of it?

So they stopped asking people and just started searching in the community while shouting.

Lu Jingxing first called up the video of Xiao Bian's original apartment building and watched it frame by frame.

The viewing process is not easy as the period of time is so long.

The surveillance footage from the apartment building isn't very clear either.

Time passed slowly, and suddenly the camera flashed, and Lu Jingxing saw a yellow figure.

Because in order to enter the unit door, someone must open it.

Just as Lu Jingxing was about to jump over quickly, he saw the person who opened the door turned around and smiled, and then the yellow figure flashed past.

Although Lu Jingxing didn't see it clearly, he confirmed that it was a golden retriever, but he was not so sure whether it was a rare treasure.

He quickly called Yang Pei and asked him to bring Xiao Bian in.

The three of them soon ran over, panting.

"Xiao Bian, look quickly, isn't this a rare treasure..." Lu Jingxing called up the video and played it repeatedly for Xiao Bian to watch.

"Yes, yes, it is it. It has lost a lot of weight now, but I am sure it is it." Xiao Bian said excitedly.

"Nice..." Yang Pei clenched his fist secretly. Everything would be easy now that he had a clue.

"Then let's take a closer look to see if it comes out again. If it does, there's no need to look for it inside. If it doesn't, then tell the property management and go inside to ask directly." Lu Jingxing said.

(End of this chapter)