start with a pet store

Chapter 991 You Look Familiar

Several people nodded repeatedly. Although they didn't want to disturb the new tenant, now that the rare treasure appeared here, they had to find it.

So, several heads gathered together and watched the video seriously.

Although we were watching it at fast-forward speed, the time interval was so long and the door was always opening and closing, so everyone was afraid of missing a frame.

I just stared at it until the latest time, but I never saw the yellow figure again.

Yang Pei stood up straight, stretched, and yawned: "Ah... probably he didn't come out, or he went back to the original house, or he was adopted by someone else."

"That should be it. What should we do? Lu, should we just go to his house?" Xi Wenxin rubbed his eyes and looked at Lu Jingxing.

"We're not sure which household he is at now. Maybe we can look for the property management first to see if they can help us ask. There are usually owner groups or even building groups in the community. If the property management is willing to help us ask, it might be better than us knocking on every door." Lu Jingxing thought for a while and said.

"That's true, but in this case, the new tenant will definitely know about this. Is that okay?" Xi Wenxin thought about it and asked.

Lu Jingxing also frowned. This was a problem. It would be fine if the strange treasure was not in the original house. But if it was, the tenants might know about it regardless of whether they said it or not.

"Let's discuss it with the property management and see what they say, and then see if we can contact the landlord. We are just guessing whether the tenant knows about this. What if the landlord has told us?" That would just be groundless worry.

Lu Jingxing said leisurely.

"That's right. We've been worrying about this for so long. What if they already know about it and don't mind it?" Yang Pei also said.

"Let's go and look for the property manager. I'm afraid he has already left work." Xi Wenxin was the first to go out.

"He said he was on duty and asked us to go find him. He also said he had already discussed it with his leader and the leader wanted him to cooperate. Let's go." Lu Jing walked out, said hello to the people in the property monitoring room, and walked towards the security booth in front.

I ran into the security guard when I was halfway there.

"How is it, did you find it?" The security guard asked hurriedly when he saw several people coming out of the monitoring room.

Lu Jingxing nodded: "It seems that I saw him go in, and he has not come out since then. It's mainly at this time now. If we look for him house by house, it may disturb the owners too much."

We had been searching the community for most of the night, and then we watched the surveillance for a long time. It's already past midnight, and judging from the security guard's appearance, he should be getting ready to eat.

"Yes, I'm about to hand over my shift, so it's definitely not an option to knock on the door now..." The uncle shook his head.

Everyone was silent.

"Uncle, we thought about it and wondered if you have an owner group, or even better, a building group. This way our target would be more direct. We could just tell the group about this situation. If anyone finds it, I think he will hand it over." Seeing that no one was talking, Lu Jingxing spoke directly to the uncle.

"That's true, but I'm not in all the groups. You have to ask our leader. I'm in a big group. Do I need to send messages to a big group?" The uncle was really cooperative.

"Let's organize the text and send it out tomorrow. We'll leave someone here tonight to keep an eye on it. Then, I may need to trouble you to help us find the landlord of the house that Sister Xiao Bian originally rented to see if he has told the tenant about Sister Xiao Bian's matter. It would be bad if he knew about it when we look for him. It's better to give him a heads up in advance." Lu Jingxing said as they followed the uncle to the duty room.

"Yes, I also know her former landlord. The landlord used to live here by himself. He is a very nice person. It's just too late now. You can contact him tomorrow and I will give you the contact information..." The uncle took everyone to the duty room and retrieved the landlord's contact information from the computer and gave it to Lu Jingxing.

"Thank you so much. You are about to get off work, so we won't bother you. We will look around the unit later, so as not to disturb the residents. We will see if it is in the stairwell or on the rooftop, and then listen for the sound. If we can find it, that would be great. If not, we will go to the owner's house tomorrow morning to look for it. Is that okay?"

Originally, we planned to leave one person here to guard, but Lu Jingxing thought that there was actually no need for that. He could just come here early tomorrow morning and send this message to the building group tomorrow morning. As long as Qibao was confirmed to be here, everything would be fine.

The main reason is that it is too late tonight, otherwise it would be safer to find it tonight.

"Okay, okay, no problem, we will also keep an eye on it..." The security guard nodded repeatedly: "I'll talk to our on-duty leader and take you there now."

"That's too much trouble for you."

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm about to get off work anyway." The security guard waved his hand.

In front, Yang Pei and Xiao Bian had already gone to the unit door.

Only Lu Jingxing and Xi Wenxin followed the security uncle to the security room.

At this time, the three of them were walking towards the apartment building. Yang Pei came over immediately when she saw them. "We followed the person who just entered the unit next to us. This unit is not on the top floor. Only the middle unit can reach it. We can be sure that Qibao did not reach the rooftop."

Lu Jingxing nodded: "Uncle agreed that we can go in and look for it. We will try to be quiet and not disturb the owner."

Several people nodded at the same time.

There are high-rise buildings here, each with sixteen floors. Looking up, most of the lights are off, with only a few lights on.

While everyone was discussing, a man came out of the unit door, holding a husky in his hand. The owner looked at them in confusion, and finally couldn't help asking: "What are you doing in the middle of the night? You don't look familiar, you're not from our building, right?"

Lu Jingxing quickly greeted them, and then told them about their situation: "We are from the pet store. This little brother has lost his dog. His sister used to live here, and we watched the surveillance and it seems that we saw it coming here, so we are going to go in and help look for it."

"Oh, what dog? His sister? Does she live in our unit? As far as I remember, there is only one big dog, a golden retriever, in our unit." The owner of the Husky is a man. When he heard someone was looking for a dog, he immediately became enthusiastic.

"You look familiar, have I seen you somewhere before?" The man stared at Lu Jingxing. The Husky next to him was sitting with his head raised, and he actually looked very well behaved.

"Maybe, our store is called Pet Home, maybe you have brought your Husky there?" Lu Jingxing said with a smile. "Oh, I was just wondering, you look so familiar to me, I bought my Husky from your store, it's Hedong Xinjie, there is a new pet park now, right? You are Doctor Lu..." the man said with a laugh.

"Haha, yes, it's me. I really meet an acquaintance. It came out of my shop. I don't have much impression of it." Lu Jingxing looked at the Husky, and the little guy didn't seem to know him either.

"I bought it from your boss lady, her last name is Ji, a young lady. You were planning to have surgery or something at the time, so I met you. It said it had just arrived at the store two days ago, and I went there, took a liking to it, and bought it." The man introduced the origin of the Husky in a few words.

"That's what I told you. I usually have an impression of something, but I don't have any impression of this thing. You must have picked it up as soon as it arrived at the store. How is it? Is it okay? Did it do anything bad?" Lu Jingxing patted the little guy's head.

"It's okay, it's okay. It's just that it has too much energy. I take it for a walk three times a day, otherwise, the house would be in a mess. My neighbor's golden retriever is much more well-behaved. However, I haven't seen the little girl for a month or so. I saw the golden retriever the day before yesterday, but it looked much thinner. I didn't see its owner either, and I wanted to ask about it." The Husky's owner was particularly happy to see Lu Jingxing, and then when he talked about the Husky, he naturally turned the topic to the golden retriever.

Several people looked at each other. This news came at the perfect time.

Isn’t this a rare treasure?
"Are you saying that you saw that golden retriever these two days?" Lu Jingxing was a little excited.

"Yeah, yes, what's wrong? Is it the one you are looking for? That's not right, doesn't its owner live here? Didn't you say that... his sister is the owner of the golden retriever?" The man realized belatedly.

Several people nodded.

“Then how can he be said to be lost? I didn’t see his sister, but she lives here and the golden retriever is here too, so he can’t be said to be lost.” The man felt a little confused.

Lu Jingxing knew about this and should tell him about it. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Are you familiar with his sister?"

"I wouldn't say we're familiar with each other, we're just acquaintances. Since we both have dogs, we seem more intimate. She lives on the ninth or tenth floor, and I live on the fifteenth. Mainly because I walk around more often, I sometimes bump into her. But, I have to say, I haven't seen her for about a month." The man thought for a moment and said.

"What happened when you saw the golden retriever this time?" Lu Jingxing asked.

"That golden retriever seemed to be called Qibao or something. I remember hearing the little girl calling it. The last time I saw it was the night before yesterday? My wife and I went home and were about to close the door of this unit when it rushed over from outside and wagged its tail at me. I didn't realize it was it at first because the little guy had lost a lot of weight, but I could tell from its face. I called it and it immediately lay down. I didn't think much about it and let it in. I have helped it open the door before, but after opening the door, my wife was either with the child or pushing a stroller, so I went back to take it, and I didn't see it when I came in again. Everyone in our building is quite enthusiastic and sometimes helps press the elevator or something. I guess it followed the owner in front of me into the elevator, so I didn't go to see it." The man touched his head and thought about what happened that day, and slowly told Lu Jingxing.

After he said this, Lu Jingxing also recognized it. When he saw the yellow shadow, it did look like this person opened the door. It seemed that everything matched. Now the main thing was to confirm who adopted Qibao, or whether he was still in this building.

Seeing that everyone looked a little heavy, the man's heart skipped a beat, and then he asked carefully: "His sister doesn't live here anymore?"

Lu Jingxing glanced at Xiao Bian. Xiao Bian's eyes became red again as he listened to their conversation.

"My sister died in a car accident and we didn't get to see Haobao..." Xiao Bian said while choking.

"Ah?" The man widened his eyes, looking completely incredulous.

"How could this happen? The little girl is gone?" He looked at Lu Jingxing, wanting to confirm.

Lu Jingxing nodded heavily, then patted Xiao Bian's shoulder.

Xiao Bian sniffed and said, "So, big brother, I must find the treasure now, otherwise I will be so sorry to my sister."

"We have to find it. I think it must still be in our unit. So, I'm the building manager. I'll ask in the group." The Husky owner touched his pocket and said, "Oh, I didn't take my phone. Wait, I'll go back and get it."

"Thank you so much. We don't have any recent photos of it. This is the missing dog notice we issued, but we used the original photos. I don't know if it can be used." Lu Jingxing said quickly.

"Hey, brother, come on, give me the Husky and I'll take it for a walk for you. You go upstairs to get your phone." Yang Pei took the rope from the man.

"Okay, just jog around for a while. It's already been for a walk twice today. Here's the bag. It might poop." The man handed everything in his hand to Yang Pei, not worrying at all that these people were scammers.

Yang Pei nodded repeatedly. He was very good at things like walking the dog.

After everything was arranged, the man prepared to walk into the apartment building.

Lu Jingxing quickly followed up: "There is one more thing, I don't know if Sister Xiao Bian's current tenant knows about his sister's situation. If he doesn't know, we will look for him this way. If he finds out and feels bad about it, will the landlord blame us?"

"That's right. It's okay. I'll first confirm whether it is there. If it is, we'll see what to do next." The man thought it was no big deal. Their main purpose was to find the dog. As for other things, they would talk about it after they found the dog.

After he said this, Lu Jingxing had nothing more to say.

After confirming with Xiao Bian that the rented house was on the ninth floor, Lu Jingxing and the others followed him into the unit.

The men split up into several groups. The man went upstairs to get his phone and sent a message in the group, while Lu Jingxing and Xiao Bian went to the ninth floor to find out what was going on.

The few of them separated on the ninth floor.

Lu Jingxing asked everyone to try not to talk, and then after confirming that it was 901, he walked to the door and wanted to listen for any movement.

Everyone walked over quietly. It seemed useless to do so through the door, unless Qibao was particularly alert and cried out when he heard the noise. But Lu Jingxing and the others didn't want to alarm the owner, so there was a contradiction.

Hearing no movement, everyone had to go back to the elevator and find the building manager to see what he said after the message was sent.

After entering the elevator, I saw the building manager was also in the elevator: "At this time, I'm afraid most people are asleep. I sent a message, but no one has replied yet. What about you? Did you hear any movement?"

(End of this chapter)