Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 314 Emergencies
The bus continued moving, and Lin Ge looked back to see that the woman had finally led the child into the clinic, without causing any more heartbreaking accidents.

After walking a few more stops, the bus stopped in front of a fairly large and upscale pet hospital.

"Ruipeng Pet Hospital? Or is it a nationwide chain?"

Zhao Zhigao looked curiously at the large sign on the second floor of the hospital and noticed that it seemed to have opened recently; both the decor and interior were very new. Looking through the glass windows on the first floor, he could see many spacious cages. These cages housed quite a few cats, dogs, and even some unusual pets like corn snakes and spiders in one corner. These were all customers of the shop, indicating that it offered a wide range of services.

A man holding a cat stood at the door looking around, and a waitress standing by the door immediately came to greet him.

She exchanged a few pleasantries with Zhao Zhigao and learned that he planned to have the cat in his arms undergo a full-body check-up. She immediately and warmly invited Zhao Zhigao to come in for a short visit and brought him a detailed price list for him to choose from.

"Tsk! Breed identification, including matching pedigrees and issuing certificates, 288,000?"

Zhao Zhigao opened the first page and saw an outrageously expensive service at the very top. Although he understood that this was something only rich people could afford, the fact that a single checkup cost several years' salary still made Zhao Zhigao click his tongue in disbelief.

"Sir, our pedigree certificates are internationally recognized. Once a cat or dog of a certain breed has received international pedigree certification, its status changes dramatically. Bringing it to parties or other gatherings will certainly enhance your image!"

The waitress smiled sweetly, and even though she knew that Zhao Zhigao and his cat, which looked rather ordinary, couldn't possibly be any big clients, she still served them patiently.

Moreover, when it comes to advertising, you have to tell people what your hospital can do in order to attract people who need it.

"This one, two thousand eight."

Zhao Zhigao pointed to a reasonably priced checkup package and made his decision. Since Brother Yang was paying, he didn't need to help save money. Besides, what challenges he and Mimi would face afterward were all unknowns, so a thorough checkup was a good idea.

"The pet check-up package is 2,888 yuan, is that right? Okay, sir, please wait a moment, I'll process it for you right away! Xiaoli, bring this gentleman a cup of coffee!"

The waitress's eyes lit up; she hadn't expected this unassuming man to be so willing to spend money. His silver tabby cat wouldn't even be worth two thousand yuan if sold, yet he was willing to spend so much on a checkup for such a cat.

Moreover, the examination fee alone is two thousand. How much more will the subsequent recuperation, nutrition, and nursing fees add up over time?
Thinking about how her commission would increase dramatically this month, the waitress smiled broadly.

Zhao Zhigao was quite pleased to smell the aroma of the coffee.

"Ok?"

Just then, a familiar figure hurried past the glass window, startling Lin Ge.

Although he knew he shouldn't cause trouble, when he saw this person and then looked back at Zhao Zhigao, he saw him quickly turn around and stare at his coffee cup as if there was some beautiful scenery inside. Lin Ge's heart still beat a little faster.

Zhao Zhigang!
Just now, he strode past the pet clinic. The two brothers almost came face to face, separated only by a glass partition.

Furthermore, Zhao Zhigang was wearing a police uniform, while Zhao Zhigao was an undercover agent. Their faces are quite ordinary at first glance, with no particularly striking similarities. However, by placing their faces side-by-side, many similarities in their eyebrows and eyes become apparent.

Fortunately, Zhao Zhigang did not discover his own brother who lived just a wall away.

Lin Ge and Zhao Zhigao exchanged a glance, both feeling somewhat relieved. There was no doubt that they were being followed. If they had entered the pet clinic even two or three minutes later, they might have run into Zhao Zhigang.

When the two meet, the striking resemblance between them, though not identical in appearance, could easily be noticed by someone with ulterior motives, ruining any undercover operation.

"call……"

Zhao Zhigao breathed a sigh of relief.

"call……"

Around the corner not far away, Zhao Zhigang, who seemed to be tired from running, was leaning against the wall to rest, and he also breathed a sigh of relief.

God knows how terrified he was when he saw Zhao Zhigao. That bastard was like a ghost, always staring at him no matter what; he was everywhere he went—it was disgusting!
"Director Nie, I just saw my brother. Hmm, he was with Mimi at Ruipeng Pet Hospital."

Zhao Zhigang called Nie Guoqiang.

Although he didn't know what that idiot undercover brother was doing at the pet hospital with his local police station's cat, he couldn't help but worry. Especially the few people at the police station who knew the truth, who were worried about Mimi's safety every day.

"Yes, it's newly opened. Pet Love Hospital was ruined by Zhu Wentao's incident, its reputation was terrible, and it was about to go bankrupt. Ruipeng Pet Hospital took advantage of the situation and even recruited several professional doctors from Pet Love Hospital."

Zhao Zhigang has gradually become a reliable police officer at the local police station, and he is quite familiar with the situations within his jurisdiction.

Of course, for Nie Guoqiang, this was merely a basic requirement for the police officers at Zhanghe Police Station. If a police officer couldn't even figure out how many businesses, large and medium-sized shopping malls, business and leisure establishments, medical and cosmetic surgery clinics, etc., were located within his jurisdiction, what could he possibly do?
For police stations, the vast majority of disputes and cases occur in such places.

In residential areas, the calls to the police are usually about minor issues that don't escalate into more troublesome problems or even life-threatening disputes or hidden dangers, such as cosmetic surgery or commercial assault cases.

But as long as it's legal, the police can't say he can't operate.

After learning about Lin Ge's situation, Nie Guoqiang felt a little relieved. As for what Mimi was doing at the pet hospital, that was something that could be easily investigated after she left the hospital.

I wanted to say a few more words, but then another phone call came in.

Nie Guoqiang opened the number and found it was Yang Fan, an old acquaintance from the Longquan Police Station. After hanging up, Zhao Zhigang connected with Yang Fan and learned that the Longquan Police Station wanted to borrow Mimi, the police cat from the Zhanghe Police Station.

"What happened?"

Nie Guoqiang frowned slightly.

"A train traveling from Shanghai to the Northeast passed through Zhangzhou. Shanghai announced that a child had been stolen, and surveillance footage showed the suspect boarding the train. However, she got off the train in Hangzhou, and the child was no longer with her..."

Yang Fan quickly recounted the situation to Nie Guoqiang, saying helplessly, "The stolen child is the only son of a wealthy businessman in Shanghai Province. He had a child late in life; who would have thought something like this would happen? The Shanghai police have requested that officers at every stop keep a close eye on the passengers getting off this train and do everything possible to find the suspect. Also, during the ten minutes the train is stopped, try to board and check the train as quickly as possible, finding the child without arousing suspicion..."

"We really can't make a big fuss about it. Those kinds of people might try to silence you if they feel threatened in order to escape legal punishment."

Nie Guoqiang nodded, understanding Yang Fan's meaning, and continued, "So, you plan to ask Mimi for help? But Mimi isn't a god; she doesn't even know what the child smells like. How can she help you find your target in ten minutes?"

"Isn't this a desperate measure? We need to search in plainclothes, but we can't make a big fuss about it, so this is the only way we can do it."

Yang Fan smiled wryly, "To put it bluntly, that train has already passed through six stations before reaching Zhangzhou. Given that plainclothes officers are checking at each station, the suspect is probably already suspicious. The risk increases as we go on. Heh... We don't even dare to stop the train, otherwise who knows if they'll immediately kill us? In short, we can only rely on your amazing police cat now. At least it's better than our eyes."

"hiss……"

Nie Guoqiang gasped.

He really wanted to tell Yang Fan that Mimi was on a very dangerous undercover mission.

However, Yang Fan's case also involved lives, compounded by the issue of the victim's family's identity, which Nie Guoqiang wanted to avoid but couldn't ignore. If the Zhangzhou police found the child, it would certainly be very beneficial. But if the increasing risks led to something happening to the child in Zhangzhou, things would become very complicated.

When will the train arrive in Zhangzhou?

"There are 35 minutes left. Adding the 10 minutes of stopping, we have a total of 45 minutes to deal with the situation. To be honest, if we're not confident, I'm planning to give up. After all, people are walking around and looking at things at every stop, and the suspect isn't stupid."

"Human life is at stake; you can't bring yourself to say something like 'give up'."

Nie Guoqiang sighed and could only say in a deep voice, "Wait for my news first. I'll have Mimi go over to help as soon as I have the results."

"result?"

Yang Fan was stunned for a moment, and before he could understand what Nie Guoqiang was talking about, the phone was abruptly hung up.

Then, Nie Guoqiang found Li Siyu.

If we're talking about the entire Zhanghe Police Station, the only one without a police officer's identity who wouldn't arouse suspicion from suspects is Li Siyu. Even Sun Chang can't compare in this respect; her heroic and spirited demeanor makes her clearly a police officer.

"Go to that place called Ruipeng Pet Hospital as soon as possible, find Mimi, and tell her about this. Whether she is willing to take the risk or not, don't interfere, just tell me her choice."

"Huh? Can we really just ignore this?"

Li Siyu felt a pang of resentment. The thought of a kidnapped child leaving Zhang City broke her heart. If the child couldn't be found in Zhang City, that would be one thing, but the truth was, who in the entire Zhanghe Police Station didn't know about the amazing abilities of the police cat Mimi?
Of course, Li Siyu didn't say that Mimi's safety wasn't important. Nie Guoqiang had asked her to deliver a message precisely because he wanted to avoid being exposed.

Entrusting such a crucial decision to a cat—only Nie Guoqiang would do something like that. This was Li Siyu's first time participating in a case, especially one involving a child abducted thousands of miles away. She felt both nervous and excited. Remembering Nie Guoqiang's instructions, she didn't speak to anyone and went straight to Ruipeng Pet Hospital by taxi.

Ignoring the warm greetings from the staff, he anxiously searched everywhere for Lin Ge. He glanced at a lazy man dozing in the lobby lounge, but didn't pay much attention to him. He quickly noticed the familiar cat emerging from a room, its body trembling.

Having not seen each other for many days, Li Siyu even felt that Lin Ge was somewhat unfamiliar.

"Huh? What brings Li Siyu here?"

Lin Ge also caught Li Siyu's scent and saw her. The girl was making no attempt to hide her anxiety and nervousness, looking around as if searching for something.

"call!"

Taking a deep breath, Li Siyu waved to Lin Ge, then turned and sat down in a quiet spot in the rest area, trying to cheer herself up.

"Ow?"

Ignoring the doctor's calls, Lin Ge curiously approached Li Siyu. He jumped onto the sofa, tilting his head to look at her. Why wouldn't this girl look up at him?

"Mimi, listen to me now."

Li Siyu was extremely nervous. After confirming that no one was around, she quickly recounted the whole story, including what Nie Guoqiang had said, to Lin Ge.

"A child was hidden on a train and hasn't been found yet?"

Lin Ge was stunned for a moment.

As Li Siyu spoke, he gradually understood the seriousness of the matter. With the passage of time and repeated police searches, the suspect's vigilance and fear would only increase, and the probability of him killing the hostage would also rise.

Another point is that during the Spring Festival travel rush, trains are packed with people, shoulder to shoulder. Standing tickets completely block the aisles and carriage entrances, making it unrealistic to check the situation in all carriages within a few minutes.

Ten minutes isn't even enough time for the police to roughly walk through the carriage, so how could they possibly observe any details?
How many people were on the other side, and whether they were covering for each other, are all unknowns.

To be honest, the annual Spring Festival travel rush, with its influx of people returning home and going to work, presents a huge challenge to all police agencies along the route. From minor squabbles to bloodshed, and even hospital stays during the holidays, these incidents are commonplace. As for petty theft, indecent assault, and taking advantage of others, these are also unavoidable.

Every year at this time, armed police are deployed to the train station. However, given the issue of child trafficking and the complex environment of the train carriages, the police force is never sufficient.

With that in mind, Lin Ge no longer hesitated.

To be honest, Lin Ge was never worried about Nie Guoqiang and his team's concerns about their undercover work being exposed.

why?
Because he's a cat!
Who the hell would believe that a cat could be an undercover agent?
Besides, isn't it normal for cats to act recklessly?
It's not uncommon for someone to get impatient during a hospital checkup and run off for a half-hour walk.

Anyway, the train check only takes ten minutes, which won't delay Lin Ge's business. And if he could find that innocent abducted child, that would be a great deed.

Lingo made a decision quickly.

A capricious cat doesn't need to think about anything!

"Hey?"

"Huh? Holy crap!"

Amid Li Siyu's exclamation, Lin Ge turned and rushed out of the pet hospital.

Everyone was caught off guard, including Zhao Zhigao, who hadn't reacted yet, and the attentive veterinary nurses. They stared blankly as the cat, without looking back, pushed open the glass door and vanished in an instant like a wild rabbit.

Zhao Zhigao, who was posing as if to greet someone, was dumbfounded.

The veterinary hospital staff, who were hoping to make a little more money off the cat, were dumbfounded. After a long pause, they turned to Zhao Zhigao in a daze: "Sir... um... the cat ran away... this... this has nothing to do with our hospital..."

"What a mess!"

Zhao Zhigao didn't know what had happened; he only felt that the cat had touched the pretty little girl next to it and then ran away in fright.

"Has something happened?"

Zhao Zhigao, worried, sighed, apologized to the doctor, and was about to go out to chase after him.

"Um... sir... could you please settle the examination fee?"

He was stopped by the nurse without hesitation.

"..."

Li Siyu stared blankly at this scene, then quickly and stealthily slipped away.

But upon closer inspection, there was no trace of Lin Ge.
Outside, only a man with a cigarette dangling from his lips, looking fierce, stared blankly at the other end of the road, seemingly startled by the cat's sudden appearance. He didn't know what had happened either. Then, glancing at Zhao Zhigao, who was being held back in the hospital, he stamped his foot and pulled out his phone.

Knowing that time was tight, Lin Ge ran all the way and quickly shook off all the informants.

He could smell Nie Guoqiang's scent getting closer and closer, and soon he saw a familiar police car parked on the side of the road at a secluded corner not far ahead. The passenger window of the police car was open, and Lin Ge leaped inside.

Then the police car drove off without anyone noticing.

"Mimi, hold on tight."

Zhao Zhigang glanced at the police cat, which was almost unrecognizable, remembered Nie Guoqiang's order, and quickly drove towards the train station.

"Hoo... Awooo!"

Lin Ge took a deep breath, then looked at Zhang Ke sitting behind him and greeted him.

Zhang Ke didn't stand on ceremony and chuckled as he reached over to pat Lin Ge's head: "Hehe...long time no see! You're really bold, aren't you? You dared to come out and help us even when you were undercover. Aren't you afraid of being discovered?"

"With my nose, how could anyone possibly spot me?"

Lin Ge glared at Zhang Ke with disdain and moved his head away from Zhang Ke's hand.

"In short, this is the situation now. We have to find a suspect whose identity we don't know, and a child whose whereabouts we don't know, in a carriage crammed with more than a hundred people."

As the police car drove along, Zhang Ke contacted Nie Guoqiang while reminding Lin Ge, "There are many passengers carrying children home during the Spring Festival. Although the police have already screened them at the previous stations, we still don't know if they are pretending, so we have to check them all again. This train has a total of sixteen carriages, and ten minutes is definitely not enough time to check them all. Let's check from the back of the train to the front, and try to check as many as possible. I hope God will bless us and the child to be safe and sound."

"Well."

Lin Ge nodded noncommittally.

He didn't know the situation at the scene, and he couldn't guarantee that he could find the child. Plus, with only ten minutes left, it was indeed too urgent and tense.

He turned his head and quietly watched the trees outside the car rush past one by one, taking the time to adjust his state of mind.

"Ok?"

A middle-aged man pushing a fortune-telling stall stared in astonishment at the police car that flashed past him. The cat in the passenger seat with the window open looked somewhat familiar.

After thinking for a moment, he took out his phone.

"Hey! Simba, I think I saw that cat. Yeah, I saw it at Big Yang's place the other day. Don't you believe my eyes? But... that cat was sitting in the police car..."

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