Animal Detective

Chapter 239 Stealing a Dog
Shen Xin walked into the free-range area.

The ground was paved with red bricks, and some simple cat climbing frames were built with wood.

Li Dian also has cats here.

Cats and dogs coexist harmoniously. Shen Xin even saw a cat lying next to a dog, sunbathing together against the wall.

The rescued stray dogs were well cared for; they didn't bark at strangers, and some even approached Shen Xin and sniffed his trousers.

Based on this alone, Shen Xin felt that Li Dian had taken good care of the dogs.

It will remember when humans treat it well, and only then will it develop trust and affection for humans.

Among them was a black and white dog with big dark circles under its eyes. Before Shen Xin could unleash his ultimate move, a favorability icon had already appeared above its head. It came over and affectionately licked Shen Xin's hand.

The fact that Chen Fang's shelter was extremely wary of Shen Xin in contrast to hers suggests that there were some problems with Chen Fang's shelter.

"Uh-huh!"

With his ultimate move activated, Shen Xin attracted the attention of at least half of the thirty or forty dogs in the free-range area.

Even the cats turned to look at Shen Xin, their eyes filled with curiosity and inquiry.

Shen Xin squatted down and began to interact with them, looking for a dog that was affectionate enough and also met the personality requirements of a police dog.

Li Dian leaned against the fence, watching intently, and then asked curiously why a stray dog ​​was chosen as a police dog.

“I heard from the people who run kennels that your police dogs are all selected from purebred dogs, bred in a targeted manner, and then selected from the best of the best. It takes a lot of effort to train one. How come you are starting to select stray dogs?”

As for Shen Xin's selection process, he really didn't see anything special about it.

It's less about selecting them and more about playing with these dogs.

Li Jiahui briefly explained the projects that the Municipal Bureau was going to carry out, and then said, "Shen Xin is a bit special. How should I put it, he is quite good at training police dogs, even adult stray dogs."

"By the way, do you see the short video account of the Tingyang branch? DouDou and Tiger Stripes are the ones he trained."

As soon as the short video account was mentioned, Li Dian immediately knew about it.

With over a million followers, it's a well-known account in Nanjiang.

"So that's the trainer who never appeared in the video. He's really good. I remember DouDou was just an ordinary stray dog."

Li Dian was incredulous for a moment, then said, "Then you should select more to lighten our burden and give them a chance."

He knew very well that police dogs were fed a high standard of food.

And becoming a police dog is an honor.

Li Jiahui nodded slightly.

Shen Xindu had already started taking out his phone to take pictures, so he wouldn't forget them.

Shen Xin clearly sensed that the dogs Li Dian was rescuing were different from the dogs Chen Fang was rescuing.

Chen Fang's side is like they're still wandering, quite wary of humans.

On Li Dian's side, they developed enough trust in humans and were willing to get close to them.

So when I used my skills, the effect was remarkable.

Of the nearly forty dogs, six were quite suitable, according to Shen Xin.

He also has a free-range area in his backyard with twenty or thirty animals, and maybe he can select a few there.

That means you're almost there to meet your goal.

Sure enough, when they went to the backyard to pick out more, they managed to find three more.

That makes nine.

After some deliberation, Shen Xin decided to raise his goals a bit higher.

Li Mo had thought of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends, so he might as well make 36 Heavenly Gangs.

They also selected the best of the best, ultimately choosing 10 items.

The larger the sample size, the better the selection.

"I selected nine options, but I'm not sure if they're convenient," Shen Xin asked Li Dian.

Li Dian quickly replied, "What's inconvenient about that? To be honest, even if you picked them all for me, I wouldn't mind."

After a pause, he asked Shen Xin curiously what his selection criteria were.

Anyway, he didn't understand how Shen Xin made the choice.

Shen Xin couldn't explain, so he could only say, "It's a secret."

Li Dian immediately understood that it must be a secret method from the police dog base, and stopped asking questions.

Shen and Xin drove over in one car, and they didn't expect to find so many suitable ones; they couldn't possibly take them all.

Li Dian offered to drive his pickup truck and help deliver it.

Shen Xin said, "How could I possibly accept that?"

It's not close to Nanzhu from here.

Li Dian waved his hand: "What's there to be embarrassed about? You've helped lighten my burden, I'm more than happy to do so."

Shen Xin agreed. Perfect timing, he needed to go to another shelter soon.

Select the dog as soon as possible, and then start training.

Another rescue station is located in Lankou Town, Donglin, which is near the largest dog market in Nanjiang.

I contacted them beforehand, but they had gone out to buy goods and wouldn't be back until the afternoon.

It's almost eleven o'clock already, so let's eat first and then go.

Shen Xin said, "Why don't we go to the dog market?"

I've arrived in Lankou, and I remembered there's a dog market here.

Today happens to be an auspicious day, so the dog market should still be open at this hour.

Li Jiahui had no objection.

Her job involves dealing with dogs, and she often goes to Lankou, frequently visiting the dog market.

It's not far, just a couple of steps on the gas.

After parking the car, the two strolled inside.

Li Jiahui knew the quality and price of these dogs like the back of her hand. And as is typical of women, just like when shopping, she kept telling Shen Xin which dog was not good-looking, which was disqualified, or which was too expensive.

Shen Xin said that people buy dogs based on first impressions; if they really cared about appearance, they wouldn't come here to buy one.

Shen Xin saw the rabbit and a thought struck him. He asked Li Jiahui how they trained the police dogs' physical fitness at their base.

"You said it would be convenient to release a rabbit and let them chase it."

Dogs chasing rabbits is in their nature.

Li Jiahui shook her head and said, "Forget it, it's not a specialized hunting dog. Dogs generally can't catch rabbits. You have no idea how agile rabbits are."

"Besides, why would you make him chase a rabbit? Bad guys aren't as fast as rabbits. The goal of training police dogs is explosive power and precision, so they can bite the target's hand instantly."

"As for endurance, you can just ride an electric scooter with it."

Shen Xinyi thought so too.

Police dogs are trained to kill with a single blow; once they bite, they don't let go. There's really no need to train them with rabbits.

As we were walking, a scream suddenly came from ahead.

"You're not allowed to leave! Give me back my rice cake!"

A woman's voice was shouting.

Shen Xin immediately looked up and saw that about 20 or 30 meters away, a large crowd had gathered in front of a stall, and the shouts were coming from inside.

The two walked over quickly.

Before I could even squeeze through the crowd, I heard a man shouting, "Let go! If you don't let go, I'll get rough with you!"

“I already told you, this isn’t your dog. All Golden Retrievers are the same. How do you know this is your dog?”

Did he respond when you called him?

Shen Xin then saw clearly that a young girl in jeans was tightly gripping the sleeve of a man in his thirties.

The man had short hair and a slightly chubby face. He held the girl with one hand and led a golden retriever with the other.

The golden retriever was still wearing a muzzle, and the man was pulling the leash so tightly that its front paws were almost dangling in the air.

As the girl reached out to reach it, she exclaimed, "I called it, and it answered me! Didn't you see? It wagged its tail at me; it recognized me!"

"It's my own dog, I raised it from a puppy, how could I not recognize it? Give my dog ​​back!"

The man still tried to stop him, saying impatiently, "My dog ​​is affectionate and wags its tail at everyone. You don't need to give me this 'yours' nonsense."

“This is my dog. I already told you that if you want it, just pay for it. But you fucking told me it’s your dog and you want to take it away without paying a penny. How can it be so cheap?”

"If that's the case, then if I want someone's dog, I can just say that dog is mine and take it whenever I want."

"Would you be willing to let me have it?"

He pointed at the onlookers and asked loudly.

The passersby who were asked just laughed and shook their heads without saying a word.

People pointed and whispered among themselves.

A middle-aged woman said, "Young lady, stop being unreasonable. If you want a Golden Retriever, come buy one from me, I'll sell it to you cheaply. They're all puppies, just right for keeping. What would you do with a grown dog?"

They even took the opportunity to promote their products.

"Am I being unreasonable?" the girl asked, both anxious and aggrieved.

She still held onto the man's sleeve tightly with one hand, while reaching for her phone with the other, and said, "I'll show you a picture of Nian Gao. This is my Nian Gao."

The man suddenly swung his arm.

The girl stumbled, mainly because she hadn't held her phone properly, and it fell to the ground with a thud.

The man was taken aback, then hurriedly said, "It has nothing to do with me, you just didn't hold it properly."

The girl, ignoring her phone, rushed forward and grabbed the man's arm tightly, shouting, "Don't go! You can't leave until we've explained things clearly!"

"Can someone call the police for me? This dog is really mine. It's gone. I've been looking for it for so long. You can't leave. Tell me where you got it from. Did you steal it?"

"Hey!"

The man glared at the girl and pointed at her, saying, "Don't you fucking talk nonsense to me. Who stole the dog?" With that, he suddenly swung his arm.

He's almost 1.8 meters tall and quite stout, while this girl is 1.6 meters tall, thin, and petite—the difference in their physiques is too great.

The man suddenly swung the girl, knocking her to the ground.

Even so, the girl still didn't let go.

Even the golden retriever beside him began to get restless.

"Let go of me!"

The man scolded.

"What are you doing!"

Shen Xin shouted and immediately squeezed in.

The previous situation was a conflict or dispute, but things are different now. Judging from this, you're going to hit someone.

"Who are you? What business is it of yours?"

The man looked impatient and still flicked his sleeves.

Shen Xin strode forward, grabbed the man's arm, and shouted, "What do you think you're doing? Can't you talk things out? Why are you hitting me?"

"Miss, please let go of my hand. I'm a police officer. Let's talk about it together."

The man was about to lash out when he heard Shen Xin say he was a policeman, and his expression suddenly changed.

The onlookers also subconsciously stirred.

Li Jiahui squeezed through the crowd, picked up the girl's phone, and then helped the girl up.

The man's previous impatience vanished instantly, replaced by panic. He stammered, "You...you're really a police officer?"

Shen Xinsong released his hand and took out his ID.

There probably aren't many people impersonating police officers.

The man shuddered because when Shen Xin took out his ID from his pocket, he also took out everything else from his pocket.

One of them was a pair of handcuffs.

Normally, police officers at police stations wear police belts with handcuff cases attached for easy storage.

As for criminal police officers like Shen Xin, they usually just stuff the money into their pockets without a second thought.

"Is everything alright?" Shen Xin asked.

The man quickly shook his head and subconsciously took a step back.

He even pulled the golden retriever behind him.

Shen Xin noticed these subtle actions and then asked the girl what was going on.

The girl hurriedly took out her phone, opened it to show Shen Xin the photo, and then pointed to the golden retriever behind the man and said, "Officer, look, this is my dog. Look at the hair on his hind leg, it's a bit darker. See, it's exactly the same."

Shen Xin took the phone, zoomed in on the photo, and looked at the blond man behind him.

The man looked nervous, but still pulled the golden retriever behind him and explained, "All golden retrievers look the same."

They look similar, but there are subtle differences in the shade of their fur.

Shen Xin reached out and said, "Let me take a look and compare. If there's no problem, then maybe she made a mistake. Just talk it out, don't you think?"

Shen Xin would not show favoritism towards the girl just because she was a weak woman.

Whether it is or not, you'll know once you compare them.

"Also, did you raise this golden retriever yourself? It's grown up so big, why are you selling it now?"

Shen Xin asked another question.

The man's gaze darted away, and he suddenly changed his tune, saying, "I actually found this dog, I didn't steal it. If it really is hers, then I'll give it back to her."

Only then did they pull the dog to the front.

Shen Xin glanced at the man, said nothing, and simply compared the photos.

Sure enough, the darker patch of color on the leg is exactly the same.

The problem is that the man has now changed his story and said he found it.

The girl said urgently, "Then what did you say just now? You said you raised them, but now that the police are here, you say you found them."

Shen Xin gestured for him to calm down, then took the dog leash.

If you loosen your grip a little, the golden retriever immediately moves closer to the girl and keeps rubbing its head against her trouser leg.

"rice cake!"

The girl quickly squatted down and hugged the golden retriever.

The golden retriever wanted to bark in response, but it was wearing a muzzle and couldn't.

But judging from this reaction, he's obviously very familiar with the girl.

Shen Xin looked at the man and said, "May I ask where you found it?"

Shen Xin's gaze remained calm, but the man's expression was extremely unnatural. He gritted his teeth and said, "I forgot."

Shen Xin smiled and said, "You must remember when you found it and how long ago you found it."

Shen Xin smiled, but the man couldn't laugh. He stammered, "I don't remember very clearly either, it's been a long time."

Shen Xin shook his head inwardly and said, "How about this, let's go to the police station and explain the situation. Look, his phone was dropped, the screen is broken, and you even knocked him to the ground. Shouldn't this be dealt with as well?"

The dispute has escalated and is no longer just about the dog.

My phone is broken, there has to be some explanation for that.

Upon hearing the mention of going to the police station, the man panicked and hurriedly said, "I've already returned the dog to her, and the phone too. I'll just pay her whatever she wants, that's all."

The girl shook her head and said, "I don't want to. Tell the police where you found the rice cake. I've been looking for it for so long and haven't been able to find it. Tell me clearly."

The man was getting impatient. He glared at her and said, "Just pay me back, that's all. Why are you going on and on?"

"Who's going on and on?"

The two of them are about to argue again.

Shen Xin stopped him, saying, "Let's go back to the station and talk things out properly."

As she spoke, she gestured for the man to leave.

Just then, the man suddenly swung his arm away from Shen Xin's outstretched hand, then turned and ran.

Shen Xin was on guard. He sprang into action instantly, catching up to the man in one stride, grabbing his shoulder, pulling him back, tripping him, and executing a standard grappling move to bring him to the ground.

"Why are you running?"

Shen Xin held him down firmly and asked in a deep voice.

He struggled, but couldn't break free. He shouted urgently, "It has nothing to do with me! I really didn't steal the dog!"

Shen Xin pressed him down and began to take out handcuffs.

I gave you a chance to talk things out, but you refused and tried to run away.

And his words really do have a hint of "protesting too much."

The man panicked even more as soon as the handcuffs were put on; his legs went weak, and Shen Xin couldn't even lift him up.

Some of the onlookers were startled, but they watched with even greater interest, and many had already taken out their phones to start filming.

Li Jiahui then dialed 110 to report the incident.

Soon, colleagues from the Lankou Town Police Station arrived.

His surname is Zhou.

Shen Xin explained the situation, and while waiting for them to arrive, he also asked them some questions.

The man still couldn't explain how he got the golden retriever.

He insisted that he had picked it up.

But they said they didn't know where they found it or how long they had kept it.

Given his attempt to flee, the problem is quite obvious.

It was probably stolen on a whim.

Stealing a dog, however, is considered theft.

These days, this breed of dog isn't cheap, and it's easy to end up with a large price tag.

That really means a sentence of up to three years, with him serving a year and a half in prison.

Shen Xin suggested, "Let's check his car; we might find something there."

I just checked his belongings; he had car keys.

I guess the car is parked in a nearby parking lot.

Old Zhou had no objections and took the man to the parking lot.

Not far.

Upon arriving at the location, Lao Zhou pressed a key, and a white Iveco van flashed its lights in the distance to the right.

The man didn't resist.

I guess they thought there wouldn't be any problems in the car.

However, as Shen Xin walked over, he subconsciously glanced at the license plate and suddenly froze.

If I remember correctly, this should be the Iveco van carrying the dog that Yu Dalin showed me in the secretly filmed video yesterday.

The license plates are the same.

I took out my phone and checked the saved video. Yes, it was that license plate.

The license plate is from Yanling, the car model is the same, the rear window is painted white, and there's a Lalamove sticker on it, just like in the video.

Shen Xin glanced at the man in surprise.

What a coincidence!

(End of this chapter)