Animal Detective

Chapter 253 The Dog's Vanity

Shen Xin ignored him and asked them what they were doing there.

Zhao Tianxing snorted and said, "Comrade Xiao Ding cares about you and just wanted to come see you, is that not allowed?"

Ding Yuwei quickly glared at her.

Although it was my suggestion to come and see what Shen Xin was doing, it was definitely just out of concern between colleagues.

After joking around, Zhao Tianxing sat down and said, "It's nothing. I'm just going to the new district branch to get the materials. Chen Fang's case has been transferred."

"Oh?"

Shen Xin raised an eyebrow slightly, calculating that it was time to move it.

Although Chen Fang vehemently denied it, the chain of evidence was solid and did not prevent the case from being transferred.

"What did Yu Dalin say?"

Shen Xin thought of Yu Dalin.

And there's Yanling.

Shen Xin didn't ask what happened after that case.

So I helped contact Li Dian and the others to deal with the stray cats and dogs at Chen Fang's rescue station.

Then, they used the branch office's short video account to promote their rescue station.

Hopefully, after someone sees the video, they can help adopt some of them.

Zhao Tianxing said, "What else can we do about that old man? Even though he said the dog bit him on its own, Yang Wenqing was seriously injured after all, so it's most likely an accidental injury."

The laws are becoming increasingly strict.

If a dog bites someone, not only must you pay compensation, but you may also face criminal charges if the incident is serious.

Because you bring the dog out, you have a responsibility to supervise it and prevent it from harming other people.

Yu Dalin failed to leash his black dog, resulting in Yang Wenqing's serious injury, and therefore should bear criminal responsibility.

Zhao Tianxing continued, "But he's over seventy, so he'll probably get a suspended sentence."

Shen Xin nodded, thinking that this was the expected outcome.

"Is there any evidence to prove that his wife's death is related to Yang Wenqing?"

"Disaster."

Zhao Tianxing shook his head and said, "The New District Branch investigated and found that Yang Wenqing's wife had a stroke at the end of August and stayed in the hospital for more than half a month until mid-September. Because of her underlying health conditions, she passed away."

"The argument between Yang Wenqing and her happened on August 3rd, almost a month ago. How do you expect us to determine his responsibility?"

Shen Xin remained silent.

Indeed, it is somewhat difficult to determine that the stroke was caused by the argument with Yang Wenqing almost a month later.

Zhao Tianxing said, "Alright, there are always things that don't go as planned in a case, and his current situation is actually worse than being in jail for a year or two."

"I heard from Lao Ma and the others that if an infection occurs after the surgery, that function in that area may be completely lost."

He lowered his voice, and even his voice trembled when he spoke.

Shen Xin also inexplicably felt uncomfortable in his lower body, so he didn't ask any further questions and instead inquired about the situation in Yanling.

Without a doubt, under Xiong Yongjian's command, Yanling was planning to turn this into a major gang theft case.

It's estimated that Cai Huafeng's annual theft quota was met because of this case.

The two of them came to hand over some materials and stopped by to take a look.

Zhao Tianxing dawdled for a while, insisting on casting two lines, only to leave dejected after failing to cast anything.

After fishing for a while longer, as the sun set, Shen Xin packed up and prepared to go home.

There was a whistle in his pocket.

Shen Xin blew a few times, and the whistle echoed through the mountains.

Not long after, several dogs darted out of the woods.

The one leading the group was Tian Kui.

They were all covered in dirt, and I don't know where they had been.

Shen Xin pointed to the reservoir.

Tianxian, and Loki's father Odin, are both in Phase Two. They can understand the meaning of Shen Xin's every move.

They all jumped into the water.

Take a bath.

They're covered in dirt; I'll have to give them a shower when we get back.

Tian Kui barked at Shen Xinwang, sounding somewhat reluctant.

Shen Xin only discovered these past few days that this guy is afraid of water and can't swim very well.

Dogs should theoretically have an innate ability to swim.

Shen Xin speculated that Tian Kui might have had some bad experiences in the past, which made him somewhat afraid of water.

Shen Xin said, "Go ahead, or you can go back and wash it anyway. You can choose."

Tiankui's current favorability level is 7.

Although he is not at the second stage, he is naturally intelligent enough that his comprehension ability is no worse than that of Tianxian and the others who have already reached the second stage.

In particular, their ability to read between the lines is even superior to theirs.

He tilted his head to the side, giving a frustrated and speechless reaction, and then jumped into the reservoir.

But they only dared to stay in the shallows, and soon ran ashore.

Right in front of Shen Xin, he vigorously shook Shen Xin, covering him in water droplets.

"Naughty!"

Shen Xin wasn't angry. He gave a shout, and all the cats and dogs followed him down the mountain back to the base.

Aside from Tianqiao, there are two Xunxue dogs, thirty-seven dogs, and a cat—this is quite a force to be reckoned with.

Not far along, they encountered a middle-aged man carrying a fishing box heading up the mountain.

"Officer Shen, how's the fishing today?"

He greeted Shen Xin with a cheerful smile.

People often come to fish at the reservoir, and this middle-aged man named Huang Weili is one of the regulars.

Besides fishing, he is also a dog lover.

Seeing Shen Xin bossing people around like that, I couldn't be more envious.

He even asked Shen Xin if he could buy those two blood-seeking snakes.

Now that they've exchanged greetings, he even took out some dried meat from his pocket and asked Tiankui if he wanted some.

Tiankui turned his head away, not even glancing at him.

The other dogs reacted similarly.

Huang Weili asked curiously, "They ate it the day before yesterday, why aren't they eating it today?"

Shen Xin said, "They have been taught that. In police dog training, this is called food refusal training. They cannot eat any food except from their handlers."

Huang Weili suddenly realized and praised, "That's so smart! They said they wouldn't eat anymore and then they just stopped." Just the day before yesterday, they were all eating very heartily.

They've trained them in just one day?
Shen Xin thought to himself that it was an easy task.

Training dogs to refuse food is very difficult at the police dog training base.

It's a dog after all. Many dogs are possessive of their food, let alone having a delicious-smelling chicken leg in front of them that they can only look at but not eat. Even a human would find it unbearable, let alone a dog.

According to Li Jiahui, training dogs to refuse food is very difficult, and many dogs are eliminated at this stage.

Only the true warriors who can resist the urge to drool over delicious food can stay and become qualified police dogs.

But this kind of training was anything but easy for Shen Xin.

That's enough—just give them a heads-up, and if anyone misbehaves, let them know they'll be taught a lesson.

This is why Shen Xin didn't rush into any specific skills training, but instead focused on improving his favorability.

Once you've built up a good rapport with someone, and they're smart enough to understand what you're teaching, they'll learn it immediately, no matter what you're taught.

"Old Huang, it's late at night, take it easy and be careful."

Shen Xin gave a reminder and then left with the dogs.

Huang Weili enjoys night fishing because he says big fish appear at night.

Return to base.

They bumped into Tang Changhong and Li Yinjiang walking out.

"Did you catch any big fish today?" Tang Changhong asked.

Being a leader after all, Li Mo was still a little nervous and awkwardly shook his head, saying no.

Tang Changhong said, "Then you must not have prepared your fishing spot properly. There are big fish in the reservoir on the mountain."

Watching the two leave, Li Yinjiang couldn't help but say, "I'm so envious."

Paying to fish is so enviable.

Tang Changhong wouldn't say anything because Shen Xin went fishing.

They weren't his subordinates, so he couldn't interfere.

He looked at Tiankui and the other dogs beside Shen Xin and said, "Old Li, have you noticed that his dogs seem to be getting more and more obedient?"

Li Yinjiang nodded in deep agreement.

He also found out.

When these dogs were first selected and brought to the base, they were all extremely unobedient.

Now look at the present, Shen Xin is bossing people around, and they do whatever he tells them to do.

What impressed him most was that every day when he entered the kennel, many dogs would run in by themselves and cleverly close the iron gate themselves.

The key point is that it hasn't been that long.

He had no idea how Shen Xin had managed to do it.

I didn't see Shen Xin training them; he just played with them every day.

Tang Changhong smacked his lips and said, "There are differences between people, it's a pity."

He left with a sigh.

I put all the dogs back in their kennels and then went to check on Tianqiao.

Tianqiao had already reached the second stage and was becoming increasingly attached to Shen Xin.

Shen Xin calculated that, at most, in another three or four days, these dogs would be able to enter the second stage.

Then we can start training.

As for how to train, that depends on Li Jiahui.

She's the real professional.

Moreover, having Li Jiahui in charge of the training makes it easier to hand it over to others later.

Each police dog at the base has its own handler.

If the handler is changed, the police dog may not be obedient.

The police dogs that Shen Xin wants to train must have an exceptionally strong comprehension ability; they will do whatever they are told to do, no matter who is giving them the command.

Go home after get off work.

The next day, Shen Xin still arrived at the base on time for work.

As soon as the car arrived at the base entrance, Shen Xin noticed several police cars parked along the road leading up the mountain.

Shen Xin was surprised and immediately parked the car at the entrance of the base, got out and walked over.

Walking further in, not far along, we saw a cordon set up, and Liu Baoqing and several of his men surrounding a Prado.

"Team Leader Liu!"

Shen Xin called out.

Liu Baoqing was stunned when he saw Shen Xin, then immediately remembered that Shen Xin was currently training police dogs at the police dog base.

He waved to Shen Xin, signaling him to come in.

Seeing that they weren't wearing shoe covers, Shen Xin assumed they had already searched the area, so he climbed over the police tape and came in.

"Captain Liu, what's wrong? Is there a case?"

Shen Xin noticed that someone from the technical department was carefully brushing the car's door handle with a brush, presumably looking for fingerprints.

To be able to go this far, there must be a case involved.

The base is nestled against a mountain, with a cement road leading up the mountain in front of it. The main entrance to the base is not far from the entrance of the mountain road.

But this mountain road isn't just home to a police dog base; further in, there's a small wire mesh processing factory and some residential houses.

If a case is to occur, it might be related to them.

Liu Baoqing nodded, pointed to the mountain, and said, "There was a fisherman who drowned in the reservoir. He was discovered by people who came up the mountain to tend their vegetable garden around seven o'clock in the morning, and they immediately called the police."

"Night fishing?"

Shen Xin's heart skipped a beat. Could it be Old Huang?

Shen Xin hurriedly described Huang Weili's attire and asked if it was him.

Liu Baoqing nodded, then asked Shen Xin curiously if he knew him.

Shen Xin cursed under his breath; it really was Huang Weili.

"Captain Liu, it wasn't drowning, was it?" Shen Xin asked immediately.

Huang Weili is a seasoned angler. He once boasted to Shen Xin that he had caught a grass carp weighing several tens of kilograms.

After a stalemate of more than half an hour, the rod snapped.

He reacted extremely quickly, diving into the pond and managing to drag the broken fishing rod back ashore.

There's probably some exaggeration involved, but if he can say that, he must be an excellent swimmer.

How could he have drowned?

(End of this chapter)