Animal Detective

Chapter 30 Obedience
There is a pet hospital nearby.

The chain kind.

Shen Xin hadn't finished get off work yet, so he delivered the bully over there.

I asked about the price, and even the sterilization package I bought online through group buying cost 588.

"This cat is quite fierce." The doctor who received Shen Xin was a woman with a pretty profile.

“Stray cats, the tyrants of our area.” Shen Xin patted the carrier again.

"Not surprising, it's a Qilin cat."

The female doctor's name tag read Zhao Rui. She smiled and teased the bully through the lever, her eyes narrowing, and said with a dagger hidden in her smile, "You'll behave yourself in a bit."

Since it was a stray cat, Zhao Rui gave it an extra 20% discount.

That saves you the cost of two meals.

Shen Xin paid the money readily, and Zhao Rui didn't waste any words, immediately calling over an experienced male assistant.

By wrapping a towel around his neck, the bully was firmly trapped.

Then comes the Elizabethan collar.

Once this thing was put on, the bully screamed even more pitifully.

Zhao Rui was used to it and proceeded to shave her hair and draw blood.

The bully's shrill screams echoed throughout the entire examination room.

Shen Xin stood to the side, secretly pleased.

Go ahead and catch me.

But since you're Da Mei's husband, I'll take care of you for the rest of your life once you lose your testicles.

The bully stopped yelling after a while, seemingly realizing that struggling was futile. He then suddenly turned his head and looked at Shen Xin.

They just stared at each other, their eyes fixed on each other, whimpering softly.

Shen Xin discovered that without a level of favorability, it was truly impossible to discern his gaze.

But I can roughly guess that it's a request for help.

What Shen Xin didn't expect was that the icon reappeared above the bully's head the next moment.

1 grid!
Shen Xin was stunned. It was strange. He had forcibly brought the bully to get sterilized and let Zhao Rui "torture" him in front of him. He should hate him to death. How come he had gained favor with him instead?

Is it...

Shen Xin suddenly thought of a possibility.

obey!

He is, after all, an animal. He is afraid of and dreads humans, but he may also be drawn to humans and develop feelings of goodwill towards them because of his admiration for strength.

"Doctor Zhao."

Shen Xin suddenly called out to Zhao Rui and said, "Could you cooperate with me and put on a show? I was planning to take this cat back and raise it."

After Zhao Rui finished drawing blood, she immediately understood what Shen Xin was going to do and said with a wry smile, "Actually, cats are quite forgetful, so there's no need to put on an act."

But after glancing at the bully, he changed his tone and said, "But it doesn't matter. This is a tabby cat, and it is indeed smarter and more vengeful than ordinary pet cats."

Then they asked Shen Xin how he wanted to act.

Naturally, Shen Xinlai would play the role of savior, rescuing the bully from his predicament.

Shen Xin stepped forward and took the bully's hand.

This time he was very obedient, holding onto Shen Xin's arm tightly.

Shen Xin stuffed him back into the carrier and said, "I'll put the carrier outside in a bit, and you can take him back. Just pretend you snatched him back again, and I'll leave and come back to pick him up later."

Sterilization is still necessary.

But at least I saved him; it's just that the "enemy" was too ruthless and took him back.

Zhao Rui nodded in agreement, feeling both amused and exasperated.

Shen Xin carried the flight case out the door, and even said a few words to the bully outside, saying, "Look how fierce they are, it's better to be alone."

Whether the bully truly understood or not, the icon above his head suddenly increased by two bars.

Three bars!

This guy is probably really scared.

The plan worked.

Shen Xin said, "I'm going to get the car," and placed the airline case next to the door.

As I got into the car, they had already started. Faintly, I could hear the bully's shrill screams again.

Shen Xin had planned to go to the emergency room to get a rabies vaccine, but he received a call from his institute as soon as he set off.

Tell Shen Xin to go to Lanfengyuan immediately to provide support, saying that someone has reported that a child is missing.

The loss of a child is no small matter.

Shen Xin didn't have time to go to the hospital and hurriedly drove to Lanfengyuan.

This is also a resettlement community, with a mixed population and property management that is merely a formality.

The person who reported the incident was in Unit 32.

She was an elderly woman who said she finished eating at 5:30 pm and took her grandson downstairs to play in the square inside the residential area.

Thinking that her grandson was over five years old and that the neighborhood was full of old neighbors, she became distracted and started chatting with people.

In the blink of an eye, the child was gone.

Now that the child's parents have returned, the whole family is frantic, and the child's mother and mother-in-law almost got into a fight.

When Shen Xin arrived, the investigation had already begun.

Almost everyone in the office who was on duty or hadn't left yet came.

Dong Yueming, the captain of the public security squadron, was in charge of on-site command and was checking surveillance footage.

Shen Xin happened to run into Li Dongsheng and quickly followed him to search the outer perimeter.

Li Dongsheng had a serious expression and looked tired. As he walked, he complained to Shen Xin that he had encountered several strange police incidents that day.

The most bizarre case involved a young girl who called the police, saying that a bad person was abusing dogs by gluing their two dog butts together.

Li Dongsheng wanted to complain as soon as he received the call.

When I arrived at the scene, it was just as I had suspected: the two dogs were doing something indescribable.

Shen Xin was both amused and exasperated.

Anyway, I've encountered these bizarre police calls before.

Just then, a voice came through the walkie-talkie, saying that they had asked a child and that they had played hide-and-seek with this little boy named Chen Zixuan.

However, Chen Zixuan had disappeared somewhere, and since they couldn't find him, they dispersed.

Shen Xin and Li Dongsheng exchanged a glance and immediately turned back.

The good news is that we have a lead.

The bad news is that the possibility of the child getting lost or being abducted cannot be ruled out.

"She shouldn't have been kidnapped."

Li Dongsheng analyzed that there are many elderly people in the community, all of whom moved from the same village and know each other. If they see someone abducting a child, they will definitely stop it.

Most importantly, there are now far fewer cases of child abduction.

Moreover, they rarely turn at residential areas; they usually turn at bus stops, shopping malls, and other places with high foot traffic.

Shen Xin thought so too, believing that the child might have been hiding too well and was now foolishly waiting for others to come looking for him.

The two of them then searched for secluded and narrow places.

After searching for a few minutes, a voice suddenly came through the walkie-talkie saying that the child had been found.

Shen Xin and Li Dongsheng rushed over together.

There is a parcel locker in the northwest corner of the residential area, near the wall.

Because some people complained that deliverymen kept throwing packages into the parcel lockers, and the fees were too high, the deliverymen eventually stopped throwing them away, and the lockers were abandoned. The parcel locker company has not had time to remove them.

This cabinet was installed against the side wall of the community activity center, leaving only a gap of about 20 or 30 centimeters.

When Shen Xin arrived, the brat was stuck in the gap, looking pitifully at everyone.

I don't know when I got stuck. This place is so remote that no one noticed.

"Thank goodness." Li Dongsheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Xin nodded.

What I fear most is that my child will be abducted; that would be the worst possible outcome.

The child has been found, but is stuck. Now we can only call the fire department to come and rescue him.

While waiting for the fire department, Shen Xin looked at the helpless children inside and a thought suddenly struck him: Wu Jiawang.

Could Wu Jiawang have been in a similar situation, getting stuck somewhere while playing with friends or by himself, and then not being discovered until he was trapped and died?

(End of this chapter)