There's a chat group for pets in my neighborhood.

Outside the old steel mill, the pet owners stood menacingly.

Skinny Monkey was no match for that Northeastern man. He was kicked seven or eight meters away and fell to the ground, howling in pain.

Even the fat pig and the big man standing nearby were not spared.

This was practically a one-sided beating. Skinny Monkey was already covered in bruises from being beaten by Brother Tanuki, and now he didn't even have the strength to fight back.

Seeing that the situation was about to completely spiral out of control, Lu Fang stepped forward after noticing that everyone had vented their anger.

"Everyone stop fighting! What if someone gets killed?!"

He simply stood aside, speaking slowly and deliberately, clearly watching the show.

You should know that it was Skinny Monkey who was driving the car just now, and he almost killed him.

Lu Fang, of course, wasn't idle either; he seized an opening and kicked the target twice.

Hearing this, everyone calmed down.

The pet owners left a few people to watch over the three, while the rest began calling their pets' names in the darkness.

"Fangfang! Angle! Wangcai! Ayaka Kamisato!"

In an instant, names echoed through the night sky.

A Corgi was wagging its non-existent tail vigorously in front of its owner, but the owner looked around and couldn't find its little short legs.

A Labrador was excitedly circling its owner, its tail slapping against its owner's legs repeatedly, completely unaware of its surroundings.

The pet, who had found the dog, was grimacing in pain and instinctively kept a certain distance from the controlled knife.

But the Labrador mistakenly thought its owner didn't like it anymore, so it immediately came over and started chasing after it, each blow more painful than the last.

The other pet owners watching were grimacing in disbelief.

While everyone was busy looking for their own pets, Charlie, who had been quietly lying in Lu Fang's backpack, suddenly poked his head out, wrinkled his little nose, and then barked at something not far away.

"What's wrong? Your owner is here?" Lu Fang patted its head, but unexpectedly Charlie jumped out while frantically grabbing at his backpack.

Instead of heading towards the crowd, it chased after them in the opposite direction.

"Hey, why are you running? The police are coming soon, and then you can go see your owner!" Lu Fang hurriedly chased after him. What a joke! Now that everything has settled down, if Charlie is lost again, the reward is a small matter, but losing the dog is a big deal!

Charlie seemed to understand him. He sat down on the spot, first calling out to the skinny monkey not far away, and then calling out again towards the depths of the old steel mill.

It was only then that Lu belatedly realized what was happening.

Scarface ran away!

It turned out that when the Pet Alliance rushed over, Scarface had already sensed something was wrong. He abandoned his three subordinates and escaped alone in the chaos.

Charlie had just caught a whiff of Scar's presence and came out specifically to warn Lu Fang.

"It's alright, this guy can't escape! The police are on their way." Lu Fang squatted down, picked Charlie up again, and patted its head reassuringly.

"It's late at night, and the other party has a hunting rifle. Leave the professional matters to the professionals. What you need to do now is wait for the police to arrive and then reunite with your owner."

Charlie nodded with a touch of humanity, stuck out his pink tongue and licked Lu Fang's cheek, then jumped down again.

However, this time they didn't head towards the old steel factory, but instead returned to the crowd.

Lu Fang caught up and soon saw Charlie find the black-skinned PE student lying on the ground, nestled beside him, and whimpered softly.

"Why are you crying? I'm still alive." The dark-skinned PE student rested his head on Charlie's shoulder, his voice weak: "Thanks to you, if it weren't for you, I probably would have really died at the hands of these guys."

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have made it out alive." Seeing his savior dog, Charlie could no longer contain the emotions welling up inside him.

These days it has been living in fear, worried that Blackie's life has been lost to dog thieves.

Thankfully, I made it in time.

What Charlie didn't know was that it was because of him that these dogs weren't sent to the slaughterhouse.

Since it went missing, its owner used his connections to contact the local police station to set up a checkpoint and crack down on dog sales around the city, so Scarface and his gang never found an opportunity to smuggle Blackie out of the city.

By a twist of fate.

This gave the pets in Tiancheng Community and Lu Fang time to rescue them.

Lu Fang looked at the two dogs snuggling together, took a deep breath, and didn't disturb them.

At this moment, he finally relaxed completely, slumped down on a rock to the side, and gasped for breath.

He had been kept alive by an adrenaline rush, and now that everything was settled, he felt pain all over his body.

Before he could even catch his breath, he felt a slight tugging sensation on his trouser leg.

Lu Fang looked down and found that it was Tanuki biting his trouser leg, as if it wanted to take him somewhere.

Are you kidding me!

That's Tanuki, the Tanuki who swore it would never come within three steps of Lu Fang to prevent him from taking away its testicles.

Its arrival now must mean something big has happened!

Lu Fang's heart sank suddenly, and he hurriedly pulled out his phone and opened the pet group chat.

Right in front of me was Brother Li's pinned group message.

Socialite Tanuki: "Save the cat! Come fucking save the cat! The sheriff is dying! @My God, where's the vet? Get him here right now! The sheriff's covered in blood!"

Below the message is a blurry photo.

The sheriff was slumped limply on the glass-sharded floor of the driver's cab, its black and white fur completely stained red with large patches of bright red blood, its eyes closed, its fate unknown.

Lu Fang's mind went blank with a sudden, loud buzz.

His attention had been completely drawn to Charlie jumping out and the angry pet owners rushing in, so he completely overlooked a fatal detail.

Just as Skinny Monkey was about to run himself over, the sheriff pulled on the driver at the last second. And in the instant the truck went out of control and crashed into the concrete pillar, the sheriff, who had no protective measures, had to endure the terrifying impact in the cramped truck bed!

It's risking its own life to save the Lu family's!

Just then, the piercing sound of police sirens grew louder as they approached, tearing through the desolate night sky.

Three police cars with flashing red and blue lights screeched to a halt outside the factory gate.

Logically, as the person who called the police, Lu Fang should immediately go up to the police and explain the current situation.

But at this point, the mainland side couldn't care less about all that.

He suddenly stood up and rushed towards the still-smoking truck cab, frantically searching for Brother Tanuki.