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

Inside the Pet Love Pet Hospital, Lu Fang stared at the text on his phone screen, startled.

I didn't expect the sheriff to be so well-informed; he had only been there a short time and he had already received the news.

The key question is, what's going on here that suggests something fishy is going on?

"Sheriff, what's going on?" Lu Fang replied, tapping rapidly on his phone screen.

"It can't be explained in a sentence or two. The contract hasn't been signed yet, right? I'll tell you when I get back." The sheriff replied quickly, clearly having been keeping an eye on the situation.

"become."

Anyone could harm themselves, but the sheriff is definitely not one.

Since it says there's something fishy going on, then there must be a problem.

Lu Fang glanced at Qian Yan and tugged at Xu Yi's hand.

"Hey Mr. Qian, the contract isn't urgent. I have a sudden family emergency and I have to go back home. Let's add each other as friends and contact each other later."

Upon hearing this, Qian Yan immediately rushed back and said impatiently, "Young man, what's the rush? I've already drafted the contract, you just need to sign it, it'll be quick."

Despite the sheriff's instructions, Lu Fang remained unmoved: "It's alright, we can sign the contract next time we come over. This matter is rather urgent, let's arrange it next time."

Seeing that the deal was about to slip away, Qian Yan panicked: "Young man, I only gave you this price because you said you could sign a contract on the spot. If you can't sign now, it won't be 250,000 next time you come. It will be at least 30,000 more."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yi became anxious. She tugged at Lu Fang's sleeve and whispered in his ear, "Brother Fang, why are you leaving? The price will go up next time you come, by 30,000. Why don't we just sign the contract?"

Lu Fang patted her on the shoulder, signaling her to calm down.

Xu Yi was young and inexperienced, and without the police chief's tip-off, it was quite normal for her to fall into Qian Yan's trap.

"It's alright, money is no problem. Your WeChat and phone number are the same, right? I'll add you as a friend. This time it's really troublesome. I'll make an appointment with you in a couple of days."

After saying this, Lu Fang didn't give Qian Yan a chance to stay and directly pulled Xu Yi out the door.

After running for two whole blocks and making sure Qian Yan couldn't see him, Lu Fang finally stopped to catch his breath.

"Brother Fang, what's the emergency?" Xu Yi asked breathlessly, looking at Lu Fang with concern. "Is 250,000 too expensive? Don't worry, Brother Fang, I have some pocket money. Let's chip in."

This little girl.

A warm feeling welled up in Lu Fang's heart. At this moment, Xu Yi was still worried about whether he had enough money.

"It's not about the money, there are some special circumstances," he said softly, trying to comfort me. "I have to go back, I'll talk to you next time."

"Okay, then be careful." Xu Yi nodded obediently, without the slightest dissatisfaction, and silently watched Lu Fang gradually disappear into the distance.

In her eyes, Lu Fang was always right.

Meanwhile, Lu Fang rushed home, where the sheriff was already waiting for him in the living room.

Qin Zhuyan went out for a walk and wasn't home. Now, the only people in the house who know each other are the cat and the person who knows the truth about the other.

Lu Fang cut to the chase: "Chief, what's going on with that Pet Love Pet Hospital?"

The sheriff slowly licked his pink paw pads: "I don't know for now, but there's definitely a problem."

"Did you discover something?" Lu Fang keenly sensed something was amiss. "By the way, why are you suddenly investigating Pet Love Pet Hospital? Aren't you usually indifferent to these kinds of things?"

The sheriff said casually, "I noticed you were paying close attention to the Pet Love Pet Hospital a few days ago, and I guessed you were planning to take it over. So I contacted Brother Li and asked him to send someone to check it out, so you wouldn't get scammed."

"During this period, the owner of Pet Love Pet Hospital received several potential clients, but no agreement was reached in the end. Most importantly, one of Brother Tanuki's underlings bumped into him talking to another group of people, who were discussing the lease and the expiration of the lease. Moreover, the other party was very agitated, and seemed more like a creditor than a landlord."

lease?

maturity?

As a pet hospital, Lu Fang keenly sensed the key point.

"That bastard is really cunning!" He quickly realized what was going on and said through gritted teeth.

"Tell me more about it?" Now it was the sheriff's turn to be curious.

"That's right. Pet hospitals need to be equipped with a lot of high-end medical equipment, such as X-ray machines and biochemical analyzers. These instruments are not cheap, and if they are purchased out of pocket, it would be a considerable expense. Therefore, the manufacturers of these instruments often provide an alternative solution to pet hospitals."

"Lease?" The sheriff was very intelligent and understood immediately.

"That's right." Lu Fang nodded. "So all the equipment at Pet Love Pet Hospital is leased! I suspect there's still a lot of outstanding payment. No wonder he kept trying to sell it to me as a package deal; this equipment isn't an asset, it's a liability!"

"From this perspective, Pet Love Pet Hospital is just an empty shell. It's not even worth 150,000 yuan, let alone 250,000 yuan."

Lu Fang is still a young man, and he is far less heartless than Qian Yan.

He was smugly pleased with himself, thinking his bargaining skills had worked, but now he realizes he almost got ripped off.

Fortunately, the sheriff stopped it in time, otherwise they would have suffered a huge loss.

"What are you planning to do?" the sheriff pressed.

Lu Fang pondered for a moment: "Judging from his attitude today, there must be something else going on at Pet Love Pet Hospital. Sheriff, you have to help me this time."

What are your plans?

"Pet Love Pet Hospital has many problems, but it's not all bad for me. If I can find all the problems and prepare the corresponding countermeasures, the store can be driven down to a very low price."

"It's really not convenient for me to get involved in this investigation." Lu Fang looked at the police chief, who immediately understood.

"Understood." The sheriff nodded. "I'll discuss with Brother Li about needing some manpower. I'll personally oversee this matter."

"Please, don't worry, I'll open a separate container for all the friends who helped!" Lu Fang assured him, patting his chest.

"My injury has almost healed, so I won't stay here any longer. I'm going to find Brother Tanuki. We can contact each other online anytime if anything comes up." The sheriff stretched and did some light exercise.

"Just avoid strenuous exercise," Lu Fang said, still somewhat worried.

"Wait for my good news." The sheriff winked.

"It would be best to keep any paper evidence. Oh, by the way, I bought something back that you might need." Lu Fang suddenly remembered something, went back to his room and rummaged through his drawers, then came out with a small delivery box.

Upon opening the package, I found a small voice recorder inside.

"This thing can be attached to a collar; it might be useful."