I raise furry animals and fly them to my motherland.

Chapter 231 Light-speed dispatch, light-speed recovery

Wild horse squads also rushed out from behind the sand dunes on both sides and surrounded them.

Xu Ying reined in his horse and stood still, lightly touching the horse's belly with the tip of his boot. The wild horse immediately reared up, its forelegs drawing a dangerous arc in the air.

She looked down at the poachers from her elevated position, the morning light outlining a sharp silhouette behind her.

Behind Xu Ying were birds of prey and herds of wild horses, and he charged forward with the momentum of a thousand troops!

"Hey, hand over the lizard."

Xu Ying's voice wasn't loud, but it sent chills down the spines of the three burly men.

One of them tried to fight back, but a peregrine falcon suddenly swooped down, its sharp talons grazing his scalp, scaring him so much that he collapsed to the ground.

The leader, his face ashen, pointed tremblingly to the box strapped to the back of the motorcycle: "It's in the box."

Xu Ying dismounted, her boots clattering heavily on the sand. With each step she took forward, the three poachers retreated half a step, like mice seeing a cat.

This 1.6-meter-tall girl was more terrifying to them than a pack of wolves in the desert—after all, wolves can't command birds of prey or herds of horses.

"Give it to me!" Xu
She stretched out her hand, her almond-shaped eyes wide open.

The lead poacher immediately jumped up like a dog whose tail had been stepped on, nervously took the iron cage off the back of the motorcycle, and presented it to Xu Ying with both hands, his arms trembling like a leaf.

Upon seeing Xu Ying, the baby lizards in the iron cage immediately emitted weak cries.

Xu Ying didn't answer, but instead narrowed her eyes: "Not only these, what about the lizard we caught last week?"

The leader's forehead beads of sweat splattered onto the sand: "Th-those are all sold."

"what?!"

Xu Ying's voice suddenly rose eight octaves, startling the raptors that had landed nearby, causing them to raise their heads in unison. A dozen pairs of sharp eyes locked onto the poacher at the same time, frightening the leader so much that his legs went weak and he knelt down on the spot with a thud.

"I can chase him! I can chase him! Spare me, grandma!"

He frantically pulled out his phone, "I'll call them right now and have them refund it!"

The two underlings beside him were already prostrate on the ground, wishing they could bury themselves in the sand.

"Who is the buyer?!" Xu Ying stood with his hands on his hips, baring his teeth and brandishing his claws. With the group of guys backing him up, he was practically a little tyrant of the desert.

"Yes Yes……"

"I'm going to arrest the buyers too!" She stomped her foot on the motorcycle next to her, her boot slamming against the frame with a loud thud. "You have to cooperate!"

"Let's cooperate!"

The three burly men nodded vigorously, looking like three quails being stared at by an eagle under the deathly gaze of Xu Ying and her "underlings".

The sound of sirens grew louder as three SUVs kicked up clouds of dust. The lead vehicle came to a smooth stop, the door opened, and a pair of gleaming police boots stepped onto the sand.

Chen Su took off his sunglasses, revealing a handsome face with well-defined features.

The morning light outlined his straight nose and sharp jawline. The collar of his police uniform shirt was meticulously buttoned to the top, and the cuffs were neatly rolled up to his forearms, revealing his well-defined wrists.

His gaze swept across the scene with a calm and sharp intensity, but softened slightly when he saw Xu Ying.

"Station Chief Xu," he said, his voice clear and melodious, a barely perceptible smile playing on his lips, "it seems we're late. You've already taken care of all these scoundrels."

Xu Ying breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Chen Su arrive.

The three poachers breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the police arrive; at least these officers seemed much more refined and polite than the fierce woman before them. Xu Ying rushed to Chen Su, her hair still damp with fine sand: "Not too late, not too late!"

She tilted her head back, the morning light dancing on her eyelashes. "These guys have a buyer group behind them, and we need your help to track them down!"

"The lizards I'm at the rescue station are anxious to find their companions and babies!"

Chen Su glanced at Xu Ying's sunburnt cheeks and subtly moved half a step closer to her, just enough to block the glaring sunlight: "I will personally oversee the lizard matter and make sure that Station Chief Xu doesn't have to wait too long."

He noticed her slightly dry lips, took out a bottle of chilled sea buckthorn juice from his insulated bag, the bottle still covered in water droplets: "I brought this from the station, to quench my thirst."

"Wow, this is exactly what I need! I haven't even had a sip of water while chasing these guys!"

Xu Ying accepted it with delight. Their fingers brushed against each other unintentionally, and Chen Su withdrew his hand, his ear tips turning slightly red.

Xu Ying unscrewed the bottle cap and gulped down a few mouthfuls, then squinted her eyes contentedly.

The other officers were so astonished that their captain, who was usually aloof and unapproachable, was now subtly shielding the little girl from the sun and thoughtfully preparing her a drink.

Xu Ying shook the bottle in her hand, then suddenly remembered something: "Oh right! One of the lizards that were sold was a baby night lizard, and these lizards..."

"—Liveborn, nocturnal, and extremely sensitive to habitat requirements. When we brought it home, we used an insulated box and made sure it was protected from light..."

Chen Su smoothly replied, explaining to Xu Ying's surprised gaze, "I watched the latest episode of the rescue station observation notes you posted on the video platform carefully."

Xu Ying smiled and patted his shoulder approvingly, "I give this assignment a hundred points!"

"Then I'll leave it to Captain Chen!"

"It's my duty, and I'm happy to serve you."

Chen Su nodded slightly, the curve of his lips deepening almost imperceptibly.

As he turned around, the hem of his police uniform traced a clean arc, and his voice regained its businesslike crispness: "Group one is responsible for escorting the suspects for interrogation, and group two will contact the Forestry Bureau to track down the whereabouts of the stolen goods."

The officers sprang into action, the clanging of handcuffs ringing out crisply in the desert morning light.

Chen Su stood beside the off-road vehicle, his slender fingers tapping lightly on the case file, the desert morning light casting a pale golden halo on his angular profile.

Out of the corner of his eye, through the fluttering hem of his police uniform, he unconsciously followed the petite figure not far away—Xu Ying was squatting on the sand, carefully checking the condition of the rescued lizard, her hair swaying gently with her movements, gleaming with a soft chestnut luster in the sunlight.

"Team Leader Chen, everything is ready, we can call it a day."

The voice of his apprentice, Kong Cheng, suddenly came from behind him, startling Chen Su so much that his fingertips paused.

Kong Cheng appeared nearby at some point, grinning, "Station Chief Xu's work efficiency is truly top-notch. We arrived and immediately seized the opportunity, like waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump. Lightning-fast response and lightning-fast finish."

Chen Su lowered his eyes and closed the notebook without making a sound.

He looked at Xu Ying's slightly wrinkled nose as he picked up a lizard in the distance and suddenly felt that this police call had ended far too quickly.

He usually felt that the faster the case was handled, the better, but at this moment he inexplicably wished that time could slow down.

"Who says it isn't?"

He responded in a low voice, so soft it was almost carried away by the desert wind.

His slender fingers unconsciously traced the edge of the notebook, where a leaflet from the rescue station that Xu Ying had given him last time was still tucked away.

Kong Cheng keenly noticed that his captain was unusually silent today. Following his gaze, he saw Xu Ying standing up and brushing the sand off his pants.

His eyes lit up, and suddenly a thought struck him: "By the way, Captain Chen, should I directly contact Station Chief Xu about the follow-up work on tracing the buyer?"