Animal Detective

Chapter 121 Leader, That Dog Is Extraordinary

It's not a big problem for Zhou Zhongyi to fire the shot.

However, after the suspect committed the crime, he was not apprehended immediately, and the suspect was allowed to take hostages.

Most importantly, he also injured hostages and caused harm to innocent civilians.

That would be a very big problem.

Upon hearing the news, Lü Youwei rushed to the scene.

Even Tang Changhong, the director of the police dog base, was alarmed and came over specifically for the occasion.

Because the information he received was that the suspect was ruthless and had even fired shots at the scene, and given the extremely difficult working environment of searching the mountains, if his own police dog were to get injured, the loss would be enormous.

When he arrived, Sun Zhao and Chen Chao were already being attacked.

"Chen Guo, is the knight alright?" Tang Changhong, in his forties, had a big nose and, like Lü Youwei, was also carrying a 2-mao-san.

Police rank isn't too bad; you can climb it by serving a certain number of years.

The key point is that he is a proper deputy director-level official, which is one level higher than Lü Youwei, who is a section chief.

Because the police dog base in Nanjiang is a provincial-level demonstration base, it would normally not have such a large number of dogs as 37. For a prefecture-level city, that would be too extravagant.

Therefore, Tang Changhong is a high-ranking official, not a low-level one.

"Director, what brings you here?" Chen Guo exclaimed in surprise.

He thought it was a big deal that the captain was coming, but he didn't expect his superior to come in person. He quickly said that the knight was fine.

After saying that, I couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

Instead of asking about himself, he asked about the dog first.

Tang Changhong was relieved to see the knight sitting properly. He then looked Chen Guo up and down and asked, "Are you alright?"

Chen Guo quickly shook her head.

Actually, he twisted his ankle, but it wasn't a big problem.

Tang Changhong nodded and then asked what the situation was.

He rushed over because his home was nearby. He learned about the incident on his way home from get off work, so he came over.

That's really dangerous.

After listening, Tang Changhong turned to look at Lü Youwei, who was throwing a tantrum not far away.

The most troublesome thing is that these innocent people are hurt.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, hurry back." Tang Changhong waved his hand and prepared to leave.

At this moment, Chen Guo suddenly called out to him.

"Director, if—and I mean if—we just picked up two stray dogs and trained them to be dedicated police dogs within a month, could we?"

Putting the case aside, DouDou's performance today truly surprised Chen Guo.

Importantly, the knight paused briefly at the first spot where Wang Yuansheng stopped.

DouDou, on the other hand, skipped that point and followed the correct direction.

From this point onward, DouDou led the way.

At the same time, Chen Guo also noticed something.

That is, when Wang Yuansheng took hostages and returned to the mountain, Dou Dou took the initiative to warn him from a distance.

This means that DouDou had already discovered Wang Yuansheng by that time.

Judging from the entire tracking process, Chen Guo felt that Dou Dou's performance was even better than the Knight's.

This is incredible.

Keep in mind that Knight is over two years old. He was selected through rounds of elimination and is a meritorious dog who has served on guard duties for more than a year.

The kind that actually performed meritorious service.

Tang Changhong frowned: "Chen Guo, what nonsense are you talking about? You're supposed to be a top student at the Criminal Police Academy, and you think a stray dog ​​can be trained into a police dog in a month? Do you think that's possible?"

Chen Guo thought to herself that it hadn't even been a month yet.

"Director, please don't be angry." Chen Guo leaned closer and said confidently, "I'm telling the truth."

He explained Shen Xin and Dou Dou's situation.

"Throughout the tracking process, I really felt that DouDou performed a little better than the Cavaliers; she was very steady."

In a mountain search mission like this, there are many sources of interfering information, making long-distance tracking very difficult. However, DouDou barely stopped throughout the entire process, relentlessly tracking the target. This level of stability is astonishing.

"You're not kidding?" Tang Changhong was also startled.

Chen Guo shook his head repeatedly and raised his hand to swear, "It's true, there's no lie at all. It really is a stray dog, an adult, that I picked up directly. He himself didn't say how long he trained it. It was Captain Chen who told me. I specifically asked the people in their brigade, and they said it had only been trained for about half a month."

Tang Changhong's eyes widened, and he scratched his head vigorously.

If this is true, it would completely overturn his understanding of the world.

"Where are the people? No, I mean the dogs?" Tang Changhong asked hurriedly.

"They went back with the suspect."

Shen Xin didn't stay long; he took the two dogs and Wang Yuansheng back to the branch office.

Chen Guo continued, "Director, the main reason I brought this up is because, look at how much effort we've put into studying bloodlines and targeted breeding, yet the attrition rate is still alarmingly high, and the costs are also high."

Take German Shepherds for example; they are usually imported breeding dogs, and they often cost one or two hundred thousand yuan.

Then they can be bred.

They have to be raised after they're born.

The food allowance for police dogs is quite high, 50 yuan a day, which is comparable to that of humans.

The food expenses alone amount to nearly 20,000 yuan a year.

The problem is that some animals are raised with great difficulty, only to be culled in the end, which means all the initial investment has gone down the drain.

"But if stray dogs can be trained into police dogs, then our costs will be too low."

Stray dogs are everywhere; they don't cost anything.

“I think he might have some special training methods, Director. Should we ask him for advice?” Chen Guo said finally.

Tang Changhong immediately turned his head.

However, Lü Youwei was nowhere to be seen.

Only after asking did I learn that while I was talking, Lü Youwei had gone to the hospital to check on the injured hostages.

"Let's go, to their branch office!"

Upon hearing Chen Guo's words, Tang Changhong could no longer contain himself and immediately wanted to go to the branch office to see Shen Xin and the two dogs. "What about the Knights?" Chen Guo asked.

The mission is complete, it's time to rest.

Tang Changhong glanced at the knight, then at the busy crowd opposite him, and thought for a moment before saying, "Forget it, I won't go for now. Their branch office is probably going to be in a lot of trouble today, so let's not cause them any more trouble. You take the knight back to the base, and I'll be going now. I have things to do tonight."

"He's in the branch office, how could he possibly run away?"

"Shen Xin!"

After muttering the name once, Tang Changhong got into the car and left.

Far away at the branch office, in the small conference room of the Criminal Investigation Brigade, Shen Xin suddenly sneezed.

Do you have a cold?

Ding Yuwei, who was holding a cotton swab next to her, asked.

"No."

Shen Xin rubbed his nose, glanced down at his arm, and asked Ding Yuwei if she was done.

The mountain was covered with miscellaneous trees and shrubs. I ran so fast that I got a lot of red welts on my body from being whipped.

Then there must have been some thorny tree that scratched Shen Xin's arm. He was so focused on chasing that he didn't notice the cut, which was almost ten centimeters long, when he got back in the car.

I didn't feel any pain at the time.

Ding Yuwei is now disinfecting herself with iodine.

"Okay." Ding Yuwei sat down next to her and rubbed her ankle.

She twisted her ankle too.

At this moment, Zhao Tianxing opened the door and came in.

One person, one bucket of instant noodles.

"Wang Yuansheng's wife is dead; she couldn't be saved," Zhao Tianxing reported the latest news.

Ding Yuwei was startled.

Shen Xin frowned as well; Wang Yuansheng was finished.

He committed intentional homicide, took hostages, and intentionally injured someone; with these multiple crimes combined, he's doomed.

"Women."

Zhao Tianxing sighed deeply.

Shen Xin also sighed.

The cause of the matter was actually quite simple: Wang Yuansheng's wife, Fang Meng, had an affair with her boss at the company, and Wang Yuansheng found out about it.

According to neighbors, the two had a big argument.

The neighbor was peering over the wall and could hear everything clearly.

Fang Meng initially denied it, but Wang Yuansheng eventually produced evidence—photos taken by his friend—which led to Fang Meng's admission. The argument escalated, with Fang Meng berating Wang Yuansheng for being useless, working a dead-end job, not earning any money, and lacking ambition. She claimed she was blind to have married him.

At this point, the topic of children also came up.

Clearly, this wasn't Fang Meng's first time having an affair with her boss; she had previously been flirting with an old classmate.

Wang Yuansheng began to suspect that he had already been cheated on, and he kept asking if the child was his own, saying that the child's personality was different from his own.

Fang Meng got carried away with the argument and directly said that the child was not Wang Yuansheng's.

They also accused Wang Yuansheng of neglecting his children, saying that he couldn't even afford to send them to a training class.

At this moment, Wang Yuansheng was enraged. He turned around and went to the kitchen, grabbed a cleaver, and without the slightest hesitation, slashed Fang Meng's neck.

Fortunately, it was Friday, and his son went to his grandfather's house to play after school; otherwise, he might have attacked his son again.

"Why are you all sighing?" Ding Yuwei pinched Shen Xin's arm in annoyance and said, "Women like that are a minority after all. You can't generalize and condemn all women like that."

Shen Xin winced in pain and asked her why she was pinching herself. Zhao Tianxing spoke first.

Seeing Ding Yuwei looking at him, Zhao Tianxing quickly dodged, saying, "Don't be angry, it's okay."

After eating a few bites, Shen Xin went to see Wang Yuansheng.

With the cold handcuffs on, he's much more obedient now.

The trial hasn't started yet; we have to wait for Sun Zhao and the others to return.

In reality, the interrogation was just a formality; given his situation, he was basically doomed.

It wasn't until almost nine o'clock at night that Sun Zhao and the others returned.

We'll have a meeting when we get back, and then I'll continue to get criticized.

Lü Youwei spoke with great enthusiasm, spittle flying everywhere.

Sun Zhao kept his head down and remained silent.

Shen Xin noticed a red mark on his face, the kind that looks like he'd scratched himself; he hadn't had it before.

I reckon he was on his way to the hospital when he was scratched by a middle-aged woman's family member.

That's why this matter is so complicated.

But looking back on the whole process, Shen Xin felt that Sun Zhao and his team had handled the situation correctly.

The first step is to cordon off the area, and then call in police dogs to search the mountain. These are all standard procedures.

Who would have thought that Wang Yuansheng would be so ruthless?

Lu Youwei cursed until his mouth was dry.

Chen Chao quickly handed over a water glass.

Lu Youwei took it, glared at him fiercely, and was about to curse again when he suddenly noticed Shen Xin in the corner.

Instantly, Lü Youwei put on a smiling face.

"Xiao Shen, you did a great job today. I heard that Dou Dou ran faster than the police dogs at the police dog base, and she actually tracked them down."

"I'll have to reward you later."

Lü Youwei smiled.

Everyone present turned to look at Shen Xin.

"What are you looking at? Xiao Shen has worked hard to train the police dogs and immediately produced results. What about you?"

Inside the room, another flurry of spittle flew everywhere.

(End of this chapter)