Animal Detective

Chapter 203 Scrap Yard

The camera lens of the video call also captured the needle on the ground.

Zhao Rui squinted and leaned closer, asking, "Officer Shen, what is that? It looks like a needle to me."

"It's a needle!"

Shen Xin was furious.

Although Tiger Stripe was cunning and lazy, eating a lot and doing little, he still did some real work, helping to track down suspects and find lost children and the elderly.

As a police dog, it has made contributions.

"Tiger Stripes, where did you eat?" Ding Yuwei asked hurriedly.

The tiger-striped bird stuck out its tongue, seemed about to vomit, and whimpered.

Zhao Rui hurriedly said, "Let him drink soapy water again. I don't think the sausage has been fully digested yet. He probably just ate it recently, so there's still hope of him vomiting it up."

"Okay, let me see if I can contact my local colleagues and see if they are free to go to the hospital. In this situation, it's safer to get an X-ray."

As she spoke, she said indignantly, "I've encountered this situation before. Some people just hate stray cats and dogs, and they will deliberately feed them food mixed with rat poison in places where stray cats and dogs frequent."

"If cats and dogs eat it, they will be poisoned. I have also encountered cases where needles were deliberately hidden."

She sighed, quickly hung up the video call, and went to contact her colleague.

Tiger Stripe turned to look at Shen Xin.

[Feeling uncomfortable]

I heard the voice of my heart again.

"You have to drink it even if you feel unwell, hurry up." Shen Xin brought the basin to him.

The tiger had no choice but to continue drinking the soapy water.

Ding Yuwei looked on with heartache and said, "We can't just let this go. I have to find this bad guy."

Shen Xin shared the same thought.

Assaulting a police officer might be an exaggeration, but such people must be found and given a good talking-to.

There is no clear law that defines harming stray animals as illegal.

However, as Zhao Rui just mentioned, intentional poisoning can actually be considered as endangering public safety and constitutes the crime of releasing dangerous substances.

Ding Yuwei called Chen Chao.

Chen Chao arrived quickly.

The tiger-striped creature over here has already vomited a lot.

Upon seeing the sewing needle, Chen Chao's expression darkened. After learning that a pet hospital had been contacted, he told Shen Xin and Ding Yuwei to go ahead while he checked the nearby surveillance footage to see where Tiger Stripe had wandered off to.

Shen Xin and Ding Yuwei hurriedly took Tiger to the vet.

"It's troublesome."

At the pet hospital, Zhao Rui's colleague, a female doctor wearing glasses and cotton slippers, had already arrived.

"What's the trouble? This is a hero of ours."

She squatted down and gently patted Tiger's head with a smile.

She was watching videos and learned that the tabby dog ​​was a police dog that had helped solve cases.

Fortunately, the X-ray showed that there were no extra needles in the stomach.

It seems the other party only fed them one.

I also had my blood drawn to confirm that the results were normal.

They were afraid the other party had also poisoned them.

Shen Xin was relieved. After thanking them, he returned to the branch office with Tiger Stripe.

Chen Chao has checked the surrounding surveillance footage, but hasn't found anything significant.

Tiger stripes don't follow the usual paths; they lurk in all sorts of nooks and crannies, making them very difficult to track.

"Tiger Stripe, tell me where it is, who gave you the sausage, take me to find them."

Shen Xin squatted down, grabbed Tiger Stripe's head, and asked him a question.

He understands.

But his eyes seemed a little unfocused.

"Look at me," Shen Xin snapped, "You have to take me with you, or I'll teach you a lesson."

This guy always has a侥幸心理 (a gambler's mentality), you can't do without being a little fierce.

【it is good】

I heard his inner thoughts.

Shen Xin and Ding Yuwei went, but Chen Chao did not.

It's supposed to be the Lunar New Year, but in such a big city, anything can happen at any time.

Considering that the tiger might take the back road, I simply borrowed the electric bike from my colleague at the gate.

Shen Xin, with Ding Yuwei by his side, braved the cold night wind and followed Tiger Stripe.

After leaving the branch office, Tiger Stripe headed towards the Hongtu Vegetable Market.

That was the place where Shen Xin found him.

It's likely that he's brought his old subordinates under his command again.

But after running a few hundred meters, he darted into the green belt next to him.

There's a plot of land here that's ready for development.

When they set off, Ding Yuwei casually put the GPS collar on him. She looked at her phone, patted Shen Xin on the shoulder, and gave him directions.

Shen Xin had always thought that Tiger Stripe just wandered around the branch office.

I only realized now that this guy has a huge range of activities.

After passing Hongtu Vegetable Market, continue southeast. This location is about two kilometers away from the branch office as the crow flies.

"We'll have to keep him tied up later."

Shen Xin cursed under his breath.

"He stopped," Ding Yuwei said, patting Shen Xin on the shoulder and pointing ahead.

Shen Xin looked around.

If I remember correctly, this place should be called Hamashita Village.

To the east is Hualin Steel City.

The new district is to the west.

This is an old village that hasn't been demolished yet. In the night, every household has its lights on, and many people are setting off fireworks outside.

The tabby stopped, and soon two dogs emerged from the bushes, affectionately licking the tabby.

Without a doubt, it's definitely female.

Shen Xin lightly kicked him, saying, "I told you to find a place to eat sausages, not to come here and have fun."

Tiger let out a whimper before turning its head away again.

Return to the village entrance and turn right to walk into the village.

Finally, we stopped on the north side of the village, not far from the main road.

It barked twice at an iron gate.

This is a waste recycling station.

The iron gate was tightly closed, and a blue truck was parked against the wall in front of it. Shen Xin got out of the truck.

"You ate the sausage here?" Shen Xin asked, looking down.

Tiger-spotted head.

【Yes】

Your innermost thoughts can also be confirmed.

He turned his head and barked twice into the room, his meaning quite clear.

It was one of those iron gates, with a fairly large gap; the tiger could easily squeeze through by lifting its leg.

If a needle is stuffed into a sausage, it's obvious that the tiger stripe wasn't eating junk food; someone must have fed it to it.

"anyone there?"

Shen Xin pounded on the iron gate and shouted twice.

The scrap yard is a decent size. Various scraps are piled up on both sides of the main entrance, and there are several bungalows at the far end, which are currently lit up.

There should be someone there.

Shen Xin called out twice more before there was any response from inside.

Then, a man wearing a black down jacket appeared.

"Who!"

He called out and walked outside.

There are streetlights outside, so you can roughly see what's going on inside.

He walked out, and when he passed a pile of junk, he paused and kicked something inside.

Shen Xin didn't see what it was before the man arrived at the door.

He was in his thirties, had a beard, dark skin, and a fairly ordinary face. But when he saw Ding Yuwei, he was taken aback.

Shen Xin was in civilian clothes, but Ding Yuwei was wearing a police uniform.

"Are you police officers? Do you need something from me?" he asked nervously.

Ding Yuwei showed her identification.

Shen Xin pointed to the tiger stripe and asked him if he had seen this dog before.

The man glanced at the tiger stripe and said, "No, what's wrong?"

Shen Xin gestured for him to open the door first.

Once the door was opened, Shen Xin went inside and said, "This is a dog kept by our Public Security Bureau. It's a police dog. We found out last night that he had eaten a sausage and had a sewing needle stuffed inside."

"According to his tracking, he ate the sausage here. You said you've never seen him before, so how come?"

As he spoke, Shen Xin walked inside, observing silently.

The man frantically claimed he knew nothing about the situation, saying he had gone out to collect garbage during the day and was not at home.

"Could it be my mom?!"

He slapped his forehead and hurriedly shouted towards the bungalow.

Soon, an old woman opened the door and came out.

"Mom, did you feed that dog sausages and then stuff a sewing needle inside them?!"

The man rushed forward and questioned him loudly.

"Do you know that's a police dog? Look, the police have come knocking on our door."

The old lady was quite old and walked with a limp. When she saw the tiger stripes, her expression changed visibly.

"I...I didn't."

Her stammering explanation.

At this moment, the lady of the house was also disturbed and came out wearing a coat to ask what was going on.

When the man told her that the old lady had given the police dog a needle, she was startled and anxiously asked the old lady if she had.

"Officer, I...this..."

The man looked troubled and said, "Is the dog alright? Should we take it to a vet? Don't worry, if it really was my mom who did it, we'll definitely pay for it."

The woman nodded repeatedly, extremely nervous.

Ding Yuwei instinctively wanted to step forward and speak.

Shen Xin subtly grabbed her hand and tugged it.

"old lady."

Shen Xin stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "If you tell the truth, this matter will be easy to handle. If you don't tell the truth, let me tell you, these are police dogs. Harming a police dog is equivalent to assaulting a police officer."

"Mom, tell me quickly, what happened?" the man shouted anxiously.

The old lady was a little frightened and lowered her head, saying, "I fed it. It came here and rummaged through our scraps, making a mess of everything. I got angry and wanted to... teach it a lesson."

"Oh my god, how could you do this!"

The man stomped his feet in anger.

The woman was speechless and shouted, "What's wrong with rummaging through some junk? What's the big deal?"

"Officer, what should we do? You're not going to arrest my mom, are you?"

The man asked nervously, then quickly replied, "How about this, if anything happens to the dog, we'll pay for its treatment. Is that alright? We'll compensate you."

Shen Xin snorted and said, "Is this about paying money? This is a dog, a living being. You're feeding it sewing needles? Is that appropriate?"

"Grandma, thankfully the dog spat out the needle this time, and the vet checkup showed nothing wrong. If something had really happened, you would have been held responsible."

"Remember?"

The old lady said "oh" and nodded repeatedly.

Seeing that things were looking up, the man hurriedly said, "Officer, we'll pay for the medical expenses, and maybe we can even pay some compensation."

The hostess nodded quickly.

Compensation is definitely necessary.

They went to the vet on New Year's Eve to help with the treatment; we can't let them make a wasted trip.

No one's time should be wasted.

"This is the expense list." Shen Xin handed over the list, which contained several hundred yuan, and then said, "Next time you encounter the same situation, you can chase the stray dog ​​away, but you can't harm it by feeding it needles, understand?"

The old lady nodded repeatedly.

The male homeowner took the order and hurriedly took out his phone to scan the money for Shen Xin.

"Don't do that again next time."

Shen Xin received the payment, glanced at the payer, put away his phone, and warned them.

The man repeatedly assured them and saw the two out.

Shen Xin had Tiger Stripe get on the footboard, then took Ding Yuwei with him, gave her a final warning, and then left.

As soon as they drove away, Ding Yuwei asked in a low voice, "Shen Xin, why did you grab my hand? Is there a problem?"

Looking through the rearview mirror of the electric scooter, Shen Xin saw the man standing at the door looking around and joked, "What's wrong? Can't I just grab his hand normally?"

"Stop joking and be serious."

Ding Yuwei gave a soft hum, her cheeks flushing slightly in the night.

Shen Xin turned onto the road leading out of the village and then said in a deep voice, "There is a problem, let's talk about it later."

(End of this chapter)