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

Chapter 103 The Lost Big

The cheap glue dripped down the utility pole, soiling her calloused hands, but the old lady was oblivious. She simply carefully stuck the crumpled A4 paper in her hand onto it, smoothing it out with her palms again and again.

The midday sun was scorching, and although the old lady was wearing a hat, large beads of sweat still dripped down her face.

There weren't many people on the road at that moment, making her figure appear especially lonely and helpless.

Lu Fang stopped and curiously approached.

It was a handwritten lost dog notice, the handwriting clumsy, with a somewhat blurry photo printed on it. You could tell it was a chubby dog, but it was so blurry that it was hard to tell the specific breed.

"Grandma, it's so hot outside, be careful not to get heatstroke," Lu Fang couldn't help but remind her.

The old woman seemed not to hear, stubbornly continuing to wipe the edge of the paper, as if this would help her child find their way home.

Thinking it best to avoid trouble, Lu Fang took two steps but then turned back.

I really need to change this overly kind-hearted habit of mine.

However, he really couldn't bear to watch the old man posting lost dog notices all by himself in the sweltering heat.

I'll just treat it as volunteer work.

He took two steps closer and raised his voice slightly, "Grandma! Let me help you put it on!"

The old lady seemed to sense something and turned to look at Lu Fang.

His face was covered with deep wrinkles, and his eyes were swollen and red, clearly from crying.

"Young man, my hearing isn't very good. Is there anything wrong?" The old lady pointed to her ear and mumbled, "Is it because I can't put it here? I just got here and I don't know these rules. I'll tear it off right away, but my dog ​​is lost. My Da Bao is missing. I don't know where to look for it. I don't know what to do."

She kept muttering to herself, her eyes welling up with tears, and turned to tear down the lost dog poster she had painstakingly put up.

"That's not what I meant!" Lu Fang quickly stopped her, his voice rising a little, "Grandma, I said I'd help you put it on, it's too hot outside!"

"Kind person, kind person!" The old lady seemed to understand Lu Fang's meaning, and tremblingly handed over the stack of papers in her hand: "My eldest child is lost, he's been missing for several days. I want to look for him, but I can't find him. I have no choice; my son is busy with work, so I have to come out and look for him myself. My eldest child..."

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At this point, the old woman's eyes welled up with tears and her voice trembled as she stared blankly at the blurry photo on the lost dog poster.

While helping to post missing dog notices, Lu Fang patiently inquired about the whole story.

The old man had a heavy accent, and he only managed to understand about 70-80% of what he was saying by guessing.

The old lady's surname is Tang. She originally lived with her husband in their rural hometown, 30 kilometers away. However, her husband passed away recently, leaving Grandma Tang all alone in the countryside, with her son, Da Bao, keeping her company.

However, the old woman's son was worried that something might happen to her if she stayed alone in the countryside, so he insisted on bringing her to a new residential area in Yanling City, just for the sake of convenience in taking care of her.

But Grandma Tang's friends are all in the village. Suddenly coming to the big city, she feels out of place and has no one to talk to. Her son runs a company and is quite busy, so he doesn't have much time. Only Da Bao can keep her company and talk to her.

But a few mornings ago, when she got up, she found the door ajar and then she discovered that Da Bao was missing.

She told her son about it immediately, but her son was against her keeping a dog in the first place, worried that she might fall while walking the dog at her age, so he didn't take it seriously.

Grandma Tang had no other choice but to go out and post missing dog notices herself in the sweltering heat.

Looking at the blurry photo on the lost dog poster, Lu Fang realized that finding the dog based on this photo was simply a pipe dream.

However, he did gain something this time; at least he figured out the breed of dog.

"You mean, Da Bao is a Beagle?" It's no wonder Lu Fang looked like that. Beagles, also known as big-eared dogs or quack dogs, are considered a delicacy during their prime, being incredibly cute and adorable. But once they're past their prime, they're practically monsters.

It barks until you're dizzy and then won't stop. How could this old man keep such a dog in the countryside?

"I don't know what it is, but I remember my son telling me that it should be a beagle," Grandma Tang said confidently.

"Posting missing dog notices like this isn't a solution." Lu Fang hesitated for a moment, then decided to help the person to the end.

He knew that for someone like Grandma Tang, Da Bao was her pillar of support.

Now that her husband has passed away and her son is busy, if Da Bao were to get lost as well, Grandma Tang's life would surely be very difficult.

"Well then, I run a pet hospital, and I have a lot of pet owners there. Maybe one of them has seen Da Bao. Let me ask around for you." Lu Fang pulled out a lost dog poster and stuffed it into his pocket.

"By the way, do you know anything that Da Bao used? Maybe it will help in finding it."

"Yes, yes, let me look." Grandma Tang rummaged through her small handbag and handed over a somewhat worn dog leash: "This is the one I use to walk Da Bao. I've used it for a long time. My husband bought it for me."

Lu Fang took the dog leash and comforted Grandma Tang, "Don't bother going out like this, it's too hot. Let me ask around for you. If I get any information, I'll contact you using the number on this lost dog poster, okay?"

"Thank you, thank you so much!" Grandma Tang bent down, thanking her repeatedly. "Do you need to pay a deposit? My son has money, I'll give you whatever it is."

As she was speaking, she was about to rummage through her wallet to get money, but Lu Fang stopped her.

"Grandma, I'll do my best to help you find it, but please go home first." Lu Fang finally managed to persuade Grandma Tang to go home after much persuasion.

When Lu Fang returned to the store, Liu Cun was slumped in a chair in the reception room: "My dear Dean Lu, if anyone knew you went to buy an iced cola, they'd think you went to save the world! Did you fall into a manhole? Why did you take so long?"

"Where did you pick up this junk?" Xu Yi asked curiously, pointing to the dog leash in Lu Fang's hand. "Our store is doing pretty well, so why is the director going out to find ways to generate revenue?"

"You're such a chatterbox." Lu Fang tossed the iced cola to Liu Cun, then poked Xu Yi's head with his finger: "I just ran into an old lady outside putting up a lost dog poster, and I was wondering if I could help her out."

So he recounted the scene he had just witnessed outside.

Xu Yi, with tears welling up in her eyes, said, "Brother Fang, why don't we help Grandma Tang?"

Liu Cun frowned. "We don't have surveillance cameras or know their movements. How can we help them? I suggest we think about how to arrange tomorrow's surgery."