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

Welcome to the Ark.

Lu Fang stood up, his face full of smiles: "Although Fangzhou can't immediately offer you a high salary, he will definitely work with you to create a future for pets."

"We will not lack any of the benefits that are due to us."

This wasn't just blind confidence on his part. With the Ark Community Pet Chat Group as his trump card, Lu Fang genuinely didn't believe there was any pet hospital he couldn't open.

It's just a pity about Zhong Yue.

It's okay, once my pet hospital is stable, I can find a way to bring him over.

"It's an honor to join Ark." Liu Cun smiled and stood up to shake hands, and the two sides reached a preliminary cooperation agreement.

However, the sheriff, who had witnessed the whole thing, suddenly felt uneasy for some reason, and the hair on his body stood on end.

"The paperwork for Fangzhou Pet Hospital will take some time to process. We can sign a contract first, and then we will need you to provide your veterinary license."

Now that the veterinarian has been recruited, Lu Fang is eager to move on to the next step.

"Of course, no problem. I hope we can have a pleasant collaboration."

Liu Cunman readily agreed.

After seeing Liu Cun off, Lu Fang couldn't wait to share the good news with Qin Zhuyan.

While Lu Fang was on the phone, the police chief stretched his limbs, lightly jumped off the table, and like a black lightning bolt, silently followed the shadows along the wall.

As soon as he stepped out of the hospital, the humble and gentle expression on Liu Cun's face vanished without a trace.

He glanced around warily, then quickly walked to the street corner, opened the door of a black sedan parked on the side of the road, and got inside.

"boom--"

The engine started, and the car sped away.

The sheriff had just rushed out of the green belt when he inhaled a mouthful of pungent car exhaust fumes.

It flicked its tail, watching the departing taillights, a hint of human-like annoyance flashing in its eyes.

Two legs can't outrun a four-wheeled metal shell; this is truly beyond its business capabilities.

It thought for a moment, then changed direction and ran along the wall of the pet store, soon arriving at a house with a yard on the first floor of Building 8 in Tiancheng Community.

That was the famously beautiful long-haired calico in the neighborhood, the home of the "Three-Flower Goddess," and also the most favored among Brother Tan's many old flames.

When Tanuki is tired, he usually climbs over the wall and sneaks in to eat some cat food on the calico lady's soft cushion, and then takes a nap.

The sheriff effortlessly leaped onto the wall and meowed a few times as usual, but the yard was quiet and there was no response.

"Is Brother Tanuki not here?" It circled around and called out again, "Brother Tanuki, I know you're inside. If you don't come out, I'll go in."

Finally, there was a response.

From the slightly ajar French windows on the first floor, came Tanuki's somewhat impatient voice: "I'm busy today, I'm having a romantic time! We can talk about it tomorrow!"

Someone else might have left, but the sheriff keenly sensed that something was wrong.

It frowned.

Although Tanuki is usually carefree and irresponsible, he is never ambiguous when it comes to important matters.

What do you mean by "big thing"?

Anything assigned by the sheriff is a big deal.

This is very unusual.

It jumped down from the wall on its own: "This is quite important. I have a feeling that the new veterinarian who applied for the job is not very reliable. I need to investigate his background."

The sheriff quickly climbed over the barge into the living room, prompting the Three Flower Goddess to roll her eyes repeatedly: "You rude fellow, how dare you barge into someone else's home!"

"What happened?"

Under the dim light, the sheriff's gaze was serious as it stared intently at Tanuki, who was hiding at the bottom of the cat tree.

The creature, which usually swaggered around the Tiancheng residential area, now looked quite pitiful. Its once smooth fur was now disheveled, and most shockingly, there were two rows of extremely deep teeth marks on its back, with the flesh torn up and dark red blood staining a large area of ​​the cushion underneath.

No wonder it's hiding here and refusing to see anyone. The head of Tiancheng Community has been bitten like this.

Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Tanuki smiled nonchalantly, but unexpectedly this aggravated his wound, causing him to gasp: "It was purely my carelessness; I didn't dodge."

"Recently, one of my underlings reported that the protection money in Tiancheng Community was robbed. The thief was very arrogant and made no attempt to hide. It seems that it used to be a scrap metal yard. I don't know how they got their hands on this place."

"The peace and stability of Tiancheng Community must not be disrupted. I was thinking of taking the cat over there to investigate and find out what's going on."

"I never expected to fall into their trap. They were clearly prepared and swarmed at me. Luckily, I'm agile and managed to defeat them all, but there were just too many of them, so I only took one hit."

"Don't worry, in that one swift movement, the remaining dozen or so cats didn't even touch me!"

Tanuki's explanation was rather weak.

The sheriff, too lazy to listen to its bragging, said, "Your condition isn't good right now. Let's go see a vet."

"A veterinarian?!" Tanuki's back arched involuntarily, which aggravated the injury on its back, making it grimace in pain. It had no choice but to relax its body, but the thought of a veterinarian made its back arch again.

Good grief, it's a vicious cycle.

If this continues, it will surely die from the pain.

"Why such a strong reaction?!" the sheriff exclaimed helplessly.

"Nonsense, who is that?! A bomb disposal maniac!"

"He's been eyeing my family heirloom. If it falls into his hands, my injuries may heal, but I'll lose my manhood!"

"I will absolutely not give him that chance!" Tanuki's posture clearly showed his determination to resist to the death: "Before there were veterinarians, didn't my injuries heal on their own every time?"

"Alright, alright." The sheriff had a headache from listening to it talk. "I'll go find some medicine so you can get better faster."

"Judging from your description, those guys won't let this go. They'll definitely take advantage of your injury and launch a massive attack."

Upon hearing that there was no need to go find that bomb disposal maniac, Tanuki finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It knew the sheriff was right; the other side had clearly come prepared and wanted to drive them out of Tiancheng Community completely.

"It's not that I don't want to help you, but we need to deal with this troublesome matter as soon as possible. If the gangs outside launch a large-scale attack and disrupt the balance that Tiancheng Community has worked so hard to maintain, we might be driven out by humans."

Tanuki said, word by word.

"Should we ask that person in the group for help? Maybe that can solve the problem faster," the sheriff suggested with a worried expression.

"No need!" Tanuki refused decisively. "Animal matters should be resolved by us animals. If humans have to handle them, how will Tiancheng Community gain the respect of the people in Yanling City?!"