Chapter 23: Wangcai's Father and Mother

  Wang Xing was investigating at the Tiě Gāng Street dog meat restaurant, where he found a cowhide collar in the trash heap with Keke's name engraved on it. He immediately asked the staff of the restaurant, and after handing over 20 yuan, the staff member told him that the dog wearing the collar had been sent by a dog trafficker, but had run away when the cage was opened two days ago.

  "Ran away......" Wang Xing clenched his fist and sighed, the clue he had finally found was broken again, but at least it proved that Keke wasn't dead, which was a good news after all.

  "Actually, I didn't run far," said the fellow with a dry cough. "I know where that dog is."

  Wang Xing was very perceptive and immediately pulled out a 100-yuan bill.

  "It was picked up by a little kid on a tricycle, and this morning he even got into a fight with our boss." The buddy stretched out his hand to take the bill.

  King Star sighed: "There are too many tricycles, how can I find it?"

  "I've taken down the license plate number," said the fellow.

  "How much?" Wang Xing was overjoyed.

  The fellow reported a license plate number, which turned out to be an agricultural vehicle license plate from a county-level city in a neighboring province. This kind of license plate is essentially useless, and even if the registrant is found, it doesn't necessarily mean they are the user. The clue became vague again, but Wang Xing still gave the fellow 100 yuan.

  Just then, Song Shuang's phone came in, his voice was very excited: "Uncle Wang, Keke has been found, at Li Shui Ya Ju 13th floor downstairs."

  "I'll be right there." Wang Xing replied.

  Song Shuang hung up the phone and called her classmate: "Qingqing, hurry up and call the police, don't let the bad guys hurt you."

  "Don't worry, I've already called 110."

  Wan Xudong said: "Shuang Shuang, have you found Keke? Why make such a big fuss, I'm enough to handle it."

  Song Shuang smiled sweetly: "Thank you, Uncle Wan."

  Wan Xudong took out a siren and pressed it on the roof of the car, emitting a piercing alarm sound. The surrounding vehicles hastily pulled over to give way.

  ……

  Lishui Yajuyuan community, 1803 room, Liu Handong held a box of ceramic tiles, without blinking his eyes, directly threw it out the window. A few seconds later, a loud crash was heard, followed by the alarm sound of an electric vehicle.

  The woman rushed to the window and looked down. A box of ceramic tiles shattered into millions of pieces, hitting her electric car.

  "What are you doing! Stop it!" The woman shouted angrily.

  Liu Handong continued to lift a box of tiles and threw them out of the window again.

  Another loud noise.

  The woman was furious and went to scratch Liu Handong, but unfortunately her head was too short and she couldn't reach him. Liu Handong picked up the ceramic tile again and threw it out of the window.

  Two workers laying tiles stopped what they were doing and lit a cigarette to watch the commotion.

  The woman started making phone calls, first calling her husband and then dialing 110.

  "Keep going, you keep throwing, I'll make you pay till you're bankrupt!" The woman suddenly became calm and composed.

  Liu Handong didn't mince words either, and threw down all the tiles he had brought up, clapping his hands and preparing to leave.

  "You can't leave! Wait for the police!" The woman blocked the doorway.

  Liu Handong pushed her aside and went downstairs with a long stride.

  "He hit me! Call the police!" The woman yelled loudly like a pig being slaughtered, looking at the two migrant workers, "You two saw it, help me be witnesses."

  Two workers ignored her and packed up their tools ready to leave.

  Liu Handong quickly walked downstairs, and the 18th floor was reached in an instant. Only two girls were standing in front of their tricycle with their eyes wide open and mouths agape, probably scared by the ceramic tiles that had fallen continuously just now.

  Just as I was about to get on the bus, two girls blocked my way: "You can't go!"

  Liu Handong was puzzled. Could it be that these two young girls were property managers? They didn't seem like it, or maybe they were relatives of that shrewish woman, which was possible.

  "Dog thief, we've already called the police and taken down your license plate number, you can't escape!" the girl said menacingly.

  Liu Handong understood that the dog's owner had arrived, but he didn't easily believe the other party and asked Wangcai: "Do you know these two sisters?"

  Wangcai doesn't move and doesn't bark.

  "Not even a dog recognizes you, and yet you want to cheat me. How can people's minds be so wicked these days?" Liu Handong thought of the landlord's daughter, who had tried to buy Wangcai for 300 yuan that morning. These two girls must have also seen how handsome Wangcai was and had greedy thoughts, wanting to extort him."

  "Don't go, this isn't my dog, it's my classmate's dog. Wait until she comes and then we'll talk." The two girls stood in front of the tricycle, one in front of the other, with a determined look that made Liu Handong hesitant. These delicate girls weren't like the landlord's daughter, who was a spoiled brat - he couldn't hit them or scold them, so what could he do?

  At this time, the shrewish woman from 1803 also came down and scolded loudly: "You smashed my porcelain tiles and still want to run away! I'll put you in prison and make you eat prison food."

  She rushed over and dragged Liu Handong, the middle-aged woman was vigorous, and the good man couldn't resist. Wangcai stepped forward to protect his master, but was kicked away by the woman and let out a miserable cry, hiding aside.

  "How dare you kick our Coco!" The two girls stepped forward and questioned the woman.

  The woman scolded: "You two little rascals, why did you have to follow someone like that? A peasant worker who pulls a tricycle... and still want to save face..."

  The two girls' faces turned red with anger, their lips trembling as they couldn't speak.

  A Santana police car came over, 110 rushed to the scene, a policeman brought two auxiliary policemen to coordinate, the woman scolded, the girl cried, a dog barked, it was chaotic, and the police were also overwhelmed.

  A Passat with a public security license plate drove over, and Wan Xudong got out of the car and showed his criminal police certificate to the 110 police officer.

  The car door on the other side opened and Song Shuang rushed down, saw Keke at a glance, and rushed up with tears streaming down: "Keke, I finally found you."

  Keke gently licked away the tears on Song Shuang's face.

  The two girls glared at Liu Handong with anger, implying "let's see how you get out of this".

  Song Shuang saw his beloved dog covered in wounds, smeared with iodine, and fur fallen off in patches, still tied up with a hemp rope. He couldn't help but burst into anger, suddenly standing up and glaring at Liu Handong: "It was you who stole my dog!"

  Liu Handong was annoyed, he had saved Wangcai's life with good intentions, but now he was being called a dog thief. He shouted loudly: "Wangcai, come to daddy!"

  Wang Cai really ran over and even licked Liu Handong's hand.

  Song Shuangqi shouted with a loud voice: "Koko, come here to Mom!"

  The dog was in a dilemma, its innocent eyes looking at Liu Handong and then at Song Shuang.

  Wan Xudong walked over and said: "Hey, it's you?"

  Liu Handong said: "Hello, Wan Changzhang! It's indeed a small world."

  "Never mind about other things for now, someone has reported you, go settle it at the police station."

  The woman glared at Liu Handong with a fierce hatred, as if she wanted to swallow him alive.

  Liu Handong and the woman were taken away in a police car, Song Shuang took two classmates and Keke got into Wan Xuedong's Passat, a auxiliary policeman helped Liu Handong push the out-of-gas tricycle to the police station.

  The police station was nearby, and when the director heard that the provincial government's top leader's daughter had arrived, he hastily handled the case himself, letting everyone take turns to explain the situation.

  "I'll speak first!" The woman took the lead, recounting how Liu Handong had unreasonably thrown down over a dozen boxes of ceramic tiles from the 18th floor. She indignantly said: "If you can't agree on a price, then throwing people's things away is simply robbery!"

  The three girls all looked at Liu Handong, their eyes filled with righteous indignation.

  Liu Handong didn't even bother to respond.

  "Is what she said true?" asked the director.

  Liu Handong nodded: "That's right."

  This case is now clear, let's ask Song Shuang about the dog again.

  "It's like this, my family dog was stolen two days ago, I posted a lot of posts online to find Keke..." Song Shuang started talking from the beginning again, and when she got to the sad part, she couldn't help but tear up again. If it were someone else, they would have gotten impatient already, but this is Song Huan's precious daughter after all. The director and police officers listened patiently, and even the female household registration officer who came to join in on the excitement shed sympathetic tears.

  "It was him, he stole our cocoa and doesn't even admit it!" Qianqian angrily pointed at Liu Handong, making an accusation. "He even shamelessly said that the cocoa is his dog's!"

  "He even gave Coco a terrible name - Wangcai!" another girl angrily said.

  "Tell me, how did you steal the dog? Besides dogs, what else have you stolen? Is this car yours?" The director was an old public security officer, and with a hint of experience, he knew that Liu Handong, such a vagrant who committed crimes, must be carrying some kind of case on his body.

  "The dog was picked up by me, and the car belongs to my neighbor Wang." Liu Handong said.

  "Take Little Li down and interrogate him slowly, lock him up for a night first." The director waved his hand, and the police officer took Liu Handong away.

  "The head, he must compensate our family for the loss. He delayed my son's wedding and the losses are huge. Just one table of wedding banquet costs 3,800 yuan, all need to be refunded, the loss is too great."

  "The director said: 'Sister, you go back and wait for notification, we will handle it.'"

  Wan Xudong and Suo Zhang shook hands: "Thank you, then we'll take our leave first."

  "The slow will not be sent off." The director said they would not see them off, but still saw them off at the gate.

  Keke whimpered, occasionally turning back to look around. Song Shuang hugged its neck with tears in her eyes: "Good Keke, you've suffered so much these past few days. The bad person beat you up like this, Mommy will definitely make him pay the price."

  "Uncle Wan, someone like him, can he be sentenced?" Song Shuang asked through gritted teeth.

  "Stealing a dog is not the same as abducting and selling women and children, it's considered theft, of course, it also depends on the value of the property, how much is Coco worth?" said Wan Xudong.

  "But it's priceless."

  "What I mean is, how much does a similar breed of Samoyed cost on the market?"

  "Generally speaking, two or three thousand, but if you want a pedigree certificate like this one, it's tens of thousands."

  "Oh, then it can be done."

  Wan Xudong looked at the sheepdog in the rearview mirror, feeling a bit suspicious. Analyzing it from a detective's perspective, this dog might not necessarily be stolen by Liu Handong, but he couldn't mention that for now.

  Back home, Song Shuang helped Coco re-dress the wound and took her to a pet hospital for a thorough examination. He also prepared a pile of delicious food for Coco, but Su Mu seemed to be thinking of someone, constantly looking at the door and whimpering.

  "Poor Coco, Mom will never lose you again." Song Shuang thought Coco was afraid and quickly ordered a collar with a GPS chip online, and casually opened Weibo.

  There is a Weibo post of my own, which is a video post. After opening the video, on an uphill road, one person and one dog are struggling to pull a cart. After finally pulling it up with great difficulty, the man and the dog share a bottle of water together, enjoying themselves immensely, touching people's hearts.

  There are many comments below:

  "Unconsciously, my eyes became moist."

  "What a touching person and dog."

  "The man is handsome to explode, the dog is cute to drop slag."

  "In this society where morality has declined and people are deceitful, seeing such a touching scene makes me believe that even the coldest person's heart will be moved. Sometimes, humans are not as good as dogs."

  "What a deeply moving story there must be between this rickshaw man and this dog."

  Song Shuang shed tears, watching the video over and over again. She recognized that the muscular figure who was walking forward with determination was actually the dog thief, and the dog pulling a cart with a tight rope on its shoulder was her own Keke.