Chapter 136: The Anti-Dog Activist [3]

"Ahem, madam, please refrain from making personal attacks before the situation is thoroughly investigated," Chen Chuandong reminded them.

The man driving the BMW's face darkened. "Which precinct are you from? Who is your superior? Do you even know who I am?"

Chen Chuandong said solemnly, "Whoever you are, you must abide by the law."

"Fine, I abide by the law, but if you can't give me a satisfactory outcome today, get ready to go back and face disciplinary action!" the BMW driver sneered.

Chen Chuandong felt somewhat displeased. He glanced around, and seeing no surveillance cameras in the vicinity, he realized it was a classic he-said-she-said situation. Even he was starting to get a headache.

Seeing Chen Chuandong in a difficult spot, Yan Yu sighed and said, "Forget it. Their Teddy did have an issue right under Da Hei's paws after all, so I'll just pay whatever it costs."

Hearing this, Chen Chuandong shot Yan Yu a grateful look. With quite a crowd gathering around, he was genuinely worried that if things weren't handled properly, someone would take snippets out of context and post them online to manufacture public outrage.

The internet celebrity woman smiled triumphantly upon hearing this. "What? Weren't you acting so tough just a moment ago? Why are you backing down now? You want to pay compensation? Fine, one hundred thousand!"

"One hundred thousand?!" Chen Chuandong couldn't help himself. "Isn't that a bit too much?"

"We've raised Qianqian for two years! It only eats the finest dog food, wears the best collars, and sees the top pet veterinarians. One hundred thousand is even too little if you ask me!" the woman snapped. "And I haven't even factored in him letting his dog lunge at me just now! I'm going to hire a lawyer and settle that score with him slowly!"

The BMW driver sneered, "One hundred thousand is probably enough to cost a poor wretch like this his life."

Yan Yu's face darkened.

"Are you going to pay or not?" The woman glared fiercely at Yan Yu and, ignoring Chen Chuandong's warnings, actually tried to shove him again.

Yan Yu stood completely motionless, allowing the woman to give him a push, and then—"accidentally" let go of the leash.

"Roar!!"

Knowing Yan Yu's temperament all too well, Da Hei immediately bared its ferocious fangs, pounced on the woman right on the spot, and clamped its jaws onto her arm!

Blood instantly sprayed everywhere!

"You beast!" Seeing this, the BMW driver's expression shifted drastically as he hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Da Hei was a Dragon Mastiff, possessing infinite strength, and its bite force was strong enough to puncture a car tire. How could someone like the BMW driver possibly hold it back?!

With a forceful shake, Da Hei brushed the BMW driver aside, took two extra bites out of the woman's plump calves, and then lunged at the BMW driver himself, biting him straight into a state of psychological trauma...

"Da Hei, don't be impulsive!!" Seeing that it was about enough, Yan Yu finally stepped forward to pull Da Hei back, though the dog was still barking furiously at the two people on the ground.

Watching this, Chen Chuandong secretly wanted to give Da Hei a couple of words of praise.

Dealing with unreasonable bullies by using their own tactics against them was truly the most effective method. Besides, the other party had thrown the first punch, and Da Hei had only counterattacked out of a natural instinct to protect its owner. Theoretically, Yan Yu didn't need to take any responsibility.

"You bastard! Little cop, you're just going to watch that vicious hound bite us?!" Lying on the ground, the woman still couldn't shed her shrewish behavior.

The BMW driver also shouted, "I've memorized your badge number! Just you wait!"

Even now, he still didn't forget to issue threats.

Chen Chuandong was finally provoked. He walked up to the two of them quietly and said, "Please show me your dog registration certificates."

"What dog registration? We don't have any!" the woman declared righteously.

"Since you don't have a dog registration, this Teddy is legally a stray dog. Even if this gentleman's dog truly bit it to death, there is no need for him to pay you any compensation," Chen Chuandong said emotionlessly.

The BMW driver raged, "You... you're talking nonsense!"

Just then, Chen Chuandong suddenly received a message from the dispatch center:

Within the span of just two hours, more than twenty dog owners around Apricot Blossom Residential Area had called the police, reporting that their pet dogs had died from suspected poisoning.

Upon receiving the message, Chen Chuandong quickly examined the carcass of the Teddy on the ground and discovered it exhibited clear symptoms of poisoning.

"The truth is out. Your dog died because it accidentally ingested poisoned food, and it has nothing to do with this gentleman," Chen Chuandong declared.

"Impossible! You must be in cahoots with him. I'm going to sue you! I'll sue you until you're ruined!"

With a stern face, Chen Chuandong said, "Sir, if you are dissatisfied with my work, you are welcome to file a complaint and report me. But right now, I am accusing you of obstructing official duties and disturbing the peace. Please cooperate with my investigation!"

"Are you out of your mind?!" the BMW driver yelled. "I know your superiors!"

"Woof woof woof!" Seeing the two attempting to resist, Da Hei let out a few more barks, instantly frightening the despicable pair into silence.

Chen Chuandong slapped handcuffs on the two of them on the spot and called for his colleagues to haul them into the police cruiser.

Seeing this, Yan Yu quickly thanked Chen Chuandong. "Officer Chen, thank you so much."

Chen Chuandong waved a hand dismissively and said, "I deal with shameless people like this a dozen times a day. Each of them thinks they're hot stuff, always picking on ordinary citizens and grassroots personnel... Still, you should be careful. Someone has been poisoning pets around your neighborhood lately."

"I'll keep a close eye on Da Hei," Yan Yu nodded.

"I'm heading off then. I really hope I don't run into you the next time I'm on a call..." Chen Chuandong cracked a joke before driving away.

Yan Yu watched Chen Chuandong leave, then squatted down and said to Da Hei, "Da Hei, don't eat random stuff you find outside lately."

"Woof!" Da Hei nodded in understanding.

Yan Yu chuckled. "Then tell me, am I going to have a prosperous year?"

"..."

Da Hei: Can you stop putting a dog on the spot?

...

At dinnertime, Su Han and Zhao Qingqing also returned from school. Over the dinner table, Yan Yu recounted the events of the day to the two young women.

Zhao Qingqing said angrily, "Those two were completely unreasonable! If they had really hurt Da Hei, I would go crawl right outside their window tonight!"

Yan Yu couldn't help but picture the scene. If Zhao Qingqing actually did that, she'd probably scare the BMW driver into a nervous breakdown.

Su Han frowned and said, "There's been a huge uproar online lately. The radical behavior of some extreme animal rights activists has enraged many anti-dog groups, and now anti-dog factions are inciting people to throw isoniazid around to poison dogs."

Isoniazid is an anti-tuberculosis medication that is beneficial and harmless to humans, but highly lethal to canines. Just a tiny dose is enough to guarantee a dog dies within 90 minutes.

Theoretically, distributing isoniazid does not constitute the crime of poisoning, and anti-dog factions had seized this legal loophole, wildly manipulating public sentiment and egging people on to poison and kill dogs.

"What kind of person would actually go and poison animals?" Zhao Qingqing asked in disbelief.

Yan Yu thought for a moment and said, "The ones doing the poisoning aren't necessarily true anti-dog activists. Most of them are just failures in real life who don't dare to fight back against life and fate. They only dare to bully the weak, taking it out on helpless animals that can't speak, just to satisfy their fragile and shattered egos."