After Understanding the Language of Beasts - Chapter 7: Can You Stand by Your Words

 Chapter 7: Can You Stand by Your Words

Jiang Shiyan quickly scooped up the dog and hurried inside.

"Brother, brother!"

She dashed to the treatment room with the dog in her arms, while her colleagues at the veterinary hospital, along with Jiang Yiheng, who’d heard her call, rushed over.

"This dog seems severely injured, Yanyan. Where did you find it?" Jiang Yiheng asked, looking at the Springer Spaniel lying on the table with evident concern.

"It came on its own. Please, brother, treat it quickly. It’s a police dog that escaped after being stolen by some bad people," Jiang Shiyan explained urgently.

Everyone around was stunned.

Curiously, her colleague Lily asked, "Yanyan, how do you know it's a police dog?"

Jiang Shiyan simply replied, "He told me."

Jiang Yiheng grumbled, visibly annoyed, "This girl talks nonsense. Don’t mind her. Lily, tell Dr. Chen to prepare for surgery. This leg is badly injured and needs immediate anesthesia..."

At that moment, the Springer Spaniel barked excitedly, looking up at Jiang Shiyan.

[Can you understand me?]

She patted his head, reassuring him tenderly, "Don’t worry. My brother is the best vet. He’ll definitely help you."

Thinking his sister was just being innocent, Jiang Yiheng gave her some instructions and left the treatment room.

Then, a small Teddy dog trotted in and barked at the Springer Spaniel, saying, "You look like a mess. Were you hit by a car?"

The Springer Spaniel endured his pain and replied, "No, I was kidnapped by bad people and managed to escape. They're still after me. I couldn't get far, so I came to the closest animal hospital for help."

Soon, the operating room was ready.

"Xiao Jiu," as the dog was called, was very cooperative when he was carried in. As Jiang Shiyan waited outside, she began searching for information on "what to do after rescuing an injured police dog."

She found a range of responses and felt more at ease after reading through them.

The only problem was figuring out how to convince the police that everything she said was based on what the police dog, who had narrowly escaped from the criminals, had told her.

...

Xiao Jiu's operation was successful, but there might be complications in the future, like limping.

Once Xiao Jiu woke up from anesthesia, the little Teddy dog from earlier was bouncing in front of his cage. When he saw Xiao Jiu waking up, he immediately leapt with joy.

[You’re awake! Awesome, I’ll go tell Xiao Yanyan!]

Jiang Shiyan, who was accompanying Axu at the time, immediately rushed over from another room upon hearing Xiao Jiu had woken up.

When Xiao Jiu saw Jiang Shiyan, he tried to get up, but she gently stopped him, saying, "You’re still on an IV. Don’t move, or it’ll come out."

[Xiao Yanyan, can you take me back? My handler must be worried, and I have to catch the bad guys!]

Jiang Shiyan had always had a soft spot for police dogs. Although they couldn’t speak, they were little heroes serving the people. But what she didn’t expect was that even when they were gravely injured, their first thought was still about their work.

"But you're hurt..."

[I don’t feel any pain!]

Xiao Jiu tried to stand to prove himself to Jiang Shiyan, but he fell back after a few seconds, clearly in pain.

Seeing this, Jiang Shiyan felt a mix of sadness and admiration.

After learning the name of Xiao Jiu's handler, Jiang Shiyan contacted the police and took the initiative to reach out to inform them of the situation and the information she’d gathered.

Soon, the police arrived at the veterinary hospital.

Two officers from the police dog unit accompanied them. They brought a scanner and scanned Xiao Jiu's neck. His identification details quickly appeared, matching exactly what Jiang Shiyan had described.

They looked at Jiang Shiyan, astonished. "How did you know?"

With a calm expression, she looked at the injured Xiao Jiu and said, "You might not believe me, but he told me. Maybe I have a connection with animals, as they say online, right?"

Jiang Shiyan had discovered this little phenomenon while researching and immediately decided to claim it as her own.

It might sound mysterious, but it was far more acceptable than saying she had a system in her mind.

The police officers exchanged looks, clearly skeptical of Jiang Shiyan’s words.

She hadn’t expected them to believe her completely—her brother Jiang Yiheng didn’t even seem to believe her.

Xiao Jiu wasn’t a police dog in this city but was actually from the criminal police unit in "City J" in the neighboring province. He’d been tracking human traffickers when he got separated from his team after running too fast, and eventually was mistaken for a stray dog and captured. By chance, he ended up in the criminals’ hideout.

The criminals had planned to kill him to make “dog meat soup,” so they’d tied him up instead of killing him right away. But they hadn’t anticipated that the clever Xiao Jiu would escape.

After some discussion, they decided to leave Xiao Jiu at the animal hospital temporarily for continued treatment until his handler arrived from out of town.

Xiao Jiu's handler didn’t arrive until the following afternoon. After coordinating with his colleagues at the police station, he headed directly to the “Forry” veterinary hospital.

The moment Xiao Jiu saw his handler, he barked in excitement. His handler, a tall man standing over six feet, couldn’t hold back his tears when he saw his beloved partner and held him close, unwilling to let go.

"Thank you, Miss Jiang," he said, giving Jiang Shiyan a salute.

Xiao Jiu tried to stand to salute as well, but he couldn’t manage it.

[Yanyan, they’ve caught the bad guys! They’ve caught them!]

"Officer Zhou, Xiao Jiu said you have to catch the bad guys. They captured a lot of children, and some of them were beaten so badly that their arms and legs were broken." Jiang Shiyan couldn’t help but clench her fists as she spoke.

The bloody, tragic scenes flashed through her mind. Those human traffickers deserved no mercy!

As she finished speaking, the expressions of everyone present changed.

"Miss Jiang, are you certain that this is what Xiao Jiu told you?" Officer Zhou asked seriously. "Can you stand by your words?"

Xiao Jiu grew anxious, nudging his handler and barking in Jiang Shiyan’s direction.

"Xiao Jiu said the place is far from here. He ran for a long time, but he left markers along the way. The place is very far..." Jiang Shiyan repeated Xiao Jiu's words.

But Officer Zhou seemed to have an idea, immediately borrowing the veterinary hospital’s computer to search online.

Finally, they identified a remote village called "Wangtingao."

Jiang Shiyan scrolled through a satellite image of the map, stopping at an abandoned yard that made Xiao Jiu cry out excitedly: "Woof! Woof! Woof!"

[That’s the place! That’s it!]

The officer looked from Xiao Jiu to Jiang Shiyan, his eyes full of astonishment and disbelief.

Could this really be possible?

Officer Zhou’s tone turned serious, and with a glint in his eyes, he said, "Miss Jiang, I have a sincere request..." He added, "I’ll submit a request to the department for a covert investigation of this location. I hope you’ll cooperate with us during this time so we can gather useful information. Would that be possible?"

(End of Chapter)