Chapter 49 The Sheep's Plea for Help: A Case of Indecent Assault

"Officer Gu, Officer Gu, could you please tell my owner to let me clean my ears? They're so itchy, so itchy, it's killing me!"

Gu Yiliu looked at the little rabbit whose belly was being rubbed by its owner, smiled, and clicked confirm.

"Officer Gu, could you please tell my owner that I can be released back to the countryside? They won't let me crow every day, it's so hard for me!"

"Officer Gu..."

Gu Yiliu listened patiently to the animals' requests, then happily clicked on the system panel.

These will all be positive reviews, hahaha.

Gu Yiliu suppressed his excitement, checked each item one by one, and then looked at the little rabbit.

The rabbit's owner also wanted to know what the rabbit had been saying. "Comrade Gu, what was my rabbit saying just now?"

"It says its ears are itchy and wants you to help it clean them." Gu Yiliu thought the rabbit's ears were itchy, probably because it had too much earwax.

The rabbit's owner paused for a moment, then quickly grabbed the rabbit by the ears and reached in to pry them open.

Gu Yiliu found it somewhat amusing to see the little rabbit with its eyes closed, displaying a comfortable and contented expression.

The others gathered around, watching the little rabbit and its owner, chattering amongst themselves.

"Comrade, your little rabbit looks very comfortable."

"Indeed, it looks quite human."

At this moment, the rabbit's owner took his hand out of the rabbit's ear, and there was a large piece of earwax on his fingertip.

The long-standing earwax was finally dug out, and the little rabbit was naturally delighted. It felt comfortable in its ears and its hearing was clearer than ever before!

The little rabbit couldn't help but shout to the sky, "Ah! That feels so good!"

It quickly brought the other ear to its master's hand, "Ah! Master, hurry up!"

"What is it saying?" the rabbit's owner asked Gu Yiliu.

"It tells its owner to hurry up."

The rabbit's owner quickly cleaned the rabbit's other ear, and the rabbit comfortably leaned back, chirping softly.

"Ahhh~" So comfortable, so comfortable~

Gu Yiliu dutifully acted as her messenger, saying, "It says it feels so good, so good~"

The rabbit's owner's eyes crinkled with a smile. She asked Gu Yiliu to help convey the rabbit's message, "I want to know if it likes the food I usually prepare?"

Gu Yiliu looked at the little rabbit, whose big head bobbed up and down, "Ahhh!" It really loved eating.

Gu Yiliu didn't forget her praise, and she asked the little rabbit, "Don't you have anything to say to your master?"

The little rabbit raised its two ears slightly, "Ah!" Yes!

Gu Yiliu clicked "Confirm" in satisfaction.

"Ahhh!" Officer Gu, tell my master, I love going outside to play. I miss the time when I graze on the grass.

Gu Yiliu repeated Little Rabbit's words.

The rabbit's owner exclaimed, "I took it out to play once, just two months ago. We went to the park, and it kept eating grass. When I picked it up to leave, it was still biting a blade of grass and didn't want to go."

The little rabbit cried out in grievance, "Ahhh! I was clearly taking medicine, but you insisted on taking me away, Master!"

Gu Yiliu: "It said it was taking its medicine, and you really wanted to carry it away."

The rabbit's owner didn't understand and looked at Ni Xue'ou, who nodded. "Animals are very smart. If they get sick in the wild, they recover by taking medicine themselves. So your rabbit probably knew it was sick two months ago."

The owner looked at the little rabbit, whose chubby cheeks occasionally glanced at the owner, conveying its gloom in a very human-like way.

The rabbit's owner pinched its cheek. "I'll take you out to play often from now on. If you want to go out, just prick up your ears, okay?"

The little rabbit pricked up its ears and then let out a soft "ah." This time, without Gu Yiliu's explanation, the rabbit's owner understood what it meant. The owner smiled and thanked Gu Yiliu.

Seeing them happy made Gu Yiliu quite happy too; all thanks to Little Rabbit, they had already gotten 2% positive reviews.

Gu Yiliu glanced at it and saw that Xiaozhu's 1% positive feedback was still displayed in Xiaozhu's past police reports, but it hadn't been added to the progress bar yet. She guessed she would have to wait a while, since changing habits wasn't so easy.

The pig's owner changed his old habits, and the positive reviews will probably drop.

Gu Yiliu closed the panel, looked at the rooster's plea for help, and couldn't help but sigh; it was a bit of a problem.

The rooster wanted to crow, but its owner wouldn't allow it.

She told the rooster's owner, "It says it wants to go back to the countryside."

The rooster's owner was skeptical. He looked at the rooster, then at Gu Yiliu. "Why? My house is on the same road, and I have a small yard where I can keep it."

"Because you don't let it crow."

The owner said, "I see. It's not that I don't allow it, but the neighbors told me that it crows several times every morning, which disturbs my sleep, so I don't allow it to crow."

"A crowing at two in the morning is indeed too early."

"Cluck cluck!" the rooster crowed, raising its head.

It's not that I wanted to crow, it's that I saw something dirty and couldn't help but want to crow to warn passersby.

Gu Yiliu hadn't expected this reason. She told the rooster's owner, who remained silent.

After a long pause, the owner finally said, "As long as it doesn't come into our house, don't bark at it."

"Cluck cluck~" Okay, but I still think the countryside is better~

Gu Yiliu said with a laugh, "It says okay, but it still thinks the countryside is better."

Master: "Alright then, I'll have the chance to release you back to the countryside to raise, but you might be slaughtered and eaten at any time."

The rooster paced back and forth, as if hesitating.

"...cluck cluck!" Okay, I'm not going back. I'll stay in the city with my master.

"It can live a peaceful life with its owner until old age, but it would be eaten if it went to the countryside. As long as it doesn't crow at dawn, that's fine," the rooster thought.

Gu Yiliu recounted the events truthfully.

"How about this, I'll take you out to play from time to time, so you can crow to your heart's content, okay?"

The rooster nodded, and it was happy, but it soon became unhappy again because the sheep opposite it was mocking it.

"Meow~" Afraid of dying.

Actually, the rooster didn't dislike the sheep across from it, but its disdainful expression made it really angry!

"Hehe!" I'm a pet, so I definitely won't be eaten by people. You might be eaten as soon as you step out of this door and get home!

The sheep fell silent. Because the rooster was right.

It angrily exhaled from its nostrils and turned its eyes away to look at Gu Yiliu.

"Meow~ Meow?" Officer Gu, the thing I need your help with is a bit difficult. I don't know if you'd be willing to help me?

"you say."

The sheep glanced at its owner and then spoke.

"Baa! Baa!" Officer Gu, it's like this, my master has a friend, who is actually his neighbor. My master often invites him over for meals. The last time he came was three days ago. My master also has a daughter who is five years old, the same age as me. I want you to help me tell my master that his friend bullies his daughter every time he comes over.

Gu Yiliu was taken aback and couldn't help but look at the sheep's owner, who was also looking at her and asked curiously, "What did my sheep say?"

Gu Yiliu did not answer the sheep owner's question, but instead asked the sheep, "What kind of bullying?"

"Meow!"

The sheep's bleat carried a hint of resentment.

He held his little master on his lap and then touched that part of his little master's body.

Gu Yiliu asked in a heavy tone, "How did you find out?"

"Meow!" I saw my little owner crying once. That's when I realized what was happening.

"How many times did you see him bullying your little master? How long has this been going on?"

"Baa! Baa!" Twice, both times it happened in the yard, so I saw it. There were many other times, but always inside the house, because I was locked in the sheepfold and couldn't see it. It's been like this for a long time, over a year.

The sheep had lost track of how much time had passed; its concept of time had become somewhat blurred.

Are you sure what you're saying is true?

The sheep nodded heavily.

Does your master know about this?

"Huh!" I don't know.

Do you know that person's name?

"Meow!" he called to Guan Qiang.

Gu Yiliu's expression was solemn.

Perhaps it was the drastic change in her expression that caught Ni Xue'ou's attention. "What's wrong? What did that sheep say to you?"

Gu Yiliu sighed, "There are some things I need to understand first."

Gu Yiliu looked at the sheep owner and asked, "Hello, may I ask your name? Where do you live?"

Xiao Yuzheng listened to Gu Yiliu's heavy tone and felt puzzled. He glanced at the sheep receiving an IV drip, wondering what the sheep had said to the woman in front of him.

With that thought in mind, he answered Gu Yiliu, "My name is Xiao Yuzheng, and I live in Dalong Village, which is not too far from the city."

"Hello Comrade Xiao, may we go outside to discuss some matters?" There were people all around, so Gu Yiliu didn't ask in front of everyone.

Xiao Yuzheng hesitated for a moment, then agreed.

Once they reached a less crowded area, Gu Yiliu handed him his identification. "I'm a police officer, currently working at the Shuikou Street Police Station."

"What do you want to say to me? I haven't done anything wrong!" Xiao Yuzheng quickly threw the documents back to Gu Yiliu.

"Comrade Xiao, you have a 5-year-old daughter, right?"

Xiao Yuzheng's face remained tense; he wanted to leave, but Gu Yiliu stopped him.

"Comrade Xiao, don't worry, you haven't done anything wrong. Just now you asked me what your sheep told me, and it told me about your daughter."

Xiao Yuzheng, who had initially moved away, retreated again. "What happened to my daughter? What did it say?"

"You have a friend named Guan Qiang?" Gu Yiliu asked, while keeping a close eye on Xiao Yuzheng's expression.

She didn't know if he knew about these things. If he didn't, that would be easy; if he did, then...

Gu Yiliu sighed inwardly. Whether he knew it or not, that child was the most pitiful.

"Guan Qiang? What's wrong?"

Xiao Yuzheng was initially bewildered, then thoughtful.

He recalled the conversation between Comrade Gu and his sheep, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat. A possibility occurred to him, and he felt a chill run down his spine.

His face turned pale instantly. He looked at Gu Yiliu and asked, "Did Guan Qiang do something to my daughter?"

"Did my sheep tell you that? Did it see Guan Qiang do something to my daughter?"

Gu Yiliu nodded. "Your Yang has been saying that Guan Qiang has been molesting and harassing your daughter for a year now. I wonder if you've noticed?"

Xiao Yuzheng shuddered. He hadn't noticed at all and was still somewhat incredulous. "How is this possible!"

Suddenly, she raised her hand and slapped herself across the face without mercy. The sound of slapping echoed, and both cheeks quickly turned red. "It's all my fault. I let the wolf into the house."

Gu Yiliu frowned and stopped him, looking coldly at Xiao Yuzheng. "Hitting yourself now is just hindsight. You didn't even notice for so long, which shows you've been a negligent father. So hitting yourself is pointless. What you need to do now is seek justice for your daughter!"

"Besides, I'm here. When you go back later, people will just think I was the one who hit you!"

Xiao Yuzheng lowered her hand, her face contorted with regret. "That's not what I meant. I'm just blaming myself. I regret being so close to Guan Qiang."

Xiao Yuzheng looked at the roadside. There were few pedestrians, not even sunshine. The weather was gloomy, just like his current mood. A trace of anxiety flashed between his brows. Xiao Yuzheng just wanted to get home as soon as possible and find Guan Qiang to beat him up to vent his anger.

"I don't know what to do now," he said to Gu Yiliu.

Gu Yiliu: "Go home first and ask your daughter if the situation is true. Don't scold or beat your daughter. Ask her patiently, and then go to the police station. Your son can be your daughter's witness."

"It can't speak, they won't believe it..."

“I can understand,” Gu Yiliu said.

Xiao Yuzheng looked at her, and a glimmer of hope rose in her heart. Yes, Gu Yiliu understood. She was a police officer and was willing to help.

"I'm going back right now!" Xiao Yuzheng turned and left. As for his sheep, he wasn't worried because the livestock station would take care of them temporarily after the IV drip was finished.

Gu Yiliu watched his retreating figure. She didn't really trust him, but judging from his expression, he genuinely didn't know anything about it.

After much thought, I think we should pay attention to this matter.

Gu Yiliu decided to go to Dalong Village tomorrow.

She turned back, told the sheep that she would go to the village tomorrow, and then helped two more small animals before leaving the livestock station.

As soon as she returned to her rented room, she saw Tang Shishen, who told her to go and watch Qiu Yishen and the others being executed the next day.