Chapter 21 Meritorious Service 1 It's him! Arrest him quickly! ...

Qiu Xiaoman wasn't interested in Shen Qinghuai's connection with the Jiang family; she was just curious why Shen Qinghuai had suddenly given her a car.

She asked directly, "You advised me to ask him for the car this morning, and he delivered it tonight. Did you play any role in that?"

"No," Jiang Mingyuan said truthfully. "After all, I'm an outsider, so it's not appropriate for me to say anything. But I know that my dad seems to have a dinner party with them tonight. Maybe my dad said something."

"Your dad and Director Jiang are brothers?" Qiu Xiaoman observed from the rearview mirror and realized that Jiang Mingyuan and Director Jiang didn't look alike at all.

Jiang Mingyuan might resemble his mother.

Jiang Mingyuan laughed and said, "Yes, we're brothers. My dad used to work in a government office, but then all his friends and buddies went into business and became rich. He couldn't sit still, so he borrowed some money from relatives and friends and quit his job to go into business too. But he didn't have any investment acumen and lost everything. Later, President Shen didn't look down on him and took him all over the country. He not only paid off his debts but also had some money left over. So the two of them have a very good relationship. I guess he said a few words of advice to President Shen at the dinner table. But that's nothing. The main thing is that you are outstanding. You have such excellent performance at such a young age. President Shen is also proud of you."

Qiu Xiaoman fiddled with the keys in her hand, and after a long silence, she said, "I can't keep this car."

"Why?" Jiang Mingyuan didn't understand. "If it's offered to you, you should take it. Why not take it if it's free?"

"Just wait and see, his wife will make a scene." Qiu Xiaoman had a gut feeling that Shen Qinghuai giving her the car today was definitely due to alcohol and saving face. Once he sobered up, he would probably regret it.

Liang Yuting is a petty person, and once she finds out about this, she will definitely not let it go.

So after thinking it over, she put the keys away: "I won't take the car. Can you ask the people at the auto dealership if I can return it? I'll just take the money and pretend it never happened. That way, even if Liang Yuting makes a fuss, I won't have the car anymore, so I can just deny it."

Jiang Mingyuan was stunned. He hadn't expected this guy to come up with a way to deal with Liang Yuting so quickly.

Neither returning the car nor letting Liang Yuting benefit from it.

This method is absolutely brilliant, absolutely brilliant!

He laughed and said, "No problem, I'll have my dad talk to the people at the auto dealership and get all your sales records erased."

"Thank you, I'll treat you to a meal sometime." Speaking of meals, Qiu Xiaoman was hungry, and she asked curiously, "Are you hungry?"

"I'm not hungry. I just went upstairs and ate a few compressed biscuits. Do you want some? Just so you know, they don't taste very good. Don't blame me, I didn't make them. All compressed biscuits are like this." Jiang Mingyuan reached into his pocket, grabbed two packs of compressed biscuits, and handed them over.

Qiu Xiaoman was sitting in the back seat with the dog, leaning forward to take the biscuit when a man suddenly rushed out from the intersection ahead, staggering, whether drunk or unsteady on his feet, it was unclear.

Jiang Mingyuan slammed on the brakes, causing Qiu Xiaoman to lurch onto the center console. The handbrake was pressed against her shoulder, making her wince in pain.

Fortunately, she was about to cross an intersection and the car wasn't going fast; otherwise, she would have definitely crashed through the windshield and been thrown out.

She struggled back to the back seat. Jiang Mingyuan felt extremely apologetic and quickly apologized. He rolled down the window to check if he had hit anyone when Xiaobai behind him suddenly started barking wildly: "Woof woof woof, bad guy, bad guy!"

Little Flower chimed in, "Woof woof woof, bad guy, bad guy!"

Qiu Xiaoman didn't have time to feel sorry for her shoulder and quickly got out of the car: "Mango, you watch over Xiaobai, Xiaohua, come with me."

Little Flower was eager to prove herself, so she quickly squeezed past Mango to the car door, barking wildly as she jumped off. The smell of the bad guy filled her lungs, and almost without hesitation, Little Flower rushed forward, yelling, "Woof woof woof, woof woof woof, it's him! Catch him!"

Qiu Xiaoman quickly glanced at the man who was about to stage an accident. He had uneven eyes, a flat nose, and a limp. He was definitely the suspect.

He rushed over and pinned the man down: "Brother Jiang, hurry! There are a lot of cars here, we can't stay here for too long!"

Jiang Mingyuan rushed over, pulled out handcuffs from his waist, and asked, "Are you sure it's him?"

"If you're worried, roll up his trouser legs and take a look." Qiu Xiaoman, having grown up deep in the mountains, was skilled at rock climbing and scaling walls.

The man struggled for a long time, but she pinned him to the ground and he couldn't break free. In the end, he could only threaten her fiercely, "Little sister, what do you think you're doing? Be careful, or I'll have someone kill you!"

Qiu Xiaoman ignored him and just kept pressing him down. Jiang Mingyuan quickly rolled up his trouser leg to take a look.

The right calf was wrapped in thick gauze, and there was blood on both sides of the shinbone. The wound was most likely penetrating, which matched the clues provided by Xiaobai and Xiaohua.

Grasp!

Without any hesitation, he handcuffed the man: "Don't move, police! You're under arrest for suspected child trafficking!"

The man was dumbfounded. How could he be so unlucky? First, his ID card disappeared. He finally managed to sneak back in a modified second-hand car to look for it, but he was attacked by a group of rabid dogs. By the time he got a rabies vaccine and treated his wounds, his wallet was completely empty. He didn't even have enough money to fill up the gas tank and catch up with the rest of the group.

Having no other choice, he loitered around the nearby intersections, trying to stage accidents to extort money.

He clearly chose a private car, so how did he run into the police?

What incredibly bad luck!

Helpless, he had no choice but to keep his mouth shut and deny it to the death.

Jiang Mingyuan shoved him into the passenger seat, and the car started moving again. A moment later, Qiu Xiaoman glanced at the supermarket they had just passed on the right and called out, "Stop the car, I'll buy some sausages before we go."

"Okay, hurry up, I'll take you to the vet first." Jiang Mingyuan knew she wanted to reward Xiaohua and Xiaobai. He had a friend in the police dog training group who had mentioned to him that this kind of positive material reward was an important feedback when training dogs.

Once this time point is missed, the effect may not be as good. He quickly found a parking space. Qiu Xiaoman came and went in a hurry, and returned in less than five minutes, carrying a big bag full of ham sausages and several bottles of water, like a small shop owner going to buy goods.

Jiang Mingyuan restarted the car, and soon he heard the dogs gobbling down their food. It must have smelled so good, and they were so hungry that they were making whimpering noises, sounding like a group of children.

He couldn't help but turn around and found Qiu Xiaoman eating as well, taking a bite of ham sausage and a bite of compressed biscuit, and eating with great relish.

He suddenly asked curiously, "Didn't you buy yourself a bottle of water?"

"I bought them, three bottles. One for me, one for you, and one for the dogs." Qiu Xiaoman rummaged through the bottom of the plastic bag and handed him a bottle of mineral water.

Jiang Mingyuan was a little surprised: "You're so fast! Anyone who didn't know better would think you owned the supermarket and just grabbed the stuff and left."

"What's the big deal? I calculated the bill as I took it, and came up with a total of twenty yuan. The shopkeeper didn't need to give me change, and I didn't have to wait for him to give me change either." Qiu Xiaoman shrugged indifferently and continued to eat and drink with the dogs.

Jiang Mingyuan couldn't help but exclaim, "You can do mental arithmetic?"

"Of course, I was first in the grade in the final exam last semester." Qiu Xiaoman took a sip of water. "Because I'm not good at writing essays, I easily lose points to others, so I try my best to study science subjects, math, physics and chemistry together, and I only lose two or three points occasionally."

Jiang Mingyuan was dumbfounded: "Is it the senior year of high school?"

"Hmm." Qiu Xiaoman unwrapped another sausage. "Where's the vet? Why isn't he here yet? Hurry up, drop us off and go back to the station. Interrogate him tonight!"

"I'll be there soon." Jiang Mingyuan suddenly felt a pang of regret and asked, "Is your school a provincial key school?"

"Yeah, it's the county high school. I guess that's how it is in small places. The county high school is the best high school." Qiu Xiaoman continued eating and drinking; she was starving.

Jiang Mingyuan quickly reminded him, "Eat less. Compressed biscuits are very filling, and you'll feel bloated later, which is not pleasant."

"Oh, then I won't eat." Qiu Xiaoman listened to the advice, leaned back in her seat, and yawned. It was already past eleven o'clock, and she was so sleepy.

Jiang Mingyuan sighed silently. What a pity. He looked like he had the potential to get into Tsinghua or Peking University. Shen Qinghuai is such a scoundrel. Why is he so unwilling to pay? It's not like he doesn't have the money. He's worse than an animal.

Soon, he drove the car into an old residential area. Qiu Xiaoman asked, puzzled, "Aren't we going to the veterinary station?"

"There's no one at the veterinary station at night, let's go directly to his house." Jiang Mingyuan stopped the car, glanced at the suspect, and simply took him upstairs with him.

This area is the old city, and it's said to be slated for demolition soon. Two people, along with a suspect and three dogs, walked under the dim stairwell lights, creating a sense of oppression, like something out of a horror movie.

Upon reaching the top floor, Jiang Mingyuan knocked on the door: "Uncle Zhou, are you asleep?"

After waiting for about two minutes, a middle-aged man wearing a military overcoat came and opened the door: "Oh, it's Xiaoming. What do you need me for so late?"

"Uncle Zhou, please save our dogs. These two are reserve police dogs. Please help us." Jiang Mingyuan emphasized the importance of the two dogs. "These three dogs just helped us catch a human trafficker. Two of them were injured. Uncle Zhou, thank you for your hard work. I'll settle the medical expenses tomorrow."

"Wow, quite the impressive dog! Come on in, come on in." Uncle Zhou quickly stepped aside, glanced at Qiu Xiaoman, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "And who is this?"

"Comrade Qiu Xiaoman, a new member of the Criminal Investigation Team's Direct Police Dog Training Group," Jiang Mingyuan introduced. "Xiao Qiu, this is Uncle Zhou. His house is well-fed, so don't worry, come in."

When Qiu Xiaoman entered the room, she saw that it was true; the floor was covered with cat and dog cages.

Jiang Mingyuan quickly explained, "In recent years, more people have been raising dogs and cats, and more people are getting sick, so they all come to Uncle Zhou for help."

"So that's how it is," Qiu Xiaoman glanced at her watch. It was already twelve o'clock. She urged, "Then you should hurry back and find those children as soon as possible to put my mind at ease."

"Okay, you wait here, I'll come pick you up later." Jiang Mingyuan quickly escorted the human trafficker downstairs to the police station to call for help.