The group of children immediately made way.
Su Yueya walked to the puppy, gently stroked it, and examined it.
As she got closer, she could clearly see the signs of abuse on the puppy's body, and when she touched it, she could feel that some parts of the puppy's body were swollen.
There were still traces of blood on the ground where the puppy had vomited.
Like this...
Su Yueya had already made a judgment in her mind. It seemed that the puppy was not vomiting blood for no reason. Moreover, everyone had been bringing food to the puppy recently. Puppies are not animals that need to be pampered. Generally, the food given to them at home is fine. So, the fact that it was vomiting blood must be related to the injuries on its body.
Therefore, the puppy was most likely bullied, which may have even caused internal organ damage, hence the vomiting of blood.
Judging from the amount of blood vomited, the internal bleeding shouldn't be too serious. Instead, the external injuries are more obvious. It's just that the children don't have experience, which is why they didn't notice the puppy's injuries for so long.
"Crescent Moon Girl, can you tell? What's wrong with this puppy?"
"Could it really be dying? And please, please don't let it have some kind of infectious disease. All the kids in the compound have played with it; could they catch it?"
For a time, even the military wives became worried.
The death of a stray dog is not a big problem, but if it affects the health of children, which parent wouldn't be worried?
Su Yueya raised her head, her expression becoming noticeably more serious.
“You’re overthinking it. The puppy doesn’t have any infectious diseases, and it’s not going to die, but if we don’t find out more, it might really die in a few days!” Su Yueya’s tone was cold as she glanced at the children standing there.
Who is bullying the puppy?
"Crescent Moon Girl, please explain yourself clearly. What exactly do you mean by this?"
Some military wives couldn't bear to see the puppy like that and felt it was especially pitiful.
“Someone is abusing dogs!” Su Yueya said.
She continued looking at the frightened children and asked in a cold voice, "Who is it? Who is constantly bullying and abusing this puppy, even hitting and kicking it?"
"Who is it?!"
The military wives were greatly surprised. They thought the puppy was sick on its own, but Su Yueya said that someone was abusing the dog.
Lately, it's mostly kids playing with the puppy. What kind of child would do something so outrageous...?
"Tell me quickly, did you bully the puppy?" one military wife asked her child directly.
"It wasn't me! I love puppies so much, how could I possibly bully it? It wasn't me!"
The children were all crying out that they were innocent.
"It wasn't me! I would never bully a puppy! I didn't see anyone else bullying it either. We just played with it and fed it!"
"Mom, it really wasn't me! I begged you and Dad to let me take it home and raise it. How could I bully it? Waaah..."
Although Su Yueya was very angry and furious, she did not lose her temper. Instead, she remained calm and observed everything.
The children vehemently denied it, and some even cried out in fear, so they didn't seem to be lying.
In such a situation, even if a child bullies the puppy, the likelihood of them admitting it directly is slim, since even though they are children, they are not stupid.
Fool, fool...
In a flash, a thought, a conjecture, popped into Su Yueya's mind. She narrowed her eyes and felt that she was largely right.
During her observation, Su Yueya had discovered that the puppy did not like the children; in fact, it was terrified of them.
Those dull, gray dog eyes were filled with numbness and fear—an instinctive terror.
Furthermore, Su Yueya didn't believe that any adult in the family compound would be so bad as to bully a puppy, so the biggest suspect in doing such an absurd thing was still the child.
But Su Yueya did not rashly reveal her guess.
She has no evidence, so what she's saying now is slander, not an accusation.
And right now, more important than catching the culprit who hurt the puppy is getting it back to health as quickly as possible.
"Xiao Yuan, come here," Su Yueya called out.
"Mom!" Lu Siyuan immediately squeezed through the crowd and walked to Su Yueya's side. "Mom, what's wrong?"
The puppy was so pitiful. Lu Siyuan had only seen it a few times, but seeing it made him feel a lump in his throat. After all, he also had two adorable kittens at home, so it was easy for him to empathize with small animals.
"Xiao Yuan, go home right now and get the first-aid kit. Then tell Grandpa that there's an injured puppy in the yard and ask him to prepare some things for Mom to treat the puppy's injuries. Do you understand?" Su Yueya spoke slowly, worried that Lu Siyuan wouldn't remember.
"Okay, I understand!" Lu Siyuan nodded.
He's very smart; there's no way he wouldn't understand something so simple.
"Brother, I'll go with you." Lu Si'an also wanted to help the puppy.
However, Lu Si'an couldn't run as fast as her brother, and taking her along would definitely slow down Lu Siyuan. So, for the first time, her brother refused his sister's request.
“An’an, you’re slow. Stay here with Mom and the puppy. I’ll be back soon,” Lu Siyuan said.
Su Yueya also told her daughter to stay there.
Having no other choice, Lu Si'an had to obey.
Lu Siyuan ran back quickly.
A large group of military wives and children surrounded the puppy, unsure of what to do to help, all waiting for Lu Siyuan to return with the first aid kit.
"Crescent Moon Girl, will this puppy get hurt?" the military wife asked, unable to bear it any longer.
"It shouldn't be a big problem. Although it's injured, it's not going to die. I'll take care of it and give it some medicine later. As long as no one continues to bully it, it will recover slowly," Su Yueya said.
"That's good, that's good..." Everyone felt much more at ease.
Lu Siyuan ran home and relayed his mother's words to his grandfather.
"An injured puppy?" Qiao Hanxue asked. "Whose is it? How did it get injured? And why is your mother treating it?"
Qiao Hanxue was not entirely at ease.
Fortunately, Lu Siyuan grew up drinking spiritual spring water. Although he looks similar to other children his age, his mind and body are actually much more developed and healthy than other children his age.
Even when it comes to his grandfather's questions, he can explain them clearly, and he expresses them in a way that adults can understand the cause and effect.
"It doesn't belong to anyone; it's a stray dog in the yard."
"Mom just checked the puppy, and it seems like it's been bullied and abused. The puppy vomited blood, and Mom wanted to help it. She asked me to get the first aid kit and also told me to tell Grandpa," Lu Siyuan answered obediently.
Qiao Hanxue quickly understood what his daughter meant.
If it's just about getting a first-aid kit, there's no need to have Lu Siyuan relay the message.
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