"Yeah, who is it...?"
While speculating, Su Yueya remained silent, still keeping her attention on the puppy and the children.
After treating the injuries, giving it medicine, and letting it drink some spiritual spring water, the injured puppy regained some vitality.
"Little dog, don't be afraid. We are all good children, and we won't bully you!"
"Yes, if anyone bullies the puppy, I will never play with him again!"
"Me too! We all need to protect the puppies together!"
"Protect the puppy!"
The children, as if they had found a new game, spontaneously formed a dog protection alliance, saying that they would work together to prevent those who hurt the dog from bullying it again.
Surrounded by a group of children, the puppy didn't seem as scared as before. It even turned its big, round eyes and looked around curiously.
The puppy sniffed; it didn't smell the horrible odor, so it was safe for now.
"Woof—"
The puppy let out a soft bark, which immediately excited a group of children.
"It barked just now, when I petted it. The puppy must like me!"
"No, that's not true! The puppy is looking at me when it barks; it likes me!"
"It's me! It's me!"
The children had a childish argument over which puppy liked which one, but it wasn't a real fight; they were just vying for the puppy's affection.
"Sweetie, I'll bring you some meat bones tomorrow. My mom said that you need to eat meat to heal an injury. But I'll bring them tonight. Wait for me!"
"Then I'll bring water for the puppy! It was so well-behaved when Aunt Su fed it water earlier!"
"Let's go out and see the puppies together tonight, are you coming?"
"I don't know, my parents might not let me go out to play at night... If I don't go out, you must protect the puppy and make sure it doesn't get bullied again!"
"Don't worry, if anyone bullies the puppy, I'll... I'll beat them up!"
The puppy, which had been curiously watching the children, suddenly curled up and lay down in the corner of the flower bed. If you looked closely, you could see that its body was trembling.
No one noticed this detail, or rather, because the puppy often did this before, everyone overlooked the fact that it was a sign of fear and simply assumed that it was tired.
But Lu Siyuan discovered it.
"Mom!" Lu Siyuan ran to his mother's side, pulled her close, and whispered in her ear, "Mom, the puppy is hiding again, and it looks like it's trembling!"
Su Yueya immediately looked over and, sure enough, saw the little dog curled up and trembling.
In full view of everyone, it was absolutely impossible for any child to bully the puppy, especially since the puppy's abuse had just been exposed. No one would be foolish enough to commit such a crime against the grain, but—
The sharp-eyed Su Yueya noticed that the person she had been waiting for had finally appeared.
"Xiao Rui!" Da Niu rushed over as soon as he saw Liu Shengrui. "You weren't here, so you probably don't know what happened. Let me tell you, someone in the yard was bullying the puppy, and they were really mean! The puppy was vomiting blood just now, and Aunt Su saved it!"
Liu Shengrui blinked, trying to process what Da Niu had said.
His games with the puppy were always kept secret. He wouldn't play games with the puppy or even get close to it when there were many people around.
Therefore, no one suspected Liu Shengrui at all, especially since he had recently "changed himself" and was getting along well with many children, so there was even less chance of him being suddenly suspected.
But this did not escape the notice of the observant Su Yueya.
Dogs have an exceptionally developed sense of smell. Even if Liu Shengrui didn't get close to it, the puppy would definitely be able to smell his scent just by his presence.
Moreover, the time when the puppy suddenly became fearful, curled up, and trembled was exactly the time when Liu Shengrui appeared; this could not have been just a coincidence.
Su Yueya immediately thought of something else.
Given the genes of super-males, abusing small animals is something they are perfectly capable of doing, and this is considered one of the milder of their evil deeds; it's nothing at all.
Isn't Liu Shengrui's previous abuse of Huahua the best evidence?
With a prior record of abusing cats, abusing dogs isn't exactly unusual behavior.
"Xiao Yuan, the puppy is still injured. Go tell the other kids to play by themselves and let the puppy rest alone on the side so it can recover faster," Su Yueya said.
With everyone watching, the puppy was definitely safe, so Su Yueya wasn't worried.
On the contrary, she could use this time to carefully observe Liu Shengrui's various behaviors and performances.
“Okay,” Lu Siyuan replied.
Hearing Lu Siyuan say this, and knowing it was Aunt Su's idea again, and that Aunt Su had just rescued the puppy, everyone cooperated and went to play other games instead of staring at the puppy.
"Let's let the puppy rest first!"
"Okay, let's go play other games!"
After hearing Da Niu's words, Liu Shengrui looked at the puppy with a blank expression.
The puppy did indeed have bandage marks on its body.
"Really?" Liu Shengrui asked.
"Of course it's true! Everyone saw it. How could I lie?" Da Niu immediately pulled other children around him to vouch for him. "Xiang Xiang, you were there too. Tell Xiao Rui, did I lie or not?"
The children standing with Liu Shengrui at this moment are all from the group who believe that Liu Shengrui has changed for the better, and they are also the few children in the yard who are willing to play with him.
Xiangxiang pointed to the small pool of blood on the ground and said, "Xiaorui, Da Niu really didn't lie. The puppy was abused. That's the blood it vomited. The ground hasn't been cleaned up yet!"
Liu Shengrui nodded, seemingly finally believing the fact that the puppy had been bullied.
"Is it alright now?" Liu Shengrui asked again.
"It's alright, Aunt Su saved it. Aunt Su is really amazing," Xiangxiang said, pointing to Su Yueya sitting with the military wives, her face full of admiration and affection. "That's Aunt Su, she's Xiaoyuan and An'an's mother!"
Liu Shengrui looked over and his gaze met Su Yueya's.
"Oh." Liu Shengrui nodded, but unlike the other children, he didn't idolize Su Yueya. However, he remembered this aunt and knew that she was An'an's mother.
When Su Yueya met Liu Shengrui's gaze, she noticed that he looked away again, and her brows slowly furrowed.
After observing for a short period of time, she came to a not-so-good conclusion.
You could even say she felt a chill in her heart.
Because at this moment, Liu Shengrui did indeed look very "normal," so normal that he blended in perfectly with this group of children.
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