Chapter 19
The next day, Lin Gui took Da Huang to the store as usual. It was only around eight o'clock in the morning, and there were usually not many customers at this time, so Lin Gui, Zhou Xiao and Da Huang all had breakfast peacefully.
Since the store opened, Lin Gui and Da Huang have been spending more time in the store, so they basically have three meals a day in the store.
Two hundred meters away is a morning market street with so many delicious breakfasts of all kinds that Lin Gui has to decide every morning which one to favor.
After Zhou Xiao was introduced to this street, she no longer ate breakfast at home. She went to the morning market to buy breakfast every day, which made Zhou Xiao's mother say every day that she loved her job.
Just as the two were chatting and eating breakfast, a person suddenly came into the store. She was a lady about 50 years old, with a panicked look, as if something important had happened.
Lin Gui saw the aunt coming towards her, put down her breakfast, and asked, "Hello, what can I do for you?"
The aunt's surname was Ye. She looked anxious and said, "Have you seen my dog? It's a small white dog named Niuniu. It's gone."
Lin Gui and Zhou Xiao seemed not to have seen it, but seeing that the aunt looked very anxious, they asked her not to be anxious and to explain the matter about Niu Niu in detail.
"Yesterday, I took our dog Niu Niu to your house to buy some snacks and then went back. This morning, I planned to take her out for a walk, just like before, but I couldn't find her anywhere in the house. Usually, she comes out when I call her."
Because she couldn't find Niu Niu at home, Aunt Ye went out and looked for her along her usual route to see if she had run away to some other place. She had already looked for her at the puppy park she often went to early in the morning, but still couldn't find her, so she had to continue looking along the road.
Seeing that Aunt Ye’s blind search was not a good idea, Lin Gui suggested that she check the surveillance cameras near her home to confirm whether Niu Niu had run away.
When Aunt Ye heard Lin Gui’s suggestion, she thought it made sense and immediately ran back to look for surveillance cameras near her home.
Seeing Aunt Ye's anxious look, Lin Gui was worried about her going to look for the store alone. Thinking that more people would mean more strength, she gave Da Huang and the store to Zhou Xiao to help look after, and followed Aunt Ye.
Arriving at Aunt Ye's house, it turned out to be a two-story building in the old city, not a building in the residential complex. Surrounding it were bungalows of similar structure. Lin Gui carefully asked Aunt Ye where Niuniu usually stayed when she got home.
Aunt Ye replied that after Niu Niu returned home, she would not leash her and would just leave her at the door. She would usually be at home or at the door and would never run around.
Aunt Ye said: "Our little Niu Niu is very timid. She is afraid of strangers and hides at home. She always sticks to me when we go to the park. How could she possibly run around?"
Since Aunt Ye's house did not have any surveillance cameras, Lin Gui could only look for houses nearby that had surveillance cameras that could capture Aunt Ye's house. Unfortunately, the surveillance cameras nearby could only capture her own house.
Lin Gui had no choice but to settle for the second best and looked for surveillance cameras on the road leading to Aunt Ye's house to see if she could find any trace of Niu Niu. Coincidentally, one family's surveillance camera could capture the intersection.
I explained the reason to the family and hoped to see the surveillance video from last night to this morning, and they generously agreed.
After carefully watching the video of this period, Lin Gui found that from last night to this morning when Aunt Ye went out to look for Niu Niu, she did not see the dog, which means that Niu Niu definitely did not pass by here.
Now the only clue was broken. Knowing that Lin Gui was looking for her missing dog, the family who agreed to show Lin Gui the surveillance video proposed another possibility.
"Your dog is missing, right? Maybe it was stolen by a dog thief? The situation here is quite chaotic. A well-raised puppy can be sold for eight or nine hundred yuan now. There were quite a lot of puppy thefts in the past few years."
When Lin Gui heard what he said, her heart skipped a beat, and she felt that it was very likely. She quickly looked to see if there was anyone with a big bag in the video.
After hearing what this family said, Aunt Ye couldn't stand it anymore. A well-behaved dog like Niu Niu might have been stolen by a dog thief.
009 was also angry: "What kind of dog thieves are these? Why do they steal dogs?" There are no dog thieves in 009's world. Lin Gui was busy watching the video and did not explain to it.
Aunt Ye was so sad that she almost cried. Some dog thieves would poison the puppies and then steal them. I wonder if Niu Niu is doing well now.
Lin Gui finally found the suspicious person in the video. It was around four o'clock in the morning, and a man was running with a big bag. Oh no, judging from the time and the situation, it was most likely a dog thief.
Aunt Ye is now at a loss as to what to do. Lin Gui asks Aunt Ye to call the police first and ask for help to see if they can find the body as quickly as possible.
Aunt Ye hurriedly went to call the police, but she didn't know if it was too late, and she was afraid that the dog thief would sell Niu Niu today.
Lin Gui suddenly became very angry. There was no way to solve this helpless situation. At this time, the system triggered the side quest. Lin Gui was so grateful to this side quest system. At least it could ensure Niu Niu's current situation. As long as she was still alive, there was hope of finding her.
[Side quest: Find the missing dog Niuniu
Task description: Niu Niu had a good sleep in the afternoon and had some delicious snacks. She felt so happy, but she drank a little too much water. When she went out to the toilet at night, she suddenly felt a prick, and then she fell asleep. When she woke up, she was in a cage. It was dark here, and Niu Niu was scared. Niu Niu wanted her owner.
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There is a side quest but no clue on how to find Niu Niu. Most of these dog thieves will sell the puppies to dog meat restaurants after stealing them.
Lin Gui planned to look for the dog meat restaurants in Ping City one by one. These restaurants were all hidden in the corners of Ping City and were not visible to the public. It was not known whether Lin Gui could save Niu Niu in time by himself.
At this time, 009 calmed down and suddenly said, "Host, follow my instructions. I locked onto the dog thief's figure and clothing through the surveillance camera. From all the surveillance cameras in Ping City and the map information, I deduced his possible location."
Lin Gui was surprised and said, "You have violated the system's rules. What kind of punishment will you receive? I will bear it with you when the time comes."
009 was a little touched, but the situation was urgent, so he suppressed his emotion and said, "Host, we can study it later. Let's go find that dog thief."
Lin Gui took a taxi to the place where the dog thief was according to the address given by 009. This was an urban village, but not a village with many people like Aunt Ye's home. It was obvious that this place was about to be demolished. Many people had moved away. All that was left here were vacant land and empty houses waiting to be demolished.
Lin Gui looked at the village in front of him and called Aunt Ye to ask her to bring the police to this place. With the help of the system, Lin Gui bravely entered this seemingly sparsely populated village and followed 009's instructions to a small courtyard.
Lin Gui didn't dare to get too close to the small courtyard, for fear of being discovered. He first tiptoed around the small courtyard and the nearby houses, and found a secluded place close to the courtyard. He went over to listen to see if there was any sound. Although there was a wall between them, Lin Gui could still hear the faint whimpering of the puppy.
After confirming that there was a puppy in the small yard, based on her trust in 009, Lin Gui locked the yard as the location of the dog thief. Before the police arrived, Lin Gui retreated to a distant place where she could monitor the small yard and sent the current location to Aunt Ye.
After Aunt Ye went to the police station to report the case, the police also suspected that the dog was indeed stolen as Lin Gui said. The person who stole the property must be caught. Based on the portrait that Lin Gui found on the surveillance camera, the police station was also looking for this person's information, but the police station's retrieval system was not as good as 009's.
After Aunt Ye told the police that Lin Gui saw the dog thief and followed him, they worried about Lin Gui's safety and organized people to rush over quickly.
Lin Gui had been watching the movements in the small courtyard, and he felt a little scared. He asked if the 009 system had any self-protection functions or props.
009 probably searched online about what would happen to stolen dogs, and the entire system was very angry. Now it was staring at the small yard, worried that the dogs would be harmed. After hearing Lin Gui's words, it thought about it and realized that almost all the things sold in the system mall were beneficial to pets, and there was really no thing to protect the host.
However, 009 said: "Host, don't worry. I can keep you electrified. This will make the bad guy afraid to touch you. He will be electrocuted if he gets close to you."
Lin Gui was not interested in electrifying his entire body; it sounded scary.
Originally she just wanted to relieve her tense mood, but now she was really scared. She was in the wilderness here, alone without the system, so she rummaged through the system mall. With the support of the points she had, Lin Gui found a product that seemed to be of some use.
[Tigress's intimidation
Description: It is said that there cannot be two tigers in one mountain. In order to make the little tigers obedient, this is definitely the right thing to do. But in the first place, it was just to make the little tigers obedient. Why would the big tigers be afraid of this?
Effect description: Make your peers fear you from the bottom of their hearts.
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No matter how strange the description of this item is, its effect on humans is the only one that Lin Gui has tried his best to find in the system mall. This seemingly inconspicuous item is worth two bottles of cat oral liquid. I hope I can wait safely until the police comrades arrive.
But Murphy's Law definitely made things develop in the other direction. There was movement in the small yard, and the dog thief came out. He was still wearing the clothes he wore last night, with a pointed face and monkey-like appearance. He opened the door and then closed it again, then walked out again, and no one knew where he was going.
Lin Gui quickly hid herself and secretly watched him pass by the house where she was hiding. When he disappeared, Lin Gui emerged and quickly ran to the gate of the small courtyard, wanting to go in and see what was going on. She guessed that the police would be here soon, so Lin Gui plucked up her courage and bet that the dog thief would not dare to hurt her even if he found out.
As a result, the door was locked. Lin Gui had no way to unlock it, so he returned to his hiding place and observed the situation.
After a while, the dog thief came over in a small van with two other people.
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