Its delicate body was now covered in blood, and its beautiful wings were twisted at an odd angle.
The most shocking thing was that there was an icy steel ball embedded in its chest and abdomen, and the wound was still bleeding.
Apparently, the kestrel was maliciously shot with a steel ball gun.
"Hold on..." Xia Zhining held her breath, picked it up very gently, and quickly stopped the bleeding and fixed it.
She didn't dare to delay for even a second, so she got on her electric scooter again, carefully holding the kestrel in her arms, and rushed back to the zoo as fast as she could.
She rushed all the way to the zoo's medical center, screaming for help.
Hearing Xia Zhining's urgent cry for help, Ming Shuang, the veterinarian on duty, immediately put down his work and rushed over.
Together, they sent the faintly breathing kestrel into the sterile operating room. Using the advanced medical equipment left by Director Liu, they raced against time to perform emergency debridement and life support on it.
After three hours of intense rescue, the door of the operating room finally opened. Xia Zhining and Ming Shuang walked out with tired steps. The hair on their foreheads was soaked with sweat, and there were stains of blood on their surgical gowns.
Veterinary assistant Song Qiuyi immediately stepped forward to take over and carefully monitored the Kestrel's vital signs after the operation.
Xia Zhining leaned on a bench in the corridor of the medical center, wiping the sweat from her face with her sleeve. She felt as if all her strength had been drained out of her.
This afternoon was so thrilling that she almost didn't have the strength to even lift a finger.
Just then, a burst of hurried footsteps came from afar.
Ji Shuyun hurried to the medical center and saw his sister leaning tiredly on a bench.
He walked over quickly, took out a clean handkerchief from his pocket, and gently wiped the sweat from her forehead. He then rubbed her hair with concern: "How did you get yourself like this? What happened?"
Xia Zhining leaned against her brother's warm palm, as if she had found support, and recounted the thrilling experience one by one: "Brother, we found the witness bird, a kestrel. But it was shot with a steel ball slingshot and was injured..."
She became increasingly agitated as she spoke, unconsciously clenching her fists. "Now I'm even more certain it was the Xia family who did it! The red kestrel is a nationally protected species of Class II. The fact that this person dared to do such a cruel thing means he has a crime that needs to be covered up!"
"Your judgment is correct."
Ji Shuyun nodded gravely. "The Xia family has long been aware of your ability to communicate with animals. The murderer may have spotted this kestrel while flying a kite and was worried you might discover the truth through it later, so he wanted to silence you."
"But I don't understand," Xia Zhining frowned. "If the murderer didn't want to silence the witness, why didn't he dispose of Red Falcon's body? Wouldn't it be easy to find if he just left it in the park?"
Ji Shuyun's eyes flashed: "Unless... there was an emergency at that time, and he didn't have time to deal with the scene."
He stood up suddenly, his tone firm:
"Could it be that someone passed by and escaped before he could deal with it?"
Ji Shuyun looked at his sister, his voice filled with suppressed excitement:
"The testimony of small animals can only provide clues and references. The testimony of human witnesses is legally binding. If someone really saw the murderer, then this is the key breakthrough to expose the Xia family!"
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