Chapter 231: Lightspeed dispatch, lightspeed return
The Mustang team also rushed out from behind the sand dunes on both sides and surrounded them.
Xu Ying reined in his horse and stood, tapping the horse's belly with the tip of his boot. The wild horse immediately reared up, its front hooves drawing dangerous arcs in the air.
She looked down at the poachers, the morning light casting a sharp silhouette behind her.
Behind Xu Ying were birds of prey and a herd of wild horses, and he charged out with the momentum of thousands of troops!
"Hey, hand over the lizard."
Xu Ying's voice was not loud, but it made the three men shudder.
One of them was about to resist when a peregrine falcon suddenly swooped down, its sharp claws scraping across his scalp, scaring him so much that he collapsed to the ground.
The leader's face was ashen, and he pointed to the box tied to the back of the motorcycle with a trembling voice: "It's in the box."
Xu Ying dismounted, her boots thumping on the sand. Every time she took a step forward, the three poachers collectively retreated half a step, like mice seeing a cat.
In their eyes, this 1.6-meter-tall girl was even more terrifying than a pack of wolves in the desert - after all, wolves could not command birds of prey and horses.
"Give it to me!" Xu
Ying stretched out her hand and opened her eyes wide.
The leading poacher immediately jumped up like a dog whose tail was stepped on, and nervously took the iron cage from the back of the motorcycle. He held it in both hands and handed it to Xu Ying, his arms shaking like sieves.
When the baby lizard in the iron cage saw Xu Ying, it immediately made a weak cry.
Xu Ying didn't answer, but narrowed her eyes: "There's more than that. Where's the lizard we caught last week?"
The leader's sweat beads clapped on the sand. "Well, those are all sold."
"What?!"
Xu Ying's voice suddenly rose an octave, startling the nearby birds of prey and causing them to raise their heads in unison. A dozen pairs of sharp eyes locked onto the poachers, their leader so frightened that his legs gave way and he collapsed to his knees.
"I can chase him, I can chase him! Please spare my life!"
He frantically pulled out his phone and said, "I'll call them and ask them to return it!"
The two younger brothers next to him were already prostrating themselves on the ground, wishing they could bury themselves in the sand.
"Who is the buyer?!" Xu Ying put his hands on his hips, looking fierce and aggressive. With the support of this group of guys behind him, he was like a little bully in the desert.
“Yes, yes…”
"I'm going to catch the buyer too!" She stepped on the motorcycle next to her, her leather boots slamming the car body. "You must cooperate!"
"Cooperate!"
The three big men nodded vigorously, and under the death gaze of Xu Ying and her "little brothers", they looked like three quails being stared at by eagles.
The sirens blared from afar, and three off-road vehicles kicked up clouds of dust. The lead vehicle came to a steady stop, its doors opened, and a pair of shiny police boots stepped onto the sand.
Chen Su took off his sunglasses, revealing a handsome face with clear outlines.
The morning light outlined his straight nose and clean-cut jaw. The collar of his police uniform shirt was buttoned meticulously to the top button, and the cuffs were neatly rolled up to his forearms, revealing his bony wrists.
His gaze was calm and stern as he looked around the scene, but it softened slightly when he saw Xu Ying.
"Stationmaster Xu." His voice was as clear as spring water, and a barely perceptible smile played at the corner of his mouth. "It seems we're too late. You've already dealt with these bad guys."
Xu Ying breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Chen Su coming.
The three poachers were inexplicably relieved when they saw the police coming. At least these policemen looked much more polite and courteous than the tough woman in front of them.
Xu Ying quickly ran to Chen Su, with sand still on the ends of her hair. "Not too late, not too late!"
She raised her face, the morning light dancing on her eyelashes. "There's a group of buyers behind these guys, and we need you to track them down!"
"These lizards I brought to the rescue center are desperate to find companions and children!"
Chen Su's eyes swept over Xu Ying's sunburned cheeks, and he calmly took a half step towards her, just enough to block the glaring sunlight. "I will personally supervise the lizard matter and ensure that Stationmaster Xu doesn't have to wait too long."
He glanced at her dry lips and took out a bottle of iced sea buckthorn juice from his thermos bag. Water droplets were still condensing on the bottle. "I brought this from the station. It quenches my thirst."
"Wow, that's exactly what I needed! I couldn't even get a sip of water chasing these guys!"
Xu Ying took it with surprise, and their fingers brushed against each other accidentally. Chen Su retracted his hand, and the tip of his ears turned slightly red.
Xu Ying unscrewed the bottle cap, gulped down a few gulps, and squinted his eyes in satisfaction.
The other police officers were so shocked that their jaws dropped when they saw their usually unapproachable captain, who was now subtly shielding the sun for the little girl and carefully preparing drinks.
Xu Ying shook the bottle in his hand and suddenly remembered something: "Oh right! Among the lizards sold, there is a baby night lizard. This kind of lizard..."
——"It's viviparous, nocturnal, and has extremely high requirements for its habitat. When we bring it back, we'll use an incubator and keep it away from light..."
Chen Su answered smoothly, explaining to Xu Ying's surprised eyes, "I carefully read the latest episode of the rescue station observation notes you posted on the video platform."
Xu Ying's eyes curved with laughter when she heard this, and she patted his shoulder as if praising him: "I give this homework a perfect score!"
"Then I'll leave it to Captain Chen!"
——"It's my duty and I'm willing to serve you."
Chen Su nodded slightly, and the curve of his mouth deepened almost imperceptibly.
As he turned, the hem of his police uniform cut a sharp curve, and his voice regained its official clarity: "Team One will escort the suspect for interrogation. Team Two will contact the Forestry Bureau to track down the stolen goods."
The police officers acted quickly, and the metallic clink of handcuffs was particularly crisp in the desert morning light.
Chen Su stood beside the off-road vehicle, his slender fingers tapping the case record book from time to time. The morning light of the desert cast a light golden halo on his angular profile.
His peripheral vision passed through the fluttering corners of the police uniform, unconsciously following the petite figure not far away - Xu Ying was squatting on the sand, carefully checking the condition of the rescued lizard. The ends of her hair swayed gently with her movements, shining with a soft chestnut luster in the sunlight.
"Captain Chen, everything is ready, we can call it a day."
The voice of his disciple Kong Cheng suddenly came from behind, startling Chen Su so much that his fingertips paused.
Kong Cheng had come up to him at some point, grinning, "Stationmaster Xu is incredibly efficient. We've just arrived and taken advantage of the situation. We've been waiting for the opportunity. We dispatched as quickly as light and finished work as quickly as light."
Chen Su lowered his eyes and closed the notebook calmly.
He looked at the tip of Xu Ying's nose wrinkling slightly as he picked up a lizard in the distance, and suddenly felt that this police mission ended too quickly.
Normally, he always felt that the faster a case was handled, the better, but at this moment, he inexplicably hoped that time could go slower.
"Who says it's not?"
He replied in a low voice, so soft that it was almost blown away by the desert wind.
His slender fingers unconsciously stroked the edge of the notebook, where was still a flyer for the rescue center that Xu Ying had given him last time.
Kong Cheng keenly noticed that his captain was unusually silent today. He followed his gaze and saw Xu Ying standing up and brushing the sand off his pants.
His eyes rolled, and suddenly an idea struck him: "By the way, Captain Chen, regarding the follow-up work of tracking down the buyer, do you want me to contact Station Master Xiao Xu directly?"
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