"Diandian, stop messing around and come here."
Seeing Diandian's sudden abnormal behavior, Zhang Qishan immediately stepped forward and hugged Diandian back. However, Diandian was still unwilling to give in. She tried to break free from Zhang Qishan and rushed to the desk again. It seemed that she really wanted to eat that piece of meat.
Officer Yang frowned and asked, "Where did the dog come from? Ji Wen, this is a police station, why did you bring a dog here?"
I was still immersed in the wonderful thought just now. When I heard what Officer Yang said, I smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I picked up Diandian by accident yesterday. I had no choice but to bring it here today. But now it seems that I have done the right thing by accident."
Officer Yang and Zhang Qishan were both stunned and asked, "What did we do right?"
"I have a bold idea. I think the owner of Dot is the owner of this piece of dead flesh!"
I have always liked dogs as pets. First, because they are loyal and cute, and second, because these animals are more spiritual than ordinary animals.
I have heard many stories about dogs understanding human nature. The one that moved me the most was an example from abroad. It is said that an old man abroad raised a dog. One day the old man passed away, and the dog always stayed beside the body and never left. The funeral home's hearse came to the house to take away the old man's body, and the dog kept chasing after it for 16 kilometers. Finally, the dog was so tired that it had to give up the chase.
This scene moved not only the staff on the hearse, but also the passers-by around it. Eventually, a kind-hearted person adopted the dog, thus fulfilling the old man’s last wish.
Although I am not an animal expert, I know quite a bit about dogs. The Golden Retriever's IQ ranks fourth among dogs, so it must have spirituality that other dogs can't match. Now, considering that Diandian suddenly came to my house in the middle of the night yesterday, I have such a guess.
I have said before that Diandian is a valuable dog breed. Although it was very dirty and looked like a stray dog when I first saw it, if you look closely, you will find that Diandian's golden hair is very smooth. The hair of a stray dog is usually messy because no one takes care of it. So I conclude that Diandian is not a stray dog, but at most a lost dog.
Why did Diandian find my home in the middle of the night? I have always been confused about this question, until just now when I saw Diandian pounce on the dead body's flesh as a specimen, I suddenly had an idea, and this somewhat unrealistic inference came to my mind: maybe Diandian was able to find my home in the middle of the night because it smelled the scent of its former owner on me!
Although this idea is a bit disgusting, it is also true. A dog's sense of smell is more than 1,200 times stronger than that of a human. They can even smell odors that cannot be captured by current high-tech precision instruments. Even if the meat of its owner has been cooked, I think it can still smell some of the owner's scent before his death, so it appeared in my house after I accidentally ate human flesh.
If this is true, then there is a clue to the identity of the deceased. As long as we find the origin of the dog, we can find out the identity of the deceased!
After listening to my analysis, Officer Yang and Zhang Qishan looked at me like I was crazy. Officer Yang said with disdain, "It's not as mysterious as you say. It feels like you are telling a science fiction story."
I shook my head helplessly. I didn't expect them to understand me in the first place. I said, "This is just my speculation. Although I'm not sure whether it's possible, it can at least provide us with a goal and a direction. Besides, even if my speculation is wrong, finding the owner of Diandian and sending it back would be a great deed, don't you think?"
Zhang Qishan agreed with my opinion, while Officer Yang looked disappointed. He shook his head and sighed, "Since you think this kind of clue can be investigated, then you should take responsibility. Anyway, there are no clues now. You can make trouble if you want. I will notify you when Xiao Zhang comes back from Yinchuan or the identity of the deceased is found out."
Zhang Qishan and I said goodbye to Officer Yang, and then we walked out of the police station with Diandian. After having lunch outside, we walked towards my home.
"Aren't you going to investigate who Diandian's owner is? Why are you going home again?" Zhang Qishan asked immediately when she saw that I was taking the wrong route.
I looked at him with disdain and said, "Let me ask you, where was Diandian found?"
"Your home."
"That's it. My home is not far from the noodle shop, so Diandian must have smelled my scent on the way home and followed me here. In that case, it must have been wandering around here all the time. It can also be said that Diandian's owner lives nearby!"
Zhang Qishan was a little unconvinced and said, "Logically speaking, I also ate that...that thing, and you also sent me home before, so why couldn't it be near my house?"
I rolled my eyes at Zhang Qishan and said, "You said it yourself, you've eaten human flesh, too. The fact that it followed me instead of you, doesn't that prove something? Judging from the color of Diandian's fur, I think it must be very expensive. Few ordinary people would spend so much money to buy it. I think those who can afford to buy Diandian to raise should live in high-end residential areas. There is only one high-end residential area here, and it's right behind ours. Why don't we go there and ask and find out?"
My remarks left Zhang Qishan speechless, but she did not continue arguing with me. She took Diandian out to play and walked with me towards the high-end residential area.
Soon, we arrived at this residential area. Standing at the gate of the community, looking at the high-end cars coming and going, as well as the green environment and rockery fountains inside the community, I suddenly felt a little envious and jealous. I thought to myself, when will I be able to live in a house in such a community, so that my life will not be in vain.
Zhang Qishan didn't care much about this community. He just took Diandian to the guard post and asked the old man there if he knew Diandian.
But before Zhang Qishan could say anything, Diandian ran to the old man, wagging its tail, and kept circling around him, as if it was very familiar with him!
"Oh, it's Xiao Jin. I haven't seen you for a long time. You've grown up again, haha."
The old man also liked Diandian very much. He immediately squatted down and stroked Diandian's fur. Zhang Qishan and I looked at each other and thought that we had found the right place. It turned out that Diandian's real name was Xiaojin.
"Sir, do you know this dog?"
The old man looked up at me, and seemed to find that I was not the owner of Diandian. The smile on his face immediately disappeared, and he asked, "Who are you? Why is Xiao Jin in your hands?"
"It's like this, this dog ran into my house last night. I thought it was lost, so I took it to find its owner. Uncle, do you know who its owner is?" I immediately dispelled the uncle's vigilance with a harmless smile on my face.
The old man relaxed his guard a little and said, "So that's how it is. I was wondering why I hadn't seen Xiao Jin for several days. It turns out that he got lost. Xiao Jin is a pet of a little girl on the third floor of the building in front. He is very obedient. We security guards like him very much. I will take you to find the little girl and return Xiao Jin to her. The little girl likes Xiao Jin very much. I guess she must be very sad these days because Xiao Jin got lost."
When I heard the old man say that Diandian, or Xiaojin's owner, was a girl, I suddenly felt that my guess seemed to be completely correct, because Officer Yang told me that the forensic identification of the piece of human flesh showed that it was a female!
Zhang Qishan also understood this, so we immediately followed the old man and walked towards the building in front. But just when we were about to reach the front of the building, the originally well-behaved Diandian suddenly started barking wildly behind me and kept rushing forward, as if trying to break free from the rope in my hand.
I immediately turned my head to look in the direction where Xiao Jin was screaming, and saw a figure walking towards a bend in the distance. I only saw a blurry back, and the person turned the corner and disappeared from my sight.
Although I didn't see the man's face clearly, and his back was only a fleeting sight, I felt that I seemed to have seen this back somewhere before. But I couldn't remember where I had seen it.
I wanted to chase after him to see what was happening, but Diandian became well-behaved again, and the man had probably left long ago, so we didn't waste any time and continued walking towards the home of Diandian's former owner.
When we arrived at the third floor, the old man began to knock on the door gently, but after knocking for a long time, there was still no movement from inside.
I took a closer look at the security door of this house and found two or three promotional flyers stuffed in the crack of the door. I took them out and looked at the dates. The earliest flyer was distributed three days ago, which means that no one has been to this house for at least three days.
At this time, the person next door seemed to be startled by our knocking. The door behind us slowly opened and a middle-aged woman with heavy makeup came out. When she saw the old security guard, she asked, "What's wrong?"
"Oh, that's right. These two young men found Xiao Jin and said they wanted to send her back, but the little girl doesn't seem to be at home." The old man patiently explained to the middle-aged woman.
For some reason, when Diandian saw the middle-aged woman, she seemed very scared. She tucked her tail between her legs and hid behind me. The middle-aged woman looked at Diandian with disgust and said, "It turned out to be this little beast. I have seen it several times in the past few days. It always squatted at the door. The little girl seemed to have not come back for a long time. I hate this kind of little beast the most. Who said that dogs can be kept in this community?"
It was obvious now that this middle-aged woman must have treated Diandian badly, so Diandian was afraid of her. When Zhang Qishan heard the middle-aged woman say this, she was immediately angry and wanted to argue with her, but I held her back and stared at the locked door of Diandian's previous owner with a serious face, and said, "Now it seems that the matter is obvious. Notify Officer Yang and pry the door open!"