The man’s expression grew solemn.
He wanted to say that making a false police report was illegal.
However, through the phone camera, when his gaze met Ruan Xingyao’s clear and bright eyes, a voice suddenly and inexplicably echoed in his mind: Trust her!
After all, even if this turned out to be a prank, that man was someone who abused cats — he deserved punishment anyway!
And if it was real, then all the more reason — they would have caught a murderer and removed a dangerous presence from their community.
That was something he ought to do!
Having thought it through, the man nodded toward Ruan Xingyao and said, “Got it. I’ll take care of it right now!”
He handed the phone back to his daughter, bent down to give Danhuangbao’s big head a pat, and said, “Protect big sister, okay?”
After getting Danhuangbao’s response, the man walked out of the crowd alone, found a spot where he was sure no one could hear him, and made a call to the police.
While the man was away, Ruan Xingyao pieced together the exact location from the chatter of a few little birds, then sent a private message to the little girl, asking her to forward it to her father.
This time, the other pet owners present swarmed around “Mooncakes Should Only Have Lotus Seed Paste and Salted Egg Yolk,” speaking over each other with questions.
“What’s going on? What actually happened? Why can’t we know?”
“Exactly! We all want to help find Dahua. Keeping it from us like this isn’t right!”
“Yeah, unless this streamer gave you some sort of benefit to deliberately cause panic and scare us!”
Just look at how their pets were reacting — some were baring their teeth nonstop, and a few timid ones had even been scared into peeing themselves.
Mooncakes Should Only Have Lotus Seed Paste and Salted Egg Yolk had never been in such a situation before.
She gripped the phone tightly in one hand and held Danhuangbao’s leash in the other, her small face turning pale again and again.
But even under the pressure of so many uncles, aunties, brothers, and sisters questioning her, she stubbornly refused to reveal the contents of the private message.
One hot-tempered person even tried to snatch the phone from the little girl’s hand, but luckily Danhuangbao stood in front of her.
When the person came closer, Danhuangbao used his big head to push them back two steps.
The livestream chat was also completely baffled.
[Who even understands this?! What on earth is going on! I’m going crazy here! If I don’t get to the bottom of this gossip tonight, I’m going to lose sleep for sure!]
[Exactly! Exactly! Stop keeping us in suspense, streamer! What’s the point of this? You just want to trick us into sending gifts, right? Fine, I’ll send them!]
[Three bucks for the streamer! I’m buying this gossip!]
[I’ll send three too! Hurry up and spill it!]
[Tsk, look at you all being so stingy! I’ll give five! If you don’t say it now, streamer, I’ll climb through your window at midnight!]
More and more three-yuan and five-yuan gift notifications were popping up, but at the moment, Ruan Xingyao had no mood to care about them.
She cleared her throat and spoke to the people on the other side of the call:
“Everyone, please don’t make things hard for the young lady. Listen to me — for the sake of your pets, please take them home right now. As for the reason, you can come to my livestream later, and I’ll explain everything clearly.”
After a moment of hesitation, Ruan Xingyao decided to add a stronger warning:
“If you don’t want your pets to get sick, it’s best to take my advice.”
Hearing this, many people became even more dissatisfied.
They couldn’t get close enough to appear on camera, but their voices came through loud and clear.
“Streamer, what’s your problem? Why are you cursing our babies? Don’t you have any manners?”
“Yeah! We all came here out of kindness to help, and you curse our babies like this? That’s just too immoral!”
“And you still call yourself a streamer? Scamming people out of dirty money like this — aren’t you afraid of karma?”
“Kindness taken for donkey liver and lungs! Hmph! Forget it, I’m not helping anymore!”
The scolding voices poured in one after another.
But it was obvious that some pet owners were still afraid Ruan Xingyao’s words might come true, and their pets really would get sick.
So, more and more people began leading or carrying their pets away.
Million was also tugging hard at his owner, howling nonstop.
[Mom! Let’s go home! This dog wants to go home!]
Even Xiaomi flew onto her owner’s shoulder, pressing her head tightly against her owner’s neck, trembling all over.
Million pulled hard on his leash until only she and the “Mooncakes Should Only Have Lotus Seed Paste and Salted Egg Yolk” person were left.
Then she turned to Ruan Xingyao and asked:
“Streamer, something really serious happened, didn’t it?”
Ruan Xingyao didn’t answer directly.
Instead, she said:
“Million’s owner, thank you for letting Million and Xiaomi help today. Now, you can take them home first.”
Million’s owner seemed to hesitate for a few seconds, but finally said firmly:
“I’ll wait until this little sister’s father comes back before I take them home.”
Ruan Xingyao smiled warmly at this kind act.
“Thank you.”
Soon, the man finally finished the call to the police, wiping the sweat from his forehead as he quickly ran back to his daughter’s side.
Only heaven knew how difficult that call had been.
When he told the police that a livestreamer who could understand animals was the one who told him to report the case, he could almost feel the handcuffs being placed on him through the phone.
As absurd as it sounded, it was the truth.
Taking the phone from his daughter, he said to Ruan Xingyao, “Streamer, I’ve explained everything to them as you said. They said they’ll send you a private message.”
Ruan Xingyao replied, “Thank you, you’ve worked hard. Now take this little sister and Danhuangbao home.”
The owner of Million took Million and Xiaomi home, while the man took his daughter and Egg Yolk Bun back as well.
Only after the father and daughter, along with Danhuangbao, entered their home did Ruan Xingyao say, “Alright, that’s the end of the streaming. Goodbye.”
With that, she ended the stream without a shred of reluctance.
This, unsurprisingly, sparked a wave of outrage among the livestream viewers.
[Alright, alright, alright! So this is how you play us, huh? You said you’d catch the cat abuser, and this is it? You’re taking us for idiots, aren’t you!]
[I actually thought the streamer had real skills, that she could really communicate with animals! You’ve completely betrayed my trust!]
[Oh, that’s how you want to play? Streamer, I’ll make sure you pay the price!]
[Hahahaha! I told you only fools would believe the nonsense this scammer spouts! Some people just have to fall for it! Look at you now, dumbfounded!]
[Scammer! Refund!]
[Refund!]
[Refund!]
[Refund!]
Ruan Xingyao wasn’t paying attention to the noisy barrage of comments just yet—she was reading a private message.
Lucheng Police Department had already contacted her.
Even though it was through text, she could feel the skepticism in their words.
Clearly, in the eyes of the police, she wasn’t a concerned citizen who reported a case after hearing from animals, but a criminal who staged an elaborate hoax to mess with law enforcement.
— The end of the Chapter–
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