194 Mission Accepted (1/2)
Chapter 194: Mission Accepted
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
When facing a stranger, a normal person would typically be wary. However, they had a different feeling towards small animals, especially cute little kittens and puppies. People loved them, approached them and fed them – in fact, it could be dangerous because not all pets were nice. Therefore, one should pay special attention when approaching a strange cat or dog. Kids should never do that on their own.
If someone could train a cat to steal, he could also train it to conduct other crimes.
Captain Sheng said, ”When the police arrived, we got the surveillance video. When everybody realized that it was the cat, it had already left through the stairs.”
”So, Liu Miao had to suck up the loss?”
”That is not accurate,” Captain Sheng pointed out, ”We set up a file and are trying to find the suspect and his watch. That's why I am here to ask a favor from you.”
Zhang Zian laughed, ”Okay. My bad.”
”In fact, when the police were there, they didn't realize it was that serious. They thought the cat might have thought the shiny watch was pretty so it took the watch. We missed the best chance to use a police dog.”
Zhang Zian thought to himself that the thief cat had to be related to Fina.
”Many days later, I overheard some co-workers' conversations and learned about this case,” Captain Sheng continued, ”I don't think this is a simple case, so I counted the stealing cases we received in recent months. How many cases do you guess we got?”
”That's a difficult guess,” Zhang Zian was honest.
”There are 13 cases where the camera caught the cat stealing. Counting all the cases without surveillance records, there were almost 100 cases. I am not saying that the cat did them all, but it is certainly possible.”
Captain Sheng simply described the situation and it looked like those cases had been giving him a big headache. ”If it was a person who conducted those crimes, we'd have a way to find him. However, it was a cat… Honestly, we can't do anything about it. The way we track people does not work on cats. These cases have been a big influence on the police image. They weren't serious crimes, but the fact that people think we can do nothing…”
”So, you are hoping I could help resolve these cases?” Zhang Zian re-confirmed.
”Mr. Zhang, don't be overly humble. If you agree, we will send a crew to assist you in this cat. You are the cat trainer, we aren't,” Captain Sheng said politely.
”Well… I see,” Zhang Zian pretended to think, but in fact he was looking at Old Time Tea.
Old Time Tea slightly nodded its head and immediately slightly shook its head.
He guessed that Old Time Tea meant he should accept the case, but he should not make any promises.
”Okay. I can give it a try. Please give me some time for preparation,” Zhang Zian said.
”That's great!” Captain Sheng was happy to get his help. He stood up and reached his hand out for a handshake, ”I am glad you accepted our invitation. I've got to go. Come see me in the police station anytime you are ready and we can work out some details.”
Zhang Zian shook his hand and saw him off at the door.
As soon as Captain Sheng left, Zhang Zian lowered the curtain door and said, ”Grandpa Tea, you may come out.”
Old Time Tea became visible.
”What do you think?” he asked.
Old Time Tea thought for a second. ”Let's discuss this with the team.”