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Chapter 81 Cat Traders

Sun Zhengdong naturally wouldn't ignore Chen Rang's assessment.

In addition, since the investigation into the mastermind behind the scenes had indeed reached a bottleneck, Sun Zhengdong made a decisive move and immediately went to the cat owner named Wang Deliang.

However, Wang Deliang denied his purpose for visiting without hesitation. He stated that he bought both cats from a reputable cattery, but he had lost the receipts and the shop seemed to have closed down, that was all.

Such words would not fool even ordinary people, let alone the police.

However, as long as Wang Deliang insisted on denying it, Sun Zhengdong really couldn't do anything about it. He didn't have any evidence that Wang Deliang was involved with criminals, and there was no criminal record under his name, making it difficult to take coercive measures against him.

Sun Zhengdong tried to persuade Wang Deliang earnestly, emphasizing the seriousness of the criminal case and the potential consequences of getting involved with that group. However, Wang Deliang was perhaps stubborn, perhaps already involved and unable to extricate himself, or perhaps simply unwilling to part with the three thousand yuan he could have earned by selling the cat to Song Qiao. He continued to shake his head, claiming he knew nothing, and only shouted things like, "If you're sure I'm guilty, then arrest me."

With Wang Deliang's wife crying and making veiled accusations beside him, Sun Zhengdong and the police officers who came with him were in a rather awkward position.

But thinking about it, the case was more important, so Sun Zhengdong made a phone call to Chen Rang.

"Okay! I'll be right there!"

After listening to the whole story briefly, Chen Rang agreed to Sun Zhengdong's request without hesitation.

He apologized to the young woman in front of him who was asking him about dog-related precautions and saying, "I'll come here to get my dog ​​vaccinated from now on." He then explained the caller's identity, politely asked her to leave, and hurriedly closed the door and left.

The man named Wang Deliang lived not far from Chaiwan Community. Chen Rang hailed a taxi and drove there, which only took two turns around the neighborhood and the meter only went up twice.

If this person and that chinchilla are indeed connected to the cat cafe criminal gang, then Chen Rang has to admire their audacity. They didn't even run far after swindling money; instead, they sold the cats nearby to make another profit—their attitude is truly arrogant.

"Comrade Chen Rang, come and take a look! Can you help me confirm if this cat is the same one in the photo?"

Sun Zhengdong took Chen Rang upstairs and took out an enlarged photo from a folder. He handed the photo to Chen Rang, indicating that only if Chen Rang made a professional judgment could he take Wang Deliang and the chinchilla away on charges of involvement in the case.

As for whether Chen Rang is qualified to make this judgment?

In terms of his identity, he is a professional veterinarian with a nationally recognized veterinary practice license. Regarding his relationship with the police, he is Li Shiwei's rumored boyfriend, has frequent contact with the police, and is trusted by them.

"Is he a policeman? Does that mean whatever he says goes? Officer, you're not just going to find some random person to forge a testimony and try to extort my cat, are you?"

Wang Deliang glared at Chen Rang and blocked the two from entering the house.

"We are the people's police, how could we do such a thing? Besides, Comrade Chen Rang is an animal expert, and his testimony can be used as evidence even in court! So please understand the seriousness of the situation, okay? If you continue to obstruct our police work, not only this cat, but you yourself will have to come with us! I have to suspect that you are colluding with criminals to help them obstruct the investigation!"

Sun Zhengdong was completely impatient. If kind words didn't work, he wouldn't hesitate to resort to violence.

The police officers who came with him took the handcuffs out from behind their waists.

"..."

Wang Deliang immediately chickened out.

He hesitated for a moment, unsure how to respond, and could only obediently step aside to let Chen Rang and the other two in.

Chen Rang successfully reached the cat cage.

He saw Uncle Song sitting next to him drinking tea, and Uncle Song even rolled his eyes at him. He mainly didn't expect that a single phone call would get him involved in a criminal case and force him to stay here, which was truly unlucky.

"Uncle Song, isn't this better than spending money to buy the cat and then ending up losing both the cat and your money?"

Chen Rang quickly offered some words of comfort to Uncle Song.

Uncle Song thought about it and realized it made sense, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. You see, that bastard Wang wasn't cheap; this Chinchilla he'd chosen would cost three or four thousand yuan!

This made him realize how lucky he was to have called Chen Rang; otherwise, he might have really suffered this loss for nothing.

He took out his phone and started chatting in some unknown group.

Chen Rang didn't say much to Song Bo, but quickly went to the cat cage. This close-up observation was much clearer than the video. In just one minute, Chen Rang successfully determined that this Chinchilla was the same one in the WeChat photo.

To his even greater surprise, the cat seemed to recognize him. Despite having only met him twice as a kitten, this chinchilla remembered him and stood in its cage meowing at him.

Chen Rang turned around and nodded to Sun Zhengdong.

Sun Zhengdong was immediately overjoyed. He hadn't expected that when he was completely lacking clues, he would actually find a way out of the predicament.

He quickly reported the news to his department.

Meanwhile, Chen Rang, after observing the Chinchilla and the Golden Shaded cat next to it, suddenly discovered something unusual about the two cat cages.

As we all know, cats are creatures that shed a lot of fur.

Moreover, their shed hairs always seem to be alive, managing to slip into any unexpected nook or cranny, or even the gaps in the wire mesh.

Chen Rang found cat hairs of different colors and even lengths than those of Chinchillas and Golden Shaded cats on the wire clips inside the two cat cages and on the plastic floor. In other words, these two cat cages had previously housed other breeds of cats, and more than one at that.

Furthermore, if it is a privately owned pet, it is already quite strange to keep the cat in a cage, not to mention that the requirements for cleaning and hygiene of the cat cage seem to be too low.

Continuing to examine the details of the cat cage's plastic parts, and connecting this to Wang Deliang's act of selling the cat to others, Chen Rang immediately had a guess in his mind.

He pulled Sun Zhengdong aside.

"You mean, this Wang Deliang is a cat trafficker?"

Sun Zhengdong frowned slightly. He had previously conducted a simple inspection of Wang Deliang's home and had not found much related to raising or trading cats.

"So this anomaly only indicates one thing: Wang Deliang must have another cattery elsewhere, or rather, a backyard breeding facility. You see, this house doesn't even have a litter box, which doesn't meet the consumption needs of raising two cats."

After listening to Sun Zhengdong's words, Chen Rang became even more convinced that Wang Deliang definitely had another hideout. As a cat owner, he knew all too well how enormous the daily consumption of cat litter was. Most households kept at least a box or two on hand, and by the time they ran out, it might be too late to buy more or order online. And without cat litter, the body odor of a cat was truly terrifying; a real cat owner would never want their home filled with that smell.

Wang Deliang's house only had half a bag of cat food, and not a single bag of cat litter was left, which was obviously very strange.

"I see."

Sun Zhengdong quickly understood Chen Rang's meaning. Based on Chen Rang's words, he concluded that Wang Deliang did indeed have a problem.

Proving the truth or falsehood of Chen Rang's words is quite simple.

"Unlock your phone and hand it to me. I need to check some things, but don't worry, I won't violate your privacy."

Sun Zhengdong directly asked Wang Deliang for his cell phone.

His attitude was so firm that Wang Deliang didn't dare to refuse. He only expressed his unwillingness to let outsiders see his chat history by turning off WeChat, while Sun Zhengdong, at Chen Rang's suggestion, directly opened Taobao.

If Wang Deliang's online shopping records don't include cat food or cat litter, then something is definitely fishy.

If his online shopping app has a lot of cat food and cat litter, that further proves that there is something wrong with him.

As a cat owner, Chen Rang believed that he could determine whether Wang Deliang was a cat owner or a backyard breeder simply by looking at these records.

Soon, Sun Zhengdong found some purchase records of cat products on Wang Deliang's Taobao store.

They have cat food and cat litter, but the prices aren't cheap.

This seems to indicate that...

"Heh... There really is something fishy going on!"

However, Chen Rang and Sun Zhengdong exchanged a glance, and instead of being disappointed, they both laughed. The inconsistencies in Wang Deliang's online shopping records were indeed significant.