"I’ll handle the investigation about his school." Zhou Li said.

"Okay, once we finish eating, we’ll contact Mao Hai Long and see what his situation is."

"Alright, let’s eat first."

Although Zhou Li said she wanted to look into Mao Hai Long’s academic credentials, Lin Yi felt it would waste a lot of time.

If he handed this over to Xiao Bing, the whole thing could be checked out in a single day, and the efficiency would be much higher.

When they were almost done eating, Zhou Li wiped her mouth and took out her phone.

"Qingqing, give me Mao Hai Long’s number."

"Okay, okay."

Xu Qingqing took out her notebook, tore out the page with the number and handed it to Zhou Li. Zhou Li dialed Mao Hai Long and turned on the speaker.

"Hello, is this Mr. Mao Hai Long?"

"Speaking, what is it."

While he was talking, there were still people shouting and yelling on Mao Hai Long’s end. He was probably outdoors, with quite a few people around.

"Hello, I’m Zhou Li, a Journalist from the TV station. I’m calling because we’d like to interview you about the dispute between you and Pan Yongbing. I wanted to ask, when would you have time?"

"No time, I’m busy right now."

Without giving Zhou Li a chance to say anything more, Mao Hai Long hung up straight away.

The few of them exchanged glances; Mao Hai Long’s reaction was beyond what they had expected.

"Looks like he’s deliberately avoiding us, doesn’t want to meet us."

"I think he might be feeling guilty." Xu Qingqing picked up the thread:

"He knows what he’s really capable of. If he has to face us and we report the whole thing, he’ll be exposed."

"The monk can run but the temple can’t. Finding him will still be easy." Lin Yi said:

"Call Pan Yongbing. He definitely has his own store nearby, maybe right in town. Ask where it is and we’ll know."

"True."

Zhou Li held her phone and dialed Pan Yongbing.

"Hello, this is Zhou Li from the TV station."

"Hello, comrade Journalist." Pan Yongbing said enthusiastically.

"We just tried to reach Mao Hai Long. He doesn’t want to meet us. He should have his own store in town, right? Do you know where it is?"

"I do. There’s a shop in town called Da Long Veterinary Medicine Speciality Store, that’s his." Pan Yongbing said:

"Don’t worry, I’ll ask around too. We’ll be able to find him."

"Okay, I’ll trouble you then."

After hanging up, Zhou Li looked at the others. "Let’s speed up, finish eating and go check out his store."

The others nodded and sped up, finishing the rice in their bowls in just a few minutes.

When paying, Lin Yi asked the boss about Mao Hai Long’s store and easily got the address.

It was just across one street, less than five minutes away.

The shop’s signboard was brand-new, probably just put up not long ago.

"Brother Jun, you guys wait outside for a bit. I’ll go in with Sister Li and check things out."

"Alright."

Lin Yi left all the equipment in the car, went in with Zhou Li, and turned on the voice recorder on his phone at the same time.

With a creak the door opened. The shop was dimly lit. The floor was concrete. Two sides were lined with glass counters, the tops covered in black grime, and inside, only a few boxes of medicine were scattered about. At first glance, it was hard to connect this place with an Animal Pharmacy.

There was a woman in the store, dressed fairly decently.

When she saw the two walk in, she stood up warmly, but the look in her eyes was full of scrutiny.

Because the way the two of them were dressed, they didn’t look like people from the town at all, more like they’d come from the city. But she still habitually asked:

"What do you want to buy?"

"Are you the boss?"

Lin Yi glanced toward the inside of the counter and casually asked.

"I’m not. Are you looking for him?"

Lin Yi didn’t answer directly, instead he asked:

"Do you have Chloroprostaglandin here?"

"Yeah, that’s what you use for inducing labor. How much do you need?"

The woman went back behind the counter, ready to get the medicine for Lin Yi.

"This stuff has already been explicitly banned by the state. How come you’re still selling it?"

As soon as he finished, the woman’s expression suddenly changed. These definitely weren’t ordinary people. She immediately stood up and kept a certain distance from the two of them.

"What do you do?"

"That’s not important. Do you know where Mao Hai Long is? We need to talk to him about something."

"I don’t know where he went either." The woman said reluctantly, her expression clearly showing she wanted to keep them a thousand miles away.

"But Chloroprostaglandin has already been explicitly banned. You know that, right?"

"I’m just someone who sells goods. I don’t know anything."

Lin Yi smiled. "Alright, carry on with your work then."

Lin Yi gave Zhou Li a look, and the two walked out.

"Seems like regulation still isn’t in place." Zhou Li said.

"In little places like this, this kind of thing is normal. Other places are definitely the same. Right now the task is to find Mao Hai Long." Lin Yi said.

Ring ring ring——

Just then, Zhou Li’s phone rang.

It was a call from Pan Yongbing.

"Comrade Journalist, Mao Hai Long is in Yongyuan Village. If you go over and ask around, you’ll be able to find him."

"Okay, got it."

Zhou Li hung up, and at the same time Lin Yi started the car and used his phone’s navigation to locate Yongyuan Village, about 6.8 kilometers away.

The distance wasn’t far, and the road conditions were decent. They got there in less than twenty minutes.

The situation in Permanent Village was about the same as in Siling Village. Every household lived off raising cattle, and the surrounding villages were all like that.

So a veterinarian here was an indispensable job completion rate.

As soon as they reached the village entrance, they saw a few old women muttering to each other. Their expressions and mannerisms were better than a trained actor’s.

From the way they talked, it sounded like there wasn’t a single decent person among all the old women in the village.

"Auntie, I want to ask you about someone."

"Who are you asking about?"

"Mao Hai Long, he’s a vet. The cattle raisers in the village go to him when their cows are sick, right?"

"Oh, him."

The old woman’s face showed a sudden look of realization, as if everything was in her grasp.

"He’s at the Zhang family’s place. You walk straight ahead; there’s a black car parked at the gate, that’s their house."

Lin Yi looked ahead. He did see a black SUV, so he pointed.

"You mean that car?"

"Yes, that one."

"Thank you, old woman."

Lin Yi got in the car and drove toward the black SUV. The straight-line distance was less than a hundred meters, and one press on the gas pedal got them there.

Sitting in the car, they could hear cows bellowing and villagers talking.

It seemed there was some problem with a calving.

"Come on, let’s go take a look." Zhou Li spoke first:

"If we’re late, this family’s cow might end up getting killed by him too."

"Let’s go."

Everyone got out of the car one after another and walked toward the big courtyard.

At that moment, the villagers also stopped what they were doing and turned to look at Lin Yi and the others.

Seeing the camera and the microphone, they could guess what these people were.

Their faces were full of confusion.