Chapter 679: Chapter 252 - Pleading Injustice for the Dog, Request for Spread!_4

However...

Amidst the clamor of denunciations, there were still a few people who were thinking rationally.

Someone spoke up with a reminder, "Let me be fair. The fear experienced by people who are afraid of dogs is beyond what others can imagine. Although the person killed the dog, is it necessary to condemn them so harshly? It’s just a dog."

After this message appeared, the group fell into a brief silence.

But after ten seconds, a torrent of messages flooded in, completely submerging the speaker.

"What do you mean ’just a dog’? Isn’t a dog’s life still a life? Does the dog deserve to die for nothing?"

"It’s infuriating! That statement is driving me over the edge."

"I thought our group was full of compassionate people, but to think a cold-blooded animal has snuck in among us!"

"Dogs are so adorable. Even if one runs towards you, can’t you just dodge?"

"Exactly! Even if he’s too old to outrun the dog, couldn’t he have stopped after hitting it once? Was there any need to beat it to death? In my opinion, it was intentional harm. I’m going to accuse him of premeditated murder!!"

...

The one who had spoken out... was instantly blasted away. Not even scraps were left.

The group owner immediately kicked out the person who had said, "It’s just a dog."

Meanwhile, many who were rational, and whose values did not align with these "dog-loving fanatics," quietly left the group.

They did not respond to Cheng Chuxiao’s request.

Cheng Chuxiao, seeing the support in various groups, was ecstatic.

She went through each group, thanking everyone for their help and for sharing the message.

She had joined major pet groups, each with two thousand members.

Aside from the hypocrites who had left... most were compassionate, dog-loving people, all expressing that they had a moral obligation to help out in any way they could.

She did the math, adding up the numbers from several groups.

Roughly six thousand people could help spread the word.

One tells ten, ten tell a hundred.

She believed that the old man would surely face public denunciation and condemnation, and would apologize to Binbin in public!

There really are more good people in the world than bad, Cheng Chuxiao sincerely marveled to herself, lying on the sofa in her villa.

In the chilly villa, she felt a strong sense of warmth.

Once it was all over... she was going to properly thank these enthusiastic group members.

「The next day.」

In Zizhou, within a high-end residential area, Qing Lan got up and returned from her morning run.

After breakfast, she leaned on the sofa, playing with her phone, planning to invite Qin Mu for a few rounds of mobile gaming.

But she was coldly rejected by Qin Mu, who made the excuse of being "busy as a dog."

She pouted. If you don’t want to play with me, just say it, she thought. No need for this kind of excuse.

The excuse Qin Mu had found... was simply too lame. She had previously visited the nursing home and seen firsthand just how leisurely Qin Mu’s job was. It was rare for him to have any actual work; he spent most days slacking off. But now he was telling her that he’d been ’busy as a dog’ these past few days. Clearly, he just thought she was bad at games and didn’t want to play with her.

Eh? The dog is dead?

Out of boredom, she took out her phone and scrolled through her social media feed.

Suddenly, she came across a highly viral long post on a public account, shared by many people.

Titled: "Seeking justice for my beloved pet! My dog, who was my companion in life, was beaten to death, and the killer remains at large, utterly heartless!"

Seeing such an explosive and exciting title, she couldn’t resist her curiosity and subconsciously clicked on it.

The article’s content started off plain, telling the story of their encounter with the dog, including many photos of the dog as a puppy.

Looking at these photos, she made an objective assessment: It really is quite adorable.

The dog looked very appealing; it was obviously of considerable value.

The latter part of the article... told of the appalling treatment the dog had received, being beaten to death by an elderly resident of a nursing home.

The perpetrator even refused to compensate, insisting that the dog got what it deserved.