Chapter 1435: Good! Very Good!! Very, Very Good!!!

Seeing the Broken-Waist Wolf poke its furry big head out from the first-floor bathroom and flash her an especially brilliant smile, the half of Xia Qing's heart that had been suspended snapped with a "crack."

No need to ask—that shameless wolf had definitely done something bad, which was why it was wearing that guilty expression!

Her companions were all still alive, the first-floor bathroom door and walls were still standing, the house wasn't on fire…

On the surface there didn't seem to be any major problems. Xia Qing didn't have time to carefully check what this one had done, and asked the head wolf, who had dragged the big fellow onto the pile of straw mats, "My lord, whose turn is it for the medicinal bath next?"

After a few seconds of silently locking eyes with the head wolf, Xia Qing understood.

After the wolves the head wolf had brought over for medicinal baths were all lying in the living room, she hadn't even woken up yet, and even the big fellow who'd been called over to stand guard had gotten a turn in the medicinal bath—of course it was the head wolf's turn next.

"It's my lord's turn! For the sake of her companions' safety, my lord has maintained combat readiness without taking a medicinal bath. She is the wolf queen standing at the top of Blue Star's pyramid, the pride of every evolved wolf on Blue Star. This winter has become warm because of my lord's existence. My combat ability has recovered to fifty percent, and I can carry out missions. I'll put on my clothes and come down to protect our companions. Daigua, go put the wooden stocks on my lord; Broken-Waist, add water and pour in the medicine. After you, my lord!"

The head wolf quietly listened to Xia Qing finish speaking, then walked toward the bathroom.

Xia Qing wrapped herself tightly in her blanket and put on her slippers. Passing by the fireplace, she used her foot to push the Handsome Giant Wolf's wet hind legs onto the straw mat, and headed for the stairs.

Seeing the half of a muddy boot print left by human protective boots on the stairs, and the plum-blossom-shaped muddy paw prints, Xia Qing paused for two seconds before stepping up, going to the bathroom to get the clothes she'd left on the shelf before her medicinal bath.

Pushing open the bathroom door and turning on the light, Xia Qing glanced at the two especially clear protective-boot prints on the bathroom floor, toes pointing outward, picked up her clothes, returned to the bedroom and quickly put them on, then put on her low-light night-vision goggles, pulled back the blackout and cold-blocking curtains, wiped a patch clean on the thick window frost, and looked outside.

In one glance, she saw Yang Jin standing by the Number Two Shed at the North Buffer Forest.

Xia Qing knew perfectly well why Yang Jin was standing at that spot. Only from there could he clearly see the condition of the two evolved wolves standing guard on the roof of the rack-building warehouse to the east of her small building, and then judge the situation inside the small building based on the wolves' condition, and react quickly.

How long had Yang Jin been standing there?

Xia Qing took out her phone and began typing: I'm awake, starting the defense mission now. Captain Yang can go back to the meeting room to rest…

After typing this far, Xia Qing paused for two seconds, then typed in two more characters before pressing send, put her phone in her pocket, and hurried downstairs.

After returning downstairs, Xia Qing didn't go straight to the bathroom. First she moved the little wolves by the fireplace and the snoring Sheep Boss onto the tatami, then moved Wolf Lao Er, the Handsome Giant Wolf, the big fellow, and Three Cubs in front of the fireplace, added a few more dry logs to the fire, and only then handed the three absorbent towels she'd brought down to the little monkey whose face was full of disappointment.

"Daigua didn't complete the first mission successfully. That's not your problem—it's that I arranged a mission that was too difficult. I'm now giving Daigua another mission. If Daigua can complete it, you'll still get that jar of green-light honey…"

"Eek!!!!"

Before Xia Qing could even state the content of the mission, Daigua's face lit up, and he loudly declared his readiness.

Xia Qing pointed at the four evolved wolves in front of the fireplace and issued the mission. "Third mission: Daigua works with me to dry these four with the absorbent towels. Can you do it?"

"Eek!!!!"

"Very good! Daigua truly is the most capable monkey employee in our territory! If the towels get wet and we still haven't finished drying them, we'll use the hair dryer to blow them dry."

"Eek!!!!"

Daigua, clutching the towels, sprang to the front of the fireplace and quickly dried Wolf Lao Er's fur. On the sofa, only Does Ergua remained, one big white leg stuck up in the air, face blank with shock.

Little Flying Hair? Had long since burrowed into Xia Qing's pocket.

Xia Qing stuffed Does Ergua back into the tree nest, first put away her own bedding and pillow, and only then went to the bathroom to see what Broken-Waist Wolf had done.

She hadn't expected that the moment she pushed open the bathroom door, her anger would max out.

Good! Very good!!

So that was why she hadn't been able to find her bedsheet earlier—it had been stuck, bulging and lumpy, all over the bathroom mirror. The small mirror with the pink border that she'd kept in the first-floor living room drawer, which she hadn't yet had the chance to sell to Broken-Waist Wolf, had been crookedly pasted onto the bulging bedsheet.

And that wasn't all—this rascal had also poked a hole in the section of bedsheet hanging down and pulled the faucet through it!

Did this thing think it had some kind of artistic talent?

Good! Very good!! Very, very good!!!

In the mirror, Xia Qing, sporting a bird's-nest hairdo, revealed a murderous smile, glanced back at the bathtub where not a single wolf head was to be seen, opened the cabinet, took out the hair dryer, and left the bathroom.

Hearing Xia Qing leave, Broken-Waist Wolf, who had been hiding in the bathtub, poked out its wet big head, looked at the closed door, admired its own masterpiece for a few more seconds, then tremblingly shrank back to continue soaking in the medicinal bath.

Seeing that Daigua was almost done drying Wolf Lao Er's fur, Xia Qing picked up a towel and began drying Three Cubs' fur.

Don't let its size fool you—it was almost catching up to a non-giant adult wolf, but it was actually still a wolf pup under one year old, with much weaker resistance than an adult wolf.

After finishing drying Three Cubs, Xia Qing had just given the big fellow, whose fur was still dripping, a few wipes when Daigua scooted over to help her.

"Daigua, you're in charge of the big fellow. I'll go dry the Handsome Giant Wolf's fur." Xia Qing assigned Daigua to the big fellow and went to deal with the Handsome Giant Wolf herself.

No need to ask—the Handsome Giant Wolf must have scared Daigua by refusing to wear the wooden stocks during its medicinal bath, which was why the little fellow didn't dare get close to it.

Xia Qing walked over to the Handsome Giant Wolf and had just given it a few wipes with the towel when this big fellow's muscles suddenly tensed. It rolled to one side and stood up, lowered its forelimbs, bared its fangs, and assumed an attacking stance, radiating killing intent.

Daigua was so scared that it immediately sprang onto Xia Qing and clutched her neck.

The Handsome Giant Wolf recognized Xia Qing. The killing intent faded from its eyes. It raised its head and irritably shook its damp fur, its four legs trembling uncontrollably.

Xia Qing, enduring the aching muscles and bones all over her own body, empathized completely. She patted the warm straw mat before her, lit up by the fireplace's glow, and cooed softly, "Big Brother Giant Wolf, come rest here. I'll dry your fur, and when you wake up, you'll be able to go challenge the Western Wolf King in all your majestic glory."

The Handsome Giant Wolf, wearing a damp, icy big face, didn't move a muscle.

The fact that this fellow hadn't simply left the room meant it wanted her to groom its fur—of course, it was also possible that it simply couldn't move its legs right now and would collapse if it tried to take a single step.

Xia Qing picked up the straw mat, carried it over, and spread it beside the Handsome Giant Wolf's paws. "Big Brother Giant Wolf, lie down on this. I'll dry your fur."

The Handsome Giant Wolf, all four legs trembling, still didn't move a muscle.

"Standing makes it easier to dry your fur. Big Brother Giant Wolf really is the most handsome and considerate male wolf on Blue Star. You'll definitely defeat the Western Wolf King, find a powerful and beautiful mate, and raise litter after litter of beautiful, powerful wolf pups…" Xia Qing chanted as she quickly dried the Handsome Giant Wolf's fur, then used the hair dryer to blow its belly fur dry, handed the hair dryer to Daigua, and turned to head for the bathroom.

Although no sound had come from the bathroom, the head wolf and Broken-Waist Wolf had already been soaking for forty minutes and were nearly at their limit. Neither of those two was wearing wooden stocks, so she had to go in and keep watch.

After Xia Qing entered the bathroom, the Handsome Giant Wolf couldn't hold on any longer. With a thud, it collapsed onto the straw mat, cast a cold glance at the little monkey who'd fled to a corner, closed its eyes, and continued to rest.