Chapter 1559: The Old Wolf Worth Nearly a Hundred Million

"Qing-jie, Happy New Year."

At one in the morning on January 1st of Year 12 of the Calamity, Yang Jin, his harvest full to bursting, sent his New Year's blessing to Xia Qing.

"Thank you." Xia Qing, carrying a bag of Yi Stones and a bag of points cards, smiled brilliantly and nodded. "Jin-ge, Luo-ge, Fourth, Broken-Waist, I wish you all a new year with plenty to eat and drink, and peace and safety."

Fourth and Broken-Waist Wolf nodded solemnly, Luo Pei nodded gently, and Yang Jin pulled out his phone and suggested, "To commemorate the momentous occasion of our earning 296.78 million points in a single mission, how about the five of us take a group photo?"

Broken-Waist Wolf immediately hopped aside, indicating it didn't want to be in the same photo as Yang Jin and Luo Pei. Fourth also shifted to one side, showing it had no interest either. Luo Pei laughed without the slightest hint of decency, "Give me the phone, I'll take a picture of you two."

"No need, Luo-ge, the three of us will take one together." Xia Qing casually dragged over a supply crate, then handed her phone to Broken-Waist Wolf, who had retreated to the side. "Broken-Waist, would you take a photo of me, Luo-ge, and Jin-ge?"

Luo Pei...

Yang Jin!!!

Because Xia Qing's and Broken-Waist Wolf's phones were the same model, Broken-Waist Wolf, who loved taking pictures, didn't need any instruction from Xia Qing. It stood on its hind paws behind the crate, used its two front paws to steady the phone, then pressed the shutter button with its big nose, fitting all three humans into the frame, and finally tapped the shutter with its big nose to take a group photo of the three humans.

In the photo, Xia Qing and Yang Jin, each holding two black bags, smiled with extraordinary brilliance, and Luo Pei, standing between them, also wore a gentle smile.

Yang Jin stared at the photo, wondering whether to ask Broken-Waist Wolf to take one of just him and Xia Qing, when Luo Pei had already started laying on the praise. "Duan-ge's photography skills are really excellent. If the wolf world held a photography contest, you'd definitely win first prize."

Broken-Waist Wolf nodded solemnly.

Xia Qing piled on the praise. "Luo-ge, this photo is just Broken-Waist's normal level. It can take especially beautiful scenery shots, and it can capture the Queen my lord's commanding presence. But that's also because the Queen my lord is tall and mighty, with very thick, beautiful fur, so no matter how Broken-Waist shoots, the Queen my lord always has presence. The Queen my lord stands at the pinnacle of the pyramid, and Broken-Waist's photography skills are also top-tier, pyramid-level."

Broken-Waist Wolf couldn't hold it together anymore, grinning to reveal four snow-white little fang tips.

Luo Pei...

Yang Jin silently thought: Xia Qing is also very beautiful and very poised, and every photo he takes of her also turns out very lovely.

"Awoo." Fourth gave a dignified reminder, then turned and walked off.

Xia Qing immediately took her leave. "Luo-ge, Jin-ge, Fourth, Broken-Waist and I still have things to discuss, so we'll head back first. See you tomorrow morning."

Luo Pei's voice was gentle. "I still have a mission, I have to rush back to the Mangrove Defense Belt right away."

Yang Jin also grinned. "Xie Yu went to Hui-2, I have to head back to the Safe Zone for my shift."

Xia Qing...

It's not as if you're short a few hours—really not short a few hours! You could totally finish the fight with Yan Long before you leave!

Xia Qing didn't want to deal with those two anymore. She stuffed the six bags into her backpack, led the two wolves through two iron-mesh walls into Territory Three, calmly greeted Dajiang and Xiaojiang from Beard Feng's squad, then led the two wolves back to her own home.

Xia Qing quickly changed her shoes and stripped off her protective suit, then dashed into the living room and threw her arms around her two companions lying on the tatami.

"Boss! Second! We're rich, we're rich, we earned 59.356 million points, look!!!" Xia Qing opened her backpack and took out a big bag of Yi Stones. "These are all the Yi Stones I just earned, and this bag is all points cards! Boss, I'll use these Yi Stones to buy you delicious food! Here, this one's for you first!"

Ram Boss, who had been about to lose its temper, was stuffed with a small piece of rations by Xia Qing. After a two-second pause, it decided to eat first.

"Second, in a few years when your teeth get loose, we can use these points to get you a whole new set of teeth!"

Seeing Xia Qing so happy, Wolf Lao Er wagged its tail once and smiled with absolute delight.

Xia Qing went thud-thud-thudding up the stairs, then thud-thud-thudding back down, carrying all her Use Yishi boxes. She opened them, sorted the newly distributed Yi Stones worth 32.1 million points into six boxes, and grinned foolishly. "There are too many Yi Stones, they won't fit, I need new boxes, hehe..."

Fourth watched Xia Qing go wild with perfect calm, while Broken-Waist Wolf simply picked up the remote, selected a video, and played it.

"... Excessive excitement sustained for too long or occurring too frequently can cause a series of harms to a person's physical and mental health that cannot be ignored. First, on the physiological level..."

Xia Qing...

Fine, she really should get down to business. Xia Qing put away her Yi Stones, took out the bag of points cards Fourth had been allocated from her backpack, and set it in front of it.

Because the Phoenix and Blaze Team's portable equipment, clothing, and most of the supplies in the cave all had to be used to set up traps, those supplies were all distributed to the Azure Dragon Squad. Fourth, like Xia Qing, only took Yi Stones and points cards. The potions scavenged from the Phoenix's cave were all in Xia Qing's pack and were to be sent directly to Territory Seven.

This portion of potions hadn't been appraised yet, so the value of the supplies they obtained from Mountain Thirty-Three this time really could be around 320 million points.

It had to be said, Blaze Squad's vice-captain in charge of business operations and finances, Liao Wendong, had a very thorough understanding of the Phoenix's financial situation.

And he betrayed her with remarkable decisiveness.

Xia Qing asked, "Fourth, this time you were allocated 69.034 million points and Yi Stones worth 20 million points—it's all here. Are you planning to take these supplies back with you, or leave them in my territory and have me keep them safe for you?"

Hearing this, Broken-Waist Wolf, which had been watching TV, immediately turned its head, its wolf eyes shining brightly as it stared at the bag on the table.

Fourth raised a paw and raked the supplies over in front of itself, indicating it would take them back. Broken-Waist Wolf's disappointment was plainly visible.

"Alright, these supplies will all be taken back when Fourth leaves later." This was Fourth's share of the spoils, and Xia Qing had no objections whatsoever.

Pulling investment for Territory Seven? Absolutely essential. But there was no rush. Once she'd spent some time instilling investment and financial management knowledge into these two wolves, pulling investment wouldn't be too late.

Xia Qing continued with business. "Fourth, Broken-Waist, I called you both over today not just to distribute supplies—I also want to discuss with you the matter of Tenth-jie treating the Evolution Forest animals."

Hearing it was about this, Broken-Waist Wolf immediately stopped playing videos for Xia Qing, hit the power button, hopped over, and looked at her with a solemn expression.

Fourth's expression was very calm, quietly waiting for Xia Qing to speak.

"Tenth-jie is my companion. In order to treat Fourth's illness, and to evade the bad people who wanted to capture her, she brought her cub Ye Yiyi to live in Fourth's territory, where Fourth protected her and Ye Yiyi's safety." Xia Qing first laid out the background, then expressed her gratitude to Fourth. "Fourth is a wolf of great integrity. You kept your promise and protected Tenth-jie and Ye Yiyi. They suffered no harm at all during their stay in your territory. Thank you, Fourth."

After Fourth nodded solemnly, Xia Qing continued. "After Tenth-jie moved into the Southern Wolf Pack's territory, Fourth also let her treat one of your companions who had a skin condition, didn't she?"

Fourth nodded solemnly again.

"We haven't settled the bill for that part yet. Yesterday, Broken-Waist, you took the little wolf sister to the Southern Wolf Pack's territory, wanting her to eat a course of nutritional meals until her teeth grew in properly. And in a few days, you're also taking the injured wolves from the Western Wolf Pack to see Tenth-jie for a checkup, right?"

Broken-Waist Wolf grinned, revealing its snow-white little fang tips.

"Going forward, you'll surely have more companions who fall ill or get injured and need Tenth-jie's treatment. So tonight we need to set down an agreement: regarding my companion Zhang Shi's personal safety protection, fee standards, and profit-sharing arrangements when she treats animals in the Evolution Forest..."