Chapter 454: The Broken-Waist Wolf with Eight Hundred Schemes

Seeing Xia Qing appear, the broken-legged girl immediately retreated behind her brother, bared her fangs at Xia Qing, and growled softly. The broken-legged wolf saw Xia Qing, grinned, and was about to leap about wildly, but was cowed into submission by a single howl from the broken-waist wolf.

"Queen my lord, broken-leg, big black fellow, broken-leg girl, you've all come." Xia Qing went down the stairs, enduring the pain as she cheerfully greeted each wolf in turn, and gave special praise to Ram Boss to save its face, before asking the broken-waist wolf crouching at the stairway, "Broken-waist, long time no see, what do you want to say?"

The broken-waist wolf showed its cute little fang tips at Xia Qing, turned around, and pushed open the security door.

Gale-force winds carrying cold air and dead leaves rushed into the house. Xia Qing took a longing look, and her eyes went wide, because two enormous creatures were crouching at her doorway. Under the lamplight, one's eyes glowed green and the other's glowed blue—truly terrifying.

Looking carefully, Xia Qing realized they were two giant wolves. The brownish-gray one with green eyes was crouching as tall as Xia Qing herself—this was the giant wolf that had carried her to Mountain Sixty and detoxified the head wolf.

The silver-gray one sat crouching, a full palm's width taller than Xia Qing. Although its eye lines were beautiful, being stared at by its ice-blue eyes still made Xia Qing feel an intense pressure, especially at a moment when she was in a weakened state.

Wasn't this the handsome giant wolf from Mountain Sixty-One, whose status in the pack was second only to the head wolf!

After Xia Qing recognized these two wolves, her first reaction was that with wolves of this size, the big tub in the first-floor bathroom could only fit one at a time—tonight she'd have to tough it out until past one in the morning before she could lie down and sleep…

"Big wolf brother, big fellow, you've come too." After greeting the two wolves, Xia Qing asked the broken-waist wolf beside her, "You've all come over—who's guarding Mountain Sixty-One? Aren't you afraid the Brain-Domain Evolution Bear will lead its minions to raid the mountain?"

After the broken-waist wolf closed the door, it looked up at Xia Qing, showing its cute little fang tips in a smile.

Although Xia Qing couldn't understand why the broken-waist wolf was smiling so happily, the fact that the two giant wolves outside weren't coming in let her heave a huge sigh of relief.

After adding spring water to the big tub on the first floor and heating it up, Xia Qing called to Ram Boss and the head wolf, "Queen my lord, Boss, time for a bath."

Ram Boss, who was pedaling the bicycle, pretended not to hear and kept pedaling like mad. But once the head wolf stood up and glanced at it, Ram Boss reluctantly stopped, got off the bike, and flopped to the ground with a thud.

The moment it tried to lift a leg, its legs went weak…

Who told you to throw a ram-crazy fit just now? Now you've lost ram-face in front of the wolves, haven't you?

If she weren't aching all over and weak, Xia Qing would definitely go over and carry it to the bathroom. But right now she could only coax it in a gentle voice, "Boss, your legs must be tired, you've worked so hard. Can you stand up? Come soak in the medicated bath a while longer—it'll make your limbs stronger. Our whole household's electricity depends on you."

Ram Boss pretended it hadn't fallen, just wanted to lie on the ground for a while, then stood up, clip-clopped into the bathroom, and let Xia Qing massage its legs.

The head wolf didn't need Xia Qing to fuss over it, and climbed straight up the convenient wooden ladder into the tub to start bathing. After enjoying itself for a while, Ram Boss also reluctantly climbed in.

With Queen my lord keeping order, Ram Boss didn't dare come out before time, so Xia Qing didn't need to stand guard by the tub. She sat on a chair at the bathroom door and discussed things with the head wolf soaking in the tub and the broken-waist wolf, which was staring thoughtfully at the power-generating bicycle:

"Queen my lord, Broken-waist, I need your help with something. First, tomorrow morning, don't leave—come with me to Mountain Fifty to gather green lantern peanuts, then return to your territory. Second, the picture on that wooden board propped against the wall—I need you trouble to bring back that kind of herb. I have a use for it."

The head wolf glanced at Xia Qing and closed its eyes.

Xia Qing understood, walked over to the broken-waist wolf, and used gestures and drawings to express her point several times.

The broken-waist wolf understood, placed one big paw on the bicycle's pedal, and looked up at Xia Qing.

Xia Qing, who had originally seen the broken-waist wolf's interest in the bicycle and thought she could trade a bicycle for a piece of Yishi stone, fell silent.

The broken-waist wolf, thinking Xia Qing hadn't understood, walked over and stepped on the herb picture on the wooden board, then walked back and stepped on the pedal, and looked up at Xia Qing again.

Damn—this evolved wolf with eight hundred schemes is definitely Yang Jin's own brother, way too damn good at negotiating!

"…Deal."

"You come with me to Mountain Fifty tomorrow to gather green lantern peanuts, then find the roots of these two herbs, and I'll give you a bicycle that generates electricity when you pedal it."

Seeing that Xia Qing understood, the broken-waist wolf showed its cute little fang tips at her.

Xia Qing smiled too, slowly walked over and sat beside the bicycle, and to satisfy the broken-waist wolf's curiosity, explained to it which parts of the bike it mustn't touch.

"Broken-waist, this is the wiring, this is the light bulb, this is the storage battery—don't bite them with your teeth, or you'll get electrocuted. You know what electricity is, right…"

As she talked, Xia Qing fell asleep. The broken-waist wolf glanced at Xia Qing, then turned back to stare at the unlit bulb on the bicycle.

After watching carefully for over ten minutes, the broken-waist wolf extended a paw, stepped on the pedal, and continued observing the bulb—still not lit.

After a few more minutes, the broken-waist wolf began trying to sit on the bicycle the way Ram Boss did. Since it wasn't practiced, and the bicycle's pedals were spinning, the broken-waist wolf immediately lost its balance and pressed its paw down on the bike seat.

"Riiip—"

The thick, soft bike seat Xia Qing had made for Ram Boss out of cotton was torn open in a long slash by the broken-waist wolf's sharp claws.

After steadying itself, the broken-waist wolf stared solemnly at the torn bike seat, then turned to look at Xia Qing, who was still asleep.

After watching for a few minutes, the broken-waist wolf extended its brave paw once more…

An hour passed, and the phone alarm rang. Xia Qing was woken up, struggled to sit up, walked into the bathroom to let Queen my lord and Ram Boss out of the tub, and began rinsing and drying Ram Boss off.

This work was exhausting. Xia Qing, who was never short of electricity, felt she needed to trade for two hair dryers to blow-dry her companions' fur.

While Xia Qing was tidying up Ram Boss, the broken-waist wolf and the black wolf had already taken turns getting into the tub to bathe. By the time the slow-moving Xia Qing had finished cleaning up Ram Boss, fifteen minutes had passed, and Ram Boss was already asleep on a drying towel made from old clothes.

Xia Qing patted it, but Ram Boss didn't move at all—clearly fast asleep.

"Wolf Lao Er, Wolf Lao Er." Xia Qing sat resting in the bathroom and called softly to her companion.

When she saw the sick wolf come over and look at her, Xia Qing raised a hand and pointed at Ram Boss on the floor. "Bite this cloth and drag Boss out, will you? I really don't have the strength."

The sick wolf was very obedient, bit the drying towel, and dragged Ram Boss out of the bathroom, thoughtfully pulling it all the way to the fireplace.