Chapter 880: The Open-Mouthed Does Daigua

The lead wolf walked over, ate all the meat dishes Xia Qing had set on the ground, then returned to the blower. Boss Sheep, who had finished the dried green bamboo shoots, sniffed the puffed-up cub beside Broken-Waist Wolf, had no interest in socializing with it, went back inside, climbed onto the exercise bike, and kept blowing air for the lead wolf.

Broken-Waist Wolf nuzzled its own cub, but the little wolf stuck close to the handsome giant wolf and refused to leave. Broken-Waist Wolf didn't go inside either, standing under the eaves to guard it.

Broken-Leg Wolf? Was in the yard playing with a mole cricket it had found.

Xia Qing leaned on the window, gazing at the cub beside the handsome giant wolf with pure delight. "Queen my lord, the little one's eyes and nose look like yours, and its ear color matches Broken-Waist's. It looks so smart and impressive—it's definitely going to grow into a wolf king that can dominate a region. Queen my lord, is it a girl or a boy? Have you named it yet?"

The lead wolf tilted its head back and blew into the wind, looking to be in a very good mood.

Once the cub ducked behind the handsome giant wolf and Xia Qing could no longer see it, she turned to ask the lead wolf, "Queen my lord, does the little wolf need a medicinal bath too?"

The lead wolf looked at Xia Qing, its expression perfectly clear.

Xia Qing patiently communicated with the lead wolf. "This medicinal bath is for restoring skin and bone damage. The cub is only four or five months old, with no obvious skin or bone injuries, so the medicine won't do much for it."

Still, since the wolf pack had brought the little one over, a bath wouldn't hurt. The cub's own parents were willing to let it howl in pain, so of course she had no objections. Once the cub passed out from the pain, she could take the chance to pet it a little...

Only when she was submerged in the medicinal liquid did Xia Qing's excitement get suppressed by the pain. She held her breath and sank to the bottom, trying to relax her body and absorb the medicine's effects.

After a full hour, Xia Qing rinsed the medicinal juice off her body, climbed out of the tub, and let the liquid flow through the hose down to the first-floor bathroom.

By the time she finished dressing and stumbled downstairs, shivering, the lead wolf and Boss Sheep were already taking their second round of medicinal baths.

Though she was curious why the little wolf wasn't taking a second round, Xia Qing was in too much pain to speak up. Shivering, she scooped a small basin of medicinal juice and pulled Little Feimao out from the pocket of the protective suit hanging on the wall by the door.

Bold enough to share a room with wolves without fleeing—among squirrels, Little Feimao counts as quite the warrior.

Xia Qing gently pressed Little Feimao into the medicinal liquid in the basin, then weighted it down with a wire mesh and stones.

Little Feimao didn't like water. It gripped the wire mesh and poked its little nose above the surface, squeaking frantically.

"Be good, after half an hour in the bath I'll let you out. If you don't soak in the medicine, the scars on your body won't grow fur back." After confirming Little Feimao couldn't climb out, Xia Qing forced herself to turn and deal with Does Daigua.

Her idol said Little Feimao could take a medicinal bath, but no longer than half an hour, or it would damage its body. Does Daigua could soak for an hour, which would also benefit its body.

Does Daigua had gotten used to being handled by Xia Qing and was bathed often, so once it was placed in the medicinal juice, it showed no reaction at all.

Five minutes later, the little squirrel couldn't take it anymore, its cries growing higher and more urgent. The red squirrel mother who had been stealing grain in Xia Qing's territory heard her baby's cries and darted over in a streak of red. The black wolf standing on the roof spotted the red squirrel and let out a low growl.

The red squirrel mother gave the black wolf a wide berth, but discovered there were still several more wolves in Xia Qing's yard. She could only leap about in the distance, calling for her baby again and again.

"Squeak—"

Little Feimao heard its mother's calls. Its weakening cries grew urgent and loud again. Its tiny claws scratched at the wire mesh, its little nose poked out, and it struggled desperately.

The little wolf outside the window heard the commotion. Standing between its father and the handsome giant wolf, it raised its head and used its sense of smell and hearing to scan the surroundings.

The lead wolf, soaking in the tub, only glanced at Little Feimao before fixing its gaze on Does Daigua.

Does Daigua, soaking in the medicinal basin, began to feel the pain and slowly started to struggle.

Xia Qing endured the pain and dizziness, reached out, and held it down.

Though Does Daigua was only a little bigger than a house cat, its forelimbs plus claws were over twenty centimeters long. Its little black claws gripped the snakeskin guard on Xia Qing's arm, and its thick tail, as long as its body, also poked out of the basin.

"I know it hurts, but this is for treatment—you have to stay in the soak." The more Sengmian Monkey hurt, the harder it struggled. Xia Qing was aching all over too and had no patience to wrestle with it. She simply pressed its limbs and tail down into the medicinal liquid, wedged the pre-prepared wooden board across the basin, weighted it with stones, and left only its head exposed.

After Xia Qing shaved off its long, thick black fur, the two large ears hidden in the black hair—shaped remarkably like human ears—were revealed. Paired with its little buzz cut and big white face, it really did look at first glance like Ergouzi from the village idiot's house.

Xia Qing, guarding one sheep, one wolf, one squirrel, and one monkey, sat against the tub and asked huffily, "Queen my lord, do you think I look like this Does Daigua?"

The lead wolf used its gaze to suppress the restless Boss Sheep-monkey, glanced at Does Daigua's head in the basin beside it, then looked back at Xia Qing.

"We don't look alike, right! Queen my lord really has good taste. Broken-Waist made me so mad—I'm definitely going to teach it a lesson later." Xia Qing complained for a moment, then, while she still had the energy, discussed serious business with the lead wolf. "Queen my lord, the red fox cub has been coming over every day for medicine. It's been thirty-seven days now, and it's fully recovered—it doesn't need treatment anymore. Please let it know."

No matter how Xia Qing tried to communicate with the red fox family, they never seemed to understand.

"Squeak—"

"Woo..." Pinned down by the wooden board and forced to stay in the medicinal liquid, Does Daigua was in too much pain. Trembling, it opened its mouth and let out the first sound it had made since entering Territory Three.

Xia Qing had studied video materials on primates with Broken-Waist Wolf more than a dozen times. She knew that after the Blue Star Great Evolution, Sengmian Monkeys' number of distinguishable vowel sounds had increased from five to eight, and their tones had become more varied and expressive. So the little Sengmian Monkey's whimpering didn't surprise her at all.

Xia Qing slowly raised her hand and rubbed Does Daigua's buzz cut.

"Ah..."

Does Daigua slowly cried out again. Sengmian Monkeys belong to the ape superfamily, and as a human, Xia Qing could more easily understand the pleading and fear in its cries. She opened her mouth and spoke in as calm and gentle a voice as she could to soothe it. "Don't be afraid. The pain will pass in a bit—once it goes numb, you won't feel it anymore."

"..."

Two cries drained all of Does Daigua's strength. When it opened its mouth again, it could only produce breath sounds. A pair of eyes very similar to a human's showed obvious terror. Snot and tears streamed down its face—much more animated than its usual blank expression.

The pain seemed to have accelerated this little monkey's recovery.

While Xia Qing was observing Does Daigua, she noticed Little Feimao beside it had passed out from the pain and was slowly sinking into the medicinal liquid.

She gritted her teeth, moved the stones aside, took off the wire mesh, reached in, and lifted Little Feimao up so its little nose was above the surface.

Does Daigua trembled. Its eyes followed Xia Qing's slow movements, then gradually lost focus.

After finally soaking for the full half hour, Xia Qing fished the unconscious Little Feimao out of the medicinal bath. With trembling hands, she used a towel to wipe its fur, then used a hair dryer to blow it dry.

The noise didn't wake the unconscious Does Daigua, but it did startle the handsome giant wolf and the little wolf under the eaves. Seeing that Broken-Waist Wolf was perfectly relaxed, the handsome giant wolf used its big paw to push the little wolf that was clinging to it aside.

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