Chapter 918: Handsome Giant Wolf and Broken-Back Wolf

After seeing Seeing Xin Yu off, Xia Qing carried the big one home from the hay shed and found Handsome Giant Wolf crouching by the bathroom door, while Wolf Lao Er, lounging and swaying on the hanging chair, grinned happily at her.

Little Feimao? To stop this little pest from raiding her hazmat-suit pockets, Xia Qing had specially made it a two-room luxury squirrel nest, and right now it was hiding inside.

Seeing Xia Qing come in, Handsome Giant Wolf stared at her hands.

"Giant Wolf bro wants spinach juice? Sure thing!" Xia Qing set Sheep Big One down on its hanging chair, immediately went to juice some spinach, added nutrient solution, then poured in more than half a basin of pollution-free spring water — two wolves, one sheep, one squirrel, one portion each.

After Wolf Lao Er finished drinking, it pressed against Xia Qing with a happy grin; Big One stopped sulking too and started pedaling the bike generator; Little Feimao licked the water clean, then shot back into Xia Qing's pocket at top speed. Clearly, it considered Xia Qing's pocket safer than the luxury wooden nest on the wall.

After Handsome Giant Wolf finished drinking, it turned its head to stare at the tub in the bathroom.

"Giant Wolf bro wants a medicinal bath? Sure thing! I'll go fill the water."

The water in the tub hadn't even reached a human's instep when this impatient wolf wouldn't let Xia Qing keep brushing its fur and climbed straight into the tub.

Xia Qing followed, brushing its fur while negotiating with it. "Giant Wolf bro, did the pecans on Mountain Sixty produce a lot this year? Pecans."

She pointed at the picture of pecans stuck on the wall. "These fruits here — pecans, Mountain Sixty, the Mountain Sixty where you and the Queen fought the python and the Xiong Qun."

Handsome Giant Wolf pretended Xia Qing didn't exist and just stared at the water-spout.

"When the pecans are ripe, will Giant Wolf bro take me to pick them?" Xia Qing placed the wolf fur she'd brushed off into the small basket beside her.

This morning, Xia Qing had used ten jin of green-light or yellow-light pecans to trade with Yang Jin for detailed intel on the Class B magnetic-sense Evolver the Safe Zone had just discovered, then took a helicopter over to snatch the person precisely.

This condition was proposed by Yang Jin: the scouting birds of the Azure Dragon Squad had discovered two thick pecan trees of unknown quality and attack methods on Mountain Sixty.

Although the Alpha Wolf had moved back to Mountain Fifty-Five, Mountain Sixty still had more than ten wolves stationed there, so it remained one of the northern wolf pack's core territories; if the Azure Dragon Squad wanted the pecans, they could only trade with Xia Qing.

Such a small matter didn't need to bother the Alpha Wolf. Between the shameless Broken-Back Wolf and Handsome Giant Wolf, Xia Qing shrewdly and firmly chose the latter.

She plucked another clump of wolf fur off the brush, set it in the small basket beside her, and kept lobbying. "Look, Giant Wolf bro, after just one medicinal bath you've shed way less fur, and your coat's become soft, smooth, and glossy — you've already surpassed Broken-Back and become the most handsome male wolf in the pack…"

Handsome Giant Wolf flapped its big furry ears, shook off the fur that had landed on them, and kept staring intently at the water in the tub as it rose bit by bit, submerging the spout.

Little Feimao, hiding in Xia Qing's pocket, poked its little head out, stared at the wolf fur in the basket for a while, finally worked up the courage to jump in and grab a big clump, then darted back into Xia Qing's nest at top speed.

Xia Qing set down the grooming brush, took the small basket and walked out of the bathroom, fished out Little Feimao — who was busy messing with the wolf fur in her pocket — and stuffed it together with the remaining fur in the basket into the squirrel nest hanging on the wall.

Little Feimao's nest held more than wolf fur — it also had Xia Qing's hair and clothes, the fur of Sheep Big One and Wolf Dog Lao Er, raptor feathers, and venomous snake shed skins. Sleeping in a nest like this, it could pick up the aura of the strong, and use it to confuse opponents while moving through the Evolution Forest.

Maybe because it was smarter, or maybe because it had once been caught by a natural enemy and nearly died, this little pine squirrel was extremely wary — when building its nest, it only chose the fur of the strong.

After discovering this, Xia Qing clipped a tuft of Does Daigua fur and put it in, but it was all thrown out. Clearly, in Little Feimao's mind, Daigua the monkey was not one of the strong.

After the tub was filled, when Xia Qing went out to patrol her territory, she heard the rhythmic beeping of her phone in her pocket and knew Broken-Back Wolf had arrived.

She opened the surveillance and saw three wild ducks beside Broken-Back Wolf, who was playing with the door. She rushed over, gave it a warm welcome, tested the ducks and found two green-light and one yellow-light, then asked, "Broken-Back, is this yellow-light one for me?"

Broken-Back Wolf, who was playing with the door, came over and sniffed the three ducks, then showed Xia Qing its cute little fang tips. Broken-Back Wolf had pups now, so when ordering roast duck it wanted double portions.

Xia Qing didn't know what evolved wolves relied on to distinguish the qiang-element content of animals before catching their prey, but she knew that after killing the prey, they distinguished it by smell and taste.

Xia Qing could do this too — animals and plants with higher qiang-element content had a slightly worse smell and texture.

She carried the ducks home and cleaned them up. The ones belonging to her she stuffed into the freezer; the ones belonging to Broken-Back Wolf she put into the oven to roast. After giving Broken-Back Wolf — who was watching Handsome Giant Wolf bathe — a couple of instructions, she went back to patrolling her territory.

While she was busy by the greenhouse, Broken-Back Wolf actually came looking for her and stood beside her, watching.

Xia Qing, wearing a headlamp, gestured as she explained what she was doing. "Look, the insect net here has been bitten through by evolved insects with strong bite force. I have to patch this hole, otherwise a lot of pests will get into the greenhouse and wreck the food I'm growing."

Compared to the thick rainproof cloth, the thin, breathable insect net was a consumable essential for farming in the territory — wind, sun, insects, and birds pecking and biting all damaged it. Patching the insect net was something every lord had to do every day.

If a hole wasn't patched in time, insects and birds getting in and nibbling a few leaves was the least of it — insects would lay eggs in the plants or soil, and birds that couldn't fly out would panic and slam into the net in a frenzy, causing even greater damage.

Broken-Back Wolf had always known the greenhouse held Xia Qing's food. It showed a thoughtful expression for a few seconds, then ran home, fetched a big roll of insect net in its mouth, and set it down beside Xia Qing.

Xia Qing… what supplies in my house CAN'T you find?

"Right, this is insect net. Broken-Back, you really are a brain-domain evolved wolf standing at the top of Blue Star's Jin Zita — so smart! Thank you for bringing the net over."

After sincerely thanking this clever wolf with its cute little fangs showing, Xia Qing pulled a few small pieces of insect net from the satchel at her waist and gestured as she explained. "For patching a small hole like this, small pieces of insect net are enough. A big roll like this is only used when the insect net has a big hole."

Xia Qing timed it perfectly and brought Broken-Back Wolf home, first checked the ducks in the rotary oven, then went to the bathroom and coaxed Handsome Giant Wolf out of the tub, and finally asked Broken-Back Wolf, who was standing thoughtfully beside her, "Do you want to soak for a while? Wait till you've recovered before heading back?"

Broken-Back Wolf fetched the bag of medicinal solution from the trash can in its mouth and set it in front of Xia Qing, staring at her solemnly.

After more than a year of dealing with this clever wolf, Xia Qing had its little thoughts figured out perfectly. She gestured as she explained, "Giant Wolf bro also traded medicinal solution with me. This bag is his; yours is in the fridge upstairs."

Let the Alpha Wolf and Broken-Back Wolf soak in the medicinal solution Handsome Giant Wolf had used? Broken-Back Wolf was fine with it, but the Alpha Wolf definitely wouldn't be — because he was the king of the pack. Xia Qing going before him was fine, because this was Xia Qing's territory; any other wolf daring to go before him would be challenging the Alpha Wolf's authority and would have to be beaten into submission!

Broken-Back Wolf had come today to order takeout, and didn't want soaking in the bath to delay the delivery, so Big One, Lao Er, and Little Feimao got the bargain again.

But the result was, after the roast ducks were loaded onto its back, this clever wolf actually squatted beside Xia Qing's locked freezer and asked her to take out its medicinal solution and put it in its own French-door fridge.

Xia Qing…

I'm done for.