Chapter 965: Evolved Liver Fluke

After finishing her medicinal bath and getting dressed, Xia Qing took out Little Feimao from the pocket of the protective suit hanging on the wall, endured the aching and numb bones all over her body, went into the first-floor bathroom, scooped a small basin of medicinal liquid from the tub where the Head Wolf and Sheep Number One were soaking, and put Little Feimao in.

Then, Xia Qing leaned against the edge of the tub, gently pressed the Number One's head down a little, and chatted casually with the Head Wolf in a weak, trembling voice, "Has my lord seen Does Daigua these past few days?"

The Head Wolf, standing fully in the medicinal bath, didn't move.

Xia Qing murmured to herself, "I taught Does Daigua to tell time by looking at the moon. With its IQ, it should know we're soaking in the medicinal bath today…"

Xia Qing couldn't hold on anymore; her eyelids gradually drooped.

"Squeak squeak—"

Ten minutes later, Little Feimao, gripping the wire mesh on the basin with its tiny claws, squeaked in pain.

The red squirrel mother searching for food behind Xia Qing's yard heard Little Feimao's cries, darted onto Xia Qing's roof, and squeaked loudly.

The old wolf in the sheep shed immediately raised its head. After noticing the wolves beside it and the wolves in the yard were all calm, it slowly lay back down on the dry grass.

Xia Qing was woken up by the noise, stretched out a trembling finger, and stroked its little head. "Third Brother upgraded the medicinal solution for me. It hurts more this time, but it works better. Hold on, Little Feimao."

To keep herself awake and stop from falling asleep again, Xia Qing kept muttering, "Number One, I don't know if Does Daigua is afraid of the pain and won't come, or if it's too far away and can't make it."

"It probably can't make it. A little monkey can't cross the python swamp and the lake, then cross the wolves' territory. I wonder if it found the red-patterned stone…"

Xia Qing's voice grew lower and lower. Amid the pained bleating of Sheep Number One, she fell asleep against the wall again. The Head Wolf lifted its head out of the medicinal bath, opened its eyes to look at Xia Qing, restrained the restless Sheep Number One, and sank back into the medicinal bath.

More than ten minutes later, the pained, fainted little red squirrel slowly sank to the bottom of the water.

The Head Wolf's head emerged from the water again, calling to Xia Qing, "Woof…"

Seeing that Xia Qing showed no sign of waking, the Head Wolf's voice grew louder.

The Broken-Waist Wolf, wearing its shiny Yi-stone protective shell, limped in, immediately understood what had happened, and used its hard claws to knock Xia Qing awake.

After Xia Qing woke up, she immediately opened the lid on the medicinal bath basin and fished Little Feimao out. Confirming the little fellow still had a heartbeat, she breathed a sigh of relief, wrapped it in a towel and held it in her hand, then fell asleep again.

The Broken-Waist Wolf stared at the soaked Little Feimao for a while, pried open the cabinet door, and took out the box containing the hair dryer in its mouth.

Xia Qing, hearing the noise, forced her eyes open. The hair dryer was stuffed into the cabinet. "Broken-Waist, no more drying. My arms have no strength. When the alarm goes off later, you pull Number One out. I'm going to sleep."

After Xia Qing left, the Broken-Waist Wolf stared at the closed cabinet, lost in thought.

"Baa…"

Half an hour later, Sheep Number One couldn't stand the pain anymore and struggled to get out. The Head Wolf's head emerged from the water and leaned against the tub; its four limbs were also trembling.

"Beep beep, beep beep—"

The small alarm clock placed in the bathroom finally went off. The Broken-Waist Wolf raised a paw and pressed it to stop. The Head Wolf stood up trembling and lay down on the floor.

"Baa—" Sheep Number One was very anxious, but it had no strength left.

Xia Qing, equally out of strength, heard her companion's call and called out, "Wolf Lao Er, Wolf Lao Er—"

The Broken-Waist Wolf's leg was injured. Handsome Giant Wolf, that deaf one, and Broken-Leg Wolf, that crazy one—Xia Qing couldn't order either of them around. She could only call Wolf Lao Er to help.

When Wolf Lao Er came into the room, Xia Qing pointed at the bathroom. "Wolf Lao Er, go carry Number One out. It can't move."

Wolf Lao Er immediately went into the bathroom, carried Number One out of the tub, and placed it beside the Head Wolf.

The Head Wolf raised its head and howled. Handsome Giant Wolf, lying under the eaves, entered the room, walked straight into the bathroom, and soaked in the medicinal bath. The old wolf in the sheep shed twitched its ears, then closed its eyes again.

When the alarm rang again, Xia Qing opened her eyes, placed the little squirrel sleeping on her to the side, felt the Head Wolf's wet fur, turned the air conditioning up two degrees, and then went into the bathroom.

She took an old towel from the cabinet, dried the fur of Sheep Number One lying on the floor snoring, while trying to coax Handsome Giant Wolf out of the tub.

Handsome Giant Wolf played dead and didn't move.

"Woof—"

The Head Wolf in the living room let out a dignified low growl. Only then did Handsome Giant Wolf tremble as it stood up in the tub. After the medicinal liquid dripped off its body back into the tub, it crawled out on four trembling legs and shook its fur hard.

After Handsome Giant Wolf went out with wet splattering sounds, Xia Qing lowered the old towel shielding herself and found Number One was soaked again.

After Handsome Giant Wolf came the Broken-Waist Wolf and Broken-Leg Wolf's medicinal bath. Finally, Wolf Lao Er brought the old wolf into the room.

The Head Wolf only glanced once, then pressed its head back onto Xia Qing's shoulder. The drowsy Xia Qing hugged the Head Wolf's head, turned over, and continued sleeping.

Early the next morning, Xia Qing stretched and felt that every bone and every joint in her body was incredibly comfortable. This feeling made her believe she could easily leap over the 4.5-meter-high iron fence like the wolf pack!

The room that had been so lively last night now only had Xia Qing left. She went upstairs to wash up first, and took the chance to look through the back window at the farmland area within the territory.

Seeing the bizarre scene of the Broken-Waist Wolf limping around the territory catching bugs with a small basket in its mouth, Xia Qing's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately looked around.

The second-floor refrigerator, intact; the bedroom, everything normal; the second-floor storage room, one new towel missing; the first-floor power-generating bicycle, the kitchen, everything normal.

The first-floor bathroom…

Her new towel was spread on the floor, next to the limp, soaked hair dryer box.

Where's the hair dryer?

Xia Qing wandered around but couldn't find it. Going outside, she discovered her hair dryer was drying under the eaves.

Very good!

Xia Qing put on the protective suit with a dark expression, stormed out of the room ready to go settle the score with the Broken-Waist Wolf, but turned her head to see the old wolf in the sheep shed watching her nervously, and only then remembered that her brain had been muddled from the pain last night and she had forgotten to check its blood test results.

Xia Qing returned to the second floor and lit up the screen of the Yi-element detector.

The Yi-element content in this old wolf's body was 3.0‰, the Qiang-element content was 19‰, and the eosinophils and total white blood cells in the blood were both extremely high. The preliminary diagnosis was parasitic infection.

To determine the specific parasite, a stool examination was needed.

Xia Qing took fresh feces stuck to the old wolf's hind leg for testing and discovered a large number of evolved liver fluke eggs, confirming the old wolf had evolved liver flukes in its body, which was why it was so sickly, thin, and weak.

Shortly after Xia Qing photographed the two test results and sent them to her idol, the idol called. "Another wolf came?"

"Yes, the wolf pack brought it last night. Third Brother, can I exchange for some deworming medicine?" Xia Qing asked carefully. She didn't dare say she'd send the old wolf over, afraid of being scolded. Xia Qing had experience caring for Wolf Lao Er; as long as she got the medicine, she could deworm the old wolf.

Zhang San yawned. "I'll have Zhang Song go over."

She hadn't expected her idol to be so easy to talk to today. Xia Qing regretted it—if she'd known, she would have offered to send the old wolf over for a checkup!

Soon, Zheng Chen drove Zhang Song to the south gate of Territory Three.

When Xia Qing opened the door to invite Zhang Song into the territory, she turned and saw a patch of pink in the messy wild grass wall of Territory Two that Tang Huai had dug up while hunting bugs.