Chapter 61: Chapter 61: The Eldest Miss Arrives

Qiao Yanli was sitting by Qiao Yuxi’s hospital bed reading documents when he paused his signing hand at her words.

Seeing Qiao Yuxi so lively now, she shouldn’t have fainted in anger. It was time for her to know the outside world’s situation.

Qiao Yanli sent a message to Secretary Jiang, asking him to bring in Qiao Yuxi’s electronic devices.

In the days of hospitalization without a phone or tablet, Qiao Yuxi could only read professional books and watch pre-downloaded movies on TV.

Qiao Yuxi faintly guessed that something might have happened, and her uncle’s actions were to protect her, so she could only focus on recuperating and studying.

As a graduate student majoring in film and television directing, analyzing films could distract her attention significantly.

In these days of isolation from the outside world, she also organized her emotions. If it was due to normal reasons that her relationship with her fiancé of five years broke down, she might be heartbroken and sad for a long time.

But after experiencing this life-and-death ordeal in the desert, she no longer had any feelings for a murderer, only hatred.

Five days and nights of struggling to survive in the desert completely cured her obsession with love.

Secretary Jiang delivered the electronic devices to Qiao Yuxi. Qiao Yuxi unlocked her phone, her fingers moving quickly across the screen as she asked, “What happened to that scumbag Shi Wenxuan? By now, he should be in a detention center, right? Didn’t expect this lady to survive the disaster, I bet!”

Upon waking up, she had already provided a statement to the police. According to the current progress, the scumbag should have been caught and put in detention, awaiting trial.

However, when Qiao Yuxi looked at the news on her phone, she nearly smashed it in anger.

That scumbag Shi Wenxuan not only escaped legal sanctions due to insufficient evidence but was also praised by netizens as the most affectionate man online, gaining a million followers? And those trashy songs he wrote became popular?

Secretary Jiang quickly advised, “Miss, calm down. The Little Xu Station Chief who saved you said she’s already helping to find evidence of Shi Wenxuan’s trip to the desert.”

“If you can describe the cause and course of events in detail to her, maybe she can help.”

Qiao Yuxi jumped off the bed immediately: “I’ll go right now!”

Qiao Yanli glanced at her quietly: “What time is it?”

“Are you going to disturb people’s rest?”

With that suppression, Qiao Yuxi dared not make a sound, obediently laying back in bed, covering herself with a small quilt: “I’ll set off early tomorrow morning.”

Qiao Yanli pushed the gold-rimmed glasses up on his nose: “When you go, help me bring something there.”

Qiao Yuxi sat up straight upon hearing this: “What is it?”

*

The next morning.

Xu Ying went to deliver home visits to the small animals in the Animal Army who had registered with her in advance.

She first performed a physical check-up on the Owl Messenger’s partner.

In the desert, on a cactus tree, two round-headed owls with brown feathers were already waiting for their check-up.

Seeing Xu Ying approach, they perked up and greeted her with “coo coo” sounds.

It was morning now, already time for them to rest and sleep.

This owl couple belonged to the Elf Owl species, the smallest owl species, lodging on a cactus tree.

In the desert, woodpeckers peck out holes in cactus trees to use as nests. They go out to forage during the day and return to rest at night. This schedule is opposite to that of owls.

Owls usually lodge in the woodpecker’s nests, enjoying zero rent.

The tolerant woodpecker landlords even permit the owls to lay eggs in their nests, though they do not help in incubation.

The female owl, with her yellow eyes fixed on Xu Ying, looked somewhat agitated, and beneath her were two white eggs with small spots.

The Owl Messenger was anxious: [Station Chief, my wife’s laying time is much later this time, and she only laid two eggs.]

[Please check if there’s something wrong with her body?]

The owl’s breeding season is usually in spring or summer, and now it was late autumn for the owl to lay eggs, indeed abnormal.

Xu Ying first used a flashlight to carefully examine the owl’s feathers.

When its wings were spread, the feathers were neat and smooth, but at the base of the neck and abdominal feathers, Xu Ying found some tiny black particles.

She furrowed her brow slightly and gently parted the feathers with her fingers, revealing a patch of mold-like spots⁠—feather lice, a common parasite on birds.

“Parasites can affect a bird’s health and also delay the owl’s egg-laying period.”

Xu Ying concluded her diagnosis: “You have to bring your wife to stay at the rescue station for a while. I need to prepare a deworming bath for her.”

[Ah, it’s parasites! Since the snake we caught to clean died, there’s been nobody to take care of cleaning the house~]

[But we haven’t found a new cleaner yet.]

The owls sighed “coo” in unison.

Xu Ying understood upon hearing this. No wonder the female owl had so many parasites on her body.

Owls, although enjoying zero rent, usually catch a snake to act as a cleaner, reciprocating the woodpecker by letting the snake clean the nest, peacefully cohabitating as two birds and a snake.

The blind snake, a tiny snake feeding on earthworms and insects, is only slightly larger than an earthworm, generally six to seventeen centimeters long.

Xu Ying comforted them: “Let’s deworm first. Finding a cleaner can come later.”

Both owls nodded in unison, nodding like pecking chickens.

Xu Ying carefully placed the two bird eggs into a box specially designed for storing bird eggs and took the two owls back to the rescue station.

On the way back to the rescue station, Xu Ying received a system reward prompt:

[Congratulations to the host for helping the King Cobra fulfill its wish for companionship, assisting the tiger marten hunters in completing their prey training, and assisting in the owl’s prenatal examination. Reward: Mastery in Beast Language for two subjects, earning three points.]

Xu Ying discovered a reward rule that if she conducted routine check-ups for small animals, only points were awarded. If she helped animals solve their problems, she would receive Beast Language Skills as rewards.

She estimated that once she finished deworming the owls, she could gain another Beast Language Skill.

Wahoo, the thought of earning several points these days made Xu Ying excited.

However, to her surprise, by the time she rode back to the rescue station on her scooter, she found a large truck parked in front of the station.

Moreover, there were two brand new four-wheel desert off-road motorcycles parked next to the rescue station!

Xu Ying had seen foreign bloggers ride these desert motorcycles on video platforms, the model being the Arctic Cat Wildcat, priced at forty thousand US Dollars.

She recalled Secretary Jiang mentioning Qiao Yanli’s gift of motorcycles to be shipped from abroad. Could it be these two motorcycles in front of her?

Before Xu Ying could feel astonished, the truck’s cargo bay door opened, and a long-haired beauty dressed in a storm jacket and work pants jumped down.

“My savior, I’ve come to offer my life to you!”

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