Chapter 74

Xuehua took a bath for quite a long time.

There was no way, it was too dirty, Mu Ling brushed it back and forth several times.

However, the effect is immediate after washing.

The white of the snowflake is not pure white, it still has the black stripes of the tiger on its body. When it was gray before, those black stripes and gray hair almost merged into one, making the whole look dirty.

But now after washing it, it instantly becomes clear black and white, and the features become delicate.

"Ahhhh! It's glowing!"

"My Snowflake is such a beauty! I thought they were so pretty when I watched Dabao and Xiaobao's videos. It turns out they inherited my Snowflake's genes! The black stripes and white fur are absolutely stunning. The combination really gives them a classy and luxurious look!"

"I don't care. Even if the sky falls today, Snowflake must be the supreme queen mother of our Piccolo Zoo!"

"Hahaha, who wants to pay respects to the Empress Dowager? Oh, it's me!"

"Ahhh, is the director going to take the snowflakes away? No, I still want to see them!"

"Nothing to take away, nothing to take away, and you're still blowing it up on the spot!"

Yes, Mu Ling got up just to get the special hair dryer.

As Mu Ling stood up, Xuehua also stood up from the ground. After it stood still, it shook its fur. In an instant, water droplets flew around it. The sunlight from the sky happened to fall on this area, and the water droplets seemed to be dyed with crystal orange light. The picture was beautiful like a vivid oil painting.

There happened to be a professional photographer among the tourists. He immediately captured the scene, then added a few more static pictures of the snowflakes after they had shed their hair, and then saved them excitedly.

The onlookers also thought the scene was amazing, and many of them took photos, but since they were not professionals after all, the photos they took did not have that much of an atmosphere.

At this time, Mu Ling also took the hair dryer from the staff. She sat on a small plastic stool and began to blow the snowflakes.

The hair dryer was silent, and Baihu couldn't hear the noise. He just felt the warm wind was very comfortable, so he simply leaned lazily in Mu Ling's arms, occasionally licking Mu Ling's wrist.

After blowing the snowflake for about half an hour, when it was completely and successfully refurbished, Mu Ling stood up and gestured to the snowflake, asking it to stand next to her.

Although still old and hunched, the overall appearance of the white tiger was smooth, bright and flamboyant, and it stood obediently beside Mu Ling.

Mu Ling bowed to the crowd, then pointed to the ground and said to Xuehua, "Xuehua, look here."

Snowflake looked at the ground in confusion, but saw nothing.

But when Xuehua lowered its head, in the eyes of others, it was as if it had also bowed. The man and the tiger seemed to be saying goodbye at the same time.

The audience below was immediately shocked, with loud applause and cheers coming one after another!

Mu Ling smiled, touched Xuehua's forehead, and took it to the back.

However, the tourists did not want them to leave. They kept calling out "Director" and "Snowflake", obviously wanting to interact with them for a while longer.

Chai Yunyue was stuck in the middle of the crowd, surrounded by the roars of tourists. This kind of noisy environment is usually prone to accidents. He turned his head and said to his subordinates, "Let's get out..."

"Ahhh! Snowflake, don't go! Snowflake, don't go!"

Chai Yunyue: “…”

Chai Yunyue looked at his subordinate who suddenly looked sad and heartbroken in shock, his pupils trembling!

Is this still his usual serious and proper confidant? Do you still remember that you are at work?

Chai Yunyue went to find Hong Jiang again. Researcher Hong came with a mission. Since the female director had already been eliminated, it was time for them to go find her.

Chai Yunyue searched for a long time and finally found Hong Jiang, but he discovered that Hong Jiang was pulling a tourist and pestering the tourist to buy the tourist's photos. He also said that he was from the War Beast Center and that the photos he bought would be used on the cover of the War Beast official website's ear-horned tiger species column.

The tourist was obviously tempted, but the two were still arguing about copyright fees, because if they wanted to use the image commercially, they would have to buy the image rights of Snowflake from the zoo.

Chai Yunyue: “…”

No, is there no one to take care of him?

"Director Chai, it's too chaotic here and unsafe. Let's go outside." Colonel Val stepped forward and said very cautiously.

Chai Yunyue immediately looked at the dedicated colonel with a smile on his face: "Okay."

Five minutes later, Chai Yunyue stood outside the animal dormitory. He looked quietly at the middle-aged colonel beside him who was excitedly making small movements with a golden tiger in the animal dormitory.

You don't really want to take me to a quiet place...

You just want to come and see the Ripping Tiger!

"Director Chai, why are you here? Don't you dislike animals?"

The bathhouse was over and the tourists all came to the animal dormitory. Hong Jiang and his subordinates finally found Director Chai.

Seeing that Director Chai had come to the animal dormitory early to reserve a seat, Hong Jiang thought that this man was quite stubborn, as he had previously said that he didn't like animals.

Chai Yunyue no longer wanted to say anything. He asked wearily, "Should we go see Director Mu now?"

Hong Jiang immediately said, "Right, right, right." He looked around again and asked suspiciously, "Hey, where's the young man who led the way?"

Chai Yunyue looked around and found that the male employee was gone.

Hong Jiang suddenly looked at Chai Yunyue with a subtle expression: "Director Chai, weren't you talking to that young man just now? What did you say?"

Chai Yunyue paused: "Nothing."

The subordinate beside him suddenly muttered quietly: "I heard that the director teased Director Mu and drove that male employee away..."

Chai Yunyue: “…”

Chai Yunyue immediately looked at his subordinate: "What did you say?"

The subordinate was very timid and lowered his head quickly, but still said weakly: "You, you asked how old Mr. Mu was, whether he had a boyfriend, and even asked whether he liked him or not. That male employee must have thought you were a pervert and left without paying attention to us..."

Chai Yunyue: “…”

Hong Jiang was immediately furious: "Director Chai, did you really say such obscene words?"

"I……"

Chai Yunyue suddenly didn’t know how to explain… He asked, but that wasn’t what he meant!

Colonel Val was listening nearby and felt his entire worldview shattered. How could Director Chai be such a person?

No, after the mission is over, he must expose this matter in the group! Let everyone report it anonymously, and let this Chai guy undergo internal investigation as soon as possible!

When he met the girl for the first time, he asked her how old she was and whether she had a boyfriend. It was obvious that he did this kind of thing many times!

He can't be a repeat offender! Chai Yunyue suddenly jumped to the Yinhe River and couldn't clear himself!

So, twenty minutes later, when Hong Jiang and his group finally saw Mu Ling, Chai Yunyue was blocked by the crowd at the back.

"Director Mu, I've heard a lot about you." Hong Jiang extended his hand.

Mu Ling shook hands with Researcher Hong and said, "Hello, hello. Please take a seat."

Hong Jiang came this time mainly for the War Beast Nursery and Mu Ling's previous sharing session on Siwan Star. The purpose of his visit this time was to participate in the entire process of the first batch of war beasts settling into the War Beast Nursery.

Mu Ling felt embarrassed when she heard this. You are not one of us, so it is not convenient to take you with us... Hong Jiang hurriedly said that he would not disturb them, but would just watch and record from the side.

After hearing his repeated assurances, and considering that the War Beast Center was their superior unit after all, Mu Ling finally agreed.

After the negotiations, Hong Jiang heard that a Snow Bear war beast had already moved into the nursery, and immediately expressed his desire to go and see it. Mu Ling then asked Fas to take him to see it.

When the few people were leaving, Mu Ling had just sent them to the door when she heard a quiet male voice suddenly ring out from the crowd: "Director Mu, my surname is Chai."

Mu Ling was stunned.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

Mu Ling looked into the crowd and saw a handsome young man. He pushed aside the people blocking his way, walked up to her, looked into her eyes, and said, "Excuse me, is it convenient for me to talk to you privately for a few minutes?"

The surroundings suddenly became quieter.

Mu Ling sensed something was amiss in the atmosphere. She looked puzzledly at Hong Jiang, who was clearly getting nervous, and then at the others around her who were also getting nervous. She felt a little baffled, but thinking they were all leaders of the War Beast Center, she said, "Okay."

Soon, in full view of everyone, the two went to a place not far away to talk alone.

Chai Yunyue could feel that there were at least a dozen pairs of eyes staring at him from behind, as if if he did anything inappropriate, these people would rush up and execute him on the spot!

Chai Yunyue didn't know why the situation had turned out like this. He looked a little haggard and asked Mu Ling, "Excuse me, on the night of September 21st, did any strangers come to your Beak Zoo?"

September 21st, a very precise date, but it had been so long ago, and that was before she went to the exchange meeting.

Mu Ling thought for a moment and shook her head. "Our zoo doesn't usually accept strangers, unless someone from another unit comes and it's too late to leave, so they stay overnight. It was September 21st, I can't remember exactly. What can I do for you?"

Chai Yunyue carefully observed Mu Ling's expression when she heard September 21st. There was nothing wrong with her expression, and she didn't seem to think there was anything special about this day.

After a moment of silence, Chai Yunyue continued, "I'd like to retrieve the surveillance footage from your campus on September 21st. Here's my ID."

He took out his ID. Mu Ling took a look and was a little surprised: "Are you not from the War Beast Center?"

Chai Yunyue said: "Director of the Presidential Special Alert Department, Chai Yunyue, I have a case and I hope you will cooperate."

Mu Ling looked at the other person for a while, then said, "I'll make a call."

Mu Ling called Xiang Bie, who answered quickly. She said directly, "Come over here. I'm downstairs in the office building."

Soon, Xiang Bie came over from the garage.

Chai Yunyue looked at the male employee, and his eyes turned red in an instant.

It was because this person left quietly that he was misunderstood as a perverted pervert!

Mu Ling pulled Xiang Bie aside and said, "This guy said he was from the Security Bureau. There's a case and they need to retrieve our surveillance footage from September 21st. I don't know if what he said is true or not, and I don't know anything about the Security Bureau."

Xiang Bie glanced at Chai Yunyue over there and said calmly: "He came here with the people from the War Beast Center, so there shouldn't be any problems."

Mu Ling whispered, "I'm even doubting Mr. Hong's identity now. He said he was from the War Beast Center. Is he really from the War Beast Center? I feel like they're a scam ring. What surveillance footage couldn't they have the garrison troops retrieve? And why did they do it on that day? If they were investigating a poaching case, it wouldn't have been that day. Do you think I should contact Major Chang?"

Seeing Mu Ling's nervous look, ready to call the police at any moment, Xiang Bie pointed in another direction with his chin: "Look over there."

Mu Ling was stunned and looked in the direction he was looking.

Xiang Bie said: "Colonel Val, Qilin's former master."

Mu Ling was a little surprised.

She knew that Qilin's owner was Colonel Val, but she had never seen him.

Xiang Bie said: "Colonel Val is with them, so they are not a fraud gang. If you want to monitor them, just set them up and ask them to sign. As long as the procedures are complete, it will be fine."

After hearing what Brother Xiang said, Mu Ling nodded and said, "Then go and adjust it for him."

Xiang Bie left, and when he came back, he had an information disk in his hand. He handed it to Mu Ling.

Mu Ling gave the information disk to Chai Yunyue again and asked him to sign it.

After everyone finally left, Mu Ling suddenly turned her head to look at Brother Xiang and asked, "Brother Xiang, I remember there was a problem with the surveillance camera at the entrance of our veterinary station. It would jam. On September 21st, the surveillance camera hadn't been replaced yet, so the view from outside the veterinary station should still be jamming, right?"

Xiang Bie was stunned. He lowered his eyes and looked at Mu Ling. For a moment, his eyes were deep.

Mu Ling sighed softly, "Hey, I hope these big bosses won't come and cause trouble for us again just because we're monitoring Kaka. They're directors, too. We can't afford to offend them, we can't afford to offend them."

Mu Ling said this and walked towards the veterinary station, as if she was just making a casual complaint.

But when Xiang Bie looked at Mu Ling's back, for a moment, he felt that he couldn't see through her.

No, he never seemed to see through her.

Many people say that Mu Ling has a good temper, a good personality, and is gentle, but most of them forget one thing.

She graduated from graduate school before she was 20 years old, and earned hundreds of thousands of dividends in her first job after graduation.

She is a very, very, very smart person.

Some of the hidden things, she might have seen through them long ago.

Xiang Bie thought of the communication just now again.

Mu Ling suddenly called him and said only one sentence, "Come here for a moment, I'm downstairs in the office building."

This was not her usual tone of voice.

She would usually say, "Brother Xiang, where are you? Come over here for a moment. I have something to do."

She didn't call him "Brother Xiang" just now.

But just now, in front of Chai Yunyue, he never called out from beginning to end.

As if deliberately avoiding it.

His eyes darkened a little. Xiang Bie was silent for a moment and then looked forward again.

Then Mu Ling's figure disappeared completely...

-

Videos of Xuehua before and after taking a bath suddenly went viral on StarNet.

Some netizens who saw the video envied the tourists who visited today and actually caught up with the bathing activity, some complained that it was really difficult to get tickets for the Piccolo Zoo, and they still couldn’t get one after a month of trying, and some took screenshots for daily collection. After all, the snowflakes are not open to the public yet, and they don’t know when they will see them next time.

At nine o'clock in the evening, in a house on Monina Star, the hostess finished checking her daughter's homework and was urging her to go to bed early when she heard the door outside suddenly open.

The daughter ran out instantly, shouting happily, "Dad!"

The man who opened the door was the man of the house. He put down the suitcase in his hand, caught his daughter who was running towards him, hugged her and asked, "Do you miss Daddy?"

The daughter said sweetly, "Yes! I also want to see 'Hurricane'. Dad, can you take me to see 'Hurricane' this weekend?"

The hostess came out of the house at this time, took her daughter from her husband's arms, and tapped her daughter's nose: "Hurricane is a war beast, how can you just meet him?"

The daughter was a little disappointed and hugged her mother's neck and said coquettishly: "But I want to see him, Mom. I told my classmates that my dad is a beastman, but no one believed me because I don't even have a photo of Hurricane. Mom, I want to take a photo with Hurricane..."

The man said helplessly, "Hurricane is a military beast, you can't just take pictures of it."

The daughter still refused to give in, so the hostess had no choice but to carry her back to her room and coax her to sleep. Then she came out and asked, "You were away on this mission for so long, are you okay?"

The man saw that the door was tightly closed and took off his coat. Suddenly, the wound on the back of his shoulder was exposed under his military vest.

The hostess was startled and hurried over to check the wound. The more she looked, the more frightened she became: "Is it so serious?"

The man smiled, held his wife's hand, and said gently, "You can take a half-month vacation. It's just right. Yuanyuan wants to see the war beasts, right? Let's go to the God King Planet."

The hostess was stunned: "God King Planet..."

The man looked into his wife's eyes and said, "I saw it yesterday when I got the laptop. The Beak Zoo on the God King Planet posted a video of snowflakes coming down from the mountains."

The hostess's expression suddenly became unnatural: "I..."

"I know you've been donating to Xuehua." The man still held his wife's hand, his palm warm. "Back in the military academy, you were clearly Xuehua's owner. If it weren't for that accident, you and Xuehua wouldn't have been separated. I know you've felt regretful all these years, especially after giving birth to Yuanyuan. You knew Xuehua had retired, and during that time, you were in a very bad mood."

The hostess bit her lip and said, "Snowflake retired at the age of 12. Before retiring, she even left behind offspring, providing new students for the War Beast Academy. She dedicated her entire life to the Federation, but what was her life like after retirement? If I hadn't discovered that the zoo was withholding animal feed, I can't imagine how much torture Snowflake must have endured!"

The man said, "You reported them. You did a good job."

The hostess continued, "But then, I thought it was just an accident, but later I found out that its owner didn't care about it at all, so no matter how it was treated, no one would help it. What can I do? I can only keep donating to it, but I don't know its current situation. Every time I call to ask, the zoo says it's doing well. I can't see it, so I don't know if it's really doing well. I can only pray that it can live for two more years, two more years..."

"It's fine now." The man said seriously: "Have you watched today's video? It's very beautiful. After taking a bath, it seems to have returned to its youthful appearance."

"I saw it." The hostess' eyes were red. "When Director Mu was brushing and blowing its fur, Snowflake was very relaxed. It was comfortable. It didn't feel uncomfortable or uneasy. It was happy..."

"Then don't you want to see it with your own eyes?" The man wiped the tears from his wife's eyes. "You have always cared about it and paid close attention to it."

The hostess bit her lip and looked at her husband disappointedly: "But it's not open to the public, so we won't be able to see it even if we go there."

"You have Xuehua's donation slip. For four whole years, she's donated millions. Almost all of your clothing store's profits are included in it. I believe that Principal Mu will agree to let you meet with her alone after seeing the donation slip."

The hostess was a little nervous: "Director Mu, he seems to be a very nice person...but Xuehua doesn't know me..."

"It knows you." The man said, "You were together for a whole year."

The hostess suddenly felt dazed. Yes, in her freshman year, she had excellent grades and applied for an S-level war beast. She named it Snowflake.

But in her sophomore year, she was in a car accident that severely fractured her left leg. After that, she had to drop out of the Beast Taming Military Academy because even if her leg healed, it could not withstand the high-intensity training of a soldier.

She touched her left leg. Now her legs could walk normally, and her military school life seemed like a thing of the past life.

"It must have forgotten me..." The hostess said sadly, "It was too long ago, fifteen years ago. It won't remember me."

"Tigers have good memories." The man continued to encourage his wife: "Let's give it a try and go see it. Even if it really doesn't remember you, at least you saw it, right?"

The hostess looked at her husband again. After a while, her heart suddenly started beating faster. She asked, "So... when are we going?"

The host smiled and said, "Let's go tomorrow and ask for leave for Yuanyuan!"

The hostess looked at her husband's wound again: "But you..."

"It's just a minor injury, it's nothing. We only have half a month of vacation, so we can't waste a single day. I heard that tickets to the Beek Zoo are hard to get, and we don't know when we'll get one!"

The hostess was so excited by her husband's words that she immediately said, "Well, then I'll go pack up now!"

As she spoke, she immediately got up and went back to her room.

But at this moment, her light brain suddenly rang.

The beeping reminder sound kept ringing, as if it was the voice of the group.

Was it her daughter's parent group? She had no choice but to open her laptop, only to find that a strange group name popped up.

A loving family in the garden?

She has never joined this group.

The hostess looked at her husband, who was also puzzled. In just two seconds, several more messages appeared in the upper right corner of the group.

The hostess clicked on the group and immediately saw some names she didn’t recognize.

Lieutenant Herman? Lieutenant General Milo? Commander Duan?

"This... is this a mistake? Honey, this is your group, right? Did you add my ID number by mistake?"

The hostess was confused. Her husband was her classmate in military school and was now a Beast Tamer. Even if there were groups for lieutenants, lieutenant generals, or commanders, they should be her husband's work group, right?

The host frowned at the name of Lieutenant General Milo. "Is this the commander of our planet? My superior's superior?"

The host and hostess were both suspicious.

At this time, a person named "Xiang Bie" suddenly appeared in the group and sent a line of text.

Category: [@Ms. Fang, this is the owner of Snowflake.]

When the hostess saw that she was tagged, she was stunned for a moment, and then she saw the word "Snowflake" and was a little surprised.

In the group, Lieutenant General Milo, who was said to be the husband's immediate superior, also sent a reply.

Lieutenant General Milo: [@Ms. Fang, welcome. I am the owner of Moonlight. Please take care of me.]

Then, there are responses from other people.

Lieutenant Herman: [@Ms. Fang, welcome. I am the owner of Lightning. Please take care of me.]

Lieutenant Colonel Song: [@Ms. Fang, welcome, I am the Master of Pimi...]

[@Ms. Fang, welcome, I am...]

Messages kept popping up one after another, and Ms. Fang was completely dumbfounded.

She quickly replied: [I am not the owner of the snowflake, is there something wrong? ]

No one else spoke for a moment, and then the "Xiang Bie" replied.

Category: [According to the review, you are fulfilling your duties as a Snowflake guardian, so you are added to the group. If you feel uncomfortable, you can leave the group.]

Ms. Fang: “…”

Ms. Fang looked at the five words "Snowflake Guardian" and suddenly raised her hand to cover her mouth, her eyes instantly moist.

How much she wanted to, how much she wanted to, how much she wanted to be Xuehua's guardian...

But she had already missed it...