Chapter 315 Hospital Completion

Qi Xiao's stern brows were particularly sharp at this moment. His fingertips gently stroked the little guys' ears. His technique of rubbing the fox was already very skillful.

"It seems that Brother Qi Xiao took good care of you when I was away?" Xu Ying squatted down and touched the tip of Fox Boss's nose with his fingertips.

"No way!" the fox boss said, jumping up and down anxiously. "We are the ones taking care of him! He can't even set the food bowl properly!"

The Fox Boss said this while proudly showing off the rearranged pile of gold sand, although it looked no different than before.

Qi Xiao's brows twitched, but he still patiently explained: "They said they wanted to sort by excavation location, but after I finished sorting them, they got confused again."

Xu Ying couldn't help laughing. She walked over to Qi Xiao and took the food shovel from his hand.

"Does our boss Qi also get stumped sometimes?" she joked with a smile.

Qi Xiao chuckled and reached out to pick off the gold sand stuck in her hair. "Compared to this, I'm still better at making milk powder for hungry little foxes."

Before he finished speaking, Fox Xiaowu suddenly jumped down from his shoulder, holding something in his mouth and dropped it into Xu Ying's palm - it was a natural gold nugget with a heart engraved crookedly on it.

Xu Ying looked at the little golden heart in her palm. "This is..."

[We took turns biting it!]

The foxes all said in unison, their furry chests puffed out high. [This is for Brother Qi Xiao~~]

Qi Xiao turned his face away, but Xu Ying still caught the fleeting curve of his lips.

Xu Ying couldn't help but smile, "Thank you, Boss Qi! You've worked so hard taking care of these kids!"

Qi Xiao was holding a fennec fox that was trying to get into his collar. His stern face remained expressionless, but the tips of his ears were already red. "It was just a matter of convenience."

"But next time, don't leave me alone to deal with these little troublemakers."

Xu Ying smiled and said, "Okay!"

As dusk deepened, the two finally calmed down the excited fur balls.

Qi Xiao was standing by the window adjusting his collar when he suddenly felt a warm touch behind him.

Xu Ying was standing on tiptoe to help him remove the fox hair stuck to his shoulders.

Qi Xiao turned around, and the dusk light blurred his usual coldness.

Outside the window, the last rays of sunset stretched their shadows far out, weaving across the golden sand on the ground. The instigators had already huddled together in a warm, cozy group, sleeping soundly in a corner, occasionally emitting a contented snore.

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After winter, spring comes.

Xu Ying spent the entire winter in such busyness and warmth.

One morning in early spring, Xu Ying was lying on the bed in a daze, half asleep, when suddenly a ding sound came from her cell phone.

She unlocked her phone and took a look, her eyes widening instantly.

"[ICBC] Your account ending in 74366 received a transfer of RMB 300,000.00 at 15:20:16 on September 13th, with a balance of RMB 8,781,652.00. Summary: Bonus."

Xu Ying sat up and read the text message several times in confusion. How come she suddenly got another bonus?

Just when Xu Ying was confused, Ji Xuehui called.

"Stationmaster Xu, did you receive the reward for catching the spy?"

Xu Ying was confused again: "I got it, three hundred thousand. But, I remember I only caught a spy once in the desert, and the reward has already been paid out..."

——"Do you still remember the female corpse found in the frozen lake in early winter?"

Ji Xuehui explained: "After you helped us capture the murderer Zhao Yicheng, we launched an investigation into Zhao Yicheng."

"We discovered that he was a spy sent by an overseas pharmaceutical company to Xishan Pharmaceutical Research Company with the sole purpose of stealing Xishan Snow Lotus' core data and seeds."

"Thanks to him, our police have apprehended another group of spies who came to steal data and seed samples of our Dragon Country's unique Chinese herbal medicines."

After listening to Ji Xuehui's explanation, Xu Ying understood. He didn't expect that helping to find the murderer would bring him such an unexpected gain.

"Master Xu, thank you for your support of our police force. Let's continue to cooperate in the future~"

After ending the call with Ji Xuehui, Xu Ying counted the numbers on his bank card balance and still felt excited.

The popularity of "Desert Survival Rules" brought her a considerable income, and this was only her personal remuneration. The public welfare funds raised from the rescue station's public account have exceeded 50 million. The Desert Rescue Station no longer has to worry about funds, and Xu Ying was promoted to the director general of the Desert Animal Rescue Station.

In the blink of an eye, it was April, and the large desert animal hospital donated by Qiao Group was completed!

The April sunshine gently shines on the golden sand dunes. The newly built "Furry Animal Hospital" is decorated with lights and red ribbons sway gently in the breeze.

The pure white streamlined buildings are scattered like pearls in the sea of sand, and the five-story glass curtain wall of the main building reflects the flowing sand dunes.

In front of the hospital gate, a wooden sign is particularly eye-catching - not only is the hospital's name engraved on it, but it is also covered with various paw prints: the paw prints of fennec foxes look like round dandelions, those of sand cats look like small plum blossoms, and those of gerbils are miniature dots. These are all souvenirs that Xu Ying specially left using molds.

"Everyone is welcome to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony!"

Xu Ying stood under the flower gate decorated with desert wildflowers, smiling and waving to the small animals that came to watch.

She specially changed into a shirt with small paw prints on it today and pinned a golden desert sunflower in her hair.

Soon, the open space in front of the hospital was filled with furry guests.

The fennec fox family lined up in an orderly formation, each holding a small gift in its mouth; even the usually shy desert hedgehog rolled over a few beautiful empty snail shells.

"This is a gift from our heart!" The fox boss held his head high with pride, and together with the other fennec foxes, he pushed a small cart filled with sparkling quartz stones. "Each stone came from a different oasis!"

Xu Ying squatted down and gently stroked the stones, which were warm from the sun. "Great! We can use them to decorate the clinic."

The caracals, along with their equally silly companions, were carrying a bunch of flowers tied with sea buckthorn. Suddenly, one of the caracals sneezed, blowing the petals into the air.

The other caracals quickly waved their little paws to collect the petals, and they were in a panic. Xu Ying was almost dizzy with their cuteness.

At this time, there was a slight vibration from the ground. Xu Ying turned his head and saw groups of gerbils pushing small carts made of poplar fruit shells, which were piled with various seeds.

[In the future, the area around the hospital will be filled with flowers!]

The leader of the gerbils puffed out his chest. "Stationmaster Xu, although we gerbils have a short lifespan, these flowers bloom again every spring!"

Xu Ying squatted down, lifted the eldest gerbil up with his palm, looked at it straight in the eyes, and gently touched the seeds it was holding with his fingertips. A moist glimmer flashed in his eyes: "I will remember every gerbil in your family. Every warm heart of yours will take root and sprout here forever."

(End of this chapter)