Chapter 65 (continued)

Yang Yiqing smiled and continued holding the hay.

The two men had to feed the hay into the mixer, where it would be crushed and mixed before being transferred to the feeding trough.

Although the forklift can be used to move the hay directly, it's impossible to measure the amount by forking, so it's more convenient to carry it to the mixer manually.

Carrying hay is a mechanized activity, Shi Wen bad about ignoring Yang Yiqing, so he chatted with her. "When are you planning to go home? Have you bought your plane ticket yet?"

The Gong Jiang have already confirmed their holiday dates. Since Yang Yiqing is not Shi Wen's subordinate, Shi Wen had already told her that she could go back anytime, as long as she let him know in advance, Yang Yiqing agreed.

Now, Yang Yiqing said, "I might go back on February 2nd."

Shi Wen silently calculated the days. "Six days left. Have you bought the plane tickets and everything?"

"Everything's bought, and the luggage's almost packed," Yang Yiqing said. "I'll be going back with Ge Yue."

Shi Wen, "That's good, you two can keep each other company. Yan Kexing take you to the airport."

The two chatted as they worked, mixing the hay.

Shi Wen told Yang Yiqing to go and rest, while he himself used a cart to push feed to the troughs to feed the livestock.

This job isn't strenuous, just rather complicated.

Shi Wen put Bluetooth earphones in her ears and listened to music while working.

He was multitasking and not very focused.

Therefore, when he saw the Wolf King's figure flash by in the livestock shed, he didn't think much of it.

The Wolf King and the dogs were originally kept in the barn. These past few days, they haven't needed to be herded, so it's not unusual for them to go out and play every day and run around.

Sometimes, A Sai and his men would tease the dogs and wolves, making the dogs and the Wolf King fetch something.

Shi Wen only glanced at it before looking away, but the incident left an impression on him.

The work in the livestock shed was finished by the morning.

Since there's no milking to Shi Wen and nothing else to do, Shi Wen took a book and went out to the grassland to sunbathe, read, and take a nap.

Although it's a bit cold and damp now, it's good that the sun is out.

Under the sun, even the cold wind seemed gentle.

Shi Wen lying on the grass, reading with his back to the sun, and when he gets tired, he covers his face with the book and falls asleep on the spot.

He slept for a while, then woke up again, looked at the sky, the clouds, the grassland, the snow-capped mountains, and the Hu Zai and dogs running outside.

The Wolf King mingled among the dogs.

It's stopped pretending now; it runs incredibly fast on all fours. Only Heiwa and Fu Wa can catch it; the other little guys can only be dragged along by it.

Shi Wen could sense that the little ones were exceptionally excited today, even bordering on hyperactive.

The little ones usually have a lot of fun playing outside, but that's just average happiness; they rarely get this excited.

Shi Wen sensed something was wrong; upon observation, it seemed the Wolf King also had something in its mouth.

Are they playing with toys?

The little guys ran so fast that they quickly became tiny black dots.

Shi Wen that if you don't drive, you can't catch up with them at all, and you can only watch them leave.

When they returned in the evening, they ate rather reluctantly.

Standing in the middle of the group, Shi Wen asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you guys today? My cooking isn't that bad, is it?"

Heiwa stuck out his tongue. "Woof."

Wolf King also. "Woof."

They barked twice, then buried their heads and continued eating.

Fu Wa was the least enthusiastic eater. He would look left and right, and only after seeing that everyone else had started eating would he lower his head and reluctantly eat.

This guy's a real glutton, there's definitely something fishy going on. Could he be out hunting for food somewhere?

Shi Wen observed them discreetly and discovered that they indeed didn't eat much.

After barely finishing their meal, Le Wa and An Wa were so full they could barely move. Heiwa, Fu Wa, and the Wolf King also walked slowly, clearly too full to run.

Shi Wen stepped forward, bent down, hooked his arm around Fu Wa's neck, and lifted its lips to look.

Fu Wa grinned, stuck out her tongue, and tried to lick him.

Shi Wen held the dog's head still and looked around, but didn't find anything—its mouth was quite clean from licking.

He had no choice but to push the enthusiastic Fu Wa away and let it play by itself.

That evening, Shi Wen told Yan Kexing about it, "I always suspect they went out to forage for wild food, otherwise why wouldn't they be so unenthusiastic about eating?"

Yan Kexing: "Do they steal food from the house?"

Shi Wen shook his head. "No, I've already checked. Unless they're stealing hay, which I might not have noticed."

Dogs are omnivores, but they can't be so indiscriminate as to eat even hay.

Yan Kexing: "If it really is about hunting for food in the wild, we'll find out once we go and see for ourselves."

"I can't keep up, they're too fast," Shi Wen, frustrated. "They even seem to be deliberately avoiding me; they're too clever, those guys."

Yan Kexing thought for a moment and said, "Then let's attach a camera to them. I'll bring back a special animal camera tomorrow."

Shi Wen, "That's a great idea! If we put it on the Fu Wa, it shouldn't fall off."

Shi Wen I put collars on my dogs at home, and sometimes I put leashes on them.

The camera that Yan Kexing brought back was quite small and inconspicuous when attached to his collar.

Shi Wen put the devices on both Fu Wa and Le Wa —these two were easier to fool.

After installation, Shi Wen did some testing.

As expected, the two dogs didn't notice anything amiss, and the Wolf King didn't show any unusual behavior either. The video transmission was very stable, except for a slightly narrow field of view and the fact that it sometimes captured Le Wa and Fu Wa's chins. There were no other problems.

After feeding the livestock and finishing the work in the barn, and making sure the dogs had run away, Shi Wen and Yan Kexing took out the computer to check their activity paths.

It was only at this point that Shi Wen discovered that the Wolf King was indeed stealing corn kernels from the livestock shed.