I raise furry animals and fly them to my motherland.

Chapter 243 Three Corpses on the Snow Mountain
[Boss: Elegance is timeless]

Erniu truly lives up to his reputation as the powerhouse.

[San San: This fairy must maintain her image!]

"Now let the little ones demonstrate the makeup removal process for everyone~"

As soon as Xu Ying sat down on the makeup chair, Hu Xiaowu snuggled up to her shoulder and obediently held up a cotton pad soaked in makeup remover.

However, the heartwarming scene didn't last three seconds:

Fox Sibao took advantage of a moment when no one was looking and licked the makeup remover oil. He was immediately disgusted by the bitterness and stood there spitting out his tongue all over the place.

Xu Ying flicked its forehead: "What are you doing!"

"Fortunately, this cleansing oil has safe ingredients, so my pet won't die on the spot if it accidentally ingests it."

Fox Three insisted on using the "lady's method," resulting in her applying makeup remover pads like a face mask, covering Xu Ying's entire face and turning her into a mummy.

In the end, it was the fox boss who swept away this unreliable group with his tail, and personally used his claws to roll up a cotton pad and precisely wiped away Xu Ying's eye makeup from her left eye.

The live-streaming event to support farmers will continue into the evening. During this time, Xu Ying will not only be broadcasting live, but there will also be villagers and guests performing their talents and showcasing their unique skills.

As long as Xu Ying appears during peak viewing times and engages in interactive games with the animals and her co-hosts, the sales in her live stream skyrocket.

The entire day's live stream recordings were saved by netizens and uploaded online to create various clips, some funny, some with cute animals, and some even featuring couples to ship.

Although the live-streaming event to support farmers ended at 9 p.m., the popularity of the agricultural products and Xu Ying only increased!

After finishing their work, the village secretary of Xicun gave red envelopes to Xu Ying, the three handsome male assistants, and the animals.

Everyone was grinning from ear to ear.

Xu Ying arrived by car today, not by motorcycle.

"Shall I take you back?"

Chen Su and Qi Xiao's voices rang out simultaneously behind Xu Ying.

Xu Ying turned around and looked at the two of them with a surprised raised eyebrow.

At this moment, a minivan drove into the work site.

The car door opened, and Secretary-General Qin Fuli got out of the car. "Station Chief Xu, let's go."

As he leaned slightly forward, a delicate golden mirror chain dangled down, refracting tiny shimmering lights with his movements.

When Qin Fuli's gaze fell on Chen Su and Qi Xiao, his expression paused: "What is this about you two...?"

Chen Su and Qi Xiao were equally surprised to see Qin Fuli, and their gazes turned to Xu Ying.

Xu Ying felt a chill run down her spine under the incredulous gazes of the two people, and quickly explained, "This is my secretary, who helps me hand over work matters."

Xu Ying waved to the two of them: "I'm leaving now, thank you for being my assistant today!"

She fled in panic.

Why do I suddenly feel inexplicably guilty?

*
The second season of "Rules of Survival in the Desert" will begin filming in less than two days.

Xu Ying arrived at Xishan ahead of schedule, dragging her suitcase.

She felt very reassured that the desert rescue station was managed by a team of assistants.

The production team arranged for her to stay at the Snow View Hotel in Xishan Resort first.

However, less than an hour after Xu Ying checked in, she received a call from Shao, the program's director: "Station Chief Xu, you'd better come over right away."

Outside the coffee shop, in the snow-covered garden, Director Shao was smoking with a troubled expression. When he saw Xu Ying arrive, he stubbed out his cigarette.

His face was grave: "Station Chief Xu, something's happened. The program the day after tomorrow might not be able to be recorded."

The second episode, eagerly awaited by 30 million viewers across the internet, would suffer a huge loss if it didn't air on time. Xu Ying's heart tightened: "What's wrong?"

Director Shao sighed: "A murder has occurred in the snow mountain scenic area."

Just as Xu Ying was about to ask further questions, her phone vibrated, displaying the name "Ji Xuehui" on the screen.

She was the policewoman from the Xishan police station whom Xu Ying had worked with during the last investigation into the poachers who stole Xishan snow lotus.

"Yingying, you're at Xishan Resort right now, right?"

Ji Xuehui's voice was broken and fragmented by the wind and snow, revealing obvious fatigue, "There is a tricky case here, and we really need your assistance as an expert in animal language."

Xu Ying stamped her numb feet: "I'm at the coffee shop at the foot of the mountain. The snow is too heavy, and the cable car is out of service."

"Wait, I'll send a snowmobile to pick you up."

Ji Xuehui paused, then lowered her voice, "Bring your warm gear. The temperature on the mountain is ten degrees lower than down below, and the wind speed exceeds level eight."

Half an hour later, Xu Ying, bundled up like a penguin, huddled on the back of the snowmobile.

The crime scene was a hiking trail frequently used by climbers, a legal and compliant hiking route, and the deceased were all members of the same hiking team.

The warning line was set up at a viewing platform at an altitude of 3000 meters.

When Xu Ying jumped off the motorcycle, a gust of wind almost knocked her over.

Xu Ying shrank her neck and pulled her furry earmuffs up a little.

The West Mountain has entered the snow season. Even in a high-altitude area, the minus twenty degree Celsius cold can still penetrate to the bone marrow through a thick down jacket.

Her breath frosted her eyelashes, and her boots crunched on the snow.

She squinted and saw three bodies covered with white sheets being carried off on stretchers, the sheets already covered with a thin layer of snow.

Ji Xuehui was completely wrapped in a police polar cold-weather suit, her goggles were covered in ice flowers, and she had obvious dark circles under her eyes.

“This awful weather.” Ji Xuehui lifted her goggles, and her eyelashes immediately frosted over. “When the body was discovered by the patrolman this morning, the snow was already up to her knees.”

She handed Xu Ying a thermos tablet computer; the edges of the screen glowed blue due to the low temperature.

Xu Ying took off her right glove, and her fingertips turned red from the cold the moment they touched the screen.

"The three victims appeared to have died from hypothermia."

Ji Xuehui breathed warm air through her lips, which were purple from the cold, "But it's too bizarre that all three people died at the same time in a kneeling position."

Xu Ying had to turn to the side to shield herself from the wind and snow in order to see the screen clearly.

The crime scene photos are very eerie. The three male corpses are arranged in a perfect equilateral triangle, with their knees deeply embedded in the snow, and their hands clasped together as if in devout prayer.

The most bizarre thing was the corpse in the middle—

A man in his forties, with icicles hanging from his beard, had an unusually calm, even solemn, expression on his face, as if death were merely the final chapter of some kind of ritual.

Doesn't it look like an ice sculpture?

Ji Xuehui suddenly said.

Xu Ying then noticed that the corpse was covered with a transparent layer of ice, which refracted an eerie halo under the flashlight.

A gust of wind blew by, and the tablet computer screen went black with a "snap".

Ji Xuehui cursed and stuffed the equipment back into her arms to warm it: "The technical department said that there was an ice shell on the surface of the body, which means that the humidity was extremely high at the time of death, possibly during the most intense period of the blizzard."

"The weather on the mountain during the snow season is too harsh, which increases the difficulty of the investigation and makes it easy for evidence and clues to be covered up. We really need your help."

Just as Xu Ying was about to answer, she suddenly felt something touch her boot.

Looking down, she saw a snowsweeper clinging to the top of her waterproof boot, its black bean-like eyes gleaming in the snow.

[Sister Station Master~]