"Yes, Your Highness."
As the cage door opened, Yuan Dan pondered the purpose of Xiao Changqi's actions.
She glanced at the man with her small, beady eyes, trying to glean something from his expressionless, handsome face.
Xiao Changqi stood with his hands behind his back, his expression indifferent, as if he hadn't noticed the bird's probing gaze.
New Year's Day: "Chirp?"
Unable to figure out what the other person was thinking, Yuandan could only pretend to be stupid. Her short, chubby wings were hidden in her thick down, and her two short legs were lying flat, perfectly embodying the image of an obedient girl.
Xiao Changqi raised his hand and knocked on the cage: "Come out."
Yuandan glanced at the open cage door. In order not to let the man discover that she could understand human speech, she blinked in confusion, hesitated for a few seconds, and then flapped her wings to stand up and tentatively took a step out.
Realizing there was no danger, it ran confidently to the cage door with its thin little legs.
She glanced down and exclaimed, "Chirp?!"
Holy crap!
How can it be so tall?!
The New Year's Day bird was too fat—no, it was too hairy—too unable to fly. Its wings were like useless decorations.
Seeing the little chubby bird hesitating at the cage door, Xiao Changqi simply stepped in to help her out.
The man only poked the little bird's fluffy, round bottom slightly, and the little bird fell straight down like a pink ball.
"Chirp—?"
Aaaaaah!!!
I'm going to die! I'm going to die!
New Year's Day fluttered its wings, accompanied by the bird's panicked "chirp chirp chirp," and the pink ball fell to the ground with a thud.
"Oh."
Upon seeing this, Xiao Changqi seemed amused, his deep voice like pearls striking a stream, extremely pleasant to the ear.
The New Year's Day, which had landed face-first, was furious. It jumped up and pointed at the man with its wingtip, exuding an imposing aura: "Chirp chirp chirp!!"
Are you trying to kill me?
If I weren't so feathered and fleshy, I'd be a bird pancake by now!
Ignoring the little bird's hopping, Xiao Changqi bent down and picked up the pink ball, his eyes cold: "Little one, are you blaming me?"
The highly crisis-aware New Year's Day suddenly chickened out, letting out a soft "chirp" before giving up.
A good bird is one that can bend and stretch.
“It’s a smart one.” Xiao Changqi reached out and stroked the soft feathers on the little bird’s head. “Keep it.”
The head steward of the Prince's mansion also noticed that the bird was somewhat intelligent and lively, so keeping it to amuse the Prince was a good idea: "Yes, Your Highness."
Having escaped from the cage, New Year's Day refused to go back, lying round and plump in the man's palm.
At this moment, she was no longer afraid of Xiao Changqi. She knew that as long as she was in Xiao Changqi's hands, these maids would not dare to snatch her away.
If it weren't for the fear of giving away too much, I might have leisurely crossed my legs on New Year's Day.
She only thought that the maid wouldn't dare to snatch her from Xiao Changqi, but she didn't think that Xiao Changqi might throw her to the maid.
The King of Gan, who was also busy with military affairs, naturally couldn't bring a bird to the military camp, so on New Year's Day, he still couldn't escape the fate of returning to his cage.
"Chirp chirp chirp!!!"
Yuandan clung tightly to the man's long, rough fingers with its wings, shaking its round little head like a rattle drum.
No, no, no!!
I don't want to go back to the cage.
The little bird's resistant demeanor gave Xiao Changqi the inexplicable feeling that he was a heartless man who had abandoned his wife and children.
Xiao Changqi: "..."
Xiao Changqi pinched the little bird's legs, which were so thin he seemed he could snap them with a single force, and said in a deep voice, "You can't bear to part with me?"
New Year's Day nodded: "Chirp chirp!"
Who cares what he says, as long as he doesn't go back to the cage.
Xiao Changqi waved for the maid to leave, then raised an eyebrow at the little bird and said, "Aren't you afraid of me?"
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