In a dimly lit room.
Xiao Changqi sat at the table, holding a cup of tea that his servants prepared for the little bird every day, his unfocused gaze wandering aimlessly.
The house, which was usually filled with the chirping of birds, was eerily quiet.
Xiao Changqi frowned, his mood becoming uncontrollably irritable.
He angrily stood up and was about to go to bed when he suddenly heard a soft chirping sound.
Xiao Changqi paused in his act of undressing, then turned to look at the door. He saw the door open a crack, and a short little paw reached in from the outside, tentatively waving before landing. Then a tuft of pink fur shuffled in.
Unfortunately, the little bird underestimated its size, and the first thing to enter was a short, pointed beak.
Xiao Changqi: "..."
Finally, the bird, unable to squeeze through the narrow gap, had to find another way to enter the house.
Xiao Changqi stopped in his tracks as he was about to open the door, his eyes narrowing dangerously as a round, pink figure flashed past outside.
However, the next second, a "whoosh" sound suddenly came from the window.
A beak pierced the paper window, and then a pink bird's head twisted and turned, widening the hole.
*Splat*
The little bird that finally crawled in sat on the table to catch its breath before flapping its wings and standing up.
Then, he met a pair of deep, dark eyes.
New Year:"……"
What should I do if I sneak into someone's room and get caught red-handed? I need help urgently!!
"Chirp chirp chirp..."
While trying to cover up the hole, Yuandan innocently chirped at the man.
It's as if it's saying: I didn't do anything.
The fact that the bird was caught red-handed on New Year's Day is now so complicated that even having ten beaks wouldn't explain it.
"Didn't I tell you to sleep in the study?" Xiao Changqi picked up the naughty little bird that had done something wrong but still wouldn't correct it, his voice as cold as ice.
"Chirp chirp chirp".
The study was cold and dark, and I, a little bird, was very scared.
Looking into the little bird's tiny, bean-sized eyes, Xiao Changqi remained expressionless and said, "If you insist on raising another bird, you'll have to sleep in the study from now on."
New Year:"……"
Why is this man suddenly so hard to please?
Besides, it's just raising one more bird, right?
Can't such a large royal palace afford to support its inhabitants?
However, now that he is living under someone else's roof, he doesn't have the confidence to say these things and can only pretend to be innocent to avoid this issue.
She even gave a small yawn, indicating that she was sleepy and needed to go to bed.
Xiao Changqi immediately saw through the little bird's scheme and grabbed her tail feathers, threatening, "Xiao Yuanyuan."
New Year:"!!"
Try pinching my tail again?
Xiao Changqi raised an eyebrow, and with a slight squeeze of his rough fingers, pinched the little bird's tail feathers again.
New Year:"……"
Cough cough.
I let you touch my feathers.
Can you stop being angry now?
Having inexplicably understood what the bird was trying to say, Xiao Changqi remained silent for a long time before finally letting the naughty bird go.
He asked in a low voice, "Why did you agree to Sun Jianchou's request?"
Why did you agree to raise that bird egg even though I would be angry?
"Chirp chirp".
Yuandan called out twice before realizing that the man couldn't hear her through the tuft of hair on her head, so she pointed to the paper and pen on the desk, indicating that he should carry her over.
Xiao Changqi gently patted the little bird, who was becoming increasingly unafraid of him, and lifted her onto the desk.
On New Year's Day, he picked up a calligraphy brush and slowly wrote on the paper: "How long will you be gone to Tongzhou this time?"
Xiao Changqi pondered for a moment and gave a timeframe that even he himself was unsure of: "At least two months."
What about more?
Half a year?
A year?
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