Chapter 34

Bai Gaoxing vomited, and Li Pu was frightened.

Seeing the man's worried expression, Bai Gaoxing tried to smile at Li Pu - but failed. Then he tried to flap his wings to show that he was in really good shape! But that didn't work either, because if he moved any more he felt like he was going to overflow...

Generally speaking, apart from regurgitating feeding and crop scratches that can cause vomiting, the only other possible reason for parrots to vomit is illness or a cold.

And illness can easily lead to a devastating disaster for any species of bird.

Because birds are not mammals, targeted drugs and treatments are not as advanced; plus, birds are small in size, so abnormal signs are not obvious, and by the time they are discovered, it is usually too late.

The main problem is that there are too few pet hospitals that can effectively treat birds.

Bai Gaoxing understood this, and Li Pu, who had read the "Farm Breeding Manual", also understood this.

However, Bai Gaoxing knew that he was just holding on, while Li Pu thought that he was sick.

Bai Gaoxing leaned against the cage listlessly, without even using his favorite cotton and linen rope, and then glanced at the nest hanging above his head.

The nest was in the style of a small hammock, and he seldom went up there - he preferred to nest on the sofa or sleep in Li Pu's bedroom rather than in this stuffy, slightly hot plush nest.

But now, he felt he needed to lie down for a while...

Thinking of this, Bai Gaoxing took a step forward with great difficulty, but he staggered and almost fell headfirst.

Forget it, I'll just stand on the pole.

Bai Gaoxing grunted as he straightened himself and lowered his head, as if he was standing on the edge of a cliff.

This cage is very high. If you fall out of it, you will be smashed to pieces. It’s better to stay here for a while.

Li Pu, who was standing nearby, watched the whole process of his Dabai's struggle, frowned, took out his cell phone and started making a call.

Bai Gaoxing was full and sleepy, and just listened to Li Pu talking to someone. He squinted his eyes and saw the dark camera of a mobile phone facing him.

The sweet voice of a young lady came from the phone: "Okay sir, your parrot looks a little listless, but judging from its nose and feathers, the problem is not serious. How about this, you observe it at home first, and if it doesn't work, come back early tomorrow morning, and our pet doctor will do a comprehensive examination of your pet after he gets to work."

Bai Gaoxing was shocked. Was she so worried about him?

But he really doesn't need to go to the hospital!

Bai Gaoxing really didn't like hospitals, so he pricked up the hair on his head and said urgently, "I'm fine! I'm super fine! I—ah—"

The sweet girl's voice became worried: "It seems that your parrot is not well. I will reserve the earliest number for you tomorrow."

Li Pho replied "OK" and hung up the phone. `

Bai Gaoxing leaned his head against the cage, too weak to speak. He thought, by chance, Li Pu would not go to the study room, and the temperature of the host computer would also drop...

Suddenly, he felt a gentle touch on his head, so comfortable that he didn't want to open his eyes. He tried his best to open his eyes a little, and saw that Li Pu had reached into the cage and gently stroked his head...

Well, the technique is good, I’ll try more later.

Bai Gaoxing's consciousness became increasingly distracting. Before he fell completely asleep, he thought, I hope everything will be fine when I wake up tomorrow so that this person won't have to worry.

then--

Isn't this too efficient?!?

The next day, when Bai Gaoxing opened his eyes, he found himself lying in a bird bag.

The bird bag was the one that Li Pho ordered later. It was a translucent dark green suitcase with a piece of knotty Sichuan pepper wood of moderate thickness inside, which was probably deliberately designed to imitate the appearance of a tree branch.

He didn't know when he was put in. Maybe it was because he was touched too comfortably yesterday and slept too deeply? In any case, he didn't feel anything at all. When he woke up, he was already picked up by Li Pu and walked into a place that looked like a hospital.

"Hello, are you Mr. Li?" A simply dressed assistant came forward, took the bag and placed it on a clean and flat table.

I didn’t pay much attention to Li Pho, who was covering his face with a mask and glasses, so I guess he is not a fan of Li Pho.

Bai Gaoxing breathed a sigh of relief, and then a hand reached into the bag, and he felt a claw being lifted. It was Li Pu who wanted to put on a small shit bag for him.

"Let's not use this for now, otherwise it will be inconvenient for the inspection later."

The assistant stopped him in time, and then began to ask Li Pu questions, such as "Have you swallowed any foreign objects?", "Have you vomited blood?", "Have you had diarrhea?", etc., and all the answers were negative.

But after answering, Li Pu added: "I'm not sure whether I ate anything messy or not. I was not at home during the day yesterday."

The assistant nodded. "How about arranging a DR check?" She said, "It's safer for the pet."

Li Pho did not object.

Bai Gaoxing wanted to protest that he didn't need to do this at all - he felt fine now. Although he hadn't digested it completely, he was really fine!

He looked outside through the translucent bag. Green and red stars twinkled in the dimly lit room, like the eyes of a wolf.

Targeted him.

For some reason, his sixth sense as a bird told him so.

So Bai Gaoxing stayed still and didn't run away.

When the assistant pinned him to the table, he didn't move at all.

The little sister was surprised and said: "It's so well behaved!"

As a staff member at a pet hospital, she has seen too many pets that refuse to obey once they come in, such as a well-behaved cat at home jumping up and down here; a large dog chasing its owner out of the door and being dragged to the table by three people; and...

In short, no one is as obedient as this parrot.

She looked at Bai Gaoxing in surprise and tried to poke him lightly, only to receive a fierce yet cute look in return.

Seeing that the big parrot seemed to be about to get angry, Li Pu touched its furry face with the back of his hand and said with a hint of smile: "It is very well behaved."

I didn't expect that I would have to take an X-ray even if I turned into a bird. Bai Gaoxing stared numbly into the void and let the professionals do the operation.

Soon, the filming was completed.

After the restraints on his body were loosened, Bai Gaoxing flapped his wings to stretch his muscles. He felt a little numb, but it didn't have much of a problem.

"Should we put it back in the bag?" the assistant asked. She was obviously tense, ready to catch the bird if it flew away.

Li Pu glanced at the tightly closed glass door, then at the specially separated net door outside the glass door, and shook his head, "No need for now."

The result would take some time. He climbed onto Li Pu's shoulders without hesitation and started to comb his hair.

Feather trimming - his feathers are all ruffled after all the trouble just now, so they need to be trimmed properly.

Seeing this, Li Pu also sat down on the rest chair and picked up a pet medicine magazine to start reading.

Bai Gaoxing was multitasking. He was combing the feathers, glancing at the magazine in Li Pu's hand from time to time, and looking around at the pet hospital.

There was no pungent smell of disinfectant, nor the smell of pets. It was clean and warm, and more spacious and bright than any pet hospital he had seen. Outside was the outer room for examinations, and inside there were probably several more suites, but it was not too few anyway.

There are many banners and framed letters of thanks on the wall. It seems that the pet doctors here are not only highly skilled, but also have a heavy workload.

Looking further inside, you can see a number of large wooden translucent cages, and something seems to be moving inside.

Out of curiosity, Bai Gaoxing slowly got down from Li Pu, first jumped onto the table, then onto the sofa, and then onto the table, and then slipped into the inner room.

“Meow~!”

“Woo——”

"Meow~"

An excited cry rang out suddenly, followed by responses one after another. Bai Gaoxing's scalp exploded, and the whole bird exploded into a pine cone!

He has never been afraid of cats, and the only explanation is that it was an instinctive reaction.

Bai Gaoxing's pupils shrank and he looked up in shock, only to see several cats of varying sizes slowly approaching the transparent door, staring at him hungrily.

It turns out those rows of cat boxes are!

With trembling whiskers and quivering cat lips, if the doors had not been tightly closed, he would have been caught under their claws.

Abominable.

Bai Gaoxing felt very embarrassed and scared for his angry look just now, so he flapped his wings vigorously and chirped back to scare these fat cats a little.

Very effective.

Bai Gaoxing looked at the cats with satisfaction as they retracted their ears. As expected, these cats had never seen such a majestic bird like him, so they must be scared!

"...Dabai?" Li Pu, who was still outside, heard the noisy noise inside and stuck his head to look inside. Bai Gaoxing immediately became serious and moved out step by step under the gaze of the cats.

"Here I come~" Bai Gaoxing jumped onto Li Pu's knees, spread one wing and patted him symbolically. Why do you think about me so much?

The one who answered him was Li Pho's finger tapping on his head.

Having already gotten used to the posture of nestling on each other's legs, Bai Gaoxing found a comfortable spot on his legs, curled up like that, and began to read with Li Pu.

When the assistant came out, she saw such a wonderful scene.

"Mr. Li?" Although she was reluctant to break this scene, she still had to speak.

The man and the bird looked at her at the same time, which made her unable to help laughing.

She straightened her face and apologized, "I'm sorry, our machine has a problem and it will take a while to fix. I've called our maintenance personnel. If you're not busy, you can wait here for a while. If you're busy, you can come and get the results tomorrow."

Li Pu thought about it and thought that he had nothing to do today, so he said, "It's okay, I'll wait here."

"Okay." The assistant nodded, glanced at Bai Gaoxing again, and kindly reminded him, "Please keep an eye on your parrot. Don't let it go in there. I'm afraid it will be scared."

"Scared?" Li Pu recalled that Dabai had just made a few powerful calls from inside, "What's in there?"

"They are stray animals that are temporarily placed here for treatment," the assistant said. "Most of them are cats. Those cats are quite afraid of people, and two of them are quite aggressive. After all, your pet is a bird... it's better to stay away from it."

Li Pu understood, no wonder Dabai screamed so miserably just now.

"I'll take good care of it." As he said this, Li Pho took out a thin, silver object from his pocket.

Bai Gaoxing jumped back suddenly and looked at Li Pu in shock.

You already have a bag, why are you carrying this?!

Li Phou seemed not to notice Bai Gaoxing's raised crest. He held down the struggling big white bird with a little force, pinched its claws, and fastened the shackles.

The other end naturally slipped around his wrist.

"..." Bai Gaoxing lifted up his tied claws, looked at the man indescribably, and shook it vigorously, watching the silver claws swinging back and forth.

He was detained again.

Bai Gaoxing pinched it with his beak and it was hard.

After all this, Li Pu continued to read, while Bai Gaoxing began to fight with Lian Zi.

He believed that as long as he bit it every time he was tied up, it would eventually break!

It’s the same principle as “the chicken has eaten the rice and the dog has licked the noodles”.

With no other options, Bai Gaoxing had to lean on Li Pu and act like a spoiled brat, even scratching his head with his claws, trying to rub feather powder on his clothes as revenge.

A long while passed like this, and just as he was aiming at the top of Li Pho's head, considering the possibility of just using it as a nest without plucking the hair, another person walked into the pet hospital.

It's still early.

Bai Gaoxing suddenly realized this, and when he was in the bird bag, he saw that the sky outside had not yet been completely illuminated by the sun, so this pet hospital was obviously very busy, but there was no one there.

So did you bring him here so early on purpose... Bai Gaoxing looked up at the man's profile, feeling a wave of sadness in his heart that he couldn't tell whether it was sourness or dissatisfaction.

The figure who walked in put the things in his hands on the table and said anxiously, "It still doesn't work. What happened to Xiaoguai?"

It sounds so familiar, like someone I know.

Bai Gaoxing looked back and almost didn't recognize him.

It turned out to be the man who lived downstairs, but this time the old man was not wearing training clothes. Instead, he was wearing a very decent suit and a pair of silver-rimmed glasses, just like an old British gentleman.

At this moment, the other party's face was full of anxiety, and his usual calmness was gone. Next to him was a simple small cage covered with a cage cloth, which was obviously a temporary takeaway cage.

Through the gap in the cage, he saw a pair of strong and powerful yellow claws.

"Mr. Ren, please don't worry. Sit here for a while. Our doctor will be here soon." The assistant comforted the old man and gently rolled up the cage cloth. Taking this opportunity, Bai Gaoxing saw the starling inside clearly.

It turned out to be the one raised downstairs.

How should I put it, he looks listless, but doesn't seem to be sick.

Well... it should be confirmed that he is not sick. He is a bird now, he can see it.

The old man did not calm down, but asked more seriously: "You said Xiaoguai was fine before, but after he went back, he didn't eat or drink and was very listless. How can he be fine?"

The assistant had already retrieved the examination records of the elderly man's pet from the computer and handed the printed contents to the elderly man: "Look, this is your pet's physical examination results. Everything passed, proving that it is indeed not sick."

The old man took the list and read it carefully, his brows still furrowed. "What could have happened? It has never been like this before."

The assistant looked at him apologetically: "This...may need further examination. Our doctor hasn't come to work yet. He will be here soon. Would you please wait here for a while?"

"Okay." The old man sighed, put down the medical examination form in his hand, turned around and prepared to sit down and wait.

As soon as he turned around, he noticed Li Pho with a large white mass squatting on his legs.

Mr. Ren showed a surprised expression, "Oh, we can meet here!" His eyes fell on Bai Gaoxing, "Is your child sick too?"

Li Pu gave Bai Gaoxing some comfort and hesitated, "...I guess so, but I don't know what the problem is yet."

"The weather is getting hotter and hotter, which makes it easier for problems to occur." Ren Lao sighed, sat down next to Li Pu, and motioned him to look at the front desk. "I thought Xiaoguai was afraid of the heat, and I thought that this summer was not the hottest yet, so why is he so listless?"

He folded his hands and rubbed them gently, and the backs of his hands, which were as old as tree bark, became more wrinkled. "As a result, he didn't eat or drink much water. I don't know what happened. I came to check three or four times in the past few days, but no one said there was anything wrong with him."

Li Pho listened quietly, and after Ren Lao finished speaking, he said a few words of comfort, in return for a kind smile.

Bai Gaoxing did not take part in their conversation, but just stared silently at the cage not far away.

Now I could see more clearly. The starling in the cage looked depressed, but its feathers were shiny and smooth, its nose was clean and tidy, and it stood still and sturdy. It was obvious that there was nothing wrong with it.

At least—physically.

Physiological? Psychological? Thinking of this, Bai Gaoxing was startled, and then looked at the starling suspiciously. No way? Could it be that birds are so prone to depression? Wasn't it raised by this old man since childhood?

Soon, the pet doctor who came to work on time also pointed out this point, "If it's not a physical problem, it could be a psychological problem."

The young pet doctor looked at Mr. Ren gently and asked a few questions related to the breeding environment.

However, all answers received were rated as "Excellent".

"That shouldn't be the case..." He thought carefully. "Logically, mynah birds rarely suffer from depression. They are lively by nature and will quickly forget about changing owners. Depression usually occurs in parrots, and feather pecking is more common in parrots."

The pet doctor looked at Bai Gaoxing and then at Li Pu. "What's wrong with your parrot?"

Bai Gaoxing clearly felt that when the doctor said "the parrot pecking its feathers", Li Pu's hand gently touched him twice.

"It didn't look very energetic last night," he heard Li Pu say, "It was brought back from the shelter and had a tendency to be depressed before."

"Is that so?" The pet doctor nodded and moved closer to observe Bai Gaoxing. "Our equipment is under maintenance. Please wait a moment. However, from the looks of it, it should be fine."

He stepped back, his eyes curved with a smile above his mask, and he exclaimed, "Your parrot is really fat."

Bai Gaoxing was startled, and immediately stood up with his feather crown upright, and subconsciously replied: "Fat?"

"Hey, is it still angry?" The pet doctor laughed and looked at Li Pu, "Did it understand? It's really smart."

Bai Gaoxing grabbed Li Pu's clothes to verify, "Is he fat?"

Li Pu showed a thoughtful expression. Before he could answer, the pet doctor asked first: "If you go down, you will become fat like a ball. Will you still be able to fly?"

The young doctor smiled and said, "Did you feed it too many peanuts and sunflower seeds? These are high in calories, and caged animals—" He paused for a moment, looking at Bai Gaoxing, who seemed to wear anklets all the time, and changed his words, "Even if it was kept free, it might not be able to consume the calories."

"Then what should we do——"

"Doctor An! The machine repairman is here!" the assistant shouted, leading a maintenance specialist in.

The pet doctor smiled apologetically and said, "Go on later. I'll go take a look first."

Soon, the myna was taken out of the cage by the doctor and his assistant, placed in a transparent box specially made for the pet hospital, and taken to another room. Then, one of the two went to talk to Mr. Ren about the problem, and the other went to talk to Li Pu about the situation. Bai Gaoxing took the opportunity to quietly hold the chain and slipped into the hut.

Inside the house, the starling locked in the cage didn't bark or make any noise, it just stood there stupidly. It seemed like there was a big problem.

This is not good.

Bai Gaoxing didn't want to lose the only bird companion he could talk to, nor did he want the old man downstairs to lose his only companion, so he began to think about how to save this poor fellow.

Suddenly, an idea came to his mind. That's right, if people can't find out by examination, he can ask! Then he can just convert the language and tell people!

I never thought that I would have to be a translator even as a bird. Thinking of this, Bai Gaoxing stretched out his claws to press against the box with evil and arrogant arrogance, and asked sincerely and concernedly:

"Brother, what's wrong with you?"