Chapter 35

Using a cool wall-dong pose, Bai Gaoxing patiently waited for the other party's response.

After a long while, the starling in the box finally raised its head.

Liang's eyes narrowed for a moment, then quickly half-drooped, looking listless.

Seeing this, Bai Gaoxing, who was originally very confident, lost his confidence. He leaned forward and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with you?"

The myna looked at him again and said nothing.

Bai Gaoxing was a little anxious. He walked around the box and saw that the starling inside was unwilling to struggle. He felt that things might be worse than he thought.

Could it be that he was really depressed as that person said...? Looking at the starling's shiny black pectoral muscles and its feathers that were so neat that there was not a single strand of hair, Bai Gaoxing doubted this conjecture.

After a stalemate of about dozens of seconds, the starling finally spoke.

"I feel," its voice was hoarse and melancholy, "that my life has no meaning."

"!!!"

Hearing this, Bai Gaoxing's feather crown stood up and his pupils shrank suddenly.

"What's wrong?"

He quickly asked, "Did something happen?"

A bunch of various guesses popped up in Bai Gaoxing's mind, even the bird-abusing incident with the old man He Yu came to mind - but it was unlikely.

He ruled out this guess.

"Alas..." The mynah bird let out a long sigh. His attitude was just like his master, with the sadness of an old man.

Bai Gaoxing became increasingly nervous. This seemed like a very serious incident that would be difficult to resolve if the bird involved did not cooperate. He decided to adopt a soft policy: "Those people outside don't know what's going on. You are a bird, and so am I. Tell me about it?"

The starling raised his eyelids.

There is a way!

Bai Gaoxing continued to try to get closer: "We have known each other for such a long time, is there anything we can't talk about?"

Myna glanced at him and said, "...Only met twice? Are you trying to get close to me?"

Bai Gaoxing choked, "Well, at least I listen to you talk every day!" You noise maker.

The starling seemed convinced by him, and began to ponder, hesitating to speak.

Bai Gaoxing added fuel to the fire, using both emotion and reason to persuade him: "Besides, you said before that you wanted to stay with your master forever. You won't feel bored as long as you are with him. If you can't stand it anymore, how will he live alone? How sad he will be."

He simply poured out his heart, "Besides, if you hadn't said those words, I wouldn't even have the consciousness of being a pet now."

After saying this, Bai Gaoxing looked at the starling expectantly.

He thought that the starling would immediately open up to him and excitedly become his brother. However, he saw the black bird tilt its head with a confused look on its face:

"Ah? Did I say that?"

Bai Gaoxing: “…”

You idiot!

Bai Gaoxing found that what the doctor outside said was indeed right. It is very difficult for starlings to become depressed. No one knows where its brain is!

He rapped his beak hard on the box that closed it. "So what's wrong with you?"

Starling: "I want to mate."

Bai Gaoxing: “…Ah?”

He raised his paws and scratched his ears to make sure he had heard it wrong.

The starling said seriously: "I want to mate."

Bai Gaoxing immediately took a big step back, his eyelids twitching, "Are you serious?"

He simply didn't want to repeat what he had just heard.

"You won't understand." The starling looked dimly, as if lost in thought. "She was a good girl, with feathers as black as the night, a beak and long legs like dried egg yolks, and a voice as beautiful and melodious as a motorcycle. She was simply my dream girl."

Bai Gaoxing: “…”

"So you are--lovesick?"

Bai Gaoxing uttered those three words with difficulty.

He found it hard to understand.

But the starling ignored him and was still lost in his memories. "It was a beautiful afternoon. I watched her land gently in front of my window. She had a soft smell of wheat bran on her body and her figure was lighter than a grasshopper. I believed she must be my destined other half."

I see. Bai Gaoxing is no longer able to complain. Love has made you so talented in writing that you don't even swear.

"So where did you meet her?"

Myna looked at him with sharp eyes, "Just outside the window."

Oh~ Bai Gaoxing understood.

That must be a starling that escaped from its cage.

If the pet has already developed feelings for the pet, the owner would be extremely worried now.

"So this is why you haven't eaten or drunk during this period?" Bai Gaoxing asked.

"What do you mean by 'just'?" Myna looked at him with contempt and snorted, "You, a kid who hasn't even fully grown your hair, won't understand. I'm afraid you haven't even experienced anything that Fa Qian has experienced."

Bai Gaoxing immediately retorted: "I am an adult!" At least as a human being.

No, that's not the point. "But spring is over now!" He remembered that birds only start to lay eggs and build nests in spring.

Myna snorted coldly: "Laborers eat well and have a lot of energy, isn't that okay?"

"Okay, okay, okay..." Bai Gaoxing turned around, jumped off the table, and walked out of the room with a blank face.

Outside, Mr. Ren was still talking to the pet doctor.

"If there is really no sign of improvement... I can only suggest that you take it to the next city for a checkup." The young doctor said apologetically, "There is a pet hospital with more advanced equipment in the next city, and there is also a very capable pet doctor. There are many people whose medical skills are better than mine."

Ren Lao sighed in frustration, "It can only be like this."

Bai Gaoxing opened his mouth, then remained strangely silent.

He did ask the reason, but this... "Can you find him a partner? A specific one, who was last seen outside your balcony"?

It's ridiculous just to think about it.

"Dabai?"

Bai Gaoxing looked up at the voice. Li Pu was looking at him helplessly and stretched out his arm. "Come here."

Hearing the call, he flapped his wings and flew towards the man, landing on the man's wrist in a shaky and familiar manner, then climbing up his sleeve to his shoulder.

"Oh my god, it's so obedient!" The assistant lady who saw this scene showed a look of surprise, and walked over carefully to ask, "What else can it do?"

Li Pu thought for a moment and said, "It can press the remote control, turn on the faucet, and speak."

In fact, much more than that.

Li Pu suddenly discovered that the Dabai Society seemed to have quite a lot of things.

"Turn on the tap?" The pet doctor who was reading the diagnosis interrupted with a smile, "How dare you let it play with that? I had a guest who forgot to put his parrot in the cage and stayed at home for a day. When he came home that night, there was a flood in the house."

"It's okay, it will close too." Li Pu raised his hand and gently pinched Bai Gaoxing twice, in return for a light nibble.

"The family this young man has raised is pretty good." Mr. Ren also chimed in, "Look at how smooth the fur is and how good his eyesight is."

"Yeah, it's pretty good." The pet doctor poked his head in to take a look and agreed.

In the following time, Bai Gaoxing watched the doctor perform a series of examinations on the starling. During the examination, the starling was extremely uncooperative and clamored that he would remain a virgin for his dream lover and not let anyone touch him with dirty human hands.

Ugh, that's such a harsh curse.

When a series of results came out and showed that there was no problem, the doctor was really at a loss.

"There's really no physical problem," he said. "Then it's very likely psychological. I don't know if it's stress or something else."

"But his outward symptoms are normal and don't seem like he's suffering from stress." The doctor took another look at the list.

"Okay, I have to go now." After a while, Mr. Ren stood up, holding his knees. "Thank you for the trouble these days. I will take it to see other places."

"Please go slowly." The doctor helped Mr. Ren, thought for a moment, and took out a stack of cards from his pocket. "This is my business card. You can mention my name when you go there and I'll give you a 20% discount."

Under the confused gazes of the room, he smiled and explained: "They are all my classmates and seniors in the same major. We know each other."

After saying this, he also handed a copy to Li Piao.

Bai Gaoxing could see clearly from Li Pu's shoulder.

The golden card has cute pictures of cats, dogs, birds and fish, which fits the role of a pet doctor.

Name: Anxi.

Uh, that name doesn't seem appropriate for a hospital.

But what a coincidence, this pet doctor's surname is also An - Bai Gaoxing remembered the "Dr. An" he had seen in the pop-up window on Li Pu's mobile phone.

But what to do? The starling is about to leave, and if I don’t say it now, there will be no better opportunity.

Bai Gaoxing was in a hurry, and suddenly he had an idea:

"Chirp, chirp."

Several people in the room were stunned, especially Li Pu, who had never heard such a voice from Bai Gaoxing's mouth.

Almost immediately, the starling chirped and then cursed in bird language: "Are you sick? Why are you talking like labor?!"

Bai Gaoxing looked up at the sky innocently. No one could understand those words anyway, so he was just "throwing out a brick to attract jade".

Bai Gaoxing chirped again, and the starling quacked.

Anxi touched his chin, looking inquiring, "This kind of sound is usually made by starlings when they are courting... Mr. Ren, is your bird in love?"

He looked at Mr. Ren and asked this question.

"This... I don't know." Mr. Ren looked confused, obviously knowing nothing about it.

Anxi was confident, "It's very likely. I didn't think about it before because its behavior was quite special and it's already summer."

Mr. Ren understood a little: "What should we do..."

"That's easy." Anxi said, "Just survive it, or get a female starling to mate with it."

"Oh..." Mr. Ren pondered, "Where can I buy a female starling?"

Listening to a few people discussing which flower and bird market sells the best quality birds, Bai Gaoxing informed the starling in bird language: "They are discussing giving you a wife, but not the one you met——"

You won't agree, right?

As a result, the starling, which had been drooping, suddenly stood up and said, "Really?!"

That look is like a seed encountering the nourishment of rain and dew, or a green leaf feeling the brilliance of the sun.

...You are not pure love at all!!

Bai Gaoxing was extremely shocked, and watched the old man carrying the bird cage and walking out. The starling said happily, "Look, old man, now you have a nest of little boys to accompany you." He turned around and raised his paw to him, saying, "Thanks, brother."

Bai Gaoxing: “…”

Who wants to be your brother? I misjudged you.

After a few more customers who brought their pets to get medicine and injections left, it was now their turn to make the diagnosis.

"Mr. Li..." Anxi took the personal information form filled out by Li Pu and asked tentatively: "Have you consulted on the ninth floor of the Central Hospital?"

He just knew it!

Bai Gaoxing wanted to cover his face. Someone must have recognized Li Pu. But why did they say it now? He was celebrating in vain.

Li Pu looked at Anxi in surprise and nodded, "Yes. What's wrong?"

Anxi smiled and said, "My brother is a psychiatrist there, Anxin, you should know him."

He paused, then smiled and said, "Don't get me wrong. I just saw it by accident when I went to see him last time. I found out we had the same name, so I wanted to confirm it. I didn't mean anything else. Besides, I won't recognize you when I go out. I'm very secretive."

Li Pho stared at Anxi for a while and said, "I know him."

Anxi nodded, and said in a relaxed and humorous tone: "It seems like we are destined to meet. I can treat your pet."

He took out a small biscuit from his pocket and handed it to Bai Gaoxing, "Here, have a bite."

Bai Gaoxing took a bite, spat it out, and looked pale.

It tastes terrible.

Anxi smiled when he saw this and went back to urge the repairman. Luckily, the repair was completed and the inspection report came out not long after.

"Hmm..." The young pet doctor stroked his chin and thought, glanced at Li Pu, and finally looked at Bai Gaoxing, "Very healthy, no problem."

He added, "You can eat some vegetables and corn if you have nothing to do, and eat less melon seeds and the like."

He handed the list to his assistant and went behind the information desk to write the diagnosis record.

Li Pu still wanted to confirm it, so he asked the assistant what the problem was.

Gao Xing also stretched his head to listen expectantly.

"It's nothing, I just ate a little too much." The young lady circled the shadow part in the film with her finger, "I feel a little bloated."

She turned back to look at Bai Gaoxing and tapped his lips affectionately: "Little greedy ghost."

Anxi shouted from behind the table: "It's time to lose weight! Don't feed it so much!"

Bai Gaoxing and Li Pu looked at each other.

After writing down the record, Anxi came over again and said, "By the way, do you want to keep this parakeet? It looks good. If you want, you can breed it later."

Seeing the young man with gentle features utter such horrible words so naturally, Bai Gaoxing subconsciously stuck close to Li Pu, shaking his head and shaking his tongue.

"How funny, it's like he understands." Anxi stretched out his hand to touch the bird's beak and hissed, "He's still quite young."

Li Pu nodded, "Not yet an adult."

Anxi: "That's okay, just leave a feather and do a genetic test later." As he said that, the devil's hand reached out to him.

Bai Gaoxing rolled and crawled to Li Pu's shoulder and put his head behind him: "No!"

"Hahahahahahahahaha!!!" Anxi laughed and retracted her hand. "It's so funny. If it has a litter in the future, I will order one."

"Go away, they haven't agreed yet." The assistant hurried the man aside and handed all the documents and medical records of this examination to Li Pu, "Here are all the things, please count them."

Li Pu took it and was then escorted out of the hospital by the assistant.

She also gave Li Po a badge ornament customized by the pet hospital. "If you have any other questions, you can call Dr. An or come directly."

She smiled and said, "Of course, I still hope you don't come again."

Bai Gaoxing thought: Me too.

…

Because the waiting took a lot of time, it was almost noon when we left the pet hospital.

Bai Gaoxing looked outside through the transparent bag. His plan to avoid entering the bag failed. He was literally caught by three pairs of hands at the same time.

What's even more outrageous is that Doctor An saw that Li Pho was not very experienced, and after learning that Li Pho was free-range at home, he also taught Li Pho how to hold him down quickly and forcefully.

I finally got out once, but now I can’t fly freely anymore.

Bai Gaoxing sighed sadly, stopped standing on the pole, and just lay down in the bag.

When Li Pu put the bag in the passenger seat, he saw a large white velvet ball lying on its back with its eyes blank in the bag.

The hand that was originally on the steering wheel immediately lifted up, reached for the bird bag, and unzipped it.

He shouldn't be short of oxygen, right? Li Pu frowned slightly, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

Fortunately, when he opened the bag, the parrot inside immediately jumped out, stepped on the bag and spread its wings, as if it would never go back in.

"Dabai, don't move." Li Pu said, watching it standing there obediently. He checked the chains on its feet again before looking straight ahead and preparing to drive.

"Not going home!" the big white parrot suddenly said.

"Well?" Li Pu looked straight ahead, "Go home first, dear."

The car had already started, and Bai Gaoxing didn't dare to jump onto the steering wheel to mess things up. He could only sob and shout, "Let's go out and play!"

"Next time." Li Pu looked at the situation outside. Because it was Sunday, the streets outside were crowded with people, and it was really inconvenient to go out.

Bai Gaoxing rolled on the passenger seat, causing the bird bag to bang and bang, "I'm not going home. I'm going out to play!"

Being a bird is good. Bai Gaoxing thought as he rolled over. With the body of a parrot, he could easily perform these embarrassing movements that he had never done since he was three years old.

After trying to lie for a while, it was no use. Bai Gaoxing had to get up by himself, straighten his messy feathers, and look out the car window from the height of his bird bag.

Li Pu drove very steadily, not too fast, and the scenery outside was reflected in Bai Gaoxing's eyes like a painting. Pedestrians, trees, tall buildings, streets... and a variety of shops flashed by one by one. When he turned a corner and entered a flat and wide tree-lined avenue, Bai Gaoxing's desire to go out for some fresh air reached its peak.

park.

He stared out the car window, and it wasn't just any park, it was a pet park.

Even from such a distance, you can still see many owners running and playing with their dogs on the vast lawn, and on the other side where there are trees, there are many bird cages hanging, and you can even see people letting birds fly.

I really want to go!

Bai Gaoxing became restless again, he spread his wings and raised his claws, but unfortunately there was no place to land on the car door, so he slipped violently and finally slid down along the door.

The noise was so loud that Li Phou, who was driving, glanced over here and noticed the park not far away.

"…I can only watch for a while."

Two minutes later, Li Pho's car stopped next to the park.

Bai Gaoxing's eyes were hungry, as if he wanted to take in all the scenery.

Li Phou also observed the people who brought birds out. Except for those that could only be kept in cages, most of those released outside were parrots.

Especially for medium and large parrots, Li Phou found that they were all wearing something like a vest with a rope extending from it, and the other end of the rope was tied around the hand of the bird owner.

It seems to be called flying rope... Li Pu recalled that he had seen this when he first selected things on the shopping app, but he thought that the functions of anklets and ropes were similar, so he only bought one of them.

Now it seems that I need to prepare a rope of this kind.

Li Phou looked at the ropes passing under the wings of the parrots and was sure that it was indeed safer than tying a thin iron chain around his feet.

At this moment, Bai Gaoxing, who was leaning against the car window and looking out, wished he could fly down and join them immediately.

In his ears, he could hear what each bird was saying. Although it was noisy, no, extremely noisy, it was a good way to relax.

At least we are of the same kind, so we can chat! It's nice to get together and talk about gossip or family matters.

"Go out and play!" Bai Gaoxing put on a pitiful look, hoping that Li Pu would change his mind.

There was no problem with Li Pho's current attire, and no one would notice him unless he showed his face. As for himself, he saw two other cockatoos among the people outside, and they also seemed to be light-colored, so he could blend in perfectly.

Thinking of this, Bai Gaoxing confirmed it again, but unfortunately there was a color difference due to the dark car film.

However, Le Pho ruthlessly refused and even started the car.

Bai Gaoxing could only watch helplessly as the park got farther and farther away until it disappeared.

Sooner or later, he's going to have enough fun!

Bai Gaoxing set a flag.

After leaving the park, Li Pu took him to the mall to buy groceries. Since it was not convenient to bring pets to the mall, he could only stay in the car and wait for people to come back. It was not hot today, and there was a gap between the windows, so it didn't matter.

Ten minutes later, Li Phou returned to the car with the necessary items.

Bai Gaoxing was amazed that he finally saw what efficient shopping meant. He ran to the back seat to check and found that it was not much different from usual, except that there were many more green leafy vegetables.

And... why so much broccoli? ?

…

I returned home safely at three quarters past afternoon.

Bai Gaoxing climbed into the bird bag so that Li Pu could carry him, and then took the elevator to the seventh floor. As soon as the elevator door opened, he noticed that there was something new at the door of his home, which was originally empty.

Two cardboard boxes that looked of good quality and seemed to contain important items.

Li Phou obviously noticed it as well and walked over to pick one up from the carpet.

From the angle inside the package, Bai Gaoxing could clearly see the words printed on the box: Home Edition Micro Video Recorder.

Li Pho bought it? Impossible...

He looked up through the transparent shell and saw that Li Pu's face also showed a hint of confusion.

But the man did not pause for too long. Soon, the door opened, and the bird buns, vegetables, and the two boxes were carried in.

Bai Gaoxing only felt a "boom" earthquake, and then he was dropped to the ground.

On this side, Li Pu took out his mobile phone and saw three missed calls, each with a half-hour interval.

He sighed silently and was about to call back when he saw the caller ID pop up on the screen.

The cell phone rang at just the right moment.

"Brother Li," Mei Youshu's voice was like crying but couldn't, "Where have you been? Why are you back so late?"

"I went out for a while." Li Pu said briefly, "What's the matter?"

"Oh, that's it." The person on the other side cleared his throat, "Didn't Sister Li say that you were going to be on 'Cute Pet Diary'? The program requires you to provide some daily materials."

"Do you see the two boxes at the door? They are a new set of video equipment, better than the one you have at home."

"Tomorrow... tomorrow you can be home, right? I'll install it for you."