Chapter 58 Chapter 58
◎The crested ibis is a love-brained bird (Part 2)◎
The area around Lian Jiu was surrounded by demon gods and monsters of all sizes. Gu Huai watched for a long time before retreating to Si Lan's side. "I've never seen you play chess before."
Si Lan didn't say anything and seemed very focused.
Gu Huai didn't want him to answer, and asked, "Playing chess requires two people. How did you do it before?"
Si Lan didn't respond, but Lian Jiu, who was listening, became interested.
Yes, Si Lan doesn't like interacting with outsiders, and it seems the other demon gods in Fuyu Mountain can't play chess either. So who did he learn from? Who did he play chess with back then?
She looked at Si Lan curiously, wanting to hear his answer.
Si Lan put down the black piece in his hand without looking up: "Did you get suffocated in Kunlun Mountain?"
"Right," Gu Huai sat down in the middle. "This is my first time seeing such a lively scene, so I can't help but want to say a few words. Even Director Jiu seems eager to listen."
Lian Jiu was studying Si Lan's chess moves, eager to chat. Whether she wanted to listen or not wasn't really that important. She stared at the chessboard, "I'm just a little curious about your past."
It was not Si Lan's turn to play chess now. He could see Lian Jiu's serious expression as soon as he raised his eyelashes.
It was as if I saw her sitting opposite me many years ago.
"I'm just sitting around doing nothing." She set up the chess pieces and said with a smile, "Do you want to play chess? I'll teach you."
They can't even be considered chess pieces, just a bunch of strangely shaped little stones, and the chessboard was drawn by her herself.
At that time, he hadn't yet transformed. He simply curled up on a small cushion, clumsily reaching with his claws. However, because his claws were too large, he often ruined the chess game, leaving it in disarray. But she never got angry, always smiling and saying, "Anyway, this game wasn't played well."
Playing so many chess games was more like her own entertainment.
There seemed to be no one else around her.
Later, Si Lan waited for many years, and when he met her again, he realized that this thing actually looked different, and he didn't know how she learned it back then.
"Si Lan?"
Si Lan came back to his senses: "Hmm?"
Lian Jiu raised his head: "It's your turn."
Looking down, her chess skills seemed to be the same as before, not improving, or perhaps even regressing.
Si Lan played black and placed the last piece on the board.
Gu Huai gloated: "Ha, it's blocked, you're not that great either."
Lian Jiu didn't expect Si Lan to lose. She thought that a demon god like Si Lan would be more powerful than many people.
But after playing several games, he always lost. Even when Jiu tried to make him give in, he couldn't. He always found himself in a dead end.
"Alright, alright." Lian Jiu waved his hand, worried that he would be in a bad mood if he kept losing, and that not getting enough rest would affect his performance at work the next day. "That's all for today. Clean up and go to bed."
Si Lan stood up readily and said, "Okay."
The monsters surrounding them gradually dispersed.
Si Lan and Lian Jiu's dormitories were in the same direction. As they were walking back together, Si Lan suddenly said, "There's no one else."
"What?"
"No one else is playing chess." Si Lan took out a chess piece from the chess box, "Play with yourself."
After a while, Lian Jiu realized that he was talking about the question that Gu Huai had asked before. She opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.
After a few seconds, he asked, "Then why do you want to learn?"
Si Lan said: "One person taught me."
"Someone?" Lian Jiu instantly remembered his red headband. He looked behind him and saw it was the same one. "Is this person?"
"It seems so." Si Lan smiled, "I can't remember clearly, it's been many years."
Lian Jiu was even more confused: "Then why did you say she was a stranger? You two should have known each other for a long time."
After a game of chess, it was time for them to get to know each other, and the man even gave him a headband.
This must have been more than one game.
"I don't know her." Si Lan threw the chess piece into the chess box. "I was just a passerby who stopped by when she passed by. There were many passersby like me in her life."
If it was an old hairband, Lian Jiu might think that the person Si Lan was talking about was really just a passerby.
But now she felt that this passerby must be very important to Si Lan.
"But you always remember her."
"Yeah." Si Lan turned his head. "It's been many years. I'm used to it."
By this time, he had already reached the door of his room. It was not appropriate to continue talking. Lian Jiu gently waved his hand and said, "Go to bed early. Good night."
"good evening."
Only after seeing her door closed did Si Lan look away and return to his new residence.
A place to stay, but one that belongs to you.
Different from the cold snow-capped mountains and the boundless void.
He put down the chess box and turned off all the lights in the room, leaving only the night light on, staring at the light source in the darkness.
It seems different.
Because I had only seen her and knew her, paying attention to her was just a habit over the years.
At first, I just noticed her uneasiness and wanted her to feel more secure here, so it didn't matter even if she didn't know about the past. After all, I was not important.
Perhaps one day in the future, she will suddenly disappear like before and forget herself again.
Even if that were the case, it didn't matter; he didn't need anything.
But now it seems different. Although he said that the past should be the past, he couldn't control his behavior when she told him not to come back and to stay.
I can't help wanting to stay and not leave.
It's like I can hardly control my desire to help her find a little bit of myself in certain things in the past.
Then what?
Even someone as confident as him didn't know what to do next.
But I am indeed just a passerby.
Now, I can barely be considered a friend she recognizes. This should be enough to satisfy me. This is something I never dared to think about before.
But he found himself becoming more and more greedy.
The night light in the house remained on until the morning light came. Si Lan got up and went out of the mountain. He once again looked at the window blocked by the curtains, hiding the darkness in his eyes.
After a night of settling down, the online popularity of the Fuyu Mountain Fairyland had subsided a lot, but Yu Chongming still told Lian Jiu.
"Very good." Although posting the video was beyond Lian Jiu's expectations, this was the result she wanted.
For humans, the more special Fu Yu Mountain is, the better.
The little kids have already come to school. After getting off the school bus, they line up and politely greet the teachers at the school gate: "Good morning, teacher~"
"Good morning, Teacher Jiujiu~"
Every day after saying good morning to other teachers, the kids would say good morning to Lian Jiu again.
The white bear couple also came out to prepare for business. Since they were about to become the father and mother of the cubs, the couple was also very patient with the cubs in the kindergarten.
After hearing that kindergartens would also be opened in other demon realms, the couple has recently taken advantage of this time to learn seriously from the kindergarten teachers, hoping to gain the approval of Principal Lian Jiu so that they can also teach in the kindergartens there after returning to Kunlun Mountain.
By then, the big monsters can be busy with breeding, and the little cubs can study with peace of mind.
"Good morning, uncle and aunt." Now the little demons have one more thing to do, which is to touch their aunt's belly every day and pray that the baby will be born soon so that they can see their younger brothers and sisters.
The turtle cub said regretfully, "My younger brothers and sisters still haven't come out today."
"I've collected the fallen hair and am making small gifts for my younger brothers and sisters," Xiao Shirakawa said proudly.
Thanks to his mother making ear accessories at home, he can also follow suit and do some handicrafts.
When the other demon cubs heard that the little white tiger was preparing gifts, they had to give gifts too!
So the children were very serious in their studies throughout the day, especially in the handicraft class, hoping that the gifts they gave to their younger siblings would be the best.
[The turtle cubs didn't sleep today, hahaha, what are you drawing so seriously? ]
[Looks like I'm drawing a panda!]
Even during extracurricular activities, when the little ones see the panda uncles and aunts out for a walk, they all run towards them.
"This is a gift for my younger brother and sister today!"
"I just found this stone by the river that looks like a white bear baby."
"Look at me, look at me! I made this out of leaves! It's my uncle, aunt, and baby's family!"
All the gifts were held in the arms of the Bai Xiong couple, who made animal sounds to express their gratitude to the babies.
[Oh my god, the kids actually called Wan Rao and Xin Shang uncle and aunt?]
【According to their concept, those who can give birth to babies are indeed uncles or aunts.】
[They all have such a love for animals. I'm tired of saying "envy"!]
What surprised me was that the children made gifts for the baby pandas. It sounded like they got gifts every day.
Isn't this a sign of good parenting? It shows the children are as friendly to animals as they are to people.
[Did you watch the Panda Live broadcast? After the two pandas took the gifts home, they actually set up a stall and enjoyed them together.]
[I saw it, and I also saw Dean Cheng joining them in admiring and praising it.]
Does this mountain have some magical power that makes anyone who enters it treat animals and humans equally, just like them?
[I'm curious about what kind of magic makes animals so well-behaved and obedient.]
"Let me in, I'll give you a taste! I'm a primate, too!"
[The one in front, the abacus beads are flying in my face! ]
The two live broadcast rooms can actually chat without any difference.
After a whole day of live broadcast, no one wants to leave, and chatting here seems to make people relax.
Compared to other places where the live broadcast rooms are full of smoke and DJs promoting products, this place is simply beautiful. You can see the mountains, the water, the cubs and the giant pandas.
You can also see handsome men and beautiful women.
There are also various unexpected surprises.
For example, upon receiving a call, Dean Cheng of Lianjiu rushed to find him: "Director Lianjiu, the Forestry Bureau has sent an animal that needs rescue! We need to pick it up."
Ordinary people can't get in here, and without a painted horse to pick them up, they can only get lost outside.
Lian Jiu didn't expect the Forestry Bureau to be so efficient, so he called Si Lan who was outside and asked him to bring the animals back as he was about to get off work.
The barrage was confused.
What Forestry Bureau? How can they rescue animals in such conditions at Fuyu Mountain?
[Have you forgotten Wan Rao and Xin Shang? After watching their live streams these past two days, they seem to be in much better shape.]
[Telling a ghost story, I ate the nutritious meal prepared by Director Lian Jiu.]
What animal could possibly make Dean Cheng so nervous? It's the giant panda.
"We'll know soon. Didn't Director Lian Jiu say Si Lan would bring it back for lunch? From what I know about Si Lan from watching the cubs' live streams for so many days, he's never been late for a meal."
Amidst everyone's nervous speculation, at lunch time, Si Lan really came back on time with a chicken.
Everyone was wondering, save a chicken?
Or is this an extra meal for lunch?
Lian Jiu was also confused when he saw Si Lan slowly walking towards him holding a chicken wing.
When did chickens become endangered species?
At this moment, Dean Cheng put on his glasses and, along with Wu Shanshan, let out a scream that almost resounded through the sky. They ran over, one foot after the other: "Leader, leader! Please show some mercy!!!"
"You can't lift it! You can't lift it!"
Ke Yuansi quickly moved the camera closer and the barrage of comments went crazy.
The scene became quiet after everyone saw clearly what species Si Lan was holding.
[Fuck fuck fuck! Si Lan, let go!]
[Even a handsome guy can't stand this. How can you treat this like a chicken?! ]
[If you don't understand, just ask, what kind of chicken is that guy holding? It looks pretty good.]
[Nah, that's not a chicken! It's a crested ibis! ! !]
The red-crowned crane is a national first-class protected wild animal.
Being held in Si Lan's hand like a chicken, a chicken...
It is true that after seeing this, the experts who have worked hard to protect and save the red-crowned crane would be so angry that they would wake up in the middle of the night and scold him hundreds of times.
The director of the Forestry Bureau did not expect that the red-crowned crane that was given away like a treasure would be no different from a chicken in Si Lan's hands. When he saw the live broadcast, he almost fainted from fright.
Facing the shouting Cheng Xianying and Wu Shanshan, Si Lan let out a soft click, loosened his hands, and let them take the bird back as if it were a treasure.
Not to mention Dean Cheng, even Jiuxin was worried when he saw this scene: "Why did they bring it back like this?"
Si Lan washed his hands, sat down beside her, and said innocently, "They made a cage. It's huge and laborious. I can't bring it back."
Come on, you are a demon god, you can fight several dragons, but you can’t get back a cage?
Lian Jiu reasonably suspected that he was just too bothersome.
Seeing Dean Cheng carefully holding the crested ibis over, Lian Jiu asked, "Is this the animal you want to rescue?"
To be honest, this was her first time seeing a red-crowned crane so close. She had only seen it on TV and online pictures before.
"That's right." Dean Cheng nodded, looking at Si Lan with lingering fear, and said, "Although the project to protect the crested ibis has been ongoing and has achieved certain results, it is inevitable that some people will have difficulty adapting. This is just one of the crested ibis that were previously released into the national park. It hasn't eaten for several weeks, and it's still the same after being sent back to the base. No problems have been found."
These were what the experts said to Cheng Xianying when they were about to send it over.
His research direction is not here, so he can only give a general idea.
The red-crowned crane in his arms looked in a very bad mental state and listless.
[Even in such a state of mind, Si Lan still treated it like that. It was a bit inappropriate.]
[Just now, I was praising the children for treating animals as equals, but now my true colors are revealed.]
【As an adult, it's not a good idea to set an example for children like this. 】
Looking at the barrage, Ke Yuansi looked at Si Lan worriedly, but Si Lan, who was condemned by all netizens, didn't care about it at all and served himself a big bowl of white rice.
"No problem." After serving the meal, Si Lan glanced over there condescendingly, "She's just spoiled."
Everyone: “…”
Lian Jiu whispered, "Don't you know nothing about medicine? You only know a few tricks to regulate your stomach, don't you?"
"..." Si Lan was silent for a few seconds. His face turned grumpy and he lowered his voice like her. "But that doesn't mean I can't understand what it's saying."
Oh yes... this is a demon god who is well-versed in ancient and modern knowledge.
Lian Jiu only knew that Si Lan could hear all the sounds within his sphere of influence, but he didn't know that he was so well-informed that it was no problem for him to understand the sounds of an ordinary bird.
It's just that normally he is too lazy to listen to the voices of these ordinary species.
Although these ordinary species are not as intelligent as monsters, they also have their own thoughts, otherwise humans would not always say that dogs understand human nature.
Every animal and plant has its own nature. Even sunflowers know to grow towards the sun, more or less.
The demon gods can naturally understand the natural voices of these animals and plants, especially demon gods like Si Lan.
But because there are so many noises and they are there all the time, he will selectively block them out, otherwise he would be annoyed to death every day.
Lian Jiu was silent for a moment: "So this crested ibis is..."
"It's used to being served and doesn't want to go back to nature." Si Lan said lightly, "Oh, it also has its eyes on a female bird, but the experts arranged for it to be bred with a male bird it doesn't like, so it's throwing a tantrum and going on a hunger strike."
Su Caifeng, who had always been keen on eating melons and eavesdropping, took the opportunity to comment: "This is a pure love brain."
Lien Jiu: "..."
Although, sometimes the Internet terms learned by Pixiu are quite accurate.
But the situation is clear. Although this red-crowned crane wanted to go on a hunger strike, it had been fasting for too long. Even after being force-fed by experts, it was still a little weak.
Cheng Xianying still didn't know what was happening to his beloved crested ibis, and couldn't hear the whispers of Lian Jiu and Si Lan. He nervously asked Gu Huai, "Senior, what do you think we should do?"
Gu Huai was busy eating and didn't even look up: "Put it there."
"ah?"
Gu Huai said, "It will want to eat soon."
Cheng Xianying and Wu Shanshan looked at each other, feeling intimidated.
But he still had to listen to the demon god, so he carefully put the red-crowned crane down.
[…What’s going on? Aren’t they being sent here for help? Why don’t you take a look!]
How can you help him without even looking at him? Just let him fend for himself?
【Please put a bowl of water in it at least! 】
[My fist is hard, this is too much.]
If they really tortured me to death, wouldn't all of them have to go to jail?
Dean Cheng and Wu Shanshan are here, why are you just leaving it alone?
"Headmaster." Yu Chongming had just finished her classroom livestream, and she had placed her phone on a stand while the children fell asleep. Now she was coming out to eat. "I'm here."
I was afraid that some demon gods would be too busy to come late and have no time to eat together, like the Pixiu in the greenhouse, Jiang An who was taking pictures and studying, and Yuan Qing who was in the class and sneaked out all day long, waiting for the demon cubs to fall asleep.
So Lian Jiu would always leave a portion of untouched food aside for them. Seeing Yu Chongming coming, she stood up and said, "Leave your food in the kitchen. I'll bring it to you."
"It's okay, it's okay!" Yu Chongming waved his hand, "I can go by myself."
She walked towards the kitchen, and after a few steps, a bird slowly followed her.
Everyone and the demon: "..."
Cheng Xianying stared in amazement as the crested ibis, which had been lying motionless, suddenly stood up and followed Yu Chongming. Even though its body was wobbling, it followed closely, bewildered. "What's going on?"
Could it be that after coming to the demon world, his spirits have really recovered a little?
Gu Huai sneered.
Yu Zhongming, who had just finished serving his meal in the kitchen, turned around and almost stepped on a bird on the ground. He was startled and asked, "What is that?"
The red-crowned crane on the ground slowly raised its head, and its originally lifeless eyes suddenly became more lively.
"A bird." Yu Chongming reacted, "It's blocking the way. I'm busy. Move aside."
She walked around the crested ibis and quickly returned to her seat. As soon as she sat down, the bird followed her again, tilting its head and staring at her at her feet.
Yu Chongming was stared at so hard that he couldn't even eat. "...Director, where did this bird come from?"
She could feel that this was not a species from the demon world and had no spiritual energy at all.
Lian Jiu suppressed his laughter: "From outside."
In front of the camera, the outside world means the human world.
"No wonder." Yu Chongming adjusted his hair and snorted, "He has never seen much of the world. He follows a beautiful woman everywhere he goes. What a pervert."
Cheng Xianying: "Puff!"
All the humans present were dumbfounded.
What are you talking about?!
Su Caifeng was amused by the joke and said jokingly, "You can use such advanced idioms now?"
"Of course I am. I study with the director all day long." Yu Chongming lowered his head and took a sip of soup. Seeing that the bird was still staring at him, he said with a hint of disgust, "You are so thin, skin and bones, and you still dare to look at me?"
Animals may not understand everything humans say. Most of the time, these are trained instructions, but the people present are all demon gods, so the red-crowned cranes can understand them.
It looked down at itself and found that it had indeed lost a lot of weight after fasting for so long.
After thinking for a while, the red-crowned crane took a few steps back and began to look for fallen rice grains on the ground to eat.
Cheng Xianying: “???”
Seeing this, Gu Huai took out a piece of grass from his pocket and threw it down. The red-crowned crane immediately ran over and ate it with relish, and tilted its head back for more.
"You can only eat this much now. Who told you to go on a hunger strike?" Gu Huai sneered, "You only have a little bird stomach, and you still want to look at what's in the pot."
Animals and monsters are different.
Monsters can eat a lot without worrying about their stomachs being unable to handle it, of course, except for Si Lan's reckless eating style.
But ordinary animals, like humans, have a bottom line.
Eating too much will really be bad for your stomach.
After this series of actions, Wu Shanshan, who was completely confused, asked in confusion: "What do you mean, a hunger strike?"
Although Gu Huai could understand animal talk, she had never come into contact with this crested ibis before, so she couldn't hear much. She could only judge what was wrong with it, so she said, "Ask Si Lan."
Si Lan...Si Lan was eating attentively.
Lian Jiu also gave him an extra bowl of soup.
Considering that he had to return to the human world to work after dinner and seemed completely unwilling to answer, Lian Jiu didn't let anyone interrupt his meal and spoke for him, "The main reason this crested ibis got sick was because of itself."
Cheng Xianying: "What?"
Lian Jiu was embarrassed for the crested ibis: "Because it's used to being fed by humans, it's developed a bad habit of not wanting to do things for itself. It doesn't want to return to nature, so it wants to go on a hunger strike."
Cheng Xianying frowned: "But it didn't eat anything when we brought it back to the base."
Lien Jiu: "..."
She cleared her throat. "Because you mated the female Ibis he liked with a male Ibis he hated, that's why he's even angrier."
The humans present: “…”
【Would you like to listen to what you are saying first? 】
[Is this reasonable? This is getting more and more outrageous!]
[If you don't understand, just ask, can the people in this live broadcast room understand what animals say? ]
You really don't understand. Not only can they understand animals' speech, they also eat barbecue and watch movies with them. Animals even queue up in supermarkets, and parrots even watch over the supermarket for them.
[Starting to talk about metaphysics, right? ]
[Although it's a bit outrageous, but when you think about it carefully, considering that this incident happened in Fuyu Mountain, it seems to make sense.]
Although Cheng Xianying knew that the demon gods were very powerful, he really couldn't accept this explanation.
So I called the friend at the base who sent the red-crowned crane on the spot.
Because they were keeping an eye on the crested ibis, the person on the other end also knew what was happening during the live broadcast. After answering the phone, they said with a blank expression, "We did pair up two crested ibis earlier, and they're both building a nest and about to lay eggs."
Cheng Xianying, who hadn't spoken yet, said: "...Okay, hang up now."
So this red-crowned crane is really having a tantrum?
Using a hunger strike is too exaggerated!
Wu Shanshan was at a loss for words: "So, is it because he's used to being taken care of by humans, and subconsciously thinks humans won't let him die, so he acts recklessly?"
"That's not the case," Jiang An said. "It's a bird, it doesn't have all the twists and turns of human thinking. If it's unhappy about being sent away, it won't eat it. If it's sad that the bird it likes isn't its own, it won't eat it either. That's its instinct."
Wei Jingxuan silently watched the crested ibis, who was now eager to eat another dozen blades of grass: "Then why is it eating now?"
Jiang An chuckled.
Gu Huai said sarcastically, "Why else? I saw a beautiful woman."
Everyone looked at Lian Jiu at the same time. She was the only one with the best appearance among the people present.
Before Lian Jiu could say anything, Si Lan put down his chopsticks and said unhappily, "What are you looking at her for?"
Wang Shanqing whispered, "The director is the most beautiful here."
Si Lan glanced at the crested ibis on the ground and asked, "Look?"
The little bird trembled and lowered its head.
[Si Lan, you're threatening a bird? Are you a man?!]
【Why don’t you eat now? 】
[Fuck, is that the point? The point is that they actually said a bird could understand a beautiful woman! They've got good taste for choosing Director Lian Jiu!]
[The worldview is being refreshed every day, so the base is indeed saying that breeding is going on, right?]
Wei Jingxuan pinched her chopsticks, trying hard to control the corners of her mouth, and echoed: "Don't dare, don't dare, of course it doesn't dare to look at the headmaster, wasn't it just following Teacher Chongming!"
Everyone suddenly realized that the only person present who had said that she was a beauty was Yu Chongming.
And she is a double-headed bird!
From a bird's perspective, she's a beauty! And a goddess like no other.
At this time, the red-crowned crane, which was glared back by Si Lan, was sneaking towards Yu Chongming's feet.
"Didn't you say earlier that you were on a hunger strike for that female bird you loved?" Wu Shanshan suddenly found it difficult to speak. The prestige of this protected animal in her heart suddenly dropped. "Why now..."
"It's because I'm so stubborn that I like her quickly and dislike her just as quickly." Jiang An snorted, "How can such a bird be worthy of us Jiujiu? It's not even worthy of Chongming either. How can that be considered love?"
Wang Shanqing couldn't help but ask, "Why do you look so experienced?"
Jiang An said embarrassedly: "I've been browsing the Internet too much recently."
"That's pretty good," Su Caifeng commented. "If you lick one, you're a love-brained person. If you lick a lot, you're a love expert. And if you can even lick Yu Chongming, in a sense, you're a discerning and courageous licker, oh no, a bird-licker."
Lian Jiu wanted to cover his face when he heard this, unable to bear it any longer: "Stop using those crap things you learned on a bird!"
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