Chapter 20 Dad, why do I always drop feathers?
Shang Youqing's heart tightened, and he almost immediately realized something was wrong.
The little phoenix's down is densely snow-white, and the small tail feather behind it should be golden, reflecting the flowing light and brilliance, and it is flying with vigor and spirit.
But at this moment, the feather became a little frizzy and burnt, and it curled up and drooped under the wing in pain, as if it had been burned by something.
Shang Youqing lowered his head and carefully held the little fur ball in his arms. He instinctively and subconsciously injected spiritual power into his little phoenix baby, while softly coaxing Shang You.
However, she tried hard to devote her spiritual power for a long time, but it was still of no avail. Shang You's small tail feathers were still wilted, and the golden luster on them was getting fainter and fainter.
Not only that, Shang You's body temperature was getting increasingly hotter and hotter, nestling in Shang Youqing's palm like a small fireball, and her cries were getting weaker and weaker.
Sensing Shang Youqing's fingertips trembling, he pecked her fingertips softly and comforted her, "Chi..."
[Mom, don’t cry…]
Shang Youqing sniffed softly, forced herself to remain calm and said "hmm", promising her: "Mom, don't cry."
Is it related to the reason why she brought the baby down the mountain?
Shang Youqing's mind was in a mess and she couldn't think calmly. She even wanted to transform back into her true form immediately and take Shang You back to Wutong Mountain. However, just as she came out of the zoo with the little fur ball in her arms, she ran into Lu Jingchi who was driving urgently.
Lu Jingchi opened the car door and said, "Sister, get in the car quickly!"
As soon as Shang Youqing got in the car, Lu Jingchi quickly noticed the curled up, scorched tail of the little phoenix chick in Shang Youqing's arms. This frightened him greatly: "I heard from Old Yan that Youyou is sick with a fever. This is not just a fever, Youyou's phoenix tail is about to be burned. Sister, what is going on?"
Shang Youqing was still using her spiritual energy to maintain the weak spiritual breath of the little phoenix chick in her arms. During the short time she had been in the car, she had gradually regained some consciousness. She forced herself to calm down and asked, "Junior brother, I have a question for you. Was it me who brought Shang You back to Wutong Mountain back then?"
Lu Jingchi's worried expression paused, wondering why his senior sister would suddenly ask about this. However, he shook his head and replied, "Of course not. Senior sister, you had just given birth to Shang You not long ago, and your body was very weak. It was Senior Brother Mu who personally brought you back to Wutong Mountain."
"Senior Brother Mu..."
Shang Youqing looked down at the little phoenix chick in her arms, which was holding her hand with its two limp wings, and asked, "Is he still staying at the 57th Research Institute in Beijing?"
Lu Jingchi nodded. "Senior Sister, you know that Senior Brother Mu works at the highest-level confidential research institute. Not long after he brought you back to Wutong Mountain, he returned to the research institute. It's been several years, and I haven't seen him show up. I guess it's inconvenient for the research institute—"
Before Lu Jingchi finished speaking, Shang Youqing took out his cell phone from the backpack hanging on his arm, flipped through the address book, found a phone number from Beijing City, and dialed it directly.
A few seconds later, the call was connected, and a clear and elegant voice came from the other end of the line, "You Qing?"
Lu Jingchi was stunned.
It turns out that it’s not that senior brother is inconvenient to answer the phone in recent years, but he is only willing to answer calls from senior sister?
…
Yanyuan.
It may be because the weather in Bindao has turned cold again in the past two days, and Young Master He has been feeling a little unwell recently. Especially knowing that his father is on a business trip these two days, the little guy finishes his classes and takes his medicine as usual every day, and at most goes to play with Ruibai for a while. The rest of the time, he lies on the windowsill holding an old bird doll and looks out at the lakeside area.
One day, when He Zhimo woke up in his room holding a bird doll, he was surprised to find several white feathers on his bed.
There were a few fluffy white feathers on the pillow and next to the little hand.
He Zhimo sat on his bed in confusion, picked up the tiny feather curiously, and touched it with his little hand. It was soft and smooth, like the feather of some baby bird in a cartoon.
But how come there were little bird feathers falling on the bed where he slept?
He Zhimo carefully picked up these thin and small feathers.
Just at this time, Butler Chen came in with breakfast. He Zhimo couldn't help but tell Butler Chen about this: "Uncle, there are bird feathers on my bed."
Butler Chen was startled. He walked over and took the feather from Young Master He's hand and examined it. He was also a little surprised and said hesitantly, "Maybe it leaked out of the quilt. I'll have the servants change a new quilt for Young Master."
He Zhimo didn't think much of it. He ate breakfast and drank his medicine obediently, but his head was still a little dizzy. He touched the small wooden pendant hanging around his neck with his little hand and asked in a soft voice, "Uncle, will Dad be back today?"
Butler Chen looked at Young Master He's fair face and couldn't bear to answer immediately. He just said, "I'll call Mr. He later."
In the afternoon, Butler Chen first called Yu Zhu to confirm that Mr. He had woken up in the hospital before calling to inquire.
"Mr. He, are you feeling better?"
He Cong: "Well, where's Momo?"
"The young master must have missed you. He woke up this morning and asked when you would be back..."
On the other end of the phone, He Cong paused for a moment, forgetting the request he had just made to Dr. Zhao to stay in the hospital for two days to recuperate, and said slowly, "I'll go back tonight."
At night, Young Master He finished his milk on time as usual and returned to his room, hugging his bird doll to sleep.
As I was sleeping, for some reason, my heart started to ache.
At this time, the young He Zhimo did not know that it was the induction from the twins. He woke up with the pain in his hands, holding his chest. He crawled to the head of the bed, turned on the headlights, rolled up his pajamas, and carefully checked the area where his heart was. It was intact and there were no wounds.
Moreover, after waking up, it seemed that there was no pain at all.
He Zhimo scratched his little face, looking strange, when his big sleepy eyes suddenly opened wide again.
"Why are there feathers again?"
Several more white feathers fell from the collar of the pajamas that the little hand had just put down. He Zhimo was about to pick up the feathers and look at them, when the door of the room was gently opened.
He Zhimo raised his head and saw his father, who had not returned for two days, appear at the door. His eyes immediately turned red, and he deliberately put on a stern face and lectured him: "Dad only works all day and never comes home."
He Cong walked closer to the crib, raised his hand to ruffle his son's messy hair, and said in a low voice: "Did Dad wake you up?"
He Zhimo was about to give his father a serious lecture, but suddenly he remembered something, spread out the feathers in his little hands to show his father, and asked complainingly: "Dad, why are there always feathers falling on my bed!"
…
Mu Weiting's plane arrived in Ning City that night.
Lu Jingchi also knew that the situation was critical, so he didn't dare to chat along the way and directly took his senior brother back to the courtyard of Mingling Zoo.
During this period, Shang Youqing kept her little phoenix baby in her arms and continued to inject healing spiritual power into it.
Because of this, although Shang You's whole body was still as hot as a ball of fire, his condition at least did not worsen.
After Mu Weiting arrived, he exchanged a glance with Shang Youqing and extended his hand toward her, "Can I see it?"
Shang Youqing hesitated for a second or two, then carefully held the little phoenix in his arms to show him.
Mu Weiting knew that she was worried, so he took the little phoenix with the same caution. He gently flicked the little guy's anxious tail feathers with his fingers twice, lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then came to a conclusion.
"You Qing, Shang You is shedding her tail for the first time."
Shang Youqing frowned slightly: "How could the molted tail be burned like this?"
Of course she knew that a phoenix would shed its tail three to five times from infancy to adulthood.
As the name suggests, the phoenix's tail feathers will become longer and more beautiful after each molting.
But every time she shed her tail, she went through it normally, and she had never encountered a situation like Shang You.
Mu Weiting lowered his eyes and looked at her, then continued softly.
"Master, I think I forgot to tell you that when a phoenix sheds its tail for the first time, it needs to be fed with the blood of both its parents in order to successfully temper it."
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