Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

  Zhang Zian was scared of the birds that suddenly flew by his head. He almost jumped, but then realized that it was nothing serious. Embarrassed, he rubbed his own head and looked at the staff member in front of him.

  The staff member was wearing a light blue uniform and cap. He was wearing plastic shoe covers over his shoes and a badge on his chest. He took off his face mask to talk to Zhang Zian, leaving it hanging off one of his ears. He looked quite young, probably just freshly graduated from college.

  There was some bird poop on his shoe covers. Zhang Zian realized that the ventilation in this birds’ house was, in fact, great. He didn’t smell any obvious bird poop. It was understandable. There were thousands of birds in the birds’ house. If the ventilation was not good, PM2.5 would’ve gone up to a degree that is not suitable for humans to survive in.

  “We are here to buy parrots. Do you have love birds?” Zhang Zian asked.

  The staff member, who was looking at Fina and Snowy Lionet, now looked back up and nodded, “Yup. There are different kinds of love birds. Which kind are you looking for?”


  Which one… Zhang Zian and Guo Dongyue looked at each other, but no one could come up with an answer. Guo Dongyue’s mom never took pictures of the birds, so he wasn’t sure which breed it was. This was the first time Zhang Zian had heard that there were various kinds of love birds. He thought birds were like cats in the fact that each breed only has a few kinds. From this staff member’s words, it seemed that it was a lot more than that.

  “How many kinds do you have?” Zhang Zian tried to get more information.

  The staff member was vague, “Well, about 100.”


  Oh no!

  Not good!

  Over 100 kinds of love birds! It looked like there was some work ahead of them.

  He thought there might be around ten kinds, but didn’t expect to have over 100 kinds.

  Looking at them, the staff member knew that they might be newbies when it came to raising birds. Phoenix House was a very professional birds’ house. Due to the limitation of staffing, they were only open to high-end bird lovers and newbies were not welcome because they didn’t want to spend the time and effort to educate them. Also, newbies were not always willing to spend the money.

  “Gentlemen, we have so many birds. Would you like to go home and think about it first?” The staff member was going to send them home.

  Zhang Zian understood what he meant, but he was not going to leave with empty hands. Otherwise, the taxi money would going down the drain… although that was Guo Dongyue’s money.

  “Can we walk around?” Zhang Zian asked.

  The staff member was annoyed. He nodded and said, “Well, okay. You know, we only have limited staff so I can’t walk around with you.”


  “That’s okay. We will walk around on our own.”


  “Okay,” the staff member sighed. He searched around in his pocket and found four disposable shoe covers for them, “You guys need to wear these, otherwise your shoes will step in bird poop.”


  “Thank you,” Zhang Zian and Guo Dongyue took the shoe covers. The shoe covers had to be customized because there was the Phoenix House logo on the side of each one.

  “Your cats are not allowed in there.” The staff member pointed at Fina and Snowy Lionet and said, “What if they eat our birds?”


  Zhang Zian understood the staff member’s concern. Everyone knew that cats loved hunting birds. They were quick. If a cat laid its eyes on a bird, that bird would not have any hope of living.

  “Don’t worry. My cats don’t eat raw meat. They won’t eat your birds,” Zhang Zian assured.

  “No. Our birds are too expensive to take this risk,” the staff member didn’t agree.

  Fina didn’t care about this staff member but opened its eyes widely to look at various kinds of birds flying around. Snowy Lionet walked around Fina closely. When a bird flew close to Fina, Snowy Lionet would scare the bird away. That was the staff member’s real concern.

  Zhang Zian knew that bringing Fina along would get them in trouble. However, he would not agree to leave them outside at this point.

  Guo Dongyue had been very quiet the whole time. He suddenly said, “Could you have your boss come over?”


  “I am sorry. Our boss is in a meeting with someone,” the staff member rejected.

  It was a normal excuse. Zhang Zian could not tell if he was telling the truth or making up an excuse.

  “I own a pet store. Look, we are both in the same industry. Why don’t you let us in?” Zhang Zian tried to play the friend card.

  The friend card didn’t work. The staff member tried to kick them out. “I am sorry. Our boss is meeting with someone now. If you don’t want to leave them outside, please show yourselves out.”


  Fina was angry. This was a huge humiliation for it. If it wasn’t for the fact that Fina promised Zhang Zian it would behave, it would kill a few birds to show its anger. Fina stared at the staff member with its round and green eyes. Snowy Lionet could feel Fina’s anger so it got ready to fight for its Queen. As soon as Fina sent a command, Snowy Lionet would start the fight.

  Although the staff member had never had a cat, he clearly knew that both cats were angry. He was scared and stepped back vulnerably. He didn’t understand why the cats had become so angry all of a sudden.

  Zhang Zian knew that Fina would keep its promise and behave, but who knew what Snowy Lionet would do?! He stepped in between the two so he could stop the fight in time.

  “What is going on? What are you doing?”


  At this time, two people came out from the hallway behind the flowers. A middle-aged man in a suit walked over.

  The staff looked back and acted as if the man was his savior, “Director L?, these two guys want to visit our birds’ house. I told them they have to leave the cats outside but they don’t want to… Look at this cat. It looks angry. I am concerned about our birds being hurt.”


  L? Mingyi nodded, smiled and noted the situation.

  “Are you the manager or boss?” Guo Dongyue asked directly.

  L? Mingyi glanced at Fina and Snowy Lionet and said, “I am the owner, L? Mingyi. And you are…?”


  Before he finished, a voice came up behind him,” Is that an ancient Egyptian cat?”


  Zhang Zian looked over and saw a normal looking middle-aged man. He immediately recognized it was Professor Wei Kang, whom he met in Binhai University when he captured the apprehensive bird.