Chapter 31 part 1

Kong Bi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She didn’t expect Wang Tianba to complain to her.

The coal boss, hindered by his inability to speak foreign languages, was unable to refute Wang Tianba’s slander. His golden cat eyes remained fixed on Wang Tianba, clearly on a completely different wavelength.

“Woof?”

Chu Chu, who had eaten and drunk to her heart’s content, was completely oblivious to the situation. Seeing both the coal boss and Wang Tianba focused on Kong Bi, she stretched out her paws and hugged Kong Bi’s leg, as if to say she wanted to be carried along too.

Kong Bi, with one on each side, felt the sweet agony of being overwhelmed with affection, wishing she had more hands.

“Xiao Kong, put Wang Tianba down,” Quan Xiangsong said, standing nearby and lowering the phone he had been using to record.

Kong Bi was surprised. “Old Quan, when did you get here?”

Quan Xiangsong replied, “…I started walking over as soon as you hung up the phone.”

Maintaining his usual caution when dealing with wild animals, Quan Xiangsong didn’t approach after he arrived. Although Wang Tianba showed complete docility towards Kong Bi, he knew that one couldn’t generalize from one person’s experience to another.

Ever since he saw Li Xiangdong’s treatment through the surveillance cameras, as a ‘male’ like Li Xiangdong, Quan Xiangsong had resolved to stay far away from Wang Tianba. After all, his old bones couldn’t withstand any rough handling.

It’s important to remember that many animals can’t distinguish details, but they can remember characteristics. Buzz cut, human shape, and glasses—these three points alone were enough for Wang Tianba to identify him as an enemy.

Kong Bi gave a dry laugh. She really hadn’t noticed when Quan Xiangsong arrived. After all, Quan Xiangsong, with his rich wilderness experience, knew how to minimize his noise and presence. And Kong Bi wasn’t a spirit living in the wild, she naturally lacked vigilance and didn’t notice anything. Green peacocks aren’t known for their sense of smell, either.

Quan Xiangsong observed Wang Tianba’s reactions and cautiously approached, stopping immediately when Wang Tianba looked at him. He said to Kong Bi, “Doesn’t your arm hurt? Put it down already.”

Upon hearing this, Kong Bi moved her arm to let Wang Tianba off. “It’s alright, I don’t feel anything.”

“It’s good to be young,” Quan Xiangsong couldn’t help but sigh. “You don’t even feel the weight of a dozen or so pounds on your hand.”

In fact, letting large birds stand on you is a very risky behavior. Even if they don’t intend to hurt people, their claws used for hunting can easily hurt people’s fragile skin. In order to stand firmly, they usually use force when they land on tree trunks and other places. When this force falls on people, it is definitely a very painful thing.

Quan Xiangsong did not stop it at the beginning because who doesn’t have a dream of letting an eagle land on their arm?

Those who work in the wild or participate in rescues occasionally encounter one or two friendly birds. However, they’re not as obedient as to actually perch calmly on an arm. Most, even if they do land on a person, choose places like the head or back.

Of course, small birds perching on fingers are fine, but how can that compare to a large raptor?

Quan Xiangsong had also experienced having an eagle land on him. It wasn’t a pleasant feeling. After about a minute, he could barely feel his neck. Even though the bird might only weigh three or four pounds, who wouldn’t feel the weight of three or four pounds on their head?

Kong Bi blinked, looked at her arm which was not even red, and immediately hung the coal boss on the other arm, reminding herself to find a shop to customize an arm guard when she had time. After all, she couldn’t treat others as fools. It was too fake to be unscathed by the raptor for so long. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was an iron arm.

As for the weight of more than ten kilograms, Kong Bi ignored it. For Kong Bi who grew up in the countryside, it was easy to pick up more than ten or twenty kilograms before awakening. Otherwise, she would not be able to participate in the pig slaughtering that only male uncles in the village could participate in.

There’s no anesthetic or anything like that in the village. Even killing a pig requires several people to hold it down. Kong Bi wasn’t the one wielding the knife; she was the one responsible for holding the pig’s head still to prevent it from thrashing before it died.

Kong Bi reached out and stroked the Coal Boss, trying to make it give up resisting. “Old Quan, please tell everyone in the group, so they don’t worry. I’ll go back and change my clothes.”

Quan Xiangsong nodded in agreement, looking down at Wang Tianba standing at Kong Bi’s feet with amazement. “It seems it really likes you.”

The spot bellied eagle-owl isn’t known for being a friendly owl, or rather, nocturnal raptors in general aren’t very friendly. After all, humans’ large size is quite threatening in their eyes.

Of course, this could also be a matter of perception.

Quan Xiangsong thought that the previous owner who raised Wang Tianba was probably a woman.

Birds are prone to misidentifying things. Many families that keep parrots often find that birds in their mating season mistake their human feeders as mates with abundant food resources, while ignoring the opposite sex within the same cage.

Therefore, Quan Xiangsong speculated that perhaps this was the reason why Wang Tianba showed such a drastically different attitude towards Kong Bi compared to others.

However, it is also possible that Wang Tianba is full of hostility towards men because of Li Xiangdong…

No matter what, Quan Xiangsong knew very well that he was not Kong Bi, so he could not imitate the other party’s behavior. He stood a few meters away from Wang Tianba from beginning to end.

This distance was enough for Wang Tianba to see him clearly, and she would not be nervous because she could not observe Quan Xiangsong’s situation clearly, which greatly reduced his risk of being attacked.

Kong Bi bent down to put the coal boss down, closed the door and prepared to change clothes.

The coal boss looked at Wang Tianba cautiously, and seeing that it was motionless and had no intention of attacking, he turned around and began to look for Chuchu.

“Meow?!”

Where’s my wife? !

The coal boss was startled and scratched at the closed door.

The insidious and cunning two-legged beast!

Kong Bi was stunned when she saw Chuchu jumping onto the bed with ease. Cats are liquid creatures that can get into any crack. She patted Chuchu’s butt helplessly: “Good cats can’t just get on other people’s beds.”

“Woof meow——”

Chu Chu drew out her meow, expertly rolling over to relax her limbs and expose her belly, slowly winking one cat eye at Kong Bi.

The kitten might not know much else, but her skills at acting cute were top-notch.

In the kitten’s world, staring at them without moving is a sign of provocation, while slow blinking is a gesture of friendliness. Kong Bi often squatted down and used this method to lure unsuspecting kittens when finding strays outside, but it was the first time she had been comforted in return. It was as if the kitten was telling her she had no bad intentions and would definitely not do anything naughty on the bed.

Kong Bi didn’t believe it at all. Apart from anything else, the cat hair left by it alone could make Kong Bi very distressed. After all, the tiny cat hair can easily hide in invisible corners. You may think you have cleaned it up, but you may still find it when you do the spring cleaning next year.

However, Chu Chu obviously didn’t think she was a trouble. She stretched her body and rolled on the bed, curiously observing everything in the room.

Kong Bi sighed with pity: “The kittens who sneak into other people’s homes will be eaten.”

“Woof?”

Although it didn’t understand what Kong Bi was saying, Chu Chu responded enthusiastically. This was its rule of survival in human families: respond to every sentence the two-legged creatures said. Even though they didn’t understand each other, the two-legged creatures were often very happy during this process, and it could immediately get extra food afterward.

However, this time it miscalculated. Kong Bi’s specialty was getting things for free. She held down its two front paws and buried her face in its belly, taking a deep inhale.

Coal Boss, your wife is fine, but now she’s mine!

“Mmm-ow!”

Chu Chu let out soft cries, sounding like a coy refusal.

If Kong Bi had only speculated before that Chu Chu had lived in human society, then Chu Chu’s current familiarity with the bedding confirmed 100% that it was a cat raised by humans. As for why it ended up wandering with the Coal Boss later, it was probably due to being unneutered.

You know, even the friendliest wild cats will cautiously investigate unfamiliar things like sheets and quilts. But Chu Chu skipped this step entirely, going straight onto the bed as if it were an old hand. Clearly, these things were not unfamiliar to it.

Sucking on a friendly kitten wasn’t as satisfying as sucking on one that was coyly refusing, and Kong Bi didn’t want to keep people waiting. She quickly changed into a long-sleeved shirt, reached for her phone, and took a look.

The series task was marked as completed, but the task rewards weren’t displayed. Instead, there was a ‘loading’ message. Not knowing what was going on, and seeing that it didn’t seem like it would load anytime soon, Kong Bi simply put her phone in her pocket and opened the door.

The Coal Boss squatted at the door, looking rather aggrieved. Even though Kong Bi opened the door, it didn’t dare to enter the room filled with complex scents, and gave a soft meow to Chu Chu, who was rolling around on the bed.

Chu Chu jumped off the bed immediately after hearing the sound, and ran to the coal boss quickly to rub against him.

The little cat who can find several meal tickets for herself knows what it means to share the rain and dew equally!

Kong Bi walked past the Coal Boss as if nothing had happened. The Coal Boss glanced at her, puzzled. Whether it was its imagination or not, the Coal Boss felt that Chu Chu was now permeated with Kong Bi’s scent, far more than what normal contact would produce. However, the Coal Boss, not yet deeply understanding the cunning of human ‘Cao Cao’ (a historical figure known for stealing wives), didn’t raise any alarm. It quickly dismissed the matter and snuggled up to Chu Chu.

“Tianba, Coal Boss, Chu Chu, let’s go.” Kong Bi called out and took the lead, stepping away.

Wang Tianba immediately followed with its long strides. Although it could use its wings, it seemed to have instinctively learned to follow suit, fully understanding how to be a good follower.

The Coal Boss hesitated, unsure whether whether to take Chuchu away or follow Kong Bi.

However, before it could make a decision, Chu Chu had already followed. Although it had eaten well in the wild, after wandering outside for so long, Chu Chu also missed the air conditioning, canned food, beef, salmon, catnip, crayfish…

Although the Coal Boss was very skilled at hunting, some prey could only be brought back by humans.

Seeing that Chu Chu had already followed, the Coal Boss had no choice but to resign itself and followed as well.