Chapter 29

Given the suddenness of Wang Tianba’s change in attitude, Kong Bi remained skeptical of its surrender. However, its behavior did create a degree of confusion for Kong Bi. After all, the animal world is usually simple, and she didn’t expect it to become restless after just one day.

She sat up from the bed and said, “Elder Quan, please don’t rush, tell me slowly, what happened?”

“When I woke up today and was about to go to the cafeteria to cook, I thought I’d stop by to check on the spotted bellied eagle-owl. But I found the door was ajar, and there were a bunch of striped footprints on the ground. I don’t know if they were the great peacock’s or the spotted bellied eagle-owl’s. Alas, I should have locked the door yesterday!”

Wang Tianba was locked up in an old-fashioned iron door. The door could not be opened after the bolt was inserted, so there was no extra lock to add a safety. Kong Bi pressed her eyebrows when she heard it: “Did you check the surveillance?”

Kong Bi slipped on her slippers, intending to check the security footage. She remembered Wang Tianba’s aura, and if it was trying to escape, it was a rather foolish move. Although Kong Bi wasn’t an expert tracker, such a distinct demonic presence would be easy for her to find. So, unless Wang Tianba flew non-stop day and night, finding it wouldn’t be difficult for Kong Bi.

“Not yet, I don’t have access to that stuff right now. I’ll call Xiao Qin to wake him up, he’ll know how to…”

“Elder Quan, there’s no need,” Kong Bi, who was about to leave, looked down at Wang Tianba standing at her door, and was somewhat surprised, “It came to my doorstep.”

“Goo hoo!” Wang Tianba looked up at Kong Bi, excitedly flapping its wings, and pushed a mouse and even a rabbit it had caught from somewhere in front of Kong Bi with its foot.

“Goo hoo! Goo goo hoo goo!”

Boss! Please take me in!

Wang Tianba looked up at Kong Bi expectantly. After finishing the field mouse yesterday, it began to sink into deep thought. After all, night is the active time for owls, so it certainly couldn’t sleep.

Therefore, Wang Tianba seriously considered Li Xiangdong’s behavior yesterday. Li Xiangdong dared to directly snatch its food, obviously relying on Kong Bi’s support. But ironically, because of Kong Bi, even though Li Xiangdong was clearly no match for it, it couldn’t do anything to him.

If it really wanted to fight Li Xiangdong, the biggest obstacle in front of it was Kong Bi.

But it couldn’t beat her!

After much deliberation, Wang Tianba decided that if it couldn’t beat them, it would join them. As long as its status was higher than Li Xiangdong’s in Kong Bi’s eyes, how dare Li Xiangdong steal its food?!

Having figured this out, Wang Tianba immediately opened the latch, arranged the prey it had caught all night neatly in front of Kong Bi, without taking a single bite, offering them as a tribute to gain Kong Bi’s favor.

Kong Bi was stunned.

She really didn’t expect Wang Tianba to do this.

Giving away food that’s already in its beak to another creature is a very rare sight among birds. Except during breeding season, solitary owls would never do such a thing.

Of course, this situation is not completely absent. Sometimes, due to some special circumstances, owls will bring food to others. You can also see videos of owls bringing food to people on the Internet. This behavior is the same as cats catching cockroaches and snakes and bringing them to their owners. Humans call this behavior repaying a favor, which is actually not very accurate, because the behavior of thanking only accounts for a small part. A more accurate statement should be that they recognize your existence and regard you as a companion.

Because you are a companion, they will share the food they depend on for survival with you. Some animals will only do this once, and some will do it many times.

If it happens only once, it might not necessarily be gratitude, but rather because most animals are solitary and don’t consider staying with you. If you encounter them again, and food isn’t scarce, or if you ask for it, they’ll still give it to you. If it happens multiple times, it’s because they see you sharing a territory, and since you don’t hunt, they feel obligated to hunt and provide for both of you.

However, even among companions, there’s always one who holds more authority. Wang Tianba clearly acknowledges Kong Bi’s position, prioritizing giving her the food for distribution. Even if Kong Bi eats it all, it wouldn’t mind and would diligently hunt again. The leftovers would be for itself.

The fundamental rule of the animal kingdom is the survival of the fittest.

Of course, if you are familiar enough, this kind of situation of cheating will often occur, just like cats and dogs. If you spoil them too much and fail to maintain their authority, it is not strange for them to become the host instead of the guest.

Kong Bi blinked, unable to refuse the kindness, she said: “Of course you want to join us, although our zoo is open all year round, but we are definitely working from 6 to 5 – no overtime.”

“Goo hoo?”

Wang Tianba didn’t understand what Kong Bi was saying, but it did understand her gesture of reaching out her hand. Immediately, it raised its head and started singing happily.

Well… owls are also a species that knows how to sing. They sing mountain songs when looking for a partner, and at such an important moment, Wang Tianba naturally had to sing as well.

Kong Bi’s smile gradually froze.

To be honest, she was not very willing to listen to birds singing, because unlike people, the meaning of birds singing is very simple and rough.

If it is a love song duet, it would be: ‘You look so strong’, ‘You are also very strong’, ‘We should catch lots of food together’, ‘Let’s raise our cubs fat’…

And now Wang Tianba is singing something similar, probably thanking you for taking me in. I will give you the first chance to eat something delicious in the future, and I will let you use it first if I have a partner. Although you are not ugly because of your feathers, you are still strong and beautiful in my eyes…

Kong Bi thought desperately, can’t her hair be seen as feathers? Why does every bird that sees it have to emphasize that she is bald? !

Although it is clear that this is just the aesthetic of birds, but…

Kong Bi touched her hair and felt a dull pain in her heart. She didn’t know if it was because the green peacock was shedding feathers recently. She found that the hair she lost every morning when she woke up was also spectacular.

“Meow——?!”

Just when Kong Bi was feeling sad about her hair, a cat’s cry suddenly sounded at the end of the corridor. She turned her head and saw the coal boss looking at the prey at Wang Tianba’s feet in shock. The fat rat in his mouth rolled to the ground. Next to him, Chuchu also had a half-finished rat in her mouth.

She stared at the rat on the ground and fell into deep thought.

Since that human already had so many prey, could she eat this big fat rat herself?

Happy (*^▽^*)!

Unlike the stupid Chuchu, the coal boss was shocked. In this day and age, even a two-legged beast would be so popular?

Originally, he thought he was sincere in bringing a big fat rat to Kong Bi, but now the coal boss was distraught when he saw the rich prey at Wang Tianba’s feet.

Has his and Chuchu’s iron rice bowl^[1]The Chinese term “iron rice bowl” (铁饭碗; tiě fàn wǎn) refers to:  * Guaranteed job security:    * It signifies an occupation that provides lifelong employment, steady income, … Continue reading been taken away?

This two-legged beast is so popular?