Chapter 34 part 2

“It turns out that there are so many twists and turns in the animal world?!” Bai Wei was amazed, “Hey, hey, hey, director, a peacock is flying over!”

Kong Bi looked back and saw that it was Hua Jiao who couldn’t resist flying over after seeing Kong Bi hadn’t left. When Hua Jiao moved, it stirred the other green peacocks, who came running over with joyful steps.

Lord Shen immediately left Hong Hong who was dancing with him and flew towards Kong Bi with vigor. Unfortunately, because a lot of feathers fell off, he couldn’t maintain his balance and hit his face again.

Hong Hong gave Lord Shen a disdainful look, raised its long neck, tiptoed its claws, in an elegant and noble aristocratic posture, and gently nudged Kong Bi’s leg with its head.

Green peacocks are the aristocrats of the animal kingdom. They usually walk very elegantly, and male peacocks never let their beautiful tail feathers get dirty. They lift them up a little when they walk, like a fairy’s shawl or a princess’s mermaid skirt.

Although they are full of martial spirit and fierce as fire, when they are not fighting, they are like immortals untouched by the mortal world, or nobles of the royal palace.

Well… Lord Shen is an exception.

Hua Jiao landed on Kong Bi’s arm. When it was close to Kong Bi, it always occupied the absolute C position and did not bother to compete with its own tribe.

“Wow!”

Bai Wei’s eyes sparkled, and the close-up view made her appreciate the beauty of the green peacocks even more. Their slender, raised necks seemed to speak of their untouchable elegance, yet they were so close at this moment, their dazzling colors shimmering in the light, mesmerizing her.

Her face flushed slightly, whether from excitement or something else, and she looked at Kong Bi expectantly, “Director, can I take pictures with them?”

Kong Bi looked down and asked, “Does anyone want to take pictures with her?”

Bai Wei immediately looked at the peacocks nervously.

Bai Wei’s parents exchanged glances, realizing that this was a rather subtle rejection. After all, the peacocks couldn’t understand human speech. They probably came over because they were used to being fed and thought the humans were there to bring food.

Even if Kong Bi had agreed, getting the peacocks to cooperate for photos would have been a difficult task.

What is taking a picture?

Can you eat it?

Hua Jiao glanced at Bai Wei, noticing her weak aura and lack of fully grown feathers, and lost interest. She turned to explain to the other green peacocks, “It’s like giving those who bring offerings a little something to make them come back next time, just like when we used to divide territory among other creatures in the forest.”

“Oh, I see. Too ugly, I’m not going!”

“Me neither! I want to eat fruit!”

“Let’s go, let’s go!”

Facing Bai Wei’s expectant eyes, a group of green peacocks immediately scattered, and in the end, only the confused Lord Shen was left.

In fact, it didn’t understand what Kong Bi was saying, nor did it understand what Hua Jiao was saying. After all, it joined halfway, but when Kong Bi looked over, Lord Shen immediately tilted his neck:

“My king, I can do it!”

My king needs me!

Facing the eyes of the crowd, Lord Shen thought so.

“Lord Shen agreed,” Kong Bi said with a smile. “Come on, let’s spread out. Weiwei, how would you like to take the photos?”

Bai Wei was immediately flustered. In fact, she had realized when the green peacocks started to leave that her request was a bit unreasonable. She didn’t expect that one would actually stay.

“I… I’m fine with anything.” Bai Wei looked at Lord Shen, who had taken the initiative to approach, feeling overwhelmed and unsure of where to put her hands and feet.

Kong Bi thought for a moment and smiled, “Then how about this? You squat down, and Lord Shen, you go behind her and spread your tail.”

Bai Wei squatted down in cooperation, so that she was just about the same height as the green peacock, and it was easier to take a more harmonious photo. However, she didn’t take what Kong Bi said later seriously. Although she was only a junior high school student, she knew that peacocks couldn’t understand such complicated requests.

She looked up at the camera, but saw her mother’s eyes suddenly widened, and even her father looked incredible. Bai Wei was puzzled at first, turned her head and looked, and was stunned.

Lord Shen actually came behind her, with its long tail feathers raised high, swaying and shaking, like a big fan in the hands of a dancer, the satin-like feathers spread out in the shaking, like the surface of the water being blown up, not shaking violently, elegant, gorgeous, pure, and stunning.

Kong Bi patted Li Da: “What are you doing, take pictures quickly, or Lord Shen will have no strength to take pictures.”

“Oh! Oh!”

Li Da snapped out of his daze and immediately got down on the ground to find the right angle. He had brought plenty of equipment, especially since Kong Bi had lent him over a dozen more, which made Li Da think she was from a family that sold cameras when he first received them.

After a short while, Lord Shen folded up his tail feathers. Having just finished a dance-off with Honghong, he didn’t have the energy to keep them spread for long. He flapped his wings and approached Kong Bi, looking up at her expectantly.

“Very good!” Kong Bi patted him to encourage him, thinking that Lord Shen would probably be the best performer among the green peacocks in the future. After all, he was the only one who didn’t mind people’s looks, perhaps because he sympathized, and therefore wasn’t as repulsed as the other green peacocks…

“Doo kwok—”

Lord Shen was full of energy. He flapped his wings and ran back to show off to Honghong happily. If nothing unexpected happened, he would probably be beaten again.

Kong Bi straightened up and looked at the photos everyone had taken.

Bai Wei happened to be wearing a white dress with puff sleeves today, and her body just happened to block Lord Shen, leaving only his long white crest feathers visible, standing on her head like a tuft of hair or a small crown. His pure white tail feathers spread out behind her, and the golden sunlight shone through the gaps between the feathers, making her look like a little fairy from a fairy tale.

Kong Bi said regretfully, “It’s a pity that Lord Shen has already started molting and losing feathers. Otherwise, his tail feathers would be denser.”

“It’s already very beautiful!” Bai Wei’s face flushed.

This was not an insincere compliment. Lord Shen’s somewhat sparse feathers now allowed the sunlight to penetrate better, giving it an unexpectedly more sacred look. It was more like an unexpected highlight, an unrepeatable scene.

Bai wei’s parents hadn’t had high expectations for Peacock Mountain Zoo when they were climbing the mountain. They were adults and knew that online videos were inevitably specially filmed and carefully selected, showing the good side to netizens. They didn’t expect to have such a ‘serendipitous encounter.’ They believed that even when their daughter got married and had children, she wouldn’t forget what happened today.

“Director, how did you do that? Were these peacocks specially trained?”

Kong Bi smiled and said, “It was just a coincidence. You see, the other green peacocks don’t bother with us. Lord Shen was ostracized by the group because of his feathers, so he’s more friendly to humans. But this kind of thing depends on fate. Maybe Weiwei just happened to catch Lord Shen’s eye.”

Regardless of whether others believed her, Kong Bi was determined to stick to this explanation and not change it.

She didn’t mean to force the green peacock. If Lord Shen didn’t want to do it, Kong Bi wouldn’t force him. So this kind of thing really depends on luck. After all, even if Lord Shen didn’t discriminate, there might be humans that he thought were too ugly to get close to.

Bai Wei’s parents were skeptical. After all, Lord Shen staying behind could be explained as being friendly, but cooperating with spreading his tail was definitely beyond the norm. And since cats and dogs could be trained, why not peacocks?

However, they didn’t dwell on the matter. After all, they had benefited from the experience. Even if it was specially trained, such a service would probably cost extra.

“Let’s go. It seems Chuchu isn’t here. It’s probably waiting for food at Wang Tianba’s enclosure.”

Because they hadn’t figured out Wang Tianba’s daily food intake yet, they always pushed a cart over to feed her, to avoid running back and forth. Chuchu took advantage of this, waiting for mealtime to get some free food. The feeders usually couldn’t resist its cuteness and gave it some extra.

Wang Tianba is not as free as the green peacock. It has always been locked in a cage. First, there is no owl venue in the zoo, and second, she can open the door latch by herself, so it doesn’t matter whether it is locked or not.

In fact, some experts tend to add a lock on the door. Although Wang Tianba’s current attitude shows that she does not intend to leave in the short term, there is still a risk in doing so. What if she opens the door and goes out by herself one day and does not intend to come back?

However, this opinion was also opposed by many people. Perhaps if Wang Tianba stayed, they would get more research data, and they might even find something new that would make them famous all over the world. But they would rather observe Wang Tianba’s behavior in the wild than confine her in a cage. Anyway, they had been there before. It would be fine to take advantage of her while she was recovering from her injuries. There was no need to imprison her for life because of their own desires.

But even if they all agreed, Kong Bi would not agree. If it really didn’t work, she could just transform and destroy the weaving net and let Wang Tianba go back to the forest. Then she could still go and rub Wang Tianba, and it wouldn’t have much impact on her.

There was a “pervert” squatting at the door of Wang Tianba’s house for a long time. When Kong Bi took Bai Wei’s family there, they saw Wang Tianba sleeping in the nest she dug, with several feathers secretly plucked from the peacock garden under her.

Bai Wei hadn’t been to a zoo before. Even if she had, it would have been difficult to see owls. Most owls are nocturnal, and forcing them to be visible to tourists during the day is very distressing for them. Therefore, only a few zoos in China have owl enclosures, and they only keep owls that are not particularly averse to daytime activity.