Chapter 244
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Zhang Zian thought that the birds’ house was truly an open space when he looked at it from the outside . Now that he had followed Professor Wei Kang on a tour, he knew that it was in fact separated into various parts . Different birds resided in various parts . Currently, they were not in the parrot zone .
"Professor Wei, please turn off the lights . "
A boring yet deep voice was heard . The group looked around and found an African grey parrot, which looked a lot like Richard, standing on a dead branch . The bird was looking at them . Although alike, Richard looked way smarter than this bird . The voice was probably from this bird .
Wei Kang laughed and pointed at it, "This is the naughtiest grey parrot here . It is very smart, so the staff named it ‘Smartie’ . It learned to say ‘turn off the lights’ from the staff because they always say that . "
"Hello! Don’t forget the face scan at work!" it then said again . Obviously, this was another sentence it learned from the staff .
If Zhang Zian had never met Richard, he might be surprised to hear these words . Now that he knew there was better, he smiled politely and went with the crowd . The voice of this parrot was very different from a human’s voice . Its voice was rough . People could only guess what it was talking about .
"His store has a much smarter parrot," Guo Dongyue said suddenly .
"Oh?" Wei Kang was surprised .
"That parrot talks like a person," Guo Dongyue continued .
Wei Kang looked extremely interested . Zhang Zian was upset that Guo Dongyue told someone about Richard so he explained, "No, no . My parrot is only a normal bird . He isn’t that good . "
Guo Dongyue didn’t understand why Zhang Zian was being humble all of a sudden . This didn’t sound like him at all .
Zhang Zian knew that as soon as Wei Kang met Richard, he would definitely go nuts . How obsessed he was with Fina was the best example .
Thinking about Fina . He turned around and found that Fina was walking elegantly right behind him . Fina was glancing around all the birds with pride as if touring her own territory .
Snowy Lionet was walking right next to Fina . If a bird got close, Snowy Lionet would kick it quickly . It was great for the group because no bird could bother them as they walked around, unlike the story told by Jamie, the female driver .
Guo Dongyue paid close attention to Wei Kang’s narrations . He looked as Wei Kang pointed out different things and tried to search for the love birds that his mom used to have . The layout of the birds’ house was far more interesting to Zhang Zian . There was a bald tree every a few steps away . The glass ceiling was decorated with fake ivy so the whole birds’ house looked like an outdoor space . Resting bars and boards for the birds were everywhere .
"Professor Wei, why are there so many bird cages here? Aren’t the birds raised free-range?" Zhang Zian asked, pointing at the cages .
Wei Kang said without thinking, "The cages are a place for them to sleep and breed so they can have some privacy . "
Zhang Zian was about to put down his hand when a green parrot landed on his arm . Apparently, the parrot thought that his arm was a resting bar . Zhang Zian froze and didn’t know what to do . Should he drive it away in case it pooped on him? He was wearing a nice new shirt that he didn’t want to get ruined .
"Professor Wei…" he stopped and got Wei’s attention .
Looking back, Wei Kang was excited when he saw the bird, "You are a lucky man! No wonder you can get an Ancient Egyptian cat from the street… That is a rare black-collared love bird . This breed primarily resides in southern Africa . This is the only one on record in the whole country . Director Lϋ found it through his overseas connections . Also, this breed is very timid so they don’t usually approach a stranger . "
Zhang Zian realized this was a rare parrot, so he was interested in knowing more about it .
The black collared love bird was not good looking . It was a bit larger than a normal love bird . Most of its fur was bright green . Its mouth was dark gray and there was a black line on the back of its neck . That was probably how it got its name .
The black collared love bird also looked at Zhang Zian curiously, jumping lightly on his arm and searching .
Wei Kang said, "It is looking for food . "
Zhang Zian saw that the staff was feeding the birds and throwing grains on the ground . Many parrots had already eaten . Why didn’t this one go?
Wei Kang read his mind, so he explained, "Black-collared love birds mostly eat figs and they only eat certain things, just like a panda only eats bamboo . If it ran out of fig, it could die in a few days . "
Oh no! That was crazy! It was a good thing that it was a smaller bird . If it was as big as a panda and only ate fig, it could die out in no time .
Zhang Zian said to it, "Didn’t your parents tell you not to be picky towards your food?"
The black-collared love bird didn’t understand him the way Richard did . It lost interest in Zhang Zian . Instead, it started staring at the staff members who were feeding the birds .
Wei Kang sighed, "I am a consultant here . Director Lϋ works with our college and provides funding for our research . In exchange, he brings in some rare breeds from overseas in the name of our college so that customs will not give him a hard time . "
Zhang Zian didn’t say much but carefully looked at the black-collared love bird on his arm . Honestly, he was curious why Wei Kang would come here . He didn’t look like he would work with businesses . Now that he explained it, Zhang Zian felt that everything started to make sense to him .
The staff member grabbed three bottles of water and was carrying a small bamboo basket . "Professor Wei, here you go . Have some water, please . "
The black-collared love bird yelled . It was a weird loud noise . It flew away from Zhang Zian’s arm, landed on the edge of the bamboo basket and started eating from there .
The noise was so scary that Zhang Zian almost wet his pants .
"Ha-ha . It makes annoying noises, not cute ones . " Wei Kang was used to the black collared love bird’s sound, so he was calm .
Zhang Zian patted his ear and forced a smile, "It was a hard hit to my eardrum . "
There were fresh figs in the bamboo basket . The black-collared love bird kept eating it . Yummy!
While Zhang Zian and Wei Kang were talking about the black-collared love bird, Guo Dongyue was not interested at all . Instead, he was looking hard for the love birds in his memory . However, it was a more difficult task than he expected because there were too many parrots in the birds’ house .
Suddenly, two parrots with green fur and red faces standing on a tall branch drew his attention .
"That’s it! Look!" he yelled excitedly while pointing at them .
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