Chapter 264 It was the next day . As usual, Zhang Zian woke up before the alarm went off . He turned off the alarm and saw that Fina and Snowy Lionet were still sleeping . Slowly and lightly, he got off the bed and walked towards the door . Fina’s eyelids moved as if she was having a dream or had heard Zhang Zian’s steps . Snowy Lionet was sleeping deeply . Most cats were more alert than that .
"My Majesty, My Majesty… Your hair is so smooth and nice . I will lick your hair for the rest of my life… meow…" Snowy Lionet changed positions, tightly hugged the blanket and licked the blanket . It was drooling all over . Zhang Zian decided not to wake Snowy Lionet up . He would tell it the truth when it woke up . He washed off simply in the bathroom and quietly walked downstairs . Old Time Tea and Galaxy slept a lot in the game yesterday, so they woke up early as well . Old Time Tea kept the TV down and was watching the morning news . Galaxy was wandering around, bored . As soon as it heard Zhang Zian’s steps, it ran over and said happily, "Good morning, Zian! You are early today!" Zhang Zian stretched and said, "Since I learned martial arts from Grandpa Tea, I fall asleep easily every night and never wake up during the night . It is great! Now, I can get out of bed easily . If it was before, I would’ve stayed in bed and not want to get up . " "Meow… I don’t understand, but you are the best!" Galaxy said . If someone or another Elfin told him that, Zhang Zian would think that they were being sarcastic . However, when Galaxy said it, it had to be true . He was proud of himself . Zhang Zian remembered that when he worked in the office, getting up in the morning was the most difficult thing in the world . However, he never felt tired at night . Therefore, he never went to bed before midnight . Since he had taken over the pet shop, he had been getting up and going to bed at a set time . Since Galaxy’s arrival, he stopped going to bed late . Since Fina’s arrival, he stopped eating out a lot . Since Old Time Tea’s arrival, he started exercising and had been sleeping very well . And Richard… Talking about the devil… Flapping its wings, Richard landed on Zhang Zian’s shoulder and couldn’t stop moaning . Zhang Zian tied up its beak so it couldn’t bother other people and the cats in the morning . There was nothing but bitterness in Richard’s eyes as if it was saying, "Sh*t! Why did you tie up my beak?!" Zhang Zian raised three fingers and said, "I have three requirements . If you agree to them all, I won’t tie up your beak again . "
Of course, Richard said yes because it wanted to be untied .
"First, as long as someone is still sleeping in this house, you have to be quiet . You have to keep it low when you talk . " Richard nodded . "Second, when there are other people around, no swearing . You have seriously damaged my image . " Richard tilted its head meaning that it didn’t agree . However, it finally nodded . "Third," Zhang Zian pointed at the cage in the display cabinet, "You promised to train those birds, so you have to take accountability . If you can’t finish, then I will call you lying bird instead of apprehensive bird . "
He was not positive that he could train the birds . It was a mission to be completed in a short time frame . There was no way he could train the red-headed love birds . The only way he could get this done was to have Richard train them . Richard raised its head, looked at the cage with ease and patted its chest with one wing . It meant that it would be a piece of cake . Zhang Zian took the tie off Richard’s beak . Richard shook its head and moved its tongue around . It was about to start preaching . Zhang Zian raised three fingers in front of its face so it swallowed back some dirty words and lowered its voice . "Jeff, you are an idiot! I know much more than you could ever imagine!" Richard was even more arrogant than ever, "Do you really understand what my name – the apprehensive bird — means? Well, stupid as you are, I am not surprised if you don’t know . " "Wait!" Richard’s words were hurtful . Zhang Zian fought back, "At least I am smarter than you are . Your brain is only as big as a walnut . You can’t tell me I am stupid!" "Ha-ha! Look, if your theory is true, then elephants and whales should’ve ruled the world by now," Richard said scornfully . "Never mind! I don’t think you know this, but wisdom is a complicated thing . I don’t think you’d be able to comprehend it even if I explained it . Let’s put it this way: ‘Apprehension’ is, in fact, a form of decoding . The antonym of decoding is encoding . Human language, bird’s language, cat’s language, dog’s language, even computer language are all just coding . Language is a tool for communication but it is also a process of encoding and decoding . My explanation is straightforward enough . Can you understand?" Quite frankly, Zhang Zian had been talking since he was little, but he had never thought about it deeper . At this time, he could not completely understand Richard’s words, but it sounded right . Language was a tool for communication in the human world . However, not many people dug deeper to find out what language really was . Everybody talked every day . From the first "Good morning" to everyday conversation throughout the day, language was something everybody used . Even the most introverted person had to speak to others at some point . Sometimes, some people would even continue to speak in their dreams . Language was everywhere . It could be used to express love or hatred, tell the truth to the world or record history… All was impossible without language . Civilization was based on the development of language, which was as important as air, food and water . However, not many people would even notice its importance . It was too common to use words to communicate, so people neglected its true meaning . Zhang Zian rethought Richard’s words and a question came up to his mind: "So you are saying that computer language is no different than other languages?" "Of course," Richard replied without thinking . "Computer language is in fact simpler, more precise and more logical . The essence of computer language is no different than a normal language . The only difference is that the encoding and decoding for a computer language is completed in a computer; while for a normal language, the same process is finished in a human brain . "
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