It’s So Noisy, A Friend Gave Me a Pearl Bird – CH22

Chapter 22

Usually, all kinds of things were said in his livestream chat. Over time, he had picked up a bit here and there.

Xiao Li wiped his face. “Since you already know about ABO, then you should understand how to help Yanyan get through the mating period—just have him date someone.”

Si Jingce froze. “Yanyan is still too young. Isn’t that a bit too early?”

Xiao Li: “…He’s just small in size, not young in age. His behavior might be a bit immature, with some of that animal innocence, but he understands what he should.”

“Of course, if you think it’s too early, that’s normal. It’s fine,” Xiao Li continued. “The mating period has early, middle, and late stages. Right now he’s still in the early stage. When it reaches the late stage—about a year in—the mating instincts will fully erupt. He might keep switching between bird form and human form, very unstable.”

“That’s when it becomes the most troublesome. Even if Yanyan doesn’t want to date, he’ll have to.”

He patted Si Jingce on the shoulder. “Take advantage of this time to teach him more, help him integrate into human society earlier. It’ll make finding a girlfriend easier later.”

Xiao Li gave a few more reminders, then brought up something Si Jingce cared about.

“I heard you say Yanyan is a bit greedy—he secretly eats human food and even sneaks alcohol sometimes… It’s fine. He’s human now and needs proper nutrition. Just make sure his diet is balanced.”

“You can avoid dairy for now—birds might be lactose intolerant. Normally, whatever you eat, he can eat too.” Xiao Li looked at him. “What do you usually eat? I can help design a meal plan.”

Si Jingce: “Takeout.”

Xiao Li: “…Then what does Yanyan usually eat?”

“Drumstick leaves, rapeseed, cracked corn, black sesame—twenty-two types of grains mixed together,” Si Jingce answered without hesitation. “I also give him fruit and vegetables as snacks, and sometimes make chips for him.”

Xiao Li felt like the one who needed a new diet plan was Si Jingce.

Speechless, he forwarded a document to him. “Just follow the combinations in this… and try to eat less takeout.”

After finishing their discussion, Yanyan’s ID was also ready, and his household registration was added to Si Jingce’s.

Si Jingce went to find Yanyan. As soon as he stepped out, he saw a large pelican standing in front of the boy.

A railing separated them. Yanyan sat in the wheelchair, looking both fearful and curious as he examined the big bird.

The pelican lowered its head and tapped Yanyan’s arm, as if testing something.

The boy’s eyes suddenly lit up. He reached out and patted the pelican’s head.

He said something to the pelican, and the bird suddenly opened its huge beak.

The boy eagerly compared the pelican’s mouth with his own head… then tilted his head, trying to stick it inside.

Si Jingce was startled and rushed forward, pulling the wheelchair back.

At the same time, a tall man in a caretaker’s uniform approached from the other side. Wearing a mask and hat, his face couldn’t be seen. He directly grabbed the pelican’s beak shut with both hands.

“What’s so tasty about humans? Come on, baby, let’s go eat fish.”

After saying that, he glanced at Si Jingce, then carried the pelican away.

The tip of a pelican’s beak has a hook that can injure people.

Si Jingce quickly checked Yanyan. Only after confirming there were no injuries did he ask, worried, “What did you say to that pelican just now?”

Why would he suddenly do something like that?

“I wanted to test whether it would really eat people!” Yanyan said excitedly. “In human form it can’t eat me, but in bird form… it might be able to swallow many of me.”

Si Jingce: …

And that pelican actually cooperated with him.

The little bird didn’t realize how silly he had been. He handed over his newly obtained ID card. “Look! I have a human identity and a human name now!”

Si Jingce took a look. The little bird had still chosen “Si” as his surname.

“Master is my family, so I want to have the same surname!” Yanyan watched his expression, and when he saw that Si Jingce wasn’t upset, he smiled happily.

“But…” Yanyan paused, frowning. “I look so ugly in the ID photo.”

Si Jingce looked at it a few more times.

“Not ugly.”

He rubbed the boy’s head and told him to keep the ID safely.

There was still time, so Si Jingce pushed Yanyan around Waterbird World for a few more rounds.

On the way back, he also bought Yanyan a phone and got him a SIM card.

On Weibo, a post quietly appeared—

Screaming Diamond Mountain: [lcberg supertopic I actually saw the missing streamer at Waterbird World in W City! [images]]

[Holy—this photo is so clear. Who is he pushing? His boyfriend?]

[So the pigeon streamer stopped streaming to go date, huh!]

[Wait, what stream did I miss? Since when is lcberg confirmed gay?]

[…Doesn’t he look like it?]

[…He’s almost thirty and still hasn’t dated, isn’t that obvious?]

[Don’t exaggerate, lcberg is only twenty-five.]

[They look pretty well-matched though. What’s wrong with his boyfriend? Can’t walk?]

[A bit pitiful… his pet was sick, and his boyfriend is like this… suddenly I don’t feel like scolding him for not streaming.]

By the time Si Jingce’s phone rang, they were already home.

Yanyan was sitting on the thick carpet, studying his new phone, surrounded by bags of items Si Jingce had bought for him.

“Bro,” Yunduan’s voice came through the phone. “Is Yanyan still sick?”

Si Jingce glanced at the boy. “He’s completely fine now.”

Just… there was a small incident along the way.

“Oh, that’s good.”

Hearing Si Jingce’s tone, Yunduan could tell he was in a good mood, and the tension he had been holding also eased.

“No wonder you went to the zoo to look at birds—needed to relax a bit.”

Si Jingce: “How do you know I went to Waterbird World?”

“It’s all over Weibo,” Yunduan said, a little gossipy. “Fans even came to ask me… Who’s the boy in the wheelchair you were pushing?”

Si Jingce paused for a moment. “Family.”

“Family” could mean many things.

Yunduan’s mind raced through possibilities, but since Si Jingce didn’t elaborate, he was left itching with curiosity.

“Forget it, let’s not talk about that. Bro, when are you coming back to streaming? There’s a new game, and we’re one player short—we need you to carry us!”

It was the horror game Yunduan had mentioned before. Si Jingce had also received a promotion for it but hadn’t started streaming or recording yet.

He glanced at the date. There was no way to make up this month’s streaming hours.

After all, it was his livelihood—he couldn’t leave it idle for too long. So he agreed, “Send me the game name. I’ll get online later.”

After hanging up, Si Jingce downloaded WeChat for Yanyan and told him to come up with a username.

“A username?” Yanyan looked confused. “Can’t I just use Yanyan?”

“You can, but most people don’t use their real names online,” Si Jingce said. “They’re strangers you’ve never met, separated by a screen—you don’t know what they’re thinking.”

“Then your username is…” Yanyan struggled with the English. “Li… Li Bo.”

Si Jingce: …

Si Jingce: “It’s lcberg.”

Why did his pronunciation sound exactly like Xiao Li’s?

Yanyan looked curious. “What does it mean? Can I pick the same one?”

Si Jingce fell silent.

When he chose that name, he had just graduated from university and was still in his edgy phase, wanting something niche and cool.

After thinking it over, he chose “iceberg” as his online name.

An iceberg floating on calm waters.

At the time, he had been quite proud of it, thinking himself very cultured.

Then he had spelled the word wrong.

And his fans didn’t even notice.

It wasn’t until last year that someone discovered it, and he was mocked online for quite a while.

“Just pick whatever you like. You don’t have to follow mine.” Bringing up that embarrassing matter again, Si Jingce closed his eyes. “WeChat names can be changed anyway.”

The little bird held his phone and thought for a long time, but in the end, he still entered his own name.

Si Jingce helped him add his WeChat, then went to prepare things for his livestream.

Yanyan tapped around on his phone and quickly found Si Jingce’s Moments—

It was all him.

The fluffy caramel-colored pearl bird filled the entire feed. There was almost a post every day, no captions, just pure photos of the little bird being cute.

The bird sleeping sprawled out in a glass cup, the bird standing on the computer and peering at the screen, the bird using a plant as a swing.

Yanyan liked every single post one by one.

Si Jingce picked up his phone: ?

The boy had liked all his Moments, deliberately skipping the early posts featuring the two kittens raised by Madam Gui Yaying.

Si Jingce couldn’t help but smile. When he walked into the living room, Yanyan had already turned on a TV drama and was watching attentively.

He hadn’t finished Journey to the West yet.

Hearing movement, Yanyan turned his head and glanced at Si Jingce, noticing the familiar essential livestream drink in his hand.

The green-box yogurt.

Yanyan stared at the yogurt in his hand for a long time, then suddenly asked, “What does ‘milk burp 1’ mean?”

He had heard his master mention it during a livestream long ago—he said he was a “milk burp 1.”

If liking yogurt made someone a “milk burp 1,” then since he liked chips, would he be a “chips 1”?

Si Jingce felt like a boomerang had hit him right back. “…Kids shouldn’t ask.”

Yanyan blinked, looking even more confused.

His gaze followed the yogurt in Si Jingce’s hand, and his stomach let out a few soft growls.

Yogurt… it must taste really good, right?

Now that he was human, he could eat whatever he wanted. Yanyan spoke up directly, “I want some too.”

Si Jingce remembered Xiao Li’s advice. “Wait a few days until you get used to human food, then I’ll let you try.”

Yanyan: “But I want it now.”

His eyes shone as he leaned forward slightly, looking at the yogurt bottle with clear longing.

He licked his lips, glanced at Si Jingce, and tears slowly welled up in his eyes…

Si Jingce stayed firm. “Not today.”

He walked over, set the yogurt aside, and opened a few small bread rolls for Yanyan. “But you can try eating some bread first.”

Yanyan accepted them reluctantly.

The moment their hands touched, a voice passed through a thin layer of haze and clearly reached Si Jingce’s mind—

‘Ahhh, I really want to drink Master’s yogurt.’

Si Jingce: ?

At the same time, an image played in his mind.

After he entered the room, Yanyan would drift around in his wheelchair, sneak into the kitchen, open the fridge, and drink all the yogurt inside.

Si Jingce: …

“You can only drink half a bottle of yogurt,” Si Jingce said expressionlessly. “And you’re not allowed to secretly drink all the yogurt in the fridge when I’m not looking.”

Yanyan’s eyes widened in shock, and he covered his mouth.

“I—I don’t think I said anything!”

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