It’s So Noisy, A Friend Gave Me a Pearl Bird – CH51

Chapter 51

This request was simply too tricky.

Si Jingce stood there stunned for quite a while, still unable to figure out what had gotten into Si De, when he suddenly received a call from Xiao Li.

Xiao Li was crying loudly on the other end, apologizing nonstop while shouting, “Your dad is too scary! Your dad is too scary!”

Si Jingce: “…What happened?”

Xiao Li hurriedly spilled everything that had happened that afternoon. “I don’t even know where I slipped up. After I delivered the banner, your dad kept me there for a talk—he practically dug out my entire background. I tried to stay guarded, but the more I talked, the more loopholes I exposed… I think he’s already guessed that Yanyan’s original form is a Java sparrow…”

Si Jingce focused on the wrong point: “You went to deliver the banner?”

He knew Yanyan and Xiao Li had been scheming something, but he never expected them to directly deliver a banner to Si De.

“Your boyfriend is actually quite smart. He told me to walk around the company so every department would know about your achievements. Even the wording on the banner was his idea,” Xiao Li suddenly paused. “Wait, that’s not the point… Anyway, I already told your dad to keep it confidential. As for how you explain things to your family, I can’t help you.”

Gui Yaying had already hinted things to Si De. It was only a matter of time before he figured it out.

Si Jingce didn’t react much. “Oh. Can you send me a photo of the banner?”

Xiao Li hung up and sent over the photo they had taken earlier.

Si De was holding the banner proudly, with Xiao Li and the secretary standing beside him.

Si Jingce looked at it for a while, then saved the picture.

With a few taps, he cropped everyone out, leaving only the banner.

Meanwhile, Yanyan was lying nearby, counting the chocolate cream daifuku Si Jingce had bought for him tonight.

He loved this shop’s chocolate cream daifuku—the mochi skin had just the right elasticity. One bite, and the rich cream filling would burst out, mixed with bits of chocolate.

But there were seven pieces in one box, which couldn’t be evenly divided with Si Jingce.

After thinking for a moment, Yanyan ate one first. Now there were six left—finally divisible.

He closed the box and obediently waited for Si Jingce to finish his work.

The sweet scent kept wafting out. Yanyan glanced at it, couldn’t resist, and ate another one.

Now it couldn’t be evenly divided again…

Just as he was about to finish the entire box, someone suddenly wrapped an arm around his waist and lifted him up.

Si Jingce launched a surprise attack, pressing a firm kiss onto his lips, tasting the cream and chocolate.

There was only one daifuku left in the box—and Yanyan had already taken a bite out of it.

He looked at it, then held it up to Si Jingce. “Brother, do you want some?”

Guiltily, Yanyan turned the daifuku around so the bitten side wouldn’t show.

Ignoring that, the man leaned in and kissed him several more times, lowering his gaze. “The banner wording—did you come up with it yourself?”

Yanyan smiled sheepishly.

With his own ability, he couldn’t have thought of it so quickly, so he had asked a lot of people… Though the result was a bit embarrassing, it achieved the goal well.

“I asked a lot of people!” Yanyan gave himself a thumbs-up. “Dad must be very satisfied, right? He kept praising you?”

“Mm. He also asked us to go back tomorrow.”

Yanyan: “To have a meal?”

He was starting to miss the Si family chef’s cooking.

“But he made a request that’s a bit hard to fulfill.” Si Jingce put on a troubled expression. “He wants me to bring both the little bird and my boyfriend back tomorrow.”

Yanyan: …?

What?

“So tell me—where am I supposed to find another Yanyan bird?”

Yanyan: …

The “Yanyan bird” froze. “I can’t just pluck a feather and blow on it to make several birds appear…”

Why would Dad suddenly make such a request?

A bad feeling rose in his heart.

Sure enough, Si Jingce added, “Congratulations. Your identity has been exposed again, in yet another strange way.”

Yanyan tilted his head and collapsed onto Si Jingce.

He didn’t want to hear this bad news at all!

Not at all!

Yanyan grabbed Si Jingce’s phone and saw he hadn’t replied yet. He pleaded, “Brother, can you just refuse him?”

“I’ll think about how to phrase it.”

Before he could send a refusal, Si De initiated a video call.

Si Jingce handed the phone to Yanyan to decide, but Yanyan pushed it back. “Brother, you answer it.”

Si Jingce picked up the call. On the screen, Si De appeared holding a cat, his face serious.

When he saw Yanyan beside him, he paused for a moment and quietly removed one of the cats from his arms.

The cat that had been sleeping was suddenly set down, twisting its body and meowing as it rubbed against Si De’s leg.

“Dad.” Yanyan pursed his lips. “The cat says it wants you to hold it.”

Si De gave him a deep look, then bent down and awkwardly picked the cat up again.

Hearing the voices, Gui Yaying also came over, and a brief family meeting began.

The main topic was criticizing Si Jingce and Yanyan for not informing the family before getting involved in the dangerous operation to capture Doctor Chen, only letting them know afterward.

“Next time something like this happens, tell us in advance,” Si De said after holding it in for a long time. “Even if you outnumber him, you still need to be cautious.”

Si Jingce: “Mm, there won’t be a next time.”

Si De: “You still want there to be a next time?”

Gui Yaying added, “I asked around. One of Doctor Chen’s charges is harming protected wildlife?”

Seeing they couldn’t hide it anymore, Yanyan admitted honestly, “I have a friend who’s a pelican. That day, we turned into birds during the chaos and slipped into the cage.”

Gui Yaying: …

She was still dazed, full of curiosity. “Why can Yanyan turn into a human? Can his parents do the same?”

This was a complicated matter. Si Jingce explained, “Strictly speaking, in recent years, many animals approaching their first mating period enter a mutation phase. Symptoms include full-body pain, which can be relieved by drinking electrolyte water.”

“During this time, their bones undergo changes and gradually turn into human form,” he continued. “As for why this happens, it’s still unclear.”

After hearing this, Gui Yaying looked at the two cats lying on the ground several times.

“Don’t worry, Mom,” Yanyan said. “The two cats won’t enter the mutation period.”

The prerequisite for mutation was animals experiencing their first mating period.

Dapang and Erpang were already quite old.

“It’s fine. Even if they turn into humans, it’s okay,” Gui Yaying said. “We’ll just treat it as taking care of two old men.”

For Si De, the idea of a bird turning into a human was still too abstract.

He stared at Yanyan and gestured. “Such a big person… how does he turn into a bird?”

Si Jingce and Yanyan exchanged a glance. Yanyan immediately said, “I can show you…”

Before he finished speaking, Gui Yaying and Si De saw the boy on the screen suddenly disappear.

His clothes dropped to the ground, forming a small bundle that rustled and squirmed.

After a moment, a Java sparrow poked its head out.

Gui Yaying: ….

Even though she had mentally prepared herself, she still gasped sharply. Si De said nothing, silently popping more heart medication into his mouth.

The little fluffball saw this and timidly took a step back.

“It’s okay, Yanyan,” Gui Yaying quickly softened her voice. “We just need some time to adjust. We’re not afraid of you.”

Yanyan revealed his little chili-shaped beak. “Jiu!”

Si De gradually calmed down. “How long can you maintain this form? What if you suddenly turn back during a livestream?”

Si Jingce rubbed the little bird in his palm.

After some time… Yanyan wouldn’t randomly transform anymore.

“Generally, that won’t happen,” he said, not forgetting to speak well of his boyfriend in front of Si De. “Yanyan’s livestreams are actually helping people. Right now, we don’t know how many animals can turn into humans. He serves as a public channel to prevent people from being deceived by unethical doctors again.”

Si De sighed. “Then what about you?”

Si Jingce was taken aback.

“Maybe I’m just getting old. Sometimes I really don’t understand what you young people are thinking,” Si De said, rarely opening up to his son. “With your ability, finding a stable and respectable job wouldn’t be difficult. Even entering the company would be as simple as a word.”

Being a streamer was still too risky.

Not to mention whether the income was stable—sometimes when Si De saw people online criticizing Si Jingce, he would even instruct his secretary to argue back.

What parent would willingly watch their child get scolded…

But after going through the shock of “my son likes men, and his partner isn’t even human,” Si De had somewhat let it go.

Let him be.

“I really like being a streamer,” Si Jingce said sincerely.

Si De quietly wiped away a tear.

Si Jingce: “Because I don’t want to wake up early in winter to go to work.”

Si De: …

All his emotions vanished instantly.

Si Jingce added, “And isn’t it nice to sleep in every morning with your boyfriend in your arms?”

Si De immediately hung up the video call.

The little Java sparrow stared blankly at the now dark screen.

Wait—what?! The father-son relationship he had just helped repair… broke again?!

Si Jingce chuckled silently and poked Yanyan’s head. “Alright, it’s nothing serious.”

“But now you need to get to work.”

Yanyan immediately turned back into a human, got dressed, and clung to Si Jingce, ordering another box of chocolate cream daifuku.

When the delivery arrived, Yanyan leisurely opened his livestream—

[The missing person has returned!]
[Why did you only start streaming after the annual event? Did you go on a honeymoon with your husband?]
[That dessert packaging looks familiar. Are you reviewing this shop’s daifuku today?]

“I’ll be doing fewer food reviews from now on,” Yanyan glanced at the comments, then lowered his head and started scribbling on paper. “As requested by everyone, we’re starting a new segment.”

After saying that, he folded the paper in half and propped it up on the table.

On it was a round little bird doodle, with red blush added to its cheeks. Beside it was a big speech bubble.

Inside, written in crooked characters, were the words—Pet Communication.

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