Chapter 55
Si Jingce: ?
Wha… what?
Seeing his slightly stunned expression, Yanyan grinned happily. “I was just joking.”
Si Jingce fell silent.
His little bird really did say shocking things without warning.
He lowered his head and gently rubbed his nose against Yanyan’s cheek, catching a faint scent of fresh grass.
Strangely enough, Yanyan’s diet had long stopped being those seed mixes, yet he still carried that clean, natural smell.
“Brother, I’m serious,” Yanyan said. “Do you want me to help you pull votes? I can allow you to ride on my popularity a bit.”
Si Jingce hummed. “I’d love to ride on Big Streamer Yanyan’s popularity. So what’s the price?”
Yanyan reached out, cupped his face, and gave him a loud mwah. “Payment in flesh! You have to hold me while we sleep tonight!”
And so, Big Streamer Yanyan and Si Jingce reached their shady little deal. After tidying up, they started the livestream at the usual time.
Yanyan placed a sign that read “Please vote for lcberg in the Annual Star Competition” next to the “Pet Communication” sign, then glanced at the viewer count.
Viewers online: 1.089 million.
He leaned closer to check again. “Wow, so many people are waiting for me today.”
[Little bro, check your DMs! That girl from yesterday posted a follow-up video!]
Yanyan opened his messages and found many people sending the same link.
“This isn’t some scam link, right?”
As he spoke, he clicked it—and was immediately greeted by a close-up of the albino hognose snake, flicking its tongue.
He jumped.
Desensitize. I need to desensitize.
It’s fine… work is annoying, but I still have to do it QAQ!
Yanyan kept encouraging himself and forced himself to keep watching.
The video was filled with comments like “Came here because of the hype.” The girl spoke gently, stroking the snake’s head as she explained what happened.
“After connecting with little bro, I still couldn’t quite believe it. But I used the excuse of losing my wallet to ask security for surveillance footage… and I did find that my boyfriend often brought someone else home.”
She sniffed, her voice tinged with tears. “Anyway, we’ve already broken up. There’ll probably be a long mess to sort out… but no matter what, the snake did a great job. I’ve already given it extra food.”
She adjusted the camera again. “And today, the snake hasn’t been hitting the glass anymore. Everything’s solved.”
There were still comments questioning whether she was a plant, and she patiently replied with long explanations.
[Is it really that accurate? I might have to try it.]
[It’s free anyway, might as well try.]
Yanyan felt like they were just attracted by the “free” part…
He closed the video and cleared his throat. “There’s a new condition for pet communication today.”
He waved the sign. “Everyone, remember to vote for lcberg. One vote equals one free pet communication session with me. No limit on slots—as long as you have a screenshot of your vote.”
“You can board first and pay later,” Yanyan added. “Today there’s no limit on sessions. I’ll go until 9 PM, because I need to sleep early.”
[Good kid, healthy schedule, and helping his husband get votes.]
[Okay okay, start already!]
Soon, Yanyan saw connection requests popping up. After filtering a bit, he accepted the first one.
“It’s connected! It’s connected!” The girl on the other end sounded excited. “Hi little bro, come admire my cat!”
A chubby silver-shaded cat appeared on screen. It leaned forward curiously to sniff, its plump cheeks twitching slightly, then it withdrew and narrowed its eyes to rest.
Yanyan’s heart stopped.
It felt like all the blood in his body froze, only slowly warming back up after a long moment. He stammered, “H-hi!”
[? Is little bro afraid of cats?]
“I’m not afraid of cats,” Yanyan coughed, trying to save face. “I just… didn’t know what to say for a moment.”
Hearing that, the girl relaxed and enthusiastically introduced her cat. “Its name is Tangyuan. Usually… well, it’s kind of naughty. It eats a lot too, so it’s currently on a diet…”
Yanyan fixed his gaze on the cat. It licked its paw, looking elegant.
It’s fine it’s fine it’s fine!!
Yanyan screamed internally—
Doing this job means encountering cats, dogs, snakes… I must desensitize!
He tried not to tremble and asked, “So what would you like to ask today?”
“It really loves fighting me and doesn’t like me touching it.”
The girl reached out to pet her cat.
The moment her hand touched its head, the silver-shaded cat opened its mouth and snap—bit down.
Yanyan was horrified. Luckily, she pulled her hand back in time, or it would’ve been bitten badly!
[That bite… there’s definitely some resentment in it…]
The girl laughed awkwardly. “I just want to know… does it love me?”
Yanyan thought for a moment. “Then try asking it first?”
The process was different this time.
The girl didn’t think much of it and gently tapped the cat’s nose. “Baby, baby, do you love mommy?”
After asking several times in a row, the silver-shaded cat gave no response at all—not even a single meow.
After a long while, the cat finally grew impatient and licked the girl’s hair.
“Ah!” She covered her head and quickly backed away. “I just washed my hair today!”
Yanyan: …
No need to translate anymore.
“Um… it does love you,” Yanyan chose his words carefully. “But it doesn’t see you as its mom… more like a little underling who offers treats on schedule and cleans up after it.”
[Also an underling trying to usurp the throne and become its mom.]
[Licking your hair means it sees itself as the boss, establishing authority over its underling.]
“I see…” The girl fell into thought.
Seeing her reaction, Yanyan felt a bit nervous, worried she might feel sad if she didn’t get the answer she wanted.
Then suddenly, the girl on camera seized the cat while it wasn’t paying attention.
“Meow!”
“Your humble servant greets the Cat King! Long live the Cat King, long live, long live!” she shouted.
[Your humble servant greets the Cat King!]
[YOUR HUMBLE SERVANT GREETS THE CAT KING!!!]
The chat joined in enthusiastically.
Yanyan: …
He had worried for nothing.
The girl, who was clearly addicted to forcibly loving the cat in her arms, quickly regained her composure. “Little bro, I have one more question.”
“I have a bracelet I really like. Once, Tangyuan took it to play with, and then it disappeared… Can you help me ask where it is now?”
The cat stared arrogantly at Yanyan through the screen.
It meowed a few times, then suddenly bared its teeth at him.
Such an evil silver-shaded cat!
Alarm bells rang in Yanyan’s head—why do all these animals like to scare him QAQ!
He immediately sold Tangyuan out. “Even the cat doesn’t know where the bracelet went, but it has a secret stash under the sofa. There should be a lot of things hidden there.”
The girl: ?
She immediately went to verify it, calling her family to help move the sofa—
Dozens of hair ties were piled underneath, and even a long-lost toy mouse was found.
“No wonder my hair ties keep disappearing!” She quickly thanked Yanyan, rolling up her sleeves to deal with the cat. “Thank you, little bro! I hope lcberg wins Annual Star—I’ll get my whole family to vote.”
The screen went black as the call ended.
Yanyan snorted. “Bad kitty.”
What do you mean ‘I hid the bracelet under the sofa and it disappeared, I don’t believe you, you dumb bird, can find it’?
He’s clearly very smart!
After grumbling internally about the silver-shaded cat, Yanyan refocused and continued taking calls.
For a while, he ended up meeting almost every breed of cat imaginable.
It was like he had stumbled into a cat nest.
Desensitizing himself while continuing to work, the little pearl bird sat in front of the computer, feeling like he was one step away from ascending to heaven.
Good cats were manageable, but some mischievous ones that liked to scare people were truly hard to handle.
There were also some strange humans who came in with a “let me test you” mindset, deliberately messing with him.
Work is so tiring.
“Time’s almost up, we’ll take one last person today.”
Yanyan randomly accepted another connection. On the other end was a rough-looking man, his eyes red as he secretly wiped away tears.
“Little bro, save my bird!”
Yanyan: …?
He straightened up and looked at the screen. “Don’t worry, let me see what’s going on.”
The man’s pet was an Amazon grey parrot. It sat weakly in its nest, looking at its owner pitifully.
“Pain.”
“Uncomfortable.”
It spoke like a child, making people feel distressed just hearing it.
“It’s been like this for a long time,” the man said through tears. “It keeps saying it hurts and feels bad. We’ve seen many doctors—they all said there’s no cure. I almost sent it to that doctor who got arrested recently… I raised this parrot since it was a baby, taught it how to talk and sing…”
[Uh… little bro isn’t a vet though, right?]
[After almost getting scammed once, you still have to stay cautious—otherwise it’s the pet who suffers.]
The symptoms were very obvious. Yanyan already had a guess. “Did other doctors say it might be in its breeding period?”
The man’s eyes widened, like he had found a lifeline. “Yes, exactly… that’s what they all said.”
So that’s it.
Yanyan tilted his head. Are birds the ones most likely to enter the mutation phase?
“Don’t worry. My brother’s… pearl bird had the same issue before.” Mentioning himself, Yanyan felt a bit embarrassed. “I’ll contact you privately.”
He sent the man his contact info through the backend.
Unexpectedly, there was a result today—he found a suspected case of an Amazon grey parrot entering the mutation phase.
Yanyan quickly said goodbye to the audience and prepared to handle the parrot’s situation. “That’s it for today, see you at the same time tomorrow.”
[Bye little bro!]
[So many animals have this lately… is it some new contagious disease? I’m scared…]
Seeing the comments, Yanyan bit his lip. “It’s not a contagious disease.”
[I’ve read papers—it’s a new illness. Not contagious, but recently there’s been a breakthrough, and mortality has dropped from 100% to 80%]
[Why is it so secretive… is there some shady conspiracy?]
Yanyan hurriedly denied it. “There’s no conspiracy. Didn’t Yanyan-bird have this illness before? He found the right doctor and recovered, now he’s lively and jumping around.”
“And recently, he likes staying in the ceiling corner because my brother made it very comfortable and pretty.” The more he spoke, the more excited he got, practically wanting to show off his relationship to the whole world.
Unfortunately, no one understood what he meant.
[Yanyan-bird is so lucky to have two dads who love it.]
[Wuwu, come to think of it, we haven’t seen Yanyan-bird in a while… I kind of miss its noisy chirping…]
[When will little bro stream with the bird again? I want to see the two cuties together www]
Yanyan’s pupils shook.
What do you mean “want to see Yanyan and Yanyan-bird stream together”…
You’re making things impossible for this pearl bird!
