Free Web NovelChapter 43: Chapter 43: Wow! The Cards Came Flying
Ye Zuiyi was beaming. She felt that her halo as the female lead had finally returned!
This was the treatment she deserved!
Ye Zexi’s lips curled into a slight smile. He affectionately brushed the wispy bangs from her forehead. "It’s all thanks to my little Fubao, Yibao. I’m just basking in your good luck."
Ye Zuiyi smiled shyly. "Brother, your luck is even better! Yibao wants to stay with you forever!"
[Wow! I have to say, they’re such a loving pair of siblings!]
[This task is actually so easy. The zookeepers probably have the feed ready. All they have to do is put it out for the birds.]
[Looking at it this way, it seems like Yu Zimo and his sister have it the worst.]
The two arrived at the bird territory. The moment they got close, all sorts of birds flew past, their calls filling the air.
"That bird is blue! So pretty!" Ye Zuiyi’s eyes filled with adoration as she watched a bird preening its feathers in the distance.
Ye Zexi patted Ye Zuiyi’s head. "Then when we get back, I’ll decorate a room for you to raise birds in."
"You’re the best, Brother!"
Ye Zexi’s eyes were full of adoration.
After a reminder from the zookeeper, the two entered the enclosure alone with the bird feed.
As soon as they entered, they noticed something was off with the birds.
Ye Zuiyi suddenly felt a sense of unease. "Brother... are all these birds watching us...?"
Ye Zexi swept his gaze over them, his brow furrowing.
Sure enough, all the birds were staring intently at them.
’Could Gu Zhao have done this...?’
Ye Zexi’s first thought was Gu Zhao; she was just that unhinged.
But on second thought, he decided it was impossible. She wasn’t even here.
Besides, she had no way of knowing they would find this task card.
"Brother... could it be my sister..." Ye Zuiyi showed the appropriate amount of confusion, then immediately denied her own suggestion.
"Gu Zhao shouldn’t be that petty..."
Ye Zexi’s heart ached for Ye Zuiyi all over again.
Looking at her, he always felt like he owed her.
...
"I am *exactly* that petty!" Gu Zhao glared at the banana in Gu Xulin’s hand.
That was the breakfast she had specifically brought for herself! And Gu Xulin had just swiped it!
Gu Xulin looked grief-stricken. "Gu Xiao Zhao! You won’t even spare me a single banana! Just a moment ago, you were bawling because you couldn’t afford to support your brother! How can you be so heartless now!"
Gu Zhao shot back, "Well, you said you were useless yourself, Brother!"
Gu Xulin, completely shameless, acted as if it were only natural. "That’s why I need my little sister to support me."
Gu Zhao’s eyes widened. When did Gu Xulin get so shameless?
’What did I miss?’
Seeing Gu Zhao’s expression, Gu Xulin looked smug.
He had figured it out. To handle Gu Zhao, you had to be even more shameless than she was.
Teasing the kid put Gu Xulin in a much better mood.
Seeing Gu Zhao’s fuming expression, his lips curled upward.
"Here, take it. You’re so stingy, you could give Zhong Mingrui a run for his money."
It wasn’t like Gu Xulin was just making that up. Zhong Mingrui would agonize for ages if even a tiny bit of his snack went missing, but he would still give some to Gu Zhao.
Gu Zhao didn’t care. She happily ate the banana, and after finishing half, she saved the other half for Gu Xulin.
"Hey, your big brother wronged you! You’re still my good little sister!"
Gu Xulin didn’t stand on ceremony and ate it right away. The others had woken them up this morning before they’d had a chance to eat.
Zhong Mingrui, who had already eaten, saw Gu Zhao with the banana and felt hungry again. He couldn’t help but reflect on his choices.
’Why didn’t I learn from Big King! I should have brought some snacks with me!’
He made a silent decision right then and there.
This would later lead to him saving everyone’s lives.
The group chatted leisurely for a while, then went inside right on time.
Gu Zhao placed Gu Xulin’s hand on her own wrist, signaling for him to grab hold.
Gu Xulin, ever the professional, understood in a second. He grabbed Gu Zhao and started walking inside.
"Sister, listen to your brother! You can’t be so pessimistic! I believe that as long as we try hard, even if we lose, we can lose a little later!" Gu Xulin declared loudly.
The two kids had also been briefed, and they were now playing their parts with gusto.
"Yeah, yeah! Big King! Even if you get killed by a block of tofu, we’ll be right there with you!"
"I’ll collect your bodies!" Song Yi chimed in hurriedly.
Zhong Siqi added, "Then I’ll cry at your graves."
"I’ll write your eulogies," Song Zhe said with a sincere expression.
Gu Zhao was speechless.
Aside from Gu Xulin, the acting from the rest of them was simply unwatchable.
Fortunately, the two dolphins, who hadn’t been jaded by the harsh realities of the world, bought it completely.
They looked at Gu Zhao with whimpering cries, trying to comfort her.
"Miss! We cleaned up for you! Please don’t be sad, okay?"
"If Miss is sad, I don’t want to live anymore! I’ll drown myself to be buried with you!" one dolphin declared, burying its head in the water.
The other dolphin smacked it with its tail, cursing, "Your head is already full of water! If you were going to drown, you’d have drowned long ago!"
Seeing the immaculately clean area, Gu Zhao broke into a wide grin. "Brother! We’ve found some fairy god-dolphins!!"
Gu Xulin struggled to keep his lips from twitching. Only through sheer force of will as an actor did he manage not to break character and laugh.
The dolphins, unaware they had been conned by the capitalists, were absolutely ecstatic to hear Gu Zhao’s praise.
Everyone was happy, except for the dolphin keeper.
She walked over, expressionless, and stamped Gu Zhao’s group’s task card.
This signified the task was complete, and they could now go collect their reward: food ingredients.
The keeper’s face screamed, ’I am not pleased.’
After stamping the card, she shot a glare at the two dolphins. ’Look at you two, working for free!’
’Letting your bellies be used as rags.’
Gu Zhao praised the dolphins a few more times, and they immediately put on a show of fainting from happiness.
The keeper was utterly speechless.
Long after Gu Zhao and her group had left, the dolphins were still immersed in their joy. They boasted to every passing animal, "Miss praised us~"
A red-bellied eagle overheard this. Its eyes darted around, and it flew directly onto Gu Zhao’s path and lay down.
Zhong Mingrui was thrilled they had completed a task so easily. He ran ahead and suddenly saw a bird lying in the middle of the path.
"Big King! A bird fainted over here!"
The group quickly gathered around it.
"What’s wrong with it?" Zhong Mingrui reached out and poked it.
Zhong Siqi said, "Maybe it has heatstroke."
Song Yi quickly snatched up the bird, ran to the small river, and gave it a good rinse...
The bird went GLUG GLUG GLUG as bubbles came up.
Song Zhe, his face dark, pulled him back.
The bird lay on the ground, surrounded by the group.
Gu Zhao said, "I think it might be a goner..."
’No! I’m alive!’ The bird struggled to open its eyes.
"Miss, I’m still alive!"
"The pigeon’s awake!" Song Yi exclaimed in delight.
The red-bellied eagle: ’??? Me?’
It was about to flip out when it heard Gu Zhao’s voice.
"The pigeon should be fine now."
The red-bellied eagle: ’Whatever, whatever. A pigeon is a pigeon, I guess.’
[What kind of pigeon has a hooked beak?]
[Whatever, whatever. Looks like it’s not easy being a pigeon. Let’s pick 5 people in the comments below. Not giving anything away, just picking for fun.]
Seeing that it was fine, the group went back to casually looking for cards. Zhong Mingrui muttered, "Card, oh card, can you fly to me on your own?"
Zhong Siqi gave his foolish little brother a speechless look.
The Little Eagle heard this, immediately flew off, and returned a moment later, dropping three cards in front of Gu Zhao.
Zhong Mingrui exclaimed, "Whoa! Big King! The cards flew to us!"
