Free Web NovelChapter 46: Chapter 46: Gu Zhao Cheating?
Now it was Gu Zhao’s turn to be stunned. She looked left and right, her face filled with confusion. "Where?"
Zhong Mingrui, feeling guilty, pointed randomly in a direction. "Over there!"
Song Yi, terrified of being found out for not seeing anything either, chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, it’s over there."
Gu Zhao was confused. She looked in that direction. ’There’s nothing there?’
’Could there be another bird here besides the stone carving?’
Gu Zhao was full of suspicion—not of herself, but of the bird.
"Is the bird shy? Did it go into hiding?"
Gu Xulin was speechless. ’One is spouting nonsense, and the other is blindly believing it.’
But none of the three adults explained anything, just watched them while trying to suppress their laughter.
Gu Zhao was unbothered. If she couldn’t find it, she couldn’t find it.
’Why make things difficult for myself? Might as well just give up. It is what it is.’
The two little ones, afraid of giving themselves away, kept their heads down quietly.
After walking through the aviary for a while, they heard a chorus of bird calls.
When they went to investigate, they were stunned by the scene before them.
Birds were everywhere, and the ground was blanketed with bugs!
The strange thing was, the birds weren’t eating the bugs. Some bugs were still alive, and if one crawled too far, a bird would just snatch it up and bring it back.
Zhong Siqi was shocked. "Are these birds evolving into geniuses or something?"
Song Zhe was also stunned. "Could a zoologist please explain what’s happening here...?"
[Allow me to enlighten you all. This is called a gathering. The birds are having a party.]
[Hey, person above me, if I hadn’t just come over from Ye Zuiyi’s stream, I would’ve actually believed you.]
[Look closely. This little bug is named Suzie. She’s telling her mom she won’t be home for dinner tonight.]
Whenever animals were involved, Gu Xulin’s first instinct was to look at Gu Zhao. But this time, he found her looking just as confused as everyone else.
A few birds noticed the group. They stared at Gu Zhao and suddenly thought, ’This human smells so good! I wanna get close and nuzzle her!’
Without telling the other birds, a few of them secretly flew over to Gu Zhao’s side.
"Miss! Pet me~" A bird landed on Gu Zhao’s shoulder and began to rub its head insistently against her neck.
’She must be the one! The lady who can understand us!’
’We really, really like her!’
"Miss, pet me! My feathers are beautiful!"
"Me, me, me! Miss, I’ll provide for you! I’m the best bug catcher!"
With all the excited chirping, the other birds instantly took notice.
And then, Gu Xulin realized the sky had gone dark.
A dense swarm of birds was flying right above them.
Fortunately, for Gu Zhao’s sake, the birds were polite enough not to drop any little white presents.
If one or two couldn’t hold it in, the birds next to them would chain-bump them out of the way.
Listening to the incessant CHIRP-CHIRP-CHIRPING, Gu Zhao’s head began to buzz again.
The next second, however, a pair of large hands covered her ears.
The world instantly became much quieter.
Zhong Mingrui and Song Yi were no longer listless. They instantly flanked Gu Zhao like a pair of bodyguards.
"Quiet! Be quiet!"
"Big King is here! Who dares make a racket!"
The bird on Gu Zhao’s shoulder nuzzled her neck sympathetically, then flew up and started pecking the rumps of the most boisterous birds.
Other birds followed its example. A bird that had just been pecked would turn and peck the very bird it had been friendly with a moment ago. Soon, all the birds quieted down, tucking in their tail feathers.
Gu Zhao stroked the bird.
The two people hiding in the storage room noticed the birds outside had fallen silent.
And they heard human voices.
Ye Zexi’s eyes darkened. He walked to the door, pushed it open a crack, and peered outside.
He saw the birds all gathered together, with Gu Zhao right in the middle of the flock!
Ye Zuiyi came over and looked outside as well.
Seeing how affectionately the birds were treating Gu Zhao, for a split second she thought, ’It would be great if Gu Zhao just died...’
’That way, maybe I could get back to the original plot.’
The idea took root in her mind, and she couldn’t shake it.
Ye Zexi shoved the door open in a rage. He was now certain this was all Gu Zhao’s doing!
Why else would the birds mess with them but be so friendly to Gu Zhao!
He felt his very blood screaming at him to teach Gu Zhao a lesson.
"Gu Zhao!" Ye Zexi bellowed.
The moment Gu Zhao heard his voice, she knew trouble was here.
’I’d love to beat him half to death...’
’But prison food sucks. I’ll hold back.’
"What are you calling your ancestor for?" Gu Xulin stepped in front of Gu Zhao, a mocking look on his face as he stared at Ye Zexi.
"You cheated! You got the animals to help you!" Ye Zexi’s eyes blazed with fury.
"And which one of your eyes saw that?" Gu Xulin asked, completely unfazed.
Ye Zexi narrowed his eyes. "The birds threw bugs at us but are this friendly with you. Isn’t it obvious? Gu Zhao, you ordered them to do this, didn’t you!"
The look Ye Zexi gave Gu Zhao was ice-cold.
Gu Zhao’s voice dripped with exasperation. "If you’re going to wrongly accuse me, I don’t need an apology. Just give me a million."
Ye Zexi just laughed. "Gu Zhao, have you gone crazy for money? Now that you’ve left the Ye Family, do you have to scam people for every penny?"
"Why would I turn down free money? If you insist on accusing me without any proof, then I might just actually have them cheat for me."
"I wonder if bird poop stinks. Maybe it’s stinky enough to shut your mouth," Gu Zhao said, smiling sweetly at him.
Ye Zexi’s expression turned ugly as he suppressed the rage in his heart.
Seeing that Gu Zhao didn’t look like she was joking, he thought it over. He felt he couldn’t be wrong this time.
’Gu Zhao must have ordered them to do it.’
"Fine," Ye Zexi said, his face cold. "If you didn’t cheat, I’ll give you a million. If you did, you’ll apologize to the entire internet."
Ye Zuiyi tugged on Ye Zexi’s sleeve. She felt that Gu Zhao was far too calm.
Ye Zexi thought she was about to plead on Gu Zhao’s behalf again. "Yibao, stay out of anything related to Gu Zhao."
His stance was clear, leaving Ye Zuiyi at a loss for words.
Zhong Siqi and Song Zhe stood to one side, thinking to themselves how quickly Gu Zhao made money.
Zhong Mingrui looked completely bewildered. "Why do people always want to challenge Big King?"
Song Yi looked up at the sun, which dazzled his eyes...
He turned away, his expression aloof. "It’s lonely at the top..."
When Zhong Mingrui didn’t react, Song Yi couldn’t keep up the act anymore. He ran over and whispered in his ear, "It’s lonely at the top!"
Zhong Mingrui just looked confused.
Song Yi: ...
Zhong Siqi covered his face. He couldn’t bear to watch.
Ye Zexi had never been so thoroughly ignored. He cut them off and turned to Gu Zhao. "So, how are you going to prove it?"
Gu Zhao looked at him like he was an idiot. "Duh. The livestream has been on me constantly, from the moment I woke up until now. Don’t you think they’d know if I ordered any animals to do anything?"
Ye Zexi gritted his teeth. "Who knows if you had them pass on a message for you."
Ye Zuiyi looked at Gu Zhao and chimed in, "Or you set this up with them beforehand."
Gu Zhao had Gu Xulin take out their task card. "Am I crazy? Our mission is to clean this place."
Looking at the swarm of bugs on the ground, Gu Zhao felt a headache coming on.
’Most of these are dead bugs. If they were alive, I could just tell them to leave on their own.’
Ye Zexi was about to argue further, but Gu Xulin directly called over the aviary manager.
He borrowed the manager’s phone, found Gu Zhao’s stream, and the moment he saw the live comments, his face went dark.
