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Chapter 271: True Language

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

When it came to making pranks, both Zhang Zian and Richard were very talented, especially Richard, so when it heard that Little Celery was mocked by others because of its patching up of Zhang Zian’s lie, Richard felt really upset and angry. Zhang Zian told Richard about what happened with Yi Le and his mother, Gu Le, at the gate of the pet shop. He was just being nice and trying to help out, but that brat wronged him, and his mother, who didn't know the truth, believed her child’s lie and thought that Zhang Zian was a bad man.

”Quack, quack! I agree, we have to teach this brat a lesson, or he will be a big troublemaker in the future,” said Richard, ”When I was at the hospital, there were always some kids who wanted to pull off my feathers, which was totally intolerable.”

Richard and Zhang Zian discussed for a while, and determined the general plan. As for the details, they would improvise solutions when problems occurred. Anyways, they were determined to teach that brat a lesson.

Teaching that kid a lesson was just a piece of cake. If that kid dared to come to the pet shop again, punishment would be waiting for him. Seeing that the two red-headed lovebirds had enjoyed the feast and looked good, he inquired Richard, ”Do you need my help in training them?”

”Quack, quack!” Richard raised its head surprisingly and stared at him, ”How did you know that I need help?”

Zhang Zian smiled mystically but did not answer. Of course, he knew from Galaxy that Richard was in need of help, but if he told Richard that, how could he continue to be a smarty-pants?

Richard waited for a while with confusion as his answer, but Zhang Zian still didn't answer, so it said, ”Quack, quack! You seem to be getting smarter? Is that how the proverb goes, ‘he who lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas?’ Anyways, you will never rival my intelligence, no matter how smart you are. But I really do need someone to help me...”

Richard turned around and looked at Fina, Snowy Lionet and Old Time Tea, ”A human’s help is not enough — I’ll even need to borrow the cats’ claws for help.”

”What? You want them to help out too?” Zhang Zian was stunned and thought to himself, what's going on? Galaxy had only mentioned that Richard needed his and Sun Xiaomeng’s help. It hadn’t said anything about the cats’ help…Had the direction of the future been changed at some point?

He was so nervous that his back began to sweat, even on this cold day.

Richard said disdainfully, ”That was just an IQ test question, and you failed, just as I expected. Just when I thought you were getting smarter these days. That was a Japanese expression, directly translated into Chinese as ‘even want to borrow cats’ hands’, meaning that someone is very busy. You really think that I would let those three stupid...”

Zhang Zian's pinched Richard’s beak before it could say the word ”cats”.

”Be careful, that your mouth will get you killed,” he warned Richard before releasing his hand.

But Zhang Zian felt relieved. It seemed like the future hadn’t been changed.

Old Time Tea did not understand what they were talking about, but Richard’s tone was clearly looking down upon the cats. The cat hummed coldly, picked up a green bird feather on the ground, curled its claw around it and bounced it at Richard. The bird feather spun in the air and made a pale green trajectory, flying directly towards Richard’s butt.

”Quack!”

Richard had suffered this pain once. Seeing that the feather was about to hit its butt, Richard fluttered its wings and tried to jump upwards, and made a near escape. The green feather swept just beneath its butt, crashed on the wall, and then fell on the ground.

”Quack, quack! Why do you like fighting so much? Can’t we just talk nicely? As the proverb goes, ‘a gentleman uses his tongue, but not his fists’.” Richard hid behind Zhang Zian and made its protest against Old Time Tea. Too bad — the protest had little effect.

Old Time Tea acted like nothing had happened and drank its tea quietly.

For the second time, Richard understood the fact that it was at the lowest level of the food chain of this pet shop, but luckily Zhang Zian was also at the bottom with it.