Chapter 28: A Peerless Bird

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Chapter 28: A Peerless Bird

At 4:30 p.m., under Dr. Ouyang Ming’s extremely conflicted, almost speechless look of disappointment, Young Master Mu calmly left with his parrot.

Mu Yanxiao thought they could head straight home now, but his parrot suddenly began struggling with extraordinary excitement.

With his bird tongue twisting “supermarket” into a near-homophone meaning “fried-chicken market,” Lin You squawked, “Go to the fried-chicken market! Go to the fried-chicken market!!”

The other four people in the car, “…” What kind of market was a fried chicken market? Why had they never heard of it before?

Mu Yanxiao’s lips twitched, and he couldn’t help rubbing his forehead. His head really did ache from time to time because of that fragment. However, he had a high tolerance for pain, and there were always other things distracting him from it. Combined with his perpetually expressionless face, or the expression that made it look as though someone owed him money, it was difficult to tell he had a headache unless one looked closely.

But today was different.

That uncle Ouyang Ming had spent nearly two hours repeatedly reminding him, “There’s a piece of glass in your head, so you have to be in pain! If you’re not in pain, you’re practically letting down Heaven and Earth!”

As a result, now that his head had started hurting, he really couldn’t ignore it.

“Why do you want to go to the supermarket? Are we missing any ingredients at home? Don’t tell me you want to buy a live chicken and compete with it to see who can fly higher?”

Lin You, the parrot who could only fly fifty meters high, immediately snapped back, “Do you even know what you’re saying?! You’re provoking your personal consultant! Are you trying to walk straight into a ditch, or are you looking for a fateful encounter with a fifty-year-old auntie?!”

Mu Yanxiao, “…” His headache suddenly disappeared, but he felt even more miserable. He absolutely believed this parrot was capable of pulling some stunt that would somehow make him encounter a fifty-year-old auntie.

“Change course. Go to the supermarket.”

As expected, Linlin the parrot won this round.

Mu Two, Mu Four, and Mu Five, who were sitting in the front and back of the car, were no longer surprised by this. After all, whenever something involved Little Six, their boss would lose both his intelligence and his principles. As long as they thought of Little Six as their future “boss’s wife” who would one day transform into human form, everything suddenly became incredibly easy to accept!

Mu Two, Mu Three, Mu Four, and Mu Five: Thirty-two likes for Boss Mu One, who taught us this method!

A supermarket was completely different from an international mall. The two were practically worlds apart, like highbrow and lowbrow culture.

Young Master Lin You looked out at the bustling crowd outside from inside the car and seriously thought it over. In the end, he picked the most robust and muscular person there, the driver Mu Five, to accompany him shopping. The result? After flying fifty meters forward, Young Master Lin You couldn’t fly anymore.

Lin You, “…” Every day I forget that I’m a goofball whose flight range is only fifty meters. Fortunately, I’m not actually a parrot. Otherwise, I’d be dying of embarrassment.

So in the end, Young Master Mu went with Lin You himself, with Mu Five following behind as well. This was definitely one incredibly powerful human-powered shopping cart.

“Hey~ Watch out! To the left, to the left!”

“What the hell! Are you blind?! Can’t you see my handsome master is standing right next to you? Are you trying to cut in line or something?!”

“Make way, make way! Please? We’re in a hurry to get home for dinner, okay?!”

They had only walked a hundred meters, yet Mu Yanxiao had already been bumped into and stepped on several times. Lin You the parrot was getting increasingly frantic.

He had come here to buy fresh pig brains to nourish his master’s brain, okay?! Making his master suffer like this was absolutely not what he had intended! So, in a fit of anger, Lin You shouted loudly.

The people nearby suddenly heard a slightly hoarse yet crisp voice. At first, they thought it belonged to some young boy. But when they turned around, every single one of them was stunned.

“Oh my god! That parrot has such a long tail! He’s really beautiful!”

“What the hell, are you even paying attention to the important part?! The important part is that the parrot can actually speak human! And he speaks so fluently!”

“Tsk, tsk. Based on this old man’s thirty-plus years of experience raising birds, judging by his coloring, breed, physique, and overall bearing, this bird is clearly a peerless bird! I wonder if this young man would be willing to sell him?”

“Are you all out of your minds? The bird is speaking human! There’s something seriously strange about this thing!”

The moment that last person finished speaking, everyone else collectively looked down on him.

“Don’t you know anything, idiot?! Parrots can mimic human speech! If you don’t understand, don’t go spouting nonsense!”

Lin You, the perfectly normal parrot who had listened to the entire conversation, and his blind owner, “…” I really want to give these people who successfully filled in all the blanks thirty-two likes.

Even though Lin You’s ability to speak didn’t cause anyone to mistake him for a spirit, a “peerless bird” like him was simply too rare. Quite a few people gathered around to get a closer look. Some elderly bird enthusiasts, retired cadres, and wealthy old men who liked keeping birds even wanted to buy him. As a result, not only did the crowd fail to clear the way, they instead surrounded Mu Yanxiao completely.

In the end, Lin You could only lower his head dejectedly and say that he wanted to go back to the car. Mu Yanxiao patted his parrot’s head, offering what passed for consolation. However, if Young Master Lin You were the kind of person who gave up easily, he wouldn’t have invented the dual-effect drug in the first place.

After Mu Yanxiao got into the car, Lin You blocked Mu Five, who was about to follow him in, and whispered several things into his ear.

Mu Two and Mu Four then watched Mu Five’s face turn deathly pale as he nodded and staggered toward the supermarket.

Mu Two, “…” Whatever could make that rough, tough guy Mu Five react like that… Oh! Their future boss’s wife really is considerate!

Damn it! A parrot actually knows to buy pig brains to nourish his owner’s brain! My common sense and my moral lower limit are getting refreshed every single day.

Mu Yanxiao hadn’t seen the interaction between his parrot and his subordinate from inside the car, but he wasn’t worried. After all, although Linlin was a little crazy, he still had a firm grasp on things that actually mattered. And so the Mu Family members waited around in mild boredom.

Lin You stood on the roof of the car, tilting his little head at a forty-five-degree angle and gazing up at the sky with an artistic air. Well, he definitely hadn’t seen that Golden-Winged Peng with a fish tail flying across the sky. And he definitely hadn’t seen the giant Peng, a legendary bird transformed from a giant fish, carrying a pile of things on his back and giving him an especially friendly nod when he spotted him.

Young Master Lin You calmly lowered his head.

……

Damn it, when did several gold-digging rats appear beside the car?! Don’t think this lord can’t see you drooling over the golden emblem on this lord’s car! What? The car belongs to this lord’s master? Damn it! What belongs to the master belongs to this lord! What belongs to this lord still belongs to this lord! Understand?!

Lin You was just about to flap his wings and drive away these real little spirits when he suddenly saw the little creatures jerk upright and squeak at him. Then they scattered in an instant.

Lin You’s heart jolted. Gold-digging rats were the most timid of all the spirits, and their ability to sense danger was exceptionally sharp. Realizing this, Lin You immediately flew onto his blind master’s shoulder and shouted, “Squawk! Run!”

“Run!”

Mu Yanxiao spoke at almost exactly the same time. However, his command was much shorter, and his expression was much calmer.

Over the next half minute, Lin You watched his blind master run toward the wall behind a warehouse three hundred meters away at an astonishing speed, his perception so sharp that he didn’t hesitate for even a moment. Although Mu Two and Mu Four were protecting him from either side, the entire sequence of movements was still incredibly impressive. And just as they escaped from beside the car, a huge truck came roaring toward them and slammed violently into the one-month-old Rolls-Royce.

Lin You, “…” Silently lighting a candle for the Rolls-Royce. This proves that the vehicles of the working people are the toughest. Cranes, trucks, excavators, and all that stuff… those are the real combat vehicles of the automotive world!

“Mu Four.” Mu Yanxiao hadn’t seen the horrifying scene himself, but the coldness on his face had taken on a slightly ferocious edge. It was obvious just how furious he was.

Mu Four nodded.

And then…

Then there was no “then.”

Lin You stared in shock and frantically scratched at his ferocious master. “Little Four killed someone?!”

Mu Yanxiao’s expression remained cold. He reached out and stroked Lin You’s head and back to calm him. “No. It was only an anesthetic needle.”

“But! That thing screamed worse than a pig!!”

Mu Yanxiao remained perfectly calm. “Mu Four just likes using the largest syringe. It hurts a little more.”

Lin You, “…” My master and his subordinate are both terrifying weirdos.

“You okay? Does your head hurt? You ran really fast just now. Although you looked pretty cool… your head must hurt even more now, right?!”

Once he came back to his senses, Lin You began worrying about his blind master. And Mu Yanxiao’s face really was a little pale now. Even the hand stroking Lin You’s back was trembling slightly.

“I’m fine. I just need to go home and rest for a while,” Mu Yanxiao reassured him.

Lin You lowered his head remorsefully and rubbed against Mu Yanxiao’s neck. If he hadn’t insisted on coming to the supermarket, his blind master wouldn’t have had to suffer this.

Mu Yanxiao gently flicked Lin You’s little head. “Don’t blame yourself. If it didn’t happen today, it would have happened tomorrow. Considering Zheng Yuhu’s patience, the fact that he managed to endure until now is already quite impressive.”

After knocking the man unconscious, Mu Four immediately called 110. Although they had absolutely nothing to fear from the police, there were many things that were simply more convenient to leave to them.

“Boss, there’s a mole in the hospital.” Mu Four’s expression was grim. “This was a car accident deliberately set up based on your injuries. The method was quite crude.”

“But it worked, didn’t it?” Mu Two’s expression was so gloomy it looked as though water could drip from it. “To attempt something like this in a supermarket with so many people around… Zheng Yuhu has completely lost his mind.”

Mu Yanxiao raised a hand, stopping Mu Two and Mu Four before they could continue. “Notify Mu One. Tell him to start the operation immediately.”

“Since they’re willing to disregard the lives of so many people, then let a few of their businesses go bankrupt. Being unemployed is still better than being dead. In any case, those businesses will eventually end up under our name.”

Lin You the parrot: Wow! Looks like this lord has accidentally gotten involved in some really impressive plan! How exciting!

Just then, Mu Five came running over with a sickly look on his face. “Little Six! I bought the pig brains! There was a car accident here just now?! What happened? Is Boss alright?!”

Lin You, “…” You’re exactly the kind of useless teammate who ruins the atmosphere! You!

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