"Meimei, medicine."
Qin Yan carried the injured black crow back, sat on a little stool, and carefully placed it on her knees.
Jinbao circled her several times, eyes fixed on the black crow.
Somehow, the black crow didn't seem quite right to Jinbao.
Qin Yan already had a bottle of medicine in her hand, the spray-on kind.
"Be good. Don't move around."
"I'm going to spray some medicine on you. It'll hurt a little."
"Don't bite me, okay? That would really hurt."
The little one's childish voice chattered on as the crow rubbed its head against her hand, looking pitiful.
Qin Yan sprayed medicine onto its injuries, then wrapped them in bandages.
"All done, but you mustn't move around."
She held the crow, her little face solemn as she gave it earnest instructions.
"Are you hungry?"
"Here, you can eat these."
She held a few fruits up to it.
The crow opened its beak and started eating.
Meimei stood on Qin Yan's shoulder, staring at it with round, dark eyes.
"This bird doesn't look like any good sort of bird!"
"Woof!"
Exactly.
Qin Yan stroked the crow's feathers. "But it's so well-behaved."
Meimei huffed. "I think it's putting on an act!"
As though frightened, the crow gave Qin Yan a pitiful caw.
Meimei pointed accusingly. "What an awful voice."
"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."
Bee Queen flew over. For some reason, she found the crow extremely disagreeable too and nodded in wholehearted agreement with Meimei.
"Woof..."
Pitch-black. Not good-looking at all.
After saying that, Jinbao glanced down. Oh no, that description included Jinbao too.
Jinbao lay down off to the side, dejected.
Qin Yan: (ФwФ)
The black crow seemed to be getting bullied.
"Be good, Meimei. Don't pick on the black crow."
Meimei huffed. "Who wants to pick on it? I just