Chapter 176 (continued)
Shi Wen, "Yes, he's not coming home for lunch, so he prepared some food for me to save me the trouble. Eat up, there's more in the pot."
Zhu Ji stirred the noodles well, took a big bite, and said, "Your life is so good, I wouldn't trade it for being an immortal."
Shi Wen smiled slightly.
After dinner, Shi Wen wanted Zhu Ji to stay at home to rest, and that everyone would have another meal when Yan Kexing returned in the afternoon.
Zhu Ji said he had other matters to attend to and left early.
He came today to deliver the test results and also to Shi Wen with Shiwen.
Shi Wen didn't want to keep him any longer, so he packed a large bag of green juice milk and some other local specialties from the ranch and sent him out.
Before leaving, Zhu Ji glanced at the milk balls drying on the rack in his house and casually remarked, "Are you just drying them like this in the open? Be careful, little birds might come and bother you."
Shi Wen, "With Chasing Clouds here, no birds dare to come and bother us near our house anymore."
For some reason, Shi Wen suddenly felt a strange premonition, as if those words had been spoken with a heavy hand.
He paused involuntarily.
Zhu Ji noticed his unusual behavior and asked, "What's wrong?"
Shi Wen shook his head, not knowing where this strange premonition came from.
Zhu Ji went back, and there wasn't much to do on the ranch.
Shi Wen turned around and went back to take a nap; he had gotten up too early in the morning and was now sleepy.
Having just eaten, it's the perfect time for a nap.
In addition, the weather is hot now, and a gentle breeze is blowing outside, making the green plants sway and causing one's thoughts to drift.
Shi Wen I was lying down and would soon fall asleep.
Shi Wen was lying in bed, curled up in the blankets, half-asleep, when he suddenly heard someone outside say, "You scared the hell out of me!"
"!" Shi Wen suddenly opened his eyes, sat up, and looked up outside.
The sun was shining brightly outside, and the tender green shrubs and grass were swaying in the breeze.
The window was half open, and only the gentle sound of the wind could be heard; there was no other noise.
Shi Wen stared outside and waited for a while, but there was no further movement outside, only the distant barking of dogs.
Am I hallucinating?
Shi Wen wrapped himself in the blanket and lay down again. Just as he closed his eyes, ready to drift off to sleep once more, the voice rang out again. "Oh my god, we almost got caught."
Shi Wen suddenly opened his eyes, and his ears transformed into furry animal ears.
His animal ears stood up alertly, sensing the sounds around him.
It became quiet outside again.
He gently turned his ears, and this time the sounds outside were clearer, but he still couldn't hear any human voices.
Once might be a hallucination, but twice is definitely not a mistake.
Shi Wen put away the beast ears, turning them back into human ears. Then he got out of bed, put on his slippers, and went outside to check.
The ranch was very quiet; the dogs grazed outside, while Cong Zai and the others huddled in the shade, sleeping.
He walked around to make sure there were no outsiders.
Strange, where did that sound come from?
He opened his phone and asked Yan Kexing, "Did you open any apps today? I mean, apps that make sounds."
Yan Kexing was probably resting too, and quickly replied: [Why do you say that?]
Shi Wen recounted the whole story. "[I've already checked, and I didn't find anything. It might be the sound coming from some electronic device?]"
Yan Kexing: [Check your background settings; I don't think I have any software open.]
Shi Wen: [I'm going over there now to turn off all the electronic devices.]
Yan Kexing: [Okay. It's also possible that outsiders have come to the ranch. Be careful, I'll be right back.]
Shi Wen: [It shouldn't be that bad, right? It's broad daylight, and besides, Cong Zai and the others didn't give any warning.]
Yan Kexing: [Just in case, I'll have Zhu Ji go check on things.]
Shi Wen felt that nothing serious should really happen, but those two sentences were indeed rather strange.
He was considered a fairly bold person, but those two sentences still made him feel uneasy.
Zhu Ji had just driven back and hadn't even reached his destination when Yan Kexing called him back.
Zhu Ji also felt that Shi Wen couldn't have misheard, but said, "Judging from those two sentences, it's as if the person speaking was afraid of being discovered by you. Could it be that they're hiding?"
Shi Wen, "That's possible. I was the only one there just now, so I didn't dare to search freely."
Zhu Ji: "Let's look for it now. It sounds really scary, like a daytime ghost story."
Shi Wen thought to himself: Who says otherwise?
Shi Wen woke up Cong Zai and the others, briefly explained that there might be strangers or strange animals on the ranch, and asked them to go out and look for them.
As soon as he finished speaking, the little fox, the little snow leopard, and the White Tiger rushed out one after another and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Seeing this Zhu Ji said, "Your little ones are really competitive."
Shi Wen, "None of them are willing to concede to the others, and they all want to be the one that Cong Zai loves the most."
Zhu Ji: "Who does Cong Zai love the most?"
Shi Wen raised his chin and said, "Me."
Zhu Ji chuckled, "You..."
Zhu Ji had just uttered a single word, and before he could finish speaking, threatening roars came from the other side of the eaves from the little fox, the little snow leopard, and the White Tiger.
The shout, which still carried a childlike tone, sounded unusually serious today.
Shi Wen and Zhu Ji exchanged a glance and quickly went over to take a look.
They ran to the spot and saw a bird nestled under the eaves.
The bird was entirely beige, with two patches of orange-red under its eyes, and long feathers on its head.
Shi Wen immediately recognized it. "It's a cockatiel."
He immediately realized that the one who had spoken earlier must have been this cockatiel.
That guy was hiding under the eaves; no wonder they didn't find him.
Zhu Ji squinted at the top and said, "The little guy is really pretty. Whose parrot escaped and ran off to the pasture?"