Chapter 177 (continued)

Chasing Clouds didn't open his eyes.

Shi Wen in disbelief at what was happening before him, never expecting that his Chasing Clouds would be bullied by a flock of wild birds.

Seeing Shi Wen Chasing Clouds made a soft "gurgle" sound and rubbed her mouth against Shi Wen.

Shi Wen stroked its neck and said with heartache, "You were bullied, why didn't you tell us?"

Chasing Clouds: "Gurgle."

Zhu Ji stared at the video. "It seems to be a bird's inherent flaw."

As he spoke, Zhu Ji handed his phone to Shi Wen, saying, "Birds like to tease birds of prey; they'll deliberately bump into them or step on them."

Shi Wen couldn't help but ask, "Why doesn't that bird of prey fight back? Does it just let these wild birds provoke it?"

"Perhaps there's no need for resistance?" Zhu Ji said. "There's a saying—'No matter how much trouble you cause, once you're caught, you're on the plate.' Maybe the raptors are being a bit lenient?"

Shi Wen looked at Chasing Clouds, Chasing Clouds obediently croaked.

They continued watching the surveillance footage.

Shi Wen turned on the camera at double speed, and soon the cockatiel appeared in the frame.

This guy imitated those little birds, stomping and bumping into the Chasing Clouds.

While the other birds only played it once or twice, it played it several times in a row.

So, once Chasing Clouds was fully awake, it flapped its wings and chased after it.

It was so frightened that it ran away in terror, yelling "Help!" as it flew forward, crashing into the ground several times.

Chasing Clouds was probably full and didn't kill it. It just pretended to chase it for a while before calmly going back.

Based on the surveillance footage, the cockatiel likely flew into the main courtyard around that time.

Shi Wen down at it and said, "What were you thinking? How dare you provoke our Chasing Clouds?"

The cockatiel lay limply under the overturned fruit basket, refusing to answer.

Shi Wen touched Chasing Clouds and realized that Chasing Clouds was a little jealous because she had discovered that the cockatiel had come to their place.

Like the other little ones in the family, Chasing Clouds doesn't like any new animals that come to visit.

After reviewing the surveillance footage, Shi Wen said to Zhu Ji, "Brother Zhu, why don't you take this cockatiel back? I reckon its owner should be here soon."

Zhu Ji: "Okay, I'll take it back later."

Shi Wen, "I'll go find you a wicker box."

Shi Wen to find the box, Chasing Clouds hopped around beside him, almost inseparable.

Shi Wen guessed it was in a bad mood, so he didn't chase it away.

Yan Kexing returned around 4 PM.

Yan Kexing looked at Chasing Clouds, then at the cockatiel, and said, "Thankfully, neither of them is injured."

Shi Wen, "Indeed, it gave me a fright at noon; I thought something had happened."

Yan Kexing patted Chasing Clouds: "It's playing around with the cockatiel."

Shi Wen, "I think so too. If it weren't for joking around, the cockatiel would have been dead."

As they were talking, Chasing Clouds tapped the table and suddenly made a gagging gesture.

Shi Wen was startled and was about to Chasing Clouds to take a look.

Suddenly, Chasing Clouds flapped its wings and flew away.

It didn't fly far; it flew to the bean trellis in the main courtyard, stood on it, and spat out a clump of something.

Shi Wen rushed over. "What happened?"

After Chasing Clouds finished vomiting, he looked at Shi Wen with gentle eyes and didn't seem to be in any discomfort.

Yan Kexing frowned and checked it again. "It should just be vomiting up its food pellets."

Shi Wen, "What is that?"

Yan Kexing: "Many carnivorous birds will roll up the bones, feathers, and other undigested prey into a small ball and spit it out; this is called a pellet. The Chasing Clouds spit out should also be a pellet."

Shi Wen: "You can do that?"

Yan Kexing picked up a stick from the bean trellis and gently poked at what Chasing Clouds had vomited. "It's definitely a food ball, all indigestible stuff."

Shi Wen looked at the dark mass and could only recognize a clump of hair.

Yan Kexing kept staring at it, Shi Wen with some confusion, "What's wrong?"

"It looks like the mouth of a water shrew." Yan Kexing pointed out a dark corner. "That's it."

Shi Wen, "Is the canal spirit?"

Shi Wen racked his brains trying to remember, but couldn't recall anything.

What is a canal spirit? He's been digging canals for so long, and he's never seen anything strange.

Yan Kexing, hearing him repeat it, knew he didn't recognize the creature, so he searched it on his phone and showed it to him. "It's this water shrew."

Upon Shi Wen it, Shi Wen immediately said, "Isn't this a water rat? It's something like a water rat."

Now it was Zhu Ji's turn to be confused. "What Aquarius?"

Shi Wen: "A rat's rat and a square flat are collectively called [rat flat]. It is a small animal and is also a special animal here."

Zhu Ji nodded as if he understood, a hint of admiration on his blank face.

There's not much that Shi Wen can explain.

They have a lot of [rat species] here, such as the Tian Shan forest [rat species], the brown-backed [rat species], and the flat-skulled mountain [rat species], etc. Even people who don't know much about wild animals Shi Wen this kind of small creature.

He could sometimes see them by the ditch outside.

Of course, they don't have these small creatures on their ranch.

The Cong Zai's presence was already enough of a deterrent, and now with the snow leopard cub, the fox cub, and the White Tiger, no wild animal dared to cause trouble at their ranch.

After examining it carefully, Yan Kexing said, "It does indeed have a common name, 'water rat,' but it's not a water shrew; it's a water mole. Its snout is longer, while the water shrew doesn't have such a long snout, making it easier to distinguish."

Shi Wen, "Then I'm not quite sure."

Yan Kexing: "Water shrews are quite rare here. Many people only know that this animal exists here, but have never seen it before."