Pet King

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In fact, before she gave them away, she had already trained them to speak.”

Zhang Zian understood immediately.
Love birds were best known for their beautiful appearance and cuddly demeanor with people, not their speaking.
If someone was to train a lovebird to speak, he had to be really patient and persistent.
Normally, no one would even bother doing so.

“So, you want me to help you find two love birds and teach them to talk?” Zhang Zian understood finally.

“Yes.
Isn’t this silly?” Guo Dongyue started laughing at himself.

Sun Xiaomeng answered before Zhang Zian, “No, it’s not silly at all.”

She was touched by Guo Dongyue’s story, so she said to Zhang Zian, “You should help him.
You have nothing but time.”

Zhang Zian was, in fact, thinking about how feasible it was to train two love birds.
However, he was unpleased when Sun Xiaomeng said it before he could: “It is easier said than done.
Why don’t you try it? It is not easy to teach a parrot to talk and it usually takes a long time…” He didn’t bother to continue his words.

Apparently, Guo Dongyue’s mom couldn’t wait that long.
She might forget about them before they were trained.

Zhang Zian was touched by Guo Dongyue’s story as well.
However, he knew that he was not an expert in this field and he didn’t want to waste Guo’s time if the result turned out badly.

He didn’t know how to train parrots and there was no time to learn.
The only hope was on the apprehensive bird Richard.
He wondered if Richard could apprehend other birds?

Sun Xiaomeng really wanted to help Guo Dongyue, so she continue to try to persuade Zhang Zian, “Don’t you always brag that you are the best in the industry? Now is your time to shine!”

Seeing that Zhang Zian was in an awkward spot, Guo Dongyue sighed, “That’s fine.
I know I was asking for too much.
Well, forget about it.”

In fact, he thought Zhang Zian would laugh at him once he told the story – he would’ve laughed at the person who tried to do the same thing as he did.
No one knew how long his mom would remember the two love birds.
She might forget about them the next day.
Is it really worth it to try so hard on something like this?

He had no choice.
His mom could not remember him.
She was sitting at home everyday and waiting for her never-returning young son.

She always talked to herself, saying, “How come Dongyue is not home? Did he go to his friend’s house?”

Other than that, she often said, “How come Little Purple and Yellow Pea are so quiet? I tried so hard to train them…”

Sometimes, she would remember that Dongyue’s psittacosis disease and bowed her head down with tears, “I am so sorry, son.
I should not have kept the parrots.”

His mom’s words reminded him of the time when he was in the hospital and his mom kept murmuring this sentence.
He had a high fever and was halfway to a coma, but he could felt that his hand was tightly held by another hand.
Sometimes, he could feel as if his mom’s tears dropped on his hand.

He knew his mom shouldn’t have blamed herself.
Not many people knew about psittacosis at all.
She had the birds because of loneliness and her affection to them.
She gave up that one and only hobby for her son.
Yet her son left her behind for years to pursue his dreams.