Chapter 77
“Next spring, will you only have me too?”
Ye Qingyu’s heart trembled, and she blinked a beat later. “Why does it have to be next spring?”
Our relationship isn’t even completely confirmed yet, and we’re already going to have a dead bedroom for three seasons?
Pei the Little Able Cat licked the tip of her teeth, satiated, and said with confidence and as if it were a matter of course, “Because spring is the season for small animals to mate.”
This was knowledge learned from the animal world, and it would definitely not be wrong.
Ye Qingyu’s gaze moved slightly.
She did not answer for the time being, but her fingertips gently caressed the skin of the woman’s back neck. “Is Neng Bao well-rested?”
Pei the Little Able Cat was puzzled. “Mmm?”
After a moment, her two legs were once again on the young woman’s shoulders.
In her unbearable state, her rounded toes tensed and curled, and her whole body wanted to flee backward.
But she was held tightly by the human’s two hands, with nowhere to escape.
Spring had clearly already passed, but the red panda, in defiance of her instincts, welcomed another intense and blooming fireworks show in the early summer.
Ye Qingyu climbed back up and held the misty-eyed little red panda in her arms.
Her throat moved slightly, and she swallowed unhurriedly.
She breathed lightly, her voice tinged with a smile. “Is it because a red panda eats a lot of fruit? Everywhere is so clear and sweet.”
The trembling Pei the Little Able Cat could not speak, and her fingers just haphazardly clutched her collar.
Later, when her breathing had calmed a little, she called out to her pitifully, “Ye Qingyu.”
“Mhm.”
Ye Qingyu answered in a low voice and carefully wiped away the hot tears from the corners of her eyes, her tone gentle and solemn.
“Not next spring.”
“It’s every spring, summer, autumn, and winter.”
***
The second issue of the “Small Animal Survival Guide” was about to be released.
After a full day of rest, the human and the little red panda were supposed to go to work at the studio today.
Hearing that the small animal magazine was about to release a new issue, Ye Zhao was quite pleased and said with a smile:
“I will buy it and share it with the people around me.”
Especially Officer Lin.
Although she did not know for the time being what kind of marine animal she was, she thought she would like this magazine.
After finishing breakfast, the human and the red panda said goodbye to their mother.
The mother and daughter each had their own careers and lives, and they basically only saw each other once a week.
This time, they were finally reunited, and they had even recalled the past. At the time of parting, they were very reluctant.
“See you next time.”
Ye Zhao raised her hand and gently stroked Ye Qingyu’s hair. Her fingertips twitched slightly, and in the end, she restrained herself and did not land on the red panda’s head.
After all, Rong Bao had not yet remembered her.
Pei the Little Able Cat was nestled on Ye the Little Tree and stared straight at Ms. Ye, and for some reason, she also wanted her to pet her.
A red panda had always been open-minded, so she licked the tip of her teeth and generously lifted her fluffy head.
“CEO Ye, you can pet me too.”
Ye Zhao’s heart trembled.
Then she smiled and rubbed the little red panda cub who was asking for pets.
After the family of three had been intimate, Ye Zhao sent her two daughters to the door and watched them get into the SUV.
She waved and watched the reddish-brown car disappear from her sight, and the reluctance and affection in her eyes were finally let loose.
She stood there for a long time, looking in the direction her daughters had left.
It wasn’t until her phone in her pocket vibrated that she came back to her senses and answered the call.
“Jiejie, Shen Rendong has replied. She has asked us to meet tomorrow night…”
“Okay.”
***
After a day off, most of the small animals were full of spirit.
Especially a certain panther, who was quite pleased with herself after her engagement, and there was even a dark red bite mark on her neck.
The small animals jeered, “Aiya, Bird Sister, you…”
“Not Bird Sister!”
The panther immediately retorted, a dissatisfied growl in her throat.
She lifted her chin and proudly announced, “I’ve already gone to change my name. My new ID card will arrive this week.”
Heaven knows that after a night of intimacy on her engagement night, she had wanted to sleep in with her fiancée.
But after just half an hour of sleep, at 7 AM sharp, Bai Zhiwan had shaken her awake.
“Mmm?” She had been in a deep sleep, and had held the woman tightly, and had nuzzled her neck with affection.
Bai Zhiwan’s voice was hoarse when she spoke, and her fingertips weakly pinched her ear.
“Go with me to the police station to change your name, right now.”
The thought of those two comical typos still lying brazenly on a certain panther’s ID card made her unable to even sleep.
And so, the panther was forced to leave her bed and obediently went to the police station to change her name.
When she came out of the police station, Wu Shu only then belatedly realized why the staff had repeatedly reminded her to bring her household registration book and ID card.
So the bad woman had had a plan all along!
…
In the lively and jeering atmosphere of the work area, a listless pelican seemed particularly dejected.
Ye Qingyu turned her head to look and found that Gu Yue was re-reading Tun-Tun’s masterpiece, “Having Sex Before Love with My Swan Superior.”
The happy plot of “Domineering Goose CEO Falls in Love with Me” actually made the pelican’s eyes misty with tears.
Ye Qingyu couldn’t help but ask, “Gu Yue, what’s wrong?”
The pelican shook her head.
She put down the magazine and looked out the window mournfully, and said with a certain poetic quality:
“Spring has passed.”
Nian Qiu: “Speak human.”
Nian Qiu: “Oh no, speak bird.”
The pelican lay on the table and sighed.
“…My swan sister doesn’t want me anymore.”
All the beasts were stunned.
“What’s going on!”
The pelican lowered her head. “It’s all because I’m too fickle. I fall in love with everyone I see.”
The Velvet Bamboo Studio was full of pure-love beasts, and hearing this, they couldn’t help but be shocked. “What do you mean? You betrayed the swan sister?”
Shui Zhu’s ears twitched, and her eyes instantly widened like copper bells.
Her ship was about to sink?
No, it can’t be BE!
The usually zen-like Tun-Tun instantly shot up from her seat and gathered around the pelican with everyone else.
Under the burning gazes of the humans and beasts, Gu Yue sighed again and confessed pitifully and honestly:
“Do you still remember the misdelivered wedding invitation? The night before last, at the panther’s engagement banquet, the swan sister also attended.”
“That was the first time I had seen her in human form.”
At that time, the drunken Sister Rong had suddenly transformed into her beast form, and Ye Qingyu had hurriedly left with the red panda, so their seats had been empty.
After a moment, Gu Yue had suddenly felt someone staring at her from the empty seat.
She had subconsciously turned her head and, caught off guard, had met Yun Qing’s gaze from the two adjacent tables.
“At that time, I hadn’t had time to react to who she was. Just a simple glance, and I felt my heart begin to pound like crazy, and I even forgot who I was and where I was.”
The woman’s fingertips were elegantly holding a wine glass. Perhaps she had had a little to drink, and her cool, jade-like face was tinged with a faint, shimmering red.
Her slender, jade-like neck was as beautiful as a swan’s, and her eyes, as she looked at her, were filled with a hazy mist.
Gu Yue had lost her soul in an instant.
By the time she had managed to come back to her senses, she had found that she was already sitting next to the woman.
“Aiya, Yun Qing, is this your little pelican sister?”
The people at the table must have all been Yun Qing’s good friends.
The big sisters were all smiling, very friendly, but their eyes clearly held a certain scrutiny from the in-laws.
They began to question her one by one.
“The little sister is very pretty and cute.”
“So young. Have you ever been in a relationship before?”
The questions, coming out of nowhere, had made Gu Yue jolt, and her whole body was on pins and needles.
It’s over.
After being in a river of love for several months, she had actually forgotten an important question.
Gu Yue’s throat felt a little tight, and she was about to confess honestly, but she saw Yun Qing nonchalantly and lightly lift her chin.
“Alright, don’t scare her.”
Everyone began to tease her for being protective, and so these questions were lightly passed over.
Later, when the wine was flowing freely, they began to reveal each other’s pasts.
“When our Yun Qing was young, she was in love and always said she longed for a lifetime with one pair of birds.”
Gu Yue’s heart felt empty at the words, and a numbing sensation slowly crept up her spine.
After the engagement banquet, the little beasts from the studio had all gotten into the car arranged by Bai Zhiwan.
And Gu Yue had taken a ride with Yun Qing.
Perhaps she had been a little dizzy from the wine, for the woman had been resting with her eyes closed all the way.
The car was driving fast, and the hazy light and shadow of the streetlights outlined her profile, sometimes bright, sometimes dim, her cool and beautiful face as beautiful as a banished immortal.
Such a beautiful swan, what kind of perfect love should she have?
A lifetime with one pair of birds… it was only right.
Gu Yue looked away, a sharp pain in her heart.
When they arrived at the courtyard gate, Gu Yue carefully helped Yun Qing out of the car.
The woman’s cool scent filled the air, but her body was warm and soft.
Gu Yue’s heart was in a mess, and the question that had been troubling her all night was finally unbearable.
In the end, she bit her lip and couldn’t help but confess frankly:
“Actually… I’ve been in ten relationships before. Although they were all online, and each one was very short…”
…
Hearing the critical moment, Nian Qiu couldn’t help but be anxious. “And then, and then? What was the swan sister’s reaction at that time?”
Gu Yue lowered her brow dejectedly.
“At that time, she just smiled and said, ‘I see,’ and told me to go back and rest well.”
“The next night, she asked me to go next door to admire the moon, probably to reject me in person.”
“I was worried I wouldn’t be able to take it and would cry in front of her, so I made an excuse and turned her down.”
All the beasts sighed.
Everyone knew that Gu Yue had been in many relationships with her own kind before and had always been quickly broken up with.
“Although you’ve been in a few more relationships, you’ve never been a jerk to anyone. There’s nothing wrong with that.”
“And there’s nothing wrong with her longing for a lifetime with just one pair of birds.”
Gu Yue said honestly, “I was indeed very fickle before. Every time I was broken up with, I would very easily fall in love with a new female… With a heart like that, it doesn’t fit her aspirations at all.”
“—Wait.”
Ye Qingyu was thoughtful. “You just said that you were all in online relationships before?”
Gu Yue nodded. “Yup.”
Ye Qingyu felt a little strange.
Although she was afraid of birds, Gu Yue was clearly a good pelican.
She was straightforward and enthusiastic, and would go to great lengths for her friends, and she also often had a delicate and considerate side.
And after meeting the swan sister, she had been completely in love with her, carefully preparing cute gifts, running to the next-door courtyard every night, and had been happy and tireless for several months, looking quite devoted.
She couldn’t help but ask, “How did you meet your online dating partners before?”
Gu Yue said, “On a dating app.”
“At first, I just thought it was fun and casually registered an account and shared a couple of photos of my pelican life. But two days later, a white crane sister actually sent me a private message.”
“I fell in love with her selfie profile picture at first sight.”
“Later, after only two days of a sweet relationship, she suddenly and neatly broke up with me.”
She paused and continued, “The next few relationships were basically the same, except that I was the one who took the initiative.”
“Big geese, pelicans, egrets, white cranes, swans… I’ve dated all of these species.”
She was quite ashamed. “I just broke up a few days ago, and a few days later, I would start to feel my heart pound when I saw a picture of a new bird. My love is really very shallow, isn’t it?”
“Wait a moment.”
Ye Qingyu: “Didn’t you once mistake the swan next door for a big goose?”
The pelican blinked. “Yup.”
Ye Qingyu thought, “Do you still have the pictures of your ex-girlfriends?”
The pelican shook her head. “After a breakup, I would delete all the pictures and never look back.”
Ye Qingyu said, “What about the automatic backup on your cloud drive?”
The pelican: “Huh.”
All the beasts’ eyes were burning. “Quick, look.”
A few minutes later.
“I found them.”
Gu Yue’s fingertips swiped across the screen. “Hiss, I can’t even tell which one is which. This one should be my first love, the white crane… no, this one is my ex, the egret…”
“It’s over. Looking at these pictures, I still feel my heart pound for every single one of them… I really am a complete and utter big jerk bird, ooh-ooh-ooh…”
The pelican was in tears.
Nian Qiu leaned over to look for a moment, and then let out a cry of surprise.
“But, aren’t these all your swan sister?”
The pelican was stunned.
She looked up with teary, misty eyes. “W-what did you say?”
All the beasts passed the phone around and looked closely.
“That’s right. Aren’t these all the same swan? Just pictures from different angles and with different backgrounds.”
“I passed by next door before and saw your swan sister. She looks just like this.”
The pelican trembled. “Huh?”
The pelican was shocked…
The pelican was enlightened.
