All My Colleagues Are Animals 78

Chapter 78

On the second day after her breakup, Gu Yue was officially diagnosed with bird blindness.

To be precise, large waterfowl blindness.

Nian Qiu found it quite novel. “Large waterfowl are all clearly different. Especially you pelicans, with your large pink beaks, should be very easy to distinguish from other large waterfowl.”

A thought struck Gu Yue. She transformed into a pelican and went to the full-length mirror in the work area.

She looked left and right, then dazedly lifted the tip of her wing to scratch her head. “Visually, they’re clearly the same. I can’t tell them apart at all.”

After a moment’s thought, she had a sudden realization.

“It might have to do with my fledgling period.”

Pelicans are social animals, but Gu Yue had been abandoned by her own kind the moment she had hatched and could only wander by the lake, struggling.

Occasionally, a kind female bird would fly past and casually toss her a small fish.

And she would, with her still-unfledged little wings, haphazardly flap and chase, and upon catching up, would call the other her mother.

But just as her own kind had inexplicably abandoned her, the other birds did not like to take her with them either, at most raising her for two days before throwing her away.

And so, during her fledgling period, she had been passed around by countless white-feathered bird mothers.

All the beasts sighed. “So that’s how it is.”

The bird blindness seemed to have a reasonable explanation. But there was still one question—

“Although Gu Yue is bird-blind, she still instinctively and repeatedly falls in love with and chases after the same swan.”

“Is that swan sister just bored and repeatedly teasing our pure and devoted pelican? To have accepted her confession every time, and then quickly broken up with her.”

“…”

The work area fell into a temporary silence.

The panther, who had been tricked by a bad woman before, shook her head. “Gu Yue, you can’t continue to be tricked by this swan like this.”

The pelican stubbornly said, “She didn’t trick me. I just naturally like to be tricked.”

All the beasts: “Oh.”

The pelican drooped her head and beak.

No matter what, this city had one more pitiful, heartbroken pelican.

Everyone conspired. “How about this, you invite the swan sister to our courtyard tonight. Admire the moon by the pool, write poetry…”

The pelican: “But we have a swimming pool.”

Everyone: “Don’t worry about that.”

Everyone: “Then, while she’s in a poetic mood, you suddenly question her about why she’s playing with you, and expose her true face when she’s unprepared!”

Nian Qiu immediately added a good idea. “If she really is a bad swan, you can just clamp her fiercely on the spot! Emotionally cheated, you must fiercely take it back physically!”

Shui Zhu’s eyes suddenly lit up.

She took out her little notebook and wrote down: Fiercely take her body.

And the pelican, whose usually arrogant beak moved, answered with a not-so-confident voice, “Oh.”

…

Lunch break.

Ye Qingyu came to her room on the third floor and, after a quick rinse, changed into her pajamas.

She was not yet sleepy. She casually turned on the bedroom TV and watched the noon news.

“Recently, there have been frequent personnel changes in important positions in the Ministry of Public Security. In response to this, the Minister of Public Security, Zhou Ren, stated…”

Knock, knock.

A knock suddenly sounded on the door.

Ye Qingyu’s heart stirred slightly.

She quickly got out of bed and opened the door, and indeed saw her beautiful boss standing outside.

“Ye Qingyu.”

Pei the Little Able Cat blinked her peach blossom eyes and announced with righteous indignation:

“Summer is so hot. I’m not sleeping on the scholar tree anymore. I’ll bring my pillow and sleep with you at noon.”

Ye Qingyu’s gaze swept past the woman’s empty hands and she asked with a light laugh:

“Mmm, where’s your pillow?”

The next second, Pei Rong transformed into a red panda and climbed onto Ye the Little Tree.

She contentedly lay in the young woman’s arms, her two paws unhurriedly holding up her beloved large tail, and lazily gestured:

“Here.”

Ye Qingyu’s gaze traced over the little red panda’s cute little face, and then moved to that beautiful, nine-ringed tail.

Even the fluffy paws that were holding the tail, like a soft and glutinous pastry, were so delectable.

Her throat moved slightly.

She, going with the flow, closed the door and carried the red panda back to the bed.

To accommodate the little beast, who was afraid of the heat, she even turned the air conditioner down a few more degrees.

Pei the Little Able Cat had already contentedly rolled into the human’s arms.

Her built-in pillow was lazily attached behind her, and for a moment, she forgot to use it.

Her two paws were haphazardly wrapped around the human’s neck, and her fluffy head was restlessly digging and nuzzling.

She always felt that the hug was not tight enough, and she wanted to be closer to the other person, even closer, until she was completely immersed in the other’s scent.

—What kind of feeling was this?

Pei Rong pondered for a moment, then temporarily gave up thinking.

She closed her eyes and commanded contentedly, “Ye Qingyu, hold me a little tighter.”

Ye Qingyu put down the air conditioner remote and obediently held the red panda tightly.

She raised a hand and, with practiced ease, rubbed her fluffy head, and then lovingly pinched her bow-tie ears.

Pei the Little Able Cat was somewhat content from being held.

She nuzzled the human’s neck, and her teeth skillfully gnawed on the human’s fragrant and delicate skin, like a little beast in its oral stage.

She gradually gnawed until she was drowsy.

The noon news was playing in the background, a hypnotic sound. “The public security department has always been fair and just…”

What fairness?

In her deep drowsiness, Pei the Little Able Cat’s ears twitched slightly.

As she continued to gnaw on the human’s skin, she, with a sense of fairness and justice, extended a furry paw and said indistinctly:

“You can bite too.”

A soft, fluffy pastry was delivered to her lips. It would be a waste not to eat it.

Ye Qingyu opened her mouth, held a part of the little red panda’s paw, and gently bit down with restraint.

Her mouth was full of fine fur, unbelievably soft.

“Ying…”

After a moment of wanton tasting, the little beast in her arms suddenly trembled slightly and couldn’t help but transform into her human form.

And so, the furry paw in her lips suddenly became a woman’s slender, white finger.

Ye Qingyu’s chest felt a little tight.

She lowered her lashes and, not too lightly and not too heavily, chased and licked the base of Pei Rong’s ring finger.

Pei the Little Able Cat’s breath hitched, and a fragile whimper escaped her throat.

She subconsciously pulled back her slightly wet hand, and her mischievous teeth also settled down.

She lifted her head from the crook of Ye Qingyu’s neck, revealing a stunning face, like a spring cherry blossom drenched in fine rain.

“Ye Qingyu,” the woman’s voice was a little unsteady, and a little pitiful.

“Mhm.”

Ye Qingyu stared at her without a moment’s pause and, lowering her head, sucked and kissed her half-parted red lips.

She had, as she had wished, tasted the clear sweetness between the red panda’s lips.

But she suddenly paused.

Her lips pursed slightly, as if she were carefully savoring something.

Pei the Little Able Cat’s lashes fluttered slightly, and she stared straight at the young woman’s lips, waiting to be kissed again.

But she saw the human look up and ask with an air of leisure:

“Neng Bao. We agreed to abstain from sugar today. Did you secretly eat grapes at noon? And watermelon.”

Pei the Little Able Cat’s peach blossom eyes widened. “…”

Oh no.

Pei the Little Able Cat licked the tip of her teeth and, the next second, transformed into a red panda, and in the human’s arms, she turned her back.

She hugged her large, fluffy tail pillow and curled into an innocent ball of fluff.

“I’m asleep. Do not disturb.”

The little red panda’s voice was muffled in her fluffy tail and came out indistinctly.

Ye Qingyu: “…”

***

At night.

The sky was clear, and the bright moon hung high.

Velvet Bamboo Studio had a new beast visiting.

Yun Qing was holding an exquisite gift bag with her fingertips and followed Gu Yue through the main gate.

Having not seen each other for two days, Gu Yue’s eyes couldn’t help but look at the woman beside her, and she cleared her throat. “Is this heavy? Let me help you carry it.”

Yun Qing turned her head to look at her and said softly, “It’s not heavy.”

The woman’s features were cool and aloof, and she did not seem to be in the habit of smiling.

But Gu Yue always felt that her eyes held a faint smile, which made the pelican’s heart pound.

“…”

In the grass by the roadside, the little round honeybee, who was secretly observing as a former scout, was disappointed.

Are you worried that that bad swan’s bag is heavy?

She used her bee-customized mini-walkie-talkie to send a message to everyone.

Then her wings buzzed, and she continued back to the flowerbed to take care of her only flower.

In just a few days, it had already grown two small green sprouts.

…

In the backyard.

The scholar tree’s leaves were lush, and the swimming pool was rippling.

The clear white moonlight swayed, creating a certain atmosphere.

The pelican turned her head to look at the swan’s beautiful silhouette in the moonlight and carefully looked away.

After a few seconds of hesitation, she finally spoke. “Actually… I invited you over tonight because I have something to tell you.”

“Coincidentally, I also have something to tell you,” the swan said. “You go first.”

The pelican suddenly felt nervous.

She took a deep breath and, in one go, said the words she had been brewing for half a day.

“It-it’s like this. I recently discovered that I have bird blindness, and I can’t visually distinguish between pelicans, swans, egrets, and other large waterfowl at all.”

“From this, I further discovered that the ten girlfriends I had before were all the same swan.”

“The most shocking discovery was that that swan seems to be exactly the same as you…”

As she spoke, the pelican began to feel a little wronged.

Although each of her previous relationships had been short, she had always been fully invested, and had loved the other person passionately, and had given her heart and soul.

After a breakup, she had naturally been heartbroken and had always cried her eyes out.

Now, suddenly learning that her ex-girlfriends were all Yun Qing, she felt a sense of her worldview collapsing, and the heartache of being played with by the swan.

The pelican closed her eyes and asked carefully, “I want to know, were those ten swans… really all you?”

The swan confessed. “Mhm, they were all me.”

Her tone was as if she had known all along.

The pelican’s heart suddenly ached.

She fought back the sourness that was trembling at the tip of her nose and continued to ask, “Then, did you also know all along that it was me, the same pelican?”

The swan still answered immediately, “I knew.”

That cool and jade-like voice, which had sounded so pleasant before, now, striking her heart, gave rise to a deep coldness.

So—

From beginning to end, there was only one dazed, foolish bird, Gu Yue, who was trapped in a false love, repeatedly experiencing heartbreak.

The pelican’s body swayed, and she felt her body and soul instantly freeze, and then be blown away by the night wind, shattering all over the ground.

She stubbornly raised the tip of her wing to wipe away her tears.

“…Okay, I understand.”

Although a pelican is devoted, she is also a bird with a very strong sense of self-esteem.

Having been so wantonly played with and trampled on, she would never rush forward again.

This time, her heart was truly sealed.

Taking a deep breath, the pelican fought back the stuffiness in her chest and said with a sob:

“I will never bother you again, and I will never run to your courtyard again.”

The air fell into a silence, with only the occasional rustling of leaves.

After a moment, the swan’s cool voice finally sounded, a sigh as light as an evening breeze.

“In the past few years, I once thought that I was the fool who had been cheated on ten times, but still couldn’t let go, and was trapped in love without any pride or dignity.”

The pelican’s heart skipped a beat.

Through her teary, misty eyes, she suddenly looked up.

She saw the proud swan slightly lower her slender and fragile swan neck.

“Don’t stop coming to find me.”

“If you’re angry… you can clamp me.”

Even though for swans and pelicans, biting the neck is an intimate and hot act during mating.