Chapter 2632: Xiao Jiu

Lin Kong hunched over, his steps ready to turn and escape, but upon hearing the words, he stopped, feeling a bit pleased in his heart, and cautiously asked, "You... you don’t recognize me?"

The old man gave him a strange glance, continued munching on the beef jerky, and leisurely said, "Who are you? Why should we recognize you?"

Phew! Lin Kong sighed deeply in relief; it’s good they don’t recognize him. He had thought it was the Plague God Long Rui chasing him again. Having lost all his martial arts, if caught by the enemy, he would only meet death.

So, no matter what, he had to endure these two weeks, waiting for his martial power to gradually recover.

"Hey! Where’s my Birdy?"

Realizing the two in front of him weren’t enemies, Lin Kong relaxed completely and began looking for Xiao Jiu. He had managed to catch this bird with much difficulty, and couldn’t let it escape.

The old man looked utterly confused: "What Birdy? There was nothing when we came in."

The young man also said, "Yeah! When we came in, we didn’t even see a mouse or cockroach, let alone a Birdy."

Lin Kong ignored them and continued looking, lowering his head, believing that he had tied Xiao Jiu with a rope, so it couldn’t escape.

"Master, I’m here, Master, I’m here." Xiao Jiu poked its head out from under the table, its small eyes twinkling mischievously, looking very cute and sprightly.

"Wow, this world is truly strange, birds can talk!" The old man found it miraculous, stopped eating, stood up, and approached Xiao Jiu, inspecting it continuously.

"I’ve lived a lifetime and this is the first time I’ve seen this. No wonder people say, as long as you’re alive, even at a hundred years old, there are wonders to see. Turns out it’s true." The old man enthusiastically examined Xiao Jiu.

Xiao Jiu eyed the beef jerky in his hand. Drooling profusely: "Old man, you find me strange, I find you strange too."

That the bird could actually talk to him made the old man burst into laughter: "Oh? Do tell, what’s strange about this old man?"

"I find the thing in your hand strange."

"This?" The old man waved the beef jerky in front of Xiao Jiu.

Xiao Jiu’s head bobbed left and right following the beef jerky, drooling unstoppably, and eagerly said, "Yeah, what’s the flavor?"

"You want to eat it?" The old man finally understood, it turned out the Birdy was eyeing the beef jerky in his hand.

"Mm-hmm!" Xiao Jiu nodded vigorously, thinking, what a silly question; if it didn’t want to eat, would it be drooling?

Following Lin Kong, this Madman, it had munched wild vegetables for days, its stomach filled with grass, and its drool was even green.

The old man evidently liked Xiao Jiu very much, and upon hearing this, immediately instructed the young man to fetch another piece of beef jerky from their pack and gave it to Xiao Jiu.

"Chirp chirp chirp...! Old man, you’re really a good person, old man, you’re truly a good person!" Xiao Jiu praised non-stop while eating.

"Oh my, this beef jerky is so delicious." Xiao Jiu smacked its beak, enjoying the taste tremendously as it ate.

The old man liked it more the more he looked at it, happily added a few more pieces of beef jerky for it.

Lin Kong watched eagerly from the side. He couldn’t act cute like Xiao Jiu, so could only watch, plus he had his pride, as a grown man he felt embarrassed to ask for food.

"Quack quack quack...!" The duck in his clothes quacked.

The old man looked at him and asked, "Young man, what are you hiding in your clothes?"

Lin Kong: "Oh! I just went nearby and bought a duck from the villagers, hehe...!"

Claiming it was stolen would be embarrassing, better to say it was bought.