All Furries Love Me!! - Chapter 18

Chapter 18 – Xiao Ji picked up a bird

At that moment, Ji Xingchun was first shocked, and then panicked.

He didn’t know what happened to the red falcon, but Ji Xingchun knew that if he let it fall like this, the scene that would follow would probably not be very good.

The young man didn’t care about anything else at the moment. He reached out and pulled off the messenger bag and threw it to the ground. Then he ran towards the direction of the red falcon!

If a normal object fell from a high altitude, even if it is a very small thing, it could cause great harm if it hits a person.

Fortunately, the falcon did not seem to have completely lost consciousness. Ji Xingchun could see that although it was falling, it was flapping its wings desperately from time to time, as if trying to cheer itself up and fly.

Although this action was not enough to make the falcon fly, it slowed down its descent.

Finally, when the red falcon was only ten meters away from the ground, Ji Xingchun leaned forward and stretched out both hands…

But that’s not enough!

The young man lunged forward. At that moment, time seemed to stretch out. All he could hear was the sound of his heart beating rapidly due to the secretion of adrenaline.

A soft and furry object fell into his hands, and it seemed to still have a little body temperature. Ji Xingchun fell face down on the ground. Fearing that he would crush the animal, he stretched his hands forward to avoid falling.

After a while, Ji Xingchun struggled to get up from the ground, with a slight scratch on his face.

The fall just now was quite severe, but luckily he was wearing thick clothes in winter, so the clothes helped to bear most of the damage.

Ji Xingchun held the fallen bird in both hands, his chest still trembling because of the tension that had not completely dissipated.

After about half a minute of rest, Ji Xingchun sat on the ground and carefully examined the red falcon that had survived a disaster.

The head of this falcon is gray, like a hat on its head, while most of the feathers on its body are brick red with triangular black spots.

There is a dark stripe under its eye, and its beak and claws are light yellow.

Obviously, this is a male falcon.

After seeing the appearance of the red falcon clearly, Ji Xingchun’s heart sank. When he saw the bird’s feathers that were severely worn and looked much duller in color, he knew that this was the one he had encountered a few days ago.

Ji Xingchun placed the falcon on his knees and carefully held its feet with one hand to prevent it from flying away out of fright.

He did this to prevent the red falcon, which was already in poor condition, from leaving and dying of exhaustion in some unknown place.

The falcon did not struggle too much. It lay on Ji Xingchun’s legs with its face up, its long and narrow wings spread out casually due to fatigue.

The eyes like black pearls looked at Ji Xingchun for a while, and then Hong Xun closed his eyes, looking like he was asleep.

But Ji Xingchun knew it didn’t, because he could see the falcon’s chest heaving violently.

There was total silence, not even the sound of leaves falling from the treetops.

Ji Xingchun had the ability to read minds and could hear other people’s “inner voices”, but “inner voices” are often only heard when the other person is thinking clearly.

More often than not, what he heard were some emotions revealed unconsciously.

No matter what kind of mind-reading object they are, they all have more or less mental defenses in their hearts. When facing someone with strong mental defenses, Ji Xingchun often needed to spend more energy to hear the other person’s “inner voice” clearly.

But this falcon… its heart was completely open at this moment.

It wasn’t because it lost consciousness, but… it felt desperate, so it gave up all resistance.

It was as if it no longer had any expectations for the future, so even if it fell into Ji Xingchun’s hands now, even if Ji Xingchun would strangle it to death in the next second, it didn’t care.

Apart from that, all that remains is sadness and fear.

Ji Xingchun felt that the heart of this falcon was like a container filled with tears.

It is extremely bitter, but because it is closed, it cannot leak out even a little bit.

Ji Xingchun felt a slight soreness in his nose and came to his senses, realizing that his vision had become blurry without his realisation.

He blinked gently, and tears fell from his eyes, hitting the feathers on the falcon’s chest.

As if startled by the tiny movement, the bird, which seemed to have experienced a lot of suffering, opened its eyes, and when its gaze fell on Ji Xingchun’s eyes, which still had tears in them, its eyes seemed to flash slightly.

The heart that was originally filled with pain calmed down a little, and Ji Xingchun heard a tiny voice:

【Is this human crying for me?】

Ji Xingchun opened his mouth a little, took a deep breath, and let the cool air enter his throat to relieve the sour and spicy feeling there.

He released his hands that were holding down falcon’s legs because he knew it was no longer necessary.

“Xiao Ji, do you know what happened here…” Hei Jin rushed over immediately when he found something fell into the zoo. When he was about to ask Ji Xingchun, he saw the human sitting on the ground, holding a bird in his hands and crying silently.

Hei Jin’s foot, which was halfway raised, suddenly stopped. For some reason, he felt that he should not disturb others.

But then, when he sensed the faint demonic aura from the bird, his pupils suddenly shrank.

Hei Jin walked to Ji Xingchun’s side in two steps, and his tone unconsciously became serious: “Xiao Ji, where did you pick up this bird?”

When Ji Xingchun saw Hei Jin coming over, he quickly raised his sleeve to wipe the corners of his eyes. He stood up, while being careful not to move his hands too much: “When I just came over, I saw this red falcon falling from the sky. It might be caused by exhaustion during the flight.”

At this point, he hesitated and added: “I think we should check it out first.”

Even if he just held it in his hand, he could feel that the falcon was very thin and had almost no meat on its body.

One had to know that in nature, the amount of meat on its body is often the simplest and crudest way to judge whether an animal is living a good life.

Hei Jin looked at Ji Xingchun carefully holding Hong Xun in his arms, and his expression became much gentler.

He didn’t mean to be harsh to Ji Xingchun just now, but seeing that his fellow tribesman was in such a bad state, he became nervous subconsciously.

The falcon clearly looked like an adult and had long since grown beyond the realm of a cub.

Adult falcons have powerful vision, flying abilities, and impressive attack power, which made them extremely difficult for humans to capture and target.

Unless it is in the nesting period or the chicks had not yet fully grown its flight feathers, it is rare for an adult falcon to end up in such a miserable state.

Hei Jin really wanted to know what had happened to it.

Although they have vaguely found a way to bring spiritual energy to the zoo, there has been some unrest within the demon tribe recently.

One was their long-missing demon king, and the other was the black tiger cub that appeared some time ago, suspected of being the descendant of the demon king.

The black tiger cub is in good spirits now, but its injuries are recovering slowly because of the insufficient concentration of spiritual energy around it.

But it seemed to have lost some of its memory now, so it couldn’t tell them how it was injured.

Now seeing this red falcon, Hei Jin, who was already a little nervous, suddenly thought of Xuan Hu.

Could the incident with the red falcon be related to that little black tiger…?

Thinking of this possibility, Hei Jin felt more and more that he could not take this matter lightly.

Looking at the scratches on Ji Xingchun’s face, Hei Jin was grateful for what the human had done for this red falcon, but… in the current situation, perhaps it would be better to let this falcon demon stay with its own kind.

After all, Ji Xingchun didn’t know much about the affairs of their demon clan.

Thinking of this, Hei Jin walked towards Ji Xingchun and said, “I’m the doctor of the zoo. Please let me check the red falcon.”

What he said was reasonable. At least Ji Xingchun did not feel the need to raise any objections. However, before the young man could hand over the Red Falcon in his hand, the Red Falcon’s body suddenly tensed up!

“Hiss…” Feeling the sudden needle-like pain in his arm, Ji Xingchun couldn’t help but let out a slight cry of pain.

Just now, the falcon curled up its claws. Although there was a lot of cloth between its claws and Ji Xingchun’s arm, the sharp claws of the bird of prey penetrated through in an instant!

Even if he didn’t take off his clothes to check, Ji Xingchun probably should have seen blood.

But he was not angry because he knew that this was a sign of Red Falcon’s fear.

The small bird of prey held onto Ji Xingchun’s arm tightly, as if it was afraid that it would be caught out of there. It folded its wings and curled up into a small shape.

【Please, don’t hand me over…】

Hei Jin paused with his arm stretched out in the air. He looked at his fellow tribesmen in surprise and confusion, not understanding where the resistance and panic in him came from.

His original is not a carnivorous animal, and the falcon is not in an unconscious state, so why would it prefer to stay with a human instead of coming to him?

Hei Jin couldn’t figure it out.

Although he was puzzled, he did not want to force the red falcon to come to him, so he finally pushed his glasses and said, “How about this, come with me, I’ll drive you to the rescue center to get it checked out.”

Ji Xingchun nodded. He didn’t think too much about it. After all, he had been with Hong Xun for a while.

The reason why Hong Xun was so resistant to Hei Jin might be because he appeared suddenly, so he was still wary… maybe.

However, Ji Xingchun vaguely felt that Hong Xun’s emotions towards Hei Jin seemed a little complicated. Rather than fear, it seemed more like… inferiority?

A slight sound coming from his chest interrupted Ji Xingchun’s thoughts. It was the sound of bird feathers rubbing against the surface of the down jacket. The young man lowered his head and saw the red falcon shrinking into his arms.

【Cold……】

Ji Xingchun blinked, unzipped his down jacket, and placed the Red Falcon on his chest.

Suddenly being placed in a small space, the falcon turned its head uncomfortably, but thinking of its previous experience of being punished by its owner and put into a narrow cage where it could not move, it did not resist.

Ji Xingchun paused while zipping up his pants, and his nails dug into his flesh, causing a little pain. He said nothing and continued to zip up carefully while being careful not to pinch the falcon’s feathers.

After the zipper was closed, the falcon was obviously much warmer, and its head began to move up little by little, as if trying hard to resist sleepiness.

However, it eventually fell asleep. Ji Xingchun noticed this and couldn’t help but lighten his footsteps.

Hei Jin turned around and saw that Hong Xun had only his head exposed on Ji Xingchun’s chest, with the rest of his body hidden in the young man’s clothes. He was stunned and then smiled.

About ten minutes later, Ji Xingchun arrived at the rescue center. He couldn’t help but feel that he seemed to have some connection with this place.

The last time he came here was to rescue the little black tiger.

After placing the Red Falcon on the rescue table, the other party had not woken up yet. Ji Xingchun breathed a sigh of relief and quickly signaled Hei Jin to take this opportunity to check it out.

Hei Jin glanced at Hong Jian, then looked at the serious human youth and said, “Xiao Ji, I remember you should have work today, so let me take care of this.”

Ji Xingchun opened his eyes wide. He had been so focused on the red falcon that he had forgotten about this matter!

Although there was a reason for it… he didn’t seem to tell the director and the others!!

Hei Jin watched the human’s back as he ran away in panic, and couldn’t help but raise one eyebrow.

He said this just now naturally to get Ji Xingchun away. Although he did know how to cure Hong Xuan, that method was specifically for the demon clan.

If Ji Xingchun were to watch from the side, it would be terrible if he noticed something wrong.

As Hei Jin thought so, he closed his eyes and placed his hand on Hong Xun’s chest.

A trace of demonic power emanated from his fingertips. The demon with long black hair stood there quietly for dozens of seconds, then suddenly opened his eyes.

The eyes of the usually calm and self-possessed demon youth were now filled with hatred and anger. He gritted his teeth and spoke word by word:

“That damn human!!!”

As he blurted out the words, the young man who was standing in front of the rescue platform turned into a shadow, the air seemed to be slightly distorted for a moment, and a second later a tall horse with black mane as smooth as brocade suddenly appeared.

The black horse had sharp barbs on its hooves, and it gently touched the falcon’s body with its snout, as if confirming something.

Then it raised its four hooves and ran out!

Hei Jin not only possessed medical skills, but as a horse demon he also possessed the characteristics of fast speed and high endurance.

In just one second, he had leaped forward a distance of ten meters.

However, before Hei Jin could run far, a small furry thing suddenly fell on his face.

It was a snow-white titmouse. The bird looked at Hei Jin with its round black eyes, then lowered its head and pecked it with its beak.

Bai Wei’s voice rang out: “Hei Jin, calm down. Did you just leave the red falcon there?”

The black horse’s brown eyes widened slightly, and it ran forward another ten meters due to inertia, but its speed slowed down and it finally stopped on the side of the road.

After a moment of silence, Hei Jin said, “I was indeed impulsive.”

Just now he was actually controlled by rage and was thinking of running directly to that human’s house and kicking him to death.

No matter what, they should bring Huang Jing along. It would be easier to find people with his dog-like nose.

Bai Wei saw at a glance that Hei Jin was “admitting his mistakes humbly but never repenting” and rolled his eyes. He didn’t know how he could make such an expression with his tiny tit body:

“To be able to capture and tame a falcon demon, the power behind that human must be quite strong, at least he must be a descendant of the Xuan Sect.”

“Are you rushing over like this because you think one bird is not enough for him and you want to give him a mount?”

Hei Jin: …

He slowly changed back to his human form. Bai Wei continued to squat on top of his head, as if he was using that soft hair as a comfortable bird’s nest:

“Go back and arrange a place for the red falcon to recuperate. Don’t rush this matter.”

“Anyway, the curse contract is still on the falcon demon, so that human can’t escape!”