GRMFBS CH284

… Why did it latch on?

Zhan Yan struggled to shoo the bird away.

“Ow! Don’t peck my hair!”

Zhan Yan heard the underclassmen behind him gasping softly in astonishment.

“Too awesome, too awesome!”

“Is this the legendary senior who’s especially attractive to small animals?”

“That’s not right, how come I heard the saying was ‘capable of driving beasts away on the spot’? Isn’t this the exact opposite?”

“Right, right, I also heard the second half of the phrase is ‘capable of subduing a pig single-handedly’.”

Zhan Yan: …

Just what kind of nonsensical rumors were his underclassmen hearing?

“Shoo, shoo! Stop clinging to me.” Zhan Yan resorted to pushing the bird with his hands.

The falcon’s two large talons clamped securely onto his arm, refusing to let go, flapping its massive wings to maintain balance while swatting at his head with a flap flap flap.

Zhan Yan: …

At this moment, he truly missed his ability to leap three stories high. If he still had that physical constitution right now, he’d toss this hooligan bird right out!

If only Xiao Gu were here. Unfortunately, Xiao Gu went ahead to buy things first… Who knew I’d run into such a thick-skinned bird?

Gu Jiancheng, dressed in a tracksuit, walked out of the mall carrying a massive shopping bag. The carefully selected white shirt and casual trousers were to be saved for meeting Yan Yan’s parents tomorrow.

Having finished his shopping, he was on his way back to the university. Not long after exiting the mall, Gu Jiancheng spotted a nearby milk tea shop running a promotional event.

Huh, why does this standee look so familiar? Isn’t this the game character Yan Yan cosplayed for that commercial?

Buy milk tea, enter a lucky draw to win a plushie…

Gu Jiancheng’s eyes lit up.

Zhan Yunkai and Ji Yueming were driving toward Zhan Yan’s university when they suddenly heard a familiar voice blaring from a street-side speaker.

“…Once you eat my grapes, there’s no room for regrets.”

Xingxing grew excited: “Meow~ Meow~”

This is Zhan Yan’s voice, are we there yet?

Ji Yueming looked out the window. It was a milk tea shop running a collaboration event with the game Dawn Continent. The shop was broadcasting character voice lines, but when it came to the character Zhan Yan cosplayed, instead of using the in-game voice acting, they were using the lines Zhan Yan recorded for the commercial.

Both of them saw the event introduction written on the promotional signboard.

Zhan Yunkai found a spot to park the car: “Want to go try it?”

Ji Yueming originally intended to buy two cups of milk tea to try their luck at the draw, but noticed a crowd gathered outside the shop.

“Why are there so many people? Is this milk tea shop really that popular?”

“Or maybe the game is just too popular?”

Neither of them really wanted to queue up, and were hesitating.

Xingxing meowed affectionately. He had heard Zhan Yan’s voice! Even though it sounded a bit weird… but why weren’t they going over!

Then let’s go down and take a look.

The two got out of the car holding Xingxing, only to hear the people gathered there murmuring in amazement.

“Which cup is this?”

“Fifth cup?”

“It’s the sixth cup. Has he still not drawn the plushie he wants?”

Inside the milk tea shop.

Gu Jiancheng was expressionlessly drinking his sixth cup of milk tea. On the table in front of him sat two plushies and four cards.

This event collaborated with three characters in total; each character had a plushie and a card, and the draws were random. Gu Jiancheng had drawn six times, yet stubbornly failed to pull the character Zhan Yan had cosplayed even once.

It was still quite a distance from here to their university, and milk tea wasn’t convenient to carry, otherwise he could have just distributed it to his classmates.

Gu Jiancheng had planned to drink it all himself—mostly because he hadn’t expected his luck to be this abysmal.

“He could go enter a competitive eating contest with this, right?”

“I’m jealous. Why doesn’t the handsome guy get fat even when he eats this much?”

“Stop being jealous, the handsome guy has terrible luck; six cups and he still hasn’t drawn what he wants.”

“Which character does he want?”

“The Grape Young Master one.”

“I have a feeling he won’t be able to pull it today, how is he supposed to keep drinking all this?”

Gu Jiancheng could actually still drink more, but he was afraid continuing would scare people. He walked up to the counter and asked, “Can your shop store milk tea for later?”

“Ah… we don’t have that.” The employee earnestly tried to persuade him, “Handsome, let’s stop drinking. How about we just give you two for free?”

What if he drank himself sick in their shop? What would they do then?

At that same moment, a delivery rider walked into the shop to pick up an order.

Seeing the rider grab twelve cups of milk tea in one go, Gu Jiancheng suddenly fell silent.

A few seconds later, he turned back to the employee and asked, “Do delivery orders also qualify for the lucky draw?”

Employee: “Yes, as long as you come to the shop to draw.”

Gu Jiancheng: … So why didn’t I just order delivery to send it back to the university?

He immediately opened his phone and began placing an order.

“Hey, a kitty!”

“So cute, where did it come from?”

Looking down, Gu Jiancheng saw a little tabby cat sprinting toward him in sheer excitement.

Xingxing? Why is he here?

Although he didn’t find Zhan Yan, Xingxing was still very happy.

I see an acquaintance! It’s Xiao Gu, who’s always been really nice to me!

With a powerful leap, Xingxing jumped. Before Gu Jiancheng could even figure out how he got here, he instinctively reached out and caught Xingxing.

Driven by an inexplicable intuition, he looked up and locked eyes with Zhan Yunkai and Ji Yueming outside the shop.

Gu Jiancheng: …

Aren’t these Yan Yan’s parents?

Why are they here today?!

Yan Yan, Yan Yan… Yan Yan save me!

At the university.

Zhan Yan was still battling wits and courage with the falcon.

Professor Miao hadn’t noticed his livestream was still running, staring nervously at Zhan Yan and the bird.

A falcon—with a body size this big, its bite force and grip strength must be powerful. And it’s flying right next to Zhan Yan’s head; those massive talons and beak are far too close to Zhan Yan’s neck and face.

Had I known it was this kind of bird of prey, I wouldn’t have called Zhan Yan over. If the phone is lost, it’s lost, but let’s not get the child bitten…

[Hahahahaha]

[The guy’s hair, I’m dying laughing, is this bird trying to build a nest?]

[One second a handsome bird-tamer, the next second frantically shooing the bird away.]

[The guy is really good-looking, he can even pull off a deadly selfie angle like this.]

[Hey hey, streamer, stop shaking the camera, film the big bird! Film the big bird!]

Some of the other students grabbed their jackets intending to help shoo the bird away, but after being glared at by the falcon with its wings spread, they didn’t quite dare to approach.

“Scare it!”

“None of you get close, don’t make sudden movements, don’t startle it.” Professor Miao directed the other students nervously. He found a tree branch himself, hung a phone on it, and tried to lure the falcon away.

The falcon’s sharp, massive beak drew closer in the shaky footage.

[Wow wow so handsome!]

[The camera is shaking too much.]

[Is the streamer planning to sacrifice a phone to save the student?]

[Then wasn’t searching for it earlier a waste of time?]

Flapping its wings to maintain balance, the falcon shot Professor Miao a look.

Professor Miao: …

[Why do I feel like this bird’s look is full of disdain?]

[Hahahaha]

[Truly bizarre, is this bird really not trained by someone? Why isn’t it biting anyone?]

[Definitely not trained, a trained bird would have flown away long ago after being chased like this.]

[One look and you can tell the bird is doing this entirely of its own free will.]

Left with no other option, Zhan Yan whispered a threat to the falcon: “If you don’t leave, I’m calling my dad to beat you up!”

The falcon didn’t fully comprehend the meaning of these words, but an inexplicable chill made its feathers puff up, and it flapped its wings and flew away.

Professor Miao let out a massive sigh of relief, beads of sweat covering his forehead. He had been truly terrified that the falcon would take a peck at Zhan Yan.

“Professor, how’s your phone?” Zhan Yan asked.

Only then did Professor Miao realize his livestream wasn’t turned off.

[Ah, it flew away.]

[Hahahahaha]

[Hey hey, streamer, don’t turn the camera!]

[What did the guy say just now?]

[Hey! Don’t turn off the livestream!]

Professor Miao exited the livestream and briefly inspected the phone.

Looking at it now, it was actually fine; the side of the phone case had a chunk gouged out, and there were a few scratches on the screen protector, but the phone itself had no damage. It wasn’t that Professor Miao couldn’t afford to lose a phone, but rather that his heart ached for the data stored inside.

“The phone is fine, how are you? Any scratches? Do you need to go get a vaccine?”

“I’m fine, I’m fine, not even a scratch on my skin. I’ll be going now, goodbye Professor!”

Seeing there were no issues, Zhan Yan swiftly slipped away under the reverent gazes of his underclassmen. If he didn’t run now, Professor Miao would start nagging him.

Zhan Yan found a spot nearby to first sort out his hair, which had been thoroughly messed up by the falcon.

Honestly, it actually bit my hair!

Zhan Yan plucked two feathers out of his hair. The little curls were somewhat tangled and not very easy to comb out.

Sigh, why isn’t Xiao Gu back yet? When he gets back, I’ll have him help me comb my hair.

Zhan Yan tapped open the gossip strips to check where Xiao Gu was.

[Deep Shadow Gu Jiancheng was drinking milk tea to draw merchandise for the game character you cosplayed; upon reaching his sixth cup, he encountered the Chongming Demon King Zhan Yunkai and Tianshi Ji Yueming, who had brought Xingxing to visit you. Xingxing recognized Gu Jiancheng and joyfully hopped into his arms.]

Zhan Yan: ???

Wait, what’s going on?

Why is Xiao Gu drinking milk tea to draw merchandise? Why are Mom and Dad here today? Why is Xingxing here too? How did they suddenly bump into each other?!

Gu Jiancheng’s eyes glazed over for a split second.

He was wearing a tracksuit hastily snatched from his closet; the clothes hadn’t been ironed and were covered in wrinkles. In one hand, he held a massive shopping bag, from which a newly bought set of clothes hangers was stubbornly poking its head out, and right beside it sat the empty cups of milk tea he had just finished…

When did Yan Yan’s parents get here? Did they see me downing six cups of milk tea just now?

My image! I’m dead, I’m dead, I’m dead…

Ji Yueming and Zhan Yunkai had originally been occupying the spectator positions of melon-eating bystanders, watching this tall, handsome young man relentlessly trying to draw the merchandise of the character Yan Yan had cosplayed.

Ji Yueming: “This child has quite an appetite.”

Zhan Yunkai: “Just looks like his brain doesn’t work too well.”

Ji Yueming: “How about we just gift him a set of merchandise?”

It was at this exact moment that Xingxing darted out.

“Meow-ow—”

Xiao Gu, Xiao Gu, although his cooking is terrible, he’s a Xiao Gu who takes me very seriously!

With a single leap, Xingxing bounded onto Gu Jiancheng’s arm.

“Meow-ow, meow-ow~” Xingxing rubbed his head affectionately against him.

Where’s Yan Yan? Where’s Yan Yan? You two are definitely together.

Zhan Yunkai: …

Ji Yueming: …

Xingxing recognizes him?

Xingxing had only been away from home for extended periods twice: once during Yan Yan’s previous internship, and the other time recently when Yan Yan went out to play during his vacation.

To be this familiar with Xingxing…

The look in the couple’s eyes shifted.