a doctor that treated human patients, she knew about the common diseases that humans and animals might have.
She turned around and was so happy to find that Xinghai did not disappear as it had before; it was squatting on the floor at a distance, gazing at her with curiosity.
"Xinghai, do you still remember me?" She tried not to look too excited, and squatted down to pat on the floor, trying to attract Xinghai’s attention.
Xinghai looked fearful, as if it was going to turn around and run away.
"Don't be scared, I won't come over, please don't run away." She stepped back quickly and tried to look natural and relaxed.
Guo Dongyue was not interested in cats, and didn't know anything about the breeds of cats, so he just casually glanced at Xinghai and turned away his head.
"Mr. Zhang, you have trained this grey parrot so well that it can talk just like a real human. Could you please agree to my request?" Guo Dongyue stared at Richard who was standing on Zhang Zian’s shoulder.
Zhang Zian was moved by Guo Dongyue, and he was willing to give it a try. Besides, just like Sun Xiaomeng had said, he was not busy, so why not lend a hand? But he was not sure whether he could keep his promise to help him, so he said, "Well..."
"Well, no problem. You have my word, but you must fully cooperate."
What?
Zhang Zian was stupefied. He turned his head slowly and looked at Richard on his shoulder.
Richard had perfectly imitated Zhang Zian's tone when saying that sentence, including his intonation, volume, and even his accent in speaking Mandarin. To Zhang Zian, it was exactly his voice.
Richard stood on his shoulder, looking very serious.
"Wow, you agreed so quickly?" Sun Xiaomeng was surprised. She was squatting on the floor and she looked up to him, "I thought you would be very difficult to deal with. At least I thought you would talk about what obstacles you will encounter and specify responsibilities."
Zhang Zian wanted to tell Sun Xiaomeng that she had read his mind. He was going to say those things, but that wicked Apprehensive Bird always gave him a hard time.
Guo Dongyue was surprised, but was content to hear that "Zhang Zian" agreed to help him so quickly. He knew how difficult it was to get this done. It took the grey parrot of that rich lady three years or so to master over a hundred sentences, but it could only mechanically repeat what it had learned before. In contrast, this grey parrot of Zhang Zian could improvise what to say according to different scenarios.
"Sure, I will fully cooperate with you!" Guo Dongyue gave his promise solemnly,"And don't you worry, you will have your compensation."
Zhang Zian could not take back what he had said, otherwise he would be looked down upon by them. Besides, it was Richard who had promised Guo Dongyue. If it was just joking, he would punish it severely when they were gone!
"All right, I will try my best." He bit the bullet and said, "First..."
"First, you need to find a pair of parrots that look the same," said Richard in Zhang Zian’s voice.
Guo Dongyue agreed with him. "That makes sense. Actually, I’ve tried to search at the dog market, but I haven't found those kinds of parrots."
"Dog market?" Zhang Zian was confused. Why did he go to a dog market if he wanted to buy birds?
"You don't know what dog market is?" Sun Xiaomeng looked at him doubtfully, "Are you not a native of Binhai city?"
"I am." Said Zhang Zian.
She didn’t believe him, "If you are a native, how come you don't know about it? Though it’s called the dog market, you can buy all kinds of pets there."
"Oh, I see... Actually, I was a good kid, and I seldom went anywhere besides home and school. Later, I went to a university in another city. So, it's normal that I don't know about that." Zhang Zian explained.
But Sun Xiaomeng had an expression on her face that said, "You are lying!"