After I became a zookeeper

Chapter 17 War

Deep courtyard.

The quaint enclosure encloses a world, and the light slanted down from the dense sycamore branches and leaves, and the stars sprinkled on the green grass. In the interlaced light and shadow, the peacock is shaking its body, and its wide and beautiful tail is slowly opening like a fan.

As soon as Ye Zhifu turned his head, he was shocked by such beauty and stayed where he was.

The peacock chirped, his tail feathers unfolded into a beautiful screen fan, and he walked towards Ye Zhi step by step with graceful steps.

When it got close, the peacock stopped, held its head high, raised its chest, and asked Ye Zhi, "Do you want to pet my tail?"

Luo Jia's voice brought Ye Zhi back to his senses. He exhaled, the behavior of the orcs turning back into beasts at the slightest disagreement was really hard to guard against. Back then, Bai Ling and the others turned into birds at every turn, so they thought they were used to it. Can't react.

Ye Zhi lowered his head and looked at Luo Jia's beautiful and huge tail fan like a layer of tulle in the interlacing of light and shadow. He couldn't help obeying the other party's suggestion and touched the long peacock feathers with his hands.

The cold touch is not as fluffy as imagined, but as smooth as silk. Fingers slide through the feathers, and the feathers are separated and closed.

Luo Jia was so comfortable being touched that he couldn't help but close his eyes, letting the sun and Ye Zhi's fingers land on his feathers.He seems to have returned to the time when he was a child, when everything was worry-free, and he could lie on the green grass and sleep all day with his feathers in the sun.

He thought in his heart, it was Ye Zhi's touch that gave him this feeling, and the whole spiritual sea was calmed down by it. No wonder the irritable pandas and mermaids can be soothed by him. Even the phoenix is ​​willing to fold its wings and squat under him on the shoulders.

This is a rare talent, used properly, can be of many uses, Luo Jia thought, this is why he brought Ye Zhi here today.

Luo Jia shook his tail, and took the initiative to transform back into a human form. Ye Zhi then withdrew his hand. He felt no burden in petting small animals, but he didn't dare to do anything wrong with Luo Jia's human form.

Luo Jia smiled at Ye Zhi, "Thank you, it's very comfortable."

Ye Zhi: "..." It's not good to say this in a human form, Ye Zhi silently made up for the little peacock who was very comfortable to be touched, and then accepted Luo Jia's thanks well.

"Are you hungry?" Luo Jia took Ye Zhi to the stone table in the middle of the courtyard and sat down.

Ye Zhi shook his head, "It's okay."

"Then let's eat simpler." Luo Jia turned to a certain direction, and a waiter walked over there, holding a menu. Luo Jia gave a few simple instructions, and the man went down.

"It looks like you often come here to eat." Ye Zhi smiled faintly.

Luo Jia poured a cup of tea and handed it to Ye Zhi, "Well, I'm picky about what I eat."

Ye Zhi took the tea, took a sip, the tea soup was mellow and sweet, it was a rare good tea, it really fit Luo Jia's taste.

Amidst the steam of tea, Luo Jia asked, "Do you like keeping all kinds of animals?"

Ye Zhi drank the good tea and felt refreshed. Holding the teacup and squinting his eyes, he answered naturally: "I like it. I think small animals are very cute. They are furry and rua, and they are rua even if they are not furry."

Luo Jia smiled approvingly, "Docile animals are really likable," the voice changed, "However, no one has ever praised the animals in Honghuang Zoo as cute."

Ye Zhi pursed her lips and lowered her eyes, "Is it because of a mental riot?"

He thought of the knowledge about this world that he had read in books. The orcs who failed to become beasts were tortured almost every moment by the sea of ​​spirits. Sometimes the sea of ​​spirits fluctuated too much, that is, mental riots, and animals would go berserk to indiscriminately attack surrounding creatures or harm itself.

"Well," Luo Jia smiled, "but you are different. With you by your side, those animals that are mentally rioting are quiet."

"Maybe it's because I touched them comfortably?" Ye Zhi guessed.

In fact, he didn't understand why he could calm the restless animal spirits. He had noticed that he had this ability a long time ago, but he didn't think much about it.

But obviously I can't think of the reason after much thought. This kind of metaphysical question can only be attributed to the metaphysical answer.

"Maybe it's because of me and the little animals." Ye Zhi added.

Lorgar rolled his eyes, "Whatever the reason, it's good that you have this ability."

Ye Zhi felt that Luo Jia had deep eyes and wanted to say something, when the waiter just came to serve the food, the conversation between the two stopped naturally.

Because there were only two of them, Luo Jia didn't order many dishes, but they were very delicate.

A cup of boiled cabbage, poured with milky white soup, looks like a lotus flower in full bloom, full of color, fragrance, and taste. Eating vegetables is like appreciating art, which is particularly eye-catching.

There is also a dish of squirrel mandarin fish, which is poured on the fish with boiling hot soup, making a creaking sound, and the aroma is also stimulated, which makes the index finger move.

After serving some more snacks one after another, Luo Jia helped Ye Zhi straighten the chopsticks and handed them to him, "Let's eat first, we'll talk after we're done."

Ye Zhi nodded hastily, originally he said he wasn't too hungry, but when he saw the food served, he thought he could eat three bowls.

The boiled cabbage soup is clear and mellow, with a fresh taste, and the squirrel mandarin fish is sour and sweet, so delicious that you can swallow your tongue.

In the end, Ye Zhizhen ate three big bowls of rice, Ye Zhi felt a little embarrassed when she wiped her mouth, she was too good to eat, so don't be laughed at.

He peeked at Luo Jia who was sitting opposite, Luo Jia just put down the bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth gracefully with a towel, and smiled at him when he saw him looking at him.

Ye Zhi looked away in embarrassment, watching the waiter remove all the dishes and wipe the stone table clean, he sat upright and was about to continue chatting with Luo Jia about the previous topic.

Luo Jia waved his hand to signal that he was not busy, and another waiter came over with a plate.

Ye Zhi's eyes lit up, is it dessert? !

He touched his stomach. Although he was already very full and round, he should probably be able to eat a little more.

Ye Zhi was gearing up, and then saw the waiter put a plate of fried crickets on the stone table.

Ye Zhi: "..."

Luo Jia laughed, he had seen Ye Zhi's bright eyes just now, and he quickly wrote disappointment on his face when he saw that it was fried crickets, at this moment he teased: "Snack after dinner, do you want some?"

Ye Zhi waved his hand, "No, no, no." You eat what you eat.

"Eating too much is bad for your health," Luo Jia seemed to be explaining seriously, "that's why I didn't order you fruit after meals."

Ye Zhi: "..." Sure enough, he was laughed at and ate three bowls.

Crickets are the favorite food of the peacocks. They eat grass seeds, rice and other plants, as well as some insects such as locusts and crickets. At this time, Luo Jia is enjoying a plate of fried crickets.

Ye Zhi couldn't appreciate it, so he watched silently.

Luo Jia ate very elegantly, he finished chewing a fried cricket slowly, and then said to Ye Zhi: "Have you thought of going to work elsewhere?"

"Ah?" Ye Zhi didn't understand for a while, "Isn't I assigned here?"

When Ye Zhi was in the social welfare organization, he learned that the distribution system in this society is a bit like the establishment in his previous world. It is not easy to transfer jobs. If you want to resign, it is not easy for degenerate human beings to find a job in this world. They want to degenerate human employees, so the compulsory allocation is also to protect the work of degenerate human beings.

"I can transfer you to other places, which is within the system, and your job will still be stable," Luo Jia said.

"Oh, so." Ye Zhi thought for a while before replying, "I really like my current job as a breeder, and I don't think there is any other job that would be more suitable for me."

Luo Jia swallowed another fried cricket, and said slowly: "I think your ability is very good, if you just stay in the zoo to take care of the animals, it's a shame."

Ye Zhi blinked, and understood at this moment that Luo Jia wanted to dig the corner of the zoo and move himself to another place.

I heard Luo Jia continue: "There are many animals in this world who are tortured by mental riots every day. They are very painful, and every orc may never return to humans in the next lycanthropy."

The atmosphere on the stone table was heavy, Luo Jia also put down the fried crickets in his hand, put both hands on the stone table, and said to Ye Zhi seriously: "But if the war is won, these pains will never happen again."

The war was mentioned again. When Ye Zhi went to the library last time, he also searched for information on this aspect, but found nothing.

Hearing Lorja mention it again this time, he asked again without giving up, "What war?"

Luo Jia did not directly refuse, he took a deep look at Ye Zhi, and said, "After you promise me, I will tell you everything." He wiped every finger carefully with a towel on the table, "As for Right now, you're not eligible."

The air on the table was silent for a while, Ye Zhi slowly clenched his hand on the table, he thought for a long time, then raised his head and answered Luo Jia, "I refuse."

"Oh?" Luo Jia raised his eyebrows, but still smiled, "Did you refuse me without asking where I wanted you to go or what to do?"

Ye Zhi laughed, and after thinking about it in his heart, he felt relaxed, and slowly let go of his clenched hands, "I don't understand what you said, I like my life now, I don't have that much sense of responsibility, I want to be a Ordinary people."

Luo Jia looked at him quietly for a few seconds, then shook his head with a smile, "It's okay, I guessed that you might not agree, and I'm mentally prepared."

Luo Jia turned the cup on the table, "Then can I ask you for another favor? Don't worry, it's just a small favor."

Ye Zhi was startled, then nodded, "Tell me about it."

"I would like to ask you to go to the hospital for a comprehensive physical examination."

Ye Zhi was stunned, what kind of request is this.

I heard Luo Jia continue: "You may have a special constitution to be close to animals. Physical examination may find out the reason, and it can be used on more people in the future."

Ye Zhi thought of something, and his expression gradually became frightened.

When Luo Jia saw it, his voice paused, guessing what Ye Zhi was thinking, he said softly, "It's not as scary as you think, don't believe the things in the book that send you to be dissected and sectioned, it will hurt you at most. Yours is just a blood test."