Chapter 101: Uncle Bird Truly Is a Gentleman [First Update]

It started out as something ridiculous, even comical, but the outcome was rather serious.

Breaking into a home is wrong, of course, but Gun-Gun... he broke those three students' bones.

After a police examination, it was confirmed that they were indeed broken. Across the three of them, a total of seven or eight bones were fractured. That made it a serious matter.

A pet is, after all, just a pet.

Much like a dog owner whose dog bites someone—regardless of the reason, it always leads to trouble. Paying compensation, offering apologies, or even ending up in court is inevitable.

Even after the catastrophe, this hasn't changed much.

If anything, the laws are less rigorous than they were before the disaster, and everything has become more blunt and crude, which in turn makes it easier for unpleasant consequences to arise.

Especially since the victims were students, and the college entrance exams were less than twenty days away.

"I don't want this either, but there's no choice; this panda has to come with us..." The officer tasked with patrolling the streets shrugged helplessly. He took away the bewildered and aggrieved Gun-Gun and had emergency responders take the three unlucky students to the hospital. "By the rules, you have to come with us too, but..."

He glanced around, then lowered his voice: "Cases like this can be big or small. Before we get to the station, you should try to pull some strings."

"What’s the worst that could happen?" This was where Ye Chao’s lack of emotional intelligence became apparent. He didn't even know to call the officer "uncle," let alone grasp the hidden meaning behind the man’s words.

The officer weighed the situation and replied cautiously, "Let me put it this way: if you don't find someone, or the person you find doesn't have enough influence, the best-case scenario is that your panda gets locked up for a few years and then released outside the city walls..."

"Bang!" Alpha-Ji slammed her hand on the table!

The biggest benefit of her clearing the spacetime bubble wasn't that pacifier, but that she had become stronger—her obsession now allowed her to interact with physical objects without needing authorization from Ye Chao.

Released outside the city walls? In the post-catastrophe wilderness? Is that a place for a living creature? And that’s the best-case scenario?

Bullying my Gun-Gun?

He belongs to this palace... oh, wait, he’s a panda! Whoever dares to touch him! I’ll cut the power, pull the network cables, delete accounts, and blacklist the lot of you!

This was no joke. As the acting CEO, COO, CFO, CT, and everything-else-O of Jiangcheng Holographic Helmet Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Jiangcheng Holographic Helmet Systems Co., Ltd., and Jiangcheng Technology Co., Ltd., if this were before the catastrophe, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that if she visited a city, provincial-level officials would barely be considered high-ranking enough to meet her at the airport.

True, her company wasn't as powerful as the industry giants yet, but in just a few days of operation, it had already birthed two five-star powerhouses!

In a world where strength is status, treatment, and everything, this was definitely more formidable and promising than the old giants!

The only pity was that a man is innocent, but his treasure is his crime.

She was so powerful and had so much potential that she didn't dare show her face, hiding in the shadows, not daring to mention her incredible identity.

However, Alpha-Ji was not Ye Chao.

If Ye Chao’s mind was a heavy-duty bolt, fixed and unyielding, hers was a ball bearing, well-greased and swift.

An idea struck her instantly.

She had to find someone!

Who better than Guan Junyuan, who had just hit five-star status and managed both sides of the issue?

Under what pretext?

The pretext was easy to find—one that would be advantageous, convenient, and impossible for anyone to find fault with!

With her excuse quickly drafted, Alpha-Ji began to contact Guan Junyuan.

She just hoped the police would drag things out as hinted, giving Ye Chao enough time to find help...

When it comes to pulling strings, timing is everything!

And Ye Chao, with that mouth of his—he better not annoy the police officer and turn a potential helper into an obstacle.

She quickly pulled up Guan Junyuan’s contact information, then paused.

Ye Chao’s bolt-like brain had actually already contacted Guan Junyuan; the voice chat history was still there...

"Hello, Teacher Guan, are you there? I’ve run into an urgent matter..." Ye Chao’s voice was anxious; his concern for Gun-Gun was no less than Alpha-Ji’s.

"Teacher Guan is not... oh, Teacher Guan is here..." "Hello, I am Guan Junyuan. What do you need?"

Upon hearing the first sentence, Alpha-Ji frowned.

That voice... it sounded so pretentious, nothing like Guan Junyuan. Everyone knew Guan Junyuan was so full of testosterone he was already going bald...

And it was clearly the same person, even if they were putting on a fake voice.

Just as Alpha-Ji thought Ye Chao was about to be tricked, Ye Chao bypassed the trap smoothly: "Uncle Bird, stop messing around. I really need Teacher Guan! Something happened to Gun-Gun!"

Uncle Bird was the name of the cockatoo in Guan Junyuan’s home.

Why call it "Uncle"? Because the parrot was already over forty years old, a full cycle older than Guan Junyuan... calling it Uncle wasn't a loss; calling it "Grandpa" would have been appropriate too.

In the post-catastrophe era, a forty-year-old bird really was a "Grandpa"!

Alpha-Ji was baffled. With Ye Chao’s emotional intelligence, how did he see through this bird's clumsy scam? It shouldn't have been possible.

That was because she had been absent for a few days and didn't know that ever since she kicked Guan Junyuan offline, the parrot had been the one playing when the helmet was idle, teaming up with Gun-Gun.

"Something happened to Gun-Gun? What happened... Did he ask you to say sorry, and you said it, but he still got kicked?" Through Uncle Bird, she unexpectedly learned something else.

Ye Chao: So, those crooked characters Gun-Gun wrote were taught by you!

Alpha-Ji: So, Gun-Gun really did want to say sorry; it wasn't Ye Chao’s own idea...

"Yeah, you have no idea how much effort it took Uncle Bird to teach Gun-Gun to write those words!" The parrot complained incessantly.

Ye Chao didn't dare let it finish. If he let this parrot keep talking, it would turn into a full-length stand-up comedy show. He hurriedly interrupted, concisely explaining the situation and begging for Guan Junyuan’s help.

"What? Those students actually broke into your house? Uncle Bird can tolerate it, but Auntie Bird cannot!" After cracking a thirty-year-old cold joke, the parrot continued, "Wait a second, I’ll notify Old Guan immediately..."

Ye Chao couldn't tell, but Alpha-Ji could hear it clearly—the parrot sounded incredibly guilty.

So, it was this parrot that leaked the fact that Gun-Gun had an exclusive helmet...

It probably couldn't keep its identity secret because of its big mouth, and after being exposed, it dragged Gun-Gun down with it. Those students didn't dare mess with the department head’s pet, so they went to Ye Chao’s house instead.

Alpha-Ji could figure that out with a single data cable.

Since the message was delivered and Guan Junyuan was involved, the problem shouldn't be too big, but why did Ye Chao go silent after that? Holy crap!

As Alpha-Ji was reviewing the playback, she suddenly saw a blurry figure swaggering in through the broken door, walking up behind Ye Chao, and knocking him unconscious with a single blow of a club. Then... the screen went black.

Who was that now?!

Alpha-Ji was so frustrated she could scream. This was absolutely infuriating.