The Civil Servant's Job is to Raise The Furries!-Chapter 292 - 291: Colorful Birds!

Just amidst this chaos, Xu Ying’s voice suddenly came from behind: "Xiao Bai! Stop!"

Xu Ying arrived at the scene on a snowmobile.

The previously fierce White Wagtail immediately folded its wings and obediently landed on Xu Ying’s shoulder, its tail wagging at a flattering 45-degree angle.

"These are students from the Institute’s Glacier Monitoring Group." Xu Ying gently tapped the little bird’s head, "You need to see clearly, they have permit tags hanging around their necks."

"Don’t make false police reports next time."

The White Wagtail let out a grievance-filled "chirp," burying its face in its feathers.

Yao Yingzhe wiped his sweat with a bitter smile: "Well, it’s the first time in my life I’ve been a mediator for a bird."

"This bird really has a bad temper and doesn’t listen to advice."

He shook his head, "I didn’t know there were birds that made false reports, so did I come here for nothing? I didn’t even get any points."

The students from the monitoring group, who were just harassed by the White Wagtail, were now tidying up their equipment on the ground, appearing somewhat disheveled.

"Shouldn’t the program team compensate the students a bit?" Yao Yingzhe rubbed his hands, looking apologetically at the students.

He straightened his wind-blown toupee and took out a deluxe edition photo from his pocket: "How about... I give you a few collector’s edition signed photos? These are stills from when I filmed ’Snow Mountain Flying Fox’ back in the day..."

However, the students all brushed past Yao Yingzhe in unison, their eyes blazing as they looked at Xu Ying beside him: "It’s Little Xu Station Chief!"

A girl wearing glasses excitedly nudged her companion, "It’s really Little Xu Station Chief who understands animal speech!"

"Can we take a picture with Station Chief Xu?"

"This bird with the black mask is so cool! What species is it?"

"Why does its tail keep shaking?"

Xu Ying couldn’t help but laugh as he glanced at Yao Yingzhe, who was left out and frozen still with his signed photo, explaining gently, "This is a White Wagtail, a subspecies unique to Tianshan Mountain. The faster their tails shake, the more excited they are..."

"Come, let’s all take a picture together!" Xu Ying waved at the students.

The initially puffed-up White Wagtail perked up immediately upon hearing about the photo.

It flapped its wings and flew onto Xu Ying’s shoulder, standing tall and upright, its tail straight as a rod, like a soldier awaiting a medal. Even funnier, it intentionally or unintentionally used its wings to nudge Yao Yingzhe out of the camera frame.

"Click!"

With the sound of the shutter, the scene was frozen. The students gathered around Xu Ying making peace signs, the White Wagtail stood proudly in the center, and only half of Yao Yingzhe’s toupee was in the shot.

The background was the majestic Snow Mountain and glaciers.

After the photo, the White Wagtail continued to chase after the students, chirping as if to say, "Remember to beautify me!"

The bearded fans of this rogue little bird laughed every time they saw it:

[Rogue turned police bird, all thanks to Station Chief Xu’s training]

[Suggest setting up a "Bird 110" hotline at the scenic spot]

[The White Wagtail truly deserves to be the Zhang Fei among birds, a real brute!]

Meanwhile, Yao Yingzhe quietly slipped the signed photos back into his pocket, murmuring, "Young people these days... do they watch classic films?"

"Teacher Yao, could you give me three signed photos?" Xu Ying reached out to Yao Yingzhe.

Yao Yingzhe was just beginning to regain his confidence when he heard Xu Ying’s next words: "My colleague’s grandmother is a big fan of yours!"

Calming the false report incident of the White Wagtail, Xu Ying and Yao Yingzhe returned to the assembly area.

The three celebrity supervisors who had not gone on "duty" yet stood there dazedly, almost growing grass on their heads.

Suddenly, a rainbow-like figure swooshed over everyone’s heads—

A Hua Cai Queying lightly landed on a branch, raising its small head.

It sported colorful feathers, its belly a bright lemon yellow, the back feathers in a gradient of blue-green to rose red, with tail tips adorned in violet, like a spilt palette of colors.

"Wow!" Even the well-versed Yao Yingzhe was stunned, "Is this bird running a dye workshop?"

Netizens were amazed by this little bird’s looks!

[Wow, so many colors on its body, it’s a vibrant bird!]

[The little bird baby really looks like a round, fluffy, gradient-colored cotton candy~]

[The Northern Long-tailed Tit is all white like the Chang’e among birds, and the Hua Cai Queying is like the Seven Fairy among birds!]

Su Zhining, Lu Jinyu, and Jia Yao quickly searched through the Snow Mountain bird atlas, spotting the bird’s name at once.

"It’s a Hua Cai Queying!"

Su Zhining and Lu Jinyu exclaimed the name of the Hua Cai Queying almost simultaneously, glaring at each other as their words fell.

And the Hua Cai Queying tilted its small head, its orange-red eyes blinking at Su Zhining and Lu Jinyu, unsure whose head to fly onto.

"That’s right!" Xu Ying introduced with a smile: "This is the ’Snow Mountain Fashion Director’ Hua Cai Queying."

"They live at high altitudes, are very cold-resistant, and can endure temperatures as low as minus 20°C. They’re very sensitive to colors, loving vibrant things, they can’t move past bright colors..."

Su Zhining regretted dressing plainly today and quickly rummaged through her bag for something bright.

At this moment, Lu Jinyu took off his knitted hat, revealing a head of eye-catching red hair!

"Chirp chirp!" The Hua Cai Queying couldn’t resist Lu Jinyu’s red hair, flapping its little wings and flew right onto his head.

Su Zhining, who had just pulled out a bright yellow handkerchief from her bag, was furious at the sight, not expecting Lu Jinyu’s flashy edgy red hair to be the winning weapon, it really ticked her off!

"The male Hua Cai Queying’s belly is blue-violet with high saturation, while the female Hua Cai Queying is colorful, but its colors are lighter."

Xu Ying stifled a laugh: "This difference of course is because males need their colorful plumage to attract mates, the more colorful, the more attractive to females~"

"Wait a minute, with such high saturation on this Hua Cai Queying’s feathers, it’s a male?" Lu Jinyu suddenly realized something was wrong.

Xu Ying gave a mysterious smile: "Yes, it is also a boy~"

Lu Jinyu’s face turned pale with fear instantly, and the Hua Cai Queying on his head started crazily tugging at his red hair with its little claws!

It seemed to want to pluck all of Lu Jinyu’s red hair bald!

Su Zhining, still in a daze, confusedly asked: "Isn’t Lu Jinyu’s hair very bright?"

"Doesn’t the Hua Cai Queying like bright things?"

Xu Ying stifled a laugh and nodded: "Yes, female birds like colorful things."

"But the male will see other colorful male birds as strong competitors!"

—"No, no, no, brother, I’m wrong! I’ll put the hat on, let’s hurry and go for civilized persuasion, don’t fight anymore!"

Lu Jinyu, with a bitter expression, could only hold his head to dodge Hua Cai Queying’s hair-pulling assault.

"I’m a human, damn it, I don’t like birds, we have reproductive isolation, I won’t compete with you for a mate!"