Chapter 41: The Interstellar Marshal Who Doesn’t Save the Female Lead

When Shen Yijing heard this, he gently stroked Jiujiu’s feathers with the pad of his index finger and nodded slightly.

If their relationship wasn’t considered good, then perhaps no truly good relationships existed in this world. They had come out of school together and, after all these years, their bond remained as strong as ever.

As members of the same team, they had faced desperate situations together and welcomed rebirth together. Although they had no blood ties, their feelings for each other were deeper than any blood relationship.

“Dad, I can help you save them, but it costs money.”

Jiujiu recalled the prices he had seen at the Natural Food restaurant earlier. Also, earning money in his dad’s world was a bit tough, and he couldn’t just pluck some feathers for his dad to exchange for money. So, he had to find a way to earn some for himself.

“You can save them? Is that true?”

Shen Yijing suddenly stood up, startling Jiujiu, who slipped and landed on the cold ground. Annoyed, he stood up and put his paws on his hips.

“It’s true!”

“Then I’ll call them over, and we can discuss it slowly. As for the price… if you’re satisfied, stand up. If not, just stay in my hand, okay?”

Although those were his brothers with whom he had faced life and death, Shen Yijing instinctively didn’t want to share too much information about Jiujiu.

Especially since most of them had low alcohol tolerance; when drunk, they could even be tricked into revealing how many times they wet the bed as children.

“Okay.”

Having just met their captain and then being called over again, these men felt somewhat confused. When they heard what the captain said, the five of them froze in perfect unison.

“Captain, are you kidding?”

The first to recover stared at the Little Chubby Bird sitting in the captain’s palm, seriously wondering if it was April Fool’s Day.

“I’m not kidding. But it requires a certain reward. If we can agree on it, we can try starting tomorrow.”

As for why tomorrow, it was because the little ancestor in his palm said he needed his beauty sleep to grow tall.

Shen Yijing didn’t refuse when Jiujiu asked for a reward because he knew very well that everyone in their team had saved up a lot of money.

They were afraid they couldn’t take care of their families and knew they wouldn’t be qualified husbands or fathers, so they remained single to this day.

Each of them had prepared a will, stating that if they unfortunately passed away, all their savings would go to charity.

They could allocate their assets that way after death, but if they could save themselves while alive, they would certainly not be stingy.

“Captain, you…”

The five men still felt like they were dreaming. Every word the captain said was too absurd, yet the captain wasn’t the type to joke around.

“Such a big bird, can he really do it?”

Suddenly feeling looked down upon, Jiujiu stood up. Shen Yijing gently rubbed his head to comfort him. Jiujiu looked up, met his dad’s gaze, and began to chirp angrily.

“Dad, he looks down on me! He actually looks down on me! Does he even know how amazing a little bird I am!”

“Don’t doubt Jiujiu. He has a bit of a temper. What if he gets angry and refuses to treat you? What will you do then?”

Shen Yijing’s words earned a soft huff from Jiujiu. The team member rubbed the back of his head, thinking, this bird can even get angry.

“Dad, he’s talking bad about me!”

“Hmm? Where?”

Shen Yijing had indeed been thinking just now, but he didn’t think it was to the point where he couldn’t hear what was being said.

“I guessed it. He must be talking bad about me!”

Jiujiu’s attitude was very firm, but unfortunately, it only earned him a gentle pat on the head from his dad.

“Good boy.”

Jiujiu glared at the team member who had spoken disrespectfully. Seeing how gently his dad was coaxing him, he decided not to bother with that person.

“I’m just asking if you’re willing to try. Jiujiu is really expensive.”

Hearing his dad’s words, Jiujiu nodded in earnest agreement.

That’s right, he was very expensive. If he didn’t charge a good price, he would keep spending his dad’s money. His dad earned money with difficulty. As a mature Little Chubby Bird, he should know how to earn money for his own food.

At this point, the others no longer misunderstood it as a joke. They spoke with great seriousness:

“Captain, if it’s true, no matter how expensive, we are willing to pay. If we don’t have enough money, we’ll borrow more.”

The academy had invested a lot in training them. If they were to fall in just a few years, it would be too much of a waste. If possible, they preferred to fight until the last second of their lives.

Jiujiu had already prepared himself to be a black-hearted profiteer, but now hearing them talk about borrowing money, he inexplicably began to feel a little soft-hearted.

Although they couldn’t understand him, Jiujiu still leaned close to his dad’s ear and chirped.

“I, I don’t need that much.”

“It’s just a little expensive, not very expensive. It hasn’t reached that point yet.”

After Shen Yijing finished speaking, the five men also breathed a sigh of relief. Although they were willing to pay anything to heal their Mental Power injuries, even borrowing money if necessary, they would rather not be in debt if possible.

“Roughly, how much is needed?”

Jiujiu didn’t know the exact price. He glanced at his dad, then counted on his claws.

“One person, enough for me to eat one meal, no, two meals.”

They were his dad’s good friends. Jiujiu felt too bad being completely black-hearted, so he only calculated enough for himself to eat, and then hoped they would continue to refer business to him.

A no-capital business, accumulating little by little.

“The remuneration each person needs to pay is to treat Jiujiu to ten meals at the Natural Food restaurant, letting him order whatever he wants.”

Ten times? He had just said twice. His dad instantly raised the price.

Although it was an arbitrary price hike, since he was the beneficiary, Jiujiu was quite satisfied.

Five people meant fifty meals, saving his dad a lot of money, all of which could be saved for his dad to buy him other delicious things.

“Captain, you’re not kidding us, are you? This cheap?”

Cheap? This adjective made Jiujiu uncontrollably lean forward. Could it be that he was the only poor little bird in this world?

“If you’re willing, you can often take Jiujiu to eat after you recover. He has a big appetite; he can eat something bigger than himself in one meal.”

Moreover, with their status, they usually got discounts at such restaurants, so Shen Yijing wasn’t worried at all that his subordinates couldn’t afford the remuneration.

They had been here for so many years; if they couldn’t even afford this, then they were truly somewhat useless.

“Okay, Captain.”

If it weren’t for their captain saying this, they would definitely suspect that someone was deliberately teasing them, giving them hope only to plunge them into despair.

That night, Jiujiu slept sprawled out on his dad’s pillow, while the other team members had a sleepless night because of what the captain had said.

Early the next morning, Jiujiu was still lying there, sleeping in. Shen Yijing first extended a finger and gently poked his round bottom.

If it were anything else, it might seem a bit lewd, but with a round Little Chubby Bird, anyone who saw it would want to reach out and poke it themselves.

“Jiujiu, time to get up. They’re all waiting for you.”

“No, let me sleep a bit more. Dad, if you’re going out, carry me in your pocket to sleep.”

Jiujiu, with his eyes still half-closed, had already made his arrangements. He hoped his dad wouldn’t disturb his sleep anymore. If he kept disturbing his sleep, he would press his paws on his dad’s face to leave a mark while his dad was sleeping.

“Jiujiu, aren’t you getting up to earn your food money?”

Food money? These two words instantly woke Jiujiu up. He definitely had to earn food money. If he didn’t earn it, he’d have to spend his dad’s, which wasn’t cost-effective at all.

“Whoever gets treated first, let them hold me to sleep.”

Jiujiu planned to switch to a different small bed. When he was unable to do so before, forcing himself to stay awake wasn’t impossible, but he would firmly grasp every opportunity to be lazy.

“Just holding you to sleep is enough?”

“Yes, what else? You don’t expect them to stew me, do you?”

“We won’t stew you. Do you want to bring your little blanket too?”

Shen Yijing saw that he was grumpy from waking up and was sulking with him, so he patiently coaxed him, teasing him occasionally, watching his head tilted and his face full of haughty cuteness.

He wasn’t sure if it was his own filter for his little one, but no matter how he looked at this tiny bird, it was just adorable.

“Yes!”

Even while throwing a tantrum, he didn’t forget to ask his dad to bring his little blanket, because it was very important; without it, his sleep wouldn’t be sweet.

If possible, he also wanted to bring his dad’s pillow.

“Captain, just taking him back to sleep?”

Jiujiu lay there, one wing propping up his head, and disdainfully glanced at the person.

Just rubbing against his divine beast aura could help heal Mental Power injuries, though it might take a bit longer, about a week.

These people were just his dad’s friends, not his dad. Jiujiu couldn’t bear to give them his blood again.

He was so small, every drop of blood was precious.

“Trust Jiujiu, he really can do it.”

“Captain, if this is something developed by the Research Institute, can they develop another one?”

The team member asked, rubbing his nose. He felt this bird seemed to have a bad temper.

“Jiujiu’s ability to heal this has little to do with the Research Institute.”

Jiujiu nodded in agreement. If that researcher could develop such an amazing bird like him, then his daddy’s Emperor Lord could be given to those people at the Research Institute to be.

“Captain, is there anything we need to pay attention to when taking care of him?”

Jiujiu glanced at his dad, his beady eyes carrying a threat.

“You need to remember to bring Jiujiu back on time.”