After I became a zookeeper

The news that the war was about to break out quickly spread among the crowd, details of similar falsehoods and true truths were spread by word of mouth in the streets and alleys, and related information was also circulated overwhelmingly on the Internet.

Lying on the hospital bed, Ye Zhi looked at various war-related entries on the homepage of the hot search, "Defend the home and defend the country, who to give up", "War must be won", "Phoenix"...the comments in it were also full of fighting spirit, Ye Zhi read The blood is boiling with enthusiasm, and it is worthy of being a race of orcs with strong fighting power and stronger fighting consciousness.

Ye Zhi has no concept of war. He lived in a peaceful age in the previous world. The country was prosperous and peaceful. After coming to this world, the shadow of war has not shrouded this country. The orcs live and work in peace and contentment. Only these The signs of war in the sky are revealed, and the intense atmosphere is revealed on the Internet, but in reality, everyone should go to work and study.

So much so that Ye Zhi still felt a little unreal, and didn't have any idea about Fenghuang's saying that he would leave for five or six months.In the past two days, Fenghuang has become busier with the naked eye, black and blue can be seen under his eyes, but he still finds time every day to have lunch or dinner with Ye Zhi.

Once after dinner, Fenghuang hadn't closed his eyes to rest for a whole night and day. Ye Zhi saw his sleepy look and forcefully asked him to lie down and rest.

Fenghuang looked at him in embarrassment, Ye Zhi didn't back down, in the end it was Fenghuang who lost his momentum first, he contacted the adjutant beside him and asked him to postpone the next army meeting for half an hour.

"It's only been half an hour?" Ye Zhi frowned. Although he felt that the time was short, he also knew that this was the limit. He stretched his arms and wanted to get out of bed, "...then you should take a rest, have a good sleep, and don't disturb you."

Fenghuang pressed his hand, "Stay with you," he pursed his lips, and said again, "You exhausted your mental strength twice in a row, and now you're not recovering well, so just stay on the bed and don't go anywhere. go."

Fenghuang pressed Ye Zhi to the head of the bed, "It's good to squeeze beside you."

Ye Zhi looked at the narrow iron hospital bed under his lower body. Although this is a high-end single room in the hospital, the bed will not be set too wide for the convenience of surgery. It is really difficult for two adult men to lie on it.

"Don't you think this is a weight that it shouldn't bear at its age?" Ye Zhi silently looked at the half-legged Phoenix already kneeling on the bed.

Fenghuang: "..." Neither up nor down.

Ye Zhi lifted the quilt covering her body, "Go out for a walk, you can sleep more peacefully and comfortably if you sleep alone, stop making trouble."

Ye Zhi would also like to sleep with Fenghuang, after all, he likes him now, and getting up to sleep is an advantage for him, but looking at Fenghuang's tired and gloomy face, he couldn't bear to let him squeeze into a small bed wrongedly, I can't sleep well, and I might wake up with back pain due to my posture.

"Get up and sleep." Fenghuang insisted.

Ye Zhi raised his eyes, and in the next second, the phoenix had changed back to its original form in front of him, a big red bird with bright lights and long tails resting on the ground.

The big bird raised its head and "tweeted" to Ye Zhi, then retracted its two phoenix claws, and slipped into Ye Zhi's embrace, where there was still the temperature just warmed up by the quilt, it was warm and comfortable.

Fenghuang squeezed into Ye Zhi's arms, unceremoniously found a comfortable position for himself, and then slept in a circle with his neck and tail feathers curled up in a left spiral, with his head resting in the middle, and the crown feathers on top of his head were bright and eye-catching.

Ye Zhi stared blankly for a while, and then he woke up from the trance state. He quietly watched the rise and fall of Fenghuang's chest, and then said indifferently: "5 minutes have passed, why are you still not asleep?"

Phoenix who is pretending to sleep: "..."

Fenghuang opened his eyes, looked at Ye Zhi, and said in a low voice, "I can't sleep." He was in a state of high tension and excitement, and now he was lying down, but he couldn't sleep. His mind was full of things and he just couldn't relax. .

Ye Zhi also understands this state. He used to have this kind of excitement when he was studying. He studied all night trying to mend the sky. After the exam, he still couldn't relax.

Ye Zhi stroked Phoenix's tail feathers, but the other party needed sleep now, after thinking about it, he released his own spirit bundle, and said softly, "Sleep, stay with you."

Then he used the spirit beam to appease the Phoenix's spiritual sea, while stroking the Phoenix's feathers with his hands.

Fenghuang quietly curled up in Ye Zhi's arms, feeling the double touch of body and spirit, as if he had returned to his mother's nest when he was a child, being hugged tenderly by the other party, and the same gentle touch, patiently helping himself Mao, the sun shines on the body, bringing a pleasant warm feeling, the branches and leaves on the tree are gently blown by the wind, and the insects are singing under the tree, the time is quiet and beautiful, as if it can be extended infinitely, just like this. .

Ye Zhi's mental beam kept soothing, but the movements of his hands gradually reduced the strength, but they did not stop, but maintained the frequency, stroking the ground again and again, he knew that such a steady rhythm would make the sleeping Phoenix feel stable.

Time flows slowly in the quiet ward, the darkness in the afternoon is extremely fast, and the dusk may be very long, but it is a blink of an eye when the sun sets and regains all the light.

The ward slowly fell into darkness, and Ye Zhi remembered the past.

When he was young, he would chase the light and shadow cast by the sun at dusk on the field, and he could keep up at first, but soon, the sun was running faster and faster, and the shadows of the mountains quickly caught up with him behind Ye Zhi. Ye Zhi couldn't run, stood on the ridge of the field panting with his knees propped up, watching the sun finally escape, and the whole world quickly fell into darkness at that moment.

There was a complete silence all around, and no one came to pick him up.

Ye Zhi slowly stood up straight in the dark, breathing calmly, the exhaustion and enthusiasm of chasing the sun just now faded away, and walked back step by step without saying a word.

The dean of the orphanage is old. He is sitting on a wooden chair at the entrance of the courtyard, holding a cane in his hand, waiting for those naughty children who come back late. The light is not as bright as the sun, as if the oil will run out at any time and the lamp will dry up.

Ye Zhi rubbed his sore nose, then raised his face and walked towards the dean, calling sweetly, "Grandpa dean."

As an adult, Yezhi rarely takes a nap in the afternoon.Once I accidentally fell asleep, and before I opened my eyes, I felt the comfort of the whole body after a full sleep, and I was wrapped in the darkness of the room. The loneliness at that moment was like being left by the whole world, and Ye Zhi stared blankly in the dark. Zhong kept his eyes open for a long time before slowly sitting up and going out to eat.

In fact, it would be much better if someone was with me at that time.But Ye Zhi has been alone since childhood.

In the darkness, Ye Zhi slowly stroked the warm feathers of the phoenix, feeling that the scenery was quiet at this time, and it was not as difficult as he thought. He held the phoenix in his arms, like a dazzling red bird like a rosy cloud, like a raging fire, surrounded by Darkness is also rendered insignificant.

Ye Zhi raised the corners of her lips, looking at the tranquility of the Phoenix in her embrace.

"Wake up, half an hour is up." Ye Zhi gently called to wake up the still sleeping Phoenix.

The bird in his arms turned over and changed positions, unwilling to wake up.Ye Zhi glanced at the vibrating communication equipment not far away from the bedside, and reluctantly picked up his phoenix head, "Really don't sleep anymore, your subordinates are looking for you!"

Fenghuang reluctantly opened his eyes, and the blurred vision was finally focused, and he closed it again after seeing clearly that it was Ye Zhi, "Chirp." He was so sleepy that he could only speak birdsong.

Ye Zhi: "..." It's hopeless, who is the one who refuses to rest just because of work.

He leaned over and took Phoenix's communication equipment, then switched it on in twos and twos, and directly pressed against Fenghuang's head. The latter woke up instantly after hearing the voice with electric current coming from it.

Ye Zhi laughed nonchalantly, and received a white-eyed and angry "chirp" from Fenghuang, but the latter was clearly in a hurry, flapping his wings twice in a hurry was counted as preening his feathers.

Ye Zhi walked down to the window, opened the big window, and the cold night wind outside rushed in, bringing a fresh smell of soil and grass.

The phoenix flew out directly through the window. Under the dark blue night, a fiery red bird slid past like a shooting star. Ye Zhi stood at the window for a long time watching, until finally he couldn't see, then closed the window and went back to bed.

It’s almost late autumn, and the weather is starting to get colder. Ye Zhi lays in the quilt, feeling her cold soles slowly warming up, her eyelids gradually close, and she falls asleep in the darkness and silence of the room, but this time she has no fear Waking up is also a dark concern for celibates.

When Ye Zhi was about to recover and was about to be discharged from the hospital, Xiao Lin visited him once. At that time, Xiao Lin held Ye Zhi and cried in the dark.

Ye Zhi patted his arm to reassure him, "Well, I don't mind, and thank you for saving you from Yan Su's gun at that time." Ye Zhi gave him a thumbs up, "Push his people to block him Gun l, very witty!"

"That's it." Hearing Ye Zhi's praise, Xiao Lin couldn't help but swell and connected. After the connection, he recalled that he was still crying just now, and drooped his face again, "Then you don't mind. You asked Fenghuang to let go of the restrictions. Why did you come?" Seeing that you still have to apply to him, you are not allowed to come a few days before you are hospitalized, and you can only come once during the entire hospitalization..."

Xiao Lin was chattering about Phoenix's evil deeds over there, and Ye Zhi couldn't help but touch his nose to cover up his guilty conscience. It seemed to him that Phoenix was more possessive, and thinking of this, Ye Zhi's face burned a little. , and wondered if I was being self-indulgent, in short, my mind is always sentimental and thinking about things during love.

After Xiao Lin and Ye Zhi finished talking about Phoenix, they talked about the recent war.

"Recently, some people are full of ambition, and the official has released the news. This will be an all-out effort to completely solve the chronic diseases that have plagued our country for these years." Xiao Lin clenched his fists, his face was filled with excitement, and his eyes were shining , as if he had foreseen the day when he would tear the enemy apart and win the victory.

Ye Zhi thought for a while, "Will there be many people applying? Will there be many orcs participating in the war?"

"That's for sure!" Kobayashi answered excitedly, "It was a war of hundreds of years, and it was led by Phoenix. Who wouldn't be excited to think about it? I am also going to participate in the war..."

Ye Zhi was listening quietly at first, but when he heard that Xiao Lin was going to participate in the war, he couldn't help being a little shocked, as if something that you thought was far away from you suddenly happened to someone close to you, and you realized it later. Things are close.

It was Fenghuang's high status that gave Ye Zhi too many illusions. It was not until Xiao Lin also said that he was going to participate in the war that he felt the urgency of the war surging among ordinary people.

"Will you also go to the battlefield?" Ye Zhi thought for a while, then asked tactfully, "Aren't you a pigeon in your original form?"

"Well, what's the matter?" Xiao Lin looked at Ye Zhi strangely, and his thoughts turned to a strange corner, and quickly explained, "It's not a dove of peace, and it doesn't mean a dove. Don't think about it."

Ye Zhi: "..." Think about it without you.

Ye Zhi: "It means that your original form is a pigeon. Compared with those tigers and lions, don't you suffer a lot on the battlefield?"

"Don't underestimate pigeons," Kobayashi objected. "They are very capable of identifying directions, and they can deliver messages during wars. They are simply the best choice. And they are doctors, so they will definitely be from the logistics department."

Hearing that Ye Zhi from Xiaolin's logistics department was relieved, he leaned back against the head of the bed again, "I don't mean to underestimate you, I'm just worried that you won't be able to beat and get injured."

"I don't know if I can fight well, and it's not a hand-to-hand fight. There are guns and cannons." Xiao Lin curled his lips and said disdainfully.

Ye Zhi: "..." It's really because of his own thinking. He only thinks that the orcs will become their original forms to increase their fighting power, and they will fight in their original forms, ignoring that the technological development level of this orc world is better than his original The world is so much better.

Kobayashi: "By the way, after the war started, will you go to the front line?"

When Xiao Lin asked this question suddenly, Ye Zhi was still a little puzzled, "Why do you ask like this? Is there any mandatory requirement for enlisting in the army?" Otherwise, why would you ask him this degenerate who is powerless compared to the orcs? Humans are not suitable candidates at all.

"Don't you have the ability to heal the trauma of animals?" Xiao Lin looked at Ye Zhi puzzled, "Although you only have one, but when the time comes to help at the front line, you can also come out to save the situation at a critical moment," Xiao Lin imagined in his mind Looking at the situation, "Hey, if that's the case, then we will be invincible this time, with Phoenix and you."

Ye Zhi thought that Xiaolin was talking about the possibility that there might be small-scale conflicts caused by combat soldiers who failed to transform into beasts and caused damage on the battlefield, so he didn't pay much attention. They are obstructing it, and the chiefs of the two armies should be prepared for such emergencies.

Then he said to Xiaolin, "I'm not going to go to war."

"Ah? You're not going?" Xiao Lin looked at Ye Zhi with disappointment and anger, "Your ability is so special, if you can help, we will surely win..." Xiao Lin murmured incoherently , Ye Zhi looked at him silently.

It took a while for Xiao Lin to realize his gaffe, wiped his eyes, and there were red bloodshots crawling up from his emotions, "I'm sorry, I just want to win so much... It's not forcing you to make a choice."

Xiao Lin lowered his head, like a wilting grass, Ye Zhi didn't want to comfort him this time, but just said "it's okay" in a warm voice.

Then relatively silent, Xiao Lin sat beside him for a while, Ye Zhi peeled an apple, Ye Zhi took it, Xiao Lin rushed to him, said goodbye and left.

Ye Zhi watched Xiao Lin's back disappear behind the door, the light wooden door of the hospital closed, and the room returned to silence.

After a long time, Ye Zhi looked back and landed on the peeled apple in his hand. The snow-white flesh was slightly oxidized and rusted due to long-term exposure to the air.

Ye Zhi held it and turned it, then took a bite, it was very sweet.As he chewed, he looked out the window.

Although in this world he has been endowed with special abilities, which are rare and rare, but he is still an ordinary person in his heart. He wants to live a stable life. The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. The moment Kobayashi asked him if he would go to the battlefield, he resisted.

Hate war, fear death...

Ye Zhi slowly closed his eyes, not knowing whether his choice was right or wrong, whether it was selfishness or normal psychology...

Two days later, Ye Zhi was discharged from the hospital.This time it was Fenghuang who came to pick him up. After a few days of busy days and nights, the latter finally sorted out the matter. The rest of the work only needs to be done step by step. Fenghuang himself has a lot of free time. .

In the car, Fenghuang and Ye Zhi mentioned that there will be a charity dinner in a few days.

"Zhan Zhan invites celebrities from all walks of life to participate in a dinner party. On the one hand, it is inspiring, and on the other hand, it is to raise funds." Fenghuang said beside the car.

"Well, it's understandable, but why did you invite me?" Ye Zhi asked inexplicably, "I don't have that much money to participate in this donation event..." Ye Zhi didn't cry about being poor, but that he really couldn't get the balance in his salary card Shots, although by average standards, are still at a well-off level.

But you must know that those who can go to this kind of dinner party will not be stingy in donating money. When the time comes, he will be caught in it. Ye Zhi thought about the scene and scratched the ground with his toes in embarrassment.

"You can donate online, which is more suitable for ordinary people to donate." Ye Zhi said hastily.

Fenghuang glanced at Ye Zhi from the corner of his eye, "I'm not greedy for your money, you go to the dinner party, your money, donate it with my money."

Ye Zhi: "..." Rich people can really do whatever they want.

Ye Zhi had tears in his eyes, he really wanted to kneel down and call him Dad.He held back, he still had to be strong in front of his future boyfriend.

"It doesn't have to be like this..." Do you have too much money and no place to donate it?

But Ye Zhi didn't say the second half of the sentence.

"This dinner is a good social occasion, and you can meet friends at that time." Fenghuang didn't focus on money at all, Ye Zhi couldn't help admiring, is this the difference in thinking between the rich and the poor.

Fenghuang said again: "And..."

Ye Zhi waited for a while, but didn't wait for the next sentence, and looked at Fenghuang strangely. It was rare for the other party to say something like this, so he took the initiative to ask: "And what's the matter?"

"And Dad wants to see you." Fenghuang finished speaking quickly.

Ye Zhi: "Oh, then I will see you if you want—wait what did you just say?" Ye Zhi looked at Fenghuang in disbelief. If he hadn't been restrained by his seat belt, he would have jumped directly to Fenghuang's side, "Who would have thought Want to see? Who do you want to see?"

Phoenix: "Dad..."

Ye Zhi: "..."

There was a moment of silence in the car, Fenghuang glanced at Ye Zhi, saw that the other person was motionless, thought this reaction was not within his expected range, could it be that he didn't hear clearly?

"Hey, that's my father who wants to see you. He heard that you have the ability to heal the spirit, and this time it's the eve of the war, so he wants to see you in person." Phoenix explained in detail.

After listening to the detailed explanation, Ye Zhi: "..." withered.

He thought he was taking the script to meet his parents, but after expressing his true feelings and feeling uneasy, he finally told him that it was an ordinary script?

Ye Zhi: "???" Are you still interested?

Ye Zhi leaned back on the back of the car indifferently, and asked lightly, "Who is your father?"

Fenghuang: "He is the emperor of this country."

Ye Zhi: "..."

Ye Zhi pounced like a fish short of water, and was hooked by the seat belt, Yuan pulled him back to his seat. He stared at the front window of the car, quick, he needs to breathe oxygen.

The saliva choked his throat, Ye Zhi coughed several times before regaining his composure, and the first thing he did was to ask Fenghuang, "...Can't you tell?"

Fenghuang: "Huh? Is there something you can't see? You haven't seen it either. Didn't I just tell you this?"

Ye Zhi said silently, "Doesn't this mean that you can't tell that he is the emperor's son? After all, the few times you meet you are either trapped by electric current or the grid."

Phoenix: "..."

Fenghuang has a thin skin, and when Ye Zhi said this, his face was a little red, and he explained angrily: "They imprisoned me because they were worried that they would hurt other people after a mental riot."

Fenghuang frowned, and clenched the hands holding the steering wheel, "I was restrained voluntarily, and I retained consciousness at the time, but I can't guarantee that I can control myself during mental riots, and I don't know when mental riots will occur..."

Seeing Fenghuang anxiously explaining, Ye Zhi felt a little distressed. In fact, he had guessed all these before, but now he heard these things from Fenghuang's mouth with his own ears.

When Phoenix was able to break free from the shackles of the power grid, he would come here specifically to look for him. He still retained the consciousness of a human being and could perceive everything around him. Then how lonely and painful he must have been during that time.

Ye Zhi felt that his heart was clenched tightly by Fenghuang's words. He put his hand on Fenghuang's arm, and said softly: "Well, I know, I was joking just now, I know you are very powerful." Ye Zhi got up, "You are also very gentle , have power but will restrain it."

Listening to Ye Zhi's words, Fenghuang blushed even more, and said slowly, "Chirp."