Chapter 1703: Chapter 1703

In came the eldest and youngest daughters. The two children were off today. They slept together last night and woke up early this morning to play in the garden. They encountered a wounded bird, which for some unknown reason couldn’t fly. So the two little girls decided to find their father to ask for help in healing it. Once the bird could fly, they’d release it.

Everyone in the family was surprised and happy with the children’s qualities in this regard. Both of them were very kind. Under the influence of the older sister, the younger one also loved animals and cherished flowers and plants. Overall, they were very polite. Other mothers with children took notice and planned to model their children’s education after that of the two big sisters in the future.

When they arrived at Xu Yingying’s mother’s house, they found neither her nor their father up yet. The two children whispered a few words to each other and decided not to wake them but instead sneakily see what their parents were doing.

This resulted in the scene where Li Yufei pulled her younger sister, who was holding a small box containing the bird. They walked upstairs one after the other and entered the bedroom.

They saw that their father and Xu Yingying’s mother were still asleep. The two children thoughtfully decided not to wake them up, but with the little bird in mind, after exchanging glances for a while, they finally couldn’t resist walking to the bedside.

The younger daughter looked worriedly at the little bird in the box she held and tugged at her sister with her other hand, blinking her eyes pitifully.

The older sister bit her lip, moved her eyes away from the bird, and reached out to gently push the still-sleeping Li Yifei.

Li Yifei slept deeply, possibly because of being at home; he felt secure, and his alertness was reduced. Otherwise, the sound of his two daughters going upstairs earlier should have been enough to wake him.

Feeling someone pushing him, Li Yifei groggily opened his eyes and found Xu Yingying’s head still nestled against him. She hadn’t awakened, but he felt a small hand on his back pushing him. Li Yifei carefully drew his hand from beneath Xu Yingying and turned to see two little angels standing by the bed.

"My dear daughters, why are you here?" Li Yifei instantly snapped awake, pulling the blanket over his lower abdomen while sitting up and asking.

Seeing the two adorable and beautiful daughters in the morning, Li Yifei’s mood instantly elevated perfectly. He opened his arms to hug them, but he noticed both daughters seemed unhappy. The younger daughter, Li Yixiang, upon seeing Li Yifei, pouted her lips with her large eyes glistening.

Li Yifei quickly asked softly, "What’s the matter? Tell Daddy. Did someone bully you?"

Seeing both little princesses so unhappy, as a father, Li Yifei naturally had to show concern.

"Daddy." Li Yixiang pouted, sniffed, and held up the paper box with both hands, placing it on the bed. Li Yifei looked over and saw a bird, while he was puzzled, he heard the eldest daughter, Li Yufei, say, "Daddy, this bird is sick and can’t fly. We’re here to ask you to help save it."

Li Yixiang kept nodding vigorously, anxiously saying, "Yes Daddy, please help us save it. It’s so pitiful to be so small and sick, unable to run even when on the ground."

"Daddy, its wing... here, is injured, and it’s bleeding." Li Yufei pointed to the bird’s wing as she spoke.

The two children’s voices grew in volume with anxiety, waking Xu Yingying. She opened her eyes upon hearing the children’s voices and instinctively pulled up the blanket to herself, fearing she was exposed. After realizing she was fine, she quickly asked the children what was wrong.

The two daughters then told Xu Yingying about the bird. Meanwhile, Li Yifei had already taken the bird out of the box for closer inspection. The small bird was brightly colored, resembling a Kingfisher with a small build, lying motionlessly in Li Yifei’s palm.

"Yifei, can it be treated?" Xu Yingying, seeing this cute little bird, was also very concerned. She got off the bed, tidied her nightgown, and moved to the other side of the bed, watching the bird with worry.

The two daughters nodded repeatedly, looking at Li Yifei and asking, "Daddy, can it be saved?"

Li Yixiang clasped her hands together, waved them up and down in a pleading gesture, and said, "Daddy, please help save the bird."

Li Yifei wasn’t quite sure why the bird was so listless. The injuries didn’t seem too severe, so he raised his head to look at his daughters and asked gently, "My dear daughters, why do you want to save this bird?"

The sisters exchanged a glance. The younger daughter, Li Yixiang, said in a childish voice, "Because I want it to fly in the sky, not fall on the ground, and I don’t want it to suffer."

Li Yifei was satisfied with this answer and turned his head to look at the older Li Yufei, asking, "And you, Yufei?"

Li Yufei said, "Birds are friends of humans, part of nature. It’s written in books. Our teacher also taught us to love animals. We just happened to come across it and want to rescue it. Daddy, please stop asking and rescue it, will you?"

"Alright, watch Daddy!" Li Yifei said as he released a trace of True Qi into the bird’s body. He wasn’t sure if True Qi would be effective for other animals, so he only used a tiny bit, fearing too much might harm the bird.

As the True Qi entered the bird’s body, Li Yifei received feedback. He discovered the reason for the bird’s weakened condition. The bird had a large lump in its stomach, which Li Yifei couldn’t identify but suspected was affecting the bird’s health. Fresh chapters posted on 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⁂𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢⁂𝘯𝘦𝘵

With this discovery, Li Yifei got an idea. He gently pressed his finger on the bird’s abdomen, his actions very gentle, while his other hand rested a finger on its backbone to slowly release True Qi. Li Yifei aimed to expel the object from the bird’s stomach.

A few minutes later, the bird weakly spat out the lump into the box. Li Yifei looked at the lump with a somber expression, turned his head, and said to Xu Yingying, "It’s a piece of chewing gum. The bird can’t digest it, clogging its stomach, preventing it from eating or defecating. If discovered late, it would starve to death."

The two daughters seemed to understand partially and repeatedly asked, "Daddy, is the bird alive? It’s okay now, right?"

Xu Yingying knitted her brows, wanting to say something but considering the children decided not to.

Li Yifei released more True Qi into the bird. With several minutes of treatment, the bird looked somewhat revitalized. After expelling the object from its stomach, it could even stand and move. Seeing his daughters’ joyful expressions, Li Yifei couldn’t help but find it amusing. Using his True Qi for this purpose—if those masters knew, would they feel envious or resentful?