Bird Dude Nie Bufan

Chapter 8

Zhang Junshi was a pitiful child. After Nie Bufan disappeared inexplicably, he lost any good mood he had. He searched the city from the south part to the north part, and then from the east part to the west part, searching all the places he could have gone.

Although he knew that Nie Bufan was an unreliable person, but not seeing any sight of him for so long, he was unable to rest assured.

He was surrounded by large crowds of people who flow past him, but no matter where his line of sight passed, there was still no sight of the person his heart held concern for.

Zhang Junshi had to admit that his concern about that strange fellow was out of the ordinary. Once he was found, he must be severely beaten! Zhang Junshi thought sullenly.

“Boss, how much is this?” Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind.

Zhang Junshi turned around abruptly and looked in that direction, only to see a person standing in front of a peddler not far away, hand holding a weird mask that covered his face. As the mask slightly moved away, it revealed a brightly smiling face. It was indeed the Nie Bufan who he had been searching for nearly half a day.

As the saying went searching amongst the crowds a thousand times, suddenly looking back, that person was standing in the dim light all along.

Nie Bufan also saw Zhang Junshi. He raised his mask and called out, “Brother Zhang Third, I’m here!”

Zhang Junshi was full of mixed feelings, quickly walking up to him, he wanted to question him angrily. But once he saw that harmless smiling face, he was filled with an inexplicable feeling of powerlessness. But not even showing any temper would seem as if he was too soft.

After struggling with himself for a long time, he finally asked aggrievedly: “Where did you go, not even saying a word.”

Nie Bufan rubbed his nose and said with a smile: “Sorry, I just saw my chickens get lost and accidentally entering the restaurant. In order to avoid having them fall into evil hands, I had to go take them out first.”

“You could also tell me in advance!” 　　 　　

“The incident happened suddenly and I forgot, haha.” Nie Bufan patted Zhang Junshi on the shoulder and promised, “It will definitely not happen next time.”

Next time when they went out, he must put a rope on him first. After spending a longer time with Nie Bufan, he discovered that nine of the ten sentences he said could not be taken seriously. Zhang Junshi had a clear realization now.

The incident was put aside, and the two of them bought two river lanterns and headed towards the riverside according to the original plan.

The moonlight was enchanting, the dark river surface seemed to be dotted with starlights. In the distance the song girl’s mellow and moving song reached them, adding a bit of charm and gentleness to this poetic night.

Zhang Junshi and Nie Bufan stood quietly beside the river, shoulder to shoulder. Under the beautiful night sky, they seemed like a pair of whispering lovers. If it was drawn into a painting, it would be a romantic and elegant moon viewing by the riverside picture.

However, if there were an addition of two chickens on the side, then it would be a romantic and elegant riverside chicken love picture……

“The sky and river become one color without even a speck of dust, only the lonely moon shines clear and bright in the sky.” Zhang Junshi’s inner poet popped out and he recited the poem emotionally.

Nie Bufan looked deeply into the darkness in the distance, and said: “But I see tourists sending off lanterns, riding the winds overnight the chrysanthemums are ruined.” (TN: very difficult to translate Chinese poems >.< so that it would look nice and make sense. Here Nie Bufan is describing how the floating river lanterns will end up torn and ruined after a night of sailing in the winds, and compared it to a ruined chrysanthemum. And chrysanthemum in Chinese slang is euphemism for anus so……)