“Thump, thump, thump!”
Chen Kai was about to sleep when he heard a knock on the door.
“Xiao Kai, are you asleep?”
Bai Lijuan, who was knocking outside the door, asked.
Chen Kai got up and replied, “Not yet, what’s up, Mom?”
Opening the door, Bai Lijuan stood outside with the light pink egg and Exeggutor.
“Mom just wanted to talk to you about something.”
Bai Lijuan walked into the room, placed the egg on Chen Kai’s desk, and spoke softly, “Mom’s first Pokémon was Chingling; it’s the child of Grandma’s Pokémon—Chimecho.”
Chen Kai nodded, “I heard Grandma mention that before.”
Bai Lijuan caressed the egg, “Now, this egg is very likely Exeggutor’s child.
Mom hopes you can raise this child, just as I inherited Chingling back then.”
Chen Kai looked at Exeggutor peeking in from outside the door, “Then Exeggutor, it…”
Exeggutor looked nervously into the room, but because Chen Kai’s room wasn’t very tall, it didn’t dare to come in.
Bai Lijuan calmly said, “I’ve discussed it with Exeggutor, and it also hopes for you to raise its child.
It watched you grow up, you know! And now that it’s seen you raise Hydrapple and evolve Treecko from an egg into Grovyle, it trusts you completely.”
Exeggutor at the door also nodded.
Chen Kai felt quite a bit of pressure, but since Exeggutor trusted him so much and entrusted its child to him, he naturally wouldn’t refuse.
Chen Kai replied seriously, “Yes, I will do my best.
It’s just that I might need to go on a trip for a few days tomorrow…”
Bai Lijuan waved her hand, “It’s fine, this child won’t hatch so quickly; I’ll take care of it for you these few days, and you can raise it when you come back.”
“Alright.”
With that settled, Chen Kai lay in bed and couldn’t help but ponder: had he really become a Grass-type specialist trainer?
The next day, Chen Kai departed for Qu County earlier than planned.
However, Chen Kai noticed that his mother had woken up even earlier than him; she had gone somewhere with Exeggutor, perhaps to search for Ya'an?
But that wasn’t what Chen Kai should be focused on right now; after a night of contemplation yesterday, he had come to terms with reality, fearing he really had to specialize in Grass-type Pokémon.
Moreover, he was somewhat eager to improve his team’s combat capabilities.
He planned to ask at the Qu County Alliance Center how to acquire Cottonee or Foongus.
The reality was stark: if he wanted to buy these two Pokémon at the Qu County Alliance Center, he’d have to queue, starting from half a year.
Alternatively, Chen Kai could only consider going deep into the mountains or trying his luck in Area Zero.
Helpless, Chen Kai could only pay a deposit first and put both Pokémon on the waiting list.
As the agreed time arrived, Chen Kai and Miraidon, while eating breakfast, arrived at the entrance of a travel agency in Qu County, where a coach bus was already waiting for everyone.
Upon seeing Chen Kai, Kai Ge enthusiastically waved and stepped forward to greet him, “Kai Ge, you’re here!”
Chen Kai scrutinized Kai Ge; he was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, black tight-fitting leggings with casually ripped holes, adorned with silver zippers.
He wore white, intricately patterned loafer shoes with a slightly raised heel.
Combined with his yellow hair, Chen Kai paused for a moment, then asked, “I’m not late, am I?”
“No, just in time.” Kai Ge put his arm around Chen Kai’s shoulder and walked onto the coach bus.
Chen Kai got on the bus and found that besides the driver, there were six other passengers, but half of these six passengers were unexpected to Chen Kai.
“Zhao Jie, why are you here?” Chen Kai greeted Zhao Mingzhu, who was sitting in the first row.
Zhao Jie’s smooth long hair was casually draped over her shoulders, uncharacteristically not greasy.
The exquisite sunglasses on her face were like the finishing touch, with sleek black frames perfectly concealing her lively eyes.
She wore a light blue chiffon dress, adorned with scattered white floral patterns that were fresh and natural.
Seeing Chen Kai greet her, she lifted her sunglasses and smiled, greeting Chen Kai, “Oh! Xiao Kai, what a coincidence!”
Chen Kai’s mouth twitched, “It is quite a coincidence. Are you also going to Zigong for tourism? Not researching Mega Stones anymore?”
Zhao Jie chuckled, “One needs a balance of work and rest, right? It’s the National Day holiday, so I’m also going to play for a few days, and did you forget? I specialized in fossils to begin with.
It’s perfectly reasonable for me to go to Zigong to see fossils, isn’t it?”
Chen Kai nodded and said, “What you said is very reasonable.”
But he immediately changed the subject, pointing to the row behind Zhao Jie, “But Yelena, why are you here! Didn’t we agree you weren’t allowed to follow me anymore?”
Yelena, who was sitting in the second row, was chatting and laughing with Su Yuexi.
Hearing Chen Kai’s words, she turned her head and said, “I’m here to play with Yuexi, not you.”
After speaking, she continued to chat with Su Yuexi.
Su Yuexi knew Chen Kai would be unhappy about this, but her parents had been won over by Yelena’s financial offensive, and her parents were also doing it for the evolution of her Gloom, so she really had no choice.
In the end, Su Yuexi could only put her hands together and give Chen Kai an apologetic look.
Su Yuexi had helped him a lot, so Chen Kai naturally couldn’t get angry with her; Chen Kai could only give Yelena a warning look.
But Yelena ignored Chen Kai’s expression.
The people sitting in the third and fourth rows were much more normal: Wang Yi, Bai Jin, and a short-haired girl.
The reason Chen Kai still remembered Bai Jin wasn’t for any other reason, but because Bai Jin had released her pink Dratini from its Poké Ball at that moment, and Chen Kai remembered this Dratini.
Chen Kai was just a little surprised; Wang Yi and Bai Jin were good friends, it seemed?
As for the other short-haired girl, Chen Kai only recognized her face, feeling like she might be a classmate.
Wang Yi timely stepped forward to introduce, “Chen Kai, this is Bai Jin, you should know each other, both transferred from the capital.
And this is Qin Ying, we are all classmates, going to Zigong for tourism together.”
Chen Kai greeted them warmly, but whether he would remember them was another matter.
Kai Ge said to the driver, “We’re all here.”
Upon hearing this, the driver said, “Then everyone’s here, find a seat and sit down.”
And then started the car and set off.
“Don’t we have a tour guide?” Chen Kai asked.
The driver said, “This tour group doesn’t have a tour guide, that was clear when you signed up.”
Chen Kai looked at Kai Ge, who chuckled sheepishly, “It seems there were indeed some things.”
“What about the safety officer? Don’t inter-city buses usually have safety officers?” Chen Kai continued to ask.
He had learned this from Poliwrath’s trainer, the bald uncle.
“There isn’t one for this either; it was stated in the contract when you signed it.” At this point, the driver was a bit impatient, and he muttered softly:
“A tour for a few hundred yuan per person, and so many demands.”
He thought Chen Kai couldn’t hear him, but in reality, Chen Kai’s physical fitness had already been greatly enhanced by Taijing Energy, though he usually paid little attention; if he concentrated, he could hear even the smallest sound.
Chen Kai glanced at Kai Ge.
Kai Ge gave an embarrassed smile, “I think Kai Ge, with your strong abilities, there won’t be any problems, and I also have combat power.”
Since Kai Ge was treating, Chen Kai couldn’t say much; he found a seat and sat down.
However, if anything happened, he would definitely complain about this unscrupulous travel agency.