Chapter 276 Walking to the Wooden Pole

March 12th.

It was already eight o'clock in the evening by the time the plane arrived at Muzhan Town in the Galar region.

Xu Qiansu and Ma Li ate something near the airport, then walked through the streets and alleys towards the commercial street.

At this time, Steel Armor Crow Express had already gotten off work, but since they had returned to Galar, they were not in a hurry for this night.

The Vine Snake was lying on Xu Qiansu's shoulder, staring at the surrounding scenery with her big burgundy eyes... This was her first time in the Galar region.

"Bocha." She stretched out her little hand and pointed to the classic copper-colored street lamp on the roadside. This was the first time she had seen this style of street lamp.

"Street lamps are the last place for capitalists to settle down." Xu Qiansu put her hands around the waist of Vine Snake, lifted her up, and said with a smile.

"Bocha?" Tengteng Snake asked with a crooked face, what is a capitalist?

"Cattleya." Ma Li, who was walking aside, suddenly interrupted.

"Huh?" Xu Qiansu turned her head and looked at Ma Li, "How can you understand what Teng Teng Snake is talking about?"

"As a trainer, you should naturally have keen observation and judgment. If you can't even guess this level of problems, your achievements in life will be limited to barely supporting your family." Ma Li glanced at Xu Qiansu He glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze, tapped his chin with his finger, and looked at the surrounding scene, "The sentences before and after, the expression and tone of Vine Snake... Anyone with a gym-level trainer can guess it."

Xu Qiansu blinked and smiled: "I guess your next sentence is, 'Instead of discussing these, why not buy some gifts... You want to visit Mrs. Mo Fei, right?'"

After the words fell, Ma Li turned her head and looked up, a smile appeared on her delicate eyebrows, "Yes, what I thought was..."

"Before it's not too late, hurry up and find a florist to prepare magnolias for me tomorrow." Xu Qiansu paused, and then said, "That's the sentence, right?"

Ma Li frowned slightly, then withdrew her gaze and looked forward, "This judgment is not based on your judgment, but on your understanding of me."

"No? I guessed it right?"

"Since you have decided to challenge the gym, it is not enough just to improve the actual combat abilities of Pokémon. Your qualities as a trainer should also be specially trained."

Ma Li did not answer directly, but paused in her tracks, then stretched out her finger and swiped to the side, "You go to the flower shop, and I'll go to the gift shop."

"Splitting up has always been a taboo in horror movies."

"Indeed, that kind of plot is too retarded, but I am not an ordinary person in the movie, I am a trainer, and the dream monster is beside me, and the two stores are not even a hundred meters apart..." Ma Li did not tell Xu Qiansu When I had the opportunity to retort, I walked directly towards the gift shop not far away.

Xu Qiansu looked at Ma Li's back, but did not take a step to follow her.

He looked in the direction Ma Li pointed. There was a flower shop open on the other side of the road.

He stepped forward.

When he left the flower shop, he found Ma Li already sitting on the bench in front of the flower shop, with the gift box placed by her legs.

The street lamp nearby cast dim yellow light on her body, and the dream demon floated beside Ma Li, and the shadow on the ground swayed gently.

"Too slow." Ma Li said dissatisfied.

"This flower shop is very large and has branches all over the world, so I applied for a card." Xu Qiansu approached with the vine snake in her arms. The little dream monster floated forward and looked at him with its big eyes.

Xu Qiansu took out a white flower and handed it to it like magic.

The dream demon leaned down, holding the flower in his mouth and giggled.

"Applying for a card?" Ma Li stood up, tilted her head slightly, and then suddenly realized, "After all, we need delivery services from the Hezhong area."

"Bochacha." Tengteng Snake looked at the buildings on both sides of the street and pointed with his little finger.

Most of the buildings in the Galar region are made of stone, which is undoubtedly more modern than the Cecil region, but also a bit more classical than the Sinnoh region.

Xu Qiansu squeezed Teng Teng Snake's soft little hand, and then she and Ma Li carried a gift box and walked towards Mrs. Mo Fei's house.

Xu Qiansu traveled around and rarely returned to Mugan Town, so he would not do anything like visiting the house three times without entering.

The cool moonlight shines on the street like water, and a little evening breeze blows, bringing a slight chill.

Mugan Town is not as prosperous as Binhai City and does not have many bright neon lights, but it is also a famous town in the Galar region, so there are not many pedestrians on the streets at night.

The two came back from Mrs. Mo Fei's house and walked through the streets.

Xu Qiansu looked around. After the reconstruction of Mugan Town, it had returned to its former glory, but...

"Compared with the Sinnoh region, it is indeed far behind." Xu Qiansu looked back and said.

"Gallar is just a large-scale island. In terms of resources, population, transportation location, etc., nothing can compare with the Sinnoh region, even the Kanto region, the Chengdu region, plus the previous Galar region and Padi Like Asia, it is very closed and rarely trades with the outside world..." Ma Li explained, then looked up at the street lamp... There was an owl standing on it, but the strange thing is that it is a nocturnal Pokémon. Dream, I am actually sleeping at this moment.

Ma Li picked up her phone, took a few photos of the sleeping owl, and continued:

"However, since Roz became the president of the alliance, he has vigorously developed Pokémon battles, making it a national sport, and even held Pokémon tournaments covering the world to develop the economy... So in Galar, there is The atmosphere and love for Pokémon battles is far superior to the rest of the outside world.”

"Huh?" Xu Qiansu clapped her hands as if she had a sudden realization, "So a Galarian like me who is not interested in Pokémon battles is actually a freak."

Ma Li looked at the photos on the phone screen with curiosity. After hearing this, she glanced at Xu Qiansu and said, "People like you are considered freaks no matter where they are born."

"Freak...Have I done anything to make Miss Mali angry recently?" Xu Qiansu said, but she saw Gardevoir tugging on his sleeve.

Xu Qiansu turned her head and looked, then nodded clearly, stood further away, took out her phone, and faced Gardevoir.

Gardevoir stood under the streetlight, with the pedestrians walking on the street and the full moon hanging in the sky in the background. She pulled her hair, pulled her small satchel, and then put her hands on her lower abdomen, looking dignified. The virtuous appearance is so cute.

Ma Li stood behind Xu Qiansu, folding her arms and watching silently.

Xu Qiansu adjusted the angle and took a photo of her.

"So cute." Xu Qiansu looked at the photos on the phone screen and smiled.

Gardevoir smiled charmingly, and began to feel that evolution was not so unacceptable. At least... he became cuter.

"The headshot is okay, but your method of taking full-body photos is really bad." Ma Li tapped her toes lightly, glanced at Xu Qiansu's phone screen, and then said without mercy.

"Miss Mali, come here." Xu Qiansu handed over the phone unconvinced.

Ma Li took the phone, tilted her head and thought for a moment, then knelt down and patted Soraya who was standing at Xu Qiansu's feet.

"Huh?" Soraya twisted her little face, and then she realized what she was doing. She stepped forward and was picked up by Gardevoir.

Soraya's fluffy and cute big tail was bent down, and she was a little nervous... Mainly because she and Gardevoir weren't very familiar with each other, so they were a little unaccustomed to such close contact.

Ma Li raised her phone, pressed the button, looked at it a few times, and then gently pushed Xu Qiansu, "You go too."

"Um?"

"You've never taken a photo with them alone for so long, right?" Ma Li said calmly, adjusting the various filters on her phone's camera without looking up.

Xu Qiansu was slightly startled, but it was true... He raised his eyes and glanced at the full moon like a silver plate, and thought to himself, it would be great if the blue jay was here right now...

He shook his head slightly, then hugged the Vine Snake and came to Gardevoir's side.

Gardevoir gently brushed the bangs on his forehead with some embarrassment, then stretched out his little hand and put it on Xu Qiansu's shoulder.

Vulpix lay on Xu Qiansu's other shoulder, while the little marsupial stood between Gardevoir and Xu Qiansu with its little face raised.

Ma Li held up the phone and pressed the button after a moment.

Click————

Ma Li put down her phone and looked at the screen... On the screen, Gardevoir, Vulpix, Soraya, and Vulpix were not looking at their phones. They were looking at Xu Qiansu.

Only the small marsupial stood there a little uneasily because of the angle, with its small face looking at the phone... But Xu Qiansu was looking down at her.

There was only one Pokémon staring at the phone, so naturally the photo wasn't taken well...but it doesn't matter, that's fine.

By the time Xu Qiansu and Ma Li arrived at the Pokémon Center, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.

But he saw Miss Joy standing in front of the door, her hands folded on her belly, waiting quietly.

"Miss Joy, long time no see." Xu Qiansu greeted.

Miss Joy let out a breath of white air, tilted her head and tilted her face, "Why did you change your hairstyle... Do you want to make yourself look more masculine in this way?"

"It's just my girlfriend's aesthetic."

"Girlfriend?" Miss Joy tilted her little face again, was slightly startled, glanced at Ma Li, and immediately stopped discussing the topic. She turned and walked towards the Pokémon Center, "Have you been to Cuixue Town? ?”

"Go tomorrow morning."

"Hmm~" Miss Joy turned her back to Xu Qiansu and walked slowly to the counter. Then she looked at the two carefree waiters and pointed to the corridor behind her, "Take their Pokémon to have their bodies checked."

"Moon Mourning~" Ai Guanshi raised her little face and looked at Gardevoir, wondering how she had evolved? It’s only been four months, so fast.

Then the caretaker looked at Soraya again and was slightly startled.

Huh? What kind of Pokémon is this? They have never been seen before.

However, considering that this was also the first time for them to see a small marsupial, they came to the conclusion that Xu Qiansu was always surrounded by some inexplicable and unique Pokémon, so it was better to get used to it.

After watching the escort taking Gardevoir and the others to the infirmary, Miss Joy looked away, looked at Xu Qiansu, and asked, "Are you hungry?"

Although he ate something briefly after getting off the plane, he was still a little hungry after walking for such a long time, so Xu Qiansu nodded slightly.

Miss Joy smiled softly and pointed to the resting area in the hall, "Go there and wait."

Xu Qiansu shook his head slightly and said, "Let's cook together. My cooking skills have improved a lot recently."

Ma Li folded her arms and stood aside. She did not ask herself to follow him, but stretched out her hand to Xu Qiansu.

Xu Qiansu handed her the backpack. After Ma Li took it, she tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said, "I want to eat braised pork."

"Okay." Xu Qiansu nodded slightly and chuckled.

As she spoke, Ma Li walked to the resting area, then took out a book from her backpack and waited quietly.

Miss Joy looked away from Ma Li, and then led Xu Qiansu to the kitchen.

She put on an apron...a white apron with Togepied embroidered on it.

This was Xu Qiansu's New Year's gift to her.

"I heard Dale say...are you going to challenge the gym?" Miss Joy opened the refrigerator, and the incandescent light reflected her pretty white face.

Xu Qiansu casually picked up an old apron hanging on the wall and tied it on, nodding slightly, "Lillie is still with Miss Dale. I want to send her back to Alola first, and then go to Caolu Town to challenge Allo."

Yaro, the grass-type gym leader... In the Galar Champions Cup, you must challenge the gyms in a certain order.

Arlo has a gentle personality, and although he is strong, he will adjust his tactics and Pokémon according to the strength of the trainer... which means he is often merciless, so he was assigned to guard the first gym in the gym challenge.

So basically more than 95% of challengers can successfully pass this first gym.

Miss Joy took out the ingredients and put them on the chopping board. She tapped her chin gently and pondered for a while before saying, "Although Yaluo is often merciful, since you are the disciple of the master of the fighting gym, he should have some It’s my intention to test you... so your challenge should be more difficult than other trainers.”

Xu Qiansu took the ingredients and put them in the sink and started to wash them. Hearing this, he nodded slightly, "I am mentally prepared... My Pokémon train very hard every day, and I can't guarantee that we will be able to fight a hundred times." Yum, but it doesn’t matter if you fail…as long as you can learn from experience.”

"Hmm——~" Miss Joy deliberately elongated her nasal voice, then turned her head and glanced at Xu Qiansu, and said: "The first gym battle is usually 2V2, and given your identity, Yaluo may choose 3V3. Young Mianmian and White Puff will definitely appear in the battle, and the third Pokémon...maybe Pinglong, or Fengmilong..."

"... Most people think of Yaluo's trump card as Bai Pengpeng, but it is actually the Apple-Wrapped Dragon and the Fengmi Dragon. Both of these two can be super giant, and as grass and dragon attributes, they are not restrained by the fire element... Many new trainers naively think that as a grass-type gym leader, if they pin all their hopes on fire-type Pokémon, they will suffer big losses."

"I'll pay attention." Xu Qiansu listened silently, washed the vegetables and handed them to Miss Joy.

Miss Joy's information was indeed useful to him. After such a long time, Xu Qiansu could no longer remember such trivial things... Although most of this information can be found on the alliance's official website, good intentions cannot be ignored. .

Miss Joy held the kitchen knife, and the blade cut through the vegetables and pressed it on the chopping board. It made a soft sound, which was mixed with the subtle sound of Xu Qiansu washing the ingredients.

Neither of them spoke.

After a moment, Miss Joy suddenly asked: "Where have you been these days?"

"Miss Dale didn't mention it to you?"

"Just a few words."

Xu Qiansu briefly recounted the causes and consequences of his trip to the Xicui area.

"Hmm~? Miss Cattleya." Miss Joy began to pour oil into the pot, and with the sound of "sizzling", she asked again: "Have you found the trainer of the Snow Demon Girl?"

"I don't have a clue yet." Xu Qiansu shook her head gently.

"Really... The world is so big, it's not easy to find someone." Miss Joy was hinting to Xu Qiansu that it would be better to give up.

"I still have time, there must be a result." Xu Qiansu shook his head gently.

The two of them were chatting so casually, all about trivial matters.

…

March 13th, early morning.

Xu Qiansu waved gently to Miss Joy and walked out of the Pokémon Center.

Miss Joy folded her hands on her lower abdomen and watched Xu Qiansu gradually go away.

"The Joey family is powerful, and their genes are...unique. However, the final fate of most of the Joey ladies is just to be placed in the Pokémon Center and spend the rest of their lives like this...Looking at it from this aspect, the Joey family... ...Maybe it's a bit sick." Xu Qiansu looked forward, hugged Soraya, gently stroked the soft fur on her back, and whispered.

"This is their centuries-old tradition. So far, no one has broken it, and no one has asked why Miss Joy is Miss Joy... When you go to Cuixue Town, you can ask Del if you want to If you are willing to continue to be Miss Joy, if she says no, you can snatch her away by force and let her be your underground lover... Such a heroic rescue of a beauty is quite romantic when you think about it... Although you will definitely not be able to hide it from Guardian afterwards. Liya, and will be killed by her in a rage." Ma Li wrapped her fingers around the black hair around her shoulders and said casually. At the end of her words, she couldn't help but smile.

The word 'zai' clearly means that Xu Qiansu is treated as some kind of food. From this, it can be seen that Miss Ma Li is really dissatisfied with Xu Qiansu to a certain extent.

However, since this dissatisfaction was brought on by Xu Qiansu himself, he had no choice but to endure it.

"Heroes save beauties...Does Miss Ma Li often read those picture books that little girls read?"

Ma Li didn't answer... They had arrived at the square of Steel Armor Crow Express.

She waved gently to an uncle wearing sunglasses and said, "Hello, let's go to Cuixue Town."

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There is a team building today, and I didn’t start coding until ten o’clock, so I can’t code 8,000 today.

I'm a noob.

I must code 8,000 words tomorrow, otherwise I will write a 4,000-word side story about Xu Qiansu and Cattleya in the group chat.