Ma Li sat aside, quietly looking at the Snow Demon Girl who was suppressing her cry. She quickly looked away, picked up a letter on the table and read it.
She read through them slowly and slowly, with no expression on her pretty face.
Xu Qiansu reached out and took the envelope that Ma Li had read, and slowly read it to the Snow Demon Girl.
This is a letter from a year ago.
"January 25th, my lovely Snow Demon Girl, I completed a rewarding task today and received a commission of 50,000 yuan, which was sent back to our account... buy more things you like. .”
"..."
"On February 3rd, the mission failed... I was beaten to a pulp, but it doesn't matter. I haven't summarized enough. I'll try to find my place again next time! Huh! With the help of BOSS, I got a batch of high-quality apple seeds... …This is your favorite tree fruit. I will plant it in our courtyard when I get back."
"..."
"March 5th...Snow Demon Girl? Did something happen at home? Why didn't you reply to me for more than a month?"
"On March 6th...there was an accident at home? Snow Demon Girl..."
"March 7th..." Xu Qiansu paused, then put down the envelope and chose not to read it to the Snow Demon Girl.
The Snow Demon Girl's tears had soaked a large area of Xu Qiansu's clothes.
Ma Li was still looking through the envelope silently. She didn't know how long it had been before she put down the last letter and said: "The last letter is dated until June... But judging from the content of the letter, this Rockets member There was no accident..."
"She came to the Galar region to find the Snow Witch?"
"Yes." Ma Li nodded lightly, then added: "The Galar region is not big, but it is not small either. In addition, the Snow Demon Girl has been imprisoned before, so it is understandable that she cannot be found, but since the alliance After the information about Snow Demon Girl was announced, no one came to adopt her..."
Ma Li didn't say the rest, but her meaning was already obvious.
This person named Scarlet is a member of Team Rocket. She usually does the job of robbing Pokémon, and she must have made many enemies. So after she left Team Rocket and lost her protection, she would either be approached by her enemies, or... It is possible to be arrested by the Alliance or Interpol, or even die in the Galar particle uprising...
No matter which kind of guess is good, but considering the current situation, this guess is undoubtedly the most reasonable.
However, it is also possible that she has achieved a good level of anonymity after leaving the Rockets, but she just did not see the information released by the league for some reasons.
Ma Li glanced at Xu Qiansu and asked, "What are you going to do next?"
"Find her." Xu Qiansu said.
The Snow Demon Girl raised her face to look at him.
"Looking for it? How to find it? Looking for Team Rocket?" Miss Ma Li sighed softly as expected and asked without raising her eyelids.
Xu Qiansu looked out the window at the messy ivy under the setting sun, and said: "You want to see people alive, and you want to see corpses when you die. I am only seventeen years old, and I can live for a long time. I will try to find out more information during my future travels... This Things must have an ending, but it must not end hastily like this.”
"Why do you have to do this? She's not your Pokémon... It's so laborious, but it's of no benefit at all." Ma Li slowly put the letter into the envelope and asked.
"Although I am a selfish man, there are always some things in the world that are higher than others. I don't care about benefits, gains and losses..." Xu Qiansu withdrew her gaze, looked at Ma Li, and said with a chuckle.
"I don't understand." Ma Li arranged the pile of envelopes in her hand and said calmly without being moved at all.
Xu Qiansu smiled and then looked at Qilulian.
Kirulian, who was staring closely at the Snow Demon Girl, quickly looked away when she saw this, and tilted her little head cutely.
"Because I am also a trainer." Xu Qiansu explained.
…
As the day progresses to the west, Suiqing Town is sparsely populated, rich in fireworks, and suitable for seclusion, but it is already at this point, and they do not call it Steel Armor Crow Express.
The two simply stayed one night in this cleaned villa and left early the next morning.
Xu Qiansu wrote a letter and placed it in the shoe cabinet at the entrance, leaving her contact information... After all, the Snow Demon Girl's trainer might come back.
Ma Li tidied up the envelopes from the past year and put them into her satchel... to keep them for the Snow Demon Girl.
The Snow Demon Girl took out a bank card from the top of the cabinet and handed it to Xu Qiansu.
"Nai Nong..."
"Is all the money your trainer sent you put here?" Xu Qiansu was slightly startled and guessed.
The Snow Demon Girl nodded, put her hands on Xu Qiansu's hand holding the bank card and pushed it.
At this moment, the Snow Demon Girl was completely confused and didn't know what to do, but Xu Qiansu said that he would help her find her trainer... The Snow Demon Girl wanted to repay her, but she had nothing.
She only had this money left, so she gave it all to Xu Qiansu.
This is the only thing she has.
Xu Qiansu looked at the Snow Demon Girl, then put her bank card away without saying anything to refuse.
He tapped the Snow Demon Girl's forehead and said again: "Xiao Lin Daiyu."
Everyone left the annex and locked the door. Uncle Flying Hat, who had already notified them in advance, stood in front of the annex with his arms folded and leaning against the carriage, looking very story-telling.
He waved to the two of them.
"Hey! Where do you two guests want to go this time?"
Although the uncle was enthusiastic, he didn't care about the two people's personal affairs at all.
"Cuixue Town." Xu Qiansu replied.
He still kept Miss Joy's instructions in his heart. Cuixue Town was hit by a disaster and he was about to leave Galar, so he should go back to visit Miss Dale.
And... she likes ghost-type Pokémon, so she must be able to take care of the Snow Demon.
Regardless of the inconvenience of Snow Demon Girl not having a Poké Ball, Xu Qiansu herself is not sure how long it will take to find her trainer... It could be tomorrow, it could be a month, a year, ten years...
Rather than letting her suffer with him, it would be most appropriate to leave it to Miss Dale to take care of her.
The steel-armored crow flies in the sky.
In the carriage, the Snow Demon Girl silently held Xu Qiansu's arm, her expression full of trance.
Ma Li rested her face on her hands and looked out the window boredly.
Not long after, the steel-armored crow landed in front of Cuixue Town.
"Call me if you need anything." The uncle in the flying hat pretended to be cool and waved to the two of them, then he galloped away with the steel-armored crow.
"When Crow evolves in the future, I can support our family with him." Xu Qiansu looked at the extraordinary steel-armored Crow with envy, then turned back to Ma Li and said.
Ma Li was not interested in Xu Qiansu's future job, so she walked directly in the direction of the Pokémon Center.
Obviously he knew Xu Qiansu's purpose of coming here.
Xu Qiansu looked at the somewhat unfamiliar Cuixue Town and felt a little sad.
The disaster in Cuixue Town was indeed much more severe than that of Suchuan Town and Mugan Town, and the reconstruction work has not yet been completed.
After all, there is nothing special about this town, and the defense force arranged by the Alliance is relatively weak.
But... Xu Qiansu couldn't help but feel a little confused when she looked at the marsupials walking around carrying wood, stones, wooden boxes, etc.
This... it seems that after the marsupials spent the winter, they came directly to Cuixue Town to help with disaster relief...
"Garu?" A baby marsupial was holding a small box of disaster relief supplies. When it saw Xu Qiansu, it tilted its head and then ran to him on its short legs.
I remember you!
Its big black and translucent eyes reveal this meaning.
Its mother blinked and walked over, but she put down the wood she was carrying, took out a few berries from her pocket and handed them to Xu Qiansu, "Gah."
Xu Qiansu smiled gently, took the fruit, and then took out the elf ball to release the little marsupial.
"Karoo?"
"Garu?"
The two little marsupials, who were about the same size but quite different in appearance, stared blankly at each other for a while, then tilted their heads at the same time, took out the little treasures they had saved from their small pockets, and exchanged them with each other.
The mother marsupial looked at the little marsupial that looked very similar to the marsupial group, and a hint of endearment appeared in her eyes. She squatted down and gently rubbed her small skull with her claws that were as big as the five heads of the little marsupial. cap.
Unknowingly, the surrounding marsupials gathered around, took out the small things they had stored in their pockets, and put them into the little marsupial's small pocket. After putting them full, they stuffed them into Xu Qiansu's hand.
The meaning is obvious, let him take good care of the little marsupial.
After Xu Qiansu was pestered by the marsupials for a while, she managed to escape holding the little marsupial.
Miss Ma Li stood aside with her arms crossed, silently watching Xu Qiansu squeeze out of the group of marsupials, then nodded slightly and continued walking towards the Pokémon Center.
Xu Qiansu quickly followed her footsteps and said: "The marsupials rushed in groups to help the town with disaster relief. This is probably the only town in the entire Galar region."
"Otherwise this place wouldn't be called Cuixue Town." Ma Li turned her head and looked at the little marsupial being held in Xu Qiansu's arms with a full pocket, and stretched out her hand to gently scratch her chin.
"Bamboo~" When Xu Qiansu arrived near the Pokémon Center, she heard a familiar and cute voice before she had walked for a while.
He raised his eyes and saw a chubby sweet bamboo flying down from the tree with a few extremely fresh leaves in its mouth. The calyx on its head was like a propeller, shaking rapidly.
"Zhuzhu~ (You came to play with me~)" Xu Qiansu hugged the little marsupial and had no hands to pick it up. It fell on Xu Qiansu's shoulder and rubbed his cheek affectionately.
"Bamboo~ (Spring is here~ These are the fresh leaves that have just grown a few days ago~)" it said.
Xu Qiansu laughed.
He took out a hand and took the leaf.
The little marsupial raised its face and looked at Xu Qiansu curiously, wondering why he wanted to eat the leaves? Are the leaves delicious?
Xu Qiansu fed the little marsupial one piece and chewed the rest of the leaves.
"Ka, Kalulu!" The little marsupial chewed curiously for a while, but the sweetness of the sweet bamboo itself dissipated, and the bitterness of the leaves spread in the mouth.
She subconsciously opened her mouth to spit it out, but when she saw that Xu Qiansu had eaten it all, she closed her eyes tightly and swallowed it hard. Then she leaned into Xu Qiansu's arms, breathed weakly, and spit out Pink little tongue.
"Why have I gained so much weight after not seeing each other for a long time?" Xu Qiansu pinched the calyx on the head of Tianzhu and asked with a smile.
"Bamboo Bamboo~ (Someone feeds me food every day~ She is also my friend~)" The calyx on Sweet Bamboo's head pointed in the direction of the Pokémon Center.
Miss Dale... Xu Qiansu thought, and immediately took out the elf food and fed it to Tian Zhuzhu.
By the time Xu Qiansu finished meeting her old friends, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.
Miss Mary looked at him silently.
"Sorry, I didn't pay attention to the time."
Ma Li shook her head slightly, and then the two of them walked to the Pokémon Center together.
The familiar doorbell rang, but Xu Qiansu didn't see the person he expected, which made him slightly startled.
The appearance inside the Pokémon Center is not much different, with doctors and trainers holding Pokémon coming and going, but the original position of Miss Dale has been replaced by two male and female caretakers.
"Moon mourning!?" Ai Guanshi saw Xu Qiansu and Ma Li, his eyes lit up, he trotted over and raised his face to look at Xu Qiansu.
Obviously they were also deeply impressed by Xu Qiansu.
Xu Qiansu touched the cute little horns on their heads and asked, "Where is Miss Dale?"
The female caretaker took Xu Qiansu's hand and walked towards the ward behind the Pokémon Center. The male caretaker was still watching from the lobby of the Pokémon Center and did not follow.
Xu Qiansu's heart sank slightly and she couldn't help but quicken her pace.
As he walked in a hurry, he saw the caretaker bypassing the wards, walking through the corridor, and coming to a room. He took out the key and heard a "click" as the door opened lightly.
This was naturally Miss Dale's room, but she did not shy away from leading Xu Qiansu.
Xu Qiansu stepped into the door with some worry and turned her head to look, only to see Miss Dale lying on the table, breathing slowly and evenly, and her delicate face showed exhaustion.
"Moon mourning..." The caretaker raised his face and looked at Xu Qiansu. He made the action of pounding medicine with his hands, then put his hands together on his face, tilted his head, closed his eyes, and then continued to make the action of pounding medicine. , and finally pointed at Del, with a distressed look on his face.
Immediately, the nurturing waiter made an angry expression again, put one hand on her hips, stood on tiptoes, and pointed at the doll that Dell had placed on the bed, as if the doll was Miss Dell. She had an angry look on her face and kept saying something in her mouth, but it was No sound is emitted.
Finally, she pulled Xu Qiansu's hand and pointed at Del again.
What she meant was that Del was working very hard these days to treat Pokémon and didn't sleep much. She hoped that Xu Qiansu could teach her a lesson and let her have a good rest.
After saying that, she left the room and closed the door... It wasn't that she wanted to leave space for Xu Qiansu, but she wanted Xu Qiansu to teach Dai Er a lesson, but she also felt sorry for someone being mean to Dai Er, so she simply closed the door, thinking that as long as she couldn't hear him , then no one will attack their own trainer.
She leaned against the door, covering her ears cutely, and immediately looked at Miss Mary, who was walking a little slower and had arrived belatedly.
"Moon mourning!?" Ai Guanshi was startled, feeling that the atmosphere around him was a bit cold for no reason.
Ma Li looked at the carefree servant who had closed the room tightly, her lips parted slightly, but in the end she didn't say a word.
She hugged her Eevee and leaned against the wall of the corridor silently, waiting for Xu Qiansu to come out.
His expressionless face made the surrounding temperature drop, as if Cuixue Town was still in that winter.
The carefree waiter stood upright, not to mention covering his ears. He didn't even dare to make any unnecessary movements at this moment.
Xu Qiansu stepped forward and looked at Del lying on the table. He paid attention to the documents under her body. Through the gap, he could see the medical analysis form of a certain Pokémon.
He withdrew his gaze and looked around.
The decoration of Miss Dale's room is very spooky, with black and purple as the main colors, and the sheets and quilts are dark purple with Gengar patterns.
Even the decorative paintings on the walls were mostly of ghost-type Pokémon, or pictures of her and a certain ghost-type Pokémon.
Only one photo frame is incompatible with this strong ghost style.
That was a photo of Xu Qiansu at Mulan Research Institute, holding Pokémon such as Wrestler, Pumpkin, and Miss Mali.
It was also the first time he sent her a photo.
Xu Qiansu looked away and did not ask her to get up. Instead, she took off her coat and covered her with it. Then she hugged the little marsupial and sat aside, waiting for her silently.
But Del didn't sleep deeply. Within five minutes, she suddenly woke up. There was still something unfinished... The gel pen on the table was touched by her, rolled around, and fell to the ground.
She rubbed her eyes and subconsciously reached out to pick up the gel pen.
"Give."
She bent down for a moment, raised her face, and stared blankly at Xu Qiansu who handed her a gel pen in front of her.
Snapped--
The coat that Xu Qiansu had covered her with slipped to the ground due to her posture.
(End of chapter)
