Chapter 47: Causing Trouble
Outside, Purrloin became even more lively. It jumped off Bai Feng, weaved back and forth through the crowd, and occasionally pointed at shops along the street, looking very happy.
Ever since escaping the Drug Trafficking Organization, Purrloin had been in a state of fear and flight, never as relaxed as it was now. No wonder it was acting so freely.
Seeing Purrloin's energetic appearance, Teacher Omura, walking behind, sighed with emotion, "This Purrloin is very cute."
Bai Feng said helplessly, "Also very mischievous."
"After all, it stayed in a place like that before," Teacher Omura knew Purrloin's origin. "Teach it well in the future. It's still young; if you teach it properly, it will definitely turn out well."
Bai Feng nodded, "Then I'll take your kind words."
As soon as Bai Feng finished speaking, Purrloin caused trouble. Perhaps the streets on both sides were too lively, dazzling Purrloin. While weaving through the crowd, it accidentally bumped into someone.
That person was holding candied hawthorns and eating them. After being bumped by Purrloin, the candied hawthorns immediately stuck to the other person's clothes.
The most troublesome thing was that the victim was a young girl wearing a white dress. The deep red syrup stuck to the white clothes was very conspicuous.
Knowing it had caused trouble, Purrloin originally wanted to sneak away directly, but remembering Bai Feng's previous warnings, it stopped in its tracks, shrinking its head and squatting in front of the white-clothed girl.
"Meow meow meow~"
Purrloin used its specialty – pretending to be pitiful. With teary eyes, it meowed at the girl, its body trembling slightly and its voice quivering, looking utterly pathetic.
The white-clothed girl had a companion, a girl wearing an orange top. Seeing her friend's clothes dirtied, she was about to get angry, but upon seeing Purrloin's pitiful appearance, she immediately swallowed her words.
"Yingzhou, this Purrloin probably didn't do it on purpose. How about... we just let it go?" The orange-clothed girl hesitated for a few seconds before speaking up to plead for Purrloin.
Just then, Bai Feng noticed the situation. After saying something to Teacher Omura, he quickly ran over and asked.
"Excuse me, did my Purrloin cause you trouble?"
The orange-clothed girl had affection for Purrloin, but not for others. Seeing Purrloin's Pokémon Trainer arrive, she wanted to scold him immediately.
But when she noticed the person was just a young boy of eleven or twelve, she had to swallow her words again. Her fair face turned red from holding back.
Seeing the stains on the white-clothed girl, Bai Feng instantly understood what happened. He then lowered his head and said to Purrloin, "Purrloin, did you apologize?"
"Meow meow meow~" Of course I apologized!
Purrloin nodded quickly.
Bai Feng looked at the white-clothed girl again and said, "I'm really sorry. How much are your clothes? I'll compensate you."
The orange-clothed girl pouted and muttered, "These are Yingzhou's favorite clothes, you can't buy them. What's the use of paying for it!" She didn't want to yell at a young boy, so she tried to keep her voice down.
"Then... this..." Bai Feng was embarrassed upon hearing this, unsure how to handle it for a moment.
Just then, the white-clothed girl, Yingzhou, who hadn't spoken, spoke up.
"Let it go. The stains on the clothes can be washed off. Next time, don't dash around when there are many people." Saying this, she looked at Purrloin.
The girl Yingzhou looked about seventeen or eighteen, estimated height over 1.7 meters. Her demeanor was graceful and elegant, like a blooming white lotus. However, paired with the half-eaten candied hawthorns in her hand, the sense of incongruity was somewhat strong.
Even a female Pokémon like Purrloin was captivated by the beautiful girl's beauty, slightly stunned for a few seconds.
"Meow meow meow~" Okay, big sister!
Purrloin looked smitten.
The Brionne by Bai Feng's feet saw this situation, its face full of disdain.
Hmph, how embarrassing!
Fortunately, it didn't make a sound, otherwise it and Purrloin would probably start fighting on the spot.
"I'm really sorry, I caused you trouble." Bai Feng saw the girl wasn't pursuing the matter, felt relieved and apologized with a guilty expression.
Yingzhou didn't say anything else, just gently nodded at Bai Feng, then called out to her companion, "Huacai, let's go."
"Coming!" The orange-clothed girl named Huacai responded, then followed the girl Yingzhou and disappeared into the crowd in the blink of an eye.
After the two girls left, Bai Feng looked at Purrloin and said, "Didn't I tell you to be good? Now you've caused trouble again, haven't you?"
Purrloin lowered its head and said nothing, looking like it would accept any punishment.
"Forget it!" Bai Feng sighed, "It's not entirely your fault, I'm also wrong. I should have stopped you when you were running around in the crowd just now. It's useless to say it now that something has happened. Both of us need to reflect properly, understand?"
Hearing Bai Feng's words, Purrloin, who had expected to be scolded, was stunned for a moment. It raised its head and looked at Bai Feng for several seconds before slowly nodding.
While Bai Feng was lecturing Purrloin, the girls Yingzhou and Huacai were also discussing him.
"Yingzhou, did you see just now? That boy had a Larvitar next to him."
Yingzhou nodded, "I saw. Is there a problem?"
Huacai said with interest, "I bet he's a young master from some big family."
Yingzhou said speechlessly, "Whether he's a young master or not, I don't know, but you're definitely a young lady!"
"Hahaha..." The girl Huacai was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "Oh right, I really am a young lady!"
For no other reason, but because the girl Huacai was from an ancient and vast family in the Johto region - the Dragon Clan.
Teacher Omura saw Bai Feng return with Purrloin and asked with concern, "Did anything happen?"
Bai Feng shook his head, "Purrloin dirtied someone's clothes. Luckily, they didn't pursue it."
Hearing this, Purrloin silently lowered its head.
Seeing this, Teacher Omura bent down and gently stroked Purrloin's head with his hand, saying softly, "It's okay, just be careful next time. I believe Purrloin is definitely a good child, right?"
Probably because of Purrloin's guidance, Teacher Omura was rescued from the Drug Trafficker, so he had a very good impression of Purrloin.
Hearing this, Purrloin looked up and stared blankly at Teacher Omura. It had never felt such a warm hand before, so it nodded subconsciously.
"Good child." Teacher Omura was happy to see this and patted Purrloin's head. After speaking, he straightened up and said to Bai Feng, "Don't be too strict with it either. Teach it slowly. I believe it's a good child."
"Teacher, don't worry, I know what to do." Bai Feng nodded.
Next, Bai Feng and Teacher Omura chose a Restaurant and had a delicious dinner.
Bai Feng originally thought he and the two girls named Yingzhou and Huacai were just strangers, but unexpectedly, they met again the next day.
(end of chapter)