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"Take good care of it."
Jiang Chen placed the Dratini's Poké Ball in front of Ling Wanqiu. Ling Wanqiu knew the situation; her father had already told her. Knowing she liked Dragon-type Pokémon, he used Riolu to trade for a Dratini for her.
Actually, even if Jiang Yuan didn't go to Ling Zhan, Ling Zhan would have come to Jiang Yuan, to discuss trading Riolu for Dratini. The Dratini in Jiang Yuan's hand wasn't a secret, just as Jiang Yuan knew Ling Zhan had a recently hatched Riolu. If Jiang Yuan had waited two more days, Ling Zhan would probably have been the one to seek out Jiang Yuan and sweet-talk him.
"Come out, Dratini." Ling Wanqiu joyfully released the Dratini.
Among the pseudo-legendary Dragon-type Pokémon, Ling Wanqiu's favorite was Dragonite. Dragonite didn't have a fierce or domineering aura, but its appearance was quite cute. Regardless of which pseudo-legendary was stronger, Dragonite was definitely ranked first in cuteness among them.
Upon seeing Dratini, all the classmates in the class instantly erupted in commotion. Good heavens, he gave her a Dratini! This was a pseudo-legendary! Was this a token of love? Rumor had it that Elite Four Jiang Yuan, the Dragon-type specialist, once gave his wife a Dratini as a token of love. Could this be a tradition of the Jiang family?
The girls in the class were truly jealous. When would I ever receive such a token of love?
"My Brother Chen, are you making your relationship public in a high-profile way?" Classmate Zhao Qian's expression was incredibly excited.
"What public relationship?" Jiang Chen knew that his classmates had misunderstood. "The situation is like this: Elite Four Ling traded Riolu with my father for Dratini," Jiang Chen explained.
"We understand, we understand. Trading tokens of love, right?" Ling Wanqiu listened to the teasing, feeling her face flush.
"You're blushing. Looks like we hit the mark," Ling Wanqiu's deskmate, Wang Xin, said, grinning as she looked at Ling Wanqiu.
"Don't talk nonsense. It's not what you think," Ling Wanqiu whispered to Wang Xin.
"The onlookers see more clearly than the players. Everyone knows you're very interested in Jiang Chen. If you like him, seize the opportunity, otherwise, if he slips away, you'll regret it too late."
Wang Xin's reminder made Ling Wanqiu pause. Do I like Jiang Chen? Actually, she didn't know, but because she always lost to Jiang Chen, she did pay much more attention to him than others.
Ling Wanqiu secretly glanced at Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen was sitting in his seat, playing with Ralts using a piece of cake. He didn't explain the misunderstanding among his classmates, because in others' eyes, explaining was just concealing.
As for matters of the heart, Jiang Chen's thoughts were still mostly on training Pokémon. Besides, he was only fifteen years old now; he was still young.
"Ralts."
After being teased by Jiang Chen several times, Ralts got angry and pouted, turning its head away.
"I won't tease you anymore. Eat," Jiang Chen placed the cake in Ralts' hand. However, Ralts didn't take it. It opened its small mouth, its large eyes, hidden by its hair, looking at Jiang Chen.
"Okay, I'll feed you."
Zhao Qian looked at Jiang Chen enviously. What tough guy doesn't like Ralts?
"Ralts, I have cake too. I brought it especially for you," Zhao Qian took out his cake. Ralts didn't even glance at Zhao Qian. I only eat my master's cake.
"Sigh, if only I had a Ralts."
Zhao Qian slumped onto his desk in dejection. Sure enough, Jiang Chen's Ralts was very aloof. It ignored everyone except Jiang Chen, and even food temptations were useless.
"If you had a Ralts, that would truly be Ralts' misfortune," Jiang Chen said with a smile.
"If you say that, I'll cut ties with you," Zhao Qian said, his face full of indignation.
At this moment, the homeroom teacher, Old Zhang, entered from outside. As soon as he came in, he saw the conspicuous Dratini. Ling Wanqiu was getting along well with Dratini. Dratini had high appeal and a good personality. Knowing that Ling Wanqiu would be its trainer, it didn't resist Ling Wanqiu at all.
"It's good to be rich and powerful." Old Zhang's eyes also showed envy. He had been working for half his life, and his dream of owning a pseudo-legendary still hadn't come true.
"Cough cough, today, I'll first tell everyone about the newly announced Fairy type."
As soon as he spoke, most of the students in the class looked at Jiang Chen. Who didn't know that the Jiang Group was the one who first discovered and then confirmed it? Jiang Chen was the young master of the Jiang Group, and according to the announced news, Ralts also had the Fairy type, right? If it weren't for Jiang Chen giving Ling Wanqiu Dratini, which shocked them too much, they would definitely have surrounded Jiang Chen and asked him in detail.
After explaining some superficial knowledge about the Fairy type, Old Zhang also reminded them about the campus ranking competition. Old Zhang wasn't actually too worried about the campus ranking competition. With Jiang Chen and Ling Wanqiu present, they could basically secure the first and second places.
"This year's friendly match with Imperial Pokémon Academy, perhaps there's also a chance." The campus ranking competition wasn't particularly important. It was mainly for selecting the most outstanding trainers in the school. However, the external friendly exchange match was more important. Although it was called a friendly match, there was no saying of "friendship first, competition second." If they won this year's friendly exchange match, his salary would increase, and he would also receive bonuses. Not only that, it was also the honor of the entire school. If they won, his status in the school would also improve.
"You can train your Pokémon yourselves. If you have any questions you don't understand, you can ask me." Old Zhang tidied up his materials and then left the classroom.
Arriving at the training ground, Jiang Chen began to train his Pokémon at his usual spot. Jiang Chen directed Squirtle and Nidorina to continuously attack Wobbuffet. Wobbuffet only needed to train its endurance. Aside from its high HP, Wobbuffet wasn't outstanding in other aspects. As a Pokémon that takes hits first and then counters, Wobbuffet should primarily train its endurance. If it couldn't take hits, there would be no talk of countering. And Wobbuffet was a Patient Pokémon, very enduring, and could endure being hit.
It wasn't that Jiang Chen was bullying Wobbuffet. There was no other way; Wobbuffet was just a Pokémon that took hits. However, when Xu Jie, who was hostile to Jiang Chen, saw this scene, he was overjoyed. Isn't this Pokémon abuse?
"Jiang Chen, you're finished. I'm going to report you for Pokémon abuse." Xu Jie immediately went to report Jiang Chen to a teacher without hesitation.