Before long, the first round of battles ended. Those who won were beaming, while those who lost were downcast.
The teacher on the field said, "The first round of battles is over. Those who won, don't celebrate too early. Those who lost, don't be too disheartened yet. We'll have another battle in a while, so everyone prepare well."
Hearing this, some of the losing students rekindled their hope, looking at others with a hint of ferocity.
Ten minutes later, the second round of battles began, and everyone fought with all their might to defeat their opponents. Cheng Tian and his companions were no exception.
Bai Yun's Chimchar faced a Farfetch'd in the second round. The continuous stacking of its Slash attacks made its damage terrifying, and the Farfetch'd's leek could even be heard whistling through the air.
Chimchar fought a very difficult battle, with injuries being traded at one point. In the end, it used its last breath to defeat its opponent with Fire Punch.
Su Han's Sylveon went up against a Magnemite. The type disadvantage did not put Sylveon at a disadvantage. Magnemite initially emitted a strong, piercing Metal Sound, causing everyone to instinctively cover their ears.
Sylveon also covered its ears with its ribbons, its big blue eyes showing a look of disgust.
However, for some reason, someone in the audience was excitedly shouting, "That's right! Look at me with that trash-seeing gaze!"
Cheng Tian: ...Your fetishes are too strange, aren't they!?
After the Metal Sound subsided, Sylveon quickly attacked, using Tackle to charge at Magnemite. Magnemite tried to stop Sylveon with Thunder Shock, but Sylveon didn't dodge, taking the electric attack and crashing into Magnemite. Magnemite instantly lost its ability to battle.
Then Sylveon used Wish to restore all its injuries. Running lightly, Sylveon's ribbons wrapped around Su Han's arm, creating a beautiful scene.
Lin Lin was the third among them and happened to encounter a Murkrow, which was countered by Pachirisu. She defeated Murkrow after a few rounds of battle.
As for Cheng Tian's Froakie, its opponent was a Fighting-type Pokémon, Machop. Looking at the information provided by the system, Cheng Tian's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
A female Machop with the "No Guard" ability, who was afraid of loneliness... Cheng Tian rubbed his forehead. How did Froakie end up encountering two of the biggest online dating killers in the Pokémon world?
Machop looked at Froakie in a very strange way, flexing the muscles on its arm, then looking sharply at Froakie.
HEY BOY∽
Froakie felt an inexplicable tightening, looking at Cheng Tian with an extremely resentful gaze.
Didn't you say there wouldn't be opponents like this anymore!
Cheng Tian could only give an awkward laugh. Then the battle began. After dodging a Karate Chop, Froakie blasted Water Pulse at its opponent's face, then defeated it with Lick. With this, all four of them passed the second round.
"Alright, students can exit in an orderly fashion. Pay attention to messages in the group tonight; the results should be out tonight," the teacher on the field said.
Everyone walked towards the exit. Cheng Tian said goodbye to Bai Yun and the others and headed home.
Having worked hard for two weeks for the exam, Cheng Tian didn't take the car back with Bai Yun today. It wasn't far anyway, so he treated it as a relaxing walk.
The sun was no longer as hot as it was at noon, leaning slightly towards the west. Cheng Tian didn't recall Froakie into its Poké Ball but walked with it.
Walking onto the overpass, Cheng Tian looked at the clouds gilded golden by the sun. The evening breeze blew away the day's frustrations. Cheng Tian's mood couldn't help but lighten.
"Hmm—" Cheng Tian suddenly stretched, letting out a groan. "The world of Pokémon is truly the best."
"Froakie?" Froakie looked at Cheng Tian with some confusion. Cheng Tian chuckled, "Do you know, Froakie, there are many wonderful things in this world. The sunset gilds the clouds golden, and at night, moonlight sprinkles into the community courtyard. We can watch Naruto in the room, and if we pull back the curtains, we can see the bright moonlight outside. Don't you think that's beautiful?"
"Froakie." Froakie nodded thoughtfully, then jumped onto the overpass railing and stretched like Cheng Tian.
"Hehe, that's right, enjoy life!"
Below the overpass, a black car slowly drove by. "Miss, how was the exam today?" Uncle Wang, in the driver's seat, asked with a smile.
"It went pretty well, the questions were quite easy, and I won the battles too." Su Han held Sylveon, a faint smile on her face.
"Oh? Miss seems to be in a very good mood today."
Su Han paused, "Am I?" Uncle Wang smiled and said, "Yes, Miss, you seem especially happy today. Did you make new friends?"
"New friends?" Su Han, stroking Sylveon's head, suddenly froze. "Booy∽" Sylveon leaned close to Su Han's face and licked her with its pink little tongue. Su Han remembered Cheng Tian and the other two eating popcorn with her all afternoon, and she smiled faintly. "I suppose so."
"Oh? That's great, Miss doesn't make many friends." Uncle Wang chuckled.
"Booy?" As Sylveon, lying in Su Han's arms, looked up, it saw a familiar boy stretching on the overpass outside the window. It seemed to be the person from this afternoon, and Sylveon quickly let out a cry.
"Hmm?" Su Han looked outside and saw Cheng Tian on the overpass, enjoying the breeze, resting his chin on the railing, with Froakie sitting beside him, dangling its legs outside the railing. Both the person and the Pokémon looked lazy and relaxed.
Cheng Tian's school uniform zipper was undone, flapping in the wind. The dim sunlight shone on them, looking like a warm painting.
Su Han subconsciously leaned out to take a photo with her phone. "Miss, it's dangerous, don't lean out the window!" Uncle Wang quickly shouted.
Su Han came back to her senses and said to Uncle Wang, a little embarrassed, "Sorry, Uncle Wang, I just took a picture."
"Aiya, that's very dangerous. Please don't do that again, Miss." Su Han nodded, "Mhm, I won't, I won't."
Su Han turned her phone over, and on the screen, the scene from just now was permanently saved. The boy's smile was clearly captured.
"Booy∽" Sylveon looked at the Froakie in the photo and cried out. "Xianxian, be good, we'll eat Rare Candies when we get back."
"Booy∽"
...Cheng Tian on the overpass didn't see Su Han. After enjoying the breeze with Froakie for a while, he walked home.
When he got home, Cheng's mother had already prepared dinner. Yamper, seeing Cheng Tian return, ran over with its little tongue out, wagging its tail happily.
"I'm home! Haha, Yamper, you're so good, go play with Froakie." Cheng Tian said, scratching Yamper's head.
"You're back, son. Go wash your hands and eat! How was the exam today?" Cheng Tian replied while washing his hands, "It went very well, I won both battles."
"Oh? So you'll be able to get into the first class this time?" Cheng's father said with a smile.
Cheng Tian nodded, "Probably." Cheng's father felt very relieved and finally took out a bank card.
"Xiao Tian, this is the money Dad prepared for you to raise your Pokémon. Buy any supplements or TMs you need, and raise Froakie well."
Cheng Tian was stunned, then felt very touched. He took the bank card and nodded vigorously. "I will, Dad, I will definitely raise Froakie well."
Cheng's mother brought out the last bowl of seaweed and egg drop soup, patted Cheng Tian's shoulder, "It's good that you did well on the exam. This whole table of dishes is for you today."
"Woof woof!" Yamper licked Froakie's face. Froakie was a little helpless but still patted Yamper's head.
Dinner ended harmoniously like this. After a quick shower in the bathroom, Cheng Tian returned to his bedroom and saw Froakie holding his phone. "Watching Naruto again?"
"Froakie." Cheng Tian patted Froakie's head, "Let me check QQ first."
Hearing this, Froakie obediently handed the phone to Cheng Tian. Opening QQ, he saw that Bai Yun had already sent a message.
My Wife Miku: Transcript.docx
My Wife Miku: The transcript is out, check it quickly. (Wry smile)
Cheng Tian clicked on it, and it wasn't a transcript at all. Instead, it was a picture of the five heroines from "The Quintessential Quintuplets" lying on a bed. Cheng Tian was speechless.
Orange Peel: Aren't you idle? You even made a PPT out of it.
My Wife Miku: Hehehe, I wouldn't show it to just anyone.
My Wife Miku: Transcript.jap
My Wife Miku: We both scored well, so we'll probably be in the same class again! (Excited)
Cheng Tian clicked on it. Bai Yun was twenty-fifth in the entire grade, and he was twenty-eighth. This was the result of not taking cultural subjects, and Cheng Tian had even left some irrelevant, bad questions blank.
Cheng Tian scrolled down and saw Lin Lin; that girl was ranked thirty-seventh.
Orange Peel: Saw it. Lin Lin also did well, so we'll probably be grouped together again.
My Wife Miku: Ugh, that annoying girl. (Depressed)
My Wife Miku: Look at the name of the first place.
Cheng Tian clicked over and saw Su Han's name at the top.
My Wife Miku: Su Han got first place this time, 100% she'll be in our class. You better seize the opportunity, kid. (Wry smile)
Orange Peel: Scram
After chatting with Bai Yun for a few more minutes, Cheng Tian continued to watch Naruto with Froakie. Meanwhile, in the bedroom on the third floor of the Bingzhou Administrative Building, Su Han was lying on her bed with her hair down. Her white nightgown was slightly rolled up, and her two fair, long legs kicked up and down, revealing a large expanse of beautiful skin. She had also seen her results, undoubtedly first place again.
"Booy∽" Sylveon walked in from outside and jumped onto the bed, letting out a soft cry and nudging Su Han's hair. "Sylveon, don't mess around, my hair isn't dry yet." Su Han helplessly stroked Sylveon's belly. The latter rolled over like a big cat, exposing its creamy white belly, letting Su Han stroke it, looking very comfortable.
"Sylveon, how do I feel like you've gained a lot of weight again?"
Sylveon's expression froze, then it pouted in annoyance and turned its head away.
"Booy (｡•ˇ‸ˇ•｡)" But the ribbons still wrapped around Su Han's arm clearly betrayed it.
Su Han, amused, poked Sylveon's puffed-up cheek with her finger. "Booy convex(｀0´)convex" Sylveon turned its head and bit Su Han's finger, but very gently, without any pain. It felt more like licking.
"Makka Pakka Mimaya Kamakka Pakka oh..." Just then, a WeChat call rang, and the screen displayed two words: "Dad."
Su Han answered the phone, and a man with squinting eyes appeared on the screen, looking about forty years old, wearing a black suit.
"Su han, how was the exam?" Su Mulin asked with a smile as soon as the call connected.
"First place, it's always like this," Su Han said, her calm tone as if stating something trivial. "As expected of my daughter," Su Mulin nodded with a smile.
"Is there anything else?"
"Nothing much, just telling you to get some rest early and not stay up late. Oh, and remember to let other one out for some air. Kids shouldn't stay in their balls all the time."
Su Han looked at the table, where two Poké Balls were placed. " He played for a long time just now, he's tired now."
"Hmm, go to bed early, don't lie down and look at your phone, it's bad for your eyes."
"I know." Su Han hung up the phone after speaking.
In the mayor's office on the third floor of the municipal government, Su Mulin looked at the words "Call Ended" with a hint of helplessness.
"Hahaha, Old Su, your precious daughter hung up on you again, didn't she?" A rough voice sounded, and a square-faced middle-aged man, dressed similarly to Su Mulin, said with a laugh.
"Alas, this girl, the older she gets, the less clingy she is. When she was little, she used to follow me around all day," Su Mulin looked very dejected.
"No choice, little cotton jackets grow up and become more drafty. When she gets married one day, she'll only block the wind for someone else."
Su Mulin's eyes widened, "Scram, scram, Old Huang, you really know how to bring up sore points." Huang Haifeng chuckled, "Alright, I won't say anymore. You've been gone for over 20 years, why did you suddenly think of coming back to this small place, Bingzhou?"
Su Mulin picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea. "It was too tiring in Shanghai. The Breeder Association had a ton of things to do, and I'm getting old, can't manage it anymore. I just came back to retire."
Huang Haifeng pouted, "Come on, we're the same age, I know you're not that old. You just want to come back and be with Qian."
Su Mulin fell silent upon hearing this. Seeing his expression, Huang Haifeng sighed, "Old Su, what happened back then wasn't your fault. There's no need to be like this."
Su Mulin shook his head, "After I got together with Qian, I was always busy with work and didn't spend time with her and our child. Even in the end, I didn't get to go back and see her one last time..."
Huang Haifeng didn't know what else to say. For so many years, her death had been a hurdle in Su Mulin's heart. The two grown men sat in silence, quietly drinking tea...
"Oh my god, I'm late, I'm late again!" When Cheng Tian woke up, it was already 7:47.
This time he was really going to be late. Cheng Tian quickly recalled Froakie, who was still sleeping, into its Great Ball and quickly got dressed. Amidst his mother's nagging and his father's morning greetings, he packed a few pieces of bread and a bag of milk into his backpack and rushed out the door.
"Huff huff..." Inside the campus of Dulwich High School, Cheng Tian was panting. Although he had run all the way, he had woken up too late this time and still didn't make it. Resignedly, he left his name in the duty officer's notebook, then went to the bulletin board in the lobby on the first floor to find his class.
Cheng Tian - Pokémon Class 1
After finding his name, Cheng Tian quickly went up to the fourth floor and found the location of Class 1.
Stepping through the door, the classroom was not as noisy. Perhaps it was because they had just been assigned to classes, and everyone wasn't very familiar with each other yet.
"Tian, over here!" Bai Yun stood at the back of the classroom, reaching out and calling his name. Cheng Tian immediately went over. Lin Lin, seeing his sweaty appearance, teased, "Cheng Tian, did you oversleep again?"
Cheng Tian choked; what Lin Lin said was true. Just then, Cheng Tian was suddenly attracted by a beautiful face behind them.
Su Han had a faint smile on her face, "Good morning, Classmate Cheng Tian."