Pokémon: The Climb

Ships enter port.

Yang Yan and others walked off the boat with excitement.

"Everyone, the mountains are high and the road is far. See you soon!"

He waved goodbye to everyone he knew, and others waved goodbye too.

Matsue is preparing to return to Red Lotus Town, Yashu is preparing to return to his family, and Takayanagi, Rina, and Shuzhu are preparing to follow the others to the Quartz Plateau at the headquarters of the Kanto Alliance to select new Pokémon.

In the end, only Kumi and Yang Yan were left walking towards the city together.

"Look at that Vulpix!"

"Oh my God, there's a white Vulpix?!"

"Is that what Shining Six Tails is like? It's really insightful!"

...

Walking on the road, the Vulpix in Yang Yan's arms attracted the attention of countless passers-by.

"Aren't you the best at pretending to be low-key? Why are you so abnormal all of a sudden?" Kumi tilted her head and looked at Yang Yan: "With your temperament, shouldn't you put the Vulpix back into the elf?"

Yang Yan gently touched Vulpix's head, lowered his head and said, "What does it matter? In the eyes of others, it is just a shining Vulpix with a special color, and they will never really see how special it is." .”

"That's right..." Jiumei nodded doubtfully.

In fact, as Jiumei said, according to Yang Yan's usual character, it is true that he would not be so high-profile, but today is different from the past. Yang Yan is no longer the weak person who was unable to protect himself, so there is no need to be cautious now.

"Let's go, let's go eat something delicious first!"

"Hey!"

Ice Vulpix narrowed his eyes in anticipation.

After taking the Pokémon for a delicious meal, Yang Yan and Jiumei got on the train back to Yuhong City.

Jiumei looked around. People around him were either chatting, playing on their mobile phones, or sleeping soundly with their eyes closed. Only Yang Yan was holding a book in his hand and flipping through it from time to time.

"Sure enough, what Yang Yan said before is absolutely correct... If you want to succeed, you need to withstand all kinds of temptations and endure the unbearable loneliness."

Jiumei sighed inwardly and had no intention of playing with her mobile phone for a while.

……

"After more than a year, Yuhong City, I'm finally back!"

As soon as she walked out of the station, Jiumei couldn't help but close her eyes and take a deep breath.

Surrounded by the taste of hometown!

"Let's go, the owner is waiting for us!"

Yang Yan opened the door of the taxi he had just stopped and asked Jiumei to get in.

"coming!"

The two of them were sitting in the car.

Jiumei was uncharacteristically looking at the scenery outside the car happily, pointing outside from time to time and saying:

"Yang Yan, look, that's the tallest building in our Yuhong City!"

"That's my favorite clothing store. There are still as many people as ever!"

"Look, that's the store opened by the teacher!"

"Hey, I remember it should be a milk tea shop there. Why is it a fast food restaurant? Am I remembering it wrong?"

The driver smiled and explained: "That place was converted into a fast food restaurant half a year ago. Little girl, you remembered correctly."

"So that's it!" Jiumei didn't care, because a new scene appeared in her eyes.

"Have you just come back from your trip?" the driver asked curiously.

"Travel? Yes, it was a really long journey..."

There was a flash of complexity on Jiumei's face, but it was quickly covered up by her happy smile.

The driver didn't think much about it, he just regarded the two young people in front of him as people who had just returned from their ordinary training abroad.

The most indispensable thing in this world is such people. Drivers and masters drive cars every day. You will meet such people every three or five days. If you see them more often, you will get used to them. Just treating them as ordinary returning guests, he kindly introduced them to the recent changes in Yuhong City.

20 minute later.

After getting out of the car, Jiumei looked up and saw the gym that was so familiar that it almost felt like home.

"Let's go quickly, we can't keep the teacher waiting!"

Jiumei couldn't wait to trot into the gym.

As early as yesterday, they had contacted Li Jia and told her that they would arrive today.

Li Jia was very happy to learn that the two were back, so she put aside everything today and waited for them.

"Sister Meixiang, long time no see, are you okay?"

As soon as he entered the door, Jiumei gave a big hug to Meixiang who was guarding the door.

"I'm okay. When it comes to you, at first glance, I can see that you are completely different from before!"

Meixiang looked at the Jiumei in front of her, constantly comparing it with the Jiumei in her memory, and found that the current Jiumei was obviously more mature.

You can tell from one glance that she has experienced a lot during her time away.

"long time no see!"

At this time Yang Yan also walked up.

As he expected, the first person to receive them was Mei Xiang, Li Jia's "big housekeeper".

Mei Xiang nodded: "Long time no see!"

"Let's go, the lady is waiting for you!"

She had a lot to say to Kumi, but in the end she still needed to take them to see Rika first.

Li Jia was currently tending flowers and plants in a side room. Because she had put down all her work, it was rare for her to have such a relaxing and free time.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Miss, trainers Kumi and Ohgi are here!"

"Come in quickly!"

Li Jia's gentle voice came from inside.

Pushing the door open, Yang Yan and Jiumei immediately saluted:

"Master!"

"teacher!"

Li Jia walked to the table nearby and called to the two of them: "Come on, come and sit down!"

The two did not refuse and sat directly opposite Li Jia.

Meixiang leaned over and poured tea for the three people one after another, then slowly exited and closed the door.

"Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, almost two years have passed!"

Lijia looked at the two people in front of her who were no longer the same as in her memory, and lamented that the power of time is always so powerful.

"Even so, teacher, you still look the same as before!" Jiumei said with a smile.

"You!" Rika was amused by Kumi's compliments.

But Kumi is not lying. From Yang Yan's point of view, he also feels that Li Jia has hardly changed.

I can only say that the eldest lady’s daily maintenance is really good.

……

They talked casually, not caring about each other's identities. Like a friend whom I haven't seen for a long time, I slowly tell my story in a relaxed chat atmosphere.

Li Jia guessed that the two went through a lot of things after going to Kalos. After all, she would ask the high-level alliance officials from time to time, but it was only some general information. She had no idea that the things they had experienced would be so many and complicated.

"Jiumi, thank you for your hard work..."

Li Jia didn’t know what to say about Jiumei’s experience.

As the owner of the museum, she has seen too many people who have experienced similar experiences to Jiumei. Although Kumi acted optimistic, Rika could not tell whether Kumi had really come out.

"It's okay, teacher, I've already looked away." Jiumei looked at the flowers and plants next to her, and said slowly with a smile: "Teacher, I have already decided. After a while, I want to open a flower shop of my own. Live your life in peace."

"That's it..."

Li Jia looked at Jiumei, who was familiar yet unfamiliar, and finally smiled and said: "That's also very good. On the opening day, the teacher will definitely come to support you!"

"Thank you so much, teacher!"