"Wow! Now that you mention it, I'm suddenly a bit curious!"
Lin Siyu could even imagine how lively things would be at Sister Fei Xiao's home.
Numerous Pokémon would be gathered together, and they would be able to easily blend in.
"Hehe, I'll definitely go home at that time, and you all can come with me."
Fei Xiao naturally noticed the few who had already started daydreaming, so she generously extended an invitation.
"As for catching Pokémon, it's the same as always: as long as you can gain the Pokémon's approval and have them willingly follow you, I won't stop you.
However, you absolutely cannot force them, okay!"
"Mm, I know, I will definitely work hard!"
Jiao Xiaoyan nodded, understanding that the other party was reminding her, while also feeling very confident that she would succeed.
"Melo!"
"Sister Fei Xiao!"
At this moment, two familiar voices rang out.
It turned out to be Meloetta and Diancie, who had been playing with the other Pokémon, returning.
Meloetta, with a beaming smile, went directly onto Fei Xiao's shoulder and sat down elegantly, then wrapped her small hands tightly around Fei Xiao's neck, her petite face constantly nuzzling against Fei Xiao's cheek.
"Melo!"
Fei Xiao smiled gently and reached out to flick the other's forehead.
Meloetta felt the pain and looked unwilling, then pitifully locked eyes with Fei Xiao.
Fei Xiao smiled helplessly, her slender fingers gently touching the other's forehead, "Alright, alright, little one, I missed you too!"
"Melo!"
Meloetta's previously teary expression instantly turned into a sweet smile.
"Hmm..."
"You too, Diancie. Thanks to your help earlier, otherwise it wouldn't have been so easy to resolve on my own."
Seeing the little princess on the side with her cheeks puffed up, Fei Xiao lowered her head and patted her head as well.
After all, it was the first time she had been away from them for so long, and she had returned injured.
"Hehe, I'm happy I could help!"
Diancie placed her small hands in front of her, at a loss; compared to the little princess from before, she now seemed a bit shy.
Feeling the gentle hand on top of her head, Diancie's previous dissatisfaction immediately vanished into thin air.
This incredibly heartwarming scene made the three people watching on the side incredibly envious!
No, it should be that only Jiao Xiaoyan was envious to the point of a toothache.
If Lin Siyu and Meng Xi's own Pokémon hadn't been injured, they would have released their own Pokémon on the spot to cuddle.
Meng Xi stepped forward and patted her shoulder, encouraging her.
"Don't mind it, if you encounter any problems when catching Pokémon later, we'll help you too."
Lin Siyu, standing to the side with her hands on her hips, said magnanimously.
"That's right, when the time comes, let me, your senior, pass on some experience to you. We've all been through it, believe your senior, you won't go wrong!"
"Uh... thanks."
She had been very confident, but is this senior really reliable?
"Qia."
"seed."
Fei Xiao and the others only then noticed that even Bulbasaur and Grovyle had come over together.
"What's wrong?"
Grovyle cast its gaze toward Bulbasaur and reached out to pat it.
Bulbasaur stepped forward, feeling a bit embarrassed.
From start to finish, it seemed to have lost its previous liveliness.
Fei Xiao also noticed its dejected appearance, which made her somewhat puzzled, "Bulbasaur, what's wrong? Did you accidentally get hurt? Why do you look so absent-minded?"
...
"seed."
After a long silence.
Bulbasaur still raised its head, but its expression at this moment still carried a trace of apology.
Everyone was now very curious about what it was saying, and finally, their gazes all turned to Diancie.
What else could Diancie do?
She could only convey it to Fei Xiao.
"Sister Fei Xiao, it says it might leave you for a while."
Hmm?
As soon as these words were spoken, no one understood what was going on.
Leave?
Since Bulbasaur basically only listened to Sister Fei Xiao before, everyone seemed to tacitly assume that Bulbasaur was Sister Fei Xiao's Pokémon.
Then did its meaning at this moment mean...
Lin Siyu and the others didn't speak, just quietly watching Sister Fei Xiao to see how she would handle it.
And Fei Xiao's expression was unexpectedly very calm.
She even had the leisure to straighten Meloetta, who was sitting on her shoulder.
"Would you mind telling me the reason?
Of course, if you don't want to, you don't have to force it; I'm just purely curious."
Fei Xiao said this very casually, but Bulbasaur could clearly feel Fei Xiao's sincere heart.
After nearly a month of getting along, it believed that the other party was truly just asking out of pure curiosity.
So it didn't hide anything and answered truthfully.
"seed."
"I really like being with you; you are very gentle and kind, unlike other humans.
It's just..."
Bulbasaur's gaze turned to the Pokémon behind it, finally landing directly on its own kind.
"I'm a bit... reluctant to leave them, so... Sister Fei Xiao, you won't blame me, right?"
After saying this, Bulbasaur unconsciously lowered its head.
Its heart was struggling, and it was also reluctant to leave Fei Xiao.
Thanks to her, it was able to live until now and she had also taken good care of it; it was also she who let it see hope in life.
So it was really very hesitant, and it had also asked its friends and family.
They didn't stop it, but instead let it decide, and no matter what decision it made, they wouldn't oppose it.
This made it even harder to choose.
"How could I blame you?"
At this moment, a gentle voice flowed into its ears.
Fei Xiao leaned down again, gently stroking its body.
How could Fei Xiao not see its embarrassed appearance?
After all, it was still young and had never left the group before; now that it had finally returned home, how could it be so easy to choose?
"Alright, it's just leaving temporarily to reunite with your family, don't make it seem like a life-and-death separation."
Speaking of this, Fei Xiao looked at its appearance and directly knocked on its forehead.
"seed!"
The emotions Bulbasaur had finally built up were directly knocked away.
Fei Xiao looked helplessly at this good-for-nothing little guy and continued to speak.
"Besides, won't you all be living near my house then? At worst, I can just go visit you often.
In short, you don't need to have any burden; I said from the beginning that I won't have any objections to whether you go or stay."
Hearing the other party's usual gentle and delicate words, Bulbasaur's eyes itched, and it once again threw itself into Fei Xiao's arms.
It was just that due to being too excited, the force was too great, and Fei Xiao almost lost her footing.
Meloetta, who was sitting properly on the side, almost fell to the ground.
Fei Xiao felt a little helpless in her heart.
If her injury didn't heal soon, and they came at her a few more times, she estimated that her internal injuries would really worsen.
But at this moment, Fei Xiao was just gently comforting it.
This scene actually gave the three people on the side a lot to think about.
The two women who already had Pokémon were even more filled with emotion.
Although they weren't completely separating, if their own Pokémon one day suddenly really wanted to leave, could they really easily accept it?
The longer humans and Pokémon spend together, the more they can feel the weight of this bond; being able to so decisively make a decision for the happiness of family really isn't an easy thing!
Jiao Xiaoyan, among them, also watched this scene with great surprise, and had a new understanding of the relationship between Pokémon and their partners.
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