early morning.

Back at the Pokémon Center, Xu Qiansu left Vulpix in the care of Miss Joy, while he found Miss Mali and continued to ask her for flute lessons.

...In fact, Xu Qiansu had already started asking her for advice during the trip to Caolu Town, so it was impossible for Ma Li to refuse.

They came to the backyard of the Pokémon Center, which was sparsely populated and would not disturb the Pokémon who were being healed at the Pokémon Center.

Miss Joy planted a lot of melon and fruit plants here, as if for ornamental purposes, so she also built a not-so-long, but very classic verandah... The verandah has no roof, but is planted with many plants like spider plants as decoration, densely packed. Cover the top of the verandah without leaving any gaps.

The weather was a bit gloomy, with occasional bright lights flashing through, and the fresh air filled with the fragrance of backyard plants.

Xu Qiansu sat on the fence beside the verandah, holding a flute and playing a few notes casually.

Ma Li stood aside, folding her arms, her pretty face looked a little serious, and said bluntly:

"Since you want to learn, you must learn the best... If you only study with a half-hearted attitude like wanting to please Cattleya, then give up as soon as possible."

"It's just because I want to play to her, so I have to study harder than anyone else." Xu Qiansu replied.

Ma Li frowned and lowered her arms, "I won't teach you anymore."

"...Miss Ma Li still cares about this?" Xu Qiansu blinked and asked with a smile in her eyes.

"I'm neither a robot nor ruthless, so why don't I care?" Ma Li asked.

"Then I just study hard so as not to waste Miss Marli's teaching opportunity."

"It's so perfunctory. Since you came back from Xicui, you have lost the ability to speak to please people?"

Hearing this, Xu Qiansu was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "Miss Ma Li's hair is like freshly made ink, black and shiny, draped softly and long behind her, and her eyes are twinkling. , simply like a clear and deep lake..."

Ma Li was startled for a moment, then pursed her soft pink lips and stared straight at Xu Qiansu without saying a word.

Xu Qiansu continued slowly, "...the voice is also clear and pleasant. Every time I hear it, I can't help but feel light..."

"...You have a smart mind, and you seem to be able to do anything, and you seem to know everything... When I first returned to modern times, you were able to help me find Zoroa with subtle clues, and you were also able to sew for me like a prophet. Little dolls made from lily root dolls..."

"...You have always done these things for me without asking for anything. I have always been grateful from the bottom of my heart and secretly happy..."

Xu Qiansu didn't say anything else. His praise was very straightforward, just like a confession, but his meaning was very simple and subtle... What he meant was that he was deliberately keeping a certain distance to prevent himself from being exposed. Ma Li couldn't control herself in front of Cattleya and did something wrong that was sorry for Cattleya.

It was impossible for Ma Li not to understand Xu Qiansu's hidden meaning. She was silent for a moment, but suddenly asked, "Have you never been happy for a day since you left Binhai City?"

"Who as an adult can be happy all day long?" Xu Qiansu answered with a rhetorical question.

Rumble————

Suddenly there were muffled sounds in the sky, and immediately countless raindrops fell like broken pearls.

Spring rain.

The cold wind blew the raindrops, causing them to fall slantingly into the verandah.

Xu Qiansu was slightly startled when a moist touch came from the side of his face. Then he subconsciously stood up and came to Ma Li's side... He stood on the outside of the veranda, and Ma Li stood on the inside. With Xu Qiansu's height and position at the moment, , just enough to protect Ma Li from the raindrops.

This was purely an instinctive reaction. Xu Qiansu would do this when it suddenly rained after the two of them had been traveling for so long.

Ma Li raised her little face slightly, and Xu Qiansu's sudden approach made her almond-shaped eyes narrow slightly, and a slight pleasant natural smell spread to the tip of Ma Li's nose.

After a while, she said, "Me too."

"What?"

"There is not a day of joy."

"...I'm sorry." Xu Qiansu apologized sincerely.

The spider plants overhead were blown by the wind and crackled by the raindrops.

Ma Li stopped looking at Xu Qiansu. She turned to look at the entrance of the verandah, put down her hands and put them behind her back, and asked, "Why did you choose Cattleya in the first place?"

Although Xu Qiansu briefly explained it to Ma Li, the detailed reason... Xu Qiansu never said it, and Ma Li didn't ask.

Why choose Cattleya... Of course Xu Qiansu could ignore everything Cattleya did to him as if nothing happened and continue to do his own thing as usual.

After all, he had even lost his memory and had no idea what Cattleya had done to him.

He could completely ignore Cattleya for the time being and wait for his memory to be recovered before discussing anything else.

But Xu Qiansu couldn't choose that way... No matter whether he was in pain or unhappy now, Xu Qiansu would never regret it.

So he responded, "I've lost part of my memory..."

Ma Li was slightly startled and turned her head to look at Xu Qiansu, her light green, clear and beautiful eyes filled with a bit of astonishment.

Even Ma Li has no idea about Xu Qiansu's loss of memory...

With that said, Xu Qiansu took out the Pokémon research notes that he carried with him from his arms and spread them out. There was a neatly folded page of paper inside.

Xu Qiansu took it out of the notebook, handed it to Ma Li, and said calmly: "This is the 'clue' I found. Whenever I get information from it, the somatosensory time skips... Sometimes it's one minute, sometimes it's just ten. A few seconds...that must be a symptom of my memory being deleted."

Ma Li lowered her eyes and looked at the paper in Xu Qiansu's hand, her hands still behind her back.

After a moment, she stretched out her little hand, took it, stretched the paper with her fingers, and opened it.

Xu Qiansu stood aside and said nothing.

Ma Li read very slowly, reading word by word, carefully considering every word... This is the content of the book "Washing Green on the Left, Shenao on the Right". Ma Li knew it, but she still read it very carefully. slow.

The raindrops slapped on the pillars of the verandah and on the fruit plants in the backyard, making a crisp and soft sound.

After an unknown amount of time, Ma Li folded it up again and returned it to Xu Qiansu.

Xu Qiansu took the paper and did not read it. Instead, she tucked it into her research notes and asked, "Can Miss Ma Li guess the reason why I lost my memory?"

Ma Li didn't answer. She crossed her arms and held her sleeves with her little hands, causing some folds. The breeze mixed in the rain curtain slightly ruffled the bangs on her forehead.

She raised her little face, looked at Xu Qiansu, and looked at him, "You have lost your memory, but you can still find this kind of clue?"

Xu Qiansu nodded lightly.

"You obviously have no memory, but you still choose Cattleya?"

Xu Qiansu nodded gently again, "Even if I don't have memory, I still know what I should do."

Ma Li stopped asking questions. She knew and understood the responsibility that Xu Qiansu carried... That responsibility was heavier than Tianguan Mountain in the Sinnoh region, and far wider than the boundless sky.

Xu Qiansu had no memory. He shouldn't have to bear this kind of responsibility. No one would blame him, no one would blame him... But he still chose to bear it when he didn't know anything or remember anything.

The sound of a slightly rapid heartbeat traveled along the blood and reached Ma Li's ears.

Dong Dong————

She stretched out her little hand and gently touched her heart.

Ma Li... felt a little happy and proud that she could like Xu Qiansu.

But what followed was an inexplicable emotion spreading in my heart.

Why Cattleya?

But at this moment, this kind of thing is fine no matter what.

Ma Li raised her eyes and looked outside the verandah.

The branches and leaves of the melon and fruit plants were swayed by the raindrops, and the whole world was shrouded in the rain... with an almost transparent beauty.

Ma Li withdrew her gaze and turned her head to look at Xu Qiansu. Her small, soft pink lips revealed, "It doesn't matter whether it's responsibility or memory... In the end, you will definitely abandon Cattleya. And choose me.”

Xu Qiansu was stunned for a moment and said nothing. He just turned his head and looked at the rain curtain outside the verandah... His left shoulder was already wet.

Xu Qiansu turned around, looked at Ma Li, smiled gently, "Go back indoors and practice your flute."

"Um……"

The two said nothing more and walked side by side through the verandah.

This sudden spring rain still continued to fall.

Afternoon.

The Pokémon did not follow the two of them out, but gathered together, chatting and playing.

They are simple-minded, and none of them have a serious and rigid temperament, so it is easy for them to play together.

Lillie is like the trainer of this group of Pokémon, and also like a new babysitter, taking care of this and that, she is very busy.

When Xu Qiansu and Ma Li came back, she breathed a sigh of relief...

I heard that the job of the nursery is to take care of newborn Pokémon and help them through their growth period. The job content must be similar to mine. I wonder how hard it must be for those people... Lillie couldn't help but think.

"Gardevoir~" Seeing Xu Qiansu, Gardevoir abandoned all his friends, then trotted up to Xu Qiansu, stretched out his hand to caress the side of his face, and then turned his head.

However, one side of Gardevoir's hair was neatly held up with a hairpin, which made her temperament somewhat classical, just like the aristocratic girls who often appeared in ancient paintings, which really complemented Gardevoir's temperament.

"Very cute." Xu Qiansu praised.

Gardevoir covered her pretty face with her little hands and smiled charmingly. Then she reached out to take off the hairpin, combed her hair a few times with her fingers, and then clamped it back in place... It seemed that she was very happy with her new hairstyle. She was very satisfied, or she felt satisfied only after Xu Qiansu praised her.

"Lilia did it for you?" Xu Qiansu asked.

Gardevoir nodded.

"Because Gardevoir is very cute... I often helped dress up the Pokémon at home when I was young." Lillie stretched out her fingers, gently pinched the hair on her forehead, and explained in a low voice, feeling a little shy.

Lillie didn't have Pokémon phobia from the beginning... Her Pokémon phobia was caused by an accident. Before that, there were naturally a lot of Pokémon of various colors living in her home.

Xu Qiansu took out her cell phone, glanced at the time, and then said, "Counting the time, Sonia is almost here. It's raining outside. She probably didn't bring an umbrella... I'll pick her up."

Sonia came to Caolu Town because of Vulpix. As a friend, Xu Qiansu couldn't just let her come here in the rain... Mary and Lillie knew it well, so they didn't ask much.

Xu Qiansu simply prepared some things, then took two umbrellas, and left the Pokémon with Gardevoir... It was raining outside, and he was only going to 'pick up' the airport, so he didn't need to take all the Pokémon with him. .

"Uh-huh~" Soraya lay on the sofa and yawned lazily, and then a black shadow appeared in front of his eyes.

"Huh?" Zoroa raised his eyes and looked...it was Ma Li.

Ma Li sat next to Zoroa, resting one elbow on her knee, raising her face, tilting her head to look at Zoroa, "I have something to ask you."

"Huh?" Soraya tilted his little head and blinked his big golden eyes. He felt that this female human was a bit scary and not as gentle as Su Su and Feng.

Is Mary gentle?

Of course gentle.

She was the one who helped Xu Qiansu find Soraya, stayed up late to work on the Lily Root doll, and was the one who stood outside the Pokémon Center at night waiting for Xu Qiansu... But she was only gentle in front of Xu Qiansu, so naturally she didn't Maybe he cares too much about what Soraya thinks of him.

She asked bluntly, "Do you remember the book you wrote?"

Soraya tilted his little head again, and after a while he nodded in realization... That book was purely a product of finding Xu Qiansu. Ever since Soraya found Xu Qiansu in Mugan Town, he never put it away again. Have it in mind.

Seeing this, Ma Li reached out and grabbed the back of Soraya's neck, then put her on her lap, lowered her eyes and asked, "Have you ever seen the things inside?"

Soraya was a little afraid of Mali and thought she was a bit fierce, but Mali's technique was actually very gentle and felt very comfortable on her body. This contradictory feeling made Soraya's little head unable to turn around... But When she heard Ma Li's question, she nodded slightly.

Of course I have experienced it... Even if I have not experienced it, I have heard about it. Otherwise, why would Zhulan be so interested in her?

Soraya is already considered a serious living fossil. When it comes to historical issues, she is right to ask her. She may not know the specific details, but the general direction is always correct.

"Then let me ask you a few things..." Ma Li reached out and caressed Zoroa's back and said sternly.

"Huh?" Soraya raised his little face to look at her curiously.

Ma Li leaned down and said something in her ear. The hot breath from her lips made Zoroa's big furry ears subconsciously twitch a few times. Then Zoroa lowered his eyes, with some thoughts in his eyes.

After a moment, Zoroa raised his face in confusion.

How does she know how to restore Susu's memory? But it turns out that Su Su’s memory was deleted by that bad woman with golden hair?

She said, "Uh-huh (since it was the bad woman with blond hair who did it, then looking for her can definitely restore Susu's memory)"

Although Ma Li didn't understand what Soraya was talking about, she could tell that Soraya didn't know either... which is true, Soraya didn't live for a thousand years, she just slept for a thousand years...

Ma Li tapped her chin with her finger, frowning.

Perhaps only Cattleya herself can solve this kind of thing...

Xu Qiansu's loss of memory is actually beneficial to Ma Li... After all, Xu Qiansu's responsibility at this moment stems from his own speculation.

If he really recovers his memory, then he will definitely be more determined.

But Ma Li always cared about Xu Qiansu...very much.

Xu Qiansu will definitely find a way to retrieve his memory in the future... then Ma Li is willing to help him.

"This spring rain... it seems to be going on for a long time..." Lillie didn't know why Ma Li was troubled. Seeing her frown, she thought it had something to do with the weather, so she took her phone to check and said softly. .

"Huh?" Ma Li tilted her head slightly and looked at Lillie, not expecting her to speak suddenly.

"The last spring rain..." Lillie looked at her phone again before saying, "It will last for about ten days. When this rain passes, it should be early summer."

Ma Li withdrew her gaze and turned to look at the rain outside the window. She couldn't help but think, where is Xu Qiansu now?

As soon as this thought came to her mind, she couldn't help but shake her head slightly.

How long have they been apart?

Not even five minutes.

Chen Mo travels through the world of beast control and awakens the talent of the entry manual. As long as he completes the challenge, he can obtain the corresponding entry! Chen Mo: “I’m cheating on other people’s money, but we all have a bright future!”

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