owlsbooks Chapter 525 Cynthia and Crimson Sun arrive, the Sinnoh League gym leaders are in trouble!
Chapter 525 Cynthia and Crimson Sun arrive, the Sinnoh League gym leaders are in trouble!
The next day, at the first light of dawn.
Li Luochen woke up in bed and could vaguely hear a commotion downstairs, mixed with footsteps and hushed conversations.
He rubbed his eyes and asked instinctively, "What happened?"
Caldelia, nestled in his arms, was not fully awake yet.
She lazily reached for her phone on the bedside table, squinted at the screen, and yawned, "Ah...it seems like Zhu Lan is here..."
After saying that, she tossed her phone onto the pillow, snuggled closer to Li Luochen, and showed no intention of getting up.
"Oh, Zhu Lan has arrived..."
Li Luochen muttered something, then rolled over while still holding Jiadeliya, without even lifting his eyelids.
The two of them tacitly shrank further into the blankets, preparing to take another nap.
Then, I suddenly woke up!
Bamboo Orchid is here?!
Li Luochen sat up abruptly, the blanket slipping off.
Cattleya was also completely awakened by his words. She propped herself up, her long hair falling over her shoulders.
The two looked at each other and simultaneously rolled out of bed.
The commotion downstairs wasn't an illusion; you could vaguely hear someone calling, "Miss Zhulan, this way please."
Li Luochen put on his coat, and Jia Deliya quickly tidied her hair. The two hurriedly walked towards the door.
......
Under the care of housekeeper Shi Lan, Zhu Lan was already sitting comfortably on the living room sofa, holding a cup of soy milk in her hand, her posture composed.
It felt like I wasn't visiting someone else's house, but rather sunbathing on my own balcony.
After all, it was her best friend's house, which made Zhu Lan subconsciously relax.
"Sister Zhulan, it's been a long time, good morning."
Li Luochen walked quickly down the stairs.
Cattleya followed behind him with elegant steps, showing no trace of the earlier flustered state.
Zhu Lan looked up and smiled slightly at the two of them: "Luo Chen, Li Ya, good morning."
Caldelia sat down next to Zhulan, her tone slightly reproachful: "Why did you take a flight so late at night? You were just discharged from the hospital, you can't handle this kind of ordeal."
"If I had known, I would have had my husband ask Hoopa to make a hole and send you over."
Zhu Lan arrived early in the morning, clearly having taken the plane last night.
Instead of doing that, why not just have Hoopa teleport you?
Zhu Lan just smiled and didn't take it to heart: "It's nothing. I've been lying in the hospital for so long, it's good to stretch my muscles."
She paused, her gaze falling on Cattleya's face, and said softly, "Besides, you have a lot of guests here, and Hoopa is probably too busy to handle everything, so I won't add to the trouble."
Cattleya sighed, reached out and straightened Zhulan's slightly disheveled shawl, and said nothing more.
Li Luochen leaned against the sofa armrest, watching the two of them.
He was about to yawn when Cattleya glanced at him, so he swallowed the yawn back, scratched his head, and made his hair look a little messy.
Cattleya reached out to tidy Li Luochen's messy hair.
Li Luochen tilted her head to dodge, but couldn't, so she simply let her do it.
Zhu Lan took a sip of soy milk, watching the young couple playfully bickering with a smile. She didn't interrupt, but simply observed quietly amidst the wafting aroma.
In her heart, she felt genuinely gratified for her good friend.
Li Luochen deserves much credit for seeing Cattleya's bright smile and her cheerful and lively demeanor.
It's important to know that in her early years, Gadriya possessed such powerful superpowers that she couldn't control her emotions well, and she had almost no friends.
Her superpowers would go out of control if her emotions fluctuated even slightly, and children her age dared not approach her, while adults mostly kept their distance.
Only in front of Zhu Lan would she relax a little and reveal some of her girlish side.
But that was only "slightly".
Since meeting Li Luochen, everything has changed little by little.
Cattleya started laughing, started making a fuss, started bickering with herself over trivial matters, and her eyes would well up with tears at the slightest bit of warmth.
The emotions that were once suppressed by her superpowers have finally found an outlet. They are no longer a burden, but rather her way of interacting with the world.
Zhu Lan put down her cup and looked at Cattleya's profile.
She saw all those changes and remembered them.
"Speaking of which, it's been a month since my last visit. I never imagined that Minrong Taekwondo Academy had grown so big!"
Zhu Lan then looked around carefully, her gaze sweeping from the spacious and bright lobby all the way to the training ground that was faintly visible at the end of the corridor.
The last time she came here, it wasn't this grand.
Besides, there don't seem to be that many girls in the dojo, do you?
Um......
Their hair is all different, almost enough to make a rainbow of colors.
Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple—the four sisters of the Battle Fortress contributed four of them.
"Luo Chen, can you do me a favor?" Zhu Lan said to Li Luo Chen with a smile.
Li Luochen asked, "What kind of busyness?"
"Record a video to encourage the gym leaders in the Sinnoh region," Cynthia said casually, "so that they can learn from you and make their gyms impressive too."
"Otherwise, if everyone either does a side job or just slacks off, how can the Sinnoh region progress, right?"
"Well......"
Li Luochen looked at her, remained silent for two seconds, and said, "You want me, a gym leader from the Eastern Region, to encourage the gym leader from Sinnoh?"
"Precisely because they are outsiders, their words carry more weight." Zhu Lan's smile remained unchanged.
Li Luochen leaned back on the sofa, thought for a moment, and laughed: "Okay. But let me make it clear first, I'm not very good with words."
Zhu Lan waved her hand, indicating that she didn't care.
Caldea sat to the side, watching the two settle things in just a few words. She picked up her teacup and gently blew on the steam, thinking that the gym leaders in the Sinnoh region were probably going to have trouble sleeping for a while.
ding dong~
Just then, the doorbell rang.
"I'll go. Jia Deliya, you stay and chat with Sister Zhulan for a while." Li Luochen got up and walked towards the door.
Cattleya nodded, moved closer to Zhulan, and continued their previous conversation.
I walked to the door.
Li Luochen pushed open the door and was slightly taken aback.
Chi Ri stood outside the door, still with that indifferent look, though his complexion was much better than when he was hospitalized, but the lingering gloom between his brows was still there.
I don't know if it's innate or acquired.
Although it was somewhat disrespectful to his uncle, Li Luochen still secretly complained in his heart.
No matter how many times I see him, Chi Ri looks like someone suffering from kidney deficiency due to excessive indulgence in sex...
Come back to your senses.
"Fifth Uncle?" Li Luochen didn't expect him to arrive at this time as well. "Come in quickly."
Chi Ri grunted in agreement and stepped over the threshold.
Li Luochen stepped aside to make way, and casually took the bag from his hand, noticing how heavy it was.
At this moment, Chi Ri turned his head and said, "Nephew, your fifth uncle has also prepared a gift for you this time."