EFB Chapter 489 A Heart-to-Heart Talk with Lillie
Chapter 489 A Heart-to-Heart Talk with Lillie
After a whole night of Pokémon battles, Li Luochen fell into a deep sleep and woke up the next day in the late afternoon.
Sunlight streamed in through the gaps in the curtains, falling on the foot of the bed and making the blankets slightly warm.
Li Luochen propped himself up on the edge of the bed and found that Chao Mi and the others had already left. Only Zhou Zhu was still tied up in the same spot, in the position he had been in before he went to sleep.
Zhu stayed up all night.
His dark circles were so thick it looked like he'd been punched twice, his lips were slightly dry, but his gaze remained stubbornly defiant.
Li Luochen glanced at her and gave her a thumbs up: "Impressive."
Zhouzhu turned her head to the side and snorted.
She watched the matches all night without saying a single word.
Not only did he not say anything, but his expression didn't change much either.
Li Luochen smiled at her stubborn refusal to give in, said nothing more, and got out of bed.
Li Luochen walked to Zhouzhu's side and reached out to untie the rope.
It circled around and around, landing silently at my feet.
Looking at Zhouzhu's appearance, Li Luochen sighed inwardly.
I admire you, I truly admire you.
"Haa~"
Zhouzhu stretched her stiff shoulders, yawned, and said in a sleepy voice, "If there's nothing else, I'm going back to sleep."
Li Luochen nodded and patted her on the shoulder twice: "Okay."
Zhouzhu didn't dodge or even look at him; she turned and walked towards the door.
His steps were a little unsteady, but his back remained ramrod straight.
When she returned to her room, she lay sprawled on the bed, enjoying the softness of the Simmons mattress.
Zhouzhu turned over and wrapped herself in the blanket.
I picked up my phone and saw a video that Chao Mi, Xi Si, and Ye Ni had posted in the four sisters' group chat.
"Eldest sister, third sister, fourth sister..."
Zhouzhu opened the video, reviewed the battle, and swallowed hard.
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"Brother Luo Chen~"
As soon as Li Luochen sat down in the restaurant, Acerola moved a stool over and sat next to him, her hair swaying gently over her shoulder.
Li Luochen reached out and ruffled her hair twice: "Are you going to Sinnoh?"
Acerola shook her head, letting him rub her: "I'm not going. The cipher in the secret realm hasn't been deciphered yet."
Li Luochen nodded, withdrew his hand, picked up the water glass on the table, and took a sip.
Acerola didn't say anything, just sat beside him, quietly watching him drink water while resting her chin on her hand, her eyelashes fluttering.
"Hey, Brother Luo Chen!"
Acerola called out again.
Li Luochen put down his water glass: "What's wrong?"
"When will you join me in promoting the Alola royal family?"
Acerola rested her chin on her hand, looking at him with sparkling eyes.
Li Luochen leaned back in his chair, a slight smile playing on his lips: "It depends on your performance."
"Oh~" Acerola drawled out the last syllable, and just as she was about to say something more, the hair clip on her head slipped off and landed under the table with a clatter.
She bent down and slipped inside, her skirt swaying gently beside the chair.
Just then, Lillie walked into the restaurant and sat down next to Li Luochen. "Brother Luochen, are you going to the Sinnoh region?"
Li Luochen nodded: "Yes, let's go see Zhu Lan."
"Then I'll go with you!"
This time, it was Lillie who took the initiative to ask.
This was the first time Lillie had offered to come with him.
As Lillie's fiancé, he naturally had to fulfill this small request.
"no problem."
"Yay!" Lillie raised her hands, almost jumping off her chair.
After the cheers subsided, she lowered her hand, looked around, and frowned slightly. "But where did Sister Acerola go? I remember she came to the restaurant."
"I don't know, I didn't see her." Li Luochen's expression remained unchanged as he picked up his water glass and took another sip.
"Oh, I see..."
Lillie nodded slightly, wondering if Acerola might be there.
"By the way, Lillie, could you tell me about your other two classmates?"
Seeing that Lillie was still looking around, searching for Acerola's whereabouts, Li Luochen took the initiative to change the subject.
Upon hearing that Li Luochen was interested in her life, Lillie immediately put the idea of finding someone out of her mind, her eyes lit up, and she began to tell about her two friends.
Mao and Water Lily.
Lillie gestured wildly, talking nonstop like a machine gun, unable to suppress the smile on her lips.
Li Luochen leaned back in his chair, listening, nodding occasionally. His gaze swept across Lillie's excited face, then fell on the quiet shadow under the edge of the table before returning to his own.
"If we ever get a chance to go to Alola, I'll take you to Mao's restaurant!" Lillie said, getting more and more excited, a stark contrast to her usual quiet demeanor. "If you like fishing, I'll take you to Lana; she never comes home empty-handed!"
Seeing her gesturing excitedly, Li Luochen nodded: "Okay, I'm looking forward to it."
"Yay!"
Lillie smiled even more broadly after receiving a response.
After chatting for a while longer, Cattleya appeared at the restaurant entrance and waved to Lillie: "Lillie~"
"Sister Catharia!"
Lillie got up and jogged over, turned back and waved to Li Luochen, then followed Cattleya out the door.
The footsteps faded into the distance, and the restaurant fell silent. Li Luochen leaned back in his chair, slowly exhaled, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
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"It will take some time before we can overcome the difficulties in the battle against the fortress."
Before leaving, Chao Mi handed Li Luochen the plan, with detailed timelines marked on each page: "Once things are back on track, we'll go to Donghuang to find you."
Li Luochen flipped through a few pages, offered a few suggestions, closed the folder, and then said to Chao Mi, "This is too inefficient. Why don't I send Shi Lan over to help you handle these matters? That way, you can relax a bit."
"Shi Lan?" Chao Mi was taken aback, then her eyes widened slightly. "Isn't that a master-level figure in the butler world?"
Of course she had heard of that name.
He is a recognized benchmark in the industry, a person whom many people cannot hire even with high salaries.
I never expected that Li Luochen would have such a talented person by his side, and that he would send him out so casually.
Li Luochen didn't say much, handed the folder back to her, and smiled.
Chao Mi took the folder, looked down at the name on the cover, her lips moved, but in the end she just nodded slightly: "Okay."
With Shi Lan joining the battle for the fortress, Li Luochen estimated that it would only take ten days to get back on track.
At that time, his dojo will also welcome four people to move in.
Congratulations!
After dealing with the Battle Fortress, Li Luochen still needs to go to the Sinnoh region with Cattleya and Lillie to meet Cynthia.
Who knows what will happen on the journey ahead?
Li Luochen scratched his head, and the thought of the scene when he first met Wang Luo made his face darken.
This guy is not to be trifled with...
I wonder if I'll run into them!