You are not allowed to date a trainer.

Chapter 27 Vine Snake Selection

"Ladies and gentlemen, our plane is about to land at Wuyang Baiyun International Airport. The local time is 10:15 a.m., the ground temperature is 31 degrees Celsius, and the plane is taxiing. To ensure the safety of you and others, please do not stand or release your pocket spirit until the plane stops..."

Listening to the plane's broadcast, Ding Lili's eyes inadvertently fell on the dozing black-haired boy opposite her for the thirty-first time.

The boy was wearing a simple T-shirt and jeans, leaning against the back of a chair, with a copy of "Wuyang City Travel Guide" lying across his knees. His fine black hair was a little messy, covering a little of his forehead, and his long eyelashes cast a faint shadow on his eyelids.

Ding Lili secretly looked at the boy's face bathed in the sun, from his straight nose to his slightly open lips, savoring the youthful aura and feeling moved.

This is the young man. He is not a noisy human cub that gives people a headache, nor is he a greasy uncle who stares at you up and down as soon as he sits down. That kind of faint freshness is like the first ray of sunshine on the grass after the rain. Just looking at him is enough to make people forget the fatigue of the journey and feel the beauty of life again.

At this moment, as if he heard the broadcast, his neat eyelashes suddenly flickered, and the boy slowly opened his eyes. His bright black eyes were like two deep springs.

Ding Lili quickly averted her gaze, her heart throbbing at the same time. She suddenly felt a pang of sadness. She was the flight attendant, and he was a passenger. After the plane landed, they passed each other in the crowd, like the encounter between a fish and a bird. A white bird gliding over a river, unaware that a fish in the water had been watching its reflection so eagerly.

No, if I don’t take action now, this wild beautiful boy will really say goodbye to me. Ding Lili took a deep breath, put on a professional smile of a flight attendant, and gently waved her hand at the boy.

"Hello, classmate. The seat you're sitting in is the emergency exit. If something happens, I might need your assistance. Would you be willing to help?"

"Hmm?" The boy looked over. He seemed a little dazed from sleep, with one side of his hair slightly raised. "No problem, just call me if you need anything, sister."

A good start, albeit a little late. Ding Lili clenched her fists in her heart, determined to press on.

"Classmate, you look so young, are you a high school student?"

"Yes, I'm a senior this year." The boy nodded.

——He's actually a high school student! Damn it! And he's in the training department!

"A senior this year? That's a young trainer who already has a starter partner. How impressive!" Ding Lili suppressed the urge to bleed from her nose and clapped her hands with a smile. "Speaking of which, this year's starter Pokémon seems to be Otosha? If I'm not mistaken, your Pokémon must be Serpentine, right?"

The boy was stunned. He nodded hesitantly and asked, "Why?"

"This is related to a little secret that's passed around among girls. Everyone says: Nunuanzhu trainers are enthusiastic, cheerful, and casual, making them suitable for friends; while Mizutari trainers are gentle, considerate, patient, and meticulous, making them suitable for besties."

"What about Snake's trainer?" The boy opposite seemed to be a little interested and asked.

Ding Lili blinked. "Suitable for a husband."

"Why? Just because of the vine snake?"

"Yes, the habits of Pokémon like Snakebite are very strange. The way they choose trainers is different from all the other starter Pokémons. They will hide and examine those who have the potential to become their trainers. If they can't find a truly excellent trainer that suits their taste, they would rather live alone."

"There's also an urban legend that the Snakes are all looks-obsessed, and the trainers they look for are all handsome men and beautiful women." Ding Lili said in a low voice. She looked at the boy's face and thought that the rumors on the Internet were not entirely groundless.

"So, there's a saying among girls that if you meet a Serpentine trainer, you absolutely can't let him go. It's called 'Serpentine Selection'."

At this point, Ding Lili winked at the boy, hoping to see the innocent boy's shy expression. However, the wink was ignored. The boy frowned, and his tone became unexpectedly serious. "Is that so? What about the vine snakes?"

"Ivy snake?"

Ding Lili was a bit bewildered. She'd clearly told you, "A girl who meets a Serpenti trainer will never let him go." Shouldn't this be the natural progression of the "man asks about the woman's feelings, the woman asks about the man's affections" test? What was with the indignant tone of the man opposite her, seeing the wife kicked out by the mistress?

Is there any connection between a trainer looking for a girlfriend and Snake?

However, the atmosphere of the conversation was getting awkward, so Ding Lili quickly changed the subject to remedy the situation.

"Right, right! Classmate, do you know the origin of Wuyang City? Legend has it that long ago, this land beneath our feet suffered from repeated famines, leaving farmland barren. Then, five immortals descended from the sky, leading sheep with ears of rice in their mouths. The immortals gave these ears of rice to the people, wishing that this land would never be famine-free. To commemorate the immortals, this city was named 'Wuyang City.'"

"I know. This story is on the first page of the handbook." The boy nodded. "Five goats carrying grain gathered in the courtyard of Chu."

"Really? So what do you think of this story, classmates?"

"I feel a little silly."

"stupid?"

"Well, that immortal team is a bit silly. Merely Sheep, Fluffy Sheep, Mount Lamb, Mount Goat, Braided Sheep..." The boy pointed at the five immortals in the travel brochure, each leading a lamb, his expression unusually serious. "Traveling with a team like that is just stupid. Give me a shield-sword monster of similar strength, with two attributes, one for resistance and one for attack, and I can wipe out their entire team."

Ding Lili was stunned when she heard this.

At this moment, she suddenly remembered a story she had heard a long time ago. It said that a young lady in the company married a professional trainer, but her life was not happy. The man was obsessed with training Pokémon and exchanging shady ideas with other super trainers, and rarely paid attention to her.

One day, the young woman, who had been fed up with it, took her husband out shopping. While they were having a coffee break at a cafe, the man suddenly said, "This cafe is great."

The young woman was surprised, thinking her husband's long-dormant artistic spirit had finally revived. She asked him why, but he replied, "If I place my Blastoise and Shrimp on the second floor of this cafe, the four streets below us will be under my control."

At this moment, Ding Lili suddenly understood why no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get closer to the boy.

A woman's thoughts are as numerous as flowers, but a boy's world is a simple straight line, just like a fish seeing a bird flying hurriedly over its head, thinking that the bird may be busy filling its stomach, or avoiding the pursuit of its natural enemies, or perhaps showing off its feathers to other birds, but the white bird is actually just chasing the sun, it hopes that the golden sunlight can always shine on its wings.

At this time, the plane stopped, the boy unbuckled his seat belt, and stood up with his travel bag.

Ding Lili felt anxious.

"Um! Classmate! Can you tell me your name? After all, you see, we had such a happy chat along the way..."

"Go and pay attention to the future news, sister. I believe my name will appear there soon, um, along with my vine snake."

(End of this chapter)