You are not allowed to date a trainer.

Chapter 63: The Headmaster is Small-minded

Qin Zhen suddenly found himself famous in his hometown.

On the way home from the vehicle management office, Qin Zhen attracted countless eyes. Basically, someone would come up to confirm his identity every few steps, and then they would shake hands, pat him on the shoulder, and encourage him. Occasionally, a girl would appear to ask for his autograph.

At the beginning, Qin Zhen was a little vain and proud. When people asked, "Are you Qin Zhen?" he would nod reservedly; when people wanted to shake hands with him, he would secretly rub the corners of his clothes with his palms to prevent the other person from feeling sweaty hands; when people took out notebooks or newspapers, he would immediately rehearse writing in his mind to ensure that every "Qin Zhen" signature was written stroke by stroke and in strict accordance with the rules.

But Qin Zhen soon got tired of it. There were so many people that they caused traffic jams at intersections several times, and the traffic police had to shout at the side: "Everyone! The green light is on! Please don't linger here! You're blocking traffic!"

Finally, the crowd dispersed, and Qin Zhen, the culprit, was kept by the uncles to ask for his autograph.

Of course, this is nothing. What really defeated Qin Zhen was a pair of Ying Jue-like parents who lived downstairs from his house.

Why are they called Ying Jue-type parents?
Because after a brief greeting, the couple pulled Qin Zhenqiang into their home and insisted that Qin Zhenqiang meet their daughter, and added, "My daughter is as outstanding as you, you can get to know her."

When the outstanding girl shyly walked out of the room, Xiao Qin fell silent. She was indeed outstanding, but not by human standards, but by Snorlax's standards. Qin Zhen had no doubt that if this girl could learn powerful moves such as "Mount Tai's Pressure" and "Heavy Impact", then even Ying Jue would have to give up his position as the general department gym leader.

In front of this strong and majestic woman like a mountain, Xiao Qin's psychological defenses collapsed. He used up all his courage to shake hands with her and sign autograph. Then he slapped his head and said, "Oh no, my Motorcycle Lizard is still parked downstairs." Finally, he went downstairs at the speed of light, rode his Millerton and fled, running to Yuelu Mountain.

"Hey? Isn't this the future of our Tanzhou City, the supernova of Jinguan City, and the good son-in-law of Wuyang City?" A man as strong as a bear walked out of the academy and sat down next to Qin Zhen.

"Sorry, the stone steps here are too narrow to accommodate so many people!" Qin Zhen replied unhappily.

Hearing this, Senior Brother Mengjiang burst into laughter and handed over a handful of wild fruit. "Here, try this! These are the last batch of wild loquats this year. I went to Yuewang Pavilion specifically to pick them last night."

Qin Zhen thanked him sullenly, took the loquat, peeled it, and was about to put it in his mouth when he suddenly felt a burning gaze coming from the side.

It was Milton, the greedy big lizard squatting aside, staring at the fruit in Qin Zhen's hand without blinking.

Qin Zhen smiled helplessly, fed the loquat in his hand to Milton, then tapped the Poké Ball to release Growlithe and Snake, and peeled loquats for them to eat.

After taking just one bite, the Caterpie started trembling all over and its hair stood on end. It seemed that it didn't like this sour fruit very much.

As for the little Queen Snake, she was the most virtuous of the three Pokémon. After eating the loquat handed to her by the trainer in small bites, she jumped onto Qin Zhen's shoulder, then stretched out her whip, rolled a loquat from Qin Zhen's arms into her hand, peeled and removed the core bit by bit, and finally brought the flesh to Qin Zhen's mouth.

Senior Brother Mengjiang sat aside, staring in amazement.

"Yes, Junior Brother, they look exactly like each other."

"Brother, what are you talking about?" Qin Zhen asked curiously after eating a loquat fed by Teng Teng Snake.

"I'm talking about the Super Queen in Jinguan City." Senior Brother Mengjiang glanced at the Vine Snake sitting on Qin Zhen's shoulder, silently peeling loquats for the trainer, and made an "eight" gesture to Qin Zhen. "Compared to that Gardevoir lady, your Vine Snake is eight points! They are eight points similar!"

"Miss Gardevoir...?" Qin Zhen looked at his fierce senior brother, seeing the shyness and longing of a boy appearing in his brave leopard eyes. He was silent for ten seconds, and finally changed the subject: "By the way, senior brother, what did you say about the son-in-law of Wuyang City?"

"Oh, it's like this. The news of you speedrunning through three gyms in eleven days has spread. Jinguan City has recognized your talent and is basically promoting you as the next Qingcheng Gym Leader. We in Tanzhou were busy battling Wuyang City, so we were a bit slow to react. We can only focus on your talent, saying that you will become a Tanzhou-born superstar in the future, and secretly criticize Yin Yang and the others in Jinguan City for their unrealistic ideas."

"As for Wuyang City, their media has the most unusual thinking. They didn't pay much attention to your record-breaking achievements, but instead focused on your appearance and age," said Senior Brother Mengjiang. "They thought you were quite good-looking and a good match for their new owner, so they announced that if Tanzhou City sent you over for marriage, they would forgive the headmaster's recent bullying. It really pissed the headmaster off."

"Bullying the young?" Qin Zhen shook his head and ate another loquat that Teng Teng Snake handed him. "Don't hit people in the face, don't expose their shortcomings when you scold them. The people of Wuyang are really vicious."

Senior Brother Mengjiang grinned. He recalled Qin Zhen's words, "I dare not refuse a gift from an elder," which had broken the Yuelu Pavilion Master's defense. He thought to himself, "Junior Brother, you're no less vicious when it comes to being a ruthless person." "By the way, Senior Brother, where is Teacher Chi? Why can't I see her?"

"The headmaster is out."

"He's gone out?" Qin Zhen was surprised. "Did Teacher Chi really go looking for trouble with the Wuyang City media?"

"No, it's official business," Brother Mengjiang replied. "A very strong wild Nidoqueen has appeared in Wuling. For several days, it's been stealing the bayberries from the villagers' orchards. The local police can't stop it, and they're also worried that the Nidoqueen might be hiding an even stronger Nidoking. So they called us and asked the headmaster to come over."

"Is the gym leader also responsible for such things?" Qin Zhen said, "I thought the gym leader only needed to guard the gym and issue badges."

"It didn't need to be that way before. We just had to send a group message to all the nearby professional trainers. But in recent years, many professional trainers have retired, and there aren't enough people in various places, so the gym leader has to do it himself." Senior Brother Mengjiang shrugged. "Junior brother, do you have something to ask the headmaster?"

Qin Zhen hesitated for two seconds and didn't say anything.

"Don't be silent, Junior Brother! Master is not here, but I am!" Senior Brother Mengjiang patted his chest fiercely. "I am the Assistant Master of Yuelu Dojo! I dare not speak for others, but I have a say in this small part of the academy."

"It's not a big deal, actually." Qin Zhen stammered, "Brother, you know, the college entrance exam just ended, and train and plane tickets are hard to come by. I haven't dared go home these days because of what happened just now, so could you... let me stay at the academy for a day or two? It won't be long. I'll leave as soon as I can get a train or plane ticket to Qizhou."

"That's it? I thought you had your eye on some tadpole in the academy." Senior Brother Mengjiang raised his eyebrows, rolled his eyes, and waved his hand. "No problem! I can make the decision on this matter. It just so happens that the dean is away from the academy these few days, so her room is empty. You can sleep there."

"Ah? This... this isn't good, right? What if Teacher Chi finds out..."

Of course she will know. Not only will she know, she might even come back early and enter the room at the right time to have something happen with you.

Because I'll tell on you! Stupid Junior Brother!

Looking at Qin Zhen's confused face, Brother Mengjiang sighed in his heart, feeling guilty for leading the little white sheep into a wolf's den. But there was nothing he could do. His own headmaster was as narrow-minded as a needle hole. If he knew about it but didn't report it, he would probably be caught by the mosquito-repellent swimmers and taken to swim in the Xiangjiang River the next day.

"It's okay, it's okay. Don't you always call me Teacher Chi? What's wrong with a student sleeping in the teacher's room for a few nights? Believe me, the headmaster won't mind."

Just as the two were pulling and tugging at each other, a sharp cry suddenly came from the sky. A huge shadow completely covered Qin Zhen and Senior Brother Mengjiang. A big brown bird fell from the sky and landed in front of the two. The strong wind it stirred up made it impossible to open their eyes.

"Oh my god!" Senior Brother Mengjiang was startled. "Where did Pidgeot come from?"

Qin Zhen took two steps back, looking the other person up and down, his gaze finally settling on the Pidgeot's slender head feathers. "Are you... the Pidgeot from Jinguan Academy?"

"Bi~"

The big bird took two steps forward, touched Qin Zhen's forehead affectionately, and then raised its bird claws towards Qin Zhen.

There was a thin envelope tied to Pidgeot's claws. Qin Zhen and Senior Brother Mengjiang looked at each other, bent down, untied the envelope and tore it open.

A piece of light blue paper fluttered to the ground.

——That’s a train ticket.

(End of this chapter)