Pokémon: All About the Breeding House

Chapter 517 Is Grandma coming to visit?

"Okay, thank you for your hard work," Fang Yan said to the people on the screen.

Fang Yan sat in the rest area and announced the results of the assessment.

"Master Fenglu, congratulations on successfully passing this test."

"Thank you, thank you for your guidance."

Feng Lu, sitting opposite, bowed and sincerely thanked him.

Thankfully, it passed.

Feng Lu cheered inwardly. When she learned this year that a champion-level trainer would be coming to assess the gym, she was startled, thinking that the champion would be very strict.

The result was simply that a few Pokémon came to battle him, and his strength was tested through a live stream.

Anyway, thankfully we got it!

After saying goodbye to Fenglu, Jun Shaye and Jun Shasha left the dojo with their phones in their hands. Jun Shaye stretched and said, "It's been a busy day, but it's finally over."

"So it's still night where you are?" Fang Yan said, looking at the dark night sky above them.

"Yeah, after all, our time zone is the opposite of the Sinnoh region," Officer Jenny said. "The fifth gym is over, so there are only three left, right?"

"The assessments should be completed soon," Jun Shasha said from the side.

"Five dojos already?" Fang Yan exclaimed, his mouth agape in surprise. "So fast?"

"Fast? Not really, we've been here for over a month already." Jun Shaye looked at the dialect on the screen and continued, "If we hadn't had to go to towns without gyms to provide guidance along the way, we probably would have been even faster. We might have already completed the gym assessment for you by now."

"Isn't this fast enough?" Fang Yan felt a little guilty, remembering that he had only just finished his gym assessment in the Sinnoh region two weeks ago. He had spent more than half a year taking those assessments.

"By the way, how's the collaboration with wild Pokémon going?"

"That's about it. We've already conducted training and instruction in various major towns in the Unova region over the past month. In the next few days, we just need to complete the gym assessments, and then we can head to the next region."

Jun Shasha handed Jun Shaye a loaf of bread and said something.

"So, where are you planning to go next?"

Hearing Fang Yan's question, Jun Shasha shook her head, "I don't know yet. I guess I'll go to Carlos? I heard Carlos has a beautiful environment, so I'll take this opportunity to go and see it."

"The top of Prism Tower is a good choice," Fang Yan recommended.

"Carlos? I heard that a meteorite fell from the sky there not long ago and was then sent away," Junsa said with a puzzled look.

"Then we'll go check it out later. Okay, I'm not talking to you anymore. Let's go back and have some late-night snacks and rest. We'll head to another gym tomorrow." Jun Shasha yawned, interrupting Jun Shaye's thoughts, and said.

"Thank you for your hard work, Sister Ye and Sister Sha."

"You're welcome, bye."

Fang Yan slumped back in the armchair, momentarily at a loss for what to do.

I miss the days when little Shana was around.

She and Tomoyo have been in the Hoenn region for almost two months now, so their Hoenn trip should be coming to an end soon, right?

I don't know if I got a tan — I don't know if I lost weight —

I wonder when Cynthia will be able to finish her work and come back to the breeding center.

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Thoughts about dialects are drifting by.

"Manager Fangyan, there's a customer at the door. They called our breeding center the day before yesterday to book services, but we're currently unavailable. Could you please go and serve them?"

Mrs. Fujino's voice came from the backyard. Fang Yan quickly stood up and replied towards the backyard, "Oh, okay, leave it to me."

After saying that, he walked towards the door, and Nine-Tails got up from the carpet and followed him.

"Wait a minute, I'm the boss! Why do I look like an employee?"

Nine-Tailed Fox yawned and its tail lashed out at Fang Yan's back.

"call out."

Stop complaining and hurry up and greet the guests.

"oh."

Fang Yan walked out of the breeding house and found a girl standing shyly under a tree on the breeding path away from the breeding house.

"Hello, are you the customer who booked our nursery service a few days ago?"

"Yes—yes."

The girl looked at the black-haired young man in front of her and nodded shyly.

"In that case, shall we go into the nursery first and then discuss it?"

"Okay—okay."

He seemed to be a very shy guest.

Fang Yan gestured to the Nine-Tailed Fox beside him, and then walked towards the breeding house first.

He has received many shy guests who are usually not good at communicating with people, or simply do not want to communicate, or have communication difficulties. Because they feel that Pokémon are different from humans, they come to the breeding center to buy Pokémon eggs, go back and hatch the Pokémon to accompany them.

Nine-Tails approached the girl and gave her a gentle smile. The girl immediately relaxed because of Nine-Tails' gentle, beautiful, and elegant demeanor. She returned a shy smile to Nine-Tails and followed it into the breeding house.

"Little Meow Meow, our guest has arrived."

As we entered the nursery, Fang Yan snapped his fingers, and the obediently little cat, Meow Meow, climbed down from the high stool, ran to the kitchen, and brought out tea and dessert, placing them on the table in front of the guests.

Meow~

Please enjoy!

The super-powered cat sister said something politely, and then went back to sit behind the counter.

The girl's gaze followed Meowth until it sat on the high stool. When Meowth noticed the girl watching it, it wasn't shy at all, but instead gave the girl a cute smile.

The girl quickly looked away and began to look around the breeding center. There were photos everywhere, some of Pokémon and some of humans, and quite a few of Pokémon and humans taking pictures together.

Next to the rest area, a separate doll area has been set up.

Golduck and other Pokémon often come and go from the breeding house. They carry crossbody bags and wear matching hats. They take their meals from the area marked "feeding area," put them in their crossbody bags, and then leave the breeding house.

The dialect didn't bother the girl, but instead allowed her to observe the breeding house carefully.

When customers visit a Pokémon farm, experienced customers will usually observe the environment of the farm, since it is a place for caring for and selling Pokémon. If the environment of the farm is very poor, then the service of the farm will certainly not be very good either.

In the girl's eyes, although this breeding house was much smaller than the large breeding houses, the atmosphere of the surrounding environment and the sweet fragrance of flowers in the air were something that other breeding houses did not have.

Fang Yan picked up his teacup and took a sip. After the girl had finished observing him, he spoke softly, "So, sir, have you decided what kind of service you would like?"

"Oh, hello boss, could you please clean my Pokémon for me?"

Fang Yan put down his teacup, looking completely bewildered.

Huh? You want to clean your Pokémon?

Nine-Tails, who was lying at Fang Yan's feet yawning, looked at the girl curiously after hearing this.

After organizing his thoughts, he tentatively asked, "Excuse me, what kind of cleaning method is 'washing your body'? Does it mean taking a bath?"

"Well, you could say that. Here's the thing: I originally came from the Padilla region to the Sinnoh region to find a Pokémon I liked. After I found one, I wanted to go back, but a friend of mine said that your Pokémon cleaning technique is very good, so I thought I'd come here to let them relax and have you clean them for me."

After hearing the girl's words, Fang Yan suddenly understood.

Isn't this just like a body scrub?

Seriously? You came all the way from the Padina region just so I could give your Pokémon a bath?

"Boss, I'll pay." Seeing the surprised look on Fang Yan's face, the girl quickly said, "It's just that I saw my friend's Duraludon and Metagross were taken really well, so I wanted to bring my Pokémon over to try it out and let them relax. If it doesn't work out, that's okay too. I hope I haven't bothered you."

Paying? If you're paying, then things are much easier.

"You don't need us to take care of your Pokémon, you just need us to clean them and let them relax, right?"

"Yes, boss, because I'm taking them back to Padiya tomorrow."

"Okay, so would you like to leave your Pokémon with us for cleaning and relax in the rest area or explore the nearby town, or would you like to come with us to the backyard garden to have some tea and wait?"

"Can we go to the back garden?"

"certainly."

After speaking in dialect, he stood up and led the girl toward the backyard.

"Guigui, Miss Skirt, Dali, come help me."

Fang Yan called back the Pokémon that were playing in the planting area, then looked at the girl and asked, "Would you please let us see your Pokémon?"

The girl nodded, took out a few Poké Balls, hesitated for a moment, looked at Fang Yan, and said, "Boss, would you like to stand a little further away?"

Fang Yan was a little confused, but he still led Gengar and the others to stand at the back.

The girl threw out a Poké Ball, and several figures appeared in the backyard together.

Arbok, Scyther, Slugma, Serperior, and one more—Steelcore.

They're all snakes?!

Fang Yan had initially thought her Pokémon would be some very cute ones, but they turned out to be all snake-type Pokémon.

Fang Yan stared at the giant steel snake, which was over ten meters long, and fell silent.

How long am I going to have to clean this giant Steelix?

Looking at the enormous Steelix, Fang Yan thought for a moment, then looked at Gengar and said, "Go get your Gatling gun out."

Upon hearing this, Gengar grinned, then passed through the wall back to the warehouse, took out the Gigantamax Water Gun, and then Fang Yan led Gengar and the others to start washing the Pokémon.

Arbok and Seviper were alright. Originally, they were wary of strangers, but after being persuaded by Gengar, Mighty, Miss Slime, and Ninetales with their eyes half-closed, they obediently lay down and let Fang Yan wash their bodies. As Fang Yan got more involved, their initial reluctant cooperation turned into reluctance to let Fang Yan leave.

Next up were the Monarch Serpent and the Sand Snake Python. When it was the Sand Snake Python's turn, it tried to escape, but its owner grabbed it by the head and dragged it back, then slapped it down in front of Fang Yan.

"I'm sorry, it's possible that the previous owner of the animal shelter didn't clean it properly, which left it with a negative impression."

The girl apologized to Fang Yan, feeling embarrassed, "Then I'll leave it in the boss's care too."

Fang Yan nodded upon hearing this, and then began to clean the sand snail python.

Fang Yan patted its head to wake it up, "Alright, you're all washed, you can leave now."

The sand snake reluctantly twisted its body and left.

In the end, only one big guy was left.

Fang Yan looked at the Steelix with its expectant eyes, sighed, told it to lie down, and then cleaned it together with Mr. Fujino and Gengar.

Fang Yan was brushing Steelix's chin with a giant brush when his phone rang. He stopped, took out his phone, and answered it. Cynthia's voice came through.

"Miss Zhulan, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Can't I call you if there's nothing wrong?"

"Of course you can. Come on, look up, lower yourself a little, yes, show me the gap. You can call me anytime. Don't move! It's normal to feel itchy."

"What are you doing?"

Hearing the rustling sound coming from the other side of the dialect, Cynthia asked in confusion.

Fang Yan brushed the grime out of the Steelix's crevices and said, "I'm taking care of the guest's Pokémon. She asked us to help her clean her little darlings."

"A cute little thing that's probably around ten meters long."

"So big? A Steelix?"

"You're really smart, it's a pity there's no reward." Fang Yan stopped what he was doing, wiped his sweat, looked at the blazing sun overhead, and couldn't help but say, "Looks like it's time to arrange a shaded spot in the backyard."

"Can you believe it? The reason she came here was simply because her friend's Pokémon, which she left here, were taken very well care of by us. So she specifically called and booked our breeding center service to have them clean her Pokémon."

"Doesn't this prove that all guests are satisfied with the services provided by the nursery?"

"That's true." Fang Yan nodded and continued, "Don't you even know who runs the breeding center? It's your little darling who runs it."

"Cough cough."

A cough came from the other end of the phone.

"You have a cold?"

Hearing the cough, Fang Yan frowned and said, "Would you like me to bring you some herbal tea? It's good for coughs. Then we can go out for dinner and have a date?"

Cynthia glanced at Dr. Mustard, whose face was growing increasingly dark, and smiled with narrowed eyes, "Alright, but it was Grandma who coughed just now, not me."

"Oh? Grandma's right there?"

"What? Did I disturb my granddaughter and her sweetheart's conversation?"

One sentence made both Cynthia and Fang Yan blush.

Cynthia awkwardly patted Dr. Mustard's arm and said in a coquettish tone, "Grandma~"

"Hmph! A daughter is like a tree that grows up and leaves home!"

Listening to the sounds coming from the other end, it seemed like there was also the sound of a cane tapping on the floor.

"Good morning, Grandma! Have you had breakfast yet?"

"What time is it? Aren't you going to eat breakfast? Are you waiting for me to starve to death?"

"No, I was just worried about you, Grandma."

Fang Yan simply stopped what he was doing and spoke up.

Seeing that her grandmother was about to say something, Cynthia interrupted her directly: "Fang Yan, Grandma wants me to ask if you are free in the next few days. She is planning to take a vacation and rest properly. I want to take Grandma to stay with you for a few days."

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"Grandma's coming over? I'm free! I'm definitely free. I can even push the nursery out of the house for guests and squeeze out some time for them."

Although Fang Yan was joking, Dr. Jie Zilan slammed her hand on the ground again upon hearing this, "If my old bones would interfere with your work, then I won't go."

"No, no, Grandma, I was just joking."

"Hmph! Fang Yan, you just wait and see. Since you've chosen this job, you'd better do it properly and don't even think about slacking off!"

"I've got it. I'll definitely work hard."

Fang Yan couldn't help but stand at attention on the Steel Serpent.

"That would be best."

Dr. Mustard's voice came again.

"Grandma, are you coming over?"

"Will it take up your time?"

"No, there are many staff members at the nursery, so it won't bother me. I usually just lie in the rest area reading and waiting for guests to come."

"In that case, shall Zhulan and I go there tomorrow, okay?"

"Of course, you're very welcome. Shall I come and pick you and Zhulan up?"

"Do you think I don't have legs, or that Zhu Lan doesn't have legs?"

"what?"

"We'll get through this ourselves. Are you still working? Focus on your work. I'm hanging up now."

Fang Yan looked at the phone that had been hung up and felt a little scared.

What's this called? Does this count as the girlfriend's family coming to inspect the place?

Could it be that he came to visit in person to discuss marriage arrangements?

If we're discussing marriage, should I marry him or not? Or should I marry him or not?

Then—does that mean I have to make a trip to the Carlos region and bring Diancie back?