Thanks to the food Xiao Ran had offered, they received a warm welcome on Panda Mountain. The Pangoro even took them straight to their den and brought out a heap of bamboo for them to eat, leaving them unsure whether to laugh or cry.
Still, staying here came with its own troubles, chief among them the Pancham. They certainly lived up to their mischievous reputation. Calling them little brats would not have been an exaggeration.
"Ah! I told you, you can't rummage through a girl's bag!" Bai Tingjiao cried in exasperation. Her only answer was a Pancham poking its head out of her backpack with an innocent expression.
"If you keep making trouble, you won't get any dinner! And nobody will treat your injuries, either!" Xiao Ran said as he chopped vegetables, glancing at a Pancham beside him that was about to steal some food.
"Rooo..." Realizing it had been caught, the Pancham calmly withdrew its paw, then turned and walked away with an air of nonchalance.
"These kids really are too mischievous!" Miao Yourou said with a helpless smile and a shake of her head as she treated a Pangoro.
After Xiao Ran and the others had been rescued, she and Qiu Yuxuan had rejoined the group. After all, without coming along with them, the two women would never have been able to enter the Pangoro's colony.
Since she was here anyway, she teamed up with Bai Tingjiao as a healer, and the two became Pokémon doctors for these pandas.
These wild Pokémon had spent years surviving and fighting in the wilderness, leaving their bodies with various lingering injuries. Since they had met, this was a good opportunity to treat them.
Naturally, the pandas were grateful and brought out plenty of bamboo. Although Xiao Ran and the others did