Ralts's Pokémon Egg sat on the desk, while Monferno lay asleep beside it.
After an unknown length of time, Ye Qing gradually drifted off to sleep.
Night enveloped the streets as Wang Yao walked alone. The sweltering weather made it impossible for him to sleep at night. He had intended to ask Ye Qing out for a walk, but unexpectedly, he couldn't get through to him.
Grovyle followed beside him, an ice cream stick Wang Yao had discarded held in his mouth.
Taking a bite of his ice pop, Wang Yao scrolled through his phone's contacts, looking for a girl who might come out and sit with him for a while.
He entered a relatively secluded alley beneath the dim yellow streetlights. Just then, a cool, clear voice reached his ears. "Hey, could you do me a favor?"
"Who's there?"
Wang Yao jumped and hastily turned to look.
A teenage girl in an old-fashioned pink princess dress stood by a wall, her hair tied in a ponytail. She was holding a Drifloon by the hand.
"Grov."
Grovyle's expression turned grave, and two Leaf Blades sprang out. He had checked before entering the alley and hadn't seen any little girl here.
"What's wrong, little girl? Why are you here all by yourself so late at night?" Suspecting nothing, Wang Yao walked straight toward her.
"Could you do me a favor?"
The girl didn't answer Wang Yao's questions. With her somewhat vacant eyes, she repeated her question.
True to his oblivious nature, Wang Yao replied without a second thought, "Sure. Tell me what it is. I'll help if I can."
A trace of confusion appeared in Grovyle's eyes. No matter how he looked, he couldn't find anything wrong, yet a faint sense of danger lingered within him. Could this Drifloon be the