Ye Qing shook his head. This Pokémon Day Care only had one decent Ampharos. The others were probably much the same, or even worse.
"Forget it. That's enough for today."
Ye Qing sighed. He had thought he was rich, but only today did he realize how far he still had to go.
"All right. If I hear anything, I'll let you know immediately. Don't worry."
Looking at the three hundred thousand transferred to him, the owner spoke to Ye Qing with a broad smile.
"Okay, thank you."
Ye Qing did not think the three hundred thousand was wasted. In fact, it was only a start. He might have to spend even more money later to dig into this lead.
But he thought it was worth it. Espeon and his mother shared a deep bond that no price could measure.
When his mother let her go back then, she might well have been afraid of holding her back. Given their family's circumstances at the time, keeping her at home would only have hindered her growth and potential, leaving her to sink into mediocrity.
After saying goodbye to Wang Yao, who was going to visit his ex-girlfriend, Ye Qing had planned to take a taxi straight home, but an inexplicable impulse made him want to take a look at that haunted alley.
More than a month had passed. Perhaps something unexpected had changed.
With summer over, the autumn days were particularly short. The sun had already set, and the sky was gradually growing dim.
It was not yet night, so to kill some time, Ye Qing deliberately ate until he was half full on the snack street before heading to the alley under cover of darkness.
The crowds thinned, and the streetlights grew farther apart. Before long, Ye Qing arrived near that