Ye Qing paused at his words, then nodded. "See you... Witch Elite Four."
Zhao Ling stopped and shook his head. "No, I didn't earn this position through my own strength. I'll challenge for it again later."
"Oh."
Ye Qing's eyes flickered. Sure enough, Zhao Ling was still as serious as ever.
With the matter of Zhao Ling settled, Ye Qing finally let out a long sigh of relief. He really had been afraid they would become enemies in the future.
They had grown and chased after each other along the way. It would have been a shame to lose a friend like him.
It was already very late when he got home.
Everyone had finished eating. Only his mother was watching TV in the living room.
Ye Mom turned and asked, "Have you eaten, our Elite Four Ye?"
Hearing his mother's teasing, Ye Qing rubbed his nose and lied that he had eaten.
"Just wait. You think I don't know you?"
Ye Mom rolled her eyes at Ye Qing and made a bowl of noodles especially for him.
"Smells great."
Ye Qing ate a heaping bowl of scallion noodles with hot broth. Looking outside through the living room's floor-to-ceiling windows, he saw that a fine drizzle had begun at some point.
Occasional flashes of fire appeared on the distant horizon, but they soon died out.
Were some Pokémon fighting?
Ye Qing was exhausted and naturally could not be bothered to meddle. He still had to return to Alto Mare early tomorrow morning to take up his post.
After making noodles for her son, Ye Mom passed Ye Menghan's room and suddenly noticed a green glow still shining inside. "Hanhan, why haven't you turned off the light and gone to sleep yet?"
"Oh, Mom, I'm going to sleep right now!"
Hearing