"Look at you two! Like father, like son!" Cheng Tian's mother flew into a rage. "One of you is over forty and spent 2,000 yuan on a game console, and the other isn't even twenty and spent 4,000 yuan on a bathtub!"
"It's a fish tank..." Cheng Tian protested weakly.
His mother pointed at the "fish tank," which could fit two of her inside, her eyes wide. "You call this thing a fish tank?!"
His father, meanwhile, studied the enormous fish tank in the living room with great interest, constantly fiddling with the aquatic plants and teasing the ornamental fish that had arrived ten minutes earlier. He smiled and said, "It's not bad. I've actually wanted to keep fish for ages. I have to say, Xiao Tian has pretty good taste."
"Good taste, my ass!" The more his mother spoke, the angrier she became. Just then, Florges hurried over to support her.
"Flor∽(❁´◡`❁)✲ﾟ"
Auntie, don't be angry. Too much anger is bad for your health.
As she smelled the sweet floral fragrance, his mother's furious mood settled considerably. Cheng Tian secretly gave Florges a thumbs-up.
Nicely done!
"Xiao Tian, you said you caught a new Pokémon?" his father asked. "Didn't you go to Xiaohan's place?"
Cheng Tian's heart clenched. How did I forget about that?!
"Uh... it's a long story." Cheng Tian began making things up. "We went to the botanical gardens in the next county, and I caught it in a little pond on the way back."
"Oh, I see." His father didn't think much of it. "Let it out so I can have a look."
"No problem." Cheng Tian took out the Heal Ball. "Come on out, Feebas."
A red light flashed, and the purple Feebas appeared, then dropped straight into the tank.
His father's and mother's eyes