Xia You stood up and moved to the partition in the middle of the hot spring, keeping them from seeing his chat history.
He sat down with his back against the wooden fence, looked up at Brock, and suddenly asked, "After traveling for so long, is there a girl you like?"
"Of course." Although Brock didn't understand why Xia You had brought up the subject, he answered as though it were only natural. "Whether it's Officer Jenny or Nurse Joy, I like all pretty older girls."
"What about you, Ash?"
Ash, utterly clueless about romance, hurriedly shook his head. "I'm a future Pokémon Master! I don't need a girl to like!"
"Oh? Really?" Misty's gloating voice came from the other side of the hot spring. "I wonder who it was who blushed when we passed the Pokémon school and saw a photo of that girl named Giselle, and even said she was cute."
"Uh..." Ash's expression froze, and he scratched his cheek with a finger. "Did I say something like that?"
Everyone chuckled, and Xia You asked Brock another question. "Then have you ever met a girl who liked you?"
"Well..." Brock hesitated. "No. Why? What are you asking that for?"
"Nothing." Xia You smiled as he fiddled with his phone. "I was just asking."
Brock: ???
Although Xia You hadn't said anything, his tone still left Brock feeling offended.
So the person he'd been chatting with all this time was a girl who liked him?
Damn it! Was he acting so brazenly just because someone liked him?!
This was infuriating!!
Splash...
Just then, the sound of water came from behind Xia You. Ripples spread beside him, and a moment later, Misty swam up to the other side of the wooden fence and leaned against the same spot, back to