Although the body language and eyes were full of joy, the first thing Ming Yi said after meeting was tsundere's disgust: "Hmph, why are you?" ”

Obviously, this is an external manifestation of the unhappiness in Xia Chen's heart that has not come to her for a long time.

Xia Chen defended himself: "You don't know how busy I am this year, don't you come to you as soon as you come back?" ”

Ming Yi's response was just one simple word, "Oh." ”

Seeing this scene, Xia Chen couldn't help but touch the head of his childhood sweetheart, who he hadn't seen for nearly a year.

The tip of the girl's nose wrinkled, and she immediately went back: "How many times have you said, don't touch my head, I don't look as tall as you, blame you for touching it since you were a child!" ”

To be reasonable, Ming Yi is not short at all, on the contrary, the height of 1.7 meters is tall everywhere, especially a pair of long legs

Of course, Xia Chen knew that he must not reason with a girl at this time, and the best way was to gag her mouth with something.

"Happy New Year, Mingyi, this is a New Year's gift for you."

Xia Chen handed over a beautiful box that had already been prepared, the packaging was no different from the one he had given to the Monarch Snake except for the color.

Ming Yi stretched out his hand to take it, frowned slightly, and said, "It can't be an energy cube, right?" ”

Xia Chen rolled his eyes, "How is it possible, you can just open it and take a look." ”

The two have known each other for many years, and of course Mingyi will not be polite, and immediately unpacks the package, and there is a delicate bracelet with petals and three gems lying in the box.

The three gems are recognizable, namely the Keystone, the Ethercrystal, and the special Wishing Star loaded with Galar particles, which are naturally used to specialize the three spirits.

The petals are a little strange, the colors are bright like fake flowers, and there is a refreshing light fragrance.

And next to these three gems that contain mysterious energy, it doesn't seem ordinary at all.

What kind of flower is this?

As if seeing Ming Yi's doubts, Xia Chen explained with a smile: "These are the petals that the flower leaves of the eternal flower gave me, never wither, never dim, I think it's pretty good, so I strung it up." ”

Hearing that the petals were so big, Ming Yi was very surprised, "Ah, this is a legendary elf thing, it's better for Xianbu and Shanaiduo, right?" ”

Although the Flower of Eternity is not well-known in the outside world, Xia Chen told Ming Yi what happened in Carlos some time ago, and she knows very well the preciousness of these petals.

In comparison, the three gems that can sell for millions from the outside world are paled.

Xia Chen waved his hand and said indifferently: "It's okay, it's okay, I'll take care of it before Hua Yedi leaves. Cough. She gave me a lot. ”

Ming Yi looked at it with a blank eye, you just said "Huh", right?

Xia Chen coughed lightly and interrupted: "Anyway, you just accept it, and if you wear it often, it may also have the effect of prolonging life and eternal youth." ”

"I feel like I'm in my seventies and eighties when you say it."

Although Ming Yi complained, she happily took out the bracelet and put it on her hand.

She raised her hand and admired it for a while, her face was full of joy, and then she turned her head to look at Xia Chen: "Let's go, it just so happens that we are preparing to make dinner, you go and help my parents." ”

Xia Chen smiled and nodded.

This girl doesn't treat herself as an outsider at all.

…………

I haven't come to Mingyi's house for a long time, Xia Chen has prepared very thoroughly, not only brought gifts to his uncle and aunt, but also prepared one for each of Mingyi's elves.

After a year of not seeing her, she subdued two new elves, Pokkiss and Qiqilin.

The former just makes up for the lack of a flying elf that she has never ridden, and the latter is an elf that Xia Chen has never seen, it should be the evolution of Kirinqi in Padia, which looks a little strange and cute.

Two a year is a relatively low frequency for ordinary trainers, but Ming Yi and Xia Chen implement the strategy of "expensive but not expensive".

The strength of these two new elves is also at the level of the Pavilion, and over time, they will be a powerful addition to her main lineup.

At dinner, Xia Chen tried to invite Mingyi's family to move to Yuanling Island, but as expected, Mingyi's parents refused on the grounds that work was inconvenient.

Mingyi's father asked Xia Chen to talk to her alone after eating, and there was some inexplicable solemnity between his eyebrows, as if he had made some kind of decision.

Xia Chen glanced at Ming Yi, who was a little curious, and knew that his uncle shouldn't want her to know about this matter, so he should let her know for the time being.

Dinner ended in a somewhat strange atmosphere, and the uncle took Xia Chen out and said that he was going to buy some fruit.

Xia Chen glanced at the full fruit plate on the coffee table, nodded silently, and said in his heart, You can find a reason to use dim sum

However, this can also show that the matter that the uncle wants to say should not be small, Xia Chen didn't say anything, changed his shoes and went out.

Sure enough, after going out, the uncle did not go to the so-called fruit store, but took Xia Chen to a quiet café.

Finding a secluded corner spot with no one around, they ordered two more drinks at random.

Finally, the uncle spoke.

"Xiaochen, you have grown up really fast in the past few years, if your parents can know, they will be very gratified."

The growth in the uncle's mouth is not the strength of the trainer, but the change in the eyes of the elders.

However, the uncle suddenly took the initiative to mention his parents, which had never happened before.

Mingyi's parents would take the initiative to avoid this topic when they got along with Xia Chen, for fear of affecting his emotions.

Xia Chen's expression was dark, as if he understood something, and he asked tentatively, "Do you want to talk to me about the disappearance of my parents?" ”

Uncle nodded and said solemnly: "Yes, actually, your parents left me some things before the last departure, although they said not to tell you, but I think. You might be wondering. ”

Xia Chen nodded without hesitation: "Thank you for telling me about this, I want to know what it is." ”

The unsurprising answer made Mingyi's father smile, and then took out a storage ball and handed it to Xia Chen.

Xia Chen took the storage ball, and before he could open it, he was attracted by a pale gold, doji-like symbol on it, that symbol Xia Chen had some impressions, and his strong spiritual power made him quickly find the source of the impression in the memory palace-

That's the Aether Foundation logo!

Xia Chen's face gradually became solemn, could it be that the disappearance of his parents had something to do with the Aether Foundation?

…………

Xia Chen was very glad that he had played the Sun and Moon generation before the time travel, and had a basic understanding of the Aether Foundation.

This is an organization based in the Alola region, and their main job is to rescue and research wild spirits.

This includes the study of the Ultimate Beast!

The Ultimate Orb, which can capture the Ultimate Beast, was developed by the Aether Foundation.

Its leader, Lusa Mina, is a woman who is ostensibly full of feelings for elves, but in fact loves a psychologically twisted woman.

In the game, it was her single-mindedness that led to the large-scale invasion of the ultimate beast.

Could it be that the disappearance of his parents has something to do with the ultimate world?

The expression on Xia Chen's face became more and more solemn.

This may have been anticipated when he learned that his parents' disappearance was in the Alola region, and now that he saw that what they left behind had something to do with the Aether Foundation, he was even more convinced.

(End of chapter)