January 21.

The breeze swept across the ground, kicking up a mist of snow and snow that swept through the bustling town of Tsichuan before dissipating into the air.

After about half a month of repairs, the town has recovered to a certain extent, with Pokémon carrying building materials all over the street, craftsmen full of equipment, alliance trainers patrolling with Pokémon, and steel armored crows flying by from time to time carrying disaster relief materials.

"One, 10 million alliance coins!?" In the Union Building of Retro Town, in an office, the mayor of Retro Town listened to his assistant's report and stood up directly from his stool, dumbfounded.

The mayor picked up a towel and wiped the sweat off his head, stammering a little, "...... Did the Aether Foundation really donate such money? ”

"Yes......" The assistant looked at the financial statements, his face was also strange, and he didn't know how to tell it.

"Not to the Alliance Headquarters, but to the Retro Town Branch?" The mayor put down the towel, picked it up again, walked around the desk, touched his round belly, and paced.

"Yes......"

Ten million alliance coins, even at the level of the mayor, this is not a small number...... And this is a special donation from organizations in other regions to the town...... This is suspicious.

The mayor touched his bare head again, sweating on his hands, he picked up a towel and wiped his hands, thought for a moment, and said in a low voice: "What are the conditions for the Aether Foundation?" Want to trade with the town? Or do they want to study the fossils that we've mined? ”

“…… Neither," the assistant looked at the report, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "However, they have one condition." ”

"Say!" Hearing that there were conditions, the mayor of the town was relieved.

It's good to have conditions...... If there are conditions, this money can be held with peace of mind.

"This 10 million...... Add the name of a trainer named Xu Qiansu. The assistant's tone was a bit unbelievable and odd.

"Xu Qiansu?" The mayor stopped pacing, he stood there and thought about it, "I have the impression that he has been active on the front line of disaster relief for half a month, and he is a very enthusiastic young man...... But he's still related to the Aether Foundation? ”

"I don't know......" The assistant shook his head in confusion and hesitated for a moment before saying, "But I heard that he has a very close relationship with the owner of the Caidou Dao Pavilion." ”

"Colored beans?" The mayor looked back at him, the fat on his face shaking.

Each of the Gym Masters is a star-like presence in the Galel region, and in general, they are also the actual speakers of their respective towns.

Ernio of Retrospective Town is an autistic child, and naturally Caidou holds the artifact in his hand and is in charge of the administrative power of Retro Town.

However, Caidou generally doesn't care about things because of her cold temperament, and often goes to the wilderness area to practice, but no one in the town dares to ignore her opinion.

As long as Caidou is the owner of the Taoist Hall for one day, she will have the final say in this retrospective town for one day.

And Caidou is indeed competent, in terms of this disaster relief alone, she can be said to have contributed the most, and she hasn't slept well for many days...... And it was also thanks to her that she had prepared the town in advance, which made the loss of the town so small.

"Have you found out what the specific relationship is?" The mayor asked.

"It seems...... It's the master and apprentice......" The assistant frowned and replied.

With Caidou's temperament, he won't publicize this matter everywhere, and Xu Qiansu won't say it...... The conjecture of this master and apprentice was only reached by someone who accidentally heard Xu Qiansu's name for Caidou.

"Master and apprentice ......" The corner of the mayor's eyes twitched, if Xu Qiansu was a disciple of Caidou, wouldn't he be the next owner of the Fighting Gym? That is, their future immediate boss......

"Do what the Aether Foundation says......," Mayor Mare waved his hand, "but are there any other conditions?" ”

"It's gone."

The mayor was silent for a moment, and couldn't help but whisper: "Where did this little ancestor come from, the background is so hard?" ”

"This ten million ......" the assistant looked at the mayor and asked in a low voice.

"Huh?" The mayor raised his eyebrows, kicked his assistant with a round belly, and said angrily: "It's okay to be a little greedy!" But you also want to use the money for disaster relief!? Whoever dares to take a penny privately will chop off someone's hand!! ”

"Yes, yes—" The assistant quickly got up and nodded.

The fat on the mayor's face couldn't help shaking, "Although you want to be an official for this little thing, if you want to deduct the money for disaster relief, then it's not as good as a beast!" With this money, 2 million will be used as a pension for the families of the injured and injured, and the rest will be invested in infrastructure work! If there is a surplus, throw it into the town's pension fund! ”

"Yes!"

"Why are you still stunned, don't you go and arrange it!"

"Yes!" The assistant crawled away.

"Wait!"

"Also, what else to command......

“…… Don't forget the conditions of the Aether Foundation. ”

"Yes!"

After the assistant left, the mayor collapsed on his chair, and the high-end office chair let out an overwhelmed moan.

After a while, he muttered in a low voice before he remembered: "No, you have to have a good relationship with the little ancestor in advance......"

Tracing back to the town, in the afternoon, Xu Qiansu and Ma Li temporarily lived.

Marie was looking at the radishes on the kitchen board, thinking about whether to serve it as dinner, when she suddenly heard a knock on the door.

She raised her eyebrows slightly, and went to open the door directly with her apron.

Mary Lou, Pichu and two kitten monsters follow her legs.

Crunch————

She opened the door, only to see two men in suits and leather shoes carrying briefcases.

The two of them showed their credentials as members of the alliance before asking:

"Excuse me, is it Mr. Xu Qiansu's residence?"

"Yes." Ma Li glanced at them, bowed slightly, and her attitude was relatively cold.

"You're Miss Marry?"

"Yes." Ma Lidai frowned slightly, Xu Qiansu was coming back, she hadn't cooked dinner yet, but she didn't want to spend too much time with these two people.

The younger man breathed a sigh of relief, immediately opened the briefcase, took out a document, and said, "Mr. Xu Qiansu, as an alliance trainer who is active in the front line of disaster relief, has made great contributions to the town and made good contributions......

"Getting to the point." Ma Li said lightly.

A bead of sweat appeared on the young man's forehead, obviously more than ten years older than Ma Li, but he was still shocked by her aura.

He calmed himself down, looked at the documents in his hand, didn't dare to look at Ma Li at all, and said with a professional smile: "The alliance has decided to give Mr. Xu a mansion as a reward......

"No, you don't." Ma Li glanced at the young man, and a little resistance arose in her heart, and she refused coldly.

Send a mansion...... This award is too big, and I don't feel at ease when I get it.

And Xu Qiansu has a house in Suchuan Town, doesn't it mean that he may settle in this town in the future?

…… In Ma Li's future vision, Xu Qiansu will settle down, and it should also fall in Jianding Town, which is not such a mountain town with nothing but minerals and culture.

The young man couldn't help but reach out and wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, his professional smile was a little unbearable, if he didn't let Xu Qiansu accept this gift, he would probably lose his job, so he hurriedly said:

"As a town with a gym, Suden Town is excellent in both education and medical care, even among the towns in the Alliance......"

"Thank you for the kindness of the Alliance, but housing is not what we need." Ma Li directly interrupted the young man's words, took a step back, and closed the door directly, not intending to entangle more.

The young man is about to cry, why doesn't this person play his cards according to the routine, and don't even give away a mansion for nothing......

"Wait." At this moment, a bearded, slightly older middle-aged man beside the young man spoke:

"Mrs. Xu, if you don't like this mansion, we have other options here for you to choose from......

Ma Li closed the door for a slight pause, and then looked at the middle-aged man, raised her eyebrows slightly, and explained, "I'm not his wife...... But we like this mansion a lot, if only someone could come and fix it or two......"

"Nature, nature!" The middle-aged man smiled slightly and said, "We have a variety of decoration styles for you to choose from......

As he spoke, the middle-aged man took out a document, "As long as you sign here, this mansion is yours...... When you need to renovate, just give the alliance a call, and our renovation team is on call. ”

Ma Li looked at the document, nodded her chin, and quickly took it, pondered the words in detail, and determined that this was an ordinary contract, before signing her name with Xu Qiansu.

She thought to herself, even if she has a house, she doesn't necessarily have to come back to live there, but it's always good to have a place to stay.

Who thinks they have too many assets?

Moreover, Xu Qiansu's master is Caidou, and he is the prince in the town, so he can be afraid of anyone, but he is not afraid of the alliance.

The middle-aged man was overjoyed, he didn't care who signed it, as long as he could make sure that the mansion was sent out.

"Thanks, we won't bother." The middle-aged man knew that Ma Li didn't want to entangle with them more, so he said, 'If you have any doubts, just call the number of the Suchuan Town Alliance', and turned around and left with the young man.

Ma Li looked at the backs of the two, immediately retracted her gaze, closed the door, walked into the kitchen, and continued to cook.

"This ...... How did the seniors do it? On the way back, the young man looked at the middle-aged man in disbelief and asked suspiciously.

Obviously, what the two of them said was similar.

The middle-aged man lit a cigarette and took a hard puff before he spit out a puff of smoke rings with relief.

He glanced at the young man, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "In our business, words are very important. ”

"Words?"

"The most basic premise of speech is to call ...... What did I call her? ”

"Mrs. Xu......" the young man blinked, "just because of a title, she changed her mind!?" How can it be!? And didn't she say that she wasn't Mr. Xu's wife at all? ”

"Tsk." The middle-aged man shook his head helplessly and said, "You still don't understand women...... In this way, when the town of Tracing is completely restored, I will take you to the red light district to see and understand......"

Hearing this, the young man's face turned red, "I don't go to that kind of place." ”

"Cut, if you don't go, you won't go." The middle-aged man didn't care, and took another big puff of cigarette before throwing it in the snow and stepping on it.

Squeak————

Xu Qiansu took out the key, pushed open the door, walked into the entrance, and patted his sore shoulder.

Pichu stepped on the floor, jumped on Xu Qiansu's shoulder, and rubbed the side of his face affectionately.

Chirulian frowned, pulled it down with her telekinesis, and reprimanded, "Didn't you see that he was tired?" ”

This is a lie.

As he spoke, Chirulian flew into Xu Qiansu's arms and pressed his shoulder for him to occupy the position.

Xu Qiansu didn't know the psychology of Pokémon, so he put his arm around Chirulian's waist, walked into the living room, and lay on his back on the sofa.

The little marsupial also followed his example and lay on its back.

Ma Li came out of the kitchen, tied her apron, hung it on the coat rack, sat next to Xu Qiansu, and bowed her head and said, "The alliance has given you this house." ”

"Send a house?" Xu Qiansu didn't get up, he looked up at Ma Li from the bottom up.

As the saying goes, looking from the bottom up is the perspective of death.

But from Xu Qiansu's point of view, he could only see Ma Li's slender neck, delicate chin and light green eyes that looked down...... What a girl with no dead ends.

"Sent by Master Caidou?" Xu Qiansu asked.

"She gave you something, will she tell you?" Marley took out a brush from the drawer of the coffee table and beckoned to the six tails.

Six-tails jumped briskly on Marly's lap and lay down obediently, letting her brush herself.

"That's right." Xu Qiansu thought for a moment, and then said with a smile: "I didn't expect that what I couldn't get by working so hard can be obtained so easily, it's really impermanent." ”

"It's just a house, look at your lack of ambition." Miss Ma Li, the little rich woman, gently brushed the hair on the back of the six tails, and said in her mouth.

"A poor person like me has already done his best just to live, and the house is a luxury that I can't think of, of course Miss Mary can't understand it." Xu Qiansu obviously remembered his previous life, so he sighed.

When Ma Li heard this, her hand brushing her hair paused slightly, she glanced at Xu Qiansu and stopped talking.

"But why did the Alliance give me a house all of a sudden? Gestures? Xu Qiansu looked at Ma Li and asked softly.

Ma Li said lightly: "It may be that I have noticed your relationship with Caidou and want to tie up with the future master of the Fighting Gym." ”

"Although I am a disciple of Master Caidou, the Daoist Master is determined by strength, not relationship...... I may not be able to become the master of the Daoist Pavilion in the future......" Xu Qiansu said with a smile, and immediately glanced at Ma Li, "...... Get up on the wrong side of the bed? ”

Ma Li's hands kept moving, Xu Qiansu was always like this, even if she didn't look at her, she could judge her mood just by listening to the voice.

That's how the two know each other now.

Therefore, she didn't intend to hide it, and let out a faint 'um'.

"What's wrong?" Xu Qiansu sat up, looked at Ma Li's expression, and asked.

"Because you said I didn't understand you." Ma Li didn't look at Xu Qiansu, and said lightly.

Xu Qiansu was slightly stunned, but he was happy.

He smiled and said, "Little ...... Mary"

But Ma Li didn't give him a chance to speak, and after brushing the six tails, he got up and walked directly into the kitchen, leaving a sentence, "Take a bath, there is a smell of sweat on my body." ”

It's awkward.

Xu Qiansu smiled dumbly, didn't say much, and led the cubs into the bathroom.

Ma Li listened to the sound of 'brushing', and was suddenly stunned, when did she get used to living with Xu Qiansu?

She looked down at the soup in the pot and didn't delve into the question.

Anyway...... Only stay for this period of time.

In the future, after all, we still have to travel.

Make up for the mistake of forgetting to change the state, and add more tomorrow.

(End of chapter)