Pokémon: Having just completed the Pokédex, I'm now traversing the world of Beast Taming.

"I'm going to Lingchuan City tomorrow. Can you handle things here?" Chi Hong asked Li Pianpian.

Li Pianpian gave Chi Hong an OK sign, then said, "That old guy's already in there, do you think he'll come out again?"

"Captain Jiang, if you can kill him, I will donate all of Li's shares to the law enforcement team."

"Oh?" Jiang Danzi was taken aback. He had thought it was just a bit of nausea to make him feel uncomfortable, but he never expected that they were trying to kill Old Li!

You have to understand that even law enforcement organizations would have to put in a lot of effort to bring down a financial tycoon like Lao Li.

The key point is that these words were spoken by the current president of the Extreme Club, which gives them a high level of credibility!

"Bao, as long as you can ensure he can never recover or disappear from the public eye—in short, that his assets cannot be inherited or transferred, and return to the Extreme Club—I'll give you everything!"

"What did President Chi say?"

Li Pianpian looked at Chi Hong, who was also a law enforcer, and it was necessary to ask for his opinion.

"Of course, no problem. But I need the law enforcement headquarters to help me build the Greater Bay Area. All financial expenditures and strategic support must be the fastest and best!"

Chi Hong agreed without hesitation, but he made one request.

He's not afraid that the law enforcement headquarters will take the money and not do the job; if they don't do the job, he'll just set up his own fiefdom!

"These are not problems. Don't make a fuss about this. I'll report to the chief tomorrow."

"If it were really possible..."

"I can understand this as a deal. We'll help you deal with... uh... outlaws, yes, outlaws."

"No one owes anyone anything."

Jiang Danzi lowered her voice, and what she said made Chi Hong raise an eyebrow.

"But I remember that it's the duty of law enforcement officers to punish evildoers, right? You're saying this directly to me, the major shareholder of the Extreme Club... it's a deal."

Is this appropriate?

Chi Hong said with a smile.

"Damn it! What the hell..."

"Have you forgotten that Captain Chi is a double agent!"

"Anyway, I'll have to wait until I get back to report. By then, the captain will owe you a favor, which can't be measured in money."

Jiang Danzi waved her hand and said that Chi Hong agreed. After finishing their meal, they left separately.

"Honey, you should go home now."

"I'm going to take Chi Hong home and show him something nice~"

Li Pianpian hugged Chaowu and, after speaking, kissed her on the cheek with lightning speed.

Asagiri glanced at her coldly, said nothing, and casually hailed a taxi and left.

She wasn't worried at all that Li Pianpian would have any ill intentions towards Chi Hong, because this woman, whom she had known for over a decade, didn't like men, only women.

Asagiri can be certain of this.

"What's so great about it? Let me tell you, my resolve is as firm as a rock, and I'm generally not interested in anything that's good for me."

"Unless you can't help it."

Chi Hong made his stance clear with a serious expression: he would never betray his principles!

"As promised, I can let a Super A-grade pet become a mother painlessly... no, I mean, let it become an S-grade thing painlessly."

"I have to give it to you. I don't know who leaked the news, but some people already know and have been asking me for it through various channels."

"That thing has already posed a security problem for me; it must be given to the powerful patron! Because you can control it, but I can't. 'I am innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime.'"

Li Pianpian explained, and Chi Hong was taken aback; he had indeed forgotten.

Luo Dongjun and Ye Rou were resting and replenishing their supplies, so even if he rushed to Lingchuan City in the middle of the night, it wouldn't make much difference.

"Okay, let's go see what this amazing thing is!" Chi Hong nodded. Even if he didn't really need it, he could give it to someone else.

For example, Luo Dongjun, who is stuck at the Super A level.

As for Chaoxia, in Chi Hong's memory, she didn't even reach the A level, and her mental strength was insufficient.

Once Zhaoxia's spiritual power is restored, he must give his father a good feast!

"Young Miss!"

"President Chi!!"

Li Pianpian's assistant, Xiao Sun, drove the car up to the two of them and got out to open the door very respectfully.

Looking at Chi Hong, who was smiling and nodding to the chattering young lady from time to time, Xiao Sun couldn't help but sigh at the unpredictability of life.

The last time I saw Chi Hong, he was a college student, competing in the college championship.

"Just drop us both off at my place, then you can go home!"

Xiao Sun drives very steadily and stops incredibly smoothly. He stops the car without you even noticing. Chi Hong has to admit that Xiao Sun's driving skills are superior to his own!

Li Pianpian's villa was very large, but there were no maids or servants, so it seemed very empty. When Chi Hong went in, he found that many places were covered in dust, and only a very small space was kept clean.

In other words, the tidy space was Li Pianpian's normal activity area; she hadn't touched or gone to the rest of the place.

An overwhelming sense of loneliness emanated from this enormous villa!

"Actually, you could keep your pet in the villa. That way, it won't be so... monotonous here," Chi Hong suggested casually after glancing around.

"No, not at all," Li Pianpian shook her head and said, "I don't think it's monotonous at all, it's just that when I'm playing games alone at night and cursing, there's an echo, which is annoying."

"You're kidding me, right? There aren't even any furniture in many places here. If you're playing games and cursing in broad daylight, you're bound to get a response." Chi Hong felt incredibly clever!

"Smooth talker!" Li Pianpian waved to Chi Hong, signaling him to hurry upstairs with her.

Chi Hong found it very strange. If that thing was really something that someone coveted, given the security at her house, it should have been very easy to steal something from here.

After all, both fruits and aura-type items are very easy to identify. Moreover, many pets have "psychic" skills, so finding these things should be very simple.

After he and Li Pianpian went upstairs, Li Pianpian mysteriously opened the door to a room. The door was unlocked and could be opened with a push, because there was no lock on it at all!

Upon entering the room, Chi Hong discovered it was an art studio. The walls were covered with paintings, and in the center was a canvas with an unfinished painting on it.

The painting depicts a woman, and judging from the outline alone, she looks very much like Li Pianpian.

"Turn on the lights!"

Li Pianpian turned on the light, and the room immediately lit up. There were many paintings on the surrounding walls, but they could only be categorized into two types.

Sunflower and Li Pianpian.

Chi Hong walked up to a painting of sunflowers, craned his neck to look at the bottom of the painting, where there was a signature.

"Fog today...?"

"Did Asagiri-nee draw all of these?"

Chi Hong looked at Li Pianpian in surprise. There was nothing he could do. If she had left "Jin Zhao Wu" (meaning "Enlightenment Today"), Chi Hong would never have made the connection. But she had left "Jin Zhao Wu" (meaning "Mist Today").

"Yes, I have extremely severe depression. I often swing on the roof beam with my neck or test the hardness of the skin on my wrists with a knife."

"She stayed with me for several years, drawing me and sunflowers every day, trying to make me like a sunflower, always facing the sun."

"So even though my parents died, my older brother died, my teachers died, and so on, my illness was still cured!"

Li Pianpian said nonchalantly as she laboriously lifted a cabinet leaning against the corner, which was used to store dyes, and then kicked out a booklet from under the cabinet.

Chi Hong was even more surprised. Not only was Sister Chaowu a great painter, but she had also cured a patient with severe depression?

The image of Asagiri's humanoid face involuntarily surfaced in his mind—cold, expressionless, and not talkative.

"Yes, later she talked about a marriage alliance, and my illness was almost cured, so she left."

"This is infuriating! What era are we living in? Arranged marriages? I thought I was cured, but when Asagiri left, I felt she was sick again!"

"But it's alright~~"

"I don't know if it's God's blessing or what, but my fiancé was killed by some guy in Yanjing. I heard he was killed without a complete body. I wonder what my rival did to offend him~"

As Li Pianpian spoke, she picked up the booklet, blew on it, raising a cloud of dust, and then fanned it away with her hand in disgust.

"Maybe...probably...perhaps..."

"That guy's trying to steal someone's dog, isn't he...?"

Chi Hong scratched the back of his head and said awkwardly.