Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 110 Planting Fruit Trees

"Um... I heard you're a rancher from a pastoral area, right?"

Faced with Su Yu's question, Lillie hesitated for a moment before finally speaking.

"Yes, what's wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yu asked curiously.

"Could I... possibly visit your ranch? I... I won't do anything rash, I just want to have a look around."

Lillie said this. Her eyes held curiosity, yet also seemed afraid that Su Yu would disagree.

This actually made Su Yu a little puzzled. Wait, your EtherPharma is such a big company, why would you need to find me to visit a ranch?

Besides, Lillie, you're the young lady here, right? Have you never been to the ranch even once since you were a child?

Seeing Su Yu's confusion, Lillie explained:

"My mother usually... doesn't let me leave the house, so I rarely have the chance to go out and play."

"I begged her for a long time before she finally agreed to let me visit the ranch. So I was thinking, if you can work with my mother, you must be running a large ranch, right?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yu recalled his own ranch. Hmm... it was indeed quite large; Su Yu's ranch was now considered one of the largest in the pastoral area.

Since Rosamina agreed... there shouldn't be any problem. Su Yu nodded and said:

"Can."

If Lillie comes alone... there will be no problem at all. Su Yu also wants to take this opportunity to learn more about the history of the Lusamine family and obtain information about the original world of Pokémon.

That is why... Pokémon appeared on Aquamarine.

However, Lillie's next words made Su Yu's face fall. Lillie happily pulled out her phone and said:

"Great, thank you so much! I'll tell my brother right away."

"If we go to your ranch, my brother will definitely come with me because he's worried about my safety. In that case, we'll both be in your hands."

With that, Lillie took her phone and said goodbye to Su Yu, then went to find a place to make a call.

Su Yu was left alone in the same spot, and he felt quite unhappy.

—Lillie's brother, Gladio?

Why is that guy coming along too? I thought Lillie was coming alone.

However, having already promised, Su Yu couldn't go back on his word. Just as Su Yu turned to leave, the door behind him suddenly opened.

Lusamine came out from inside; it seemed she had also overheard Su Yu's conversation with Lillie.

This left Su Yu feeling utterly annoyed. Seriously, do you and your daughter both enjoy eavesdropping through doors?

Seeing that Lillie had already gone far away, Lusamine explained apologetically:

"Sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop."

"I'm usually busy with my career, so I rarely pay attention to Lillie's growth and missed her childhood, which is why I can't help but feel worried."

"The reason we kept her at home and wouldn't let her go out was simply because she was afraid of Pokémon, so we didn't want her to run around outside."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu nodded and said:

"I understand, I understand."

Deep down, however, he didn't want to get involved in Lusamine's family's mess. Ash might be willing to deal with your family's affairs, but I'm not.

However, at this moment, Lusamine took out a card and handed it to Su Yu, saying:

"Here's a total of 50,000 Alliance Coins, as a token of my apology. Besides that, I also hope you can help me talk to Lillie. She's been afraid of talking to others since she was little, and this is the first time I've seen her initiate conversations with anyone other than me and Gladio."

"Perhaps... it's because you possess a kind of approachable charm that others find hard to detect?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yu touched his chin. Was it an imperceptible affability?

What Lusamine was referring to was probably the Everlasting Power on Su Yu.

This power from the forest can easily make others feel close to you.

And is Lillie in this world not only afraid of Pokémon... but also socially anxious?

……

……

He left EtherPharmacy with 50,000 Alliance Coins.

This money is too good to pass up.

When Su Yu returned to the ranch, his riding lambs and the caterpillars were gathered around the fruit tree sapling, transferring their energy into it.

After many days of effort from the four Pokémon, the progress bar for the fruit tree seedling has now loaded significantly.

It's about... around 30%.

The fruit tree seedlings have grown much larger than before.

The green glow on the leaves was also much brighter than before, and it was the same green glow as the little sheep mount.

If a breeze blows, the sapling will gently sway its leaves in response, as if it has a spirit.

It seems that the flying-type energy infused by the caterpillar has taken effect, giving the fruit tree seedlings a special sensitivity to the wind.

Back inside, Su Yu called the rancher of Linsen Ranch. Today was the day Su Yu and the rancher had agreed on for the delivery of fruit tree seedlings.

After a conversation, that afternoon, the rancher of Linsen Ranch also delivered a batch of fruit tree seedlings to Su Yu's ranch.

Along with the fruit tree seedlings came a batch of loose soil and a large amount of fertilizer.

As Squirtle, Tropius, and other Pokémon helped carry the fertilizer into the warehouse, Pachirisu and Dedric watched from the sidelines. Even if they wanted to help, they seemed powerless to do so.

Seeing this, Su Yu led them to the northwest side of the ranch, near the back mountain.

Here, on a relatively gentle hillside, Su Yu had already planned to plant fruit trees.

Pick up the shovel and start digging a hole. This time, the screw mole finally came in handy.

It burrowed in and out of the hillside, and soon dug a series of small pits.

Seeing this, Drum Mouse and Patch Liz gathered around Su Yu and helped him hold the saplings upright.

Su Yu dug up some soil and covered the roots of the sapling. Soon, a fruit tree was planted.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the Scyther straightened the saplings, and the Gopher was responsible for covering them with soil, also starting to plant saplings in the same way. They seemed to be much faster than Su Yu was.

Before long, the entire hillside was covered with fruit tree saplings, and it looked like there were hundreds of them.

"Once all these fruit trees grow up, the fruit they produce should be enough to feed all the Pokémon on the ranch, and... there should be plenty to spare."

Thinking this way, Su Yu also imagined the scene of these fruit tree saplings growing up and being fully laden with fruit.

Then, he can bring Alcremie, Drummer, and the others to come here to pick tree fruits and take them back to make delicious energy cubes.

Just thinking about this scene makes me feel wonderful.

(End of this chapter)