After returning from the berry fields to the nursery, Lin Feng happened to run into Gardevoir as she stepped out of the kitchen.
The moment she saw the damp marks on his clothes, she immediately understood.
"Gardevoir…" (Did Steenee cry?)
"Yes," Lin Feng nodded.
"Gardevoir." (Go change your clothes. Your things are in the new house.)
Only then did Lin Feng suddenly realize something.
He had instinctively assumed that his clothes were still here.
"Gardevoir." (It's alright, I'll take you there.)
The nursery was some distance from the new house, and in such cold weather, Gardevoir was worried Lin Feng might catch a chill if he kept wearing wet clothes.
So she simply grasped his shoulder. In the blink of an eye, they appeared inside the new room.
After changing his clothes, Lin Feng stepped out, intending to see how Tsareena and Steenee were getting along.
But the moment he walked outside, Mewtwo appeared in front of him.
"Where is that Pokémon?"
He had flown around the breeding ranch countless times since last night, surveying everything from the sky, yet he had not discovered any exceptionally powerful Pokémon.
Lin Feng felt a little exasperated.
"You still have so much energy? You haven't rested since last night, have you? Go get some proper rest first. Now isn't the time to go to that world. Give it two days, and I'll take you there."
"It doesn't exist in this world?"
Mewtwo automatically ignored Lin Feng's first sentence and focused entirely on the second.
His mind went blank.
If that Pokémon was not in this world, then where could it be?
"Alright, alright. Go rest first. When the time comes, you'll naturally understand. Even if you want to battle, you should do it at full strength, right?"
Lin Feng gently pushed Mewtwo along and brought him to his room.
At this point, Mewtwo also felt that Lin Feng's words made sense.
Since Lin Feng held that Pokémon in such high regard, challenging it in poor condition would be disrespectful. So he calmly entered a meditative state.
After settling Mewtwo down, Lin Feng could not help shaking his head.
If they truly fought, Mewtwo would most likely experience the first defeat of his life.
After all, the battlefield certainly would not be in the real world.
In the Reverse World, Mewtwo would face Giratina.
The outcome was practically self-evident.
Good. Let Mewtwo taste defeat for once.
It would give him motivation.
Of course, that all depended on whether Giratina was willing.
From the villa to the berry fields, Tsareena remained by Steenee's side, introducing everything to her. She explained all the Pokémon living there, the different types of berries growing in the fields, and even showed her around the large house.
Steenee told her mother that it was Gardevoir who had brought her here.
Then, while searching for food and protecting her companions, she had met her current trainer.
Lin Feng had built her an incredibly beautiful room filled with various flowers and plants, with a window facing the berry fields.
Inside was a large bed, spacious enough for her to live alone, and also large enough for her and her mother to share.
She had once said she did not want to evolve, so Lin Feng had given her a stone that could prevent evolution.
Later, when she decided she wanted to evolve, Lin Feng removed the stone and placed it on a doll so that Bounsweet could symbolically remain in the plantation forever.
Now, she was learning from Serperior how to care for the berry fields, and in the future, she would help manage them herself.
Tsareena listened quietly, an indescribable emotion rising in her heart.
After leaving her, her daughter had encountered nothing but kind people and Pokémon.
She first thanked Gardevoir, who had come out of the house earlier, then went to thank Serperior as well.
Seeing that Lin Feng had changed his clothes, Alolan Ninetales immediately ran over, darting across the berry field like a streak of white light.
"Ninetales!"
She wagged her tail excitedly.
She had just heard that the place Lin Feng had visited this time was her homeland.
Although she did not feel a strong sense of belonging to it, she was still curious.
"It's a region made up of four islands, and it's summer there all year round," Lin Feng explained.
"Speaking of that, in our Donghua region, Pokémon like you are usually Fire-type, right? Only the Alolan Ninetales is Ice-type."
Thinking about it, Lin Feng found it somewhat strange.
The Alola region lay close to the equator, so logically, Fire-type Ninetales should have been more common.
Why had it instead become an Ice-type there?
"Ninetales…"
The moment she heard "summer all year round," Alolan Ninetales immediately lost half her interest.
Lin Feng had only stayed there for a single day, so there was not much more he could say.
So he added, "When we have time in the future, I'll take everyone there. It really is a great place for a vacation."
The nursery could not possibly operate 365 days a year.
Even if his Pokémon never complained of exhaustion, he would still feel guilty.
Lin Feng decided that after mid-December, he would suspend all nursery operations until the winter snow had passed.
November 25th. November 26th.
It rained continuously for two days.
So Lin Feng directly posted a notice on his video account announcing a two-day suspension of business.
At the same time, he released a statement:
"Due to the continued drop in temperature after mid-December, the nursery will temporarily suspend operations. Except for Moomoo milk and birthday cakes, all other energy cubes and challenge events will no longer be available until after next spring.
Please purchase anything you need during this period."
It was unavoidable.
With winter approaching, the plantation's current berry production could no longer meet everyone's demand.
The only reason milk production could still continue was because Serperior's Grassy Terrain ability was extremely powerful.
But as the weather grew colder, Lin Feng did not want Serperior working outdoors every day.
However, the moment the video was released, controversy erupted.
The comment section was filled with lamentations.
Most people expressed the same sentiment:
"No, Brother Lin, how am I supposed to live without you!"
"Waaah, I told my kid about this. He said if he can't eat Brother Lin's energy cubes, he's going to die!"
A user with a Snorlax avatar wrote: "Give me peanuts! Give me peanuts!"
Lin Feng then uploaded another video.
It explained why he was closing the business.
The reason was simple: the berries were running out.
But the comment section remained chaotic.
"Even though I know most berry trees have stopped bearing fruit, shouldn't Brother Lin reflect on his own problems? Why not build a greenhouse so they can produce fruit in winter?"
"Damn these berry trees! Why won't they cooperate?"
Seeing that the situation remained unchanged, Lin Feng simply gave up trying to respond.
No matter what happened, he just wanted to stop worrying about it.