I'm not a supporting character in Pokemon

afternoon.

Li Xiang originally planned to buy clay for rubbings, and then go to the Sun Altar to copy the keyhole pattern.

But before he could move, Gowu and Fire Spot appeared under the fence connecting the backyard to the bushes.

"champion!"

The little boy with a Kachi haircut said hello with a silly smile, a nervous look hidden on his face.

"How did you come?"

Li Xiang was a little surprised and walked over to pull these two guys out and took off the leaves stuck to their bodies. "Didn't I tell you that you can just call me by my name...or you can call me brother Xiang."

After listening to what Rotom relayed, Gowu lowered his head and touched the back of his head in embarrassment, "I want to...brother."

"Um."

He smiled and patted the other person's shoulder, and asked: "So do you want me to help you with anything?"

"no!"

Ge Wu hesitated for a long time, then raised his head and said: "I, I will definitely persuade grandpa to lend you the Z bracelet! Please believe me!"

This young man had a serious look on his face. He seemed to be very concerned about the fact that his grandfather Goma refused to lend Li Xiang his Z bracelet. It was obviously the first time they met.

It can only be said that the mentality of worship and the deification effect in the heart made Ge Wu automatically increase his favorability to the full level the moment he met Li Xiang. So much so that she stood by him without hesitation even before she understood who he was.

Skull hurts.

Li Xiang's expression remained unchanged, but he was already sighing in his heart.

Not to mention that the boy had no right to speak in front of his grandfather. Any quarrel later would only lead to family discord. The boy found that he was completely unable to convince Goma and would most likely steal it and hand it over to him.

There are too many cases of worship blinding people, especially introverted children.

Is this the result he wants?

No.

That would only make an already troublesome matter even more troublesome. If he really wanted to do this, he might as well steal it himself. Isn't it easy to find out the location of the Z-power bracelet?

It was just because I didn’t want to steal that I considered other methods.

"...Thank you very much for considering me so much, but Gowu, let me do it myself."

Li Xiang smiled and touched Gowu's head.

The latter couldn't help but become anxious, "I miss you! Champion! Please believe me! I promise to make grandpa agree!"

"Of course I believe you, but you don't seem to believe me."

He pulled Gowu to sit down on the corridor in the atrium. Seeing him waving his hands and opening his mouth in a panic, he interrupted directly: "Gowu, I'm really happy that you are willing to help me, but I can only do this by myself. do you understand?"

The boy hugged the fire-spotted cat and shook his head incomprehensibly.

"Partners help each other, right? Of course it is, there are many things that one person cannot do."

Li Xiang did not tell Gewu some difficult truths, "But in this matter, what is needed is for your grandfather to trust me and recognize me, otherwise all your talk will be useless. And you can't just rely on your words to win trust." explain."

"But I want to help you..."

"You don't just stand by me to help me. Think about how sad your grandfather would be when he saw you quarreling with him because of me, and it would be even less likely that he would trust me."

"Ah!? What should we do?"

"It's very simple, go and apologize to him. You don't want to see your grandpa sad, right? He cares about you so much. If you really want to help me, then apologize and come to play with me more often. He sees you and me like this Be friendly and you will definitely believe me.”

Li Xiang gently rubbed Gowu's head and said with a smile: "As long as I am free, I will welcome you to come to me."

"Really?" The boy looked at him excitedly.

He nodded, "Of course."

"Okay, I'm going to apologize now!" Gowu jumped up and got out of the hole together with Huobanmao.

Children's execution ability is strong.

Li Xiang looked at Go Wu and Huoban Miao cheering, and thought that he would not go to the Four Islands today. It would be late at night anyway, and he would have to stay for a day before setting off.

It’s no different than leaving tomorrow.

"If it weren't for what you just said to him, the child might have been stolen out to you."

Grandpa Abi appeared behind him at some unknown time.

"You can guess it. Because my childhood also admired one person in particular." Li Xiang said calmly: "So I always do some behaviors that others don't understand."

"It's a good thing not to give up!"

Grandpa Abi held his shoulders and said, "I will support you, but whether you can convince that old guy or not depends on you."

Li Xiang nodded, "Your support is the greatest help."

ten minutes later.

Gowu came back from under the fence with the fire-spotted cat. Although he didn't understand why he couldn't leave even if there was a door, he saw that his face was full of excitement and happiness, so he must have communicated well with Goma.

"Grandpa said he wouldn't be angry with me! He won't be angry with you either!"

The boy said excitedly, "He also said you are welcome to visit our house at any time!"

Good guy.

I guess he paraphrased a lot of what was exchanged just now.

Li Xiang grinned, but he didn't pay too much attention to it. After all, he hadn't agreed with Gewu in advance not to tell anyone, and besides, this was what he expected.

"Well done."

He praised Gowu, and then found that he had been looking at Lucario and the others in the backyard, intentionally or unintentionally.

"Curious?" he couldn't help but ask.

Gowu hesitated for two seconds. After all, his introverted personality was no match for his strong curiosity. He nodded and said, "Yes!"

Li Xiang pulled him closer and greeted Lucario and the others one by one.

After signaling to Lucario that they were quite friendly, Gowu became less nervous and laughed happily while hugging the equally happy Fire Spot Meow.

During this period, the boy asked why he didn't see the Blazing Roaring Tiger and the Steel-Armored Crow, but he was fooled by the fact that these two had special circumstances and were not around for the time being.

Gowu had no doubt about him, but was immediately blocked by Lucario and Koga Ninja, who asked one after another what Pokémon to choose next.

Since he is a big fan of the three giants of the Li family, then the first three will definitely choose them, right?

"Um, choose Riolu... that's not right. It's not right to choose Crooked Frog... either." Gowu was sandwiched between two competing Pokémon, and he was so nervous that he almost shed tears.

Li Xiang saw this and punched Gouzi and Agua, "Are you happy bullying children? Apologize!"

"Ouch..." "Knocking..."

The two Pokémon yelped guiltily.

"No! Lucario and the others didn't bully me!" Gowu nervously wanted to stop him, but then he suddenly had an idea and said, "That's right! I can just choose two at once!"

Li Xiang looked at him helplessly, "You don't have to make a choice so quickly. If you decide a Pokémon, you will be responsible for its life, regardless of their instigation."

He held down the heads of the two Pokémon and leaned in front of Gowu, "I know you like them very much, but there is a affinity between Pokémon and trainers. You can wait until the Pokémon you like is suitable and you like them." Decide."

The boy was stunned by what he said and could only nod, "Ah, um... okay."

While speaking.

Abigail, who had been away on business for two days, came back and was quite shocked when she saw Gowu. Then she said in surprise: "Gowu! Have you finally come out of the room?"

ah?

Li Xiang turned his head immediately. The boy next to him grabbed his clothes and lowered his head as if he was struck by lightning.

Abigail understood that she might have said the wrong thing, and a trace of embarrassment flashed across her normally indifferent face. She danced and said, "What about that... I'll take a bath first."

After that, he hurried away.

It's rare for this senior to have something she doesn't dare to face.

Li Xiang smiled helplessly, lowered his head and asked, "Is there anything you want to talk to me about?"

Gowu pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Then let's talk about myself. Come over here and tell you something about my past."

He put the boy on a chair in the backyard, took out his phone and looked through old photos, "When I was your age, I was still a little fat guy with a little baby fat. My classmates in school always laughed at me."

A photo from a time before the time traveled appeared on the screen. In it was a fat little man who looked very unhappy, being put on his shoulders by a boy with a bright smile.

Gowu's eyes widened, "Xiangxiang, brother Xiang, is this you?"

"Yes, when I was a child, I was very greedy and didn't like to exercise, so I became so fat. Later, in order to become a powerful trainer, I worked hard to lose weight."

Li Xiang took out a few more photos from the martial arts gym, as well as photos that Ms. Yin had deliberately recorded. Every change in them was quite obvious, and they were accompanied by Pokémon such as Fire Spot.

Gowu looked at those photos, his eyes twinkling like stars, "How amazing!"

"Ah! I've seen this guy before! His name is Song Jie, right?" The boy pointed to a photo of two good gay friends pinching each other's faces.

"right."

Li Xiang nodded, "This is a good friend I made in basic school. We were the same age as you at that time and we formed a friendship with each other... It is very interesting to be an academy trainer, Gowu, you will meet in school There are all kinds of Pokémon and you will meet all kinds of people. Don’t give up.”

He said earnestly.

Gowu hesitated for a few seconds and responded: "I, I never thought about giving up, but my father didn't agree..."

"Your father doesn't agree? Isn't it your grandfather?"

"Well, grandpa is very supportive of me becoming a trainer, but my father thinks that being a trainer is too dangerous, hard work, and difficult to achieve results. He hopes that I will go to an ordinary school and inherit his company in the future..."

The boy started to cry as he spoke, "But I really want to be a trainer, so I stayed at my grandpa's house and refused to leave, hiding in my room and acting like a fool. I'm sorry, I'm a very spineless person. I'm sorry...wuwuwu..."

"It's okay, don't cry, it's okay Gowu." Li Xiang gently stroked the boy's head.

I originally thought that Gowu kept himself in the room because he was too introverted and was afraid of going to school and becoming an academy trainer.

But I didn't expect that there was such a secret.

But to a certain extent, Gowu's father's words are correct. Professional trainers are an industry that is approaching saturation. Too many people will never achieve anything in this life - let alone master level.

Even senior level is difficult.

There are so many students in basic schools every year, how many are admitted to colleges and universities? The opportunities are much smaller than those in normal cultural schools, and they are so dangerous.

What a complicated family.

Li wanted to look at Abigail who had come out of the shower, but the latter was hesitant to get closer.

'Wait a moment. ’

He had no choice but to make a mouth gesture, and Abi turned around decisively when he saw this.

After letting Gowu cry for a while, the messy mood finally calmed down. The boy apologized to him again and said he was sorry for causing him trouble.

to be honest.

Li Xiang liked this somewhat introverted young man, so he smiled and waved his hand.

He was a little hesitant about whether to get involved in other people's homes.

"Meow?"

Gowu's fire-spotted cat looked at the trainer with some worry, and the latter smiled and told her that it was okay.

The expressions on their faces inexplicably touched Li Xiang.

then.

After thinking for a few seconds, he said: "Gowu, I can't give you much advice on this, because I don't know your father, and I'm not mature enough to comment casually.

"But if you really don't want to give up on becoming a trainer, show your determination to your grandfather and your father. There is only half a year left until you enter school, and there is still a lot you can do."

"Show determination?" Gowu wiped away his tears and looked puzzled.

"Yes, you have to learn to change yourself, just like I did when I was a child, working hard to become a trainer."

Li Xiang raised a finger, "The simplest thing is to find out why your father doesn't want you to become a trainer. What are the specific reasons? Find them one by one, and then find a way to reassure him. "

Gowu said in a daze: "The reason..."

"Yes, we need to understand each other's ideas through communication, realize our own shortcomings and correct them before trying to convince the other party. Even if your father disagrees in the end, your grandfather will definitely make the decision for you."

Li wanted to believe that the overbearing old man could never completely stand by and watch. He could only say that the latter was also hesitant about whether to let Gowu become a trainer.

So Gowu must get Goma's support in a real sense.

"I...I seem to understand a little bit." The boy nodded hesitantly, "Is it right to figure out the reason and correct it?"

"Yes, if you have any questions, you can continue to consult me."

Li wanted to give the other party his phone number, Ant Hao, and his blog account, "But don't tell anyone about the conversation I had with you. Because I am meddling in other people's family affairs, which is very impolite."

"It's not impolite! I think it's polite to miss Brother!" Gowu blushed and said strange things seriously.

Li Xiang even laughed at him and patted him on the shoulder, "I'm very happy that you think so. Young man, try to change yourself. I can see that you and Fire Spot Miao both have potential."

"Um!"

The two chatted for a while, and then went into the house after feeling a little thirsty.

Outside the fence, a thin black figure who had been stationed for some time slowly returned to the field.

…

Around 5pm.

Abigail interrupted the two people who were playing games with Pokémon, "Gowu, your dad is here to pick you up."

"Dad..." The smile on Gewu's face quickly faded, and he subconsciously looked at Li Xiang.

The latter gave him a thumbs up, looked at him with encouraging eyes, and said: "Believe in yourself, you are talented."

"Um!"

Gowu nodded heavily.

Come to the entrance.

A tall, thin man who looked polite stood at the door. He hugged the hesitant Gowu first, "Gowu! I'm here to pick you up! You are finally willing to come out!"

"dad……"

Gowu, who was full of confidence just now, suddenly became intimidated and his face was full of confusion.

But his father didn't notice the state of his son at all. He looked at Abigail and Li Xiang, "Abi, I haven't seen you for a long time. I obviously worked with your parents last month."

"The school is busy, Uncle Jabu." Senior Sister Abi responded casually.

Gowu's father, Jiabu, didn't care about such perfunctory words and looked at Li Xiang next to him, "This is - wait, Li Xiang!?"

He wanted to make a joke, but after seeing the opponent's face clearly, Jabu's eyes widened, looking very surprised, "How could the champion... Oh, yes, Abi, you are the current captain of the champion team."

He showed a matter-of-fact expression.

"Hello."

Li Xiang nodded slightly and learned what the other party was talking about through Rotom, "But I can't afford the title of champion."

"Hello, hello, I've wanted to meet you for a long time. Champion... ah no, classmate Li Xiang."

Jia Bu obviously didn't know Zhuxia dialect, so he communicated with him in Islands dialect throughout the whole process, but his enthusiasm remained unchanged and he even took out his business card and said, "This is my business card."

Li wanted to take it, but it was a pity that it was all in Archipelago language and could not be understood at all.

Gowu, who was left out in the cold, looked at his father and his idol talking and laughing, and didn't know whether to be happy or unhappy.

It was obvious that he finally mustered up the courage.