Pokémon: From Magikarp

Looking into Li Taoyao's eyes, I don't know if it's because of the light, but this time her pupils didn't seem to be the original bright pink color, and were a lot lighter than before.

"Huang Tingting hasn't woken up yet. She was seriously injured and lost too much blood. She is now in a deep coma. We don't know when she will wake up."

Lin Shi said truthfully that in fact, if Li Taoyao had not used the freezing ability of the Ice Nine-Tailed Fox to stop Huang Tingting's bleeding and maintain her last breath, Huang Tingting would not have been able to hold on until she was hospitalized.

After listening to Lin Shi's words, Li Taoyao nodded silently.

"Tell me, what happened? Why did you and Huang Tingting go there? And how did you meet Tianshu?"

Lin Shi continued to ask, he was extremely curious about the specific circumstances of that day. Li Taoyao did not hide anything from Lin Shi and told him everything that happened at that time.

"call……"

After listening to Li Taoyao's words, Lin Shi let out a long sigh.

Things turned out not as Lin Shi expected. There was indeed something wrong with Huang Tingting. She deliberately deceived Li Taoyao into taking her to the woods, which led to the ambush of Tianshu.

However, according to Li Taoyao, Huang Tingting seemed to have repented at the last moment and risked her life to save Li Taoyao's. Although it was too late, it did not seem hopeless. Lin Shi could feel that there must be a lot of hidden stories behind this.

However, Huang Tingting is in a coma now, and the specific reasons for these things cannot be known for a while.

"Um...well, let's not tell anyone else about this for now..." Li Taoyao looked at Lin Shi cautiously, asking for his opinion.

After hearing what Li Taoyao said, Lin Shi raised his eyebrows slightly, thought for a moment, and nodded.

"Okay, let's wait until she wakes up."

In fact, Lin Shi also wanted to see if he could get some information about the North Star from Huang Tingting. Moreover, for Zhou Wanjin, this matter might be a bit cruel. It would be better to wait for Huang Tingting to wake up and tell Zhou Wanjin the reason in person.

Lin Shi's words made Li Taoyao smile again, and she looked both charming and lovable.

"Dong dong..."

"Well, are you guys done talking?"

Tao Ran knocked on the door and walked in. He looked at the two of them and asked with a smile.

"Well...it's almost done. Mom, you can tell Lin Shi about that now."

Li Taoyao nodded sweetly but I said with a smile.

"Something? What's the matter?"

Lin Shi was confused and asked immediately.

"It's like this. Because I'm very grateful to you for saving me, mom is willing to open her long-sealed treasure house and let you choose whatever you want. Hehe... I remember there are a lot of good things, so you must seize the opportunity."

Li Taoyao said as she lifted her hair from her forehead.

"Those are my collections from before I became the museum owner. They are mostly what I got during my expeditions. You can take a look and see if there's anything you need. Just take it away."

Tao Ran added that, in fact, she had already thought about repaying Lin Shi, but Lin Shi didn't look like someone who was short of money, so she had no choice but to use this trump card.

"That's...ok."

Lin Shi did not refuse too much and accepted it frankly. He also knew that Tao Ran was trying to make friends with him. Apart from anything else, the fact that he could directly contact Li Taoyao in that state was worth Tao Ran's efforts.

And judging from the looks of Tao Ran and Li Tao Yao, it wasn't a big deal, so there was no need for him to refuse.

"Then classmate Lin Shi, come with me. Tao Yao, you take a rest. We will be back soon." Tao Ran said and walked out the door first.

Along the way, Lin Shi followed Tao Ran, looking at her back. When they were some distance away from Li Taoyao's room, Lin Shi suddenly said in a deep voice:

"Student Li, is she okay?"

Lin Shi's words made Tao Ran, who was walking in front, suddenly pause. Although Lin Shi couldn't see her expression, he could feel that she took a deep breath.

"Student Lin figured it out?"

Tao Ran turned around, with an unconcealable melancholy between his brows.

"I wonder if it would be convenient for me to ask what's going on with Li? Where does the icy power in her body come from?"

Lin Shi asked inquiringly.

After hearing Lin Shi's words, Tao Ran calmed down a little, and said slowly with her red lips slightly parted:

"I believe that classmate Lin Shi should be able to see that the ice power in Tao Yao's body is very unusual. This incident can be traced back to more than ten years ago."

"At that time, I had not yet become the owner of Taoxian Gym. I was still a free explorer. I was keen on exploring various regions of the world and looking for treasures. It was during this process that I met Taoyao's father."

"He is also a free explorer like me. Moreover, he is more outstanding and wiser than me. He is better than me in both his ability as a trainer and his professionalism as a treasure hunter."

Tao Ran spoke softly, as if recalling the time back then, and her tone became a little lighter.

Lin Shi touched his chin. He didn't know much about Li Taoyao's father's situation, and he had never heard Li Taoyao talk about it.

All we know is that he passed away unexpectedly before Li Taoyao was born, and Taoran was the only one who raised Li Taoyao with great difficulty over the years.

"After confirming our relationship, we got married soon and planned an adventure trip as our honeymoon." Tao Ran continued with a dim look in his eyes. Lin Shi knew that the turning point of the story should be this honeymoon trip.

"The location we chose for the expedition was the Kunlun Mountains' Qunyu Peak. It is said that someone saw an ice palace deep in the snowy mountains there. This palace would descend in a snowstorm, and there were countless rare treasures inside."

Hearing Tao Ran's words, Lin Shi was stunned for a moment.

Kunlun Mountains? So familiar...

Isn't this the place where they will be doing their internship this semester? Lin Shi recalled Li Taoyao's positive attitude towards this matter at that time.

"So that's it..."

Lin Shi murmured softly, he seemed to understand Li Taoyao's reasons, but did not interrupt Tao Ran's story.

"After a period of investigation, we finalized the plan and set off for Kunlun Mountain. Phew... This is the most wrong decision I have ever made in my life..."

Tao Ran took a deep breath, her tone no longer calm. Lin Shi did not speak, and continued to wait for Tao Ran's words.

"When we first entered Kunlun Mountain and headed towards the Jade Peak, the journey was relatively smooth. With the help of this elf and our own experience, we quickly arrived at the foot of the Jade Peak and began to climb upwards."

"At the same time, we also began to look for the location of the Ice Palace based on the information we collected. However, no matter how hard we looked, the palace seemed to be non-existent. We searched for a long time but could not find any trace of it."

Tao Ran raised her head slightly and looked at the sky outside the window. It seemed that she had returned to the depths of the snow-covered mountains again, with the cold wind howling.

"Just when we thought we were going to fail, a snowstorm arrived..."

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