Xia Huanao bought a plane ticket to Jinghai City in a rush. Although he was still in Linglong City waiting for his flight, his soul had already flown back to Jinghai City. The evidence was that Xia Huanao almost missed his flight despite having bought the ticket; he was too preoccupied with his god.
On the plane, Xia Huanao pondered how to create a surprise for Shen Yu after returning to Jinghai City.
"Using Ditto to transform into myself? That might be a bit difficult. It's not that transforming into me is hard, but Ditto are not easy to come by."
After much thought, Xia Huanao decided to check Shen Yu's recent activities first. Girls' thoughts would occasionally be reflected online. For instance, what kind of kidney-level gifts they wanted...
However, after looking for a long time, Xia Huanao found that Shen Yu hadn't posted anything during his absence. On the contrary, Zhang Hong was very active, having posted a complaint about attending classes on weekends just ten minutes ago.
But Xia Huanao was taken aback when he saw the mention of weekend classes: "Attending classes on Saturdays and Sundays? What's new about this? I remember there wasn't anything like this last year. Last year, third-year high school students still had weekends off. What's this nonsense?"
Although Xia Huanao would not be affected by attending classes on weekends, the problem was that he had originally planned to arrange a romantic date with Shen Yu on the weekend. How could they date now? Would they have to do it at school?
Xia Huanao sighed, "Forget it. It seems like we can't date. I'll just go back and see everyone."
However, Xia Huanao reconsidered. He was a teacher at Liuling University, and Shen Yu was also enrolled at Liuling University. Therefore, there was no reason for the school to object to him dating or having a date. Why wouldn't he date openly? As long as he didn't shout "I want to date" on the podium, nothing would happen.
Since that was the case, the dating plan would continue.
...
Meanwhile, Song Shuangyu quickly learned that Xia Huanao had boarded the plane. Song Shuangyu was stunned for a moment upon hearing this news, then immediately ordered someone to book him a ticket. He wanted to chase after Xia Huanao and fight him. "It's giving him face by initiating a duel, and he dares to run? Can he escape?"
Although Song Shuangyu had suffered various setbacks because of Xia Huanao, some basic servants of the Song family were still available. Soon, Song Shuangyu boarded the high-speed train to Jinghai City. It was a bit slower, but it didn't matter much.
Xia Huanao was unaware of this. He was squinting and sleeping. Traveling tended to make people sleepy, especially when they were alone.
Xia Huanao slept all the way from Linglong City back to Jinghai City and then wandered towards his home. It was getting late, so instead of looking for Shen Yu at this hour, it would be better to surprise her at school tomorrow morning.
However, speaking of surprising the school, Xia Huanao thought of something very amusing: what if he sneaked into the school tonight when no one was paying attention? Then, when he went to school tomorrow morning, he might run into classmates from other classes at the school entrance. Given Xia Huanao's popularity at school, the surprise plan would likely end before it even began.
He had originally planned to surprise Shen Yu, but it seemed likely that Shen Yu would counter-surprise him, which wouldn't be fun.
With this thought, after returning home, Xia Huanao first dug out his school uniform, which he hadn't worn in a long time. He put the uniform in his bag, then put on a hat, mask, and sunglasses, disguising himself like a celebrity sneaking out for mischief, and tiptoed out of the house.
Although clothing was free in Minglong Country, dressing like that would still attract a lot of attention, especially from paparazzi. Xia Huanao hadn't walked a hundred meters on the street before two paparazzi spotted him. "Did you see that? He's sneaking around suspiciously. It must be some big star out in secret. Let's follow them and see if we can get anything."
The one next to him shook his head. "No, I don't want to. Every time I get beaten up, and you take the money. This time, I'm going to take the bigger share."
"Fine, fine, you take the bigger share. Hurry up and follow, don't lose him."
But we should say that the annoying people in this world are not only these paparazzi who want to extort money from you, but also those busybodies who consider themselves partners of justice.
As Xia Huanao passed by a supermarket, a "partner of justice" was just coming out of the supermarket. Seeing Xia Huanao, who was wrapped up tightly, he immediately assumed that this must be some sort of Pokémon Hunter, or another criminal. Otherwise, why would he wrap himself up so tightly and keep his head down? It was obvious he didn't want to be recognized.
With this thought, this partner of justice also started to follow Xia Huanao stealthily. Xia Huanao's vision was not very good with sunglasses on, and moreover, he was thinking about the upcoming surprise plan, so he didn't notice these two groups of people at all.
Xia Huanao finally arrived at a cheap motel near the school. "Hmm, this one will do. I've never been here before. But it feels awkward to make a dating battle plan in a place like this."
Xia Huanao muttered to himself. The partner of justice who was following him couldn't stop at the same time when Xia Huanao stopped. He could only continue forward, passing by Xia Huanao. As he passed, he only heard something about a battle plan.
The partner of justice was overjoyed. This was definitely a criminal planning to attack some important target. If he reported it, he would definitely become famous. He didn't listen further. After seeing Xia Huanao enter the motel, he immediately went to report it to the nearby Pokémon police.
The two paparazzi trailing behind also immediately followed after Xia Huanao entered the motel, wanting to know which room he was staying in to get firsthand information.
Xia Huanao paid and went to his room. He looked at the school from behind the window. "The school's security is handled by guards during the day and an all-night Snorlax at night. Although I have no grudges with this Snorlax, it might not let me in. What should I do? I can't just fight it, can I?"
Xia Huanao's dating battle plan had only one problem from beginning to end: how to enter the school. As long as he could get into the school, any problem would be solved. If he couldn't get into the school, then everything would be meaningless.
"System, what are Snorlax's weaknesses?"
"Fighting, Ice, Dragon, Fairy."
Xia Huanao shook his head. "I didn't ask you that. I meant its personality, its biological weaknesses. What are they?"
"Unclear. I only know it likes children very much and is extremely kind."
Xia Huanao listened and said, "Then it's easy. Will a basket of berries be enough?"
Just as Xia Huanao was contemplating his battle plan, two police cars stopped outside the motel. The partner of justice got out of the car. "It's here. That fugitive is staying inside."
The two paparazzi, who had been kicked out by the owner and were already angry, saw the police cars approaching. The leader said, "Stop writing. Change the draft. What's so attractive about some star secretly meeting a lover? Add it to the back."
The one who was furiously typing asked, "Add? Add what?"
"Write it like this: A certain star secretly meets a lover but is caught in the act. The police raid the motel and catch them red-handed."
"Is it okay to write it like this?"
"It's fine. How else can it become popular?"
While the two paparazzi were modifying their news drafts, the police officers had already arrived at Xia Huanao's door. "Open up!"
As soon as Xia Huanao opened the door, several police officers rushed in and pinned him to the bed. "Speak, what are you doing here?"
Xia Huanao removed his disguise of three items and explained everything. Only then did the police officers believe him. The partner of justice, however, looked unconvinced and pointed at Xia Huanao. "Don't believe him. Why else would he wrap himself up so tightly if he wasn't here for some unspeakable purpose? And why was he looking down when he was walking? He must have a secret! He must!"
Xia Huanao glanced at the police officers. The officers quickly escorted the partner of justice away. "Mr. Xia, we apologize for the trouble. We will educate him properly when we get back."
After Xia Huanao saw off the police officers, he continued to revise his dating battle plan. Downstairs, the two paparazzi were overjoyed to see the police officers escorting the alleged culprit. "Did you see that?"
"See what?"
"What happened in that motel. I know who it is. It must be Yu Linglong in there."
The newcomer was surprised. "How do you know so clearly?"
The veteran acted like an experienced person. "Let me tell you, anyone who can get the police to escort the alleged culprit must be a very high-level trainer. There aren't many people in Minglong Country who are both high-level trainers and celebrities. Since the one catching them was a man, the person in the motel must be a woman. So, by deduction, who else could it be but Yu Linglong?"
The newcomer was still skeptical. "But I haven't heard that Yu Linglong is married."
"You're young. Big stars certainly have secret marriages. Just wait and see. As long as our report comes out, promotions and salary increases will be within our reach."
"But, if..."
"The Yu family's revenge? He has to be prepared for people to talk if he does something. Don't worry about it, or you won't get a single cent."
The old paparazzi spent the entire afternoon editing a draft. Looking at the draft, which he had revised more than ten times, the old paparazzi asked, "How is it? Has Yu Linglong come out yet?"
"No, the target hasn't come out yet."
"Alright, I'll go back and submit this report about meeting a lover first. If she comes out, you must follow her."
Seeing the old paparazzi leave, the newcomer sighed. "I have a bad feeling about this."
Meanwhile, inside the motel, Xia Huanao stretched. "The school is finally about to let out. I need to prepare to sneak in. Surprise dating operation, commence now."