I noticed that guy too, but couldn't bother to evolve Chingling, so I can't really tell you how to get it out; however I do know that, yes, it is supposed to be Bulbasaur no matter your starter. There's going to be a way to get every starter, so one or another of these side quests is basically always going to be useless to someone.
... Did that make sense? In any case maybe I'll get back to trying to evolve that Chingling so I can give an actual answer.