Chapter 38: This Main Account Is Done For
After returning to the dormitory and opening the door, Li Wei, after a simple shower, brought a lot of ingredients to the kitchen under the urging of Eevee and Riolu.
For some reason, as he sorted the ingredients into sealed bags and put them into the refrigerator, he always felt like he had forgotten something very important.
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It was very important.
But he couldn’t remember.
This strange feeling truly made Li Wei uncomfortable. After standing in place staring at the refrigerator for over a minute, Li Wei chose to ask for outside help.
“Hey, Eevee, I always feel like I’ve forgotten something. Do you have any ideas?”
“Bu Yi?”
【 Do you think I would know what you forgot? 】
Speaking, Eevee raised her paw and patted Li Wei’s head.
Eevee’s leisurely demeanor made him feel confused again.
Wasn’t his task today to report for training?
Did he forget something when he left home?
“Riolu, do you remember what I forgot?”
“Lu……?”
【 Hmm… Didn’t you exercise before eating today? 】
Riolu pondered the things they usually had to do and felt that apart from not having systematic training before eating this time, nothing seemed different from usual. How could he have forgotten something?
If he had to say he forgot something, he hadn’t recited his text for today yet, and he still had a set of basic fighting training to do.
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After listening to Riolu, Li Wei leaned against the wall, crossed his arms, and stared out the window in contemplation.
Not long after, he saw a gradually approaching blue figure outside the window, somewhat blurry.
“What the heck!!!!”
“Bu Yi?!”
【 Why are you so loud?! 】
“We forgot Dragonair!!”
As soon as Li Wei said this, even Eevee, who was about to raise her paw to hit Li Wei’s head again, froze.
And as the two Pokémon looked in the direction Li Wei was stunned, they were astonished to find that Dragonair had already arrived at the window, extending his tail and knocking on the window with a ‘knock knock knock’.
“Gulp.”
In unison, the three of them silently swallowed.
However, at the critical moment, Li Wei stepped forward, walked to the window, and opened it for Dragonair to come in.
“Wuwu……”
【 Why are you guys…… 】
Dragonair didn’t finish speaking, and just looked at the three ungrateful people in the kitchen with a wronged expression.
“Why are you back so early??”
Li Wei couldn’t answer Dragonair’s question at all, so his strategy was to solve problems with questions.
“Wuwu??”
【 Why do you say that?? 】
Dragonair’s expression had turned into wronged squared, and his entire dragon face was filled with four words – life is meaningless.
“Uh, mainly because you were sleeping so happily, and there were a lot of your little fans around, so we couldn’t bear to wake you up. Then I discussed it with Eevee and the others, and we wanted to come back early to make you something to eat as a surprise, and also to thank you.”
“Hehe, right Riolu? Huh? Eevee?”, Li Wei said, turning his head to wink frantically at the two still in a daze.
“Lu lu.”
“Bu Yi Bu Yi!!!”
The two little ones were feeling guilty. Seeing that Li Wei was giving them an out, Eevee and Riolu wished they could just roll down it.
“Bu Yi Bu Yi!!”
【 We just saw how hard you usually work and wanted to make you something delicious! Yes!! We’re making curry for you!! 】
“Lu!”
【 That’s right, Older Brother Dragonair! 】
The two Pokémon were coerced by a skill called self-preservation, unleashing their lifelong learning and gradually becoming Li-fied.
And Dragonair on the other side, hearing Riolu, who was usually so well-behaved, sweetly call him “Dragonair brother,” and seeing Eevee wagging her tail frantically and widening her big eyes, suddenly didn’t feel so sad anymore, and felt like life had instantly become more beautiful.
“Woo~”
【 That’s great~ I thought you guys had completely forgotten me like Older Brother and the others~】
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Seeing Dragonair surrounded by what looked like little pink flowers blooming, the three of them, leaning against the wall and trembling slightly, exchanged a silent glance.
At this moment, they simultaneously made a decision: today, this secret would be swallowed down with the curry forever.
If Dragonair knew the truth, he would definitely cry himself to death, right?!!
“Woo?”
【 Do you want to eat curry~ I used to hear Older Brother and them talk about eating various kinds of curry when they went out in the wild. I want to eat it too~ Li Wei! Is there anything I can help with?】
Instantly, a huge dragon face loomed before Li Wei, his suspended body shaking wildly, his small tail also incessantly slapping the floor; his emotions instantly became very excited.
“Uh……”
Li Wei, who was feeling a little guilty, wanted to tell Dragonair, “It’s nothing, you can go back and rest and wait for us to finish cooking, and then we’ll find you,” and find an excuse to send him away.
But seeing him suddenly get excited like a silly fool, he still couldn’t bear to drive him out of the kitchen.
“Hmm, let me think about it. How about you help me wash the vegetables first?”
“Woo?”
【 Wash vegetables?】
Dragonair turned to look at the bag of ingredients by the sink, then turned back to look at Li Wei, his eyes conveying a meaning like, “That’s it?”.
“Don’t you underestimate washing vegetables, hey! Do you know that! Cooking! Is more delicious when everyone works together!!”
Li Wei slapped the table. Having experienced a roller coaster of emotions, he seemed to want to increase the authority of his words in this way.
“From washing vegetables onwards, it’s already considered a step in cooking, do you know that, Dragonair! And you two also have to listen to me!!”
After banging on the table a few more times with force, Li Wei began his soul-stirring rant.
“Do you know why the food in the canteen is bad?
Because there’s no emotion in it!
Cooking also needs emotion, okay! Don’t be so disrespectful of it, Rare Candy!
Starting from washing vegetables! To chopping vegetables! To finally putting them in the pot! Stirring them around!
Every step is very sacred!!
Do you know why Mime Jr.’s cooking is better than the canteen auntie’s?
Because it’s all Mime Jr.’s love for you!
Does the canteen auntie love you? The canteen auntie doesn’t even know you, how can she love you!!!
So you, Dragonair, actually think washing vegetables isn’t important?!
Eevee, I can see it, and yet you still want to slack off while cooking!
How can you guys be like this??
Do you know how to make delicious dishes?!
Of course, it’s more delicious when everyone makes it together!!!
Quickly straighten your attitude and be more respectful! Cooking is sacred!!!”
Eevee’s eyes were glued to his words.
She felt something was wrong somewhere, yet it also made sense everywhere.
She had eaten Mime Jr.’s cooking before. Her and Riolu’s daily Pokémon nutritional meals were all prepared by Mime Jr. according to specific proportions, and the taste of the berries, meat chunks, and other ingredients was very rich.
She didn’t have much self-awareness before, only thinking that ‘food’ should always be delicious, until today when she ate canteen food.
This canteen food was truly so bad it was hard to swallow!
It must be because the canteen auntie doesn’t love her!!!
At this moment, Riolu was thinking the same thing as Eevee.
Poor Pokémon.
They were so easily swayed by Li Wei’s sophistry.
A large part of the difference in the taste of the cooking was related to the ingredients.
Could the ingredients used in the canteen’s meals for the commoner Pokémon compare to those at their home?
Could the nutritional value and the rarity of the berries be the same?
Unfortunately.
In Pokémon diets, the more expensive the ingredient, the tastier it generally is.
The simplest example is Miltank’s milk.
Can this Elite Four Level nutritional milk be the same as the ordinary Apprentice Class pasture-produced kind?
Definitely not the same.
But the young and ignorant them were thus duped by Li Wei due to the absolute disparity in information, even Dragonair, who only grew in size but not in intellect or experience, felt Li Wei’s words made a lot of sense. It hummed an unknown tune and happily slithered to the side, using its tail to wash vegetables.
Li Wei, adhering to the principle of childhood sweethearts, used a set of peculiar logic to persuade Riolu to use its Aura to peel and dice the potatoes, and had Eevee maintain its Normal Form using Psychic Power to blanch the beef and then drain it.
And him.
Was responsible for handling the pork.
Since it was a multi-meat curry, why not stew beef with potatoes, and also deep-fry a pork chop and make a serving of fried chicken?
What nonsense?
Li Wei felt that tasks requiring a lot of oil, like deep-frying pork chops and fried chicken, should not be undertaken by the current Riolu and Eevee.
When they grow a bit older and their strength matures a bit more, then they could learn… and take on this hobby.
The potatoes were cut into bite-sized pieces, convenient for young Pokémon like Riolu and Eevee to eat.
To ensure sufficient nutrition for themselves, Li Wei had Riolu cut half a carrot and dice the onion.
Fresh Cheri Berries and mangoes were chosen, cut into small pieces, and placed in cool water to prevent oxidation.
The Cheri Berries were something he and Eevee had spent a long time selecting from a basket of Berries at the supermarket before buying.
The most distinctive feature of these Berries was that the smaller the fruit, the tastier it was.
Also with a playful intention, Riolu, who went to buy things separately, had the supermarket auntie weigh six large, curved mangoes for him. He and Eevee only managed to pick out four Cheri Berries from their bag.
Considering the number of canine Pokémon around him, Li Wei decided not to make a spicy curry today, opting for a sweet and fragrant flavor.
He felt the taste would be similar to apple curry.
Dragonair, on the side, carefully washed the rice and gently poked the rice cooker’s switch with its tail before gathering around Li Wei, watching Li Wei the chef’s cooking along with Riolu and Eevee.
The process was quite simple and tedious. The blanched beef cubes were put into the pot and seared until medium-rare, then pushed to the side. Onion mince, potato cubes, carrot slices, and Berries were then poured in all at once.
When the white onions were stir-fried until transparent, water was added, and the lid was closed.
“Alright, you three, go with Dragonair and scald the tableware you just bought with boiling water.”
Since the Pokémon gathered around made it difficult to move freely, and he would soon be deep-frying food, adhering to the principle that small pets like cats, dogs, and snakes should be kept away from the stove, Li Wei sent the three little ones away.
He started to pound the pork to cut the tendons, then proceeded with the three steps to make neighbors cry with envy.
Just as Li Wei dropped the pork chop into the hot oil and began frying it, the kitchen door was pushed open.
“Chirp!!”
Entering through the door were Mo Jiu and a Morpeko holding small cookies in its hand.
“Uh… hello.”
Mo Jiu remained in the doorway, looking at the busy person and three Pokémon in the kitchen with blinking eyes, appearing somewhat flustered.
“Chirp!!”
【 Hello!! What a fragrant smell!! Are you making something delicious!! 】
Compared to Mo Jiu’s reticence, this Morpeko was quite outgoing.
It hopped two or three times straight onto the counter, standing on its tiptoes, looking at the curry simmering in the pot and the pork chop in the oil with a yearning expression.
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“Hey! Xiao Ke, what are you doing!!”
Seeing his Morpeko about to jump into the pot, Mo Jiu’s eyes widened.
Then, seeing it being stopped by Li Wei grabbing its tail, Mo Jiu, somewhat annoyed, yelled at his unreliable silly Pokémon again.
“How can you cause so much trouble for others!!”
(○｀ 3′○)!!!
“Chirp~”
【 But it smells really good~ 】
(╯▽╰)~~~
“Chirp chirp~~”
【 It smells like it will be delicious~~ 】
After understanding what this talkative little mouse was saying, Li Wei smiled with some helplessness.
After all, who wouldn’t be pleased when praised for their cooking?
I must say, Li Wei was in a very good mood after being complimented.
“Then, would you like to eat together? There’s plenty of extra meat.”
Li Wei turned and, holding his kitchen knife, asked Mo Jiu, who was still standing at the doorway.
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“Ah… it’s fine… Ah no, how could I possibly trouble you… Thank you then.”
Mo Jiu, who had initially intended to politely decline, quickly changed her mind after watching Li Wei repeatedly toss and catch the knife.
“Well, thank you then.”
After repeating the final words of gratitude, she walked into the kitchen and placed the self-heating food she was carrying in her pocket into the refrigerator.
“Then you wait a moment, about fifteen minutes? You can eat then.”
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Li Wei, completely oblivious, continued to play with the kitchen knife while turning to speak to Mo Jiu.
“Uh… okay.”
Quickly taking Morpeko, whose drool was almost dripping into the frying pan, from Li Wei’s hand, Mo Jiu walked to the side and sat down obediently, leaning against the back of the chair, chin propped on her hand, watching the various Pokémon busy in the kitchen.
Cozy and busy.
The aroma of delicious food wafted from the stove, making her already not-full stomach feel a bit hungry.
And besides the cooking that was about to be served, what attracted her the most was the smiles and expectations on each Pokémon’s face.
‘I’m really… so happy.’
From the moment she first saw Li Wei, she had paid extra attention to this strange boy her age.
It wasn’t that Li Wei was particularly handsome; it was just that seeing him interact so closely with his Pokémon made her envious.
Being affectionately coiled around by a Dragonair, Eevee could even get on his nerves and sleep on top of his head, while Riolu beside him was very well-behaved and polite…
Thinking this, Mo Jiu looked down at her own Morpeko, who only knew how to eat.
“Sigh.”
She poked its head and sighed.
‘Little Ke, please try to be more promising…’
She lamented inwardly, still somewhat hopeful that this Morpeko could one day become ‘mature’ and ‘reliable.’
But this thought didn’t last long.
Mo Jiu remembered how foolish it had looked just now when it almost became fried rat.
“Sigh, this big one is a lost cause.”
Violent demon, glutton, overly familiar…
How did she end up raising such a Pokémon?
Why didn’t it learn even a single one of her good qualities?
At this moment, Mo Jiu clearly had quite a few misunderstandings about her own good qualities.
This was similar to how Li Wei thought he was an exceptionally outstanding Trainer, a subtle comparison.
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Today’s py: 《Shen from Konoha, who transmigrated to the Naruto world with his main hero, League of Legends’ Shen, as his core. His runes and talents become his innate abilities, and how will his skills clash with the ninjutsu of this world?
If you like it, you can grab it from the comment section tomorrow. Today’s diary is too long to fit it all. （Wait, upon reflection, it’s only four words. If you like it, please search for it manually first. ）
Timo’s Flop Diary
July 11th
【July 9th, 1130 Recommendation Votes, 2 extra chapters, hehe】
I remembered what I wanted to say yesterday!!
I wanted to say!!
When you asked me to do voice acting and singing, you were all very enthusiastic, but then none of you even listened!!!
Crying, crying duck, crying goose, crying dog, crying pig!!!
The portal is in the voice acting at the end of chapter thirty-one. I’m exhausted.
My mood today is quite good, hehe.
I’ve written a plot that I like~~owo
The taste of the food today was also very good.
It’s just that.
People, the most boring moment is when you’re hungry, you get your food, and then the moment you sit down to eat, you push it away listlessly.
That feeling is truly heartbreaking.
Crying.
Weekend, nothing much to say, and no new or interesting things happened.
My performance is also as usual, a flop, relying entirely on your random charity of recommendation votes to survive.
In comparison, if I could maintain around 1500 daily recommendations, there’s still hope, but the gap is quite large right now!!
Oh, right, and about the explosive updates.
Why not update more? Why can’t there be extra chapters during the new book period?
Because everyone needs to have a dream!
Once the word count gets too high, over 200,000 characters, it becomes dangerous, and it can’t be recommended, it can only go on sale.
But if it doesn’t get recommended, where will the exposure and promotion come from?
Generating power for love can’t be done like this.
Sigh.
Please understand more~~
That’s all for now.
End.
