Chapter 76: Don’t Worry, I’ll Do My Best!
He stayed in the shop for a while, and during the time waiting for Mo Jiu to get the clothes, he bought two bags of things together with Eevee.
Handkerchiefs, scattered accessories, a few small fans, and several bolts of uncut fabric that were merely embroidered with various patterns.
Whether it was the stitching technique or the overall layout and arrangement, Li Wei and Eevee were complete outsiders.
It was still very necessary to buy some fine products as references.
“Then that’s it. I still need to go to the underground supermarket to buy some things for Gothitelle.”
The two walked out of the shop, and Mo Jiu said to Li Wei.
“Ah… there’s an underground supermarket nearby?”
Some changes in the geographical layout made Li Wei momentarily unsure of the nearby mall layouts.
“Yeah, right below where we ate lunch just now, there’s a large underground mall.”
“Oh oh, then let’s go together. Tonight we’re supposed to make dinner to treat the Pokémon at home.”
“Yeah.”
While nodding, the foresighted Mo Jiu covered the mouth of Morpeko who was just about to jump up and speak on her shoulder, fearing that if not careful, it would spit out some shocking words.
That would be too terrifying.
At the supermarket, the things Mo Jiu needed to buy weren’t many.
Gothitelle only asked her to buy some seasoning and conveniently bring back some pre-made bread.
While the things Li Wei bought were quite peculiar.
All uniformly meat.
He bought a full two small boxes.
No way around it, there were too many Pokémon at home. Father had brought back quite a few Pokémon these past few days, and each one was ‘tall and sturdy’, looking like they could eat a lot.
Anyway, there was money on the card. If he bought too much, they could slowly eat it at home; if too little, it would be awkward.
After all, this was a ‘celebration banquet’ for him about to receive the university admission letter, so it was better to max out the meat until it overflowed.
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Under Mo Jiu’s somewhat shocked gaze and Morpeko’s gaze full of ‘I want to eat too’, Li Wei waved his hand, got into the car picking him up, and bid farewell to Mo Jiu.
After returning home, he put the bought things on the second floor, and he and Eevee began to study the clothing issues from the Grand Festival.
It had to be said that making clothes was also a discipline. How exactly to design it, what benefits a certain design had, what should truly be done for ‘art’.
Li Wei felt a huge headache about it. If it was simply giving him some hints and letting him draw some pictures, that wouldn’t be a problem.
For example, he could completely draw a ruqun outfit with his own innovative patterns, but if he had to redesign it… especially for Eevee…
Born as a human, he was very sorry.
He really couldn’t do it, and couldn’t even imagine it.
“Ahh, headache.”
After holding his head in painful contemplation for a while, he suddenly thought of a brilliant idea.
The one who tied the bell needs to untie it; no one understands the ‘event itself’ better than the ‘person who experienced the event’.
With his human aesthetics, he definitely couldn’t make ‘perfect’ clothes for Eevee. This matter still needed to be handed over to Eevee herself.
“Eevee.”
Li Wei put down the profound book in his hand and turned to Eevee.
“Bu Yi?”
【What’s wrong?】
“I studied it a bit, and I realized something serious.”
“Bu Yi?”
Seeing Li Wei’s earnest and worried expression, Eevee sensed something was off. The somewhat worried she put down the magazine she was flipping through, jumped onto the desk, sat opposite Li Wei, and waited for the continuation of his words.
“I’m human, right?”
Eevee nodded.
“And you’re a Pokémon.”
“So… is the world we see the same?”
?
Eevee tilted her head; she didn’t understand what Li Wei wanted to express.
“We’re participating in the Pokémon Grand Festival, and more than half of the referees who score are also Pokémon, so if we really want to get a great ranking, we must start from Pokémon aesthetics, right, Eevee?”
Li Wei analyzed logically, and the momentarily confused Eevee subconsciously nodded.
“There’s a saying: How can one who is not a fish know the fish’s joy? I’m not a Pokémon, so I definitely don’t know what the stunning beauty among Pokémon is. I look at Gardevoir and think they all look the same. If not for distinguishing them with aura, I might not even see the differences between these Pokémon.
So, if we really want to take first place in the debut battle of the Grand Festival, we definitely need to show some qualities of a top coordinator’s offspring.”
“Bu Yi.”
Eevee nodded again and cast a knowing gaze at Li Wei, asking, “So what do you need me to do?”
“I think, Eevee, actually you should do the design and making of these clothes.”
Li Wei stated her ultimate purpose.
“Bu Yi???”
“Don’t get agitated first; listen as I explain the benefits and reasons to you slowly.
First, the assessment points of the Grand Festival aren’t just the ‘performance’ of the first match, because if it was purely performance, then we should debut as performers.
What the Grand Festival truly assesses is the trainer’s nurturing of coordination with their own Pokémon.
How to judge this ‘coordination’—from the diversity of skill usage, the purity of energy mastery, whether training of various body parts is adequate, etc. In other words, even if strength is a bit lacking, it doesn’t matter. As long as it’s perfectly beautiful from all 360 degrees with no blind spots, and energy mastery is excellent, fully unleashing all the potential in this level in a way that can be called ‘beautiful’, in a theme-fitting way, we can crush the competition and rub those professional-level big shots on the ground.
【Makes sense.】
At this moment, Eevee was shocked by Li Wei’s profound words, subconsciously opening her mouth wide and using psychic power to communicate cross-dimensionally with Li Wei’s aura.
“Mom said it too, right? Her Mawile, Scovillain, Gardevoir, all make their own clothes and have their own ideas for participating in the Grand Festival.
Eevee, I’ve never thought of Pokémon as human tools. You have your own thoughts and consciousness. As long as you like it and give me a reasonable reason, I can unconditionally follow your will and let you do what you like.
Look, I don’t stop you from buying luxury goods, I even got you a bank card and regularly transfer some of my money for you to spend; you wanted to participate in the Grand Festival, and after the provincial competition, I signed you up right away. Considering that we as Pokémon need dreams, we directly challenged the main competition.
I say all this and give so many examples for a simple reason: I think it’s time to start cultivating your independent consciousness.
This not only helps with your mental secondary development but also helps you form better habits, becoming an elegant, intellectual, and charming Eevee from the inside out.”
Li Wei made a risky move with hidden intent, using keyword tactics, logic substitution, and multiple rhetoric techniques to trap Eevee in a thinking loop.
“So I’ve thought about it for a long time; this clothing-making really can’t be done by me. I can’t deprive you of your freedom as a Pokémon.
So you design it yourself, I’ll help check it. As for patterns and such, I have some ideas you can use as reference. After all, this is your first time making clothes yourself; taking it slow and spending more time is fine.
You can even try meditating while researching clothing-making, and reaching the realm of multitasking will be hugely beneficial for your future.”
At this time, Eevee’s inner world could be described as tumultuous.
She had never thought that Li Wei, who usually seemed inexplicably unreliable, was thinking so much for her.
A bit moved, even feeling guilty for having secretly badmouthed Li Wei in her heart before.
“Bu Yi!”
【Don’t worry, I’ll do my best!】
Having made up her mind, with high-spirited fighting spirit, Eevee dragged a book from the desk to a shady little corner and slowly began flipping through it, while earnestly absorbing ice attribute energy from nature.
Meanwhile, the mission-accomplished Li Wei quietly went downstairs to the kitchen to prepare for tonight’s dinner.
‘Today’s Eevee was so easy to fool… so easy to communicate with. Then tonight, give her more meat to reward her hard-working self.’
Thinking this, Li Wei planned to remove the packaging from the various meats in the box, then start mixing sauce and developing seasonings.
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Long-awaited today’s py: 《Star River Wizard》, Cthulhu type, entering the evolution path. The hunted Green arrives in the wizard world, gains many trump cards. You make a move, he instantly transforms into the galactic star domain with trillions of minions to gang up on you.
Note: Calculations show this segment is free.
If you like it, Author’s Notes link available in 30 minutes~
Timo’s Flop Diary
August 14th
It’s so hot today.
Sure enough, summer is terrifying. A big rain immediately followed by a temperature rise.
And the scariest part is that spiders in the courtyard at home have increased.
My heavens, I’m about to cry.
So big QAQ
And then, my old father is basically beyond saving.
Breakfast and dinner are on me for sure, I I I I I…
ε=(ο｀*)))sigh
Making varied meals for him, while ensuring nutritional balance with vegetables and such.
I suspect he’s old, tired of roasted meat, so he has high demands for vegetables.
This… heretic.
Hmph
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But it’s more beneficial for health.
Forced to get up at 6 every day to make him food.
Otherwise, I’d get a call like this.
“Hey~ Timo, when can I come get breakfast from you~”
?????
Why is there this inexplicable cuteness????
Damn it, why.
Pfft.
Then after sharing my meal with Grandmother, she said it was delicious too.
So, as expected, on the nanny’s day off Sunday, I’ll be taking over Grandmother’s meals.
Ah this…
Please, end the pandemic soon!!
If it doesn’t end soon, I feel like I could reach blue belt, Michelin level!!
