Pokémon: What should I do? My father-in-law always wants to tear me apart

In the living room, sunlight shines through the window and onto the soft carpet.

Ruan Yaoyao stood by the window and inadvertently caught a glimpse of the tense scene in the yard.

The Fossil Pterosaur and the Blazing Roaring Tiger glared at them, and the surrounding Pokémon scattered in fear. Her brows instantly wrinkled into the shape of a "川" character, and her eyes were full of worry.

"You really don't care?"

Ruan Yaoyao turned her head and looked at Lin Yi who was curled up on the sofa, with a hint of helplessness in her tone.

Lin Yi was lazily slumped in the sofa, his legs casually resting on the coffee table, his eyes fixed on the TV screen, his hands constantly putting melon seeds into his mouth, the "crunching" sound of his chewing was particularly clear in the quiet living room.

Hearing Ruan Yaoyao's question, he slowly turned his head, with a careless smile on his face, and said vaguely:

"What's the matter? It's normal for Pokémon to fight with each other."

When Ruan Yaoyao heard this, her eyes widened instantly, and her face was full of disbelief, as if to say:

"What the hell is this guy talking about?"

She couldn't help but roll her eyes, thinking to herself: This is completely different from the usual strict and responsible Lin Yi!

Looking back, it has been three days since I returned from Bermuda.

Normally, after finishing a difficult adventure, Lin Yi would just take a short rest and then return to training in a vigorous manner.

He is very attentive and can always predict the emotional changes of Pokémon in advance.

Take this time for example, he must have expected that the Pteranodon with a sudden change in personality would have friction with the hot-tempered Blazing Tiger. In the past, he would have talked to the two Pokémon in advance, patiently enlightened them, and nipped the conflict in the bud.

But what about now? Lin Yi seemed to have become a different person, doing nothing but playing badly all day long.

The training plan was thrown out of the window. The Pokémon were fighting each other, but he was indifferent. If Zeraora hadn't been unable to bear it and stepped in to stop it, there's no telling how this conflict would have ended.

Ruan Yaoyao became angrier the more she thought about it. She stood there with her hands on her hips, looking at Lin Yi helplessly.

She knew in her heart that Lin Yi had a high fever before, so it was understandable that he took two days off, but it was really unlike him to be so unrestrained and mess up.

Looking at the lazy Lin Yi in front of her, a strange thought suddenly flashed through Ruan Yaoyao's mind: Why is she so worried now, just like a wife facing an incompetent husband after marriage?

"Eh? Wait, married wife?"

As soon as this thought came to mind, Ruan Yaoyao suddenly felt her face burning as if it was on fire.

She lowered her head in panic, trying to cover her blushing face with her hair.

Ruan Yaoyao didn't know that there were two deep reasons why Lin Yi had been staying at home and acting badly these days.

Firstly, because of this thrilling journey to Bermuda, Lin Yi died again.

The moment he was petrified, the power of life quietly slipped away like the sand in an hourglass. That real and terrifying feeling was deeply imprinted in his soul.

Although he was eventually resurrected by the alpaca, his two brushes with death gave him a completely different understanding of life. It seemed that he had let go of many things in an instant, and his mood became more indifferent. His past ambitions seemed to be diluted by the baptism of life and death...

To put it bluntly, I've died twice and now I've let it go.

And the second reason...

Lin Yi was lying on the sofa, bored. Although his eyes were fixed on the TV, his mind was wandering somewhere else.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a furtive figure tiptoeing down from the second floor.

Lin Yi calmly threw the melon seed shells in his hand into the trash can, then stood up from the sofa slowly.

"Mom, where are you going?"

Lin Yi had a harmless smile on his face. He walked up to An Qing and asked softly, his tone sounding like he was chatting about family matters.

"I...I just want to go to the bathroom..."

An Qing was startled by this sudden question. She avoided his gaze and subconsciously hid the things in her hand behind her back. She turned her face away guiltily, not daring to look Lin Yi in the eye.

Lin Yi raised his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and said calmly: "Isn't there a toilet on the second floor?"

"Wenwen is in the bathroom on the second floor, so I'll go to the one on the first floor."

An Qing's speech speed obviously increased, as if she was eager to cover up something, and the words came out without even pausing.

"What's that in your hand?"

Lin Yi pressed on step by step, with the smile on his face still there, but a hint of scrutiny in his eyes.

"Toilet paper..."

An Qing's voice became smaller and smaller. Before she could finish making up this flawed excuse, Ruan Yaoyao came over with a look of curiosity.

She snatched the tightly hidden document from behind An Qing and started to look through it.

But after reading for a long time, she was completely confused by the dense professional terms and complicated charts and diagrams.

Well, I don’t understand it at all.

"You want to go out and do research?"

Lin Yi put away his smile and his expression became serious.

He had previously learned from his father Lin Guochang that An Qing had hardly slept for the entire day in order to develop a portal that could instantly reach Bermuda from China.

Although this portal is not very stable at present, An Qing will definitely not give up and will focus on perfecting it given her persistence and passion for scientific research to have produced such a cross-century achievement.

But the key problem is that An Qing is now pregnant and has a special physical condition.

Moreover, she had solemnly promised Lin Yi and Lin Guochang that she would temporarily put aside her research and focus on her pregnancy.

Now Lin Guochang is still busy dealing with the follow-up matters of the Bermuda incident in the alliance and is too busy to spare time, so the responsibility of looking after An Qing naturally falls on Lin Yi's shoulders.

"Really, Mom, can't you let people have some peace of mind?"

Lin Yi frowned slightly, his tone full of helplessness.

"We can just wait a few more days until Dad finishes his work, and then our family can happily go back to our hometown to celebrate the New Year. We can just stay at home quietly for the next few days, and as long as we don't touch those researches, everything will be fine."

As he spoke, he shook his head gently, his eyes showing concern for his mother and a hint of disappointment.

An Qing listened to her son's scolding, like a child who had done something wrong, lowered her head slightly, and unconsciously tugged at the corners of her clothes with her hands.

After a while, she raised her head cautiously, her eyes full of expectation, and asked in a low voice:

"Well...I want to learn how to cook, is that okay?"

"This……"

When Lin Yi and Ruan Yaoyao heard this request, the expressions on their faces instantly became somewhat complicated.

Some not-so-pleasant memories involuntarily emerged in his mind, those "tragic" scenes when An Qing tried to cook in the past, the clanging of pots and pans, the pungent smell in the kitchen, and the finished meals were even more horrible.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi's eyelids twitched uncontrollably and a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and nodded, attracting Ruan Yaoyao's astonished gaze.