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

The family of four looked at Lin Yi, who was wolfing down his food, with complicated expressions. It was the first time they saw someone eating so hungry.

Mi Yu's grandmother rubbed Lin Yi's little head with heartache, sighing and muttering softly:

"What a poor child... How could he have such an incompetent pair of parents..."

Mi Meng held the last bottle of milk in her hand, pouted her lips, and after a fierce struggle in her heart, she finally gritted her teeth, handed the milk to Lin Yu with a face full of grievance, and said:

"this is for you!"

"Oh, thank you."

Lin Yi raised his head from his bowl, thanked him politely, then took the milk and drank it all in one gulp without saying a word.

"Ok?"

However, the next second, Lin Yi suddenly frowned.

This bottle of milk seems to have expired and gone bad, and it tastes a bit strange.

"What's wrong?" Miloqi couldn't help but ask.

When Lin Yi turned around and saw Mi Yu's envious look on his face, almost crying, he couldn't help but think, after all, this was one of the few drinks in this poor family.

So he suppressed his discomfort and drank the milk calmly. Under Mi Meng's jealous gaze, he responded to Mi Yu's mother gratefully as if nothing had happened:

"Nothing, the food is delicious, thank you auntie."

This was not just a compliment. There were only two plates of vegetarian dishes and a small plate of peanuts on the table, but even such simple dishes were cooked extremely deliciously.

Compared with the dark dishes made by An Qing, Lin Yi couldn't help but deeply sigh at the huge gap between one mother and another.

After hearing Lin Yi's words, Miloqi smiled slightly, and the shallow crow's feet on her face curved like crescent moons at the corners of her eyes.

"As long as it suits your taste, it's fine. By the way, do you need your aunt to help contact your parents and ask them to come and pick you up?"

"...They don't want me to go back so soon! They wish I could stay here for a while longer so that they can enjoy their own world better."

After Lin Yi was silent for a moment, his tone of voice was clearly filled with resentment.

"In the beginning, I actually borrowed a cell phone from a kind person passing by and wanted to call my parents, but my dad actually said, 'We are planning to go out on a date, don't come back and be a light bulb.'

So in the end he just transferred some money to the card I left with me, and then let me figure out how to make a living on my own, under the pretext of developing my independence.”

Lin Yi was so angry that his hair stood on end. He clenched his fists tightly and pounded on the table hard, making a series of "bang bang" sounds.

"I'm only 10 years old, 10 years old! Isn't it too early to leave a 10-year-old child in a strange city and become independent?!"

The four were ashamed and didn't know how to respond.

Finally, Mi Yu couldn't help but ask.

"If your father gave you money, why do you still sleep on park benches and live on leaves?"

Lin Yi was speechless, with tears streaming down his face.

"Without a guardian, I can't withdraw the money from the card."

"Ah this..."

"Your parents are so confident in leaving you here alone. Aren't they worried that you might run into some bad guys?"

"That's all right."

Lin Yi touched his pocket and took out an exquisite diving ball.

"My father left me a dragon for self-defense."

"Chenglong..."

Miroqi murmured, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Lin Yi changed.

She once owned an elegant cat with an extraordinary temperament.

However, fate struck her mercilessly. Her husband's abandonment and her two daughters' illnesses put the family in financial trouble and they could no longer afford the cost of raising Pokémon.

Faced with the pressure of reality, Miroqi had to make a difficult decision: to release his beloved elegant cat back to nature.

Although her heart was filled with endless reluctance and pain, she knew that letting the elegant cat live freely in the wild was far better than letting it suffer with her.

In comparison, the preciousness of the dragon is incomparable to that of the elegant cat.

Moreover, the diving ball used to tame the dragon is extremely rare.

The price of Poké Balls that an average family can afford usually fluctuates around 3,000 yuan, while special types of Poké Balls like the Diving Ball are worth at least more than 50,000 yuan.

Not only that, buying this special ball requires more than just money.

Only trainers with certain merits or achievements are eligible to purchase them on the official website of the league.

At first, Mi Luoqi saw that Lin Yi wore and used high-quality items and mistakenly thought that he came from a wealthy family.

Now it seems that her guess was wrong.

One of the child's parents must be a professional trainer, otherwise it would be difficult for him to qualify to purchase special balls.

Compared to Miluoqi, the two little girls did not think as much as their mother. They were just simply curious and envious.

"Um, can you let the dragon out and let us see it?"

Mi Meng stared with wide eyes, looking eagerly at the diving ball in Lin Yi's hand.

Lin Yi looked around the small rental house and shook his head slightly.

"No, the dragon is too big to fit here. Do you want to go downstairs and have a look? I see there is a pond downstairs that should be big enough to hold the dragon."

"very good, thank you!"

Mi Meng raised her hands and cheered.

Miroqi brought his thoughts back to their original state.

There's no point in thinking so much. This child's family has nothing to do with me.

Well, but we can’t let him sleep in the park. Such a young child shouldn’t suffer any injustice.

Thinking of this, Mi Luoqi looked at Lin Yi and said softly:

"If you don't mind, you can stay here until your parents pick you up."

"Really? Thank you so much, Auntie."

Lin Yi nodded quickly, secretly sighing in his heart: This family is so kind!

"Okay, okay, let's go!"

At this time, Mi Meng had already stood up, and couldn't wait to go downstairs to see Chenglong with her own eyes.

Her family has never owned any Pokémon. When Miloqi released the elegant cat, Mi Meng had not even started to remember anything.

Therefore, she is full of envy for those families who can afford to raise Pokémon.

"Mi Yu, do you want to go with us?"

Lin Yi turned his head and looked at the quiet girl beside him.

Mi Yu hesitated for a moment and looked at Mi Luoqi, as if seeking his mother's opinion.

"Go ahead, but remember to be back before ten o'clock."

"Uh-huh."

After getting his mother's consent, Mi Yu happily agreed.

Seeing the three children running down the stairs noisily, Miroqi showed a relieved smile on his face.

"Luo Qi, don't just stand there, help the child make the bed and tidy up the bedding."

Mi Yu's grandmother was quietly clearing away the empty dishes on the dining table, and spoke with a kind face.

Miroqi nodded.

"Just leave these here and I'll take care of the cleanup."