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

"Jirachi, slow down, don't run!"

A crisp and urgent exclamation interrupted Lin Yi's endless memories.

As his thoughts returned, he subconsciously turned around and looked towards the living room. The scene he saw made him laugh even though he was knowledgeable.

I saw Jirachi running around and flying around in the spacious living room, its body flexibly moving between the furniture. Wherever it passed, pillows were knocked to the ground and ornaments were shaken by the fanning airflow.

As for Mi Yu and Ruan Yaoyao, the two girls had flushed faces, their hair was slightly messy, and a few strands of hair on their foreheads were soaked with sweat and stuck tightly to their cheeks, showing their anxiety.

They each held towels, shampoo, small brushes and other bathing supplies in their hands, and hurriedly and stumblingly followed Jirachi.

Their eyes were fixed on the target, and they kept muttering words like "Don't run away" and "Take a bath obediently". They looked like two parents trying to catch naughty children.

[Woo woo woo! Lin Yi, save me!]

Jirachi caught a glimpse of Lin Yi's figure from the corner of his eye, his eyes widened instantly, and his originally panicked flight trajectory changed instantly. He rushed towards Lin Yi like an arrow from a bow, and his speed was so fast that it seemed as if there were thousands of troops chasing him from behind.

In the blink of an eye, it hid steadily behind Lin Yi, its two small "hands" tightly grasped the corner of Lin Yi's clothes, and it stuck out half of its head, looking timidly at Mi Yu and Ruan Yaoyao, muttering softly.

He looked so pitiful, as if a child who had suffered great injustice was seeking shelter.

Lin Yi looked at the noisy scene in front of him, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, outlining a helpless and doting smile.

Arceus promised three wishes. After wishing to restore Necrozma's light, Lin Yi resolutely anchored his second wish on Jirachi's fate.

He longed for Jirachi to break free from the cycle of sleep that was like the shackles of fate.

In the past, Jirachi had relied on a subtle chance, and Lin Yi had used the Diamond Jade to cleverly "bug" and was able to remain awake after the short period when the Millennium Comet passed through the sky.

However, the Diamond Jewel was eventually recalled by Arceus and disappeared without a trace.

From then on, Jirachi faced the harsh and cold law of fate nakedly.

When the seven-day limit for a comet to visit the world every thousand years with brilliant light and a long, gorgeous tail is up, it is as if it has been cast under an unsolvable spell. Its consciousness instantly escapes into a deep and endless abyss of sleep, falling into chaos and silence. All its perception, attachment and concern for the outside world are tightly isolated by the thick "sleeping curtain".

When it wakes up again, everything has changed. A thousand years have passed by like a flash. The familiar friends of the past may have turned into dust and disappeared in the cold wind of time.

The streets and houses that were once filled with laughter and joy have probably collapsed into ruins under the erosion of wind and rain and the passage of time. They are now desolate and only the traces of the vicissitudes of history remain for people to pay tribute to.

Thinking of this sad and cruel prospect, Lin Yi faced Arceus and expressed his deepest wish:

May Jirachi be free from the fate of deep sleep and no longer be dragged into an endless dream by the ruthless hand of time.

As Arceus, the supreme being who has dominated everything and written the destiny since the beginning of creation, is not completely helpless in breaking the sleeping confinement of Jirachi.

However, everything in the world follows the implicit balance of equal exchange. How could such an act of transcending the shackles of fate and changing one's destiny come without a price?

Jirachi's ability to grant wishes, which had attracted so many people and was considered a miracle, would disappear completely.

However, for Jirachi, compared to missing out on the voices and smiles of his best friends and the warmth of life in his long dream, and facing a devastated and desolate world when he woke up, the power he once took pride in was nothing but a passing cloud, as light as a feather.

It is willing to give up this God-given power just to hold on to the companionship and beauty of the present.

Lin Yi slowly stretched out his hand, and his slender fingers gently fell on Jirachi's little head, stroking it slowly, as if to soothe its flustered emotions, and then raised his eyes, gently cast his gaze at the two panting girls, and asked softly. "What's going on now?"

"We were just planning to give Jirachi a good bath, but when it heard about the bath, it took off running. We chased it for quite a while!"

Mi Yu and Ruan Yaoyao looked at each other, sighed helplessly, and complained in unison.

As he spoke, he did not forget to glare at Jirachi who was hiding behind Lin Yi. His eyes seemed to say "Let's see how long you can hide."

[Hmmmm... Jirachi doesn't want to take a bath...]

The cute protest came out of Jirachi's mouth with a long tail, just like a spoiled child resisting something "terrible".

Its round little body twisted restlessly in the air, trying its best to avoid the towels, bath balls and other bathing "weapons" in Mi Yu and Ruan Yaoyao's hands.

"Jirachi said he doesn't want to take a bath, so don't force him."

Lin Yi looked at the pitiful and cute appearance of the little guy and felt sorry for him. He hurried forward and gently held it in his arms.

Jirachi seemed to have found the most solid safe haven, and hurriedly buried his head deeply in Lin Yi's arms, leaving only the back of his head exposed.

His body still trembled slightly from time to time, as if he was still in fear. He muttered incoherently, full of grievance.

"Forehead……"

However, seeing Jirachi successfully hiding in Lin Yi's arms, Mi Yu and Ruan Yaoyao's faces suddenly became a little weird.

That look was as if they were suppressing some kind of awkwardness that they wanted to say but couldn't, or as if they were holding back a breath of anger that they didn't know how to express. The two of them looked back and forth between Lin Yi and Jirachi, their lips slightly opening and closing, as if they were about to say something but stopped themselves.

"what happened?"

Lin Yi keenly caught this subtle difference, and couldn't help but feel puzzled. He frowned slightly, his eyes full of inquiry, and his gaze swept across the faces of the two girls one by one.

"Lin Yi, do you remember that when we were having dinner just now, didn't you make a small and exquisite cake for Jirachi?"

Mi Yu was the first to break the silence. She raised her hand and gently smoothed the hair hanging by her ears, trying to make her tone sound smoother and more natural. However, in that slightly rising tone, she still couldn't hide a hint of smile and helplessness.

Ruan Yaoyao then added,

"Yes, Jirachi ate so voraciously, his face was full of intoxication, and in the end, his whole face was covered with white cream, just like a funny little clown. It was cute, but also very dirty."

As she said this, she couldn't help but raise her hand to gesture what Jirachi's "cat face" looked like at that time.

"remember."

Lin Yi subconsciously stretched out his index finger and gently scratched Jirachi's back, as if to comfort it, or as if to recall the warm scene during the meal. His eyebrows slightly raised, his eyes full of gentleness,

"But after dinner, didn't I tell you to take Jirachi to the bathroom to wash his face? How come now you have to give him a bath?"

Upon hearing this, the two girls looked at each other tacitly, and their eyes seemed to be communicating "Who will break this window paper?"

After a brief silence, Ruan Yaoyao bit her lower lip lightly, took a step forward slowly, and said cautiously with a tentative look in her expression:

"Lin Yi, maybe you went straight to the kitchen to wash the dishes after dinner, so you don't know what happened afterwards."

"Ok?"

Lin Yi became even more confused by these nonsensical words. He subconsciously tilted his head to one side, his eyes full of confusion. He was like an ignorant teenager who was completely bewildered, quietly waiting for what to come.

Seeing this, Ruan Yaoyao took a deep breath, as if she had made a great decision. She made up her mind and simply spoke out directly:

"Jirachi, it's washing its face with toilet water!"

Lin Yi: "!!!"