Pokémon: All About the Breeding House

"Just woke up, Gengar?"

"Kou Jie..."

Gengar, still half-asleep, took the ingredients from Fangyan's hands.

Fang Yan gently tugged at the corner of Gengar's mouth and realized that Gengar had a smiling lip.

"Let's go inside. I have a cookbook. Take a look at it later, and I'll make whatever you want to eat. How about that?"

"Goblin!"

Gengar barked happily.

Fang Yan was sitting on the chair in front of the counter when Gengar brought him a glass of water.

Then she carried the ingredients to the kitchen and put them away before floating back to Fang Yan's side, looking at him with bright, sparkling eyes.

Seeing the expression on Gengar's face, Fang Yan actually found Gengar quite cute.

He couldn't help but pull Gengar's cheeks with both hands: "How can Gengar be so adorably cute after hatching?!"

"口桀——ớ₃ờ"

After playing around with Gengar for a while, Fang Yan took out the gift his great-aunt had given him.

A large cookbook and a list of ingredients.

Gengar was somewhat shocked to see the two books that suddenly appeared in Fang Yan's hands.

"...or...or what?"

How could he know that?

Then Gengar put its hand into its mouth and took out a Gengar spray bottle.

"?!"

Fang Yan stared in disbelief as Gengar pulled a Gengar spray bottle out of its mouth.

The two people and their Pokémon stared blankly at each other.

(Note: Gengar can connect to other dimensions.)

"Well, you opened one too, huh?"

Fang Yan shook his head, then turned his gaze to the two books in his hands.

He handed the recipe to Gengar. Gengar took the recipe and opened it. A bunch of beautiful food pictures came into view. Since the recipe was big, it was difficult for it to carry it. So it simply laid the recipe out on the ground and lay down on the floor. Its short legs kept wagging and its little tail was swaying. Looking at the food in the pictures, its scarlet tongue stretched out and became very long.

Fang Yan glanced at Gengar lying on the ground, intently looking at the recipe, and found Gengar even cuter. Then he looked at its tail swaying behind it and reached out to tug at it.

There was no response, so I tugged at it again.

"Kou Jie?"

Gengar turned its head and glanced at him, indicating that it wasn't in the mood to play with him.

"See? I won't bother you anymore."

Fang Yan said helplessly, "This guy changes as soon as he gets a recipe."

Fang Yan lowered his head, opened the prop list in his hand, and heard a "whoosh" sound as soon as he opened it.

Looking up, I saw that Gengar was leaking air again.

Fang Yan was both amused and exasperated. "Okay, I got it. Come back and choose what you want to eat."

"Kou Jie~"

Gengar returned to normal, floated over and licked the dialect, then went back to looking at the recipe.

Fang Yan wiped away the drool left by Gengar and lowered his head to focus on the item list in his hand.

After reading a few pages, he realized that the props his great-aunt made were different from those in the Pokémon world. What was recorded here were just some simpler props, such as small wooden carvings.

Fang Yan calmed down and carefully flipped through the book. All the words on it were handwritten, and the font was very beautiful, it was the script of Donghuang.

Most of them are handicrafts, and most of them are carvings.

Fang Yan looked at it slowly, and he could vaguely feel his great-aunt's feelings and techniques when making each little prop.

This also taught him the aforementioned skills.

Feeling the newfound knowledge in her mind, Fang Yan murmured to herself, "Is this the gift you gave me? Thank you..."

"Kou Jie~"

Upon hearing Gengar's voice, Fang Yan snapped out of his daze and looked over.

Gengar was still flipping through the recipe book, letting out a happy cry with each page it turned.

Fang Yan got up, walked over to Gengar, sat down, and asked, "How's it going? Have you decided what to eat tonight?"

Upon hearing this, Gengar flipped back to the first page, pointed to a few, flipped to the second page, pointed to a few more, and so on until it reached the very back, with several on every page.

"Kou Jie~"

I want to eat them all!

"Gengar, listen to me. We can't possibly eat all this food at once, and there are many things that aren't suitable to eat right now. Plus, there are many things we don't have the ingredients for right now. Pick a few that we have the ingredients for, and I'll cook them for you. Then, whenever you want to eat something, just tell me, and we'll go buy the ingredients and cook it for you. Is that okay?"

Fang Yan patted Gengar's little head and said.

Gengar's crimson eyes darted around, then it stood up and nodded.

"Kou Jie~"

That's true—you can't eat all the delicious food at once.

"So, have you made your choice?"

"Ugh! ٩(º﹃º٩)"

Fang Yan looked at the three items Gengar pointed to, smiled, stood up, and said, "Understood, Commander Gengar."

He even saluted after he finished speaking.

"Kou Jie?"

Gengar watched Fang Yan's actions with curiosity.

Fang Yan walked towards the kitchen, saying without turning her head, "Remember to put the books away properly, or they might get stolen."

Upon hearing this, Gengar's eyes widened.

"Jie?! ψ(*｀ー´)ψ"

After it finished speaking, it looked around, then picked up the cookbook. Seeing the book that Fang Yan had just been reading on the chair, it went over and picked it up as well. It then went to a relatively safe place and continued to look through the cookbook.

This time, I watched it sitting down, holding the prop list that Fang Yan had given me tightly in my arms.

After preparing the ingredients, Fang Yan called out, "Gengar, come help move the table out. We'll eat in the back area today."

"Kou Jie—"

I'm here.

After hiding the two books, Gengar passed through the wall into the kitchen and then moved the table and chairs out.

Meanwhile, Fang Yan continued to work in the kitchen.

……

Twinleaf Town, the Pokémon Center.

"Has its trainer still not arrived?"

Miss Joey asked about the Lucky Egg.

"Harby".

Lucky Egg shook its head.

Nurse Joy looked at the Pokémon sitting quietly not far away, feeling a little troubled.

This Pokémon was brought over by a trainer from another region. At first, it was thought that the trainer had forgotten to come and pick it up, but now five days have passed, and it has probably been abandoned.

Nurse Joy sighed and walked up to the Pokémon.

This Pokémon's brown, vertically oval eyes are fixed intently on the doorway.

Every time it hears footsteps outside the door, its eyes light up, only to dim again after it realizes that the person is not its trainer.

After several days of this, it vaguely guessed what was going on.

Its trainer abandoned it because it lost every battle.

"Laji..."

"He didn't come today either, probably because he's too busy."

Joey crouched down and comforted it.

The Pokémon shook its head; it already knew.

Looking at the Pokémon in front of her, Nurse Joy felt a little sorry for it. On the first day, the leaves on its head were a deep and neat color, making it look like an onion doll. Now, the leaves on its head have almost lost their green color and look much messier.

Just as she was wondering what to do, Lucky Egg tapped her and then gestured.

"Harpy—"

Joey suddenly remembered Fang Yan. He had just passed the breeder's exam today, and there was a breeding house. Maybe that place would be suitable for him.

Nurse Joy and Blissey exchanged a glance, then nodded and said to the Pokémon in front of them:

"It's okay, I'll take you somewhere fun tomorrow, maybe you'll like it."

"Laji..."

It still sounded listless, its whole body like a plant about to wither.

Joey sighed inwardly, knowing she could only wait until tomorrow to see if Fang Yan had any ideas.

At the same time, she was also indignant. If she ultimately chose to abandon Pokémon, why did she even bother to form a bond in the first place?