Madam, you don't want to lose face in front of your daughter, do you?

Chapter 463 Madam, you don't want to lose face in front of your daughter, do you?

"Pikachu is so cute! Actually, I plan to travel and become a Pokémon Trainer in the future."

"And I wish I could be friends with lots of amazing Pokémon like you and your older brother."

"But Mom is so unreliable, I always worry about her, I don't know if I should go on a trip."

"Star plus~" Yuezi blushed with embarrassment.

"Don't let Mom's current appearance fool you; I used to travel all over the world!"

"Really? I never would have guessed."

At this moment, Xingjia's bright eyes suddenly lit up. She tugged at her mother's pants and said sweetly.

"Mom, let's invite my older brother and his family over for dinner tonight."

"Is this alright?"

Although Yuezi also wanted to, she still looked at Xiaozhi and the others with some restraint.

Xiaoyao and Xiaosheng naturally had no objection to this.

"We're fine."

"It's an honor."

Xiao Zhi thought about it and realized that this way he could get some ingredients from the postpartum care center, which would save him money, so he immediately nodded.

"Yes, I can help make dinner too."

"Very good!"

Cooking is hard work, and seeing that Xiaozhi was willing to help, the mother and daughter immediately hugged each other happily.

However, beneath Yuezi's innocent and happy smile, Xingjia's gaze towards Xiaozhi held a deeper, more meaningful quality.

The next morning, in the postpartum residence.

Xiaoyao stretched and opened the door. She had gotten up early today to prepare for the Grand Contest.

Yesterday afternoon, she and Xiaozhi and the others visited Miss Yuezi's home. Miss Yuezi and her daughter Xingjia treated them very well.

Since the cost of ingredients was provided by Yuezi and her family, Xiaozhi went all out and prepared a large table of delicious food, allowing Yuezi and Xingda to enjoy a feast.

After dinner, everyone had a great time chatting. Xingjia kept clinging to Xiaozhi, begging him to tell her interesting stories from his travels.

Unexpectedly, the talk lasted until evening.

The house where the postpartum woman lived was quite large, so they accepted the invitation and stayed in the guest room.

However, May suddenly felt something was strange. "Why is Ash, who's usually the first one to wake up, so quiet now?"

Knocking on his door went unanswered, and he was nowhere to be seen training in the courtyard.

"Did he slack off today?"

Xiao Sheng remains the same as always.

He was so unwilling to accept defeat in the Pokémon knowledge competition with Xingjia last night that he studied hard all night and is still fast asleep now.

After arriving at the next room and tucking Xiaosheng in with the blanket, Xiaoyao cheerfully prepared to wash up first.

Walking down the long corridor of Ms. Yuezi's house, just as she was about to get close to the bathroom, Xiaoyao suddenly saw Ms. Yuezi walk out from around the corner.

It seems she got up very early today as well.

At this moment, Miss Yuezi frowned slightly, her eyes were tightly closed, and as she walked, she covered her mouth with her slender hand and raised her snow-white chin, as if she was trying to swallow something.

"Sister Yuezi, what's wrong?"

"Ah!?" Yuezi suddenly blushed and was startled.

"It's Haruka, hahaha—it's nothing, it's nothing—"

For some reason, Yuezi seemed a little embarrassed when she saw Xiaoyao.

She quickly said she needed to give her Pokémon some special training first, and then ran away as if fleeing.

Xiao Yao was completely confused, assuming that Yue Zi had just choked on her breakfast in her haste.

She stopped thinking about it and turned the corner, only to find the restroom right in front of her.

Just as she was about to open the door, the person inside came out first, which startled Xiaoyao.

"Haruka?"

"Xiao Zhi, what are you doing here? Sister Yuezi just came out of here, what are you doing here—"

"Oh, Sister Yuezi—she just came to wash up. I got up even earlier, and after my morning exercise, I went to the bathroom right after she came out."

"You're not sweaty at all. Xiaozhi and Yuezi were acting really strange this morning."

Haruka looked at Ash's strange expression with suspicion.

But suddenly, Xiao Zhi patted her shoulder with a serious expression.

"Haruka! Is this the time to be thinking about such trivial things?"

"Look how early your postpartum care specialist got up this morning! How can you still be so leisurely and carefree!"

"Besides, Shun is also participating in this Grand Contest. He was so confident before the competition, he's bound to be a formidable opponent."

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"You haven't even decided which Pokémon you'll be competing in yet! You can't keep being so lazy. Hurry up and go train with Yuezi!"

Ash, with a super serious face.

At this moment, Xiaoyao suddenly realized.

"Yes!"

She rushed into the bathroom, quickly washed up, and then ran like the wind with her Poké Ball to the backyard to find Sister Yuezi.

The entire process was incredibly fast, leaving Xiao Zhi, who was standing at the door, completely stunned.

May had completely forgotten about all of Ash's strange behavior earlier.

"Oh my, Haruka-neechan is really cute sometimes."

"Xingjia, when did you show up?"

"It's always been here."

Suddenly, our grape-flavored little girl appeared next to Ash.

As soon as Xiaozhi saw her, he felt inexplicably nervous.

He immediately put on what he thought was a friendly smile, half-squatted down to be at Xingjia's eye level, and gently tidied her hair.

"Xingjia, children need to sleep more to grow up. You went to bed so late last night, it's okay to go back and sleep a little longer now."

"That won't do, I still have to go buy groceries for my mom."

"My mom works so hard taking care of the family all the time, so I should naturally share the burden more during times like this."

Xingjia's cute and sensible nature is truly endearing.

However, the slyness that flickered in her eyes revealed a side of her that set her apart from ordinary children.

"Hmph, there's no need to be so nervous, Little Zhi. You're the new dad I carefully selected, and I really like you."

Xingjia put her finger to her lips and licked it gently.

"Besides, what kind of relationship do we have? Last night, you and Mom were completely honest with each other in front of me—"

"Cough, cough, cough—"

Ash's repeated coughing interrupted the little girl's next astonishing remark.

"You can't say that!"

Seeing Ash's embarrassed expression, Xingjia immediately revealed a mischievous smile of triumph.

An ordinary person would probably find her cute if they saw this, but Xiao Zhi knew very well that this cunning little girl was terrifying.

The moment she saw Xiaozhi, she guessed his background.

Upon returning, they quickly ascertained Ash's identity.

After confirming that Ash is young, rich, strong, good-natured, handsome, recognized by many legendary Pokémon, and has many powerful forces behind him.

Xingjia immediately devised a plan: she kidnapped her naive and innocent mother, then used her charm to ask for more travel stories, thus luring Ash into her room.

After that, Xingjia provided personalized guidance throughout the postpartum period.

In this mother and daughter pair, the little girl seems to be the real mother.

Although Ash noticed something was wrong early on thanks to his powerful senses, Stargazer was just too cute, and Moonbeam was so beautiful.

Under the little girl's supervision, he spent the whole night tilling a fertile field that hadn't received rain in a long time.

[Ding! Congratulations on the host's "Mouthman Soul" trait advancing from Iv4 to Iv5: "Wife's" affection for the host increases by 5%, and the affection level will rise more easily (Go hunt down those pure love warriors who have fallen into darkness!)]

Ash now realizes that it really was "that Starplus".

"What's wrong? Do you want me to call you 'Dad,' big brother?"

A bright smile immediately appeared on Xingjia's cute little face, but Xiaozhi knew that this cunning little girl was just pretending.

However, this is indeed the first time Ash has entered this kind of role, and he is a little unaccustomed to it, but he still has to act like an elder.

"No need for that, you can just call me Xiaozhi or Big Brother."

"When you are old enough to travel, I will formally accept you as my disciple."

"Yes, I'd love to." The little girl agreed without much hesitation, because she knew that Ash was very strong.

Moreover, it would be best if she continued to call him "big brother." In her heart, she didn't want to keep treating Ash as an elder; she had an even bigger plan.

"But Xingjia, I need to make this clear first."

"Although becoming my disciple can bring you a lot of help, I will not make an exception for you just because of our special relationship."

"The training will be extremely rigorous!"

"Don't worry about that, big brother. I've said before that I want to become an excellent trainer, so I will definitely work hard."

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Xingjia is more mature than her peers, but when it comes to her dreams, she is still a lovely and enthusiastic person.

Ash can also sense her true feelings for her new mother through the Aura, and that although she is cunning and sharp-tongued, she has a pure heart.

That's why Ash accepted her so readily.

However, at this moment, Xingjia unexpectedly handed the basket in his hand to Xiaozhi.

"Here you go, the groceries I just bought, it's still the Starbucks Special Poor Man's Vegetable Set Meal."

"These are definitely some of the most cost-effective items, and they should suit your taste, big brother."

"Poor bastard." Ash's lips twitched. "That Xingjia, I'm—"

Unexpectedly, the little girl immediately waved her hand to interrupt him.

"I know, I know, big brother, you're very rich."

"But I'm not trying to set you up with Mom for your money. After all, you're clearly very rich, yet you're so stingy."

"He looks like a nouveau riche who was poor all the time and only managed to change his fate with great difficulty."

"I only value your character and believe you can protect Mom."

"Alright, you stingy nouveau riche big brother, go make breakfast for cute Xingjia, she'll give you a loving good morning kiss."

"A nouveau riche miser?"

Xiao Zhi wanted to loudly refute, but then felt that the other person was right.

"Damn it, if only she could have a little more of that childlike innocence."

In comparison, Xiao Sheng is more adorably silly.

In the backyard of Tsukiko's house, Haruka and Tsukiko were training enthusiastically.

Aside from the fact that Yuezi would immediately get very excited every time May gave a Pokémon a command, everything went smoothly.

"Ah, Bulbasaur's vine whips, I really miss them!"

"Seeds, seeds?"

The tense standoff on the field was interrupted by the excited screams of the newborn.

Then she ran to the battlefield, picked up Bulbasaur and rubbed its head against it.

Faced with this situation, Xiaoyao could only say helplessly.

"Sister Yuezi, you can't train like this."

"Sorry, May, your Bulbasaur is so well-trained. It reminds me of my first Pokémon."

"It's a pity that my parents took it away and are keeping it at their old home. I want to hug it again."

"Seeds~"

"Sister Yuezi, Xiaoyao, let me and Xingjia help you too."

As the sound arrived, an invisible hand, conjured from mental energy, reached behind him.

That familiar feeling instantly brought tears to Yuezi's eyes.

Her face flushed, she immediately stood up, and said in a barely audible voice.

"Ash, you're so annoying! Don't do that in front of the children—"

The power of the mind suddenly increased, then decreased instantly, and finally swirled around the body like a snake.

This left the woman speechless.

Xiao Zhi just loves to tease Yue Zi, who seems dignified but is actually secretly passionate.

Moreover, Stargazer, as Ash's daughter, was actually covering for him, so May didn't notice anything amiss.

"Ash, have you and Xingga finished breakfast?"

"Of course, I also cooked a few more dishes for Xingjia."

To prove he wasn't stingy, Ash even bought several expensive ingredients from the system shop and cooked a lot of dishes, intending to stuff Xingjia until she was stuffed. (Fake)

Unfortunately, the little girl saw through his scheme immediately. After she was full, she stopped eating, thus thwarting Ash's ill intentions.

That's wonderful news! (Ash: I didn't mean to hurt anyone!)

Having finished teasing him, Ash withdrew his psychic powers, and Xingjia immediately led the weak-legged Yuezi aside to rest.

Ash then came to May and Bulbasaur's side.

"Hey May, have you decided which Pokémon you'll be using in this battle?"

"It's decided. The first round of judging will be the experienced Hunting Butterfly, and for the second round, I've decided to send out the Torchic."

Torchic was May's first Pokémon. Although it has never participated in a Pokémon Contest, as the oldest member of the team, it undoubtedly has the most battle experience and is also at a high level.

"That's good, it's a very prudent decision."

Xiaoyao had already become a little arrogant during her training with Yuezi because she had always acted as the teacher. She had never experienced being praised so highly in Pokémon before.

In order to prove himself a true genius and live up to the expectations of the mothers, he almost sent his recently captured Bulbasaur to compete.

Fortunately, Ash persuaded Bulbasaur to come back by saying that it wasn't used to being around people yet.

Bulbasaur, which has lived in the forest since it was a child, has never seen so many humans before. Forcing it to participate without sufficient training could easily lead to trouble.

Seeing that May had made her decision, Ash immediately began to instruct her on how to battle Torchic.

With Xingjia's help, Yuezi also began her own training.

The next day arrived quickly, and the R1 Grand Contest Longevity Tournament began.