"Jianjiang! I'm back!" Mu Li shouted into the house after opening the door.
After a rustle, a group of Pokémon rushed out, looking at Mu Li and the three people behind him.
"I brought new friends home!" Mu Li introduced, and with that, he walked over to Fu Peiyao's side.
Fu Peiyao was still a bit nervous, as her mindset was quite different from the other two; for some reason, she felt like a daughter-in-law meeting her in-laws.
Mu Li seemed to sense her nervousness, gently held her hand, and smiled, "Don't worry, I'm here."
But this intimate gesture was not seen by Mu Qingqing, nor by Wang Yijia, but it was seen by Jigglypuff, Sylveon, and Ninetales, and the atmosphere in the room instantly became stagnant.
Seeing this, Mu Li's heart sank, and he quickly chuckled, pulling Fu Peiyao in front of the many Pokémon: "Come, come, I brought you gifts."
But the many Pokémon did not react.
Mu Li feigned a fierce look and said, "I warn you, there are guests today, and I advise you to give me some face."
Hearing Mu Li's words, Ninetales couldn't help but roll her eyes, but the oppressive atmosphere in the room immediately dissipated.
Ninetales slowly walked up to Fu Peiyao, scrutinized her from head to toe, then lifted her chin, and the Ninetales doll in Fu Peiyao's hand flew directly to Ninetales's side, following Ninetales to the glass in front of the living room.
Not only was Fu Peiyao stunned, but even Mu Li was a bit bewildered: Why is this guy so easy to talk to today?
He couldn't help but size up Fu Peiyao, as if searching for something.
Fu Peiyao looked at Mu Li with a puzzled expression and asked, "What's wrong?"
Mu Li shook his head and said in surprise, "Ninetales actually approved of you?"
"Ah? She approved of me?" Fu Peiyao was also very confused, "How did she approve of me? I didn't do anything?"
Mu Li shrugged and said, "I don't know either, she might be infatuated with your beauty."
Fu Peiyao also rolled her eyes at Mu Li.
Sylveon also walked up to Fu Peiyao, raised her chin at her, and then the ribbon of the Sylveon doll in Fu Peiyao's hand also floated away, falling into Mu Li's arms with Sylveon.
"What's wrong with her?" Fu Peiyao asked curiously, looking at Sylveon who had jumped into Mu Li's arms.
"She's marking her territory; this area is hers," Mu Li explained helplessly.
Then he saw Jigglypuff jump onto Mu Li's head, pulling Mu Li's hair and shouting, "Boli Boli."
"Alright, I get it, you'll make me bald if you keep pulling," Mu Li complained, while handing the Jigglypuff microphone doll from Fu Peiyao's hand to Jigglypuff.
Mu Li explained to Fu Peiyao, "She's like Sylveon, marking her territory."
Fu Peiyao couldn't help but laugh, "Your Pokémon are really cute."
As if hearing Fu Peiyao's compliment, Jigglypuff's cheeks turned red, and she buried herself directly in Mu Li's hair. And Sylveon let out a muffled snort.
"They're just shy," Mu Li hadn't finished speaking when Sylveon covered his mouth with a ribbon.
As if seeing that the three big jealous ones had all accepted their gifts, the other Pokémon also happily came out to accept their gifts and dispersed.
Mu Li threw Sylveon and Jigglypuff onto the sofa, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and smiled, "Finally got them settled."
The three also breathed a sigh of relief, Mu Qingqing complained, "Are your Pokémon all so difficult to handle?"
Mu Li shook his head and said, "Among these few, except for Ninetales, they're all pretty good. If you have time, I'll take you to my home in Yangcheng, then you'll know what 'difficult to handle' truly means."
Just thinking of those two big guys who fought all day, Mu Li felt a headache.
"It's also hard for you to take care of so many Pokémon," Fu Peiyao, however, could understand the difficulty of taking care of Pokémon.
"Actually, it's alright. It's mainly because it's your first time visiting, and you're not familiar with them. When you come again in the future, you won't need to worry so much," Mu Li explained.
Wang Yijia, however, couldn't help but complain, "Bro, what level is that Ninetales of yours? When she looked at me just now, I felt like I was going to die."
Mu Li was a bit unsure how to answer: "I haven't let her battle in a long time, so I don't know her exact level."
What specific level was it? Which level within the Divine tier?
It had been too long since Ninetales had made a move; he didn't know what specific level she had reached.
However, Wang Yijia was not foolish; he used to be a professional Pokémon trainer, and for someone to give him such immense pressure, they had to be at least Heavenly King Level High or above.
"What is A Li's actual strength?" Wang Yijia couldn't help but be curious, but he didn't ask directly. However, based on Ninetales's strength, he guessed that Mu Li was at least an Elite trainer.
As expected of a former National Team member!
Wang Yijia felt a bit emotional. His Pokémon battle strength was only enough to represent the Greater Bay Area in youth competitions back then; if placed across the entire China, that level was still not quite enough to be impressive.
Before Wang Yijia could finish his Feelings, Mu Li had already walked to the dining table and shouted, "Look, I've prepared a very exciting surprise for you!"
The three walked over upon hearing this, looking at a table full of dishes and a large clear soup pot in the center of the table.
Mu Qingqing couldn't help but complain, "This is the 'very exciting surprise' you prepared for us? Isn't this just hot pot? And it's even a clear soup hot pot."
"To be precise, it's a hot pot," Mu Li corrected, "And the exciting surprise I prepared for you isn't this, but..."
"Jiangjiang! It's this bird's eye chili!" Mu Li suddenly pulled out a small bowl of chopped bird's eye chilies from behind his back, looking at the three with excitement, "How about it? Isn't it super exciting?"
Fu Peiyao and Mu Qingqing couldn't help but sigh, but as they complained, they saw Wang Yijia on the side shouting excitedly, "Bird's eye chili! Do we have to play it this exciting?"
Mu Li immediately pointed at Wang Yijia, then clenched his fist and pounded his chest, a satisfied expression on his face: "You understand me, bro!"
Fu Peiyao and Mu Qingqing couldn't help but exchange glances, both seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes.
"No wonder you two are 'bros', hehe," Mu Qingqing sneered disdainfully, "One from Yangcheng, one from the Greater Bay Area, you really play it the same exciting way."
"For such a small plate of bird's eye chilies to be played with so much excitement by you two, it's certainly worthy of their spicy lives," Fu Peiyao also complained.
Regardless, this one plate of bird's eye chilies was enough to make these two brothers from Yangcheng and the Greater Bay Area sweat profusely.
"Wow! These chilies!" Mu Li and Wang Yijia exclaimed while eating.
"I just didn't expect you to even make hot pot. Didn't you say your cooking skills weren't good?" Mu Qingqing complained while eating.
"Who are you looking down on?" Mu Li's eyes widened instantly, "My cooking skills are just not good, it's not like my brain isn't good. If I can't cook, can't I order takeout?"
Mu Qingqing couldn't help but hold her forehead and sigh, "I'm truly defeated by you."
However, other things aside, the best thing about Mu Li's home was the Pokémon's food, meticulously prepared by Indeedee, to the extent that ordinary Pokémon would be unable to move their feet after eating it.
This was evident from the fact that even though the three people's Pokémon had already eaten until their bellies were bulging, they were still continuously eating.
After all, Indeedee, after sacrificing a portion of her talent in human cuisine, received the greatest boost in her talent for Pokémon cuisine.
After dinner, it was almost time for the premiere of this season of "Wu Ha", and the four of them had already taken their seats on the sofa, waiting for the live broadcast to begin.
As for why they had to claim seats, there was no choice; there were too many Pokémon in the house. This was only possible after Mu Li forcibly occupied Bewear's spot.
Bewear and Ditto both loved those two Bewear dolls that were the same size as Bewear, so Bewear, who originally only occupied one sofa spot, now became Bewear * 4, and once spread out, directly took up more than half of the sofa.
As the premiere was about to begin, Mu Li directly sent a message on his phone, supervising his friends and family to watch his variety show debut.
In the Four Heavenly Kings group.
Mu Li: "Let me see who hasn't prepared to watch my variety show yet?"
Li Yu: In position. Attached TV photo.
Xu Ming: In position. Attached computer photo.
Wu Yao: In position. Attached phone screenshot.
Mu Li: I can tolerate the computer, but fourth brother, do you have to be so shabby?
Wu Yao: It's good enough that I can use my phone. I'm still waiting for filming to start right now. Don't even get me started, it's all tears.
Mu Li: Good brother, work hard and earn money to buy me a nanny van.
Wu Yao: Go to hell!
"Wu Ha" chat group.
Mu Li: Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes! Attached group photo of four people and the TV!
Deng Fei: Why is A Li watching the premiere with these three people?
Chichi: The whole world knows about his relationship with Pei Pei! It's just you, old man with 2G network, who doesn't know!
Wang Qin: There's even such a sense of ritual for watching the premiere?
Gao Hanyu: Wow, isn't the main point that Pei Pei is watching the premiere with him?
Deng Fei: As expected of young people, they even have a bad habit like watching premieres.
Wang Xiang: You old farts, it's fine if you don't contribute to the show's premiere ratings yourselves, but you're also leading the kids astray @ Mu Li, well done. Later, ask Pei Pei if she wants to come play on Wu Ha.
Deng Fei: Wow, Director Wang, people are kindly contributing to your premiere ratings, but you're asking them to come to Wu Ha? Isn't that repaying kindness with enmity?
Wang Xiang: Get lost, get lost...
...
Mu Li looked at the endless chat that started from the beginning of Wu Ha and directly chose to close the chat window.
He looked at the long-silent family group chat of three, and before he could open it to speak, he saw his parents each send a picture.
His mother sent a photo of a computer, and his father sent a photo of himself with his mother.
Father: Son, we just woke up and are ready to watch your show!
Mother: Go, A Li!
Mu Li couldn't help but show a smile and replied: Received! Attached group photo of four people. My friends and I are also watching!
Just then, a video call suddenly came in. Mu Li looked at it and immediately answered.
On the other end of the call, many Pokémon suddenly appeared, and the background was Mu Li's home in Yangcheng.
"We're ready! Rotom!" Rotom Phone's electronic voice rang out.
On the phone screen, whether inside or outside the room, everyone was sitting nicely, waiting for the show to begin. Even Snorlax, who loved to sleep the most, was squinting his small eyes, eating snacks while staring at the TV.
Everyone was doing well.
Thinking this, Mu Li realized he hadn't been back to Yangcheng in a month: "Tell everyone, I'll be back to see you all in a few days."
Dragonite rolled her eyes at the phone camera, and the Rotom Phone beside her explained, "Dragonite said, 'That's not necessary, after all, you're quite troublesome when you come home.'"
Mu Li couldn't help but twitch his mouth: So arrogant.
After hanging up the phone, Mu Li suddenly asked, "Do you think I can do some business now?"
Mu Qingqing couldn't help but roll her eyes: "Big brother, you still know how to do business? Your fans are almost starving, and you don't even give them food."
With that, Mu Qingqing directly clicked on Mu Li's Weibo. Although Mu Li didn't have many fans, those active fans were all complaining, after all, the last time this guy posted on Weibo was to promote his first single.
"There are still quite a few people who want to see me!" Mu Li's lips curved into an arc, because he accidentally discovered that Fu Peiyao had also secretly followed him at some point.
Mu Li clumsily edited the content and pictures: "Today's variety show debut, everyone come and watch @WuHaProgramTeam @Fu Peiyao @Mu Qingqing @Wang Yijia. Attached group photo of four people and group photo of four people plus Pokémon."