Picky Eating, Pranks, and a Battle

Suddenly, Dian felt a displeased gaze. He looked up and saw that Yue Jifei had put down her novel and was watching him.

"Mr. Dian had such a happy smile just now..."

Yue Jifei smiled. "It was rather unpleasant to see."

The smile slowly vanished from her face. She walked over to Dian. "I don't like seeing you look so happy, Mr. Dian. Please do become miserable."

She bent toward him, an unreadable glint in her emerald eyes. "Becoming happy all by yourself is terribly unfair."

Just then—

The door swung open. A petite waitress blinked, then flushed bright red. "S-s-sorry! I interrupted you!!"

She quickly shut the door, her cheeks burning. "How bold. Right here in a restaurant... Ahh, how embarrassing."

"Ah!!!"

The petite waitress shook her head and hurried away with her face covered, forgetting what she had come to do.

What she didn't know was that Dian had heard every word from inside the room.

He sighed. Should he be pleased, or...?

Yue Jifei, on the other hand, brightened. She studied his face. "That's the expression I wanted. Please make it more often, Mr. Dian."

With that, she happily went back to her novel.

"Misdreavus~"

Misdreavus popped out from behind Dian and giggled at him, apparently delighted to see him teased.

Clearly, she had been the one who mysteriously unlocked the door.

Although Misdreavus had become much better behaved, she was still a Ghost-type Pokémon. She loved playing tricks on people she liked, especially when she got to see them flustered.

Dian sighed deeply. The journey certainly wasn't boring, but he felt as though he'd gained another Misdreavus. No, not just one—a whole crowd of Misdreavus, each with an exceptionally strange personality.

Just then, someone knocked.

Knock, knock, knock.

After waiting a moment, a waitress opened the