Chapter Summaries

Ye Yinchuan watched Snorlax grow stronger and rounder after eating, then shared a tearful moment with it over a video about a Rockruff that had died. He and Snorlax ended the chapter comforting each other, and the story left their livestream to resume in the next chapter.

• A Wen told Ye Yinchuan that Meowth’s former buyer had repeatedly demanded it back and threatened him after he refused.
• Ye Yinchuan gave Snorlax permission to eat, and Snorlax savored its food before reaching Level 5 and gaining weight.
• Ye Yinchuan noticed Snorlax’s growing appetite had consumed about one-fifth of its food supply and worried about the cost of feeding it.
• Ye Yinchuan ordered dinner and watched Douyin videos with Snorlax.
• Ye Yinchuan became emotional over a video about a Rockruff and its owner, and Snorlax hugged him as they shared the sadness.

Ye Yinchuan received his Chinese fried chicken from an arrogant Pidgeotto and enjoyed the meal with Little Snorlax before preparing for his stream. He ended with his streaming equipment ready and the broadcast about to begin.

• Ye Yinchuan reflected on Pokémon lifespans and decided to focus on enjoying the present with Little Snorlax.
• A proud Pidgeotto delivered Ye Yinchuan’s food, and he admired it while respecting its trainer’s warning not to pet it.
• Ye Yinchuan watched Pidgeotto act affectionate with its trainer before quickly returning to its haughty pose.
• Ye Yinchuan ate Chinese fried chicken and shared a drumstick and the bones with Little Snorlax.
• Ye Yinchuan set up his streaming equipment and reviewed his previous broadcasts before going live.

Ye Yinchuan paid Never Miss for the rare Feebas and began his evening stream, where a viewer showed him an unfamiliar pink Pokémon. The Pokémon kissed the camera, and Ye Yinchuan was left to identify it.

• Ye Yinchuan arranged high-end live transport for Never Miss’s Feebas and paid him 2,000 yuan, including a 1,500-yuan reward.
• Never Miss’s wife believed he had made up the story about the Feebas, but the payment notification convinced her.
• Ye Yinchuan started streaming at seven o’clock, hoping to grow his audience and earn money to support Snorlax and the incoming Feebas.
• Niu Niu connected to the stream and showed Ye Yinchuan his hairy leg, joking that it was black stockings.
• Niu Niu showed Ye Yinchuan a rare pink Pokémon he had found outside his door, and it kissed the camera.

Ye Yinchuan identified Niu Niu’s unknown Pokémon as Smoochum, Jynx’s unevolved form, and explained what little he knew about it. The stream’s viewers spread increasingly outrageous rumors about Ye Yinchuan and Jynx as he prepared to explain his claim.

• Niu Niu asked Ye Yinchuan to identify the affectionate Pokémon he had found and explain how to care for it.
• Ye Yinchuan used Appraisal Eye and recognized the Level 6 female Pokémon as Smoochum, an Ice- and Psychic-type Pokémon.
• Ye Yinchuan told Niu Niu that the Pokémon was Jynx’s unevolved form and gave it the name Smoochum.
• The viewers reacted to stories about Jynx with fear and teased Ye Yinchuan with rumors that he and Jynx had a baby.
• Ye Yinchuan admitted that little was known about Jynx’s reproduction but said he could confirm Smoochum was its unevolved form.

Ye Yinchuan explained to his viewers that Smoochum and Jynx shared the Ice and Psychic types, then helped Smoochum demonstrate its Icy Wind. Smoochum showed off the move twice on the video call, leaving Niu Niu shivering and Ye Yinchuan impressed.

• Ye Yinchuan argued that Smoochum and Jynx were closely related because they shared humanoid features, kissing habits, and the Ice and Psychic types.
• Niu Niu confirmed that Smoochum had blown snowflakes before, and Ye Yinchuan said it had likely mastered Icy Wind.
• Niu Niu tried to prompt Smoochum to use the move, but Smoochum mistook his request for a desire for kisses.
• Ye Yinchuan told Niu Niu to blow ice shavings toward Smoochum, helping it understand what he wanted.
• Smoochum exhaled Icy Wind, frosting Niu Niu's head and eyebrows, then performed the move again while spinning in the air.

Ye Yinchuan advised Niu Niu on raising Smoochum and defended Jynx from hostile comments. After Niu Niu and Smoochum danced together, Niu Niu sent Ye Yinchuan a gift and an affectionate message, and Ye Yinchuan moved on to the next caller.

• Smoochum stopped using Icy Wind on Niu Niu and tried to warm him by pressing against him.
• Ye Yinchuan told viewers not to mistreat Jynx and explained that it was friendly and that rumors about it taking men into the mountains had no evidence.
• Niu Niu said he would raise Smoochum even if it evolved into Jynx, then danced with it as it copied his movements.
• Ye Yinchuan advised Niu Niu to keep Smoochum's face clean, feed it ordinary omnivorous food, and watch out for its parents if it was wild.
• Niu Niu sent Ye Yinchuan a Pi Shen Headgear gift and a message saying he loved him, and Ye Yinchuan hurriedly welcomed the next appraiser.

Ye Yinchuan connected with his longtime fan Ms. Carrot and met her college roommates, then prepared to appraise the shy Xiao Hu’s unevolved Paras. When Xiao Hu released it, Ye Yinchuan recognized its unusual cordyceps-like appearance.

• Ms. Carrot asked Ye Yinchuan to connect with her and her roommates, and he accepted.
• Ye Yinchuan met Ms. Carrot and her roommates on the livestream and asked which Pokémon needed an appraisal.
• Xiao Hu shyly asked Ye Yinchuan why her Paras had not evolved.
• Xiao Hu released Paras from her Ultra Ball, and Ye Yinchuan recognized its cordyceps-like form.

Ye Yinchuan examined a Level 31 Paras that had not evolved despite being ready, and suspected it was resisting the mushroom on its back. Using Heart of Listening, he heard separate voices from Paras and its mushroom, then prepared to reveal what he had discovered to the viewers.

• Ye Yinchuan recognized the camera's Paras and recalled that the mushrooms on its back had limited medicinal value and were difficult to profit from.
• The Paras's trainer explained that her nearly Level 30 Pokémon had not evolved despite her efforts, and Ye Yinchuan checked its panel.
• Ye Yinchuan noticed that the Level 31 Paras was marked as both about to evolve and enduring, and wondered if it was resisting evolution.
• Ye Yinchuan recalled theories that a Paras's mushroom might take over its consciousness after evolution and concluded that this Paras could be fighting to survive.
• Ye Yinchuan activated Heart of Listening and heard Paras say it liked sunlight and did not want to evolve, while the mushroom insisted they were one and liked darkness and dampness.
• Ye Yinchuan deactivated Heart of Listening, fell silent before the livestream viewers, and began to announce that there was only one truth.

Ye Yinchuan explained that Paras’s mushrooms gradually took over its consciousness, making evolution a kind of death, and Little Rich Girl asked how to protect her Pokémon. After she decided the Paras she loved was the bug rather than the mushrooms, Ye Yinchuan began considering whether Paras could evolve without being overtaken.

• Ye Yinchuan told Little Rich Girl that Paras resisted evolving because it feared leaving her, and explained that evolution would allow the mushrooms to take over its consciousness.
• Ye Yinchuan described Paras as a bug parasitized by mushrooms, and viewers found research images that appeared to support his explanation.
• Little Rich Girl became frightened that her Paras would die if it evolved and asked Ye Yinchuan what she should do.
• Ye Yinchuan asked whether she considered Paras a bug, a mushroom, or both, and Little Rich Girl answered that it was the bug she had raised.
• Ye Yinchuan warned that Paras might never evolve and asked whether she could accept that, while wondering if Paras could evolve without the mushrooms taking over.

Ye Yinchuan advised a fan on how to keep her Paras from evolving into Parasect, then accepted a call from a woman whose Boltund behaved strangely around pretty girls. The chapter left Ye Yinchuan wondering why the Boltund howled at and pounced on them.

• Ye Yinchuan speculated that Paras and Nincada might be related, imagining that mushrooms changed Paras's appearance and development.
• Ye Yinchuan told Little Rich Girl to provide her Paras with ample nutrition, sunlight, and a dry environment, and suggested using a Sun Stone to suppress its mushrooms.
• Little Rich Girl agreed to try the advice and promised to call back if her Paras evolved into a new form.
• Ye Yinchuan set a limit of one longtime-fan appraisal per stream and ended Little Rich Girl's call before accepting another caller.
• Love You Boltund showed Ye Yinchuan her Boltund and explained that it ignored men but howled and pounced when it saw pretty girls.

Ye Yinchuan used Heart of Listening to discover that a viewer’s Boltund had helped her boyfriend pick up women, exposing his suspected cheating during the livestream. After the call ended, someone suddenly knocked on Ye Yinchuan’s third-floor window.

• Ye Yinchuan questioned the viewer about Boltund’s affection for her boyfriend and its unusual interest in pretty women.
• Ye Yinchuan used Heart of Listening and heard Boltund worry that its secret outings with its male Owner would be exposed.
• Ye Yinchuan deduced that the boyfriend had taken Boltund to approach pretty women and reward it with snacks, teaching it to react excitedly to them.
• The viewer confronted her boyfriend while holding Boltund and a slipper, then ended the livestream to handle the matter.
• Ye Yinchuan prepared to take a break, but loud knocking came from his third-floor window in the middle of the night.

Ye Yinchuan followed Heracross to help the collapsed innkeeper, A Wen, and rushed to fetch emergency medicine and Chikorita from Grass Leaf Clinic. Chikorita began treating A Wen with Aromatherapy, but the chapter ended before his condition was revealed.

• Heracross told Ye Yinchuan through its thoughts that A Wen had collapsed and needed help.
• Ye Yinchuan climbed onto Heracross and headed for A Wen, keeping his live stream running as he explained the emergency.
• Ye Yinchuan stopped at Grass Leaf Clinic, grabbed Quick-Acting Heart-Saving Pills and Chikorita, and the doctor followed to offer help.
• Heracross carried Ye Yinchuan, Chikorita, and the medicine to the Post Station, where they found A Wen unconscious and surrounded by worried Pokémon.
• Chikorita jumped from Ye Yinchuan's arms and used Aromatherapy on A Wen.

Ye Yinchuan and Doctor Bai stabilized A Wen after Heracross rushed to find help, and Ye Yinchuan continued his livestream at Grass Leaf Clinic. He introduced Doctor Bai’s exceptionally gifted Chikorita and explained her Aromatherapy and possible Heal Pulse abilities to viewers.

• Chikorita used Aromatherapy on A Wen, and Ye Yinchuan gave him a Quick-Acting Heart-Saving Pill before Doctor Bai treated him.
• A Wen woke up with his condition stabilized and thanked Heracross, Ye Yinchuan, Doctor Bai, and Chikorita for saving him.
• Doctor Bai explained that A Wen had likely overworked himself and arranged a glucose drip while A Wen’s Pokémon stayed by his side.
• Ye Yinchuan resumed his livestream and showed viewers Doctor Bai’s Chikorita, praising her appearance and excellent inherited abilities.
• Ye Yinchuan told viewers that Chikorita could learn Aromatherapy and that Doctor Bai’s Chikorita might someday learn the rare Psychic-type move Heal Pulse.

Ye Yinchuan explained Chikorita’s Egg Moves and appraised it before returning home to continue his livestream. A viewer then called in with a Pokémon Egg that seemed ready to hatch, hoping Ye Yinchuan could confirm it was a Squirtle for his daughter.

• Ye Yinchuan explained how Aromatherapy and Heal Pulse differed, including their effects on Pokémon Abnormal Status and injuries.
• Ye Yinchuan finished appraising Chikorita, judging its Nature as arrogant and its Individual Value as about A-Rank.
• Ye Yinchuan returned home, comforted Snorlax with roasted sausages, and resumed livestreaming.
• A viewer called Ye Yinchuan to appraise a glowing Pokémon Egg that was about to hatch, saying it was meant to be his daughter’s first Pokémon.

Ye Yinchuan identified the family’s Pokémon Egg as a Psyduck Egg rather than the Squirtle they had hoped for, and it hatched just as Xia welcomed it as her partner. After checking Psyduck’s panel, Ye Yinchuan declared that this Psyduck was incredible.

• Ye Yinchuan examined the Egg and told Xia’s family it would hatch into a Water-type Pokémon, but not a Squirtle.
• Ye Yinchuan revealed the Egg was a Psyduck Egg, disappointing Xia’s parents as they worried it might not make a suitable partner.
• The Egg cracked, and Xia greeted the newly hatched Psyduck as her partner.
• Xia’s father asked Ye Yinchuan whether Psyduck was suitable as his daughter’s first Pokémon, and Ye Yinchuan said this Psyduck was incredible.

Ye Yinchuan explained why the newly hatched Psyduck was exceptional despite its reputation for being weak and foolish. He began teaching the baffled father and viewers about its Nature and Ability, leaving them with a basic explanation of Unaffected by Weather.

• Ye Yinchuan appraised the male Psyduck and found it had B-Rank Individual Value, a Modest Nature, the Unaffected by Weather Ability, and the Trait Great Wisdom Appears as Foolishness.
• The Psyduck’s owner worried that his family could not afford to raise it until it evolved into Golduck, and asked whether it could still help his daughter become a Professional Trainer.
• Ye Yinchuan insisted that Psyduck was outstanding, explaining that its Modest Nature favored the power of special attacks such as Water Gun and Confusion.
• Ye Yinchuan explained that Pokémon Natures shaped their strengths and tendencies in more complex ways than people assumed.
• Ye Yinchuan told the viewers that Unaffected by Weather meant the Psyduck was unaffected by weather.

Ye Yinchuan explained Psyduck’s weather-resistant Ability and hidden Psychic talent, then helped Xia test whether it knew Confusion. After Lickitung’s attack triggered Psyduck’s headache, Psyduck’s power began to awaken.

• Ye Yinchuan explained that Psyduck’s Unaffected by Weather Ability helped it endure weather and related attacks, and claimed its dim demeanor concealed Psychic talent.
• Ye Yinchuan told the family that Psyduck knew Confusion, and they agreed to test it in a simulated battle.
• Xia tried to command Psyduck to use Scratch and Tail Whip, but Psyduck only stared blankly and wagged its tail without effect.
• The man ordered Lickitung to use Lick, and the attack struck Psyduck and left it numb and distressed.
• Psyduck’s status changed from Dazed to Headache, then it fixed its gaze on Lickitung as Confusion activated.

Ye Yinchuan watched Xia’s newly hatched Psyduck use powerful Confusion to lift Lickitung before collapsing with a headache. After ending the successful stream, he connected with a muscular man who wanted advice about his short-tempered Machop, which was locked in a cage.

• Psyduck used Confusion to suspend Lickitung in midair, then dropped it when the move faded and hid in Xia’s arms with a severe headache.
• Ye Yinchuan advised Xia’s family to train Psyduck’s unstable Confusion and make sure it got plenty of rest before ending the call.
• MushroomMushroom sent Ye Yinchuan a Master Ball gift, boosting the stream’s popularity and viewer count.
• Ye Yinchuan extended his stream and connected with a muscular man who asked how to train his ill-tempered Machop.
• The man revealed that his Machop was locked inside a cage.

Ye Yinchuan appraised Jinfu’s Machop and found it had Anger Point, eight Moves, and a habit of flying into a rage. After Jinfu demonstrated his ineffective discipline, Ye Yinchuan realized he was far too gentle with it.

• Ye Yinchuan checked Jinfu’s Level 19 female Machop and saw its Anger Point Ability and eight Moves.
• Ye Yinchuan advised Jinfu to identify what triggered Machop’s anger and discipline it without letting it become unruly.
• Jinfu opened Machop’s cage, and Machop abruptly grew furious and punched dents into the cage door.
• Jinfu scolded Machop for breaking the cage and household furniture, then gently patted its paw twice.
• Machop attacked Jinfu, who blocked the punches and patted it again, prompting Ye Yinchuan to call his discipline useless.

Ye Yinchuan coached Jinfu on disciplining his Machop, explaining that its tantrums needed firm boundaries balanced with comfort and rewards. Jinfu tried the advice, but Machop quickly got angry again when he accidentally elbowed it; Ye ended the late-night stream and checked his earnings.

• Ye Yinchuan told Jinfu that his gentle hitting only made Machop think they were playing and advised him to discipline it firmly without aiming for its face.
• Jinfu smacked Machop's hand, then comforted it when it teared up and leaned against him.
• Ye Yinchuan explained that Jinfu should learn Machop's temperament, avoid overusing punishment, and reward good behavior.
• Jinfu accidentally elbowed Machop while reaching for his phone, and Machop immediately threw a punch at him.
• Ye Yinchuan ended the stream and saw that Auspicious Family of Three had sent four Poké Balls and Jinfu's Diary had sent a Silver Leaf.
• Ye Yinchuan checked his total stream earnings and found he had made 2,897.9 yuan, his highest amount so far.