"Speaking of which, Brock, what were you doing in that place? You looked soulless."
After learning that Ash and Dawn were traveling together, Brock naturally joined them, and while walking on the road, Ash finally couldn't restrain his curiosity and asked this question.
"That's right... squatting in that position was scary."
Dawn nodded with feeling.
"About that... sigh..."
Brock thought for a while and then sighed deeply.
"Actually..."
Under the gaze of Ash and Dawn, Brock finally revealed the reason why he was hiding and crying in that place, one by one.
To say it one by one, it was actually just one simple reason.
After Brock finished recounting his experience, Dawn cast a look at him that she didn't know how to describe, while Ash had a sudden realization.
"So, to put it simply, the girl who gave you a ride received a call from her boyfriend just as you were about to confess, and then she left you here, right?"
Ash suddenly remembered that there seemed to be such a plot before, but Brock's emotions were obviously more lost than he remembered.
Was it because he wasn't by his side at the first time, so he had no one to tell these feelings to?
"But... isn't it a little strange to fall in love with someone at first sight?" Although Dawn had not experienced this kind of adult relationship, she still gave a very insightful opinion.
"If you like someone at first sight, you only like their appearance, right? Is that even love?"
"Wrong, wrong, wrong!" Brock quickly gave a negative answer to Dawn's opinion.
"If you like someone at first sight, then there can be a follow-up! If your first impression of someone is that you have no feeling, then it's unlikely that you'll develop a mutual liking later on."
"Oh..." Dawn replied with a half-understanding, "So does she have feelings for you?"
Brock: "Cough cough!"
Brock turned around and began to shed tears again.
He didn't understand why Dawn, who seemed so gentle,
could say such hurtful things without realizing it.
Even though it was the middle of summer, Brock felt ice-cold all over.
"Let's not talk about this..." Seeing that Brock's emotions were about to become low again, Ash quickly changed the subject.
"It's almost noon, right? Should we have lunch first? I'm hungry."
"Pika~"
"Oki!"
Upon hearing about lunch, Pikachu and Aipom perked up and started raising their hands in agreement enthusiastically.
It had been a while since they had eaten Brock's cooking, and they were of course excited to be able to taste that deliciousness again.
"That's right! People shouldn't always look back at sad past experiences.
Instead of thinking about the failures of the morning, we should think about what to eat for lunch!"
Brock said excitedly, and then took the lead to a small clearing ahead and put down his backpack.
Then, under Dawn's surprised gaze, Brock took out all sorts of things from his backpack at a very fast speed.
Pots, pans, bowls, ladles, all kinds of seasonings, and even folding tables and chairs.
Dawn looked at Ash with an incredulous expression, then stammered as if she wanted to say something, pointing at Brock.
"Don't ask me.
" Ash shrugged, expressing helplessness.
"I'm also very curious about how Brock manages to fit so much stuff into his backpack, even though his backpack is indeed very big."
"Even a big backpack wouldn't be this exaggerated! This is a table! A table! Also, so many benches! There's even a stew pot!"
Dawn finally organized her words, but even so, Ash could feel her confusion.
Although he wanted to explain it to her, Ash himself really didn't understand how Brock did it, so he couldn't help her either.
After this little interlude, Dawn finally forced herself to accept this seemingly flamboyant and impossible reality.
I mean, instead of dwelling on how Brock managed to do this, it's better to pay attention to the stew pot that's bubbling with steam.
"It smells so good~~"
Dawn, sitting on the stool, just smelled
The aroma from the pot was already making her drool.
Actually, when Ash suggested having lunch, she wasn't that hungry, but after smelling Brock's cooking, she realized she was actually starving.
"Today's lunch is sliced meat soup, and I've added my special seasoning.
Besides the fresh flavor of the ingredients themselves, you'll also taste a slight hint of sour and spicy.
On such a hot day, having a bowl of meat soup and mixing it with a bowl of rice is the best.
" kan shuwu novel website
Brock, back in the cooking world, exudes a different temperament than before.
If he was a frustrated, heartbroken person before, now he's like a legendary figure dominating the culinary world.
He just opened his eyes, which always seem to have only a slit, and said confidently, revealing his snow-white teeth.
""
Dawn and Ash swallowed their saliva in unison.
The smell of the meat soup had completely aroused their appetite.
Seeing this, Brock didn't continue to captivate them.
Instead, he picked up a bowl and served each of them a bowl, and added a bowl of rice each.
"Eat, don't be polite, there's so much here, there's more when you're done."
"We won't be polite!"
"Let's eat!"
After Brock served the food, Ash and Dawn completely abandoned their restraint and began to eat heartily.
On the other side, Pikachu and Aipom were also enjoying Brock's specially made Pokémon food.
For the two who had become accustomed to the commercially available Pokémon food these days, Brock's Pokémon food was definitely a heavenly delicacy.
Just as everyone was immersed in enjoying a leisurely and wonderful lunch, on a large tree not far from them, a small figure was standing on the treetop.
With the cover of the branches and leaves, its eyes were firmly locked on the Pokémon food in front of Pikachu and Aipom, looking like it was ready to go.
"mu~"
A low moan came from its throat, and its body's center of gravity also lowered.
When it saw Aipom's gaze shift to Pikachu's bowl, revealing a momentary flaw, its body swooped downwards.