Pokémon: What should I do? My father-in-law always wants to tear me apart

In Ruan Yaoyao's opinion, if Lin Yi were in this place, without a powerful water Pokémon as a safety guarantee, he would most likely make the same choice.

However, new problems entangled Ruan Yaoyao's heart like stubborn thorns.

How should she build a wooden boat?

This was undoubtedly a huge challenge for her who had no experience.

She walked around the tree several times, her eyes full of confusion.

She didn't know where to start, nor did she know how to turn the big tree into a wooden boat that could take her to Lin Yi.

Ruan Yaoyao slowly squatted down beside the big tree. She stretched out her hand and gently stroked the rough texture of the trunk over and over again, as if she was talking to the tree, hoping it could give her some inspiration.

Her brows were tightly furrowed, forming a deep "川" character. Her mind was like a raging sea, searching hard for useful information that might be related to shipbuilding.

Time passed quietly in this intense thinking. Suddenly, a light flashed in her eyes, as if she had caught a clue deep in her memory.

Those were the shipbuilding scenes that Ruan Yaoyao had seen by chance on a desert island survival program on TV before. Although they were only some blurry fragments, for Ruan Yaoyao at this moment, they were like a ray of light in the darkness.

She stood up suddenly, her posture looking a little embarrassed but full of determination.

She reached out from her waist and pulled out a small knife she carried with her. The knife flickered faintly in the sunlight.

She gripped the knife tightly, walked to the side of the tree, and began to try to cut away the branches that were growing sideways.

The bear watched Ruan Yaoyao's actions quietly from the side, and soon it understood Ruan Yaoyao's intention.

It walked over with heavy but firm steps, without saying a word or making any other movements, just watching silently.

After a while, the originally messy space around the trunk of the tree was cleared, forming a relatively open area.

Then, Ruan Yaoyao took a deep breath, trying to calm her breathing which was a little rapid due to nervousness.

She picked up a sharp stone and walked over to the tree trunk, preparing to draw the general shape of a boat on it.

Her hands trembled slightly, and the lines she drew on the tree trunk were crooked, not at all as perfect as she had imagined in her mind.

Looking at these failed lines, a trace of frustration flashed in her eyes, which was the regret for her own inability.

However, this negative emotion did not stay in her heart for long, and she quickly cheered up.

She closed her eyes and pictured the boat again in her mind, then continued to modify the lines based on this imagination.

After drawing the shape, she picked up the knife again, her eyes becoming extremely determined.

She aimed the knife at the lines on the tree trunk and cut it bit by bit with force.

As time went by, sweat oozed from her forehead like raindrops, slid down her cheeks and wet her clothes.

Her arms began to ache from prolonged exertion, especially her injured right arm, which felt as if it was being pricked by countless needles, causing waves of severe pain.

Every time she exerted force, the pain seemed to break her will, but she just clenched her teeth tightly, silently told herself not to give up, and continued to persist in the action in her hands.

Ruan Yaoyao seemed to be suddenly deflated, and the knife in her hand fell to the ground with a clang.

She shook her head vigorously, and a few strands of hair flew around her cheeks as she moved.

There was a flash of despair in her eyes, and she said to herself silently in her heart:

"I can't go on like this. It's impossible for me to complete such a difficult task as building a ship by myself."

She is well aware of the difficulty involved and believes that this is not a problem that can be solved simply by persistence.

She raised her head and looked towards the vaguely visible tree hole in the distance, and the figures of Mi Yu and Ye Feng appeared in her mind.

But then she smiled bitterly. Even if she went back to the tree hole now and called Mi Yu and Ye Feng to help, there would only be three people.

Shipbuilding requires superb skills, a lot of time and suitable tools. It is almost impossible for the three of them to complete it in a short period of time. This is an almost impossible obstacle to overcome.

Ruan Yaoyao took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.

She kept reminding herself in her heart:

"Calm down, Ruan Yaoyao, you have to calm down. Think about it, if it was Lin Yi who encountered this situation, what would he do?"

She closed her eyes, as if she saw Lin Yi's confident and determined smile, and tried to find inspiration to solve the problem from her memories of him.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, Ruan Yaoyao caught a glimpse of a purple shadow out of the corner of her eye.

She turned her head suddenly and saw a small purple mouse running quickly in the grass not far away. Its agile figure instantly attracted her attention.

"Is this the Rattata?"

Ruan Yaoyao was secretly surprised in her heart, her eyes full of disbelief.

During the time she spent on this isolated island, she had never seen any other Pokémon except for the teddy bear that always accompanied her.

The sudden appearance of this little Rada was like a stone breaking the calm surface of a lake, causing ripples in her thoughts that had been focused on shipbuilding.

She couldn't help but fall into deep thought, her eyes still fixed on the direction where little Rada disappeared.

Her eyes inadvertently fell on a few branches on the ground, and her brows frowned slightly.

I saw that the bark of those branches had disappeared, leaving only smooth branches, which looked as if they had been deliberately eaten away by some mysterious force.

Ruan Yaoyao subconsciously looked at the Pokémon beside her. This cute Pokémon was looking at her with its big round eyes.

The Wearing Bear had no teeth, and its naive appearance made Ruan Yaoyao instantly understand that this kind of "skinning" behavior could basically not be done by the Wearing Bear.

A thought quickly flashed through Ruan Yaoyao's mind, and the figure of the little Rada she had just seen appeared before her.

Yes, it must have been done by the little Rada just now. Only it with its sharp teeth could have been able to chew the bark of the branch into this shape.

This discovery made Ruan Yaoyao fall into deep thought. The appearance of little Rada might not be accidental. There might be more secrets on this island waiting for her to uncover.

Ruan Yaoyao's eyes suddenly lit up, like stars twinkling in the darkness.

There was a glimmer of hope in her eyes, and a bold and novel idea suddenly flashed through her mind:

"Perhaps... maybe we can ask the Rattatas to help?"

Once this thought came into her mind, it spread rapidly in her heart like a prairie fire.

If we can get help from the little Rattatas, the seemingly impossible task of shipbuilding might have a new turn.

She turned to look at the bear, her eyes questioning, as if seeking its opinion.

"..."

Wearing Bear remained silent.

Ruan Yaoyao slowly stood up and looked in the direction where the branches were being eaten, her eyes full of concentration and curiosity.

In the mottled light and shadow, she discovered a series of faint little footprints.

Those footprints were small and delicate, each one was shaped like a small plum blossom, and they were evenly and orderly spaced. Judging from the size and shape of the footprints, they were most likely left by little Rada.

"Maybe we can find something by following these footprints."

Ruan Yaoyao whispered softly, her voice so light as the breeze blowing through the leaves, almost inaudible.