How to raise a random guy's wife

Eriri will not take the initiative to contact Kobayashi Sora.

She had a bad feeling that if she continued to have contact with him, something might happen that she couldn't control.

As long as you don't come into contact with it, it's fine.

Could it be that Kobayashi Sora would actually come to her house looking for her?!

Chapter 24 Hiromi Kato

“It’s a very interesting story, the only downside is that the illustrations are a little lacking.” Sayuri Sawamura smiled as she looked at her daughter. “Speaking of which, I think I have a daughter who is a very talented artist.”

You only have one daughter!

Eriri bit her lower lip, unwilling to talk about Kobayashi Sora anymore. "I... Dad will be back soon. I'm going to see if he bought the game."

"Eh..." Sayuri Sawamura wanted to say something, but Eriri had already left the art studio.

She walked through the long corridor, down the stairs, and ran as if fleeing to the living room on the first floor.

Honestly, why does Mom always harp on his issues?

Eriri didn't want to mention him.

Whenever I think of Kobayashi Sora, my own face with its complicated expression comes to mind once again.

That wretched Kobayashi Sora, if I ever see him again...

"I'm home." Leonard's voice rang out as the door opened.

"Daddy~" Eriri ran towards the door. Her dad was so much better, unlike her mom...

She stopped abruptly in her tracks. Next to her familiar blond father stood a dark-haired boy.

"I brought a friend back with me," Leonard introduced.

"Long time no see," Kobayashi Sora smiled. "Eri-kun."

Eriri's eyes were lifeless, and her small body seemed to have been petrified.

"You... what are you doing here?!" Eriri screamed in frustration. "Get out!"

“Eri,” Leonard said earnestly, “you mustn’t talk about your Uncle Kobayashi like that.”

Yinglili: "?!"

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"I'm back~"

Welcome back!

"...Huh?"

Despite it being her own greeting as she returned home, Kato Megumi exclaimed in surprise upon hearing the response.

She deliberately wandered around outside for a while before coming back. It's afternoon now, her parents are at work, and her sister is on a date, so there shouldn't be anyone home at this time.

Kato Megumi's greeting was just a habit.

Although she appeared calm in front of Kobayashi Sora, it was, after all, the first time she had stayed out all night.

It takes courage to stay out all night, and it takes even more courage to go home after staying out all night.

If you choose to go home in the afternoon when no one will be home, you can create the illusion that you and your friends have been out having fun for a while, and the matter will become a routine question and answer at the dinner table.

That was what Kato Megumi originally thought.

Just then, a very familiar voice came from deep within the living room.

Kato Megumi stiffened for a moment, then slowly walked through the corridor into the building.

Then......

"Hiromi-neechan?" Sitting on the living room sofa was none other than Hiromi Kato, who was six years older than Megumi Kato.

"It's so late, Megumi." Hiromi Kato smiled, her long, smooth hair draped over her shoulders, and the beauty mark at the corner of her mouth was delicate and cute.

"...Um, why did you suddenly come back?" Kato Megumi's face showed a momentary change, but then she returned to normal. "Weren't you on a date with your brother-in-law?"

"Well, he did have one, but he suddenly had work today." Hiromi Kato's gaze followed Megumi Kato. "So I came back."

"Oh, I see," Kato Megumi put down her bag. "When is my brother-in-law coming back? Tonight?"

"I'm not sure, I think he's on a business trip, and he probably won't be back today."

"You must be so lonely. This is a rare opportunity, why don't you come along? Or you can leave now and treat it as a trip."

"We're not even married yet, there's no need to follow me so closely." Kato Hiromi's eyes narrowed slightly. "...What's with that blatantly annoyed reaction from you? Don't you want me to come back?"

"How could that be? Nothing like that happened~" Kato Megumi replied calmly. "Aren't you two in the honeymoon phase?"

Kato Megumi subtly tried to distance herself from her sister using her adept social skills.

The reason is that, in some ways, Hiromi Kato is a much more troublesome family member for Megumi Kato today than her parents.

"Even in the throes of passionate love, you don't stay together 24/7," Hiromi Kato chuckled. "By the way, shall I cook a meal, something I haven't done in a while? Megumi, are you hungry?"

"Ah~ I've already eaten."

"Eh~ Is that so? What did you eat?"

"I just grabbed a quick bite outside."

"And what about breakfast?"

"At a classmate's house."

"Oh? Which student?"

"It's that one," Kato Megumi said calmly as she tidied her things. "The one I told you about before."

Hiromi Kato didn't say anything, she just looked at her younger sister.

Feeling a little uncomfortable under her gaze, Kato Megumi turned her head away. "What's wrong?"

Have you decided which one to say?

"Could you please stop talking like that? It makes me feel like I'm being suspected, it's really uncomfortable."

“That seems redundant.” Kato Hiromi was expressing her doubts.

Kato Megumi: "......"

"Hey, Hui, do you know when people have the feeling that they can see right through each other at a glance?"

“I don’t know,” Kato Megumi replied calmly. “I don’t have that ability.”

Hiromi Kato revealed the answer: "It's when you see your own reflection in the other person."

Kato Megumi paused in her movements.

As sisters living under the same roof, Megumi Kato knows a lot about Hiromi Kato.

This includes using excuses such as "studying for exams at a friend's house," "writing my graduation thesis at a friend's house," or "hosting a girls' party at a friend's house" to frequently go out or stay overnight at night and have secret rendezvous with her brother-in-law.

Now we don't have to sneak around anymore. My brother-in-law has met my parents, and the wedding date has been set.

“You’re still very green, Megumi.” Hiromi Kato shook her finger triumphantly. “Your inability to lie is too obvious.”

"Ah~ that's right, that's right." Kato Megumi nodded repeatedly, "It's so good that I'm a frank girl."

She fled from the living room... no, she fled back to her room, pattering up the stairs, her sister's question following closely behind, "So, you actually spent the night at your boyfriend's house, didn't you?"

"Boyfriend? What boyfriend?" Kato Megumi walked towards her room without turning her head. "Who are you talking about?"

“Although I don’t know his name,” Hiromi Kato noticed the cat hair on Megumi Kato’s back, “he’s probably the boy who raises cats with you.”

"What cat? Which one?" Kato Megumi casually brushed it off. "Don't talk nonsense. When did I ever own a cat?"

"It must have been the day I planned to go shopping at the six-day event, but ended up not buying anything and getting home very late."

"...I'm not really asking you, you don't need to be so specific." Kato Megumi tried to shut her sister out of the door... no, she was trying to close the door so she could change clothes.

Chapter 25 How could it not?

Hiromi Kato easily shook off Megumi Kato's obstruction, barged into her room, and plopped down on the bed.

"I need to change my clothes," Kato Megumi said helplessly. "Don't come in."

"We're sisters, what's there to be shy about?" Hiromi Kato tilted her head. "So, what kind of boy is he?"

"So, I don't know who you're talking about." Kato Megumi unceremoniously took off her clothes, refusing to communicate in a tone that sounded genuinely annoyed. "Sister, you're so annoying, can you please stop talking?"

Ugh, she's starting to pretend to be angry to avoid the topic.

Kato Megumi's reaction greatly stimulated her older sister's sadism... no, her curiosity.

"Your hair looks so clean, you must have taken a shower at someone's house." The older sister stared at her younger sister's clothes. "There's a half-oil stain on the collar, and you're wearing an apron while making breakfast—it was my first time visiting my brother-in-law's house, and he made the breakfast for me."

"I already said we're just classmates... not even classmates yet." After all, there's a six-year age gap, and Kato Megumi wasn't mature enough to completely ignore her older sister's childish provocation. Without even changing out of her casual clothes, she retorted, "Can you listen to me properly?"

"Not yet... Is your boyfriend a transfer student—in the same class as you?"

"I've already said, it's not what you think at all." Saying something like "[He's not my boyfriend]" will only lead to endless arguments. "He's in a club, the kind that makes games, and besides, it was raining so hard last night..."

“Taking a taxi back is fine too.” Kato Hiromi’s eyes narrowed into crescents. “Can you really trust your club friends like this? Come to think of it, this seems to be your first time joining a club. Or is it a game you’re not interested in, and you only joined because of it?”

"I was just thinking of joining a club, and I'm already a second-year student." Kato Megumi felt the cool air on her skin and belatedly put on her loungewear. "The club's just been established..."

"Does 'newly established' mean it's just the two of you?"

"It will gradually increase."

"It's just that there aren't many yet," Kato Hiromi raised an eyebrow, "...alone men and women?"

So it's not what you think.

"So," Kato Hiromi concluded, "you did indeed spend the night at a boy's house?"

"That's not the point," Kato Megumi said, her face flushed.

"If it's a transfer student, meaning they've only been here a short time, then it's love at first sight, right?"

"How many times do I have to tell you before you understand that the point isn't there?"