How to raise a random guy's wife

To be honest, she wasn't really interested in the class reunion after Coming of Age Day.

"It's not a big deal in itself." Kobayashi Sora hugged Kobayashi Ran. "I didn't even go to Coming of Age Day last year."

At that time, Kobayashi Ran had just been born, and Kobayashi Sora didn't want to leave her and her daughter for even a second.

"Why don't you just say you're working on your manuscript overnight?" Kasumigaoka Utaha suggested. "Anyway, quite a few people know you're a manga artist now."

"Then it's settled." Eriri put down her paintbrush. "There's no rush."

Kobayashi Megumi exclaimed, "I still have to draw?"

"Of course, this is a once-in-a-lifetime kimono!"

"I wear it occasionally, is it not allowed for photos?"

"That has no soul!"

"If it has a soul, it becomes a ghost photo."

“That’s not what I meant…” Eriri gave up on continuing the topic and reached out to Ran Kobayashi, “Come here, Ran, let your godmother give you a hug.”

Holding the smiling Ran in her arms, Eriri felt the baby growing. "You held her so easily..."

“A year later…” Kasumigaoka Utaha sighed, “This scene still gives me the feeling that someone should be arrested.”

"Mind your own business," Eriri replied irritably. She wanted to hold Kobayashi Ran a little longer, but her strength was too limited, so she had to give Kobayashi Sora back to Kobayashi Sora.

Kobayashi Sora put Kobayashi Ran down and helped her try to walk.

"By the way," Eriri said curiously, "did Ranran call out 'Papa' or 'Mama' first?"

"Hmm..." Kobayashi Megumi looked somewhat complicated. "How should I put it..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha asked, puzzled, "What's so hard about saying this?"

"Lanlan learned to say 'Papa' and 'Mama' first," Xiaolin Hui replied.

"Hmm..." Eriri mentally processed the information. "Hmm?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha tried to understand, "So...she calls Sora Ao 'Mom'?"

“Yes.” Kobayashi Megumi looked at Kobayashi Sora with curiosity and amusement, her eyes gentle. “Someone wanted to get the baby to call him ‘Mommy’ first, so he secretly taught the baby to call him ‘Mommy’, and the baby started calling him ‘Mommy’.”

Eriri was speechless for a moment.

However, this is indeed something that Kobayashi Sora would do.

Kasumigaoka Utaha pressed further, "So what did she call you?"

Kobayashi Megumi blushed.

Eriri: "Huh?"

"Call me Daddy." Kobayashi Sora said with a suppressed laugh, "Someone wanted the baby to call him Daddy first, so they secretly taught the baby to call him Daddy, and the baby started calling her Daddy."

Eriri was even more speechless. "Isn't this completely backwards?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Kobayashi Ran with sympathy.

How harmful can dog food be to a one-year-old child?

"And then?" Eriri had just heard Ran Kobayashi call out "Dad" and "Mom," and she hadn't mispronounced it. "How did you correct it?"

"It's very simple," Kobayashi Megumi chuckled. "The one who feeds her is her mother, and the one who doesn't know how to feed her is her father. It was corrected very quickly."

“Yes, there’s another way.” Eriri nodded, then her nodding motion froze. “Huh?”

Kasumigaoka Utaha narrowed her eyes slightly, "You seemed to have just said..."

"No, no." Kobayashi Megumi said without changing her expression, "It was a slip of the tongue."

Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri silently turned to look at Kobayashi Sora.

"Hmm." Kobayashi Sora turned her head. "How's your creative process going?"

Eriri exclaimed incredulously, "You just changed the subject like that?"

"Otherwise what?" Kasumigaoka Utaha glanced at her. "You want to hear the details?"

"Let's talk about work." Kobayashi Sora felt a strange sense of déjà vu about this scene.

It seems like this has happened before.

"After finishing 'Chronicles of the Universe XIV,' I'll have more time to draw manga," Eriri replied. "The progress is going very well now, and it's time to release the One-Punch Man remake. Many people have expressed regret about the art style."

Even a remake might not be satisfactory...

However, Eriri should be fine.

Kobayashi Sora nodded. "If you can manage your time, of course you can. Speaking of which, have you been learning how to use the Live2D software? Virtual idols are getting more and more popular lately."

"Mayu is teaching me. Wait until I finish illustrating several light novels."

“You could try drawing your own debut character first,” Kobayashi Megumi suggested. “There’s a writer named Eromanga Sensei who did that, and he’s very popular.”

Speaking of this, Kobayashi Sora recalled that she had once wanted to ask Eromanga-sensei to illustrate Kasumigaoka Utaha's light novel, but it never came to fruition.

"Where's the senior?"

“Ms. Sonoko has been urging me to write a new story lately…” Kasumigaoka Utaha sighed, “She hasn’t told me what she wants me to write yet…”

"They probably want you to have the freedom to write whatever you want, right?" Kobayashi Megumi speculated. "If they make any demands, it might restrict your creativity."

“I’d like to be restricted a bit…” Kasumigaoka Utaha said, then shook her head.

The script for Kaguya-sama: Love Is War is mostly finished, and it seems like it's time to release another light novel.

Pinching her chin, Kasumigaoka Utaha's gaze darted back and forth between Kobayashi Megumi and Kobayashi Sora.

Kobayashi Ran and Mochi were having a great time when Kobayashi Sora looked up at Kasumigaoka Utaha and asked, "Are you going to use us as inspiration again?"

“Even if I wanted to, there wouldn’t be anything worth writing about,” Kasumigaoka Utaha said bluntly. “There’s no dramatic conflict at all, so what’s there to write about?”

Let alone conflict, Kasumigaoka Utaha can't even imagine what it would be like for the two of them to argue.

and many more......

Have you ever argued?

When faced with Kasumigaoka Utaha's question, Kobayashi Sora and Kobayashi Megumi were both taken aback. In the instant they looked at each other, they saw the confusion in each other's eyes—what was there to argue about?

Chapter 510 Fat-Loss Yoga

Kobayashi Sora gently placed Kobayashi Ran in the crib, observed her for a while to make sure the baby was sound asleep, then adjusted the camera angle and gradually moved away.

As soon as Kobayashi Sora walked away, Nian Gao, who had been sunbathing on the windowsill, jumped down and silently approached Kobayashi Ran. He lay down next to her and gently covered Kobayashi Ran's body with his big, fluffy tail, which was warm from the sun.

Kobayashi Sora returned to the bedroom and saw Kobayashi Megumi sitting cross-legged on the bed.

She kept her body upright, rested her relaxed arms on her bent knees, closed her eyes and took deep breaths, letting her mind immerse herself in the subtle changes in her body.

Hearing Kobayashi Sora's voice, Kobayashi Megumi opened her eyes. "Is Ranran asleep?"

"Hmm," Kobayashi Sora replied, "She fell asleep after playing for a while, and is she still doing yoga?"

“Yes, Xiangyin taught me a lot of moves.” Kobayashi Megumi said, as she changed from sitting cross-legged to kneeling, leaning forward and placing her hands by her feet. “It can help you lose weight.”

Because her face was buried in the bed, Kobayashi Megumi's voice sounded a little muffled.

“I don’t think there’s any need to lose weight,” Kobayashi Sora said, admiring Kobayashi Megumi’s somewhat listless yet adorably silly new move. “Is this one too?” It looked like a kind of half-hearted laziness, as if she didn’t want to continue after doing something halfway through, and was too lazy to move.

"You can relax your body," Kobayashi Megumi explained, adjusting her breathing and holding the position for two minutes before slowly straightening up and sitting cross-legged again.

Unlike before, this time she placed her right hand on her left knee, her left hand behind her back, turned her body to the left, looked towards her left shoulder, and slowly turned her body back while taking a deep breath. After repeating this five times, she switched sides.

Kobayashi Sora sat to the side admiring the scene. Kobayashi Megumi, dressed in a form-fitting yoga outfit, perfectly accentuated her figure, which was much fuller than before. With each movement of her body, the elegant curves changed, making it impossible to look away.

Noticing Kobayashi Sora's gaze, Kobayashi Megumi glared at him before making her next move.

Kneel on the bed with your knees together, lean your upper body forward, bring your chest and abdomen close to your legs, and slide your arms forward and straighten them.

Kobayashi Sora is familiar with this pose. It looks like one of the routines that mochi goes through after waking up. It is also called the cat stretch, which can fully stretch the back and shoulders, improve blood circulation, and eliminate soreness and fatigue.

If the movements are performed correctly, there are many benefits.

Moreover, it is pleasing to the eye.

Her face flushed slightly under his gaze, but Kobayashi Megumi showed no sign of stopping. With her face still red, she changed to a new pose, stretching her arms upwards, interlocking her fingers, and taking a deep breath.

“Everyone says that babies are scary when they are a little over one year old,” said Xiaolin Hui, who doesn’t exercise much and can still speak easily. “But looking at Lanlan, she seems fine.”

“Every child is different.” Kobayashi Sora had specifically researched this before. “The terrible twos are actually a manifestation of the sensitive period of self-awareness, when they begin to have a sense of ownership over something.”

From the perspective of child psychological development, children will enter their first rebellious period around the age of two, which is the infamous "terrible twos". They always love to go against the grain and their temper tantrums are like a volcanic eruption.

This is actually a prominent manifestation of the critical period for children's self-awareness.

Babies at this stage are aware of their individuality, but they haven't yet grasped the more complex relationships between individuals. Their thinking and behavior are all based on their own individual perspective.

“Ah…no wonder.” Kobayashi Megumi recalled while exercising, “That day I just broke the cookie in half and gave it to her, and she cried. It turns out she thought the cookie was hers.”

Kobayashi Sora chuckled, "Luckily, Nian Gao was playing with her toys, which drew her attention away from the situation."

That's how kids are; their tempers come in waves.

If your attention wanders even slightly, you'll completely forget what you were thinking about just a few seconds ago.

The cat has sacrificed so much for this family.

“I’ve heard of hysterical screaming, and even biting and hitting people.” Kobayashi Megumi adjusted her posture. “Thinking about it this way, it’s actually quite nice if it’s just a sudden burst of crying.”

"There must be a genetic influence as well. After all, the mother is a very gentle person, so the daughter naturally has a good temper as well."

"Maybe it's Dad's influence." Kobayashi Megumi lay on the bed, her legs lightly propped up against the wall, relaxing her body and letting her arms hang naturally at her sides. She breathed and stretched her body. "Mom said you were a very well-behaved child when you were little."

"Really?" Kobayashi Sora had no recollection of it at all, but that wasn't the point. The point was... "When did you guys start talking about this?"

"A long time ago."

"so......"

Megumi Kobayashi blinked. "So I know a lot about your childhood."

“Since that’s the case…” Kobayashi Sora, who had been watching from the sidelines, climbed onto the bed and approached Kobayashi Megumi, “the only option is to keep quiet.”

"How do you seal it... um~" Kobayashi Megumi was cut off by Kobayashi Sora before she could finish speaking.