How to raise a random guy's wife

Therefore, it is not uncommon for a club to be disbanded due to a lack of new members after its members graduate.

"If a club is disbanded, it's usually because of a lack of members." Hazuki Ren was wide awake when she talked about this. "Like the previous year graduating, or a large number of current members leaving."

Tang Keke suggested, "Or maybe the newly formed club can't find enough members or something."

"The opening conflict needs to be prominent and clear. Considering the subsequent development, the protagonist's personality should tend to be passive, so try not to let him take the initiative to form a club." Kasumigaoka Utaha pointed out the key point. "In addition, the protagonist needs to have some foresight. He can't panic when things are about to happen. At least he should be able to foresee that the previous year's graduation will lead to a shortage of members."

“Considering these two points…” Kobayashi Sora offered his opinion, “then the only option is for a large number of members to leave. The key is how to create this situation.”

Kobayashi Megumi nudged Kobayashi Sora, "Do you remember when we went to the hot springs before?"

"Huh?" Kobayashi Sora immediately thought of Kobayashi Megumi's disheveled school uniform.

"Hmm..." Kobayashi Megumi pinched his face, "Don't think of anything inappropriate."

"Oh?" Eriri's eyes widened. "How is it crooked?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha sighed, "Can't you learn your lesson?"

How come people forget the pain as soon as the wound heals?

"Ah..." Kobayashi Sora remembered, "You mean that Yamada Takuma?"

"That should be fine, right?"

“Indeed.” Kobayashi Sora explained in detail to the others, “We need to design a president for the light music club, the kind who is handsome and flirtatious.”

Eriri understood. "Iori Hashima, right?"

“Then the members all joined because of him, but when the truth came out, they all quit.” Kasumigaoka Utaha suddenly had an idea. “It’s still not urgent enough… Let’s add a nearby school festival, and then the second female lead makes a dazzling appearance to help the protagonist solve the crisis.”

"A club on the verge of being disbanded, with an upcoming performance at the school festival—that's urgent enough..." Eriri noticed another problem, "But how will the second female lead handle this?"

"In other words... the second female lead needs to be strong enough." Kasumigaoka Utaha quickly came up with an idea: "School Idol."

"Are you sure?" Eriri knew that Kasumigaoka Utaha wasn't really interested in writing a school idol story right now.

It's not that I don't like it, but I've written a lot of similar stories before, and quite well at that, so I don't want to write similar stories again to avoid ruining the beautiful memories of the past.

“She’s like an idol.” Kasumigaoka Utaha added, “Let me think… First of all, she’s the lead singer, so the protagonist will feel that if she joins, everything else will be fine.”

"Mmm-hmm." Tang Keke agreed, "The lead singer is such a reassuring presence!"

Shibuya Kanon blushed slightly, "It's mainly because of everyone's teamwork."

“That’s right, cohesion. So singing ability alone is not enough; you also need the ability to bring members together.” Kasumigaoka Utaha started with the plot and designed the character’s traits, “which is… the ability to observe human nature and an excessive obsession with useless social interactions.”

Eriri retorted, "You mean to say you cherish friendship, right?"

"It means the same thing." Eriri was fine when she didn't speak, but as soon as she spoke, Kasumigaoka Utaha had an idea. "Well, we also need to highlight the excellence of the second female lead from the side. She is beautiful and outstanding, very kind to others, and was isolated because of certain things, so she is particularly persistent about useless things... She cherishes friendship very much, won the school beauty pageant for two consecutive years, and is known as a friendly young lady."

Eriri's forehead veins throbbed. "You might as well just add a twin-tails character design."

“You said it yourself, so it’s settled then.” Kasumigaoka Utaha smiled from the bottom of her heart.

Eriri bluntly stated, "Could you be any more obvious in your targeting?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha cautioned, "Don't just imagine yourself in that role; the second female lead has breasts."

"Go to hell!"

“Stubbornness…” Kobayashi Megumi murmured, “All three characters have a stubborn side to their personalities.”

“In that case,” Kobayashi Sora said, organizing Kasumigaoka Utaha’s character settings, “everyone is indeed like that.”

The protagonist is helpful and good at encouraging others. Extending this further, it becomes that he cannot turn a blind eye to people in need and will do his best to help others even if his own abilities are limited.

Needless to say, the female lead is afraid of loneliness and longs for companionship, yet she forces herself to be independent and self-reliant, unwilling to rely on others or confide in them.

As for the second female lead, just look at Eriri. Maintaining the persona of a rich girl or the good reputation among her classmates are both difficult and troublesome things.

“Only three people who are so stubborn, with limited abilities, but who want both love and friendship to achieve a perfect ending, will get caught up in a love triangle and unable to extricate themselves.” Kasumigaoka Utaha, her thoughts now clear, exclaimed with relief. “This obsession with beauty will drag them into an endless abyss. Even sweet romance will become bitter and sad because of the loneliness of the other person! Oh, hahaha~ That’s it, that’s the feeling! Nobody can have a good time!”

“Um…” Arashi Chisara was a little worried about Kasumigaoka Utaha’s mental state, and spoke to Eriri, “Did she have these symptoms before, or did it start recently?”

Although they had worked together before, the story of Liella! didn't have as many heart-wrenching moments, so Arashi Chisuna always thought that Kasumigaoka Utaha was very elegant when she was creating it.

Unexpectedly...

Eriri admitted, "This is much more restrained now."

After all, Kasumigaoka Utaha's experience and skills are far superior to before, so she no longer needs to devote herself to creation as she did in high school, immersing herself in each character as if she were split in two.

"But how will these three awkward and stubborn people express their feelings?" Ping An Naoki wondered.

"With music," Hazuki Ren answered matter-of-factly. She was the type who wasn't good at expressing herself, and becoming a school idol was partly a way for her to express her thoughts through music.

“On this matter,” Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Liella!, “it’s up to you guys.”

Music is also one of the core elements of this game, appearing repeatedly to enhance the mood.

"Even so..." Hazuki Ren looked somewhat troubled, "I don't have any ideas yet about composing music based on the current plot development."

“That’s true.” Kasumigaoka Utaha made up her mind. “Today, let’s set up a basic outline first. Then, after I write out the plot, I’ll give it to you to read, and you can use your thoughts after reading it to complete the composition of the music.”

Kobayashi Sora summarizes the currently confirmed plot: "The protagonist and the female lead have some interaction and are mutually attracted to each other without realizing it. The light music club is facing the crisis of being disbanded. With the school festival approaching, the protagonist meets the second female lead by chance. With her help, the three of them reunite and perform perfectly at the school festival."

"The key is the chance encounter," Kobayashi Megumi pointed out. "It can't be too deliberate; it has to be memorable enough."

“Speaking of chance encounters…” Shibuya Kanon looked at Tang Keke.

“Singing!” Tang Keke recalled the time she met Shibuya Kanon. “I was drawn to Kanon’s singing.”

“Singing…” Eriri murmured, “Then it would be best to use the theme song. Wouldn’t it be a bit abrupt? The theme song suddenly appearing or something like that.”

Hehehehehehehehe...

A series of eerie songs drew everyone's attention. They all looked toward the source of the songs and discovered that Kasumigaoka Utaha's red eyes were flashing with an eerie light, and her black hair seemed to be dancing in the invisible black mist at any moment.

“The theme song needs to be built up gradually, it can’t be thrown out too abruptly.” Kasumigaoka Utaha’s lips curled into an almost malicious smile. “Didn’t the protagonist perform on the street at the beginning? He performed the theme song, and that song attracted the female lead. After school started, the protagonist practiced the guitar piece in the activity room, hoping to use it to express his feelings to the female lead. But what he didn’t know was that the person accompanying him on the piano next door was the female lead. Like him, she also wanted to express her feelings to him with this song.”

Eriri felt a stomachache just thinking about it. "Isn't this too twisted?"

"Is this considered twisted?" Kasumigaoka Utaha sneered. "Suddenly one day, amidst the sounds of guitar and piano playing, there was a beautiful singing voice. In order to find the lead singer for the Light Music Club, they immediately found the person singing on the rooftop, who is also the second female lead."

Kobayashi Sora sighed, "Ah, this..."

"In other words," Kobayashi Megumi said clearly, "the song that was originally meant for the female lead and the protagonist to express their feelings for each other became the catalyst for the second female lead and the protagonist to meet. In the afterglow of the setting sun, accompanied by the female lead's music, the second female lead and the protagonist had their fateful encounter?"

The five members of Liella! were looking at Kasumigaoka Utaha with almost horrified expressions.

"First, there's a guitar piece, then a duet of guitar and piano, and finally the lead singer's vocals, making the song complete. It's definitely a good approach, but..." Eriri couldn't continue. Kasumigaoka Utaha was simply a devil. "Even though the female lead met the protagonist first, she still managed to create a beautiful, fateful encounter between the second female lead and the protagonist... This kind of thing..."

“First come, first served, that’s it.” Kasumigaoka Utaha’s eyes lit up. “Then let the female lead kiss the protagonist first.”

"Although it ended up being a love triangle..." Eriri was quite content, "It's not bad, is it?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha added, "Then let the second female lead confess to the protagonist first."

"Hey!" Eriri complained, "Wasn't the female lead supposed to go first?"

“Sure,” Kasumigaoka Utaha agreed with Eriri’s suggestion. “Then, after the second female lead starts dating the protagonist, let the first female lead and the protagonist have a relationship first.”

"This is cheating!" Eriri slammed her hand on the table. "How can the second female lead and the protagonist date like this?!"

“You’re right. Then let’s not date properly. On one hand, we can’t forgive each other, and on the other hand, we’re unwilling to let go. So we maintain the status of a couple, but we don’t have the interaction of a couple.” Kasumigaoka Utaha smiled and clapped her hands, making a crisp sound. “Let’s just spend our university life in this tangled and painful way.”

Shibuya Kanon broke out in a cold sweat as she watched, and with Eriri's empathy and concern, the fates of the three characters became increasingly twisted.

"No wonder they've been able to work together for so long..." Lan Qiansha sighed.

If Eriri had said just a few less words, none of the three characters would have suffered such a comprehensive and tragic fate.

Heian Sumire noticed the smile on Kasumigaoka Utaha's face, "Senpai seems to be really enjoying this process..."

Tang Keke sighed, "It's rare to find a reader who can empathize so strongly."

Hazuki Ren smiled, "Isn't this great?"

The others looked at Hazuki Ren, wanting to say something, but then realized that Hazuki Ren was right, so they didn't say anything.

Eriri scratched her dazzling blonde hair in frustration. "If it's so painful, why doesn't the protagonist just date the female lead? They've already had sex."

“That’s a problem. Let’s just let the female lead leave.” Kasumigaoka Utaha looked thoughtful. “Let me think… maybe she can go abroad for her future career.”

"If you like it so much, why did you leave?"

“It’s beyond our control~” Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Kobayashi Sora, “What do we do when we want to stay but have to leave?”

Kobayashi Sora is extremely skilled at using coercion and enticement.

“Just like you decided at the beginning, to debut. To debut as a pianist, so you have to go abroad to study.” Kobayashi Sora quickly came up with an idea, “We’ll design it so that the female lead doesn’t do well in school, and music is her only career path. Then the protagonist’s family is of average means, and he can’t go abroad with her because he has to take care of his family.”

Liella! looked at Kobayashi Sora.

As expected of someone who has worked together for so many years, Kobayashi Sora is not much different from Kasumigaoka Utaha.

“Since the protagonist is driven by his family, the female lead can also be influenced by her family.” Kobayashi Megumi drew inspiration from Kobayashi Sora’s idea. “Like an older sister… well, let’s change it to a mother. She discovers the twisted relationship between the three of them, helps the female lead face reality, and takes her away.”

If the female lead chose to leave solely for future development, it would inevitably make her seem somewhat heartless. However, considering her mother's words, whether from a rational or emotional perspective, the female lead had no choice but to leave.

Liella! looked at Megumi Kobayashi.

They really are a perfect couple!

Chapter 571 shouldn't be it.

More details were gradually refined and supplemented during the discussion. Centered around Kasumigaoka Utaha, everyone drew inspiration from their past experiences and put forward new ideas.

Time flew by. Kobayashi Sora glanced at her watch and exchanged a look with Kobayashi Megumi. "You two continue. Ranran is about to get out of school. Let's go pick her up."

“Okay.” Kasumigaoka Utaha was lost in thought. “You guys go first, we’ll discuss this a little longer.”

"Remember to balance work and rest," Kobayashi Megumi reminded her. "Don't forget to eat. If you're too lazy to cook, you can order takeout. The company will reimburse you. The same goes for taxi fares. I remember Eriri has a car. Remember to go to the company to reimburse your gas expenses later."

“Okay~” Eriri replied, drawing out her words.

"Senior, you need to pay attention to your sleep schedule. Even if you have inspiration, you can't stay up too late."

“Okay~” Kasumigaoka Utaha replied, drawing out her words.

"Xiangyin, don't put too much pressure on yourself. This is a long-term project. The website setup and the testing of the maker will take a long time, so don't worry about the progress. Just take it one step at a time."

"I understand." Shibuya Kanon was indeed a little worried about not being able to keep up, after all, she had a lot of performances and translation work to do. Hearing Kobayashi Megumi say that, she felt much more at ease.

"Lianlian, please be careful about your eyesight. Whether it's the high-definition graphics of this generation or the low-definition graphics of the past, they can have a significant impact on your eyes."