How to raise a random guy's wife

The slight sound made the two of them freeze in place.

The next moment, the doorknob began to turn.

The bedroom door quietly opened a crack.

Kobayashi Megumi and Kobayashi Sora exchanged a glance, adjusted their positions, and pretended to be asleep.

"Meow~" Nian Gao looked at Xiao Lin Lan curiously.

"Shh—" Kobayashi Ran put her finger to her lips, "Don't make a sound, Nian Gao."

With bright, large eyes looking towards the bed, Xiao Linlan called out in a low voice, "Daddy? Mommy? Are you asleep? You're asleep."

Carefully pushing open the door, Kobayashi Ran tiptoed to the bedside and slowly and gently placed the gift box she was holding beside the pillow.

“This is Santa Claus…” Kobayashi Ran paused, then explained in a soft voice, “This is a Christmas present from the baby Santa to the adults.”

After kissing her father on the cheek, Xiao Linlan quietly walked to the other side of the bed and kissed her mother on the cheek.

"Meow~" Nian Gao stared at the two people on the bed, her eyes shining.

"Let's go, let's go~" Xiaolin Lan called softly to Nian Gao, and left with the big cat, closing the door again.

Kobayashi Megumi and Kobayashi Sora opened their eyes and simultaneously saw similar emotions in each other's eyes.

Kobayashi Sora's eyes softened, "Christmas baby..."

"He must have heard that adults don't receive presents from Santa, so he thought of giving us presents. No wonder he wanted us to go to bed early just now." Kobayashi Megumi noticed Kobayashi Sora's mood. "What's wrong?"

“When I was little, I heard about Santa Claus, and then I looked up some information about him.” Kobayashi Sora sighed. “Then I learned the truth about Santa Claus. After discussing it with my parents, no one ever secretly gave me Christmas presents like that again.”

I never imagined that I would receive such a gift from my own child when I grew up.

Kobayashi Sora felt somewhat conflicted.

"Sweetie~" Kobayashi Megumi reached out and hugged Kobayashi Sora's head, letting him rest his head in her arms. She gently stroked Kobayashi Sora's hair and softly comforted him, "Daddy, don't cry~"

"I didn't mean to cry..." Kobayashi Sora was just feeling a bit emotional, but after Kobayashi Megumi comforted her like that, she felt like crying instead.

Holding his wife in his arms, breathing in her scent, his complicated emotions gradually calmed down.

"Would you like to see Lanlan's gift?"

"Okay." Kobayashi Sora lifted her head from Kobayashi Megumi's arms, picked up the gift that Kobayashi Ran had given her, and carefully unwrapped it, not even wanting to tear the wrapping paper.

Kobayashi Megumi said with a hint of exasperation, "You don't need to be so careful."

"These are all part of the gifts; I'll keep them." Kobayashi Sora finally opened the packaging completely and saw the gifts inside. "This is..."

"A greeting card?" Kobayashi Megumi picked up the thick stack of cards and unfolded it with her fingers. "A pop-up greeting card, huh?"

Between the folded pieces of cardstock, small pieces of cardstock folded into different shapes are glued together.

When you open the cardboard, the small cards inside unfold, giving the impression of a 3D picture.

The background is a beautiful Christmas tree, with Kobayashi Megumi on the left, Kobayashi Sora on the right, Kobayashi Ran in the middle, and mochi in front of the three of them.

Judging from the art style, it should be the work of Ran Kobayashi.

Kobayashi Sora looked at it over and over, becoming happier with each look. "When did Lanlan learn to make this?"

"She probably learned it when she was playing with Coco before," Kobayashi Megumi guessed. "She probably made it a long time ago, forgot about it, and only remembered to give it to us today."

Kobayashi Megumi pressed her finger against the Christmas tree in the background, leaving some ink on her fingertip. "The decorations on it were just painted on."

"Lanlan's drawing skills have improved so much..." Kobayashi Sora was momentarily dazed, feeling as if the last time Kobayashi Ran scribbled on a radish was just yesterday.

“Lanlan is Sister Zhuyin’s student.” Xiaolin Hui carefully put away her daughter’s gift. “Dad?”

"Ok?"

I'm jealous.

"Eh?"

"You're not allowed to only like Ranran's gifts," Kobayashi Megumi whispered in Kobayashi Sora's ear. "You have to like my gifts too."

......

"Meow?" Nian Gao looked helplessly at Kobayashi Sora and Kobayashi Megumi as they walked into Kobayashi Ran's room.

What's the situation with this family?

Are you going to let the cat sleep or not?

"Shh—" Kobayashi Sora put her finger to her lips, signaling to Nian Gao to be quiet.

rice cake:"......"

Not letting the cat sleep and not letting it meow?!

The couple placed the gift on the bedside table of Xiaolin Lan.

"This is a Christmas present for good children!"

Chapter 664 Building a Snowman

"Hmph~" Little Lin Lan happily hugged the gift box, waving it in front of her parents. "Lanlan received a gift! Lanlan is a very, very good child~"

"Keep up the good work next time!" Kobayashi Megumi chuckled. "Aren't you going to open it and take a look?"

"Oh right." Xiaolin Lan showed off the gift to her parents as soon as she saw it, even though she hadn't opened it yet.

Tearing off the ribbon, flipping open the wrapping paper, and opening the box, Xiaolin Lan finally saw the gift inside.

"It's a cat hat and gloves!" Like a character in a game who had just received a treasure, Xiaolin Lan happily held up the hat and gloves, then put them on. "It's cat Lanlan meow~"

The fluffy hat has cute cat ears, and the gloves are also cat paw shaped.

"How cute!" Kobayashi Sora praised. "No wonder it's a gift only good children can receive!"

"Of course!" Ran suddenly remembered something, "Oh...right...did Mom and Dad receive any gifts?"

"Yes," Kobayashi Megumi replied with a smile, "it's a very pretty greeting card."

“Right, I knew it was pretty…” Kobayashi Ran said, then quickly added, “I didn’t know.”

"Santa Claus must have seen how nice Lanlan is," Kobayashi Sora said with a smile, "so he gave Mom and Dad a present too."

Ran Kobayashi corrected, "It's not Santa Claus, it's a Christmas baby that brings gifts to good dads and good moms!"

"I see." Kobayashi Megumi nodded earnestly. "It seems that Mom and Dad will have to keep working hard in the future."

"Mmm." Xiaolin Lan's eyes lit up. "Good Mom, I want to eat ice cream."

“Okay,” Kobayashi Megumi readily agreed, “but not now.”

"Hmm..." Xiaolin Lan pouted, "Daddy, I want to eat ice cream."

“Okay,” Kobayashi Sora agreed readily, “It’ll be fine after we finish eating.”

"Sigh..." Xiaolin Lan sighed, "Indeed, the good qualities of both parents are similar."

Ran Kobayashi quickly gave up her obsession with the ice cream and, wearing a cat hat and cat paw gloves, teased the rice cake, meowing softly.

Rice Cake: "Meow?"

Ran Kobayashi: "Meow meow meow~"

Rice Cake: "Meow..."

"It's so hot, meow~" Xiaolin Lan looked out the window, "Let's go out and play, meow!"

It snowed yesterday, and everything outside is covered in white.

"It feels like it snows every Christmas," said Kobayashi Megumi, pulling at Kobayashi Ran who was trying to run out. "Get dressed first."

Dressed neatly, the family of three went out with rice cakes in hand.

"Wow~" Xiaolin Lan exhaled with her mouth wide open, excitedly watching the white mist gradually dissipate. "This is so much fun!"

The rice cake clearly had a different idea, shaking its paws as it walked.

When they arrived at the park near their home, Nian Gao gradually got used to it, running around in the snow with a carefree attitude, and rolling around in the snow with a less carefree attitude.

Many parents were playing with their children in the park. Seeing other children building snowmen, Xiao Linlan also became interested and started rolling small snowballs with her father, gradually pushing them into big snowballs.

"It's done!" Ran Kobayashi happily raised her hands.

“This is only the body we’ve just finished,” Kobayashi Megumi reminded her. “We still need to make a head.”

"We still need to work on the head..." Xiaolin Lan was already a little tired. "Let's go find someone to borrow one."

"I doubt anyone will lend it..." Kobayashi Sora said, both amused and exasperated.

"I'm not doing it anymore!" a voice rang out from the other side. "So tired~~~"

"It looks like someone might borrow it." Ran Kobayashi's eyes lit up. "Ah, it's Eriri's mom!"

"You were the one who said you wanted to draw the snowman you built yourself, right?" Kasumigaoka Utaha crossed her arms. "Your snowman only has a body?"

“Who said it’s just a body!” Eriri retorted. “This is a head!”

Kasumigaoka Utaha: "...Isn't that still a deficiency?"

"Eri-chan, Utaha-chan!" Ran Kobayashi waved excitedly, "I'm right here!"

"Ranran?" Hearing Ran's voice, Eriri looked in Ran's direction and immediately noticed the large snowball next to Ran. "It's so big! She's pregnant!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha compared them, saying, "Even a child's snowball is bigger than yours."

“It’s not the same!” Eriri argued. “Ranran has Sora to help her, while I only have someone by my side who does nothing and just makes sarcastic remarks.”

"You're the one who's going to draw the snowman you build yourself. If I help you, then it won't be something you built by yourself, right?"

"Teamwork, you're such a grown-up, don't you even understand teamwork?" Eriri Okumigaoka Utaha stuck out her tongue. "Even a child understands cooperation better than you."

Kasumigaoka Utaha glared at her, intending to retort, but Kobayashi Ran was already close, so she ignored Eriri, opened her arms and hugged the rushing Kobayashi Ran, saying, "Slow down, what if you fall?"

"I just fell down." Little Lin Lan's face was a little red from the cold. "The snow was soft~ so Lan Lan didn't cry!"

"Lanlan is so great!" Kasumigaoka Utaha praised, glancing sideways at Eriri. "She's much more sensible than other kids."

Eriri: "...Who's being unreasonable!"

"One, two... rise!" Kobayashi Sora's arms swayed with the force of a thousand pounds... but it wasn't quite that exaggerated.