How to raise a random guy's wife

The clear river water reflects the cherry blossom branches, and fallen cherry blossoms rest on the water's surface, creating ripples.

Click!

The rice cake sharpened its claws and, with a lightness of movement completely disproportionate to its large size, easily climbed up the tree trunk.

Although she looks lazy, as a big cat, Nian Gao hasn't choked on the dog food yet, all thanks to her keen senses and agile movements.

Therefore, their physical fitness is excellent.

With its mouth slightly open, the big cat gets a close look at the scent of cherry blossoms.

Click!

The bright sunlight filtered through the gaps between the branches, turning the cherry blossoms pink and creating a dreamlike radiance.

Click!

Eriri skillfully set up her easel, closed one eye, measured the outline with a pencil, and began to expertly sketch the contours.

Cherry blossoms fell onto the drawing paper. Eriri raised her hand to brush them away, hesitated for a moment, and let the petals slide to the edge.

This is also part of cherry blossom viewing.

“We came out to see the cherry blossoms,” Kasumigaoka Utaha said, arms crossed. “Why are you still drawing?”

“This is my way of enjoying cherry blossoms,” Eriri glared at her. “Why don’t you just go play with them?”

Kasumigaoka Utaha gestured with her chin toward Kobayashi Sora and Kobayashi Megumi, "I can't afford to play this game."

Eriri looked over, her face flushing, "Where's Ranran?"

“You can see it by following the gaze of the blue sky…” Kasumigaoka Utaha had just turned her head to look at Kobayashi Ran when she heard a click.

Xiaolin Lan held up her camera and said, "Godmother, godmother~ come a little closer."

“Okay~” Kasumigaoka Utaha was very easy to talk to when dealing with children, and took two steps to stand next to Eriri.

"Can't get a good shot? Get a little closer!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha bends over...

"Hey!" Eriri felt a heavy weight on her head. "You did this on purpose, didn't you!"

"Ah... I forgot about this annoying thing~" Kasumigaoka Utaha stepped back slightly, making enough space, and bent down to support Eriri's shoulder.

That way it won't fall on Eriri's head.

Eriri: "Do you want me to pull it off for you?"

"Haven't you tried it many times already?"

"Kasumigaoka Utaha!"

Click!

"It's done!" Ran Kobayashi walked over and showed the two the photos.

Kasumigaoka Utaha held Eriri's shoulder, pink cherry blossoms falling on her black hair. She tilted her head to look at Eriri, and Eriri turned her head to look at her. Such a beautiful moment was captured by Kobayashi Ran in her camera.

Eriri blushed. This almost ambiguous composition, while clearly showing her anger, had been completely transformed by the cherry blossoms, distorting her emotions entirely. "This photo..."

"That's great!" Kasumigaoka Utaha praised. "Ranran is very talented."

Lin Lan's beautiful eyes narrowed into happy crescent moons. "Daddy taught Lanlan this!"

Eriri then realized that if she rejected the photo, she would be rejecting Ran Kobayashi's efforts.

That was close...

Children don't have bad intentions.

I just wanted to take nice photos.

Ran Kobayashi raised her camera again, "Next up are the kissing photos."

They have bad intentions!

"A kiss?" Kasumigaoka Utaha raised an eyebrow. "What made you think of taking those kinds of photos?"

"Because it's so pretty!" Ran Kobayashi showed off the results of her recent efforts. "Look~"

Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri peeked out to look.

The couple embraced and kissed under the tree. Amidst the falling cherry blossoms, a blurry petal perfectly obscured their lips, adding a touch of seasonal charm and a hint of beautiful subtlety to this blissful scene.

Eriri was quite surprised, "You took this?"

"Yeah~"

“That’s really great,” Kasumigaoka Utaha ruffled Kobayashi Ran’s hair. “You might actually have a real talent for taking photos.”

"A little more realistic than before?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha laughed, "There are so many."

Ran Kobayashi raised her camera, "Shall we kiss?"

"No kissing." Eriri resolutely refused.

"Okay..." Xiaolin Lan's attention shifted to the drawing paper. "Is godmother drawing?"

“Yes,” Eriri’s gaze swept across the drawing paper, “Don’t you think this place is beautiful?”

"So beautiful!" Ran Kobayashi raised her camera.

Click!

Looking at the beautiful scenery she had captured, Ran Kobayashi turned to look at the sketch on the drawing paper.

He looked at the camera and the sketches again.

Her lips moved, and Xiaolin Lan's face showed obvious reluctance. "Do...do you want me to lend you my camera?"

"If you can't bear to part with it, don't force yourself." Even Eriri noticed Ran's struggle and replied with a smile, "It's only meaningful if Mom draws it."

"Meaning?" Ran Kobayashi tilted her head. "What meaning?"

"Hmm..." Eriri really couldn't say.

If Kasumigaoka Utaha asks, even if she can't answer well, she can still overpower her with her presence.

But Eriri didn't know what to do when faced with Ran's curiosity.

Kasumigaoka Utaha points ahead, "This is the scenery here," then points to Kobayashi Ran's camera, "This is the scenery in your eyes," and finally points to the drawing paper, "This is the scenery in Eriri's mother's heart, unlike the scenery here and the scenery in your eyes. Only Eriri's mother knows the scenery in her heart."

Kasumigaoka Utaha bent down and earnestly explained to Kobayashi Ran, "The meaning of painting is to turn the scenery in your heart into a painting that everyone can see, so that others can also feel the joy that Eriri's mother felt."

Eriri glanced at Kasumigaoka Utaha.

This person was just saying something like, "I came out to admire the cherry blossoms and also to paint," and now they're explaining the significance of painting in a very logical and eloquent way.

I don't understand this guy... well, at least he explains things better than I do.

Ran Kobayashi looked down at the camera in her hand, "Then..."

Oops!

Eriri realized a serious problem: if Kasumigaoka Utaha said that, wouldn't that negate the meaning of taking photos and negate Kobayashi Ran's efforts just now?

"The meaning of Ranlan's photos is to record scenes that others can't see, so that others can also feel Ranlan's happiness!" Ran looked earnestly at Eriri, "Eri-chan, we're doing something really great!"

“Ah… um… that’s right!” Eriri nodded vigorously.

What's with this feeling of being surpassed by a child...?

Eriri refocused her attention on the painting in front of her.

Ah, the scenery in my heart...

Before she even put pen to paper, Eriri already had a picture in her mind of what the finished painting would look like.

But now, I suddenly feel like something is missing.

Ran Kobayashi has found a new target and takes her camera to take pictures.

Kasumigaoka Utaha followed.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

Eriri held her pencil and looked ahead.

It seems like there's more missing than expected.

Chapter 736 Bubble Trumpet

It's a feeling that's hard to describe.

I don't know what's missing, but I just feel like something's missing.

The originally perfect picture suddenly had a flaw.

The previous expectations, like air in a balloon, whooshed out through this gap.

Anyway... let's finish drawing it first.

With the scratching sound of a pencil, the simple sketch gradually becomes more refined.

That feeling of loss became more and more obvious.

What exactly is missing?

The scenery in front of us is clearly beautiful and pleasing to the eye.

What's in front of me?

Eriri paused in her movements.

What I want to paint is not the scenery in front of me.

It is the scenery in one's own heart.

It's not that something is missing from the picture.

Rather, it's because... something is missing in my heart.

Something you didn't have before, so you didn't feel the lack; but after having it and then losing it, it becomes extremely important...