How to raise a random guy's wife

The two of them were pressed together, and it felt noticeably hotter.

Kobayashi Megumi chuckled, "Indeed."

"If only the fan could move by itself," Xiaolin Lan sighed, "then Mom and Lanlan wouldn't be tired."

As they were talking, Ran Kobayashi set her sights on the electric fan next to Sora Kobayashi.

"Whoosh~" Kobayashi Ran fanned Kobayashi Sora with a fan.

Xiaolin Kongqing: "...?"

Ran Kobayashi tried for a while...

"It's so hot."

Kobayashi Sora saved the file casually. "Okay, let's go out and have some fun!"

"Great! Wow—!" Ran Kobayashi cheered happily, but then realized something important, "Isn't it very hot outside?"

"Then let's go somewhere cool to play." Kobayashi Sora thought of a good place.

......

"It's so cool!" Wearing shorts, Xiaolin Lan stepped into the shallow river water. "It's so refreshing!"

Kobayashi Megumi sat on a rock by the river, her fair feet playfully kicking the water. "Daddy found a great place!"

"Right~" Kobayashi Sora was somewhat influenced by her daughter's catchphrase.

"Hey~" Kobayashi Megumi bent down slightly, a smile playing on her lips, "Where are you looking?"

Her fair feet swayed gently in the river, the shimmering water giving Kobayashi Megumi's jade-like feet a dreamlike glow.

"N-nothing..." Kobayashi Sora reluctantly looked away, picked up a stone, tossed it to the side, and the stone bounced two or three times on the water's surface before finally falling into the water.

"Wow, that's amazing!" Xiaolin Lan picked up a stone, just like her.

thump.

"Huh?" Ran Kobayashi looked at her hand in confusion, then turned to look at Sora Kobayashi.

“Dad will teach you,” Kobayashi Sora demonstrated, “You have to throw it sideways.”

Ran Kobayashi tried again.

thump.

She said nothing, silently turning her head to look at Kobayashi Sora.

“Hmm…” Kobayashi Sora thought for a moment, “We also need to pay attention to the shape. These round, thin ones are easier to make.”

He demonstrated again, this time the pebble skipped five times.

Ran Kobayashi searched earnestly along the riverbank, "Like this?"

“Yes, that’s it.” Kobayashi Sora turned to the side. “Like this, throw it horizontally.”

"Throw it sideways..." Kobayashi Ran concentrated intently, turned sideways and threw it with all her might.

The pebble slipped from my hand and skipped across the water twice.

Ran Kobayashi cheered, "We did it!"

Kobayashi Sora reached out and clapped hands with her daughter in celebration.

"Lanlan is looking for even better stones; she'll definitely throw them even better!" Little Lin Lan exclaimed excitedly, looking down to search for stones. "This one's great!"

She handed the stone she had picked up to Kobayashi Sora, saying, "Dad, feel it, it's smooth."

The yellowish-brown stones have had their sharp edges worn away by the river, leaving them with a smooth, rounded feel.

Kobayashi Sora rubbed the stone. "It's really nice."

“Right~” Ran Kobayashi lowered her head and continued searching, “There’s a completely black one here, how rare.”

"Is it rare?"

"This is extremely rare." Xiaolin Lan squatted on the ground, the shallow riverbank seemed to have turned into a treasure trove. "The pattern on this one is so beautiful, it looks like meat."

“It really looks like it…” Kobayashi Sora was originally bending down to look for it, but as she searched, she squatted down with her daughter. “There’s a completely white one here.”

“This…” Ran Kobayashi examined it carefully, “It might be a priceless gem!”

"Really?" Kobayashi Sora blinked. "By the way, do you know what Baoyu is?"

"What a beautiful stone."

“...Correct answer.” Kobayashi Sora nodded. “Lanlan is really smart.”

Ran Kobayashi earnestly instructed, "Make sure you keep it safe."

"Mmm." Kobayashi Sora put the stone in her pocket. "There's a number 7 on this one."

"Maybe we can make a total of ten!" Ran Kobayashi added, helping to search as well. "This one is great too!"

Kobayashi Megumi watched the father and daughter picking up stones by the river with a gentle smile on her face and a tender smile in her eyes. Her fair feet gently splashed in the river water, and the cool feeling was refreshing in the gradually warming summer.

“This stone looks like the color of rice cake,” Kobayashi Ran showed it to Kobayashi Sora, “There’s gray, black and white.”

“This looks like a cow,” Kobayashi Sora showed her daughter her find. “It’s black and white in patches.”

“This one is shaped like…” Xiaolin Lan lifted her little foot, “It looks like Lanlan’s foot. It would be even better if we could find a few more that are shaped like toes.”

Chapter 749 Rambling

"How's this size?" Kobayashi Sora found a milky white one.

"It seems a little too big."

"What about this one?"

"Perfect! There's one more here." Xiaolin Lan picked one up, held it up, and put it away contentedly.

Soon all five were found, and Lin Lan happily ran to her mother's side, "Mommy, Mommy, look!"

"Huh?" Kobayashi Megumi pretended not to know. "What are you looking at?"

"This is the base." Ran Kobayashi held up the round stone with one hand, then placed the others on top. "This is the foot, and this one, this one, and this one are toes—look, these are Ranran's footprints!"

"Really!" Kobayashi Megumi observed carefully. "They're all about the same size."

"There are so many beautiful stones..." Xiaolin Lan put the stones on the grass, took her mother's hand, and walked into the shallow river together.

So one more person joined the group collecting stones.

What exactly should we pick up?

Kobayashi Megumi didn't know.

Kong Qing and Lan Lan seem to be having a lot of fun.

Kobayashi Megumi glanced around aimlessly and saw a red stone that looked like a flower petal.

I picked up the stone casually, held it between my fingers and examined it. The afternoon sun shone on the stone, giving it a faint halo.

It looks...very pretty.

"Mom!" Kobayashi Sora held up a stone and handed it to Kobayashi Megumi. "Look, this one is so round."

"Really?" Kobayashi Megumi was momentarily dazed; Sora's tone just now sounded like Lanlan's.

“This looks like a bird’s egg!” Ran Kobayashi found a spotted stone. She had seen pictures of bird eggs in an encyclopedia. “It’s the same size too.”

“It really does look like it…” Kobayashi Megumi picked up a stone, a black stone with a thin white line, which had a strange meaning to it. “This one is not bad either.”

There seems to be an even better one next to it...

Kobayashi Megumi moved her feet, but only a little distance away, and suddenly many beautiful stones seemed to appear around her.

As Kobayashi Megumi selected stones, she compared them with those she had found before. It seemed as if there were always prettier stones lying quietly in the clear river water, waiting for her to discover them.

"Eh..." Kobayashi Megumi squeezed the wet stone in her hand, looked up at Kobayashi Ran, "Collecting stones, is it really that fun?"

"Huh?" Xiaolin Lan was stunned. "Mom just noticed?"

“Yes…” Kobayashi Megumi looked at the stone in her hand, “Mom only just realized this after she’s grown up so much.”

Xiaolin Lan blinked, "Great..."

Kobayashi Sora asked curiously, "Why do you say that?"

"Mom is so old and she can still discover fun things she didn't know before," Lin Lan said with hopeful eyes. "When Lanlan grows up, she'll also discover lots of fun things she doesn't know now—isn't that amazing?"

"..." Kobayashi Sora opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but nothing came out. All her words turned into a soft laugh, "Yeah, that's great."

Whether now or not,

Or the future.

-

"Mom found this," Ran Kobayashi introduced to Akane Kousaka. "It's small and cute, isn't it?"

“Really.” Akane Akasaka didn’t care about the skirt at all. She crossed one leg on the sofa and let the other leg hang down naturally. She sat sideways on the sofa, picking up pebbles and examining them. “They look like gemstones.”

“Right~” Ran Kobayashi pointed to another one, “This one is transparent and a little pink, like cherry blossom petals.”

"This color is amazing!" Akane Kousaka exclaimed. "Can you even find something like this?"

"This is my favorite, it has a rustling texture on it." Ran Kobayashi found a gray one and handed it to Akane Kousaka.

"Rusty?"

Ran Kobayashi demonstrates, "Rub it like this near your ear~"

"Oh~ so this is what it sounds like, all rustling." Akane Kousaka tried it out. "It's a very relaxing sound."

Machida Sonoko and the Kobayashi couple had finished discussing the collaboration. As she sipped her drink, she looked in the direction of Akane Kousaka and remarked, "It's only at times like this that we see Akane like this."

Kobayashi Sora recalled the time she worked with Akane Akasaka, saying, "I could never have imagined this scene before."

“I want to say that too,” Machida Sonoko thought, recalling her feelings when she first met Kobayashi Sora. “How could that annoying guy have turned out like this?”

“That was a special case back then,” Kobayashi Sora smiled. “To achieve our goal, that was the only way to act at that point in time.”

Kobayashi Megumi asked curiously, "What?"