How to raise a random guy's wife

Sawamura Sayuri beamed, "Good girl~"

Kobayashi Sora looked at Eriri, "Nephew..."

"Go to hell!" Eriri snapped, grabbing Kato Megumi's hand. "Kato, let's go, let's ignore him!"

"Hmm..." Before Kato Megumi could respond, Eriri pulled her away.

“Let the kids play with it.” Leonard picked up the game. “It’s still unopened, and I feel a little guilty about it.”

“It would be a sin to keep it with me.” Kobayashi Sora sat down. “If it weren’t for you, it would have been gathering dust for another year.”

Leonard's face showed genuine joy. "That puts my mind at ease."

"Kobayashi," Sawamura Sayuri chuckled, "you didn't come here just to deliver games, did you?"

"That's right. Actually, I came here for Sawamura-kun."

Sawamura Sayuri winked at her husband, "See? I told you so, this is a two-way street."

Leonard nodded.

“I’ve written a light novel and it’s currently being prepared for release,” Kobayashi Sora explained the purpose of her trip, “so I’d like Sawamura-kun to help with the illustrations and cover.”

Sawamura Sayuri: "......"

"What light novel?" Leonard was more interested in the work itself.

"This is it." Kobayashi Sora took out a piece of manuscript paper from her bag and handed it over.

Sayuri Sawamura rested her chin on her hand. "Your brother and I would like Eriri to help, but Eriri is the one who holds the paintbrush. Even we can't force her to create."

“I understand,” Kobayashi Sora explained. “That’s why I brought the manuscript. If Sawamura-kun likes this story, then there’s no need to say more. If Sawamura-kun doesn’t like it, I won’t force him.”

"Good girl~" Sawamura Sayuri was very satisfied with Kobayashi Sora's attitude.

Eriri, a girl with an awkward personality, needs a boyfriend who is good-tempered, considerate, respectful of others' ideas, and full of initiative.

"This story..." For a nerdy guy like Leonard, speed reading is practically a basic skill. In just a few sentences, he finished reading a short, relatively complete section of the story. "Eri will definitely love this story!"

Chapter 80 Deeply Rooted

"Hmm?" Sayuri Sawamura was a little surprised. She knew Leonard's discerning ability very well. For him to say something like that, it seems Kobayashi Sora's light novels are quite powerful. "Honey, don't be too sure."

“If it were any other type, I wouldn’t be sure,” Leonard added excitedly. “But this is a childhood sweetheart story! It’s about the sweet, tingling romance of first love, without any complicated emotional entanglements. The beginning is the end, but this pure, innocent sweetness and heart-fluttering feeling of youth is something you can watch countless times without getting tired of it! Eriri will definitely love this kind of story!”

As expected of a recluse, despite being British, Leonard was able to deliver a long and insightful commentary fluently in Japanese.

Kobayashi Sora was very aware of being a plagiarist, and since the praise wasn't for her, she wasn't too excited.

It was precisely because he was relatively calm that he was able to notice Sawamura Sayuri's gradually brightening smile and increasingly gloomy gaze.

"Even without a childhood sweetheart experience, it's impossible to resist this pure love. If you have a childhood sweetheart experience, you'll resonate with it even more strongly," Leonard declared excitedly. "This is a work that no one can hate; everyone will only like it or love it very much!"

Brother, stop talking.

Can't you see the stars twinkling above your head?

Leonard is like Dior standing on a steamroller right now, showing off even though he's about to die, with an expression of extreme excitement.

"Um..." Kobayashi Sora forced out, overcoming Sawamura Sayuri's pressure, "Brother..."

"Kuyou-kun?" Sawamura Sayuri's voice was gentle. "It's time to eat. Could you please go and call Eriri?"

"Okay...okay." Kobayashi Sora was very considerate of a guest.

"Leonard, return the manuscript to Kong Qingjun."

"But I haven't finished watching it yet..." Leonard said with an air of oblivious reluctance.

“Mr. Leonard Spencer,” Sayuri Sawamura reminded him with a smile, “this is a precious original manuscript. It wouldn’t be good if it got stained with blood, wouldn’t you say?”

Actually, it might be more valuable to collect if it's stained with blood, Kobayashi Sora thought.

I didn't dare say it.

Leonard's expression froze.

Sawamura Sayuri took the manuscript paper and handed it back to Kobayashi Sora, saying, "No need to rush, chat with Eriri a little longer before coming back for dinner."

"I......"

Let's chat a little longer.

"Ok."

Kobayashi Sora gave Leonard a look that said "good luck," and left under his despairing gaze.

Before they had gone far, they heard Leonard's scream.

And there's Sayuri Sawamura's gentle voice.

"Childhood sweethearts, huh? First stirrings of love, huh?! Feeling all tingly and a little thrill, huh?! I'm angry? I'm not angry, what's there to be angry about? You're just a loser..."

So, you see.

How important it is to learn to control your emotions.

-

“This is my studio,” Eriri introduced to Megumi Kato. “I usually spend most of my time painting here.”

There is one thing that Sayuri Sawamura was right about.

It's been a long time since any friends have visited Eriri's house.

To be precise, it's been at least eight years.

I don't want people to find out I'm an otaku, and I dislike people who are timid or obsequious when they come to my house...

There are many reasons, but only one result.

No one will come if she doesn't invite them.

Until one guy showed up uninvited... he was invited by Dad.

What kind of friendship is this, transcending age!

"So beautiful~" Kato Megumi looked around at the various works on display, many of which were still unfinished sketches. "They're not what I imagined."

"What you imagine?"

"It feels like Kong Qing's room, with papers scattered everywhere."

“It gets better if I tidy up more often; that’s definitely how it is when I’m rushing to meet a deadline.” Eriri thought back to the maid in the house who would help her tidy up. “Is his room very messy?”

She's been there a few times and didn't find it chaotic.

"I tidy up often now." Kato Megumi has gradually figured out which of the piles of paper in Kobayashi Sora's house are scraps of paper and which need to be sorted and put away. "Just seeing them makes me feel so impressed. How long have you been learning?"

"Hmm..." Eriri thought for a moment, "Probably starting from the second grade of elementary school."

"Huh? That took so long? That's amazing."

"It's alright, many people start from a young age." Eriri blushed slightly, unable to bear Kato Megumi's straightforward praise. "It's nothing special."

“I mean, it’s really impressive that you’ve kept it hidden for so long,” Kato Megumi added. “It must have been very tough.”

"Huh?" Eriri was taken aback, as if she had been struck by something. "Well... there's nothing I can do about it. The prejudice against otaku is deeply ingrained."

"That's true, there are quite a few people in the class who dislike Aki-kun." Kato Megumi nodded. "But as for Sawamura-kun, even otaku would have plenty of fans, right?"

“Me…” Eriri lowered her eyelids slightly, “I’ve been the least worthy of being an otaku since I was a child.”

"Huh?" Kato Megumi cast a questioning glance at her.

"Moreover, it seems that people think it's more embarrassing for someone like me, who doesn't seem like an otaku, to be having fun talking about anime and video games than for someone who looks like an otaku to be talking about those things."

"Hmm..." Kato Megumi looked somewhat troubled. "It's a little hard to understand."

“I wasn’t interested in their thoughts, since they were none of my business, until they started bullying me.”

"Eh?"

"After I pretended to quit being a shut-in, no one dared to bully me anymore."

“He seems even more amazing now,” Kato Megumi murmured. “And he’s so cool.”

"Huh?" Eriri looked puzzled. If it weren't for the fact that Kato Megumi didn't have that annoying expression like Kobayashi Sora, she would have thought that Kato Megumi was being sarcastic.

"Even though she was hurt because she's an otaku, she never changed her passion and has persisted until now..." Kato Megumi murmured, "Isn't that kind of persistence and passion amazing?"

If Kato Megumi's previous impression of Eriri was that of a beautiful girl with a good family background and talent, at this moment, Kato Megumi truly realized that Eriri possessed a passion as intense as that of Shibuya Kanon.

Shibuya Kanon has to overcome her fears, while Eriri has to constantly disguise herself to avoid being hurt by others.

They all endured hardships that are unimaginable to ordinary people, all for what they loved.

"Eriri..." Eriri lowered her head and uttered a weak sound.

"Huh?" Kato Megumi didn't hear clearly.

“Just call me Eriri,” Eriri said, biting her lower lip with her canine teeth and looking to the side with a blush. “Megumi.”

Chapter 81 Keep Quiet

what happened?

Kobayashi Sora was completely bewildered.

Why did Eriri and Megumi Kato suddenly become so close?

Dinner went quite well, if you ignored Leonard's messy hair.

After dinner, Sayuri Sawamura told Leonard she had something to take care of, said a brief goodbye, and left.

Sayuri Sawamura thought that she should give her child some alone time.

But she always felt like she had overlooked something...

Well... don't worry about it.

"You're going to draw the cover and illustrations?" Eriri looked annoyed. "Do I look like an illustration to you?"

Kobayashi Sora looked at it for a moment, "It's not impossible."