How to raise a random guy's wife

Kasumigaoka Utaha took off her coat and hung it up. "Non-alcoholic beer."

“What’s so great about non-alcoholic beer?” Akane Kousaka waved her hand dismissively. “Draft beer!”

Machida Sonoko glared at her. "Don't listen to her. We want non-alcoholic beer too."

Akane Akasaka made a final plea: "I want a good-tasting non-alcoholic beer."

Shop assistant: "......"

"We'd like three bottles of Ramune soda," Ran Kobayashi raised her hand, "Orange flavor, thank you, big sister."

"Okay," the shop assistant smiled happily, touched by Kobayashi Ran's cute voice. "Please wait a little while."

Ran Kobayashi nodded vigorously, "Yes!"

“You two really never get tired of this…” Machida Sonoko looked at the Kobayashi couple. “It seems like you’ve been drinking this all the time.”

“Because Sora has been drinking it all along, I’ve gotten used to it too.” Kobayashi Megumi looked at Kobayashi Sora. “Even if I’ve drunk other things, I still want to drink some orange soda.”

Akane Kousaka found it strange, "I remember you used to drink all kinds of flavors? How come you've become so loyal to one?"

“Oh…” Kobayashi Sora looked nostalgic. “Because when I first met Megumi, her hair smelled of oranges.”

The air fell silent for a moment.

Eriri was taken aback. "You like to drink her hair?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha sighed, "...Are you allergic to romance?"

“I’m more inclined to think it’s a form of self-protection.” Akane Akasaka regretted asking that question earlier. “After eating too much dog food, I just want to destroy it whenever I see it.”

Eriri blushed, "I didn't!"

"Beef...!" Ran Kobayashi struggled to decipher the tiny words on the menu. "Roasted!"

“Wow,” Machida Sonoko praised, “Ranran can actually recognize so many words, that’s amazing.”

"Right~" Ran Kobayashi smiled happily, continuing to select the parts she recognized and reading them aloud, "Pork belly... beef... beef tongue... Wagyu beef..."

As the drinks were gradually served, everyone began to order food.

"Lanlan wants to eat this..." Xiaolin Lan pointed to the noodles on the menu, which looked very pretty.

"Cold noodles, huh?" Kobayashi Sora asked the clerk. "Wouldn't it be too spicy for a child?"

"Can I have one without kimchi and chili?"

“Okay,” Kobayashi Sora added, “I also want beef tongue with scallion and salt sauce, a seafood platter, Wagyu beef sirloin, and high-fat pork belly…”

After ordering, the staff brought out the charcoal stove.

As the charcoal glowed red, Ran Kobayashi recalled her previous experience at the beach, "This is something you can't touch!"

"Yes, it's very hot," Kobayashi Megumi reminded her. "Put the meat on it later, and it'll be ready to eat after it's grilled."

Akane Akasaka picked up a non-alcoholic beer, just in time for a drink, and turned to notice Ran Kobayashi staring at the charcoal stove. "Ranran, how about I get you a drink?"

Xiaolin Ran asked, puzzled, "Want a cup?"

"It's just about leading everyone in a toast," Kobayashi Megumi explained. "You just need to say something to encourage everyone to cheer."

"Mmm..." Ran Kobayashi held up her soda, "Then... the ice cream is super delicious!"

"The ice cream is so delicious!" Everyone clinked glasses in agreement.

There are three types of dipping sauces for grilled meat: mildly spicy miso sauce, lemon juice, and the common stir-fry soy sauce.

After the grill is preheated, Kobayashi Sora uses grill tongs to gently pick up the slices of meat and place them on the grill where the heat is strongest.

With a sizzling sound, the grilled meat gradually released an enticing aroma.

Megumi Kobayashi handed the grilled meat to Ran Kobayashi, saying, "Be careful, it's hot!"

"Mmm!" Lin Lan pursed her lips, blew on the lemon juice, touched it to her lips to make sure the temperature was just right, and then put it in her mouth. "So delicious~"

Akane Kousaka folded the grilled meat covered with chopped green onions in half and placed it on the grill rack. "Speaking of which, shouldn't the production of 'Mononoke' be nearing completion?"

“The workload for the final episode is quite large,” Kasumigaoka Utaha replied, “but based on the current progress, it can be completed smoothly.”

Eriri glanced at her. "You make it sound so easy..."

Chapter 822 Double the Deliciousness

For Kasumigaoka Utaha, it's a matter of production schedule.

For Eriri's original artwork, it had to be drawn stroke by stroke.

“If the schedule is really tight,” Kasumigaoka Utaha picked up a piece of grilled meat, “would you still be able to eat here?”

She had already brought Eriri back to the company to work overtime.

Eriri reached out with her chopsticks to grab it, "Ah! That's what I just baked!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha deftly dodged Eriri's chopsticks with a slight movement of her fingers, put the meat into her mouth, and proudly moved her chopsticks, saying, "My fingers are very nimble."

Yinglili: "...dirty!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha: "...Hmm?"

Akane Akasaka kindly reminded him, "Remember to trim your nails."

Then Machida Sonoko patted him.

"You guys need to be careful," Kobayashi Sora sighed. "There are children here too."

Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Kobayashi Sora, who was feeding Kobayashi Megumi, and said, "You should pay more attention to this aspect."

Kobayashi Megumi ate the meat that Kobayashi Sorako had given her. "It seems like Akane-nee's animated film is coming out soon, right?"

"Hmm..." Akane Akasaka looked at Sonoko Machida blankly, "Which one?"

“For You Who Are Already Dead.” Machida Sonoko picked up a grilled beef tongue with scallion and salt sauce. “Why don’t you pay more attention to your own work?”

"Ah... that one." Akane Kousaka remembered, "It seems like it'll be soon, that game from back then, I remember."

When RGW was first launched, the data wasn't very good.

Kobayashi Sora asked Akane Akasaka for help with promotion, and Akane Akasaka then streamed a game.

The general plot is that the male and female protagonists meet in a white space. The male protagonist uses the information provided by the female protagonist to help her find the murderer who killed her. After returning from the white space, he runs to the female protagonist and saves her from being killed by the murderer.

Although it was just a short visual novel that I made casually during a live stream, it received a very good response.

The story tells of two childhood sweethearts who, through this opportunity, reminisce about the past while pursuing the present, bringing their once distant hearts closer together and ultimately reuniting.

It features youthful romance, suspenseful mystery, and the final twist where the male protagonist wakes up from a dream and realizes that the female protagonist is still alive is the highlight.

Beautiful memories and harsh reality intertwine, and complex emotions are perfectly expressed through unspoken ambiguity. Unexpected yet reasonable plot twists, coupled with structural coherence and a relatively short length, kept it a top RGW chart for quite some time.

Even "White Album" didn't perform as well as "For You Who Are Dead".

After all, White Album is too long.

It was only a natural progression to adapt it into an animated film.

“With so many of my works, how could I possibly pay attention to every single one?” Akane Akasaka said, sipping her beer. “Besides, it’s just a short story.”

That was really infuriating, but Akane Kousaka had the ability to convince people.

"Daddy, Daddy~" Xiaolin Lan tugged at Xiaolin Kongqing's clothes, "Lanlan wants to try too."

Kobayashi Sora handed the barbecue tongs to Kobayashi Ran, saying, "Be careful not to get burned."

"Mmm, just like when you make pancakes, right?"

"Yes."

So Ran Kobayashi started using the barbecue tongs as a spatula.

"Is that so?" Kobayashi Megumi held Kobayashi Ran's little hand and taught her how to use the clips.

“It’s at times like these that I really realize the age gap,” Machida Sonoko remarked. “When I was still single, the people around me were already raising children.”

"Then shouldn't you feel even more young?" Eriri picked up a piece of grilled meat. "Everyone else is married, and you're still single."

"Hmm...hmm?" Machida Sonoko's mind didn't quite catch on for a moment.

“You can treat me like a child,” Akane Akasaka had a good idea. “I want to eat that.”

"Can you not reveal your intentions so quickly?" Machida Sonoko glared at Akane Kousaka and put a piece of meat on her plate. "Are all creative people's thinking this unpredictable?"

“Those two are exceptions.” Kasumigaoka Utaha tasted a sip of the seaweed soup. It tasted quite good, with a unique flavor that was both rich and refreshing. “There are quite a few normal people like me.”

"How dare you say such a thing, you gloomy woman... Ah!" Eriri noticed that Kasumigaoka Utaha was picking at the meat she had grilled again, and hurriedly reached out with her chopsticks to snatch it away.

Kasumigaoka Utaha once again demonstrated the dexterity of her fingers, avoiding Eriri's chopsticks.

But she didn't avoid Eriri's mouth.

Eriri opened her mouth and ate the meat off Kasumigaoka Utaha's chopsticks, revealing a smug expression.

"Can the sausage be grilled?" Ran Kobayashi asked with difficulty as she picked up the sausage.

"Sure," Kobayashi Megumi replied with a smile. "Mushrooms can be grilled too."

Ran Kobayashi placed the sausages on the grill, then the mushrooms, and then the meat, busy as a bee.

"Alright, alright." Kobayashi Sora put some meat on her daughter's plate. "Don't just think about grilling, you have to eat some too."

"Oh right." Xiaolin Lan suddenly realized and sat down to eat obediently.

From Kobayashi Sora's perspective, you can see her daughter's chubby cheeks, and Kobayashi Ran's expression is serious and enjoyable as she eats.

Machida Sonoko took a sip of beer. "Things at sea must be tough lately, right?"

"Why do you say that?" Kobayashi Megumi wiped the soy sauce from her daughter's mouth with a tissue.

"With 'Mononoke' over, it's time for her to think about her next project." Machida Sonoko is very experienced in this regard. "But if her debut work is so successful, it will be difficult for her to continue. She will either fall into the obsession of self-affirmation or the despair of self-denial. Given her personality, she is more likely to fall into the latter."

“She does have that tendency; she even came to me before.” Kobayashi Megumi took the Ramune soda that Kobayashi Sora handed her. “She said she wanted to take some time to settle down and asked me if I had any suitable projects recently.”

“That’s a good method,” Machida Sonoko nodded. “It can also help viewers with overly high expectations to calm down.”

“Iori put in a lot of effort here.” Kobayashi Sora smiled. “He strongly suggested that we go overseas to make a quick buck while the iron was hot, and then going overseas solidified his idea of ​​not producing any more works in the short term.”

I don't know if Iori Hashima did this on purpose.