How to raise a random guy's wife

"what?"

I called you to tell you...

"what's up?"

Her fingertips, gripping the phone, turned white. Eriri gritted her teeth and forced out a warning, each word distinct: "I'm busy, don't bother me!"

"Britain--"

The call was disconnected.

Eriri threw the phone away.

Why her...?

Eriri stared at the boy and girl on the drawing paper.

Clearly... clearly we are the ones who...

It's not easy to get a spot in a club or organization.

Who do you think I put up with Kobayashi Sora's bullying for?

The girl sniffed.

Her cherry-pink lips were ravaged beyond recognition by her pearly teeth.

Don't cry...

She's cried enough.

I don't want to cry anymore.

The smiling girl in the painting is becoming increasingly blurry.

The rain has fallen outside the painting.

-

"Can't sing again?" Kobayashi Sora was completely bewildered when she received Tang Keke's call. "Weren't you having a great time singing before?"

The rice cake, after some hesitation, climbed onto Kobayashi Sora's lap and curled up into a ball.

"But now we can't sing anymore... We've tried so many things, but nothing works. What can we do?"

"As we agreed before, I'll give you the phone numbers of a few psychologists. I'll reimburse your treatment costs through the community, so don't worry."

"Really? Thank you, Kobayashi."

"Of course it's true. Don't rush. The celebration is in mid-May, right? Take your time."

"Okay, I'll go find Xiangyin now."

After hanging up the phone, Kobayashi Sora carried the rice cake to the sofa and checked the wound in front of the mirror.

It's almost completely healed.

Resisting the urge to pick at the scabs, Kobayashi Sora simply tidied her hair.

The phone rang again.

"Sister Zhu Yin".

"Kong Qing, how's your club going?"

"Although we've encountered some troubles, we're still making steady progress overall." Kobayashi Sora was telling the truth. By using Aki Tomoya to bring Eriri and Kasumigaoka Utaha into the club and establish a connection, it didn't matter whether Aki Tomoya could write a decent proposal or not after they started working together.

"This vague statement means it's still in the proposal stage?"

"......Yes."

After all, she was an expert-level speculative businessman, and Kobayashi Sora's little tricks could only be described as childish in comparison.

"You're used to making plans, so for a winter anime convention... the bottom line for the official implementation of the plan is the end of Golden Week, right?"

"......right."

"So you don't have much to do right now. You can take some time to do some research, and it's also fine if you come with me on a business trip to Hokkaido, right?"

“...Okay.” The other party didn’t give Kobayashi Sora a chance to refuse.

"My previous work was well-received after it was adapted into an anime, so a second season was needed. However, the previous director was removed, the production company found a new director, and there were some personnel changes."

"Wait, which work?" Kobayashi Sora reminded him, "You have so many works that have been adapted into anime, and all of them have been well received. This is too vague."

"...I forgot too, you can check it yourself later." Akane Akasaka said vaguely, "Anyway, I'll leave this to you, I have other things to do."

Xiao Lin Kong Qing: "..."

The big boss is capricious.

Chapter 83 The Past Reappears

"Korao..." Kato Megumi tilted her head towards Kobayashi Koorao's direction, "I feel like Eriri's gaze towards me is a little off?"

"Hmm?" Kobayashi Sora's fingers flew across her phone, quickly replying to messages. Hearing Kato Megumi's words, she put down the message she was writing and looked in Eriri's direction.

The blonde girl with twin ponytails sat at the other end of a long row of seats in the audiovisual classroom, her azure eyes fixed on them. Was the expression on her face one of jealousy or anger?

Kobayashi Sora wasn't very good at discerning emotions. "Is she angry?"

"No, not at all," Kato Megumi reminded her, "but it feels kind of similar."

"Similar? Similar to what?"

“Mochi,” Kato Megumi said in a low voice, “the first time I saw it.”

"So... you do have a kind of pitiful feeling." Kobayashi Sora carefully observed Eriri's expression.

She glared at me.

Eriri snorted and turned her head to look in the other direction.

Kasumigaoka Utaha just happened to push open the sliding door and walk in at that moment.

Upon seeing her, Eriri instinctively felt annoyed, snorted coldly, and turned her head to look in the other direction.

Kobayashi Sora was sizing her up.

Eriri turned her head again.

He covered his neck and hissed.

I twisted my neck.

Kasumigaoka Utaha raised an eyebrow. "I only found out today that tsundere can actually be in mortal danger."

Eriri bristled, "Kasumigaoka—hiss!"

My neck hurts.

Kasumigaoka Utaha smiled gently, "It also has the effect of curing bad habits."

Eriri was so angry she ground her teeth.

Aki Tomoya, who had gathered everyone, finally arrived. Seeing that all the members were in the classroom, he coughed lightly and placed a stack of printed papers on the desk. "After a long period of hard work, the proposal is finally finished. Without further ado, let's get started."

Kobayashi Sora nodded. It seemed that Aki Tomoya had come prepared this time.

"The stage is a multi-dimensional fantasy city street. The female lead is a rising idol waiting to debut, and the male lead is a freelance photographer and manager..." Aki Tomoya's glasses gleamed. "Oh, and the female lead is supposed to be wandering the streets after losing her memory, when the male lead takes her in and they live together. One day, the male lead receives orders from the agency president to promote the female lead as an idol, and that's roughly where the story begins..."

Eriri's expression gradually turned hostile. "Eh..."

Aki Tomoya was completely unaware that "the heroine's abilities are divided into various categories such as singing, dancing, appearance, temperament, perseverance, charm, and morality..."

Eriri ground her little white teeth, "I'm saying..."

Aki Tomoya: "Then, depending on how your stats grow, your job at the end will also change a lot..."

Eriri barely suppressed her anger, "Stop for a second..."

Aki Tomoya: "Being an S-class idol goes without saying, she might even catch the king's eye and become a princess. However, if the training method is wrong, she could become a traitor or a villain. Ah, of course, there's also the ending where she marries the male protagonist..."

"Shut up!" Eriri slammed her hand on the table in anger.

"Whoa, don't shout so loudly." Aki Tomoya was also startled. "It'll disturb the people around you."

"You're causing me trouble right now!"

"Is there?"

“…” Eriri sighed, “I have to go back now. All the time I spent this time was completely wasted.”

"Wait a minute!" Aki Tomoya hurriedly interrupted, "There's still so much more to say, like the geographically-related co-sponsorship projects, rare cards, gacha, the paid system, and a whole series of money-making schemes..."

"I thought things would be a bit better after the last report..." Eriri's twin tails were shaking with anger. "What's with this proposal that mixes all sorts of new and old simulation elements and just plagiarizes the content?"

Aki Tomoya scratched his face. "I almost copied everything last time too... only the source material was different."

"Don't use turning yourself in as an excuse!" Eriri angrily snatched a stack of papers from the desk, only to find that there were only a few lines on the first page. She angrily crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it at Aki Tomoya's face. "Isn't this still just a few lines? What are you pretending to be by holding up a whole stack of papers?"

"Ah!" Aki Tomoya wailed, "My life's work!"

"This scene feels strangely familiar," Kato Megumi said, looking at Kobayashi Sora. "Is it just my imagination?"

“It’s a real experience.” Kobayashi Sora smirked. “But this time I’m too lazy to explain exactly which games were stitched together.”

Kato Megumi blinked. "Hmm...it seems like something's missing."

Kasumigaoka Utaha spoke, her voice calm, "This time you're really focusing on the system aspect."

Eriri glanced at her and then fell silent, clearly annoyed.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's calmness only serves to highlight how volatile she is.

“Uh…” Aki Tomoya explained, “I heard that my senior has a new serialization, so I hope to reduce the burden on the script.”

Because of Aki Tomoya's thoughtfulness, Kasumigaoka Utaha's lips curled up slightly, but her words left no room for negotiation: "However, the content of the insignificant project is exactly the same as last time."

"..." Aki Tomoya sighed helplessly, "It seems I went to all this trouble for nothing."

“Hmm,” Kato Megumi nodded, “I feel complete now.”

"It's not that I particularly need that kind of completeness," Kobayashi Sora said with a helpless smile.

“Last time it felt like you threw the project aside around 10 p.m., but this time it feels like you struggled with it until 7 a.m..” Kasumigaoka Utaha clearly had no intention of stopping after a few words, and casually added two more jabs, “It’s obvious that you’re thinking with your brain not functioning in the middle of the night, which is why the content is so disorganized.”